EASY

1. E.
All triangles “move” slightly counter-clockwise and outside. A good solving tip for the first
sample abstract reasoning question would be to try and disassemble the complete figure to its
elements (triangles) and to focus each time on one of the elements.

2. B.
An X shape is dotted with black and white dots. Both sets of dots are independent and follow a
similar pattern. In each frame, black dot is added counter-clockwise in the angles of the X shape,
until all the angles are occupied. Then a dot is reduced, also counter-clockwise. The same
pattern occurs with the white dots, only in a clockwise manner. Examining the changes before
and after, the “question mark” figure should look the same as in frame 2, only with an additional
black dot (making all four black dots present) and an additional white dot in the upper right
corner, as determined by the pattern.

3. B.
The next frame after each step portrays a mirror image of the previous frame. In addition, every
two steps shape is added to the frame. Answer choice 3 is a mirrored version of frame 5 and is
therefore the correct answer.

4. B.
Each square contains 3 shapes. The black circle is the only shape that constantly appears. It
“travels” along the column up and down, one step at a time. The other shapes appear in two
consecutive squares, and then do not appear in the next square. The shape that remains in the
frame (in regards to the last step from the left) maintains its relative position to the other shape
(not the circle).

5. A.
Each figure in column three is a product of the figures in the preceding two
columns, with the added rule that if the same shape appears in both columns
then it does not appear in the third column.

6. C.
The line moves clockwise 135 degrees with each iteration, whilst the diamond moves
anticlockwise from corner to corner.

7. B.
The figure is rotated by 90 degrees anticlockwise and a black square is transformed to white
with each iteration. Option A will not work because the black square is in the wrong position.
 8. A.
Ach row has a different color and each row only has one box containing a single circle.
9. D.
The matrix consists of three geometric figures: squares, triangles, and circles. The first column
and the last column are opposite. i.e., if you look at the first row, the top left box contains one
small circle and one large square, while the top right box contains one large circle and one small
square.

10. D.
Each row consists of: 2 small circles, 2 small squares and 2 small triangles outside of every large
circle. The lines inside the large circles are not relevant, as they follow no consistent pattern.

11. B.
The middle circle contains a line dividing it into black and white. This line moves in such a way as
to have the black be furthest from the center circle at all times. Every row contains 1 box with
small circle, 1 box with 2 small circles an 1 box with 3 small circles. Realizing this system will help
you find the answer.

12. A.
Every other circle is white while every other circle is black. With every move to the right, the
small circle within moves clockwise by 90 degrees.

13. D.
Only four black dots are connected in each box.

Moderate

1. E.
Pairs of columns are reflections of one another, (The 1st and the 3rd, the 2nd and the 4th).

2. D.
The matrix above has three basic shapes – an ellipsoid, a square and a black rectangle. Each of
the shapes appears three times – once in each row or column. Therefore the missing shape is a
black rectangle. Each shape has a constant number of lines crossing it (rectangle – 1, ellipsoid –
2, square – 3). In each row the lines are situated in a certain direction – top row – horizontal,
middle row – vertical and bottom row – diagonal. Therefore, the missing shape should be a
black rectangle, with a single diagonal line.
3. C.
The sketch is built stage by stage and in each step an additional line is added. This guideline
eliminates answer choices 1, 2 and 4. Notice also that the new line never touches the last line
added, which eliminates answer choice 5.

4. A.
The others are all either reflections or rotations of the same figure.

5. D.
Each object in the series consists of 3 shapes. The logic of the sequence is defined by the
relations between theses shapes. The external shape appears as the middle shape in the next
frame; the middle shape disappears in the next frame; the inner shape determines the external
shape two steps forward, e.g. the inner pentagon in the first frame appeared as the external
shape in the third frame.

6. D.
The horizontal line which forms part of the center cross alternates between short
and long.

7. C.
In this question, you can look at each frame as being composed of four little
sures, each containing one black rectangle and one white rectangle. In each step,
two black rectangles switch places with two white rectangles. In the first step, the
black rectangles in the two bottom squares switch places with the white
rectangles. In the second step, the black rectangles in the two left squares switch
places with the white rectangles. This progression continues in a clockwise
direction. Thus, in the fourth step, the two black rectangles in the right squares
switch places with the two white rectangles.

8. B.
The figure is rotated through 90 degrees anticlockwise and then reflected in the vertical plane.

9. A.
It is the odd shape out as it is a reflection, not a rotation, of the others.

10. C.
Subsequent figures are rotated through 90 degrees clockwise and an increasing amount of the
original color is inverted.
 11. B.
It contains an additional black triangle.

12. B.
Looking across and down, alternate circle combinations are repeated with the addition of an
extra circle.

Difficult
1. A.
The figure should be considered as four separate elements. The square-within-square is
reflected in the vertical plane and the colors are inverted. The colors of the three thick lines are
inverted. The horizontal line is reflected in the vertical plane the vvertical line is reflected in the
horizontal plane.

2. B.
The same eight elements are arranged randomly in each figure.

3. D.
Adding the numbers of sides of the shapes in each figure gives eight, except option D.

4. B.
This matrix can be seen as 3 equations – 1 per row. The equations are: Column 1 + column 2 =
column 3. Every dot placed within the circle is +1, every dot outside is -1. Therefore the first row
is 1+2=3. The second row is 2+4=-2. And the last is 3+2=1 (1 dot inside the circle)

5. B.
The top halves of the dominoes repeat the sequence 4,2, etc. The bottom halves repeat the
sequence 5,5,4,5,3,5, etc. Alternate pairs of dominoes are then inverted.

6. B.
Every square within every block of the matrix is marked in a different way. Within the matrix
these marking are positioned in such a way that every marking appears only once within each
block, and never at the same position. Meaning that the remaining bloc cannot contain a
marking in a position which has already been used.

7. B.
It is the only one in which the diagonals in the diagonal-within-square are not the same.
8. B.
Every alternate circle contains a dot; every fourth circle contains lines middle of top and bottom;
starting at the second circle, every alternate circle contains a right bottom line and starting at
the third circle every fourth circle contains a right top line.

9. E.
Only figures that appear in the same position in the first and second squares looking both across
and down are carried forward to the final square; however, circles turn to squares and vice
versa.

10. B.
The large shape has as many sides as the number of small shapes in the figure. The total number
of sides the small shapes have increases by 2 from one figure to the next, starting from 10. If
there is a shape with only a single instance on the image, that shape is circled.

11. B.
There is a column of three figures. This is the common feature for all six of the Set B blocks. The
position, size, and color of each of the figures doesn’t affect the answer.