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Every AR question contains distractors — features that change between boxes but are not part of the rule. Distractors exist for one purpose: to waste your time. If you spend seconds analysing a feature that turns out to be irrelevant, you have lost time you cannot recover at 14 seconds per question. This lesson teaches you to identify and dismiss distractors efficiently.
A distractor is any visual feature that:
The rule is the feature that is consistent across all boxes. Distractors are the features that are inconsistent. This is the fundamental distinction:
Consistent feature = potential rule. Inconsistent feature = distractor. Ignore it.
Test designers use every SCANS category as potential distractors:
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