RBC Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'The CEO's speech was ______, covering every aspect of the company's five-year strategy.'
- succinct
- comprehensive (Correct answer)
- ambivalent
- redundant
Correct answer: comprehensive
'Comprehensive' means covering all elements thoroughly, which matches covering every aspect of the strategy.
Question 2: Passage: 'Remote workers reported higher job satisfaction but lower collaboration scores compared to office workers.' What can be logically inferred?
- Remote work should be eliminated
- Remote work benefits individuals but may hinder teamwork (Correct answer)
- Office workers are more satisfied overall
- Collaboration scores are unimportant
Correct answer: Remote work benefits individuals but may hinder teamwork
The data shows personal satisfaction rises with remote work while collaboration—a team measure—declines, suggesting a trade-off.
Question 3: Which word is spelled correctly?
- Accomodate
- Accommodate (Correct answer)
- Acommodate
- Acomodate
Correct answer: Accommodate
The correct spelling is 'accommodate,' with double 'c' and double 'm.'
Question 4: Identify the main purpose of this sentence: 'While the project met its deadline, the quality of deliverables was below the agreed standard.'
- To praise the team for finishing on time
- To highlight a trade-off between speed and quality (Correct answer)
- To argue that deadlines should be extended
- To explain why the project was cancelled
Correct answer: To highlight a trade-off between speed and quality
The sentence acknowledges one success (deadline) while pointing out a shortcoming (quality), indicating a trade-off.
Question 5: Select the correct meaning of the idiom 'get the ball rolling':
- Delay a project
- Start an activity or process (Correct answer)
- Complete a task quickly
- Pass responsibility to someone else
Correct answer: Start an activity or process
'Get the ball rolling' means to initiate or begin an activity or process.
Question 6: Passage: 'Only employees with Level 3 clearance may access the archive. Temporary staff are not granted Level 3 clearance.' Can a temporary employee access the archive?
- Yes, with supervisor approval
- No, because they lack Level 3 clearance (Correct answer)
- Yes, if accompanied by a permanent employee
- It depends on the department
Correct answer: No, because they lack Level 3 clearance
The passage states archive access requires Level 3 clearance and temporary staff do not receive it, so they cannot access the archive.
Question 7: Which option correctly identifies the relationship between the words: 'NOVEL : BOOK'?
- Part to whole
- Type to category (Correct answer)
- Cause to effect
- Synonym pair
Correct answer: Type to category
A novel is a specific type (subtype) of book, making this a type-to-category relationship.
RBC Verbal Reasoning and Comprehension 3
Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'The CEO's speech was ______, covering every aspect of the company's five-year strategy.'