Korn Ferry Logical Reasoning Flashcards
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Statement: 'None of the reports submitted on time had errors.' Which conclusion follows?
Answer: All reports with errors were submitted late.
If no on-time report had errors, then any report with errors must have been submitted late — the contrapositive of the original statement.
Which number replaces the '?' in: 8, 4, 2, 1, 0.5, ?
Answer: 0.25
Each term is halved: 0.5 ÷ 2 = 0.25.
An argument concludes: 'This strategy succeeded in the US market, so it will succeed globally.' What logical flaw does this contain?
Answer: Hasty generalization
Inferring global success from one market's result without adequate evidence is a hasty generalization.
Three teams submitted proposals: Red, Blue, Green. The winning proposal was not from Red. Green did not win. Which team won?
Answer: Blue
Eliminating Red and Green leaves Blue as the only possible winner.
If 'whenever the economy grows, consumer confidence rises,' and 'consumer confidence has not risen,' what follows?
Answer: The economy has not grown.
By modus tollens: if growth → confidence, and confidence did not rise, then the economy did not grow.
A matrix has 3 rows and 3 columns. Row sums are 15, 21, 18. Column sums are 16, 20, and X. What is X?
Answer: 18
Total of all rows = 15 + 21 + 18 = 54; column sums must also total 54, so X = 54 − 16 − 20 = 18.
Analogy: Flaw is to Argument as Bug is to ___.
Answer: Software
A flaw undermines an argument's validity just as a bug undermines software's correct functioning.