AMCAT Attention to Detail 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following pairs of words are spelled identically?
- Compliment / Complement
- Affect / Effect
- Stationary / Stationary (Correct answer)
- Principal / Principle
Correct answer: Stationary / Stationary
'Stationary / Stationary' are spelled identically — both use the same spelling.
Question 2: Find the number that does NOT belong: 2, 4, 8, 15, 16, 32
- 4
- 8
- 15 (Correct answer)
- 16
Correct answer: 15
All other numbers are powers of 2 (2¹, 2², 2³, 2⁴, 2⁵); 15 is not a power of 2.
Question 3: A document has 5 pages. Page 1 has 300 words, Page 2 has 250, Page 3 has 310, Page 4 has 290, Page 5 has 280. What is the average word count per page?
- 280
- 282
- 286 (Correct answer)
- 290
Correct answer: 286
Total words = 1430; average = 1430 ÷ 5 = 286.
Question 4: Which sequence of letters follows the pattern: A, Z, B, Y, C, X, D, __?
- E
- W (Correct answer)
- V
- Y
Correct answer: W
The pattern alternates between forward (A, B, C, D) and backward (Z, Y, X) sequences; after D comes W.
Question 5: Count the number of triangles in a figure formed by drawing both diagonals inside a square.
- 2
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 6
- 8
Correct answer: 4
Drawing both diagonals in a square creates exactly 4 triangles.
Question 6: A data entry shows: 3 4 5 6 7 8. Which of the following is a correct rearrangement in descending order?
- 3 4 5 6 7 8
- 8 7 6 5 4 3 (Correct answer)
- 5 6 7 8 3 4
- 4 3 8 7 6 5
Correct answer: 8 7 6 5 4 3
Descending order means from largest to smallest: 8 7 6 5 4 3.
AMCAT Attention to Detail 1
Which of the following pairs of words are spelled identically?