Analytical Reasoning Practice Questions

1. In a coded language, if APPLE is coded as 1-16-16-12-5, how would ORANGE be coded?

15-18-1-14-7-5

14-17-0-13-6-4

15-17-1-13-7-5

14-18-0-14-6-4

2. If all Zorks are Blips, and some Blips are Glops, which of the following must be true?

All Zorks are Glops

Some Zorks are Glops

No Zorks are Glops

None of the above

3. A company has five employees: A, B, C, D, and E. They work on different days of the week from Monday to Friday, with one person working each day. If B works on Tuesday and D works on Friday, which of the following could be true?

A works on Monday and C works on Wednesday

E works on Thursday and C works on Wednesday

C works on Monday and A works on Wednesday

E works on Monday and A works on Thursday

4. A box contains 5 red marbles, 3 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. If three marbles are drawn at random without replacement, what is the probability that at least one is red?

5/6

7/8

9/10

11/12

5. A box contains 6 red balls, 4 blue balls, and 2 green balls. If two balls are drawn at random without replacement, what is the probability that at least one is green?

1/6

1/4

1/3

5/12

6. If X is twice Y, and Y is three times Z, what is X in terms of Z?

X = 3Z

X = 4Z

X = 5Z

X = 6Z

7. A box contains 3 red balls, 4 blue balls, and 5 green balls. If two balls are drawn at random without replacement, what is the probability that both balls are of the same color?

7/33

11/66

13/66

5/22

8. If all dogs bark, and Spot is a dog, which of the following conclusions is valid?

Only dogs bark

Spot barks

All barking animals are dogs

Spot is the only dog that barks

9. A clock shows 8:30. What is the angle between the hour and the minute hand?

75 degrees

80 degrees

85 degrees

90 degrees

10. If all squares are rectangles, and some rectangles are not squares, which of the following must be true?

All rectangles are squares

No rectangles are squares

Some squares are not rectangles

Some rectangles are squares