Deductive Reasoning Test

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Deductive Reasoning

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20 mins

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1. Jenny is the mother of 4 kids: Anthony, Caroline, Lisa, and June. She just baked a batch of chocolate chip cookies but had to quickly run to the front door because she heard the doorbell ring.

When Jenny returned to the kitchen, there were 2 missing cookies from the tray. Only Anthony, aged 10, who is allergic to chocolate, was in the room.

Caroline, Lisa, and June were all upstairs when Jenny called everyone to the kitchen to ask who took the cookies. Caroline, who is 9 years of age, is older than Lisa by 5 years. June is 6 months old.

Question: Who is most likely to have taken the cookies?

Caroline

Lisa

June

2. The Richmond Family owns a lot of properties: Apple House, Orange Hall, Clementine Manor, and The Banana Bungalow.
Question: Which of the following statements is true:

The family has 4 properties

Apple house is painted in red

The Richmond Family homes are named after fruits

The Banana Bungalow is the smallest property

3. Complete the sequence

4. Nutritional yeast is one of the more popular sources of B12 for vegans. Vitamin B12 is an essential nutrient that helps keep the body's nerves and blood cells healthy.
Question: Which conclusion can be derived when the two statements are combined?

All vegetarians eat nutritional yeast since it contains essential nutrients like B12.

All humans, regardless of diet, need vitamin B12.

All humans cannot live without vitamin B12.

All humans can benefit from a vegan diet.

5. There are four friends: Sam, Jamie, Jared, and Megan.

Sam lives in a one-bedroom apartment.
Jamie lives in a two-bedroom apartment.
Jared and Megan are best friends who share a one-bedroom apartment.
There are only one-bedroom apartments in the small town of Hudsonville.

Question: Given the statements above, which of the following must be true?

Jamie lives in Kenyonville.

Jared, Sam, and Megan live in Hudsonville.

Sam and Jamie live in a big apartment

Jared and Jamie live in a small town.

1 out of 4

6. A travel agency in New York offers different packages. All packages are on sale at 30% off. Each travel agent in the agency has a base salary of $150 daily. When they sell a certain package, they get a special tax deduction from their weekly paycheck as follows:All sales above $500
All sales above $800 when paid through a credit card
All sales paid with Bitcoin

Question: Which of the sales below is subject to a special tax deduction?

The Tropical Package, which is worth $900, paid with Bitcoin

The Brooklyn Beer Tour, paid through credit card

The Virginia Winery Package, which is worth $1200, paid with Ethereum

The Hamptons Tour, which is worth $95, and paid with a gift voucher

7. Kevin says that he is smarter than Pierre, but Pierre says that he is smarter than Kevin.Question: Given that Kevin is smarter than Pierre, which of the following is true?

Pierre is smarter than Kevin

Kevin is smarter than Pierre

There is insufficient information to determine who is smarter

Kevin is as smart as Pierre

8. Jenna owns a small candle business that has consistently produced an average of 1000 candles monthly. However, last month, Jenna’s company had to produce 10,000 candles due to a viral TikTok post. Jenna and her co-owner decided to raise employee wages for the first time because of the longer working hours, which resulted in happier employees.Question: Based on the statement above, which of the following statements is true?

Small candle companies usually average 1,000 candles in a month

Jenna’s business will now produce an average of 10,000 candles per month

Jenna’s candle business used to average 1000 candles in a month

Employees are only happy when they have higher wages

9. Which is an example of a deductive argument?

A. Mandy’s only bookcase has 25 books on the upper shelf and 20 books on the lower shelf. There are no other books in her house. Therefore, Mandy has 45 books.

B. Janice lives 3 months of the year in her house in Malibu and spends the rest of the year traveling. If Janice is in Malibu, then she is in the US. If she’s traveling, she is not in the US. Therefore, she only travels so she can leave the US.

