NYC FREE NYC Civil Service Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers 2

Question 1

A supervisor assigns tasks to 4 employees: Kim, Lee, Mia, and Raj. Kim cannot work with Raj. Lee must work with Mia. If Kim is assigned to Project A, which of the following must be true?

Accepted Answer

Raj is NOT assigned to Project A

Answer

Raj is assigned to Project A

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Lee and Mia are assigned to the same project as Kim

Answer

Lee is assigned to Project A without Mia

Question 2

Study the pattern: 3, 6, 12, 24, ___. What is the next number?

Accepted Answer

48

Answer

36

Answer

42

Answer

30

Question 3

All city inspectors must pass a background check. Officer Torres passed a background check. Which conclusion is most valid?

Accepted Answer

Officer Torres may or may not be a city inspector

Answer

Officer Torres is a city inspector

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All people who pass background checks are city inspectors

Answer

Officer Torres failed his background check

Question 4

A filing system organizes records alphabetically by last name. A new clerk files 'Martinez' before 'Mason.' Is this correct?

Accepted Answer

No, because 'Mart' comes before 'Mas' alphabetically

Answer

Yes, because M comes before M

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Yes, because Martinez has more letters

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No, because Mason should always come first

Question 5

A city agency has 120 employees. 75% work full-time. How many employees work part-time?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

90

Answer

45

Answer

75

Question 6

Read the argument: 'Response times improved after new radios were issued. Therefore, the new radios caused the improvement.' What is the flaw in this reasoning?

Accepted Answer

Correlation is mistaken for causation

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The argument is logically sound

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The data about response times is irrelevant

Answer

The radios were issued too late

A supervisor assigns tasks to 4 employees: Kim, Lee, Mia, and Raj.Kim cannot work with Raj.Lee must work with Mia.If Kim is assigned to Project A, which of the following must be true?

A supervisor assigns tasks to 4 employees: Kim, Lee, Mia, and Raj.
Kim cannot work with Raj.
Lee must work with Mia.
If Kim is assigned to Project A, which of the following must be true?