Which of the following is least like the others?

A.    cube
B.    sphere
C.    pyramid
D.    circle


Answer:
D (because the circle is the only two-dimensional figure)

Consider a language which uses the following set of characters:

Small set: { a b c }

Large set: { A B C }

Punctuation set: { x y }

This language must follow the following rules:

  1.    A punctuation character must end all series.
  2.    A series can have up to but no more than 4          characters,including punctuation characters.

Does the following series follow all the rules of the language defined above?

axBy

  A.    Yes
  B.    No


Answer:
A (the series has only four characters and ends in a punctuation character)

Consider the following flow chart for a customer:

The person in No.1 is:

    A.   Married, with children
    B.   Married, with at least one son
    C.   Unmarried, with at least one daughter
    D.   Unmarried, with at least one son
    E.   Unmarried, with no children


Answer:
D (married: no; children: yes; male child: yes)

Susan can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. Mary can type 5 pages in 10 minutes. Working together, how many pages can they type in 30 minutes?

    A.   15
    B.   20
    C.   25
    D.   65
    E.   75


Answer:
E (30/5=6; 6*10=60; Susan will type 60 pages in 30 min. 30/10=3; 5*3=15; Mary will type 15 pages in 30 min. 60+15=75)

Consider the following series:

3, 4, 6, 9, 13, ____ What comes next?

    A.   15
    B.   16
    C.   17
    D.   18
    E.   19

Answer:
D (3+1=4; 4+2=6; 6+3=9; 9+4=13; 13+5=18)