PAT TFE Please Help

[DMDIL]

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I am having trouble distinguishing cylinders and rectangular boxes within structures. Why can't B be the correct answer? Can't the bottom of the structure start out as a square and taper to a circle on the top? 😕

 

[BRZ24]

can you post the actual object?

The answer definitely can't be B or C because the front view shows two straight dashed lines going down which means that you will have see a rectangle on the top. Both B and C have circles.

 

[DMDIL]

can you post the actual object?

The answer definitely can't be B or C because the front view shows two straight dashed lines going down which means that you will have see a rectangle on the top. Both B and C have circles.

Wouldn't you also see dashed lines for the height of cylinders?

 

[tomhrxbfg]

I think they are all wrong?...wdf? There shouldn't be an outer layer

Edit: now I see how the problem is solved. It is D, since the center piece should be visible instead of hiding inside, so C is wrong. Also, since the elevation of the outside edge is not so sharp (not really clear), it's not going to be A or B. You can also eliminate A and B, since they are the same thing (from interpretation, you can't tell whether the center is square or circle, so they are both wrong).

 

[NDPitch]

That problem is brutal. It's definitely not C, other than that, I think the others could work?

That's just wrong if they put things like this on the real DAT. What practice source is this from?

 

[JrZyBud]

The correct answer is D. There is actually an outer layer, which is shown be the two circles. You wouldn't be able to see the larger opening on the bottom from the top because you are looking down and through the smaller opening so that should be represented as a solid line for the smaller opening and a dashed line for the larger opening. That leaves choices A, B and D. The reason it isn't A or B is because of the taper shown in the front and end view. If you notice the bottom of the object is only slightly wider than the top of the object, so you wouldn't have the large square shown in A or B, but instead the smaller "extra" circle shown in D. Does that help? It makes perfect sense in my head, but explaining it on an internet message board isn't quite as easy

 

[NDPitch]

Actually. Now that I look again, I don't think it can be A or B. C is still definitely out.

I don't think A or B works, because if the base were a square, I think that means the cylindrical object coming out of it would have to be raised up on the square base. How do you have a cylinder rise up from a square base without there being an edge? If it were a square base, I think you'd see an edge on the front and end views along the bottom of the figure. So I think that's why it's D.

But that's really annoying, and mean. Haha.

 

[DMDIL]

Actually. Now that I look again, I don't think it can be A or B. C is still definitely out.

I don't think A or B works, because if the base were a square, I think that means the cylindrical object coming out of it would have to be raised up on the square base. How do you have a cylinder rise up from a square base without there being an edge? If it were a square base, I think you'd see an edge on the front and end views along the bottom of the figure. So I think that's why it's D.

But that's really annoying, and mean. Haha.

you're right and I realized there weren't any abnormal structures before so it's always either a rectangular box or a cylinder but not both.