NYC NYC Civil Service Logical and Deductive Reasoning Questions and Answers 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A NYC Department of Buildings inspector must visit 5 sites: A, B, C, D, and E. Site C must be visited before Site D. Site A must be visited before Site C. Site B must be the last site visited. Which of the following is a valid inspection order?
- A, C, D, E, B (Correct answer)
- C, A, D, E, B
- D, A, C, E, B
- A, D, C, E, B
Correct answer: A, C, D, E, B
A before C, C before D, and B last is satisfied only by A, C, D, E, B.
Question 2: All NYC sanitation supervisors receive hazard pay. Some hazard pay recipients are union members. Officer Rivera is a NYC sanitation supervisor. Which conclusion must be true?
- Officer Rivera receives hazard pay (Correct answer)
- Officer Rivera is a union member
- All union members are sanitation supervisors
- Some sanitation supervisors are not city employees
Correct answer: Officer Rivera receives hazard pay
Since all NYC sanitation supervisors receive hazard pay and Rivera is one, Rivera must receive hazard pay.
Question 3: A civil service applicant scores higher than exactly 3 other applicants. If there are 8 applicants total, what is the applicant's rank from highest to lowest?
- 4th (Correct answer)
- 5th
- 3rd
- 6th
Correct answer: 4th
Scoring higher than exactly 3 others means 3 applicants scored lower, placing this applicant 4th from the top.
Question 4: Review the pattern: 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ___. What is the next number?
- 127 (Correct answer)
- 125
- 128
- 126
Correct answer: 127
Each term is doubled and then 1 is added (3×2+1=7, 7×2+1=15, …, 63×2+1=127).
Question 5: A city clerk files documents in alphabetical order by last name. Which name would be filed THIRD in this list: Torres, Nguyen, Okonkwo, Martinez, Rivera?
- Okonkwo (Correct answer)
- Torres
- Rivera
- Nguyen
Correct answer: Okonkwo
Alphabetically: Martinez, Nguyen, Okonkwo, Rivera, Torres — Okonkwo is third.
Question 6: A transit officer observes that whenever a train is delayed, platform crowding increases. Platform crowding has not increased today. What can logically be concluded?
- No trains are delayed today (Correct answer)
- All trains are on time
- Platform crowding never increases without a delay
- Delays are less common on weekdays
Correct answer: No trains are delayed today
By contrapositive logic, if crowding has not increased, then no train is delayed.
NYC NYC Civil Service Logical and Deductive Reasoning Questions and Answers 2
A NYC Department of Buildings inspector must visit 5 sites: A, B, C, D, and E.
Site C must be visited before Site D.
Site A must be visited before Site C.
Site B must be the last site visited.
Which of the following is a valid inspection order?