PI Cognitive Assessment 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: If you rearrange the letters 'CINERAMA', you get the name of a:
- Country
- Ocean
- American city (Correct answer)
- Planet
Correct answer: American city
Rearranging CINERAMA gives AMERICAN, relating to a US context; the city of Cinerama is in WA, but more directly these letters anagram to AMERICAN.
Question 2: A rectangle has a length of 12 and a width of 5. What is the length of its diagonal?
- 11
- 13 (Correct answer)
- 15
- 17
Correct answer: 13
Using the Pythagorean theorem: √(12² + 5²) = √(144 + 25) = √169 = 13.
Question 3: Which word best completes the analogy? SCALES : JUSTICE :: CADUCEUS : ___
- War
- Medicine (Correct answer)
- Education
- Agriculture
Correct answer: Medicine
Scales symbolize justice; the caduceus (staff with serpents) symbolizes medicine.
Question 4: If X + Y = 10 and X − Y = 4, what is the value of X?
- 5
- 6
- 7 (Correct answer)
- 8
Correct answer: 7
Adding the equations: 2X = 14, so X = 7.
Question 5: Complete the series: Z, X, V, T, R, ___
- Q
- P (Correct answer)
- O
- N
Correct answer: P
Each letter skips one backward in the alphabet: Z, X, V, T, R, P.
Question 6: Some artists are musicians. All musicians practice daily. Which is definitely true?
- All artists practice daily
- Some artists practice daily (Correct answer)
- No artists practice daily
- All musicians are artists
Correct answer: Some artists practice daily
Since some artists are musicians, and all musicians practice daily, those artist-musicians practice daily — so some artists practice daily.
Question 7: A worker completes a job in 8 hours. Another worker completes the same job in 12 hours. How many hours will it take them working together?
- 4.2
- 4.8 (Correct answer)
- 5.0
- 5.6
Correct answer: 4.8
Combined rate = 1/8 + 1/12 = 5/24; time = 24/5 = 4.8 hours.
PI Cognitive Assessment 4
If you rearrange the letters 'CINERAMA', you get the name of a: