Free ieGAT Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers — Questions and Answers
Question 1: When studying for their exams, some medical students prefer to practice in short and specific periods throughout the day, rather than long sessions that cover multiple topics. <br><br>
Others use a process known as top-down learning, which involves looking at the topics as a whole before moving into the smaller areas. <br><br>
This natural way of learning is believed to yield better test results. It is therefore hypothesized that students do not need detailed study schedules, but rather just a list of all the topics they need to know. <br><br>
According to the text, what is said about study schedules?
- They are a waste of time
- They might not be needed to achieve the best results (Correct answer)
- They are essential to success
- Not enough information is provided
Correct answer: They might not be needed to achieve the best results
Explanation: <br>
The text suggests that detailed study schedules may not be necessary for achieving the best results. It mentions that some students prefer shorter study sessions or a top-down learning approach, which are believed to be effective.
Question 2: When studying for their exams, some medical students prefer to practice in short and specific periods throughout the day, rather than long sessions that cover multiple topics. <br><br>
Others use a process known as top-down learning, which involves looking at the topics as a whole before moving into the smaller areas. <br><br>
This natural way of learning is believed to yield better test results. It is therefore hypothesized that students do not need detailed study schedules, but rather just a list of all the topics they need to know. <br><br>
According to the text, what is top-down learning?
- A study schedule
- An ineffective way to study
- A natural way of learning (Correct answer)
- Not enough information is provided
Correct answer: A natural way of learning
Explanation: <br>
Top-down learning, as described in the text, involves starting with an overview of topics or concepts before delving into the details. This approach is considered natural because it mirrors how many people naturally approach understanding complex subjects: by first grasping the big picture before focusing on specifics.
Question 3: Being obliged to break confidentiality in a therapeutic relationship is always a direct result of the law.
- True
- False (Correct answer)
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: False
Explanation: <br>
The law is one reason why someone would have to break confidentiality, but their employment contract is another reason why this could occur. '..and it may occur as a result of their employment contract or of the law.'
Question 4: When a client reports their involvement in an act of terrorism, their therapist is legally obliged to report this.
- True (Correct answer)
- False
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: True
Explanation: <br>
The passage states 'Legitimate breaches of confidentiality relate to circumstances where the information the client has shared relates to acts of terrorism; information of this nature must be reported.'
Question 5: Therapists have some flexibility regarding what they deem serious enough to lead them to breach confidentiality.
- True (Correct answer)
- False
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: True
Explanation: <br>
The last sentence talks about the fact that ‘individual employers and independent therapists have their own boundaries but must agree this contractually with their client at the outset of the therapeutic relationship.’ This therefore means that they do have some flexibility regarding what they deem to be serious enough.
Question 6: It has been recognized that industry leads the way in furthering innovative engineering research.
- True
- False (Correct answer)
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: False
Explanation: <br>
This cannot be true as we are told in paragraph one that universities were the only places that had sufficient engineering knowledge to be able to deliver the level of research that was required to support such objectives [innovation in next-generation technology advances at the intersection of disciplines].
Question 7: ERCs have been used to try and advance technology across multiple disciplines.
- True (Correct answer)
- False
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: True
Explanation: <br>
In the first paragraph we are told that the key focus was on innovation in next-generation technology advances at the intersection of disciplines. ‘Intersection’ means junction or joining point therefore the answer must be True. If we are talking about the intersection of disciplines, we must be referring to multiple disciplines.
Question 8: ERCs have failed to recognize that universities could work more collaboratively with one another.
- True
- False (Correct answer)
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: False
Explanation: <br>
The second generation of ERCs were encouraging collaboration across universities therefore this statement must be false. They did encourage universities to work more collaboratively with one another.
Question 9: Business owners who have commercial premises often tend to have residential property as part of their portfolio.
- True
- False
- Cannot Tell (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Cannot Tell
Explanation: <br>
We know that people in this survey are less likely to have ‘mixed-use assets’ (an add-on to commercial investment). Our gut reaction to this may therefore be to say ‘False’ but the passage is only telling us that the people in the survey are less likely to have residential holdings that form part of mixed use assets. We don’t know whether these people own the businesses that run from the commercial premises. The answer is therefore ‘Cannot tell’.
Question 10: Looking at why people choose to invest in residential property was the sole objective of the survey.
- True
- False (Correct answer)
- Cannot Tell
Correct answer: False
Explanation: <br>
This is false because, in the final paragraph, we are told that ‘uncovering longer-term intentions was also part of the survey remit..’ so why people invest was one of the multiple objectives of the survey.
Question 11: The survey respondents were reflective of the wider population of people who invest in property.
- True
- False
- Cannot Tell (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Cannot Tell
Explanation: <br>
We have no means of knowing whether the people who responded to the survey were representative of the wider population of property investors. We know that the survey was conducted by a large insurance company but they may have been a very niche group of people. The answer is Cannot tell.
