Analytical Ability Reviewer - Part 7

Practice 10 Analytical Ability questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 7 of our Analytical Ability reviewer has 10 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 7

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 10 and get your score.

Sample question 1

Arlene should not be part of the basketball team because she does not trust her teammates.

  • The Basketball team needs Arlene even if she can has no faith in them
  • Team mates should have faith in each other
  • Arlene’s team mates are not trustworthy
  • Arlene’s team mates do not have faith in the teams
  • Arlene is better than her team mates
Answer: Team mates should have faith in each other
The argument assumes that trust among teammates is necessary for being part of the team, which matches option B.

Sample question 2

In order to improve our admission process and get better students, we have decided to include an interview of the applicants as a criterion.

  • Current admission procedures are greatly inadequate.
  • Current admission criteria need to be updated.
  • An interview of the applicants will help draw better students.
  • An interview of the applicants will be too time consuming.
  • An interview of the applicants will ensure the students success in school.
Answer: An interview of the applicants will help draw better students.
The decision assumes that including an interview will contribute to getting better students, making option C the underlying assumption.

Sample question 3

The present administration helps poor people acquire basic necessities for living that is why it helps squatter dwellers like Aling Rosie.

  • The present administration hates rich people.
  • Aling Rosie asked the present administration to help her.
  • Squatter dwellers pretended to be poor.
  • Squatter dwellers compete with poor people for the present administration’s attention.
  • Squatter dwellers are considered poor people.
Answer: Squatter dwellers are considered poor people.
The statement links the administration's help for poor people with helping squatter dwellers. This assumes that squatter dwellers are indeed part of the poor.

Sample question 4

Gigi is probably a pianist. She can really stretch her hands and fingers.

  • Only people with big hands and long fingers can be pianists.
  • Playing the piano helps Gigi stretch her hands and fingers.
  • Stretching helps pianist perform better;
  • Pianists can really stretch their hands and fingers
  • A long stretch enables pianists to reach more keys on the piano.
Answer: Pianists can really stretch their hands and fingers
The assumption links Gigi’s ability to stretch her hands and fingers to being a pianist. The only statement that supports this connection is that pianists can really stretch their hands and fingers.

Sample question 5

All of my friends believe in marriage. Geraldine is a new friend. She lives with an officemate in an apartment downtown.

  • Her housemate is most likely a good friend.
  • She is living-in with her boyfriend.
  • Geraldine believes in marriage.
  • She needs a companion in the city.
  • Geraldine is not married yet.
Answer: Geraldine believes in marriage.
Since Geraldine is a friend and all friends believe in marriage, it logically follows that Geraldine believes in marriage.

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