TSA Reasoning Skills Flashcards

A checkpoint reduced wait times from 20 minutes to 12 minutes. What is the percentage decrease?

Answer: 40%

The drop of 8 minutes out of 20 is 8/20 = 40%.

If all approved badges are blue, and Maria's badge is not blue, what follows?

Answer: Maria's badge is not approved

Since approved badges are blue and hers isn't blue, it cannot be approved.

What number is missing: 81, 27, 9, 3, ...?

Answer: 1

Each term is divided by 3, so 3 / 3 = 1.

Three officers can screen 60 passengers in 30 minutes. At the same rate, how many can 6 officers screen in 30 minutes?

Answer: 120

Doubling the officers doubles the output: 60 x 2 = 120.

A rule states: no boarding without a valid ID. A traveler has no valid ID. Which is correct?

Answer: The traveler cannot board

Without a valid ID the boarding condition fails, so the traveler cannot board.

A queue has 48 people. If they are split evenly into 4 lanes, then one lane merges into another, how many people are in the merged lane?

Answer: 24

48 / 4 = 12 per lane; merging two lanes gives 12 + 12 = 24.

If Monday is day 1, what day of the week is day 15?

Answer: Monday

Day 15 is 14 days after day 1, and 14 is a multiple of 7, so it is again Monday.