Logical reasoning questions for practice

1. If 'A + B' means 'A is the brother of B', 'A - B' means 'A is the sister of B', 'A × B' means 'A is the father of B', and 'A ÷ B' means 'A is the mother of B', then which of the following means 'M is the uncle of N'?

M + O × N

M - O × N

O × M + N

O ÷ M - N

2. Identify the sentence with the correct use of punctuation:

The company's new policy affects everyone: employees, customers and shareholders.

The company's new policy affects everyone; employees, customers and shareholders.

The company's new policy affects everyone: employees, customers, and shareholders.

The company's new policy affects everyone, employees, customers and shareholders.

3. A new student who doesn't speak English well joins your class. How can you best help them feel welcome?

Avoid interacting with them to prevent embarrassment

Speak very slowly and loudly when talking to them

Offer to help them with assignments and include them in group activities

Suggest they transfer to an ESL class

4. Tom drives 10 miles east, then 3 miles north, then 4 miles west. How far is he from his starting point, and in which direction?

5 miles northeast

6 miles northeast

7 miles northeast

8 miles northeast

5. You're asked to work on a project that requires you to work closely with a difficult colleague. How should you approach this?

Refuse to work on the project

Complain to your supervisor about the colleague

Focus on the project goals and maintain a professional attitude

Try to have the colleague removed from the project

6. CANDID : GUARDED ::

Open : Reserved

Honest : Deceptive

Frank : Cautious

Straightforward : Evasive

7. What is the value of cos 60°?

1/4

1/3

1/2

√3/2

8. All A are B. All B are C. Some C are D. Based on these statements, which of the following must be true?

All A are D

Some A are D

All A are C

No A are D

9. What comes next in the sequence: 2, 7, 17, 32, 52, ...?

77

78

79

80

10. Violent video games desensitize children to violence. Therefore, we should ban all video games. This argument is flawed because:

It overgeneralizes from a specific case

It confuses correlation with causation

It uses circular reasoning

It commits an ad hominem fallacy