Memorization and Attention to Detail Flashcards

A dispatcher logs the following vehicle plate numbers during a shift: 4TRK892, 7BUS341, 2CAR567, 9VAN108, 5TRK234. Which plate number contains the digit sequence '10'?

Answer: 9VAN108

9VAN108 contains the consecutive digits '10' in positions 5-6.

An officer memorizes a suspect's description: male, 5'11", brown hair, blue eyes, wearing a red jacket and black sneakers. A witness later describes a suspect with brown hair, blue eyes, black sneakers, and a red jacket who is 6'1". What detail differs?

Answer: Height

The original description states 5'11" while the witness describes the suspect as 6'1".

Review this address list and identify the duplicate: 142 West 34th St, 87 Broad St, 142 West 34th St, 19 Fulton Ave, 203 East 14th St.

Answer: 142 West 34th St

142 West 34th St appears twice in the list.

A clerk records complaint numbers in sequence: C-4401, C-4402, C-4403, C-4405, C-4406. Which number is missing?

Answer: C-4404

The sequence skips from C-4403 to C-4405, so C-4404 is the missing number.

You study a table showing five employees and their badge numbers: Adams/1042, Brown/1187, Chen/1063, Davis/1204, Evans/1078. Which employee has a badge number between 1063 and 1078?

Answer: None of the above

No employee has a badge number strictly between 1063 (Chen) and 1078 (Evans).

An inspector notes these code violations in an apartment: unit 3B has a broken smoke detector, unit 5A has a faulty outlet, unit 3B has a cracked window. How many distinct units have violations?

Answer: 2

Only two distinct units appear: 3B (with two violations) and 5A (with one violation).

A report lists incident times as 09:14, 11:32, 09:41, 14:07, 11:32. Which time appears more than once?

Answer: 11:32

11:32 is listed twice in the sequence of incident times.