Amazon MBA: Verbal Reasoning 3

Question 1

Choose the word most nearly the SAME in meaning as 'CANDID'.

Accepted Answer

Frank

Answer

'Candid' means open and honest, i.e., frank.

Question 2

A report claims that lowering prices always increases total revenue. Which assumption is this argument relying on?

Accepted Answer

Demand rises enough to offset the lower per-unit price.

Answer

Revenue rises only if the increase in quantity sold outweighs the price cut, which the argument assumes.

Question 3

Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

Accepted Answer

The proposal, which was submitted late, was still approved.

Answer

A non-restrictive clause must be set off by commas on both sides.

Question 4

Complete the analogy: DROUGHT is to WATER as FAMINE is to ____.

Accepted Answer

Food

Answer

A drought is a shortage of water, just as a famine is a shortage of food.

Question 5

Choose the antonym of 'TRANSPARENT'.

Accepted Answer

Opaque

Answer

'Transparent' means see-through or clear, so its opposite is 'opaque'.

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