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[Jia7]

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Can someone please help me understand how the answer is B? Thanks!

 

[Ibraiz]

Not sure how the answer is B but just wanted to know if you got this answer from Crack DAT PAT?

 

[Jia7]

No, this one is not from CDP. One of my friends gave these old practice tests to me. Not sure where they are from since the document only says DAT practice tests...

 

[Spartan812]

The objects sitting on top of the big triangle aren't flat, they come together to meet at a point, like a pyramid! If you rotate the figure counterclockwise so the base (big triangle) is pointing towards you, you see that that's why the bottom part is straight across. I was confused too but once you see the pyramid you get it lol

 

[Jia7]

The objects sitting on top of the big triangle aren't flat, they come together to meet at a point, like a pyramid! If you rotate the figure counterclockwise so the base (big triangle) is pointing towards you, you see that that's why the bottom part is straight across. I was confused too but once you see the pyramid you get it lol

Thanks for your help! Yes i see it now. I am so afraid of questions like these where i am not sure if the object is flat or not. :-/

 

[Jia7]

Few others that i couldn't visualize.

Answer is C. I don't see the side bump sticking way out towards the back in the figure so C doesn't make sense to me.

Answer is D. I don't see where the dotted lines come from...

I wasn't sure between A and C and the answer is C but I don't understand how we can be sure that the two rectangles cross or don't cross in the middle.

 

[Spartan812]

Yea, I don't see the keyhold one either, I would have answered B!

In your second link, the dotted line going down the middle is the from the tip of the middle triangle. The dotted lines on the sides are from the ends of the right and left triangles, where they end. In the end view, that dotted line is coming from the middle triangle.

I can't visualize the third one, I must have stared at it for three minutes! Sorry :\

 

[DQLEUCD]

Can someone please help me understand how the answer is B? Thanks!

Look at it from the front of the biggest triangle which is towards the left of the image. If your looking from the front, you will see that the top piece splits it in the middle and creates a little house on top. And the bottom piece is just the back of the triangle's length.

 

[Jia7]

Thanks Spartan & DQLEUCD!

Spartan thanks for the help on the triangles one. I had to keep staring at it for a bit to realize that you don't see the triangles in the front only in the back as seen by the top view. So, thats why the dotted lines exist.

If anyone can help with the other two i posted (#4 and #18), I would really appreciate that. Thanks!

 

[DQLEUCD]

Few others that i couldn't visualize.

Answer is C. I don't see the side bump sticking way out towards the back in the figure so C doesn't make sense to me.

Answer is D. I don't see where the dotted lines come from...

I wasn't sure between A and C and the answer is C but I don't understand how we can be sure that the two rectangles cross or don't cross in the middle.

Alright for 4
A is the front view which is suppose to look like the back of the object to be correct and the triangle on the side
B is the side view if your looking at it's Length, should be a rectangle, not that shape
C is same as A but with the triangle. I don't think the book has the right answer because it should have the back shape which is a rectangle so i'm not sure what they were smoking when they put it in
D is a top view but as you can see, the triangle does not extend past the back so that's incorrect
E which is close, but the rectangle is too big. If it was the same size as A or C but it's filled to the rectangle, that would be the correct image.

For 21
If you look at the top view, the triangle in the middle is your 3 dotted lines. If your looking at the end view, the first front of the object is shorter then the back which represents a solid line. I believe there should be another dotted line towards the front of the end view to indicate the deep way the middle triangle cuts in.

For 18
Enter text here.If you are looking at the end view, you can see the middle square which represents the left and right side of C. Because it is shorter then the big piece cutting the front view in the middle, you have either options A or C as a choice. Now look at the end view, the diamond shape on the back, because it has a flat surface on the top, that indicates 2 additional lines to show the difference on the top. For A, with no lines, it shows the surface is flat. For C, it shows that there is a difference in surface heights so C it is.


BTW, which test are you using for these questions?

 

[Jia7]

Thank you so much for the explanation. #18 really made sense after you pointed that out. I can't miss the little changes in structure.

I have no idea what tests these are. My friend gave me these practice tests from 2006. The document doesn't say whether its kaplan or something else but I don't think its kaplan. There are no explanations given with the answers so I have to bother you guys here..

Thank you so much again!

 

[iamgosu]

i dont think its kaplan, never seen these before

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