Cube assumptions on REAL DAT

[lowkeydr]

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Would this cube in the REAL DAT be considered a cube or no cube? It looks as if it can be both. I feel like when I run into these types of questions sometimes it's assumed as a cube and sometimes it's not (not sure though) which is it??? This is an achiever question and solution assumes cube. How is it in the real dat though?
Or would these types of questions would not arise in the DAT?

 

[lr2014]

From the breakdowns posted here I've heard that they are not that tricky compared to Achiever/CDP.

 

[hope_to_match]

Would this cube in the REAL DAT be considered a cube or no cube? It looks as if it can be both. I feel like when I run into these types of questions sometimes it's assumed as a cube and sometimes it's not (not sure though) which is it??? This is an achiever question and solution assumes cube. How is it in the real dat though?
Or would these types of questions would not arise in the DAT?

i would think that this is NOT a cube.

 

[lowkeydr]

and this is from CDP, unlike achiever which assumes cube, CDP solution does not assume cube. Like wtf?? Which is it


EDIT:

Found a different problem on CDP that actually assumes cube this time... seriously cmon son

 

[hope_to_match]

this is so confusing now 🙁

 

[roquer2]

EDIT:

Found a different problem on CDP that actually assumes cube this time... seriously cmon son

This is funny. I got this wrong when I first started and got extremely ticked. I was actually complaining to my friend (who's transitioning to a DS2) and I asked him to solve this and let me know why he came to that conclusion. He assumed nothing there, and I showed him the answer and he made a 'WTF' face. Haha. I think that question is either a) wrong, or b) keep you on your heels for later questions. Don't worry, wait till you get to the later tests, like 6, 7 +, where the amount of cubes per figure is crazy (more time consuming than anything)

this is so confusing now 🙁

Relax. A lot of people told me cube counting on the actual DAT wasn't as '3D' as CDP and they were a little more simple.

 

[xatlasb]

The actual test you won't need to worry.

But for CDP and Achiever, you need to look at the corners of what is ambiguously a cube. The very first example from Achiever, it would be a cube because the front right corner indicates the presence of a cube, and not just the vertical side of the cube behind it. It's hard to explain...

But don't worry about it, real DAT doesn't have any ambiguities.

 

[lr2014]

Isn't funny how the directions ask us to find the cubes who sides are painted when actually none of them are (they are just white) lol

 

[roquer2]

Isn't funny how the directions ask us to find the cubes who sides are painted when actually none of them are (they are just white) lol

It's worded weird yea, but it's just giving you a visual on if you were to actually drop a gallon of paint on a 5 year old kid's set of elementary blocks.

But yes, it's easier to just say ,"what sides are exposed". Lol

 

[lr2014]

It's worded weird yea, but it's just giving you a visual on if you were to actually drop a gallon of paint on a 5 year old kid's set of elementary blocks.

But yes, it's easier to just say ,"what sides are exposed". Lol

Exactly, plus if they were to have a color then we could differentiate the hidden/shown cubes against the white background.

 

[Moka11]

Isn't funny how the directions ask us to find the cubes who sides are painted when actually none of them are (they are just white) lol

They're painted white, silly.