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Logical Reasoning Skills Flashcards

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  1. A police academy class has 30 cadets. Exactly half passed the written exam. Of those who passed, exactly one-third also passed the physical test. How many cadets passed both tests?

    Answer: 5

    30 ÷ 2 = 15 passed the written exam; 15 ÷ 3 = 5 passed both tests.

  2. Statements: No robbery is committed by licensed officers. Smith committed a robbery. What must be true?

    Answer: Smith is not a licensed officer

    If no licensed officer commits robbery and Smith committed robbery, Smith cannot be a licensed officer.

  3. Which word does NOT belong: Felony, Misdemeanor, Infraction, Perpetrator?

    Answer: Perpetrator

    Felony, misdemeanor, and infraction are all classifications of crimes, while perpetrator refers to a person who commits a crime.

  4. An investigator builds a timeline: Event A happened before Event B. Event C happened after Event B. Event D happened before Event A. What is the correct chronological order?

    Answer: D, A, B, C

    D before A, A before B, B before C yields the sequence D → A → B → C.

  5. If increasing foot patrols in a district reduces petty crime by 15%, and the district currently has 200 petty crimes per month, how many petty crimes would remain after implementing foot patrols?

    Answer: 170

    15% of 200 = 30; 200 − 30 = 170 crimes remaining per month.

  6. A detective reasons: 'Every time this neighborhood has a power outage, burglaries spike. There was a power outage last night.' What is the strongest logical next step?

    Answer: Predict a likely increase in burglaries and increase patrol presence

    A consistent pattern warrants a proactive response — predicting and preventing a likely spike is better police practice than waiting for crimes to occur.

  7. Four officers — Kim, Lee, Moore, and Nash — are assigned to shifts: morning, afternoon, evening, and overnight (one each). Lee is not on the morning shift. Moore is on the evening shift. Nash is not on the overnight shift. Kim is on the morning shift. What shift is Lee assigned?

    Answer: Overnight

    Kim=morning, Moore=evening; Nash cannot be overnight, so Nash=afternoon, leaving Lee=overnight.