APCAT APCAT - Alberta Police Cognitive Ability Pattern Recognition and Spatial Reasoning Questions and Answers 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A series of license plate numbers follows a pattern: AB-101, AB-103, AB-105, AB-107. What is the next plate in the sequence?
- AB-108
- AB-109 (Correct answer)
- AB-110
- AB-111
Correct answer: AB-109
Each plate number increases by 2 (odd numbers), so after 107 comes 109.
Question 2: An officer maps four intersections: North is 3 blocks from the station, East is 5 blocks, South is 3 blocks, and West is 5 blocks. What shape does this form?
- Square
- Rectangle (Correct answer)
- Triangle
- Trapezoid
Correct answer: Rectangle
Two sides measure 3 blocks and two sides measure 5 blocks, forming a rectangle.
Question 3: A series of case numbers reads: 2024-01, 2024-04, 2024-09, 2024-16. What is the next number?
- 2024-20
- 2024-21
- 2024-25 (Correct answer)
- 2024-30
Correct answer: 2024-25
The suffixes are perfect squares: 1, 4, 9, 16, so the next is 25.
Question 4: If a patrol route goes: North 2 blocks, East 3 blocks, South 2 blocks, West 3 blocks, where does the officer end up?
- North of the start
- East of the start
- West of the start
- Back at the start (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Back at the start
Moving equal distances in opposite directions (N/S and E/W) returns the officer to the starting point.
Question 5: Incident codes follow the pattern: 1A, 2B, 3C, 4D. What comes next?
- 5D
- 5E (Correct answer)
- 6E
- 4E
Correct answer: 5E
Numbers increase by 1 and letters advance alphabetically, so the next code is 5E.
Question 6: A suspect turns left at a corner, walks one block, turns right, walks two blocks, then turns left again. Compared to the original direction, the suspect is now heading in which direction?
- Same original direction (Correct answer)
- Opposite original direction
- 90 degrees left of original
- 90 degrees right of original
Correct answer: Same original direction
A left turn, then a right turn, cancel each other out, so the final left turn means the suspect is heading in the original direction.
APCAT APCAT - Alberta Police Cognitive Ability Pattern Recognition and Spatial Reasoning Questions and Answers 1
A series of license plate numbers follows a pattern: AB-101, AB-103, AB-105, AB-107.
What is the next plate in the sequence?