Wonderlic Personnel Test Syllogisms and Deductive Reasoning 2

Question 1

All managers attend the budget meeting. Lena is a manager. Which conclusion must be true?

Accepted Answer

Lena attends the budget meeting

Answer

If all managers attend and Lena is a manager, she must attend.

Question 2

No reptiles are warm-blooded. All snakes are reptiles. Therefore:

Accepted Answer

No snakes are warm-blooded

Answer

Snakes belong to reptiles, and no reptile is warm-blooded, so no snake is.

Question 3

Some employees are bilingual. All bilingual staff get a bonus. What follows?

Accepted Answer

Some employees get a bonus

Answer

The bilingual employees qualify for the bonus, so some employees get one.

Question 4

If it rains, the picnic is canceled. The picnic was not canceled. Therefore:

Accepted Answer

It did not rain

Answer

By contrapositive, no cancellation means it did not rain.

Question 5

All squares are rectangles. All rectangles have four sides. Therefore all squares:

Accepted Answer

Have four sides

Answer

Squares are rectangles, and rectangles have four sides.

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