PeopleAnswers Cognitive Ability Assessment 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: If you rearrange the letters 'NOCTURAL' you get the name of which type of animal behavior?
- Diurnal
- Nocturnal (Correct answer)
- Crepuscular
- Seasonal
Correct answer: Nocturnal
Rearranging NOCTURAL gives NOCTURNAL, which describes animals active at night.
Question 2: A clock shows 3:15. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?
- 7.5° (Correct answer)
- 0°
- 15°
- 22.5°
Correct answer: 7.5°
At 3:15 the minute hand is at 90° and the hour hand is at 97.5° (3 h × 30° + 15 min × 0.5°), giving a difference of 7.5°.
Question 3: In a class of 40 students, 60% prefer soccer and 45% prefer basketball. If 15% prefer both, what percentage prefer neither?
- 5%
- 10% (Correct answer)
- 15%
- 20%
Correct answer: 10%
Using inclusion-exclusion: 60 + 45 − 15 = 90% prefer at least one sport, so 10% prefer neither.
Question 4: What comes next in the letter series: A, C, F, J, O, __?
- T
- U (Correct answer)
- V
- W
Correct answer: U
The gaps increase by 1 each step: +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 → O + 6 = U.
Question 5: Which argument contains a logical flaw? 'We should trust Dr. Smith because she is a doctor and doctors are always right.'
- Appeal to authority fallacy (Correct answer)
- False dilemma
- Slippery slope
- Ad hominem
Correct answer: Appeal to authority fallacy
Claiming doctors are always right is an overgeneralized appeal to authority, which is a logical fallacy.
Question 6: A bag holds 5 red, 3 blue, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a red marble?
- 1/2 (Correct answer)
- 1/3
- 1/4
- 2/5
Correct answer: 1/2
There are 10 marbles total and 5 are red, so probability = 5/10 = 1/2.
Question 7: Which best describes 'working memory' in a cognitive context?
- Long-term storage of facts
- Temporary mental workspace for active information processing (Correct answer)
- Unconscious memory of habits
- Memory of emotional events
Correct answer: Temporary mental workspace for active information processing
Working memory is a limited-capacity system that holds and manipulates information in the short term for immediate use.
PeopleAnswers Cognitive Ability Assessment 4
If you rearrange the letters 'NOCTURAL' you get the name of which type of animal behavior?