ADF Spatial Reasoning 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A soldier is facing North. They turn 90° clockwise, then 180°. Which direction are they now facing?
- North
- South
- West (Correct answer)
- East
Correct answer: West
Turning 90° clockwise from North gives East, then turning 180° from East gives West.
Question 2: A cube sits with its red face on top and its blue face toward you. If the cube is tipped forward 90° (away from you), which face is now on top?
- Red
- Blue (Correct answer)
- The back face
- The bottom face
Correct answer: Blue
When a cube tips forward 90°, the front face (blue) rotates up to become the new top face.
Question 3: A patrol travels 3 km East then 4 km North. What is the straight-line distance from their starting point?
- 5 km (Correct answer)
- 7 km
- 6 km
- 3.5 km
Correct answer: 5 km
Using the Pythagorean theorem: √(3² + 4²) = √25 = 5 km.
Question 4: A clock shows exactly 3:00. What time does its mirror reflection appear to show?
- 3:00
- 9:00 (Correct answer)
- 6:00
- 12:00
Correct answer: 9:00
A horizontal mirror flip reverses the clock face so the hour hand points to 9 instead of 3.
Question 5: A square piece of paper is folded in half diagonally, then folded in half again. How many layers of paper are there?
- 2
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 6
- 8
Correct answer: 4
Each fold doubles the layers: 1 → 2 → 4 layers after two folds.
Question 6: A 3×3×3 cube is assembled from small unit cubes and all outer faces are painted. How many unit cubes have exactly 3 painted faces?
- 4
- 6
- 8 (Correct answer)
- 12
Correct answer: 8
Only the 8 corner unit cubes are exposed on exactly 3 faces and therefore have 3 painted faces.
Question 7: How many individual rectangular faces does the unfolded net of a standard rectangular box (cuboid) contain?
- 4
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 8
- 5
Correct answer: 6
A rectangular cuboid has 6 faces (3 pairs of opposite rectangles), so its net contains 6 shapes.
ADF Spatial Reasoning 1
A soldier is facing North.
They turn 90° clockwise, then 180°.
Which direction are they now facing?