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The Perceptual Ability Test

The Perceptual Ability Test or PAT is unique to the DAT. This test is taken immediately after the Survey of Natural Sciences Test.

It consists of 6 subtests:

  1. Apertures (Keyholes)
  2. View Recognition (Top/Front/End Visualization [TFE])
  3. Angle Discrimination (Angle Ranking)
  4. Paper Folding (Hole Punches)
  5. Cube Counting
  6. 3D Form Devleopment (Pattern Folding)

Test takers are given 60 minutes to complete 90 questions. This section is the single most important test of the DAT as each tester's PAT score is reported separately from other test scores.




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