Reasoning Flashcards

Statement: 'All snipers are accurate shooters. Private Kim is an accurate shooter.' Conclusion: 'Private Kim is a sniper.' Is the conclusion true?

Answer: Cannot say

Being an accurate shooter is necessary but not sufficient to be a sniper — other accurate shooters exist.

Statement: 'No rank below corporal can authorise leave. Private Daniels is a private.' Conclusion: 'Private Daniels cannot authorise leave.' Is the conclusion true?

Answer: Yes

Private is below corporal, so Private Daniels falls in the group that cannot authorise leave.

Statement: 'All morning drills start at 0600. Today's drill started at 0600.' Conclusion: 'Today's drill is a morning drill.' Is the conclusion true?

Answer: Cannot say

Other drills might also start at 0600, so we cannot confirm the drill is a morning drill.

Statement: 'Every soldier in Unit B completed the assault course. Corporal Singh is in Unit B.' Conclusion: 'Corporal Singh completed the assault course.' Is the conclusion true?

Answer: Yes

Every soldier in Unit B completed the course, and Corporal Singh is in Unit B, so the conclusion is true.

Statement: 'Some army bases have a swimming pool. Base Bravo is an army base.' Conclusion: 'Base Bravo has a swimming pool.' Is the conclusion true?

Answer: Cannot say

'Some' bases have pools, but we do not know whether Base Bravo is one of them.

Which answer best describes the format of questions in the BARB Reasoning subtest?

Answer: Sentence-based logical deductions with true/false/cannot say options

The Reasoning subtest presents verbal statements and asks candidates to evaluate whether a conclusion logically follows.