Pattern Recognition Practice Questions

1. What comes next in the sequence? AABABC, ABABCD, ABCDE, ...?

BCDEFA

BCDEF

CDEFG

ABCDEF

2. What is the next number in this sequence? 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ...

36

38

40

42

3. If A=1, B=2, C=3, ..., Z=26, what is the sum of the numbers represented by the word "PATTERN"?

88

89

90

91

4. If REASON is coded as 18-5-1-19-15-14, what does 16-1-20-20-5-18-14 represent?

PATTERN

PATTARN

PATTERM

PATTREN

5. If PATTERN is coded as 16-1-20-20-5-18-14, what does 18-5-1-19-15-14 represent?

REASON

SEASON

TREASON

RAISIN

6. If COMPUTER is coded as DPRQVUFS, how will KEYBOARD be coded?

LFZCPBSE

LFZCPBSG

MFZCPBSE

MFZCPBSG

7. If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, and so on, what is the sum of the numbers representing the word "PATTERN"?

88

89

90

91

8. If RED = 27 and BLUE = 40, what does YELLOW equal?

78

79

80

81

9. What is the next shape in this sequence? Circle, Triangle, Square, Pentagon, ?

Hexagon

Octagon

Heptagon

Nonagon

10. If DOG is coded as 4-15-7, how is CAT coded?

3-1-20

2-1-19

3-2-21

2-2-20