APCAT - Alberta Police Cognitive Ability Logical Reasoning in Policing Flashcards

All patrol vehicles in the fleet have GPS trackers. Unit 12 is a patrol vehicle. Which conclusion must be true?

Answer: Unit 12 has a GPS tracker

Since every patrol vehicle has a tracker and Unit 12 is one, it must have a tracker.

No officer on the night shift is on leave. Constable Reid is on leave. What follows logically?

Answer: Constable Reid is not on the night shift

If no night-shift officer is on leave, anyone on leave cannot be on the night shift.

If an alarm is triggered, dispatch sends a unit. Dispatch did not send a unit. What can be concluded?

Answer: The alarm was not triggered

Denying the consequent shows the condition (alarm triggered) did not occur.

Some witnesses are reliable. All reliable people are consistent in their accounts. Which statement must be true?

Answer: Some witnesses are consistent

The reliable witnesses are a subset of consistent people, so some witnesses are consistent.

Either the suspect left by the front door or by the rear window. Camera footage shows the front door was never opened. What is the logical conclusion?

Answer: The suspect left by the rear window

With one of two options eliminated, the remaining option must be true.

Every officer who passed the firearms course is certified. Officer Tan is not certified. What follows?

Answer: Tan did not pass the firearms course

Passing guarantees certification, so lacking certification means not passing.

All stolen cars were found in Lot A or Lot B. This car was not found in Lot A and was stolen. Where was it found?

Answer: Lot B

A stolen car must be in Lot A or Lot B, and Lot A is excluded.