UMAT Question Thread!

[cosine]

If you have any UMAT questions, of any particular questions leave them here and hopefully someone will be able to help!

[cosine]

I need some help with the attached question, I really struggle with these types, any tips on how to tackle this sort of question?

[Rishi97]

I need some help with the attached question, I really struggle with these types, any tips on how to tackle this sort of question?
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Is the answer D?
If yes, its basically an addition question. You take the first box of each column and add it on top of the second box in the second column to produce the box in the last column. If lines are added on top of each other, they cancel out

[cosine]

I need some help with the attached question, I really struggle with these types, any tips on how to tackle this sort of question?
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Is the answer D?
If yes, its basically an addition question. You take the first box of each column and add it on top of the second box in the second column to produce the box in the last column. If lines are added on top of each other, they cancel out

How did you know how to do it?
Is there any tips/tricks on doing these questions?

Thanks Rishi97

[Rishi97]

There aren't really any tricks and tips for many UMAT questions but I knew how to do this one because I've done a similar question before. This is a question that repeats in the UMAT exams
No worries!

Good Luck!!!!

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

Not section 0 because I couldn't access it due to maintenance before, but could anyone help with these?

[Redoxify]

first one,For the first one follow the cross,
it takes one of the following positions,
left, middle or right,
pretty simple from there

second one, the little star thing moves in angles of 120 degrees, but i'm not too sure haha

[cosine]

Not section 0 because I couldn't access it due to maintenance before, but could anyone help with these?

The trick for the middle questions is to look at the options that are the odd ones out. If you look carefully at all the options, you can see the last one only has a small circle and no star, so let's say this one is the first of out sequence.




See how the first image, the circle and the star are both collinear, assume that if we move the star along the circumference of the circle, the circle also moves about 40 degrees in a clockwise direction. The fourth image, the star is actually supposed to be in the same position as the circle, and as you can see in the last image the star has overlapped the circle. The key to this is that if you move the star 80 degrees in a clockwise direction, move the star 80/2 = 40 degrees (that is, the star moves more than the little circle per movement).

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

The trick for the middle questions is to look at the options that are the odd ones out. If you look carefully at all the options, you can see the last one only has a small circle and no star, so let's say this one is the first of out sequence.


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See how the first image, the circle and the star are both collinear, assume that if we move the star along the circumference of the circle, the circle also moves about 40 degrees in a clockwise direction. The fourth image, the star is actually supposed to be in the same position as the circle, and as you can see in the last image the star has overlapped the circle. The key to this is that if you move the star 80 degrees in a clockwise direction, move the star 80/2 = 40 degrees (that is, the star moves more than the little circle per movement).

Woah I did not pick that haha- thanks!

first one,For the first one follow the cross,
it takes one of the following positions,
left, middle or right,
pretty simple from there

second one, the little star thing moves in angles of 120 degrees, but i'm not too sure haha

Yeah so I thought the final one must have both the cross and the star in the left column, but I still don't know if they go in the top or bottom of the key if you know what I mean

[Redoxify]

Woah I did not pick that haha- thanks!

Yeah so I thought the final one must have both the cross and the star in the left column, but I still don't know if they go in the top or bottom of the key if you know what I mean

the star follows the same pattern, hence E is the answer

[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

any ideas?

[cosine]

any ideas?

So in each square, the whole 'figure' or the dots all move systematically to the right one step. If the circles go over the square, that is they overlap it, they restart from the left side. So as they move step by step one move to the right, their positions also change within the lane, but it does not change lanes. You see the forth picture before the question mark? There are 2 grey dots on the final step, now the next step, they will restart from the left side of the square. So look at the answers and cancel out any options that do not start with 2 grey dots from the left. B C and D are valid. Now look at the image again, the first grey dots are in 3's, so if the whole thing moves 1 unit to the right, the second lane of the answer must have 3 dots, leaving us with B and D. There is only 1 dot in the second lane of the question, and so the third lane of the answer must have one dot only. Which is both B and D. So now look at the third lane, there is 4 dots and so the fourth lane of the answer must have also 4 dots. Hence D is our answer.

[grannysmith]

any ideas?

Treat them as four separate rows in which different things are taking place. For the first row, they’re moving (horizontal) right by one step. 2nd: they’re all moving left by one but one of the circles disappears every second step. 3rd: same as 1st row, 4th: they’re both moving right by one but one of the circles disappears every second step.
So if I’m not mistaken, it’s D.

Edit: beaten and confirmed by cosine

[paper-back]

How do you approach these types of questions?
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[Splash-Tackle-Flail]

Treat them as four separate rows in which different things are taking place. For the first row, they’re moving (horizontal) right by one step. 2nd: they’re all moving left by one but one of the circles disappears every second step. 3rd: same as 1st row, 4th: they’re both moving right by one but one of the circles disappears every second step.
So if I’m not mistaken, it’s D.

Edit: beaten and confirmed by cosine

So in each square, the whole 'figure' or the dots all move systematically to the right one step. If the circles go over the square, that is they overlap it, they restart from the left side. So as they move step by step one move to the right, their positions also change within the lane, but it does not change lanes. You see the forth picture before the question mark? There are 2 grey dots on the final step, now the next step, they will restart from the left side of the square. So look at the answers and cancel out any options that do not start with 2 grey dots from the left. B C and D are valid. Now look at the image again, the first grey dots are in 3's, so if the whole thing moves 1 unit to the right, the second lane of the answer must have 3 dots, leaving us with B and D. There is only 1 dot in the second lane of the question, and so the third lane of the answer must have one dot only. Which is both B and D. So now look at the third lane, there is 4 dots and so the fourth lane of the answer must have also 4 dots. Hence D is our answer.

Thanks so much!! makes sense now you explained it!