Epic Skills Assessment: Cognitive Assessment Flashcards
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In a group of 60 students, 40% play soccer and 30% play basketball. If 10% play both, what percentage play neither sport?
Answer: 40%
Soccer only + basketball only + both = 30% + 20% + 10% = 60%; neither = 100% - 60% = 40%.
A sequence of letters goes: A, C, F, J, ___. What letter comes next?
Answer: O
The gaps increase: +2, +3, +4, +5; J is the 10th letter, so the next is the 15th letter = O.
Which statement best describes 'working memory' as measured in cognitive assessments?
Answer: Ability to hold and manipulate information in mind simultaneously
Working memory refers to the capacity to temporarily hold and actively manipulate information needed for current cognitive tasks.
If you rearrange the letters 'NERDCA', you get the name of a:
Answer: Country
Rearranging NERDCA gives FRANCE, which is a country.
A clock shows 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?
Answer: 7.5°
At 3:15, the minute hand is at 90° and the hour hand is at 97.5° (3×30 + 15×0.5); difference = 7.5°.
Which of the following best identifies a logical fallacy? 'We must ban cars because one person was injured in a car accident.'
Answer: Hasty generalization
Drawing a broad conclusion from a single isolated incident is a hasty generalization.
A box holds red and blue marbles. The ratio of red to blue is 3:5. If there are 24 red marbles, how many total marbles are in the box?
Answer: 64
If 3 parts = 24 red, then 1 part = 8; total = (3+5)×8 = 64 marbles.