Mixed Deck — All Revelian Test Topics Flashcards

A cube painted on all faces is cut into 64 equal smaller cubes (4×4×4). How many small cubes have exactly 3 painted faces?

Answer: 8

The 8 corner cubes of any cube always have exactly 3 painted faces, regardless of the total number of cuts.

Some students passed the exam. All students who passed the exam received a certificate. Which must be true?

Answer: Some students received a certificate

Since some students passed and all who passed got certificates, at least those students received certificates, making 'some students received a certificate' necessarily true.

Review the employee data in the table. According to company policy, all employee IDs in the 'Sales' department must start with 'SLS' followed by exactly four digits. Which employee record violates this rule? - Name: John Doe, Department: Marketing, ID: MKT-8234 - Name: Jane Smith, Department: Sales, ID: SLS-9102 - Name: Peter Jones, Department: Sales, ID: SLS-884 - Name: Mary Chen, Department: Operations, ID: OPS-5561

Answer: Peter Jones

The rule applies only to the 'Sales' department. Jane Smith's ID (SLS-9102) follows the rule with four digits. Peter Jones's ID (SLS-884) violates the rule because it only has three digits after the 'SLS' prefix.

Three colleagues, Alex, Beth, and Carlos, work on three different floors: 5, 7, and 9. Given the following statements, on which floor does Alex work? 1. Alex does not work on floor 7. 2. Carlos works on a higher floor than Beth. 3. Beth does not work on the lowest floor.

Answer: Floor 5

From clue 3, Beth is not on floor 5. From clue 2, Carlos is on a higher floor than Beth. If Beth were on floor 9, this would be impossible. Therefore, Beth must be on floor 7. This means Carlos must be on floor 9. Since floors 7 and 9 are taken, Alex must work on floor 5. This is consistent with clue 1.

A 60-question test awards 2 points for each correct answer and deducts 0.5 points for each wrong answer. A student answers all 60 questions and scores 90 points. How many questions did the student answer correctly?

Answer: 48

Let c = correct; 2c − 0.5(60−c) = 90 → 2c − 30 + 0.5c = 90 → 2.5c = 120 → c = 48.

Divide 102 by .17

Answer: 600

Dividing by a decimal is easier after clearing it: multiply both 102 and 0.17 by 100 to get 10200 ÷ 17 = 600. The smaller answers (6, 12, 60) come from misplacing the decimal point.

A scatter plot shows a strong positive correlation between advertising spend and sales. If a company increases ad spend by 20%, what is the most likely expected outcome?

Answer: Sales will increase

A strong positive correlation means increases in ad spend are associated with increases in sales.

40% of a newspaper's inventory is sold. There are now 360 papers left. What many of newspapers did he have at the beginning?

Answer: 600

Explanation: Seeing as he sold 40% of the newspapers, 360 must be 60% of the newspapers he had to begin with. We have to find 100%. The fastest way to find the answers is to first divide 360 by 60%, to find 1%: 360/60 = 6 Now multiply by 100: 6 x 100 = 600 newspapers

Which 3D shape has the most edges among the following options?

Answer: Cube (6 faces)

A cube has 12 edges, compared to 6 for a triangular pyramid, 8 for a square pyramid, and 9 for a triangular prism.

Sales figures for Q1 through Q4 are $12k, $15k, $9k, and $18k. What is the average quarterly sales?

Answer: $13,500

Average = (12 + 15 + 9 + 18) / 4 = 54 / 4 = $13,500.

You are assigned a long-term project with minimal supervision. You are most likely to:

Answer: Break the project into milestones and self-monitor progress

Self-directed milestone planning demonstrates initiative and strong organizational skills.

The stacked bar chart shows quarterly unit sales for three product types. In the quarter with the highest total unit sales, what was the approximate ratio of 'Gadget' sales to 'Widget' sales? [A stacked bar chart shows Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4. Q1: Widget=50, Gadget=100, Gizmo=70. Q2: Widget=60, Gadget=120, Gizmo=80. Q3: Widget=80, Gadget=150, Gizmo=90. Q4: Widget=70, Gadget=140, Gizmo=80.]

Answer: 15:8

First, find the total sales per quarter: Q1=220, Q2=260, Q3=320, Q4=290. The quarter with the highest total sales is Q3 (320 units). In Q3, Gadget sales were 150 and Widget sales were 80. The ratio is 150:80, which simplifies to 15:8.

Two inventory lists are shown. List A: 12 pens, 8 staplers, 24 folders, 6 tape rolls. List B: 12 pens, 8 staplers, 42 folders, 6 tape rolls. What differs?

Answer: The folder count

List A shows 24 folders while List B shows 42 folders.

EXPAND is to CONTRACT as ASCEND is to:

Answer: DESCEND

The relationship is that of antonyms (opposites). To expand is the opposite of to contract. Similarly, to ascend (go up) is the opposite of to descend (go down). The other options are synonyms or near-synonyms of ascend.

A rectangle has its length doubled and its width halved. What happens to the area?

Answer: It stays the same

Area = length × width; doubling one dimension and halving the other cancels out, leaving the area unchanged.

What number comes next in the list below? 1, 1, 2, 6,__

Answer: 24

Each term is the previous one multiplied by a steadily increasing factor: 1×1=1, 1×2=2, 2×3=6, and 6×4=24 (these are the factorials). So the next number is 24. The other options don't follow this multiply-by-an-increasing-number pattern.

A grid pattern uses black, white, and grey cells. In each row, no color repeats in the same column. The first row is Black, White, Grey. The second row is White, Grey, Black. What is the third row?

Answer: Grey, Black, White

This is a Latin square pattern where each color appears exactly once per row and column.

A line graph shows company revenue growing from $500K in Year 1 to $800K in Year 5. What is the overall percentage increase over the 5-year period?

Answer: 60%

Increase = $300K; percentage = (300/500) × 100 = 60%.

When a project you championed fails, you are most likely to:

Answer: Analyze what went wrong and share the lessons learned

Reflecting on failure and sharing insights demonstrates accountability and a growth mindset.

No birds are mammals. All penguins are birds. Which statement must be true?

Answer: No penguins are mammals

Since all penguins are birds and no birds are mammals, it follows necessarily that no penguins are mammals.