C. No one got a perfect score on the Biology test. Ian was absent during the test so he asked his professor if he can take the test on the last day of November. Ian will be the only student to ace the test.

D. All young children want to spend the weekends with their parents. Parents often do not have time on the weekdays. Therefore, parents have time on the weekends.

10. Which of the following statements below would make the best major premise for a deductive argument?Take note that the two important factors for the major premise are:

It relates to two terms.
It is stated as a generalization, rule, or principle.

A. No one knows when the cure for cancer will be discovered. Therefore, there needs to be a vaccine for all types of cancer.

B. There are no known causes of cancer that can be prevented.

C. Those who believe cancer can be cured or completely prevented have high hopes for scientific breakthroughs.

D. Scientists have proven that cancer cannot be eradicated.

2 out of 4

11. All sweet oranges are orange colored. All orange fruits have vitamin A. All oranges are fruits.Question: Given the statements above, which of the following is true?

A. All sweet oranges are considered fruits.

B. All orange fruits have vitamin C.

C. All fruits with vitamin A are colored orange.

D. All sweet fruits have vitamin A.

12. Five marathon runners have been friends since childhood: Joe, John, Denver, Sylvio, and Mitch. At their most recent race, Mitch finished ahead of Joe. Joe and Denver finished before John. Sylvio did not finish last.Question: Who was the last to finish?

A. John

B. Joe

C. Denver

D. Mitch

13. Which of the statements below can prove that Jennifer is still a child?

A. Jennifer is lovingly called Jinny at home.

B. Jennifer cries whenever she watches the movie Beauty and the Beast.

C. Jennifer is afraid she will be on Santa’s naughty list this year.

D. Jennifer lives with her two loving parents.

14. Which two statements prove that Jennifer and Joe are engaged to be married?

A. Logan insists that Jennifer call him “brother”.

B. Jennifer is in love with Joe.

C. Jennifer is excited to marry her crush since fourth grade.

D. Logan has the same parents as Joe.

15. As the maid of honor, Diane was in charge of throwing a party for the bride-to-be, Ginny. Ginny said that she arrived at the hotel room 1 hour later than Katie and 10 minutes before Fatima. Jane arrived 15 minutes earlier than Ginny and 25 minutes earlier than Camille.When Ginny arrived, Camille had finished putting up decorations while Fatima was already pouring drinks for everyone.

Question: True or False?

A. True

B. False

C. Cannot tell

3 out of 4

16. Which two statements prove that Mel is a white hat hacker?

Mel loves reading up on the latest Chrome OS updates.

Dione is a fan of Bill Gates.

Mel loves to chat with his brother, Dione, since Dione is a white hat hacker.

Dione has the same job as his brother, Mel.

17. All the boys are enrolled in the advanced program. Johnny is a boy. Therefore, Johnny is enrolled in the advanced program.Question: True or False?

A. True

B. False

C. Cannot tell

18. Melissa is a single mom to a 7-year-old boy named Charlie. Charlie cannot go to the dentist without having two orange lollipops first. Melissa pulled an orange lollipop from her purse. All the lollipops in her purse are orange-flavored. Therefore, the second lollipop she will pull from her purse will be orange-flavored too.Question: True or False?

A. True

B. False

C. Cannot tell

19. “A few birds do not migrate.”Question: Which of the following statements represent the proper standard form of the above statement?

A. Not all birds are migratory birds

B. Most birds are migratory birds

C. Some birds do not migrate

D. Majority of birds do not migrate

20. Lou is a popular model who lives in a Brownstone in New York.Lou’s best friend, a fellow model named Jill, does not live in a Brownstone.
Lou has a lot of friends who also live in Brownstone.
Jill needs to ride the subway to go to work.

Question: Given the above statements, is the following statement true or false?

A lot of popular models live in Brownstone.

A. Cannot tell

B. True

C. False

4 out of 4

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Deductive Reasoning Test

Deductive Reasoning Test

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