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Hey guys, so I was working through Kaplan's Practice Test 3 and encountered some really difficult PAT Keyhole questions. Are these at all similar to DAT format? because they are very discouraging..Anyways, I have attached some as a jpg image. Could you please explain why the answer choice, which is bolded in green, is correct?
 

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Compressed into oblivion. I can't make out the important parts of either of those shapes.
 
Hey UCB05, how else can I post them without having to make them so small? Any ideas? Spent like 30 min trying to compress those...:-(
 
1. the first one that you posted

look at the picture carefully, the solid long line is attached to the two circles. therefore you would have to have one solid line with one square on each side, they cant be side by side they have to be attached to the same long rectangle.
 
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2. look at the middle line, you can see that it goes across and it has a rectangle probably the same size as the one that is visible. therefore you are looking for that in all the answer choices, this would leave choices B and D

I'm not sure what the difference is between B and D maybe someone else can help with that.
 
The first link you posted (question 7, answer A). When you look at it from the right, cylinders appear as rectangular outlines. Therefore, keeping that in mind, rotating the image and compressing it from the right should allow you to fit smoothly through slot A.
 
Keyhole 4; I can very quickly tell A and B D and E are wrong. A is wrong in so many places and B has things sticking out that should not be there. D has those sticks sticking out from nowhere and E should have some parts sticking out. C is right because the top part is obviously correct, the middle has both sticks sticking out, thats good. also i think the middle has three sticks parallel to each other, if you look at it from the angle in C, the ones at the back would be hidden.
 
3. The third one you posted, choice C is easily eliminated because the "big" umbrella doesnt have the square on top, the small one does. small umbrella plus box on top makes its a square. leaving only choice D
 
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1. the first one that you posted

look at the picture carefully, the solid long line is attached to the two circles. therefore you would have to have one solid line with one square on each side, they cant be side by side they have to be attached to the same long rectangle.

I see that but my question really lies with the space between the two squares or dumbbells? There is nothing in the original figure to tell me that there is space between the square/dumbbell things, thats why I eliminated A....Am I just supposed to assume they arent right on top of each other...soo frustrated right now :-(
 
For the second structure, I highlighted certain parts in orange to show what I don't understand about the figure. There is no space between the left rectangular block and the block that goes through the middle of the figures, but all the answer choices show space? What's up with that?
 
I see that but my question really lies with the space between the two squares or dumbbells? There is nothing in the original figure to tell me that there is space between the square/dumbbell things, thats why I eliminated A....Am I just supposed to assume they arent right on top of each other...soo frustrated right now :-(

Ok, for this keyhole, we have to use "elimination" process to figure out which can be best suitable as an answer. Now you eliminated A b/c you thought there wasn't any space b/w the two ovals. But hang on for a sec. Let's see what other choices have to offer. Choice B cannot be right if you look at the 3-d image from "front/back" "side views" or "top/bottom" -- eliminate choice B. Choice C resembles "top/bottom view", but it's wrong. Why? b/c I can see the answer is not C.. lol.. jk.. you can eliminate choice C eventhough you don't look at the oval shapes, b/c the middle square does not resemble the middle pillar of the original figure. Choice D might try to tell us it's a side view, but it's a wrong side view cause the other dimensional ovals would want to leave their footprint, and that is not shown in this stupid choice. We move on to the last choice E, which is a "top/bottom" view. Now, you can see in the original 3-d figure that all ovals have equal length bars connectd to the main pillar. This choice has different sized-bars connected to the middle pillar. This choice's out. We have doubt for choice A, but that's the only choice we have left after eliminating all other choices. 🙁

Pick the answer A and if you're lucky, you'll get it right, and you'll be happy you picked that idiot looking fugly pic 🙂
 
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The first 2 should be obvious of what the answer is. The 3rd picture, you forgot that the middle has a dip in the picture. It's D if your looking at a front view of it. It is not really drawn to scale. The middle slender block should be a lot thicker then the 2 sides. For the last one, D is not the answer since the top has a little edge sticking out. Everything else can be elminated. The answer is a little iffy, not sure if the top part is long enough to connect to the top.
 
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