CCAT - Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Syllogisms and Deductions Questions and Answers

Question 1

Assume the following two statements are true:
1. All managers attend the weekly briefing.
2. Some team leads are managers.

Which of the following conclusions is logically guaranteed to be true?

Accepted Answer

Some team leads attend the weekly briefing.

Answer

All attendees of the weekly briefing are managers.

Answer

All team leads attend the weekly briefing.

Answer

No team leads attend the weekly briefing.

Question 2

Consider these premises:
1. If a report is submitted after 5 PM, it is marked as late.
2. The marketing report was not marked as late.

What can be logically deduced from these statements?

Accepted Answer

The marketing report was submitted at or before 5 PM.

Answer

The marketing report was submitted exactly at 5 PM.

Answer

All reports are submitted on time.

Answer

The marketing report was the only one not marked late.

Question 3

Based on the following information, which statement must be true?
1. To access the server room, an employee must either have a keycard or be escorted by security.
2. John, an employee, was not escorted by security when he entered the server room.

Accepted Answer

John has a keycard.

Answer

John works in the IT department.

Answer

Security was not on duty.

Answer

John should not have been in the server room.

Question 4

Read the following statements:
1. All documents processed by the finance department must be stamped.
2. Only invoices and expense reports are processed by the finance department.
3. This document is an expense report.

Which of the following can be logically concluded?

Accepted Answer

This document must be stamped.

Answer

This document is not an invoice.

Answer

All stamped documents are expense reports.

Answer

This document may or may not be processed by the finance department.

Question 5

Given that the first two statements are true, which of the following statements is a certain conclusion?
1. No remote employees work in the logistics department.
2. Sarah is a remote employee.

Accepted Answer

Sarah does not work in the logistics department.

Answer

Sarah works in the sales department.

Answer

All logistics employees work in the office.

Answer

Sarah has never been to the office.

Question 6

Assume these two premises are true:
1. Some of the presentations were created using PowerPoint.
2. All materials created using PowerPoint have a blue title slide.

Which of the following conclusions is NOT logically guaranteed to be true?

Accepted Answer

All presentations have a blue title slide.

Answer

Some of the presentations have a blue title slide.

Answer

At least one presentation has a blue title slide.

Answer

Some materials with a blue title slide are presentations.

Assume the following two statements are true:1.All managers attend the weekly briefing.2.Some team leads are managers.Which of the following conclusions is logically guaranteed to be true?

Assume the following two statements are true:
1.
All managers attend the weekly briefing.
2.
Some team leads are managers.
Which of the following conclusions is logically guaranteed to be true?