This is an independent general skills course with a PassEveryTest Certificate of Completion. It is not an accredited qualification or a vendor, employer, test publisher or government certification, it is not any employer's or test publisher's assessment, and practice scores are feedback only. Follow your employer's policies and applicable law.
Beginnen Sie mit den Lektionen Verbal Reasoning Course: Lessons: etwa 180 Minuten Lesezeit. Jede Testfrage wird in den Lektionen behandelt.
Frage 1 von 17
In a true / false / cannot say question, when should you choose "Cannot say"? Antwort anzeigen Antwort: D. When the passage does not give enough information to decide
"Cannot say" means the passage neither supports nor contradicts the statement. Your own opinion does not count.
Frage 2 von 17
In a true / false / cannot say question, when is a statement "False"? Antwort anzeigen Antwort: B. When it contradicts the passage
A statement is False only if it cannot be true when the passage is true. If the passage is silent, the answer is Cannot say.
Frage 3 von 17
Statement: "Full-time staff do not pay for a Lot B permit." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? From May 1, staff who park in Lot B will need a permit. Permits are free for full-time staff and cost $15 a month for part-time staff. Visitors must use Lot A, which has 40 spaces.
Lot B will be closed for repainting during the first week of June. Staff who cycle to work can use the new bike shelter beside the main entrance.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: A. True
The passage says permits are free for full-time staff.
Frage 4 von 17
Statement: "The safety training can be done online." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? All new employees must complete safety training within their first 30 days. The training is offered online and takes about two hours. Employees who miss the deadline cannot work on the warehouse floor until they finish it. Supervisors receive a weekly report showing who has not yet completed the training.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: A. True
The passage says the training is offered online.
Frage 5 von 17
Statement: "Lot B will be open for the whole month of June." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? From May 1, staff who park in Lot B will need a permit. Permits are free for full-time staff and cost $15 a month for part-time staff. Visitors must use Lot A, which has 40 spaces.
Lot B will be closed for repainting during the first week of June. Staff who cycle to work can use the new bike shelter beside the main entrance.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: B. False
Lot B will be closed for repainting during the first week of June, so it is not open all month.
Frage 6 von 17
Statement: "An employee who has not finished the training after 30 days can still work on the warehouse floor." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? All new employees must complete safety training within their first 30 days. The training is offered online and takes about two hours. Employees who miss the deadline cannot work on the warehouse floor until they finish it. Supervisors receive a weekly report showing who has not yet completed the training.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: B. False
Employees who miss the deadline cannot work on the warehouse floor until they finish, so the statement contradicts the passage.
Frage 7 von 17
Statement: "Lot B has more parking spaces than Lot A." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? From May 1, staff who park in Lot B will need a permit. Permits are free for full-time staff and cost $15 a month for part-time staff. Visitors must use Lot A, which has 40 spaces.
Lot B will be closed for repainting during the first week of June. Staff who cycle to work can use the new bike shelter beside the main entrance.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: C. Cannot say
The passage gives the number of spaces in Lot A (40) but not in Lot B, so you cannot compare them.
Frage 8 von 17
Statement: "Most new employees finish the training in their first week." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? All new employees must complete safety training within their first 30 days. The training is offered online and takes about two hours. Employees who miss the deadline cannot work on the warehouse floor until they finish it. Supervisors receive a weekly report showing who has not yet completed the training.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: C. Cannot say
The passage gives the 30-day deadline but says nothing about when most employees actually finish.
Frage 9 von 17
Statement: "Part-time staff can get a Lot B permit for free." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? From May 1, staff who park in Lot B will need a permit. Permits are free for full-time staff and cost $15 a month for part-time staff. Visitors must use Lot A, which has 40 spaces.
Lot B will be closed for repainting during the first week of June. Staff who cycle to work can use the new bike shelter beside the main entrance.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: B. False
Permits cost $15 a month for part-time staff. Only full-time staff get them free.
Frage 10 von 17
Statement: "Supervisors are told each week which employees still need to complete the training." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? All new employees must complete safety training within their first 30 days. The training is offered online and takes about two hours. Employees who miss the deadline cannot work on the warehouse floor until they finish it. Supervisors receive a weekly report showing who has not yet completed the training.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: A. True
Supervisors receive a weekly report of who has not yet completed the training. This is a paraphrase of the passage.
Frage 11 von 17
Statement: "Riverbend Library now closes two hours later on weekdays than it used to." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? Last year, Riverbend Library extended its weekday hours. It now closes at 9 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. In the six months after the change, visits after 7 p.m. made up about 15% of all weekday visits. Weekend hours did not change.
The library board will decide in March whether to keep the longer weekday hours.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: A. True
It closes at 9 p.m. instead of 7 p.m., which is two hours later.
Frage 12 von 17
Statement: "The library's weekend hours were also extended." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? Last year, Riverbend Library extended its weekday hours. It now closes at 9 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. In the six months after the change, visits after 7 p.m. made up about 15% of all weekday visits. Weekend hours did not change.
The library board will decide in March whether to keep the longer weekday hours.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: B. False
The passage says weekend hours did not change.
Frage 13 von 17
Statement: "The longer weekday hours will be kept after March." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? Last year, Riverbend Library extended its weekday hours. It now closes at 9 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. In the six months after the change, visits after 7 p.m. made up about 15% of all weekday visits. Weekend hours did not change.
The library board will decide in March whether to keep the longer weekday hours.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: C. Cannot say
The board will decide in March; the passage does not say what it will decide.
Frage 14 von 17
Statement: "More than half of the employees surveyed wanted the option to work from home one day a week." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? In a survey of 200 employees, 120 said they would like the option to work from home one day a week. Of the 80 who did not want this option, most said they prefer to keep work and home separate. The survey did not ask about working from home more than one day a week.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: A. True
120 out of 200 is 60%, which is more than half.
Frage 15 von 17
Statement: "Most employees surveyed would like to work from home three days a week." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? In a survey of 200 employees, 120 said they would like the option to work from home one day a week. Of the 80 who did not want this option, most said they prefer to keep work and home separate. The survey did not ask about working from home more than one day a week.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: C. Cannot say
The survey did not ask about working from home more than one day a week, so there is no information about this.
Frage 16 von 17
Statement: "The total number of weekday visits went up after the library changed its hours." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? Last year, Riverbend Library extended its weekday hours. It now closes at 9 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. In the six months after the change, visits after 7 p.m. made up about 15% of all weekday visits. Weekend hours did not change.
The library board will decide in March whether to keep the longer weekday hours.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: C. Cannot say
The passage only says what share of weekday visits came after 7 p.m. It does not compare total visits before and after the change.
Frage 17 von 17
Statement: "Fewer than 40 employees said they prefer to keep work and home separate." Based only on the passage, is the statement true, false, or can you not say? In a survey of 200 employees, 120 said they would like the option to work from home one day a week. Of the 80 who did not want this option, most said they prefer to keep work and home separate. The survey did not ask about working from home more than one day a week.
Antwort anzeigen Antwort: B. False
Most of the 80 employees who did not want the option gave this reason. Most of 80 is more than 40, so fewer than 40 cannot be true.
Tastatur: 1–4 zum Antworten, Eingabetaste für die nächste Frage.