Logical Reasoning Test Practice Course: Deductive reasoning and syllogisms
Quiz sa paksa na walang limitasyon sa oras: 18 tanong tungkol sa Deductive reasoning and syllogisms, may paliwanag pagkatapos ng bawat sagot. Binabago ang ayos ng mga tanong at sagot sa bawat pagkakataon.
Quiz sa paksa 3: Deductive reasoning and syllogisms
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Tanong 1 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Priya has a first-aid certificate
Priya belongs to the group "guards at the site", and everyone in that group has the certificate. The statements say nothing about people outside the group.
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Tanong 2 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. The blue van is not a rental
Nothing in the north yard is a rental, and the blue van is in the north yard, so it cannot be a rental.
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Tanong 3 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Everyone left the building
The "if" part happened, so the "then" part must follow. This form is called modus ponens.
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Tanong 4 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. All trainees sign the attendance sheet
This is a chain: trainees are inside the briefing group, which is inside the signing group. So all trainees sign. The reverse is not stated.
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Tanong 5 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: A. Shipment 12 went by truck
There are only two choices. Rail is ruled out, so it must be truck.
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Tanong 6 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. The statements do not say whether Sam is a forklift operator
The rule only goes one way: operators wear boots. Other people may wear boots too, so Sam may or may not be an operator.
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Tanong 7 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. Today's delivery did not arrive before noon
If it had arrived before noon, Lee would have signed. Lee did not sign, so it did not arrive before noon. This form is called modus tollens.
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Tanong 8 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: A. Some cashiers get a transit discount
The cashiers who are students must get the discount, because every student does. Nothing is said about the other cashiers.
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Tanong 9 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. A visitor who enters the lab is wearing safety glasses
"A only if B" means "if A, then B". Wearing glasses is required to enter, but it does not guarantee entry.
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Tanong 10 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. The statements do not say whether Mia's badge has expired
The door could stay shut for other reasons. Concluding the badge expired is the mistake called affirming the consequent.
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Tanong 11 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. At least one new hire speaks French
"Some" means at least one, and possibly all. It does not tell you that some new hires do not speak French.
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Tanong 12 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Some cleaners are not night-shift staff
A cleaner without a pass cannot be on the night shift, because every night-shift worker has a pass. Other cleaners might still work nights.
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Tanong 13 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. No one in Room 4 has a staff badge
Everyone in Room 4 is a contractor, and no contractor has a staff badge, so no one in Room 4 has one.
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Tanong 14 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. Today is a holiday
"A unless B" means "if not B, then A". If it were not a holiday, the store would have opened at 9. It did not, so it is a holiday.
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Tanong 15 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: D. Some mechanics are drivers
"Some drivers are mechanics" can be turned around: some mechanics are drivers. Two "some" statements tell you nothing certain about drivers and supervisors.
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Tanong 16 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: B. If it snows, the crew salts the lot. The crew did not salt the lot. So it did not snow.
Only the first one is valid: if snow always leads to salting, no salting means no snow. The others assume the rule works backwards.
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Tanong 17 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. Ticket 88 is not high priority
Work backwards along the chain: no manager told means it did not go to Level 2, and that means it was not high priority.
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Tanong 18 ng 18
Ipakita ang sagot
Sagot: C. No inspector works part time
Inspectors are a group inside engineers, and no engineer works part time, so no inspector does. The student statement does not change this.
Keyboard: 1–4 para sumagot, Enter para sa susunod na tanong.