Logical Reasoning Test Practice Course:Deductive reasoning and syllogisms
不限时专题测验:关于Deductive reasoning and syllogisms的18道题,每道题作答后都有解释。每次题目和选项都会重新打乱。
专题测验3:Deductive reasoning and syllogisms
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第1题,共18题
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答案: 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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第2题,共18题
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答案: 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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第3题,共18题
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答案: 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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第4题,共18题
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答案: 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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第5题,共18题
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答案: A. Shipment 12 went by truck
There are only two choices. Rail is ruled out, so it must be truck.
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第6题,共18题
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答案: 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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第7题,共18题
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答案: 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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第8题,共18题
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答案: 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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第9题,共18题
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答案: 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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第10题,共18题
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答案: 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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第11题,共18题
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答案: 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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第12题,共18题
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答案: 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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第13题,共18题
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答案: 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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第14题,共18题
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答案: 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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第15题,共18题
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答案: 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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第16题,共18题
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答案: 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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第17题,共18题
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答案: 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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第18题,共18题
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答案: 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.
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