Logical and Analytical Reasoning Flashcards
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Which statement is the logical contrapositive of 'If an employee passes the exam, they will be promoted'?
Answer: If an employee is not promoted, they did not pass the exam.
The contrapositive of 'If P, then Q' is 'If not Q, then not P.' Therefore: 'If not promoted, then did not pass the exam.'
A department policy states: Reports with errors must be returned for correction. Reports without errors are forwarded to management. A report was forwarded to management. What can be concluded?
Answer: The report definitely contained no errors.
According to the policy, only error-free reports are forwarded to management. Since the report was forwarded, it must have been error-free.
Examine the data: - Department A: 50 employees, 10 absences last month - Department B: 30 employees, 9 absences last month - Department C: 40 employees, 6 absences last month Which department has the HIGHEST absence rate?
Answer: Department B, because it has the highest absence-to-employee ratio
Absence rates: A = 10/50 = 20%, B = 9/30 = 30%, C = 6/40 = 15%. Department B has the highest rate at 30%.
In a coded message, each letter is shifted 3 positions forward in the alphabet (A becomes D, B becomes E, etc.). What does the coded word 'FLYLO' decode to?
Answer: CIVIL
Shifting each letter back by 3: F to C, L to I, Y to V, L to I, O to L. The decoded word is 'CIVIL.'
Four offices share a printer. Office A prints 40% of all jobs, Office B prints 25%, Office C prints 20%, and Office D prints the remainder. If there were 200 print jobs last week, how many did Office D complete?
Answer: 30
Office D handles the remainder: 100% - 40% - 25% - 20% = 15%. 15% of 200 = 30 print jobs.
Statement: 'Some managers are trainers. All trainers are certified.' Which conclusion is valid?
Answer: Some managers are certified.
Since some managers are trainers, and all trainers are certified, those managers who are trainers must be certified. Therefore, some managers are certified.