HOW TO PASS SPATIAL REASONING TESTS

These types of questions will generally show you a pattern in its entirety. You will then witness a series of ‘cut-up’ shapes and it will be your job to assess which one of the series makes up the designated shape correctly. Here is an example of a test involving moving shapes and patterns.

Take a look at the following 3 shapes. Note the letters on the side of each shape:

It is your task to join all of the 3 shapes together with the corresponding letters and then choose from the following options which is the correct answer:

The correct answer is D. To see this for yourself, draw the shape as a whole and then rotate the image. You will see that the only answer you can obtain is answer D.

In this type of spatial reasoning test you will be presented with a number of rotated groups of shapes and images. Two of them will be identical and it will be your task to decide which ones match from the options offered. Take a look at the following shape:

Now decide which of the following shapes and patterns matches the above:

The answer is B and C

This type of question requires you to ‘put together’ a 2D pattern to create a 3D one. This type of assessment requires an ability to visualise the end result once the 2D image or pattern is constructed. Take a look at the following example question:

You will see that the 2D pattern, once constructed, will look like the first 3D image, simply because it is impossible for the pattern to look like any of the other three options.