DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Comprehensive Rule Application Questions and Answers

Question 1

You are given the following rules for a fictional language:
1. Sentence structure is Subject-Adjective-Verb-Object.
2. Adjectives are formed from a root plus a suffix.
3. The suffix is '-os' if the Object is animate (living) and '-et' if the Object is inanimate (non-living).

Given the words: 'puer' (the boy), 'malum' (the apple), 'rub' (root for red), 'edit' (eats). How would you say 'The boy eats the red apple'?

Accepted Answer

puer rubet edit malum

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puer rubos edit malum

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puer edit rubet malum

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malum rubet edit puer

Question 2

In a new language, you learn these rules:
1. To make a noun plural, add the prefix 'li-'.
2. To make a noun definite ('the'), add a suffix that harmonizes with the last vowel of the noun's root.
3. If the root's last vowel is 'a' or 'o', the suffix is '-ka'.
4. If the root's last vowel is 'e' or 'i', the suffix is '-ke'.

Given 'piksi' (dog), how would you say 'the dogs'?

Accepted Answer

li-piksike

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piksike

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li-piksika

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piksike-li

Question 3

Analyze the following translated sentences:
- 'Toma poko videt.' means 'The boy sees the dog.'
- 'Poku Toma videt.' means 'The dog sees the boy.'
- 'Fela poko amat.' means 'The girl loves the dog.'

Based on these examples, how would you most likely say 'The dog loves the girl'?

Accepted Answer

Poka felu amat.

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Fela poku amat.

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Poka fela amat.

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Felu poka amat.

Question 4

You are given a set of grammatical rules:
1. The standard word order is Subject-Verb-Adverb.
2. All verbs must end with the suffix '-im'.
3. Negation is shown by adding the prefix 'no-' to the verb.
4. Adverbs are formed by adding the suffix '-ly' to a root and they always follow the verb.

Given 'run' (verb root) and 'rap' (adverb root for 'quick'), which of the following sentences is grammatically INCORRECT?

Accepted Answer

He rap-ly runim.

Answer

He walkim.

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She no-jumpim.

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They runim rap-ly.

Question 5

In a constructed language, verbs are conjugated by applying both a prefix for tense and a suffix for person.
- Tense prefixes: 'ba-' for present, 'bi-' for past.
- Person suffixes: '-en' for 'I', '-es' for 'you', '-et' for 'he/she/it'.

Given the verb root 'voc' (to speak), how would you correctly say 'You spoke'?

Accepted Answer

bi-voc-es

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ba-voc-es

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bi-voc-en

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ba-voc-et

Question 6

The grammar of an artificial language has the following rules:
1. Nouns are classified as either 'round' (ending in '-o') or 'flat' (ending in '-i').
2. Adjectives must agree with the noun's classification by taking the same final vowel.
3. The word order is strictly Noun followed by any Adjectives.

Given the words: 'diski' (plate, a flat object), 'blu' (blue), and 'larj' (large), which is the correct phrase for 'the large blue plate'?

Accepted Answer

diski larji blui

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diski larjo bluo

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larji blui diski

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blui diski larji