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Now that you know your IQ score, your Intelligence Type and your rank along the four
intelligence scales (Mathematical, Visual-Spatial, Linguistic and Logical), we thought you
might want to go back and see how you answered various questions. People often waver on
at least a couple of questions, so we've provided the full set of questions along with the
answer key.
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1. Which one of the five choices makes the best comparison? LIVED is to DEVIL as 6323 is
to:
2336
6232
3236
3326
6332
The most important thing to notice in comparing the words in this problem is that "devil" is
"lived" spelled backwards. This is the pattern that you need to apply to the number 6323 -
solve the problem by finding which number is 6323 "spelled" backwards. The answer is
3236, option C.
Try picturing each of the five animals in the list and thinking of which characteristics 4 of
them have in common that is not found in the fifth.
You might start by thinking that some have fur. If you picture all of the animals on the list,
you actually find that they all have fur. Because all the animals on the list are included in
the group called "animals with fur," you know that this cannot be the right answer - you
need a categorization that excludes one - and only one - animal from the group.
The right answer is that the kangaroo is least like the other four, option B. One reason for
this is that a kangaroo can get around on two legs, whereas all of the others are four-
legged animals. Another reason is that a kangaroo carries her young around in a pouch,
whereas none of the other animals have evolved with pouches to carry their young. There
are other justifications as well - how many can you think of?
3. Which number should come next? 144 121 100 81 64 ?
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The most important thing to notice in comparing the words in this
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problem is that all of these numbers are the product of a number
an IQ? multiplied by itself - they are all squares. In addition, the pattern is a
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State 144 = 12 x 12
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4. Even the most ___________ rose has thorns.
Ugly
Weathered
Elusive
Noxious
Tempting
This incomplete sentence is focused on the fact that roses have thorns.
When thinking about this fact, you may find that you have a negative
reaction to the idea of rose thorns. After all, while thorns may serve a
positive purpose for the rose itself, anyone who has grabbed a rose by
its thorns knows that this is a negative experience and will view thorns
with caution from then on.
The way this sentence is constructed tells you that the word you need
to fill in the blank is something that contrasts with the downside of
roses - the fact that they have thorns. It is a sentence that contrasts
positive with negative: "Even the most (positive thing) has (negative
thing)." Therefore, we know we are looking for a word that fits into the
sentence that describes a positive aspect of roses. In looking over the
list of 5 words, all are negative with the exception of the word
"tempting". This makes "tempting," answer option E, the best choice to
fill the blank.
5. HAND is to Glove as HEAD is to
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When looking for two pairs of things that act the same way, the best
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way to approach the problem is to identify how the complete pair (hand
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and glove) relates the two items. When considering the relationship of a
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hand to a glove, you may characterize the relationship as a glove as a
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garment that covers or surrounds a hand, or that a hand fits into. After
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identifying this relationship, you can create a simple question to test
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the relationships of other pairings to see if the same relationship is
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present. For example, you may construct a simple sentence such as
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"Does a head fit into a ___?" When testing each of the 5 answer options,
you'll find that option B - Hat - is the only one that shares the same
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relationship as a hand to a glove.
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When looking for two pairs of things that act the same way, the best
way to approach the problem is to identify how the complete pair
relates the two items.
In this example, the first item in the complete pair is an image of two
triangles stacked vertically and the second item is two circles lined up
horizontally. The first pair has two items that differ in two notable
ways: (1) in their shape (triangle vs. circle), and (2) in their physical
orientation (vertical vs. horizontal). The first image is the "opposite" of
the second image.
When looking for the missing image that completes the second pairing,
you should keep in mind what you learned from the first pair (shape and
physical orientation). In looking at the first image in the second pair,
you'll notice that it contains circles that are stacked vertically.
Therefore, you should be looking for the "opposite" of the first pair -
triangles that are lined up horizontally. The only answer option that fits
this description is D, therefore D is the correct answer.
7. John likes 400 but not 300; he likes 100 but not 99; he likes 3600 but
Your not 3700. Which does he like:
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John likes squares of whole numbers. The consistent distinction
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between the pairs of numbers that John likes or doesn't like is that the
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one that John likes is a square of a whole number. Take a look:
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State John doesn't like 300. The square root of 300 is approximately 17.32; it
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Reading John doesn't like 99. The square root of 99 is approximately 9.95; it is
not a whole number squared.
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Achievement John doesn't like 3700. The square root of 3700 is approximately 60.83;
it is not a whole number squared.
