RBC Online Assessment

FREE RBC Assessment: Verbal Reasoning Question and Answers

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Most living creatures do not normally thrive in high pressure environments.

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Explanation:
The section states that the discovery of fish and ocean life was "a surprise given that water pressure at the trench's bottom is more than one thousand times the atmospheric pressure at sea level," which leads one to believe that this is the case.

The Mariana Trench is home to a wide variety of microscopic species, including xenophyophores.

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Explanation:
False. Xenophyophores indeed exist in the Mariana Trench, but they are not "microscopic" in size; rather, they are described as "gigantic amoebas."

Nuclear waste would be pushed under moving tectonic plates if placed in the Mariana Trench.

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Explanation:
Cannot tell because, despite the fact that this is a theory presented in the third paragraph, there is no way to know the answer with certainty.

Despite being often believed to be the deepest spot in the world's oceans, the Arctic Ocean has other areas that are deeper.

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Explanation:
False. The first phrase clearly asserts that "the Mariana Trench is the deepest region of Earth's oceans," notwithstanding the first paragraph's claim that some areas of the Arctic Ocean are closer to the planet's center.

The vinegar used to make modern sushi gives it its sour flavor.

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Explanation:
The opening line claims that "Over time, vinegar replaced the fermenting process," however the ensuing phrases describing current sushi make no mention of whether vinegar is used in its creation, making it impossible to verify whether vinegar is unquestionably an ingredient.

The Earth is far from being a perfect spherical.

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Explanation:
It is true that "the Earth's radius is less in its poles than at the equator," as stated in the first paragraph. The Earth is therefore not exactly spherical.

Sushi made with futomaki doesn't include rice.

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Explanation:
False - Although rice is not included in the definition of Futomaki, which is given as "Nori rolls packed with fish or vegetarian components," an earlier sentence claims that "There is a broad range of sushi variants, all of which contain rice." Hence, if futomaki is a form of sushi, the rice must be present.