CJBAT Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Some rookies are nervous during their first arrest. All nervous officers make procedural errors. What can be logically concluded?
- All rookies make procedural errors
- Some rookies may make procedural errors (Correct answer)
- No rookies make procedural errors
- All officers who make errors are rookies
Correct answer: Some rookies may make procedural errors
Only 'some' rookies are nervous, so only those nervous rookies would necessarily make errors — not all rookies.
Question 2: A witness claims a getaway car turned left, but traffic camera footage shows it turned right. Which logical step is most appropriate?
- Arrest the witness for lying
- Trust the witness because people don't forget car directions
- Treat the camera footage as more reliable and investigate the discrepancy (Correct answer)
- Ignore both accounts
Correct answer: Treat the camera footage as more reliable and investigate the discrepancy
Objective footage is generally more reliable than eyewitness memory, but the discrepancy should still be investigated for context.
Question 3: Sergeant Rivera says: 'If an officer is late three times, they receive a warning.' Officer Chen has received no warning. What can be concluded?
- Officer Chen has been late fewer than three times (Correct answer)
- Officer Chen has never been late
- Officer Chen will never be late
- Sergeant Rivera is wrong
Correct answer: Officer Chen has been late fewer than three times
No warning means the threshold of three late arrivals has not been reached, so Chen must have fewer than three late arrivals.
Question 4: Which of the following is an example of deductive reasoning?
- Every burglary I've seen involved a broken window, so burglars always break windows
- All felonies are crimes; robbery is a felony; therefore robbery is a crime (Correct answer)
- Most speeders are young drivers, so this young driver is probably speeding
- Crime rates dropped last year, so the new policy must have worked
Correct answer: All felonies are crimes; robbery is a felony; therefore robbery is a crime
Deductive reasoning draws a certain conclusion from general premises, as in the classic syllogism used in option B.
Question 5: Complete the sequence: A, C, F, J, O, ___.
- T
- U (Correct answer)
- S
- V
Correct answer: U
The gaps increase by one letter each time: +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 — so O + 6 = U.
Question 6: Two officers respond to the same scene and file separate reports. Report 1 says the suspect wore a blue jacket; Report 2 says black jacket. What is the most logical next step?
- File both reports and accept one randomly
- Discard both reports as unreliable
- Interview both officers separately to clarify the discrepancy (Correct answer)
- Charge the suspect based on whichever color appears first
Correct answer: Interview both officers separately to clarify the discrepancy
Conflicting details require clarification through follow-up interviews before determining which account is accurate.
Question 7: A detective concludes a crime was premeditated because the suspect purchased gloves the day before. This reasoning is best described as:
- Certain proof of premeditation
- Circumstantial evidence supporting premeditation (Correct answer)
- Conclusive evidence of guilt
- Irrelevant to the investigation
Correct answer: Circumstantial evidence supporting premeditation
Purchasing gloves beforehand is circumstantial — it suggests planning but does not conclusively prove premeditation without additional evidence.
CJBAT Logical Reasoning Questions and Answers 5
Some rookies are nervous during their first arrest.
All nervous officers make procedural errors.
What can be logically concluded?