EDPT - Electronic Data Processing Data Sufficiency Analysis Questions and Answers

Question 1

Two servers, A and B, are processing a large dataset. How many hours would it take Server A to process the dataset by itself?

(1) Working together, Server A and Server B can process the dataset in 8 hours.
(2) Server B processes data at a rate that is one-third the rate of Server A.

Accepted Answer

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

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Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

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Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.

Question 2

A data processing program was run 5 times. What was the average execution time in seconds?

(1) The total execution time for all 5 runs was 210 seconds.
(2) The execution times, in seconds, for the first 3 runs were 42, 45, and 38.

Accepted Answer

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

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Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

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Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.

Question 3

A rectangular data center floor has a specific footprint. What is the perimeter of the floor in meters?

(1) The area of the floor is 48 square meters.
(2) The diagonal length of the floor is 10 meters.

Accepted Answer

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

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Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

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Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.

Question 4

A database query is run multiple times. What is the median query execution time?

(1) The query was run 7 times and the average execution time was 50 milliseconds.
(2) The set of execution times has a single mode of 52 milliseconds.

Accepted Answer

Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.

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Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

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Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

Question 5

In a group of 50 network engineers, how many are certified in both Cisco (CCNA) and Juniper (JNCIA)?

(1) 35 engineers are certified in CCNA.
(2) 10 engineers in the group are certified in neither CCNA nor JNCIA.

Accepted Answer

Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.

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Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

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Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

Question 6

What is the value of the integer `x`?

(1) `x` is a prime number between 20 and 30.
(2) `x + 5` is a multiple of 6.

Accepted Answer

BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

Answer

Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.

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Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

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Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question.