PAT Test 6 DAT Bootcamp #71

[snlee3]

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For Figure D from the DAT Bootcamp PAT Test #6, how do we know that the cube in the far row in the middle between the 2 level column and 1 level column is actually a cube? We can't see if there is or isn't a line, so I thought we assumed there wasn't a cube there.

Same for Figure C between the two 2 level columns.

 

[acemason]

I hope I understood what you were asking.
I photoshopped both images to show you what they would look like in each scenario.

Figure D would look like the following if there were no cube present where the arrow indicates.

Figure C would look like the following if there was a cube present where the arrow indicates.

 

[deleted675097]

Figure D has 18 cubes and Figure C has 19. The assumption they want you to work with is if you see an elevated cube, you should assume there is a supporting cube below it. The arrow you placed in Figure C is elevated, meaning there must be a supporting cube below it. The arrow you placed in Figure D isn't elevated, but there are lines designating that a cube is there. I hope this helped. I was a little confused by what you were exactly asking.

 

[snlee3]

Figure D has 18 cubes and Figure C has 19. The assumption they want you to work with is if you see an elevated cube, you should assume there is a supporting cube below it. The arrow you placed in Figure C is elevated, meaning there must be a supporting cube below it. The arrow you placed in Figure D isn't elevated, but there are lines designating that a cube is there. I hope this helped. I was a little confused by what you were exactly asking.

Are you looking at the photoshopped ones or the ones I originally posted? Figure D is supposed to have 19 and Figure C is supposed to have 18.

 

[acemason]

Are you looking at the photoshopped ones or the ones I originally posted? Figure D is supposed to have 19 and Figure C is supposed to have 18.

Yeah, in the original images Figure D has 19; Figure C has 18 cubes.

 

[snlee3]

Yeah, in the original images Figure D has 19; Figure C has 18 cubes.

For figure D, I meant the cube in front of the one you photoshopped out. We can't see any edges for that one, so how do we know it's there instead of being erased? And the same for the block below the box you photoshopped in.

 

[acemason]

For figure D, I meant the cube in front of the one you photoshopped out. We can't see any edges for that one, so how do we know it's there instead of being erased? And the same for the block below the box you photoshopped in.

Oh, I see what you mean. I always assume there is a cube present unless they make it obvious that there isn't like in the example below:

So they'd have to show you another edge in order for you to assume that there isn't a cube there.

Hope this makes sense.

 

[snlee3]

Oh, I see what you mean. I always assume there is a cube present unless they make it obvious that there isn't like in the example below:

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So they'd have to show you another edge in order for you to assume that there isn't a cube there.

Hope this makes sense.

Oh ok thanks for all your help! I know there was a Kaplan test where it was like that and there wasn't supposed to be a cube there, but I think bootcamp is more accurate. Anyways, I took the 2009 test today and it was super obvious when there was a cube missing.