PI - Cognitive Assessment Cognitive Assessment Identifying Common Features 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Three items are presented: a red apple, a red fire truck, and a red stop sign. What feature do all three share?
- They are all circular
- They are all red (Correct answer)
- They are all found outdoors
- They are all made of metal
Correct answer: They are all red
All three items — the apple, fire truck, and stop sign — share the color red, making color the single unifying feature across all three.
Question 2: Look at these three groups of numbers: {3, 6, 9}, {5, 10, 15}, {7, 14, 21}. What rule do all three groups share?
- Each group sums to the same total
- Each group contains only odd numbers
- Each number in a group is a multiple of the first number (Correct answer)
- Each group has exactly four members
Correct answer: Each number in a group is a multiple of the first number
In every group, the second and third numbers are exact multiples (×2 and ×3) of the first number, so each group is a set of multiples of its starting value.
Question 3: A wooden chair, a wooden bookshelf, and a wooden baseball bat are shown. What is their common feature?
- They are all furniture
- They are all made of wood (Correct answer)
- They are all rectangular
- They are all found in a bedroom
Correct answer: They are all made of wood
Although a chair and bookshelf are furniture, the baseball bat is not — the only property that applies to all three objects is that they are made of wood.
Question 4: Three patterns are displayed: a row of alternating black and white squares, a row of alternating black and white circles, and a row of alternating black and white triangles. What do all three patterns have in common?
- They all use the same shape
- They all alternate between two colors (Correct answer)
- They all contain exactly ten items
- They all use only curved shapes
Correct answer: They all alternate between two colors
The shapes differ across the three rows, but every row follows the same rule of alternating between black and white, making the two-color alternating pattern the shared feature.
Question 5: Consider three word sets: {HOT, COLD, WARM}, {FAST, SLOW, QUICK}, {LOUD, QUIET, SOFT}. What feature is common to all three sets?
- Each set contains exactly one adjective
- Each set includes words that relate to temperature
- Each set contains words that describe degree or intensity on a scale (Correct answer)
- Each set has words that start with the same letter
Correct answer: Each set contains words that describe degree or intensity on a scale
Each set groups words that describe a measurable quality along a spectrum — temperature, speed, and volume — making 'words expressing degree or intensity on a scale' the unifying feature.
Question 6: Three images are shown: a spider web, a fishing net, and a window screen. What feature do all three share?
- They are all made by animals
- They are all used underwater
- They all have a mesh or grid-like structure with holes (Correct answer)
- They are all perfectly circular
Correct answer: They all have a mesh or grid-like structure with holes
A spider web, fishing net, and window screen are each constructed with an interlocking mesh pattern that contains open spaces — this grid-like structure with holes is the feature they all share.
PI - Cognitive Assessment Cognitive Assessment Identifying Common Features 1
Three items are presented: a red apple, a red fire truck, and a red stop sign.
What feature do all three share?