Wonderlic Personnel Test Syllogisms and Deductive Reasoning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: All managers attend the budget meeting. Lena is a manager. Which conclusion must be true?
- Lena attends the budget meeting (Correct answer)
- Lena leads the budget meeting
- Only managers attend the meeting
- Lena dislikes meetings
Correct answer: Lena attends the budget meeting
If all managers attend and Lena is a manager, she must attend.
Question 2: No reptiles are warm-blooded. All snakes are reptiles. Therefore:
- Some snakes are warm-blooded
- No snakes are warm-blooded (Correct answer)
- All warm-blooded animals are snakes
- Some reptiles are snakes only
Correct answer: No snakes are warm-blooded
Snakes belong to reptiles, and no reptile is warm-blooded, so no snake is.
Question 3: Some employees are bilingual. All bilingual staff get a bonus. What follows?
- All employees get a bonus
- Some employees get a bonus (Correct answer)
- No employees get a bonus
- Only bilingual people are employees
Correct answer: Some employees get a bonus
The bilingual employees qualify for the bonus, so some employees get one.
Question 4: If it rains, the picnic is canceled. The picnic was not canceled. Therefore:
- It rained
- It did not rain (Correct answer)
- The picnic was indoors
- It will rain tomorrow
Correct answer: It did not rain
By contrapositive, no cancellation means it did not rain.
Question 5: All squares are rectangles. All rectangles have four sides. Therefore all squares:
- Have three sides
- Have four sides (Correct answer)
- Are circles
- Have five sides
Correct answer: Have four sides
Squares are rectangles, and rectangles have four sides.
Question 6: No cats are dogs. Some pets are cats. Which must be true?
- Some pets are not dogs (Correct answer)
- All pets are cats
- All pets are dogs
- No pets are cats
Correct answer: Some pets are not dogs
The pets that are cats cannot be dogs, so some pets are not dogs.
Question 7: Every certified driver passed the road test. Marco did not pass the road test. Therefore Marco:
- Is a certified driver
- Is not a certified driver (Correct answer)
- Passed a different test
- Will pass next time
Correct answer: Is not a certified driver
Certification requires passing, which Marco didn't, so he isn't certified.
Wonderlic Personnel Test Syllogisms and Deductive Reasoning 2
All managers attend the budget meeting.
Lena is a manager.
Which conclusion must be true?