Turn and reflect twenty drawn asymmetric figures, a mirror image among the options of every item. Raw accuracy by quarter turn, half turn, mirror and the two combined.
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20 items · 10 min
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What this assessment measures
This route draws an asymmetric figure and asks which of the options is that figure turned or reflected as the prompt says. Twenty items cover five transformations: the quarter turn, the half turn, the three-quarter turn, the mirror image across either axis, and a turn and a reflection performed in a stated order. A mirror image sits among the options of every item, so a turn cannot be mistaken for a reflection without being marked wrong.
What this test looks at
quarter turn · 4 items
half turn · 4 items
three quarter turn · 4 items
mirror image · 4 items
turn and reflect · 4 items
Time
10 minutes
Items
20
Result
attainable-range pattern summary
Source
Original MyTestAtlas task generator
Twenty untimed items under uncontrolled conditions and with no norm sample cannot establish a spatial IQ, a percentile, or a stable ability level, and practice and strategy move the result. The figures have to be seen: the text alternatives describe each option but cannot be reasoned from.
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Why this route is different
The figures are drawn by this site's generator rather than typed as arrows or corner glyphs, which is what makes the task mental rotation instead of a verbal rule about compass directions—there is no name for these shapes to reason with. The hardest four ask for a turn and a reflection in a given order, and the figure the other order produces is always on the page, because that is the item.
A small next step
Take one missed item, trace the figure with a finger through each step of the turn, and check whether the option you chose was the reflection rather than the rotation.
Questions people ask
How is this different from the spatial reasoning test?
This route stays on turning and reflecting a single figure, and it reaches further up in difficulty: it adds a very hard tier and items with as many as eight options, where the other route tops out at four. The spatial reasoning test covers a broader mix, including rotations of a whole grid.
Why do some items have eight options rather than four?
With four options a guess is right a quarter of the time, and on the hardest items that noise can be larger than the thing being measured. More options lower what guessing contributes. It also makes those items feel considerably harder, which is intended.
Is this an IQ test?
No. It reports a score weighted by difficulty tier and measured against these twenty items, with no IQ number, no percentile and no statement about your intelligence. Mental rotation is one specific skill, and being good at it does not make someone a better reasoner in general.
Is it timed?
No, and that is worth knowing when you read the result. Mental rotation is usually studied through how long a turn takes, and an untimed accuracy score misses that entirely. What you get here is whether you arrived at the right figure, not how quickly.
Source and method boundary
These items and their scoring are original to MyTestAtlas. The route is labelled as practice, reflection, or entertainment and has no clinical, IQ, hiring, or population-norm interpretation.