Prepare Your Child for CAT4 Level D (Year 7) Success: Free Practice, PDFs & Focused Prep

What Is the CAT4 Level D Test?

The CAT4 Level D test is designed for Year 7 students (ages 10-12). It assesses critical thinking skills in areas like verbal, nonverbal, quantitative, and spatial reasoning. This test helps identify student strengths and potential for academic success.

The CAT4 was created by GL Assessment and it’s administered in a paper-based or online version and takes about two hours to complete. Results are available after 15 business days for the paper-based version or instantly for the digital version.

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What Does the CAT4 Level D Test Consist of?

The CAT4 test for year 7 consists of four batteries, each includes two subsections:

• Non-Verbal Reasoning Battery: Figure Classification and Figure Matrices questions
• Verbal Reasoning Battery: Verbal Classification and Verbal Analogies questions
• Quantitative Reasoning Battery: Number Series and Number Analogies questions
• Spatial Reasoning Battery: Figure Analysis and Figure Recognition questions

So overall, there are 8 different subsections on the test.

The exam itself has three parts, each with its own time limits and amount of questions:

Part 1

• Figure Classification: 24 questions, 10 minutes
• Figure Matrices: 24 questions, 10 minutes

Part 2

• Verbal Classification: 24 questions, 8 minutes
• Verbal Analogies: 24 questions, 8 minutes
• Number Analogies: 18 questions, 10 minutes

Part 3

• Number Series: 18 questions, 8 minutes
• Figure Analysis: 18 questions, 9 minutes
• Figure Recognition: 18 questions, 9 minutes

Below is our free sample test with practice questions for each of the question types. For additional sample questions, watch this video:

Free CAT4 Level D (Year 7) Practice Test

Figure Classification Question

Choose the answer that shares the same connection/characteristic as the three given images.

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is the 3rd from the left.
In this question, you can see that all figures consist of identical shapes but in three different sizes.
The triangle shape in answer choice 3 is repeated three times in three different sizes. Therefore, it is the correct answer.
Answer choice 1 is incorrect because the small-sized square is repeated twice, and therefore the figure has only two sizes.
Answer choices 2 and 5 are incorrect because the shape is repeated three times in the same size.
Answer choice 4 is incorrect because it consists of only two shapes.

Figure Matrices Question #1

Choose the answer choice that follows the pattern and completes the matrix.

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is the 2nd from the left.

In the top row, we have two figures – how do they go together?

As we move from left to right:

• The white triangles change into black diamonds,

• The arrows rotate 180 degrees but remain white,

• The number of circles increases by one, and –

• The circles change colors from black to white

We can eliminate answer choice 1 as it contains a white arrow but not four white circles. We can eliminate answer choice 3 as it contains a white diamond, not a black one. In addition, this answer choice contains black circles instead of white ones.

We can eliminate answer choice 4 as it contains three circles instead of four.

Finally, we can eliminate answer choice 5 as it contains an arrow that has not been rotated.

We are left with answer choice 2, which is the correct answer.

Figure Matrices Question #2

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is the 1st from the left.

This matrix comprises nine squares divided into three rows or three columns. Each square of the matrix contains a grid of nine squares, also divided into three rows or three columns, with a square and a triangle in each one.

To avoid confusion, we will refer to the greater division of squares as the matrix and the smaller ones in each square as grids.

The square and triangle appear in different squares in the grid for each matrix square. To find the answer, we can track their movement across the rows of the matrix. 

Across the matrix rows from the left square to the right, the square moves in a clockwise direction along the outer boundary of the grid and moves one spot to the right in the grid with each step. The triangle remains in the same column of the grid and moves one spot down in the grid with each step.

Therefore, following the rows, the position of the square in the bottom left square of the matrix should be the top-middle square of the grid, and the position of the triangle should be the bottom-middle square of the grid. 

Only the 1^st answer choice matches this description, so it is the correct answer.

Verbal Analogy Question #1

The first pair of words go together in a certain way. Choose the word that goes together with the third word in the same way.

interrogate → question : declare →

A. speak
B. state
C. yell
D. command
E. voice

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is (B) – state. If someone interrogates someone, they question them. If someone declares something, they state it. In this case, the first verb is clarified or better explained by the second verb. 

Verbal Analogy Question #2

bricks → building : bulldozer →

A. hauling
B. trashing
C. destroying
D. constructing
E. site

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is (C) – destroying. Bricks are used for building. A bulldozer is used for destroying. In this case the first word (a noun) is paired with what action it represents (the second word). 

Verbal Classification Question

Choose the word that belongs in the same group as the first three words.

parallel | diagonal | horizontal

A. geometry
B. lines
C. symmetry
D. math
E. perpendicular

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is (E) – perpendicular. 

Parallel, diagonal, horizontal, and perpendicular are all types of lines. These words are paired because of their relationship to geometry and math.

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Number Analogy Question

Choose the number that completes the third pair so that it demonstrates the same relationship as the first two pairs.

[30 → 195] [40 → 255] [15 → ?]

A. 200
B. 90
C. 105
D. 300
E. 140

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is (C) – 105.

In the first pair, the number 30 is transformed into 195. The answer is obtained by multiplying it by 6 and then adding 15 to the answer (30 * 6 = 180 + 15 = 105).

In the second pair, the number 40 is transformed into 255. Again, the relationship is multiplying by 6 (40 * 6 = 240+15 = 255).

You can notice that the number on the right is obtained by multiplying the number on the left by 6 and then adding 15.

Let’s apply the same pattern to the third number pair, [15 → If we multiply 15 by 6 and then add 15, we get 15 * 6 = 90+15 = 105.

Number Series Question #1

What number comes next in the series?

53     66     78     89      99     108        ?

A. 109
B. 113
C. 107
D. 112
E. 116

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is (E) – 116.

In the series, the next number is obtained by adding 13 to the previous number in the first turn, then adding 12 to the previous number in the second turn, and so on. The number added to get the next number decreases by 1 with each turn. The sequence is 53+13=66, 66+12=78, 78+11=89, 89+ 10 = 99, 99 + 9 = 108 and 108 + 8 = 116.

Number Series Question #2

4     3   4     4     4     5     4     6     4     ?

A. 10
B. 8
C. 7
D. -9
E. -6

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is (C) – 7.

In the series, the numbers at odd positions remain the same, and the numbers at even positions increase by 1 while moving toward the right. The sequence is 4, 3, 4, 3+1=4, 4, 4+1=5, 4, 5+1=6, 4, 6+1= 7.

Figure Analysis Question #1

Choose the answer choice that shows the final product of the unfolded punched-in paper.

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is the 4th from the left.

A4 paper is folded into a half rectangle and then into a quarter rectangle. When the hole is punched into it, it will punch the four sides of the paper. We can observe that all corners of the paper are folded towards this corner where the hole has been punched, so it will have four holes at its corners when the paper is unfolded.

Figure Analysis Question #2

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is the 3rd from the left.

Figure Recognition Question

Choose the answer choice that contains the given shape. The shape must keep its size and orientation.

Correct Answer & Explanation:

The correct answer is the 4th from the left.

The shape is visible in the middle of option 4.

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