DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery Deducing Rules from Audio Questions and Answers

Question 1

You hear a speaker in a constructed language say the following phrases:
'gorbl flum' means 'the dog runs'.
'gorbl zorb' means 'the dog jumps'.
'sluvu zorb' means 'the cat jumps'.

Based on these examples, which of the following would most likely mean 'the cat runs'?

Accepted Answer

sluvu flum

Answer

gorbl sluvu

Answer

zorb flum

Answer

flum zorb

Question 2

In an audio segment, you learn the following rules for a new language:
1. The verb always comes last in a sentence.
2. Adjectives follow the noun they modify.
3. The word for 'big' is 'norg' and 'small' is 'kree'.

You hear the phrase: 'wex norg vims'. If 'wex' means 'house', what is the most probable translation?

Accepted Answer

The house is big.

Answer

The big house.

Answer

Big house runs.

Answer

The house big is.

Question 3

You are presented with audio examples from an artificial language where possession is indicated by a suffix.
'kalen' means 'car'.
'kalen-vo' means 'my car'.
'bota' means 'book'.
'bota-ga' means 'his book'.
'kalen-ga' means 'his car'.

Which phrase would mean 'my book'?

Accepted Answer

bota-vo

Answer

kalen-bota

Answer

vo-bota

Answer

bota-ga-vo

Question 4

In a fictional language, the tense of a verb is changed by altering its first letter. You hear:
'pash' means 'I walk'.
'fash' means 'I walked'.
'tov' means 'he sees'.

Based on this pattern, how would you say 'he saw'?

Accepted Answer

fov

Answer

pov

Answer

fash

Answer

tash

Question 5

You hear a series of statements in a made-up language where word order determines the meaning.
'plim tok glee' means 'the man eats the apple'.
'glee tok plim' means 'the apple eats the man'.
'zup tok nar' means 'the dog eats the bone'.

Which of the following is the most likely rule for this language's sentence structure?

Accepted Answer

Subject-Verb-Object

Answer

Object-Verb-Subject

Answer

Verb-Subject-Object

Answer

Subject-Object-Verb

Question 6

In an audio test, you deduce that the suffix '-im' pluralizes a noun and the suffix '-et' makes it small. You hear 'roka' means 'rock'. How would you say 'small rocks'?

Accepted Answer

roka-im-et

Answer

roka-et-im

Answer

et-roka-im

Answer

im-roka-et

You hear a speaker in a constructed language say the following phrases:'gorbl flum' means 'the dog runs'.'gorbl zorb' means 'the dog jumps'.'sluvu zorb' means 'the cat jumps'.Based on these examples, which of the following would most likely mean 'the cat runs'?

You hear a speaker in a constructed language say the following phrases:
'gorbl flum' means 'the dog runs'.
'gorbl zorb' means 'the dog jumps'.
'sluvu zorb' means 'the cat jumps'.
Based on these examples, which of the following would most likely mean 'the cat runs'?