Aptitude Exam for Placement

1. A company found that employees who use standing desks report less back pain. The company plans to require all employees to use standing desks to reduce back pain. Which of the following, if true, would most undermine this plan?

Standing for long periods can cause foot and leg pain

Some employees prefer sitting desks

Standing desks are more expensive than regular desks

Employees who chose standing desks were already more health-conscious

2. All squares are rectangles. All rectangles are parallelograms. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

All parallelograms are squares

All squares are parallelograms

Some rectangles are not squares

All parallelograms are rectangles

3. A government proposes increasing funding for early childhood education to improve long-term academic outcomes. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken this proposal?

Early childhood education programs are popular among parents

A long-term study shows no significant difference in academic achievement between students who attended early childhood education programs and those who did not

Implementing the proposal would require raising taxes

Some educators argue that formal education should start later in childhood

4. All triangles have three sides. All equilateral triangles have equal sides. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn?

All three-sided shapes are triangles

All triangles have equal sides

All equilateral triangles have three sides

Some triangles do not have equal sides

5. If 5 apples cost $2, how much would 8 apples cost?

$2.80

$3.00

$3.20

$3.40

6. If 5 shirts cost $60, how much do 8 shirts cost?

$90

$92

$94

$96

7. A store offers a 20% discount on all items. If a customer buys an item for $96 after the discount, what was the original price?

$110

$115

$120

$125

8. "Homeopathy must work because it's been around for centuries and many people swear by it." Which logical fallacy is present in this statement?

Appeal to tradition

Bandwagon fallacy

False cause

Both A and B

9. What is 55% of 200?

100

105

110

115

10. Continue the series: 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ...?

210

211

212

213