NYC - Civil Service Exam Civil Service Logical and Deductive Reasoning 1

Question 1

A city clerk must file 5 reports: F, G, H, I, and J. Report J must be filed first. Report G must be filed immediately after Report F. Report F must be filed before Report H. Report H must be filed before Report I. Which of the following is a valid filing order?

Accepted Answer

J, F, G, H, I

Answer

In option A (J, F, G, H, I): J is first ✓, G comes immediately after F ✓, F is before H ✓, and H is before I ✓. Option B places H before F, violating the F-before-H rule. Option C places H immediately after F instead of G. Option D places G before F, violating the 'G immediately after F' rule.

Question 2

All NYC Transit Authority employees must complete a background check. All employees who complete a background check receive a security clearance badge. Officer Chen is an NYC Transit Authority employee. Which conclusion must be true?

Accepted Answer

Officer Chen has a security clearance badge

Answer

The chain of logic is: All Transit Authority employees → complete background check → receive a security clearance badge. Since Officer Chen is a Transit Authority employee, Chen must have a badge. Options A and D introduce facts not stated. Option C reverses the logic (having a badge does not mean you are a Transit employee — others could also have badges).

Question 3

In a civil service written exam, 9 candidates competed. Candidate Williams scored lower than exactly 5 other candidates. What is Williams' rank from highest to lowest?

Accepted Answer

6th

Answer

If exactly 5 candidates scored higher than Williams, then 5 people are ranked above Williams. That places Williams in position 6 (1st through 5th are the 5 higher scorers). The remaining 3 candidates scored below Williams.

Question 4

Review the pattern: 4, 12, 36, 108, 324, ___. What is the next number?

Accepted Answer

972

Answer

Each term is multiplied by 3 to get the next term: 4×3=12, 12×3=36, 36×3=108, 108×3=324, 324×3=972. This is a geometric sequence with a common ratio of 3.

Question 5

A NYC civil service rule states: 'Any employee absent more than 3 consecutive days without prior notice must submit a physician's note upon return.' Employee Torres was absent 5 consecutive days without prior notice. Which conclusion must be true?

Accepted Answer

Torres must submit a physician's note upon return

Answer

The rule creates a direct conditional: absent more than 3 days without notice → must submit a physician's note. Torres meets the condition (5 days, no notice), so the consequence must follow. Options A, C, and D are not stated by the rule — they may or may not be true but cannot be concluded from the given information alone.

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NYC - Civil Service Exam Civil Service Logical and Deductive Reasoning 1