Dragnet Abstract Test 5

Solution Booklet

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Question 1

The correct answer is E

First Rule: The cross-hatching alternates between being applied to the

circle below the shaded one (wrapping round to the top when no circle
is available below) and removed from the circle that has had the cross-
hatching for two consecutive figures.

Second Rule: The middle circle alternates between being half-way

between the other circles in size and being bigger than both of them.

Third Rule: The cross hatching slopes upwards for two figures
then downwards for two figures. This sequence then repeats.

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Question 2

The correct answer is A

First Rule: The triangle with a dot in one corner alternates between mirrored
in a diagonal from the top left of the figure to the bottom right and mirrored
in a diagonal from the top right of the figure to the bottom left.

Second Rule: The rectangle alternates between being mirrored

vertically and mirrored horizontally.

Third Rule: The rectangle also increases in width by a uniform amount

every time, in a direction that is away from the closest edge of the figure.

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Question 3

The correct answer is D

First Rule: Every time, the small triangle nearest the bottom right corner
is split into two equal triangles of the same proportions.

Second Rule: The two, newly created, smallest triangles are always
unshaded. The rest alternate between being shaded and unshaded
in each image.

Third Rule: The stick figure moves up the hypotenuse of the largest
triangle by an equal amount every time.

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Question 4

The correct answer is E

First Rule: The shading of the small triangles moves 3 triangles anti-clockwise
each time.

Second Rule: The cross-hatching on the kite shapes near the corners of
the figure, which is always in the direction of the nearest corner, moves
clockwise, alternating between moving one shape and moving two.

Third Rule: The centre shapes alternates between having downward

sloping cross-hatching and having upward sloping cross-hatching.

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Question 5

The correct answer is D

First Rule: Two bricks are added each time, starting from the centre and
working outwards. Each row is completed before the next is started, and
addition of two half bricks counts as adding one whole brick.

Second Rule: Bricks on the bottom left to top right diagonal

have upward sloping cross-hatching.

Third Rule: The circle alternates between being on whole bricks that
are central, and whole bricks that are on the far right.

Fourth Rule: Reading left to right, downward sloping cross-hatching is applied

to the first, then second, then third full brick on every row, with incomplete
rows being treated as though they were complete when determining this
pattern. This sequence then repeats.

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Question 6

The correct answer is D.

Rule 1: The shapes move one corner anticlockwise each time.
Rule 2: The shapes alternate between circle and square.

Rule 3: The hatching changes between hatched and unhatched every

other graphic in the sequence. I.e. off, off, on, on, off, off ... and so on.
Rule 4: The shapes grow small, medium, then large, then start again.

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Question 7

The correct answer is A.

Rule 1: The position of the shapes in the current item is determined by the
direction the triangle is pointing in the previous item. There is no rule to
determine the direction of the arrow in the current item, only its position.

Rule 2: The shape inside the triangle changes in the

repeating sequence circle, square, star.

Rule 3: The shading in the shapes alternates between the shape in

the middle and the triangle.

Rule 4: The shapes grow small, medium, large then back to small,
medium etc.

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Question 8

The correct answer is C.

Rule 1: The number of stars in the top right predicts how many horizontal
lines will be in the next box.
Rule 2: The circles alternate with triangles.

Rule 3: The number of circles or triangles is the sum of the number of

circles and triangles in the previous two boxes, with the black
shading obscuring some shapes.

Note: even though the black shading is obscuring some of the 13 triangles, it
is possible to see that C is the correct answer by process of elimination; i.e.
a particular rule excludes all of the other possible answers.

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Question 9

The correct answer is A

First Rule: The scales are tipped fully to the left, then straight, then tipped
fully to the right, then straight. This sequence then repeats.

Second Rule: Squares weigh more than triangles and circles, which
weigh the same as each other.

Third Rule: The support for the scales alternates between having
downward cross-hatching and having upwards cross-hatching.

Fourth Rule: The cross hatching of any triangles being ‘weighed’ is

the opposite of that of the support.

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Question 10

The correct answer is C

First Rule: The downward sloping cross-hatching follows the sequence top
left circle, bottom right circle, bottom left circle, top right circle. This sequence
then repeats.

Second Rule: The upward sloping cross-hatching follows the sequence top right
circle, bottom left circle, bottom right circle. This sequence then repeats.

Third Rule: The arrow points to where the small circle will be in the
next figure.

Fourth Rule: The square is in the position occupied by the small circle in
the previous figure.

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Question 11

The correct answer is B

First Rule: The shading type furthest from the flagpole on one figure
becomes the shading closest to the flagpole on the next figure, and every
other form of shading moves one band to the right.

Second Rule: The flag alternates between the wave going down first
and the wave going up first.

Third Rule: The flag’s position on the pole is at half-mast, then fully
raised, then half-mast, then fully lowered. This cycle then repeats.

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Question 12

The correct answer is D

First Rule: The matchstick giraffe visits the corners in the order top
left, top right,
bottom left, bottom right. The sequence then repeats.

Second Rule: The matchstick giraffe faces right when it is at the top
and left when it is at the bottom.

Third Rule: The giraffe’s neck alternates between being up and down.
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Fourth Rule: The giraffe’s tail points horizontally, then at 45 , then
vertically. The sequence then repeats.

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Question 13

The correct answer is C

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First Rule: The direction of the arrow rotates by 30 each time.
Second Rule: Following it in the direction of the arrow, the wavy
line alternates between crossing in front of the straight line first and
crossing behind it first.

Third Rule: The horizontal line passes behind the wavy line but
crosses in front of the straight line.

Fourth Rule: The arrow head is a V shape, then a double V, then a

solid triangle. This sequence then repeats.

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Question 14

The correct answer is A

First Rule: The door moves to the right, centre, left then centre, always in
line with the window immediately above it, and then the pattern repeats.

Second Rule: First only upper storey windows are leaded, then only the
lower storey windows are leaded, then all windows are leaded. This pattern
then repeats.

Third Rule: Starting at the bottom right window, the figure visits each
window in turn in an anticlockwise direction.

Fourth Rule: The house alternates between not having a chimney stack
and having a chimney stack.

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Question 15

The correct answer is C

First Rule: The shape in the centre comprises 1 fewer straight line every time.

Second Rule: The shape in the top left alternates between being
a triangle and being a square.

Third Rule: There is a cross when both shapes have the same number of
sides, and a tick when they have different numbers of sides.
Fourth Rule: The location of the cross or tick moves from the top right
to bottom left to bottom right, and the pattern then repeats.

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Question 16

The correct answer is B

First Rule: Each step, the shaded square moves 3 squares clockwise
round the edge of the figure.

Second Rule: Each step, the cross-hatching moves 1 square anticlockwise

round the edge of the figure, disappearing behind the shading when the
two coincide.

Third Rule: The circle (which starts behind the shaded square in figure
1) moves 1 square left to right, starting again at the left of the figure
when it drops down a row.

Fourth Rule: The triangle moves 1 square right to left, starting again at the
right of the figure when it goes up a row, and disappearing behind the
shading when they coincide.

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