CFAT Spatial Ability: Pattern Recognition 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A sequence shows shapes increasing in sides: triangle, square, pentagon, ____. What comes next?
- Hexagon (Correct answer)
- Circle
- Octagon
- Rhombus
Correct answer: Hexagon
Each shape gains one side: 3→4→5→6, so a hexagon follows.
Question 2: A 3×3 grid has one white, one gray, and one black shape per row. The bottom row has a black triangle and a white triangle already placed. What shade must the third triangle be?
- Gray (Correct answer)
- Black
- White
- Striped
Correct answer: Gray
Each row must contain one of each shade; black and white are taken, so the missing shade is gray.
Question 3: A pattern shows: ▲ ▲▲ ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲▲. How many triangles appear in the 6th term?
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 5
- 7
- 8
Correct answer: 6
The pattern adds one triangle per term, so the 6th term has 6 triangles.
Question 4: Looking at an object from the front you see a circle, from the side a rectangle, and from the top a circle. What is the object most likely to be?
- Cylinder (Correct answer)
- Cone
- Sphere
- Cube
Correct answer: Cylinder
A cylinder viewed from the front and top shows circles, and from the side shows a rectangle.
Question 5: An arrow rotates 90° clockwise each step: North, East, South, West, North…. What direction does the 11th arrow point?
- South (Correct answer)
- North
- East
- West
Correct answer: South
The 4-step cycle repeats; 11 mod 4 = 3, which is the 3rd position in the cycle: South.
Question 6: A flat cross-shaped net is folded into a cube. The center square is white and the square on the bottom arm is black. When folded, which face is opposite the white (center) face?
- Black (bottom arm) (Correct answer)
- The top arm face
- The left arm face
- The right arm face
Correct answer: Black (bottom arm)
In a standard cross net, the center square and the square on the opposite arm become opposite faces when folded.
Question 7: A 3×3 matrix has small, medium, and large stars — one of each per row and per column. Row 1: small, large, ?. Row 2: large, ?, small. Row 3: ?, small, medium. What belongs in row 1, column 3?
- Medium (Correct answer)
- Small
- Large
- Extra-large
Correct answer: Medium
Row 1 already has small and large, so the missing size must be medium.
CFAT Spatial Ability: Pattern Recognition 2
A sequence shows shapes increasing in sides: triangle, square, pentagon, ____.
What comes next?