Sigma Flashcards

Choose the best word to complete the blank. For _______, shoulder surgery is an excruciating procedure. The recovery process takes longer than the actual procedure.

Answer: endure, worse

"Endure, worse" is correct because the base verb "endure" fits the phrase (one must endure a painful procedure) and "worse" is the proper comparative form. "Worser" is not a real word, and "endures/endured" do not agree grammatically with the sentence structure.

Daunting means:

Answer: Discouraging

"Daunting" means discouraging, describing something so difficult it intimidates or disheartens a person. The other options—extensive, developed, and charming—do not capture the sense of an overwhelming challenge.

Which of the following statements is the most grammatically and clearly written?

Answer: When a young child does not like to be touched, autism should be considered

"When a young child does not like to be touched, autism should be considered" is correct because it is a complete, clear sentence with proper structure and no misplaced modifiers. The other options are sentence fragments or contain illogical phrasing, such as suggesting autism itself dislikes being touched.

Shell invested $36 million in a transport tanker and an oil refinery. The refinery came with twice the cost of the tanker. To what extent did Shell finance the refinery?

Answer: $24 million

Let the tanker cost x; the refinery costs 2x, so x + 2x = $36 million, giving x = $12 million. The refinery therefore cost 2 × $12 million = $24 million.

Which of the following witness statements best describes the suspect, based only on the information provided below?

Answer: tanned complexion, red hair with grey strands, wearing a brown jacket, beige pants and black shoes, female white 5’6, 125 lbs,.

The correct statement is the one that includes every detail given in the source description—white female, tanned complexion, red hair with grey strands, brown jacket, beige pants, black shoes, 5'6", 125 lbs—with no changes. The other options alter or omit facts (black sandals instead of shoes, Hispanic instead of white, or wrong height/weight), so they do not match the provided information.

The nearby arcade offers paintballs in four colors: red, blue, yellow, and green. The four children engaged in play had matching color jerseys to the paintballs. Bill had on a red shirt that matched Marie's paintballs in color. Lisa had paintballs in blue. Ted's shirt and this were both the same color. Ted and Lisa were colored differently. Bill and Marie were colored differently. Bill painted with green paint. Could you identify the color of Lisa's shirt?

Answer: Yellow

Lisa's shirt is yellow. From the clues, Bill's shirt is red (matching Marie's paintballs), Lisa's paintballs are blue, and Ted's shirt matches his paintballs while differing from Lisa's; since Bill painted with green, the only remaining color for Lisa's shirt is yellow after the others are assigned.

A woman in the park with her little children files a complaint, and a police officer is dispatched to look into it. She is pointing out a man and talking about how he has been showing himself to the local kids. When he gets close to the man, he starts to flee. It would be preferable for you to:

Answer: Pursue and try and apprehend the male

The best action is to pursue and try to apprehend the man, because a suspect accused of indecent exposure who flees must be stopped to protect the public and uphold the law. Letting him go ignores the offense, firing a warning shot is dangerous and unjustified, and merely radioing his description while staying put fails the officer's duty to act.

Shortly after the intermission, the jury delivered the verdick. Is the spelling of VERDICK correct?

Answer: No

No, the spelling is not correct—the proper legal term for a jury's decision is "verdict," not "verdick." The word ends in "-ict," so the sentence as written contains a spelling error.

We absorbed a number of new prisoners into unit C. Most nearly integrated means:

Answer: Amalgamated

"Amalgamated" means combined or merged into a single whole, which matches "integrated" — the new prisoners were absorbed and made part of unit C. "Re-routed" and "Delivered" describe moving or transporting, not combining, and "Introduced" only means brought in, not blended into the group.