ieGAT - IE Global Admissions Deductive Logical Thinking Questions and Answers

Question 1

A company has the following policy for project team assignments: 1) All projects must be led by a certified Project Manager. 2) No Project Manager can lead more than two projects simultaneously. 3) Any project with a budget exceeding €500,000 must also include a Senior Financial Analyst.
David, a certified Project Manager, is currently leading two projects.
One of these projects has a budget of €600,000.
Which of the following statements must be true?

Accepted Answer

David's €600,000 project team must include a Senior Financial Analyst.

Answer

David cannot be assigned to lead any new projects.

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The company is currently managing at least three projects.

Answer

David is the only certified Project Manager in the company.

Question 2

Read the following statements:
1. If the interest rates decrease, the stock market will rally.
2. If the stock market rallies, consumer confidence will increase.
3. This quarter, consumer confidence did not increase.

Assuming these statements are true, what can be logically deduced?

Accepted Answer

The interest rates did not decrease this quarter.

Answer

The stock market rallied, but interest rates did not decrease.

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Interest rates increased this quarter.

Answer

Consumer confidence will increase in the next quarter.

Question 3

In a logistics company, all shipments to Europe are sent via air freight. No shipments sent via air freight are routed through the company's southern hub. Based solely on these two premises, which of the following conclusions is logically certain?

Accepted Answer

No shipment to Europe is routed through the southern hub.

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All shipments routed through the southern hub are sent to destinations outside of Europe.

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All shipments sent via means other than air freight are routed through the southern hub.

Answer

Shipments to Asia are not sent via air freight.

Question 4

A manager is reviewing four employees: Amina, Ben, Chloe, and Daniel. The following is known:
- If Amina receives a promotion, then Ben will also receive a promotion.
- Chloe and Daniel will receive the same outcome; either both are promoted or neither is promoted.
- Ben does not receive a promotion.

Given this information, which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

Amina does not receive a promotion.

Answer

Chloe and Daniel are both promoted.

Answer

Amina receives a promotion, but Chloe does not.

Answer

Exactly one employee is promoted.

Question 5

A software development team follows these deployment rules: A new feature can be deployed to customers only if it has passed both Quality Assurance (QA) testing and security vulnerability scans. Any feature that fails the security scan must be reworked by the development team and cannot be resubmitted for QA testing for at least 48 hours. Yesterday, the 'Auto-Fill' feature was deployed to customers. What can be deduced from this event?

Accepted Answer

The 'Auto-Fill' feature passed the security vulnerability scan.

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The 'Auto-Fill' feature was not reworked by the development team.

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The 'Auto-Fill' feature took less than 48 hours to pass QA testing.

Answer

No other features were being tested at the same time as 'Auto-Fill'.

Question 6

At a business conference, every attendee from a technology company received a blue lanyard. Every attendee with a blue lanyard was given a ticket to the networking dinner. Maria is an attendee at the conference who was not given a ticket to the networking dinner. What must be true about Maria?

Accepted Answer

Maria does not work for a technology company.

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Maria works for a consulting company.

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Maria did not receive a blue lanyard.

Answer

Maria attended the conference on a one-day pass.