To answer the question, look through the list of 4 numbers to see which
is a square of a whole number. The only number in the list that is
exactly equal to a whole number multiplied by itself is 900. The square
root of 900 is 30. Therefore, the answer is "A".
To solve this problem, study the three phrases and their translations to
figure out the meanings of the foreign words. The phrases "Necor Buldon
Slock" and "Buldon Gimilzor Gondor" both contain a word that translates
as "explosion"; also, the only word that these two foreign phrases have
in common is "buldon." Therefore, "buldon" must mean "explosion".
Following this same procedure with "necor," you will find that "necor"
means "danger". By looking at the first foreign phrase again - "Necor
Buldon Slock" (which translates as "Danger Rocket Explosion") you can
deduce that "slock" means "rocket" since you know the meanings for
"buldon" and "necor". Translating word for word, the phrase is "Necor
(Danger) Buldon (Explosion) Slock (Rocket)". As is generally the case
with foreign languages, the sentence syntax differs in translation.
Answer option D, or "Rocket," is the correct answer.
11. If some Wicks are Slicks, and some Slicks are Snicks, then some
Your Wicks are definitely Snicks. The statement is:
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Your False
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Because the same Slicks that are also Wicks may not be the same Slicks
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that are also Snicks, we can draw no firm conclusions from the
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information given that there is a direct relationship between Snicks and
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Wicks. It is possible that some Wicks may also be Snicks, but you cannot
an IQ? correctly make the statement "some Wicks are definitely Snicks."
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State 12. Ann is taller than Jill, and Kelly is shorter than Ann. Which of the
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Kelly is shorter than Jill
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The only information supplied in the question is that Ann is taller than
both Kelly and Jill. Since there is no information in the question about
the difference in height between Kelly and Jill and there is no way to
draw conclusions from their shared relationship to Ann, it is impossible
to tell how much taller or shorter Kelly is from Jill. Therefore, the
correct answer is "D."
13. A boy is 4 years old and his sister is three times as old as he is.
Your When the boy is 12 years old, how old will his sister be?
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To solve this problem, try to relate everything to the age of the boy by
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naming the boy's age an unknown variable. For example:
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Boy's age = x
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Sister's age = x + 8
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We know this works because the question has told us that when the boy
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was 4, his sister was 12 (3 times as old as he was when he was 4) and
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that is 8 years older than he is. She won't always be 3 times as old as he
Reading is, but she will always be 8 years older than he is, so x + 8 is the best
representation for the sister's age in relation to the boy's age. As the
Certificate boy ages to 12 years old, we can replace x with his current age and x + 8
of Intellectual becomes 12 + 8, which equals 20. Therefore the correct answer is "B," or
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14. Assume that these two statements are true: All brown-haired men
have bad tempers. Larry is a brown-haired man. The statement
Larry has a bad temper is:
True
False
Unable to determine
Solve for r:
0.5 = 28/r
0.5r = 28 multiply both sides by r (0.5 x r = 0.5r; 28/r x r = 28)
r = 56 divide both sides by 0.5 (0.5r/0.5 = r; 28/0.5 = 56)
Since r (the rate of travel) equals 56, the car was going 56 miles per
hour and the correct answer to this problem is "C."
18. If all Zips are Zoodles, and all Zoodles are Zonkers, then all Zips are
definitely Zonkers.
The above sentence is logically:
True
False
Neither
From looking at the completed diagram, we can see that the group
called "Zips" is wholly included in the circle called "Zonkers," therefore,
all Zips are definitely Zonkers and answer option "A", True, is the
correct answer.
19. Sue is both the 50th best and the 50th worst student at her school.
Your How many students attend her school?
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Your 75
Intelligence Type 99
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If Sue is the 50th best student in her class, that means she is ranked
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number 50. Since she is ranked 50th worst as well, this means that she
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must have performed better than 49 of her lower-scoring classmates.
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Because her position is 50 and there are 49 students who scored lower
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than her, there must be 50 + 49=99 students total. The correct answer
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option is "C".
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20. In a race from point X to point Y and back, Jack averages 30 miles
per hour to point Y and 10 miles per hour back to point X. Sandy
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averages 20 miles per hour in both directions. If Jack and Sandy
begin the race at the same time, who will finish first?
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They tie
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Impossible to tell
To figure out this problem, the first thing you might want to do is
choose an arbitrary distance between point X and point Y. In this
example, 60 is an easy number to work with so let's say the distance
between point X and point Y is 60 miles.
