NYC NYC Civil Service Logical and Deductive Reasoning Questions and Answers 3

Question 1

Four city employees — Kim, Lee, Patel, and Cruz — are assigned to four different bureaus: Finance, HR, IT, and Legal. Kim is not in Finance or IT. Lee is in HR. Patel is not in Legal. Which bureau is Kim assigned to?

Accepted Answer

Legal

Answer

Lee is in HR, ruling it out for Kim; Kim is excluded from Finance and IT, so Kim must be in Legal.

Question 2

A NYC civil service exam has 100 questions. A candidate answers 72 correctly, leaves 8 blank, and gets the rest wrong. How many questions did the candidate answer incorrectly?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

100 − 72 correct − 8 blank = 20 incorrect answers.

Question 3

Which word does NOT belong with the others: Ordinance, Statute, Regulation, Petition?

Accepted Answer

Petition

Answer

Ordinance, Statute, and Regulation are all types of laws or rules, while a Petition is a formal request.

Question 4

A supervisor states: 'Only employees with a passing score may attend the training.' Officer Chen did not attend the training. What can be concluded?

Accepted Answer

Officer Chen did not receive a passing score

Answer

If only passing employees may attend and Chen did not attend, Chen must not have a passing score (by contrapositive).

Question 5

Examine the analogy: Precinct is to Police Officer as _____ is to Firefighter.

Accepted Answer

Firehouse

Answer

A precinct is where police officers are based, just as a firehouse is the home base for firefighters.

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NYC NYC Civil Service Logical and Deductive Reasoning Questions and Answers 3