Free UKCAT Practice Test Questions

The following are UKCAT test examples, the likes of which you will find on the actual test:

UKCAT Decision Making Sample Question

Which shape will make the last equation true?

A. Circle

B. Square

C. Triangle

D. Pentagon

Answer explanation:

The correct answer is (B).

Analyse this set of shape equations using variables:
circle – x, square – y, triangle – z, pentagon – w.

This yields the following set of equations:

1. w = z – y – x
2. x + y = z – x
3. x + x = y + y + y + y
4. z = x + x + ?

If you develop the second and third equations and sum up the variables, you get the following two equations:

2. 2*x = z – y
3. 2*x = 4*y

And, thus, the conclusion is:

4*y = z – y
5*y = z

Inserting this to the fourth equation yields:
z = 5*y = 4*y + y = 2x + y = 2*x + ?

Thus, ? = y, which means a square is the shape that will make the last equation true.

UKCAT Abstract Sample Question

Which of the following test shapes belongs in set B?

Answer explanation:

The correct answer is (D).

The rules for set B are as follows:

The set starts with either a black triangle or a black oblong. A black oblong divides into two branches, ending in two hearts, one black and one white. A black triangle only has one branch, which ends in a single black heart. Black hearts divide into two branches, ending in one triangle and one oblong. Both shapes are the same colour, either black or white. White hearts always have one branch that ends with a single white triangle. White triangles or oblongs do not have branches.

Answer (A) is incorrect because the two hearts that branch out of the first black oblong are the same colour. Answer (B) is incorrect because the triangle and the oblong that branch out of the first black heart are different colours.

Answer (C) is incorrect because the white triangle has a branch.

Remember, once you have found the correct answer, mark it and move on.

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