Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT) Practice Tests

The correct answer is D: smell.

Think of verbal analogies like a word detective game. Your job is to find the secret connection between two words and then figure out the missing word that fits perfectly.

Let's break it down into simple steps:

Look at the first pair of words carefully
Ask yourself: "How are these words connected?"
Find the special relationship between them (like brain is for thinking)
Then look at the second pair and find a word that matches the same kind of relationship
Example: Brain : think :: nose : ?

Let's solve this together!
• Brain is used for thinking
• So we need to find what the nose is used for
• The nose is used for smelling!

Tips to remember:
• Sometimes the connection is about what something does
• Sometimes it's about how things are related
• Go slow and think carefully
• Read the words out loud to help you understand

Practice makes perfect! The more analogies you solve, the better you'll get at spotting those tricky word connections.

The correct answer is D: envied.

The correct answer is D: diagonal.

To solve this verbal classification question, let's look at how these words are connected!

Understanding Word Groups: Finding the Common Theme

How to solve this type of question:

Look carefully at the group of words
Find what makes them similar
Choose the word that fits the same pattern
Words in the group:
• horizontal
• vertical
• diagonal

What do these words have in common?
• They are all describing directions or ways something can be positioned
• They describe different angles or lines
• They tell how something is arranged in space

Let's look at the answer choices:
• direction ✓ (close, but not specific enough)
• horizon ✗ (related to the horizon line, but not about positioning)
• verbal ✗ (about language, not direction)
• diagonal ✓ (CORRECT! It matches the pattern perfectly)
• fast ✗ (describes speed, not positioning)

The best answer is diagonal because:
• It follows the same pattern as horizontal and vertical
• It describes a specific type of positioning or angle
• It fits with how the other words are describing directions

Tip for kids: Look for words that share the same kind of meaning or describe things in a similar way. Think about what makes the words in the group special!

The correct answer is C: 15.

Let's solve this step by step:

First, let's look at what happens in each pair of numbers:
44 → 22
24 → 12
30 → ?
Let's find the pattern:
In the first pair: 44 ÷ 2 = 22
In the second pair: 24 ÷ 2 = 12
Aha! We're dividing by 2 each time!
So for the third pair:
We need to divide 30 by 2
30 ÷ 2 = 15
Think of it like this: Whatever number we start with, we're cutting it in half to get the second number. It's like sharing a pile of cookies equally between two friends - if you have 30 cookies and share them equally, each friend gets 15 cookies!

To solve similar questions in the future:

• Look at the first two pairs of numbers
• Ask yourself: "What am I doing to the first number to get the second number?"
• Once you find the pattern, do the same thing to the last number

The correct answer is E: 5.

Let's solve this step-by-step in a simpler way:

First, let's split the numbers into two groups:

Group 1 (odd positions): 10, 9, 8, 7, 6
Group 2 (even positions): 1, 2, 3, 4, ?

Now look at each group separately:

In Group 1: The numbers are going DOWN by 1 each time (10→9→8→7→6)
In Group 2: The numbers are going UP by 1 each time (1→2→3→4→?)

Since we need the next number in Group 2:
We just need to go up by 1 from the last number in Group 2
Last number was 4
So 4 + 1 = 5

Think of it like climbing stairs! In Group 1, you're walking down one step at a time. In Group 2, you're walking up one step at a time. The pattern just keeps going in this up-and-down way.

To solve similar questions in the future:

Try splitting the numbers into two groups (odd and even positions)
Look for patterns in each group separately
Once you find the pattern, continue it to find the missing number

The correct answer is B: 125.

Let's solve this like a mystery!

The equation says: 25 = ? ÷ 5

Think of it this way: "What number, when divided by 5, gives us 25?"
To find the missing number, we can work backwards:
If we divide something by 5 to get 25...
Then we can multiply 25 by 5 to find our answer!
Like undoing division with multiplication
Let's solve it:
25 × 5 = 125
To check: 125 ÷ 5 = 25 ✓
Think of it like sharing candy:

If you have 125 pieces of candy
And share them equally among 5 friends
Each friend gets 25 pieces!
To solve similar problems in the future:

When you see "something ÷ 5 = 25"
Just multiply 25 × 5 to find the "something"
Always check your answer by dividing it by 5 to make sure you get back to 25

The correct answer is C.

Let's solve this step by step:

• First, let's look at what changes between the two pictures on top:
• The small circle (handle) moves from the right side to the left side
• The rectangle gets longer/wider

Now look at the bottom picture:

• It shows a square with the circle/handle on top
• Following the same pattern, we need to:
• Move the circle to the opposite side (from top to bottom)
• Make the shape longer/wider

Looking at our answer choices:

We need the one that shows:

• A longer rectangle (like how the top one got longer)
• The circle moved to the bottom (opposite from the top)

Option C is the only one that matches both changes!

Think of it like playing "spot the pattern":

Whatever happens to the first shape must happen to the second shape

It's like following a recipe - we do the same steps each time!

To solve similar problems:

• Find what changes between the first two pictures
• Apply those exact same changes to the bottom picture
• Look for the answer choice that shows those changes

The correct answer is C

• First, the paper was folded diagonally from the upper-left corner to the lower-right corner.
• Then it was folded again from the lower-left corner to the upper-right corner.
• Then 3 holes in different shapes were punched out.
• Therefore, when the paper is unfolded the holes will mirror each other across the diagonals of the page like this:

• Step 1: Identify the answer choices that do not mirror each other correctly. Eliminate the 2nd and 4th choices because they do not meet this criteria.
• Step 2: Focus on the triangular area in the rightmost frame of the question series. Eliminate the 1st choice because the circular hole is under the pentagon hole, but it should be above it. Also, eliminate the 5th choice because the pentagon has been rotated.
• Step 3: The remaining choice, the 3rd option, is the only one that meets the criteria. Therefore, it is the correct answer.

By following these steps, you can eliminate incorrect answer choices and arrive at the correct solution.

The correct answer is A.

The question is asking you to find the answer choice that follows the same pattern as the shapes shown at the top of the image.

If you look closely, you'll see that all three of the shapes at the top are divided in half. The rectangular shape is divided into two thinner rectangles, the circular shape is divided into two half-circles, and the hexagon shape is divided into two triangles.

When you look at the answer choices below, the only one that also has shapes divided in half is the first choice, which has two thin rectangles. The other choices don't follow the same pattern of dividing the shapes in half.

So the correct answer is the 1st choice, because it's the only one that has the same kind of divided, half-shape pattern as the top examples.