Now, how long would it take for 5 people to paint 30 houses? Well, if
Certificate they decided to divide the work amongst themselves and work alone,
of Intellectual each of five people would paint 6 houses. So, the question becomes,
Achievement how long would it take for one person to paint 6 houses? We already
know that it takes one person 120 days to paint 6 houses, so the correct
answer is that 5 people can paint 30 houses in 120 days, or answer
option "D".
22. The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never ________.
Complete
Accurate
Complex
Simple
Wise
The pattern of this question is to assert a claim (the truth is pure and
simple) then refute it (the truth is rarely pure and simple). The second
word in this pattern is missing and the solution to the problem is to see
that pattern and supply the missing word (simple). The correct answer is
option "D".
23. Which number should come next? 64, 16, 4, 1, 1/4?
Your 1/16
Tickle IQ Score 1/12
Your 1/8
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Answer Key The pattern of this number sequence is to divide the last number in
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State 4 divided by 4 is 1
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24. What number is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 800?
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To solve the equation, start from the innermost parentheses and work
your way out, doing one operation at a time. In this example, each step
is executed, updating the equation each time on the right side of the
equals sign:
1/2 (1/4 (800/10)) = 1/2 (1/4 (80)) or it can also be written = 1/2 (80/4)
= 1/2 (20) or it can also be written = 20/2
= 10
To solve this problem, you may want to get a piece of scratch paper.
Draw a point on your paper that indicates the starting location of both
cars. From here, draw a line that is 6 units long in opposite directions
from the starting point (you decide what a unit is; if you used ? inch as
your unit, the distance that on car goes would be 1 ? inches). The line
you end up with should be 12 units long and straight. For the purposes
of this example, let's say that line runs East-West. From there, each car
turns left and drives 8 miles (units). In this case, one of the cars would
have driven due north and the other would have driven due south. Your
illustration should look kind of like a "Z". Now you know the location of
each car.
To find out how far apart they are, use the Pythagorean Theorem,
which says that the square of the longest side (hypotenuse) of a right
triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. In this
case, the distance between the two points is the hypotenuse of a right
triangle. The distance the cars drove away from each other in the East-
West direction was 12 miles, so one side of the right triangle is 12 units
long. The distance the cars drove away from each other in the North-
South direction was 16 miles, so the other side of the right triangle is 16
units long. Plugging these values into the Pythagorean Theorem, you
should get:
The cars are 20 miles apart, so answer option "D" is the correct answer.
27. Which one of these five things is least like the other four?
Your Plum
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Your Apricot
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Try thinking of which characteristics 4 of the fruits have in common that
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are not found in the fifth - you need a categorization that excludes one
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- and only one - fruit from the group.
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The right answer is that option "B", grape, is least like the other four.
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The other 4 fruits are in a category called "stone fruits" meaning that
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they have an outer fleshy part which surrounds a shell (the pit or stone)
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with a seed inside.
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In addition, all 4 of the other fruits are temperate fruits, where grapes
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are Mediterranean fruits. Fruits of temperate climates are almost
universally borne on trees or woody shrubs or lianas. They will not grow
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are, yet tolerate some frost and may have a modest chilling
requirement.
Finally, all four of the other fruits grow on a tree whereas grapes grow
on a vine.
You know that the word you are looking for to fill the blank "is doing it,"
but you need to ask yourself what "it" is. The sentence is structured
such that "it" refers to "what to do next" or, put another way, "the wise
thing or the right thing to do next". In order for this sentence to make
sense, the word that fits in the blank must mean "doing the right thing".
When reviewing each of the five answer options, the only word that
could mean "doing the right thing" is answer option "A", or Virtue.
29. It is easier to _______________ than to offer a helping hand.
Your Raise a flag
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The words "It's easier to... than to..." identify this sentence as one
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which compares two things that are opposites of one another. With this
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understanding, you know that the word you are looking for to fill the
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blank is the opposite of "offer a helping hand". Of the five answer
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options, the only one that can be considered its opposite - something
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that is diametrically opposed in concept - is answer option "D", "point
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the finger," since placing blame is not helpful.
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30. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know ___________.
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The more you learn and the more wisdom you amass, the more you
come to realize that you really know very little if not nothing. This is
more of a philosophical question that measures a type of intellectual
maturity. The answer to this question is "B", or "Nothing".
31. Which word best completes the analogy: Water is to glass as
Your correspondence is to...
