Mixed Deck — All Psychometric Test Topics Flashcards

What comes next: 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ___?

Answer: 60

The amount subtracted decreases by one each time (10, 9, 8, 7, 6), so 66 - 6 = 60.

A bar graph shows department headcounts: Dept A=45, Dept B=60, Dept C=30, Dept D=75. What percentage of all employees work in Department B?

Answer: 28.6%

Total employees = 210; Department B = 60; 60/210 × 100 ≈ 28.6%.

How many lines of symmetry does a regular hexagon have?

Answer: 6

A regular hexagon has 6 lines of symmetry — three through opposite vertices and three through midpoints of opposite sides.

A pulley system has one fixed and one movable pulley. Approximately how much effort is needed to lift a 100 kg load?

Answer: 50 kg

A single movable pulley gives a mechanical advantage of 2, halving the required effort to about 50 kg.

Which is the odd one out: 9, 16, 25, 30, 36?

Answer: 30

30 is not a perfect square while the others are (3², 4², 5², 6²).

Which is the best strategy when a reading question gives a long passage and limited time?

Answer: Skim for structure, then read the question and locate the relevant section

Skimming for structure then targeting the relevant section saves time and improves accuracy.

Passage: 'Sales rose in every quarter except the second.' Which statement must be true?

Answer: Sales did not rise in the second quarter

The exception means the second quarter did not see the rise; it does not state sales fell.

Which pair is most alike: cat/dog, wheel/car, finger/hand, rain/snow?

Answer: cat/dog

Cat and dog are both pets of the same category, like the rest are part-to-whole pairs.

Many personality tests include 'social desirability' or consistency checks. What are they designed to detect?

Answer: Whether a candidate is answering honestly rather than faking ideal responses

Consistency and lie-scale items flag attempts to present an unrealistically favorable image.

Select the word that best fits: 'Her ___ remarks defused the tension in the room.'

Answer: Tactful

Tactful remarks ease tension, matching the sense of defusing.

DOCTOR is to HOSPITAL as TEACHER is to:

Answer: School

A doctor works in a hospital just as a teacher works in a school.

Statement: 'No reliable witness gave a vague answer. Mr. Lee gave a vague answer.' If both statements are true, what must follow about Mr. Lee?

Answer: He is not a reliable witness

Because reliable witnesses never gave vague answers, Mr. Lee cannot be reliable.

Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE to 'transparent' (as in clear and open).

Answer: Obscure

Transparent means clear and open, so obscure is its opposite.

A pattern shows a shape losing its fill color while gaining a border with each step. At the final step the shape will be:

Answer: Unfilled with a thick border

Following both trends, the shape ends unfilled while its border has thickened.

In a group of 30 students, 18 play soccer, 12 play basketball, and 6 play both. How many play neither?

Answer: 6

Using the inclusion-exclusion principle: 18 + 12 − 6 = 24 play at least one sport; 30 − 24 = 6 play neither.

A lever has a fulcrum in the middle. A 10 kg weight is placed 2 m to the left. To balance it, a 5 kg weight must be placed how far to the right?

Answer: 4 m

Torque balance: 10 kg × 2 m = 5 kg × d, so d = 4 m.

Cup is to Coffee as Bowl is to __?

Answer: Soup

A cup holds coffee just as a bowl holds soup.

If A → B and B → C, which of the following is a valid conclusion?

Answer: A → C

By the transitive property of implication, if A → B and B → C, then A → C.

A clock shows 3:00. What is the angle between the hour and minute hands?

Answer: 90°

At 3:00 the minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand points to 3, creating a 90-degree angle.

Passage: 'All certified electricians on the project passed the safety audit. Some workers who passed the safety audit were apprentices.' Which conclusion is TRUE based only on the passage?

Answer: Some apprentices passed the safety audit

Since some who passed were apprentices, it follows that some apprentices passed the audit.