Problem Solving and Logic Flashcards
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A department tracks errors: 4 on Monday, 7 on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday, 3 on Thursday, 5 on Friday. What is the median number of errors?
Answer: 5
Ordered: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 — the middle value is 5.
All city vehicles must be inspected annually. Vehicle #47 has not been inspected this year. What can be concluded?
Answer: Vehicle #47 is in violation of policy.
The rule requires annual inspection; not having one this year means Vehicle #47 violates that policy.
A city hall prints 3,000 flyers for a public meeting. If 15% are kept in reserve, how many are distributed?
Answer: 2,550
15% of 3,000 = 450 reserved; 3,000 − 450 = 2,550 distributed.
Look at the pattern: A1, B3, C5, D7, ___. What comes next?
Answer: E9
Letters advance alphabetically and numbers increase by 2: E follows D, and 7 + 2 = 9.
If completing a form correctly requires steps P, Q, and R in that order, and an employee does Q before P, what is the result?
Answer: The form is completed incorrectly.
The required order is P, Q, R; deviating from it means the form is not completed correctly.
Two clerks together process 90 files per hour. One clerk processes twice as many as the other. How many files per hour does the slower clerk process?
Answer: 30
Let slower = x; faster = 2x; x + 2x = 90; 3x = 90; x = 30.
A supervisor concludes: 'Since complaints went down after the new policy, the policy caused the decrease.' What logical flaw is present?
Answer: Correlation mistaken for causation
Assuming that sequence implies cause-and-effect is the classic correlation-causation error.