OLSAT Level B flashcards
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- Verbal analogy
- A pair relationship stated as A is to B as C is to what. The same single relationship must connect both pairs.
- Antonym item
- A question asking for the word most nearly opposite in meaning to the stem word, keeping the same part of speech.
- Sentence completion
- A fill-in-the-blank item where context clues in the sentence determine the one word that fits grammatically and in meaning.
- Odd-one-out classification
- Five words or figures are given; four share a category and the fifth does not, making it the answer.
- Context clue
- Words near an unfamiliar term, such as because, but, or instead, that signal its meaning through cause, contrast, or example.
- Part-to-whole relationship
- An analogy link where one item is a component of the other, as wheel is to car or page is to book.
- Function relationship
- An analogy link based on what something does or is used for, as hammer is to nail or pen is to write.
- Degree relationship
- An analogy link of intensity, where one word is a stronger or weaker version of the other, as warm is to hot.
- Category relationship
- An analogy link where one word names a class and the other a member, as fruit is to apple.
- Following directions
- An item requiring the listener to carry out ordered steps and honor sequence words like first, after, and between.
- Word class check
- Confirming whether a stem word is a noun, verb, or adjective so the matching answer shares its grammatical role.
- Reversed analogy test
- Trying B-to-A instead of A-to-B when no option fits the original direction of the pair.
- Synonym item
- A question asking for the word closest in meaning to the stem, with distractors that are related but not equivalent.
- Logical sequence of sentences
- Ordering statements so each follows from the previous one using time, cause, or size cues.
- Inference from text
- Drawing a conclusion that the sentence implies but does not state directly, supported by stated details only.
- Pattern unit
- The shortest repeating block in a sequence, such as AB in ABAB, which determines the next figure.
- Figure series
- A row of shapes changing by one or more rules, such as rotation or added sides, whose next member must be found.
- Figure analogy
- A visual pair showing a transformation; the same change is applied to a second figure to choose the answer.
- Figure classification
- Selecting the one shape that lacks the attribute shared by all the others in the set.
- Rotation versus reflection
- A turn keeps shape and reverses both axes at 180 degrees; a mirror flip reverses only one axis, giving a different result.
- Symmetry check
- Testing whether a figure has a line of symmetry or rotational symmetry, a common shared attribute in classification items.
- Open versus closed figure
- A closed figure encloses an area with unbroken lines; an open figure has gaps, a frequent sorting rule.
- Counting sides and corners
- Tallying edges or vertices across a series; a steady increase or decrease is the rule to continue.
- Shading rule
- A pattern in which filled and unfilled regions alternate or shift position in a fixed cycle.
- Size progression
- A series in which shapes grow or shrink by a steady amount, so the next figure continues that trend.
- Position shift
- Movement of an element within a frame, such as clockwise steps around corners, that repeats predictably.
- Paper folding
- Folding paper then punching holes; unfolding mirrors each hole across every fold line, producing a symmetric set.
- Combining shapes
- Joining two figures edge to edge to form a new outline, with no overlap or change in size.
- Embedded figure
- A simple shape hidden inside a more complex drawing, found by tracing its outline through the extra lines.
- Mirror image
- The reflection of a figure across a vertical or horizontal line, reversing left-right or up-down only.
- Attribute isolation
- Checking one feature at a time - size, count, color, orientation - so a single rule can be confirmed or ruled out.
- Quantitative figure reasoning
- Using counts of sides, corners, or enclosed regions as the numeric rule governing a figure sequence.