Logical Reasoning Skills Flashcards
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A dispatcher receives calls in the order: fire, medical, theft, assault. If assault is always dispatched first and fire is dispatched last, in what order should units be sent?
Answer: Assault, medical, theft, fire
Assault goes first and fire goes last; medical and theft retain their relative middle order, giving: assault, medical, theft, fire.
If the number of patrol cars is doubled and each car patrols half as many blocks, the total area covered by patrols will:
Answer: Remain the same
2 cars × ½ coverage each = 1× original coverage, so the total area remains the same.
An officer notes that whenever suspect A is arrested, suspect B is nearby. Today, suspect B was arrested alone. What can be concluded about suspect A?
Answer: Nothing certain can be concluded about suspect A's presence
The pattern only tells us B is near when A is arrested — it says nothing about where A is when B alone is arrested.
Look at the analogy: Handcuffs are to restraint as badge is to ___.
Answer: Authority
Handcuffs serve the function of restraint; a badge serves the function of representing authority.
Three witnesses give statements. Witness 1: 'The attacker wore red.' Witness 2: 'The attacker did not wear red.' Witness 3: 'I could not see what the attacker was wearing.' Which pair of statements is contradictory?
Answer: Witnesses 1 and 2
Witnesses 1 and 2 make directly opposing claims about the same fact — one cannot be true if the other is.
A crime-scene diagram shows the victim at point X. The shooter was north of X. The exit wound faces south. Is this evidence consistent?
Answer: Yes, because a north shooter would produce a south-facing exit wound
A bullet traveling southward from a north shooter passes through the body and exits toward the south, which is consistent with the diagram.
Which conclusion follows logically? Premise 1: Officers who pass the fitness test receive a commendation. Premise 2: Officer Mills did not receive a commendation.
Answer: Officer Mills failed the fitness test
By contrapositive: if no commendation, then the fitness test was not passed — so Officer Mills failed the fitness test.