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To answer this question, you first need to identify the relationship
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between "water" and "glass" - water goes inside a glass. In reviewing the
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answer options, you should be looking for something that
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correspondence "goes inside". The only answer option that fits this
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relationship is "D", envelope.
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The right answer is that the circle, option B, is least like the other
three. The circle is the only shape that does not contain a finite number
of straight lines around its perimeter.
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For the picture sequence above, find the picture that follows
logically from one of the six below.
To solve this problem, use a process of elimination. For each piece of
the pattern you identify (a condition), look through the potential
answer options to eliminate those that do not fit the pattern. If you do
this for each element of the pattern separately, you should end up with
a single shape that fits all of the conditions.
First, notice that each square in the existing diagram contains a division
line that runs diagonally across it, dividing the square into two halves
that contain different color patters. The first condition is that the
diagonals of the three existing shapes are placed such that they are
forming the perimeter of a diamond-type shape in the center of the
overall image. The square that fits in the lower-right quadrant of this
image must have a diagonal line that crosses from its upper-right corner
to its lower-left corner. The answer options that fit this condition are
"C", "D" and "F". The rest of the answer options can now be eliminated.
There are two more conditions present, both of which only exist in
answer option "C": " Compare the inner halves of the squares that lie
across the center point diagonally from one another. The color pattern
is inverse such that the half circle of one is the color of the remaining
portion of the other. If you apply this condition to the relationship
between the blank space and the square diagonally opposite from it,
you'll find that the square that fits in the lower-right quadrant of this
image must have a green triangle-like shape (half square) surrounded by
pink in its upper half. " Compare the outer halves of the squares that
next to each other horizontally. The color pattern is inverse such that
the half circle or square of one is the color of the remaining portion of
the other. If you apply this condition to the relationship between the
blank space and the square to its left, you'll find that the square that
fits in the lower-right quadrant of this image must have a grey triangle-
like shape (half square) surrounded by tan in its lower half.
The correct answer is "C" because it meets all three of these conditions.
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Look at each of the three illustrations that set the pattern and take
note of the movement:
squares 6 and 11 are shaded in all three illustrations. The fourth
illustration should also have shaded squares 6 and 11.
in the first illustration, square 4 is shaded. In the second
illustration, square 7 is shaded. In the third illustration, square 10 is
shaded. This indicates a diagonal movement across the field of squares.
The fourth illustration should have a shaded square 13.
in the first illustration, square 13 is shaded. In the second
illustration, square 9 is shaded. In the third illustration, square 5 is
shaded. This indicates a vertical movement from the bottom to the top
of the far left side of the field of squares. The fourth illustration should
have a shaded square 1.
The only answer option that fits these three conditions is answer option
"B".
36.
Fill in the empty box above with the correct picture from below
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which is blocked out. Because it is blocked out, you will need to guess
what the image in that space is based on what you know of the pattern.
The middle row of this pattern indicates that the larger shapes in any
given row are the same, but vary in whether they shaded or not. From
this, you can deduce that the large shape in the obscured box is an oval
and the large shape in the white box is a circle. This eliminates answer
options A and C because neither of them contains a large circle.
By looking at the top and middle rows or the left and right columns, you
know that each row and column in the pattern contains at least one
non-shaded large shape. Because the bottom row currently contains a
large shaded circle in two of its boxes, you know that the white box
must contain a non-shaded large circle.
To further confirm the pattern, look at the small shapes on the diagonal
that runs from left to right. You'll notice that the small shapes are
exactly the same along this diagonal. Because the box that lies
diagonally to the upper left of the white box contains a small plus sign,
you know that the white box must also contain a small plus sign.
The only image that fits the pattern in the space of the white box is
answer option D, which contains a large non-shaded circle and a small
plus sign.
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The first step in answering this question is to compare the first pair of
illustrations. In doing so, note that the squared edges of the first
illustration become rounded in the second and that the color
combination is inverted from the first illustration to the second.
Applying this information to the second pair, you know you are looking
for an illustration with rounded edges where the color combination is
inverted from the first illustration to the second (light grey oval with
dark grey circle). The correct answer is option "A".
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The first illustration is a square and the second illustration is a vertical line.
The first illustration of the second pair is exactly the same as the first
illustration of the first pair, except that the lines that describe the square
are dashed instead of solid. This information tells you that you are looking
for a vertical line (same as the second illustration of the first pair) drawn
with dashes (consistent with the relationship between the first illustrations
of each pair). The correct answer is option "B".
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