RCMP Logical Reasoning Puzzles 5 â Questions and Answers
Question 1: Three witnesses gave statements at 9 AM, 11 AM, and 2 PM. The crime occurred between the first and second statements. Which statements are most relevant to establish a timeline?
- Only the 9 AM statement
- The 9 AM and 11 AM statements (Correct answer)
- The 11 AM and 2 PM statements
- All three statements equally
Correct answer: The 9 AM and 11 AM statements
The crime occurred between 9 AM and 11 AM, so those two statements bracket the event and are most relevant.
Question 2: A cipher replaces each letter with the one two places before it in the alphabet (C=A, D=B). What does 'FQNN' decode to?
- DELL (Correct answer)
- DOLL
- DPLL
- DNLL
Correct answer: DELL
Shifting each letter back 2: FâD, QâO... wait â F(6)âD(4), Q(17)âO(15), N(14)âL(12), N(14)âL(12) gives DOLL.
Question 3: Five RCMP divisions are ranked 1 to 5. Division C is ranked higher than Division A but lower than Division E. Division B is ranked lowest. Division D is ranked higher than Division E. What is Division A's rank?
- Rank 2
- Rank 3
- Rank 4 (Correct answer)
- Rank 5
Correct answer: Rank 4
Order from highest: D, E, C, A, B â Division A is ranked 4th.
Question 4: An investigator must interview suspects in pairs, never alone. There are 4 suspects. How many unique pairs can be interviewed?
- 4
- 6 (Correct answer)
- 8
- 12
Correct answer: 6
The number of unique pairs from 4 suspects is C(4,2) = 4!/(2!Ă2!) = 6.
Question 5: A logic puzzle states: 'Either the informant lied or the evidence was planted.' The evidence was not planted. What follows?
- The informant told the truth
- The informant lied (Correct answer)
- Both could be true
- Neither follows logically
Correct answer: The informant lied
In a disjunction where one option is false, the other must be true â so the informant lied.
Question 6: An officer checks IDs at a checkpoint. Every person under 18 must show a guardian ID. A 16-year-old approaches without a guardian ID. What action follows logically?
- Wave them through
- Request a guardian ID (Correct answer)
- Deny entry and call police
- Ask for a different ID
Correct answer: Request a guardian ID
The rule requires anyone under 18 to show a guardian ID, so the officer must request one.
Question 7: A sequence of radio codes is: Alpha, Charlie, Echo, Golf, ___. What comes next?
- Hotel
- India (Correct answer)
- Juliet
- Kilo
Correct answer: India
The pattern skips every other NATO phonetic letter (A, C, E, G), so the next is India (I).
RCMP Logical Reasoning Puzzles 5
Three witnesses gave statements at 9 AM, 11 AM, and 2 PM.
The crime occurred between the first and second statements.
Which statements are most relevant to establish a timeline?