Civil Service Exam Logical and Analytical Reasoning 3

Question 1

Which statement is the logical contrapositive of 'If an employee passes the exam, they will be promoted'?

Accepted Answer

If an employee is not promoted, they did not pass the exam.

Answer

The contrapositive of 'If P, then Q' is 'If not Q, then not P.' Therefore: 'If not promoted, then did not pass the exam.'

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

The report definitely contained no errors.

Answer

According to the policy, only error-free reports are forwarded to management. Since the report was forwarded, it must have been error-free.

Question 3

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?

Accepted Answer

Department B, because it has the highest absence-to-employee ratio

Answer

Absence rates: A = 10/50 = 20%, B = 9/30 = 30%, C = 6/40 = 15%. Department B has the highest rate at 30%.

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

CIVIL

Answer

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.'

Question 5

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?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

Office D handles the remainder: 100% - 40% - 25% - 20% = 15%. 15% of 200 = 30 print jobs.

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Civil Service Exam Logical and Analytical Reasoning 3