Epic Skills Assessment Logical Pattern Recognition Questions and Answers 2 — Questions and Answers

Question 1: Series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, __. What comes next?

35
37 (Correct answer)
36
33

Correct answer: 37

Differences: 3,5,7,9,11 (increasing odd numbers). 26+11=37.

Second-order sequences have differences that follow their own pattern. Here differences are 3,5,7,9,11 — consecutive odd numbers (arithmetic with step 2). Next difference = 11, so 26+11 = 37. Recognizing second-order patterns is a higher-level skill assessed in Epic's logical pattern recognition section.

Question 2: ABBA, BCCB, CDDC, ____. What comes next?

DEED (Correct answer)
DEEE
DEDE
EFFD

Correct answer: DEED

Pattern: first letters shift +1 each time (A→B→C→D), and the structure is XYYX (palindrome with consecutive letters). Next: DEED.

Pattern structure: ABBA (A,B mirror), BCCB (B,C mirror), CDDC (C,D mirror), DEED (D,E mirror). The outer letter increments each group and the inner letter is the next consecutive letter. DEED follows naturally. Symbolic pattern recognition like this tests the same cognitive skill used to match Epic's screen navigation patterns.

Question 3: If 1 → A, 2 → C, 3 → E, 4 → G, what does 5 → ?

H
I (Correct answer)
J
K

Correct answer: I

Mapping: 1→A(1st), 2→C(3rd), 3→E(5th), 4→G(7th). Each step skips one letter (odd positions). 5 → I (9th letter).

The sequence uses odd-indexed alphabet positions: A(1),C(3),E(5),G(7),I(9). 5 maps to the 5th element = I (9th letter of alphabet). This mixed number-letter mapping tests the ability to maintain two parallel sequences — a skill Epic's assessment uses to evaluate systematic thinking.

Question 4: WATCH is to TIME as THERMOMETER is to ____.

Weather
Temperature (Correct answer)
Heat
Diagnosis

Correct answer: Temperature

A WATCH measures TIME; a THERMOMETER measures TEMPERATURE. The relationship is instrument-to-measurement.

Analogies test relational reasoning. WATCH:TIME = THERMOMETER:TEMPERATURE — each item is a device that measures the corresponding quantity. This pattern recognition ability is directly applicable to Epic's clinical workflow where devices, parameters, and values must be correctly associated in order entry and documentation.

Question 5: A sequence of colored blocks: R, G, B, R, G, B, R, __. What color comes next?

R
G (Correct answer)
B
Y

Correct answer: G

The pattern repeats RGB with period 3. Position 8: 8 mod 3 = 2, which corresponds to G (second element).

RGB pattern repeats every 3: positions 1,4,7=R; positions 2,5,8=G; positions 3,6=B. Position 8 = G. Repeating color/symbol patterns are used in Epic's assessment to test rapid pattern identification under timed conditions.

Question 6: Logical rule: If it rains, the ground gets wet. The ground is not wet. What can we conclude?

It rained
It did not rain (Correct answer)
The rule is broken
Nothing can be determined

Correct answer: It did not rain

This is modus tollens: If P→Q and ¬Q, then ¬P. Not-wet ground implies it did not rain.

Modus tollens is a valid deductive argument form: P→Q; ¬Q; therefore ¬P. If rain always causes wet ground, and the ground is dry, then it did not rain. This formal logic pattern is tested in Epic's assessment as it mirrors reasoning in clinical decision rules — if a BPA fires (Q), a condition (P) must have been met; if the BPA didn't fire, the condition wasn't met.

Epic Skills Assessment Logical Pattern Recognition Questions and Answers 2

Series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, __.
What comes next?