Verbal Reasoning: Logic Flashcards

All translated documents must be certified. Document X is certified. Which statement is valid?

Answer: Document X may or may not be a translated document

Certification is required for translated documents but may also apply to others; Document X's status as translated is uncertain.

Some security briefings are classified. All classified materials require a clearance code. What must be true?

Answer: Some security briefings require a clearance code

The classified subset of security briefings must require a clearance code, making some security briefings require one.

If the humanitarian convoy is delayed, aid delivery fails. Aid delivery did not fail. What is the logical conclusion?

Answer: The convoy was not delayed

Contrapositive: if aid delivery did not fail, the convoy was not delayed.

No delegate without credentials may vote. All voting delegates cast ballots. Yusuf did not cast a ballot. What follows?

Answer: Yusuf is not a voting delegate

If all voting delegates cast ballots and Yusuf did not, Yusuf is not a voting delegate.

Either the audit is completed by Friday or the contract is void. The contract is not void. Conclusion:

Answer: The audit was completed by Friday

Since the contract is not void, the only way to prevent voiding occurred: the audit was completed by Friday.

All field coordinators attend the weekly briefing. Some people who attend the weekly briefing are not field coordinators. What follows?

Answer: Some attendees are field coordinators

Since all field coordinators attend, they form a subset of all attendees, so some attendees are field coordinators.

Premise: If a resolution is binding, member states must implement it. Premise: Member states are not implementing Resolution 44. Conclusion:

Answer: Resolution 44 is not binding

By contrapositive, if member states are not implementing it, Resolution 44 is not binding.