TSA Reasoning Skills Flashcards

A checkpoint has 3 lanes. Lane A processes 20 passengers per hour, Lane B processes 30, and Lane C processes 25. If all lanes run for 2 hours, how many passengers are processed?

Answer: 150

(20 + 30 + 25) x 2 = 75 x 2 = 150 passengers.

All prohibited items must be confiscated. A pocketknife is a prohibited item. What logically follows?

Answer: The pocketknife must be confiscated

If all prohibited items are confiscated and the pocketknife is prohibited, it must be confiscated.

Which number logically continues the sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ...?

Answer: 42

Differences increase by 2 each step (4, 6, 8, 10, 12), so 30 + 12 = 42.

A passenger's bag weighs 18 kg and the limit is 23 kg. How much more weight can be added before exceeding the limit?

Answer: 5 kg

23 - 18 = 5 kg of remaining capacity.

If no liquids over 100 ml are permitted in carry-on, which of these is permitted?

Answer: A 90 ml bottle of lotion

Only the 90 ml bottle is under the 100 ml limit.

Team X screens twice as many bags as Team Y. Together they screen 900 bags. How many does Team X screen?

Answer: 600

Y = 300 and X = 600, since 2Y + Y = 900 gives Y = 300.

A flight boards in 45 minutes. Security takes 25 minutes and walking to the gate takes 12 minutes. How many minutes of buffer remain?

Answer: 8

45 - 25 - 12 = 8 minutes remaining.