Verbal Reasoning Flashcards
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Passage: 'The new policy applies to all full-time staff hired after January. Tom was hired in March as a full-time employee.' Does the policy apply to Tom?
Answer: Yes, the policy applies to Tom
Tom is full-time and hired after January, so he meets both conditions.
Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE to 'transparent' (as in clear and open).
Answer: Obscure
Transparent means clear and open, so obscure is its opposite.
Statement: 'Whenever the alarm sounds, the doors lock automatically. The doors did not lock.' What follows?
Answer: The alarm did not sound
Since sounding the alarm always locks the doors and they did not lock, the alarm did not sound.
Complete the analogy: Thermometer is to Temperature as Barometer is to ___.
Answer: Pressure
A thermometer measures temperature, and a barometer measures atmospheric pressure.
Passage: 'Most of the committee voted in favor, but the motion still failed.' Which is best supported?
Answer: The motion needed more than a simple majority
If a majority favored it yet it failed, a higher threshold than a simple majority was required.
Select the word that best fits: 'Her ___ remarks defused the tension in the room.'
Answer: Tactful
Tactful remarks ease tension, matching the sense of defusing.
Statement: 'No published study contradicted the findings. The Harlow paper contradicted the findings.' What follows about the Harlow paper?
Answer: It was not published
Since no published study contradicted the findings, a paper that did contradict them was not published.