EDPT Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. FUSELAGE is to AIRPLANE as HULL is to ____. → SHIP
2. A company rents server space for $350 per month. They negotiate a 2-year contract with a 15% annual discount. How much do they save over the 2-year contract? → $1,260
3. What is the result of binary addition 0101 + 0011? → 1000
4. A regional sales table shows: North=800 units, South=400 units, East=600 units, West=200 units. What is the ratio of North region sales to West region sales? → 4:1
5. A quality control team finds 3 defective units per every 500 units inspected. If they inspect 12,000 units, how many are defective? → 72
6. ARCHIPELAGO is to ISLAND as GALAXY is to ____. → STAR
7. An IT contractor works 4 days per week, 9 hours per day, and charges $75 per hour. How much does she earn in a 4-week month? → $10,800
8. Shape A has a thick border and a light gray fill. Shape B has no border and a dark gray fill. The transformation: → Removes the border and darkens the fill
9. ACCELERATE : SPEED :: AMPLIFY : ___ → Volume
10. Which of the following numbers completes the sequence: 4, 5, 9, 14, 23, ...? → 37
11. Gives the idea of bookmarking a wider audience and more computers. → Social bookmarking
12. In a sequence of clock faces, the minute hand advances 25 minutes each step. If the first clock shows 12:00, what time does the fourth clock show? → 1:05
13. Permit the discussion to go further into themes. → Exploration websites
14. FAWN : DEER :: FOAL : ___ → Horse
15. Which of the following best describes a compiler? → A program that translates entire source code into machine code before execution
16. A storage array uses 3 out of every 4 sectors for data and the rest for parity. If there are 256 total sectors, how many are used for parity? → 64
17. SURGEON : SCALPEL :: CARPENTER : ___ → Hammer
18. What is the process of finding and fixing errors in a computer program called? → Debugging
19. In a standard data processing flowchart, which shape is used to represent an input or output operation, such as 'Get User Record' or 'Print Report'? → Parallelogram
20. An IT department has a budget of $48,000. They spend 35% on hardware, 25% on software, and the rest on training. How much is allocated to training? → $19,200
21. A binary number 1011 converted to decimal is: → 11
22. ABRIDGED : SHORTENED :: ANNOTATED : ___ → Explained
23. Permit discussion between professionals in the field who are adults and students. → Student-to-expert communication websites
24. A flowchart loop runs as long as Counter < 10 and increments Counter by 1 each iteration. How many times does the loop body execute? → 10
25. A figure is reflected across a vertical axis and then rotated 180°. Which single transformation produces the same result? → Reflection across a horizontal axis
26. Which reading skill involves understanding meaning that is implied but not directly stated? → Inference
27. Identify the next value: 81, 27, 9, 3, ___? → 1
28. An employee's daily work hours are recorded: Mon=8, Tue=7.5, Wed=9, Thu=8, Fri=7. What is the total number of hours worked that week? → 39.5
29. RECKLESS : CAUTIOUS :: VERBOSE : ___ → Terse
30. HAMMER is to CARPENTER as ____ is to SCULPTOR. → CHISEL