Analytical Ability Reviewer - Part 21

Practice 20 Analytical Ability questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 21 of our Analytical Ability reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.

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Sample questions from Part 21

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

Which of the following can be validly inferred?

  • Rita is a permanent employee of the municipal office.
  • Ben receives a 13th month bonus.
  • Only permanent employees receive any bonus.
  • Ben received a bigger bonus than Rita.
Answer: Ben receives a 13th month bonus.
Ben belongs to the group that receives the bonus. Rita's bonus does not prove she is permanent (she may qualify another way).

Sample question 2

Which of the following can be validly inferred?

  • Mr. Tan has the highest performance rating.
  • Every employee with no pending case is promoted.
  • Mr. Tan has no pending administrative case.
  • Mr. Tan was demoted last year.
Answer: Mr. Tan has no pending administrative case.
The condition is necessary for promotion. Since he was promoted, he met it.

Sample question 3

Ben is shorter than Tomas.
Joy is taller than Pia.
Pia is taller than Tomas.
Ben is taller than Edgar.

Who is the tallest?

  • Edgar
  • Joy
  • Ben
  • Pia
Answer: Joy
Combine the statements into one ranking from tallest to shortest: Joy > Pia > Tomas > Ben > Edgar. So the answer is Joy.

Sample question 4

Of 100 households in the barangay, 74 own a television and 74 own a radio.

What is the least possible number of them who did both?

  • 43
  • 74
  • 48
  • 148
Answer: 48
Least overlap = 74 + 74 − 100 = 48 (the groups must overlap by at least this much).

Sample question 5

Isko scored higher than Ana.
Karen scored higher than Tomas.
Karen scored lower than Ana.

Who got the lowest score?

  • Tomas
  • Isko
  • Karen
  • Ana
Answer: Tomas
Combine the statements into one ranking from highest score to lowest score: Isko > Ana > Karen > Tomas. So the answer is Tomas.

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