Korn Ferry Assessment Korn Ferry Logical Reasoning 4

Question 1

A Venn diagram shows Group X (engineers) and Group Y (project managers). The overlap contains 8 people. Group X has 20 total, Group Y has 15 total. How many people are in X or Y but not both?

Accepted Answer

27

Answer

(20 − 8) + (15 − 8) = 12 + 15 = 27 people are in exactly one of the two groups.

Question 2

The pattern: A1, C3, E5, G7, ___. What comes next?

Accepted Answer

I9

Answer

Letters skip one (A, C, E, G, I) and numbers increase by 2 (1, 3, 5, 7, 9), giving I9.

Question 3

Which of the following is the strongest assumption underlying: 'We should hire more staff because customer wait times are too long'?

Accepted Answer

Additional staff will reduce customer wait times.

Answer

The conclusion that hiring more staff solves wait times depends on the assumption that more staff directly reduces those times.

Question 4

If 'some analysts are optimistic' and 'all optimistic people invest in growth stocks,' what can be concluded?

Accepted Answer

Some analysts invest in growth stocks.

Answer

The optimistic analysts (a subset of analysts) must invest in growth stocks, so 'some analysts' invest in growth stocks.

Question 5

A logic grid: Three candidates scored High, Medium, or Low. Candidate 1 did not score Low. Candidate 2 scored higher than Candidate 3. Candidate 3 scored Low. What did Candidate 1 score?

Accepted Answer

Medium or High

Answer

Candidate 3 scored Low; Candidate 2 scored higher than Low (so Medium or High); Candidate 1 did not score Low, leaving Medium or High.

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Korn Ferry Assessment Korn Ferry Logical Reasoning 4