Annoying logic tests!

[anonymous-user]

I've been running though a bunch of 'logic' problems as part of some work stuff, and a few of them have been irritating me (beyond my view that they don't really add much to real work issues...)

Anyone want to hazard a guess at the answer & logic for the one below

[stevesingo]

c.

Shape sequence = triangle, square, circle isosceles trapezium - triangle

Divider sequence = vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal - horizontal

Dot sequence = 4, not 4, 4, not 4 - 4

Waiting to be corrected

[Integroo]

stevesingo said:

c.

Shape sequence = triangle, square, circle isosceles trapezium - triangle

Divider sequence = vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal - horizontal

Dot sequence = 4, not 4, 4, not 4 - 4

Waiting to be corrected

Surely by you own logic the divider sequence should be vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal - vertical?

[CaptainSlow]

B

Divider sequence = vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal - vertical
Number of dots reflects number of sides of the following shape

[Gary29]

The first one that popped into my head would be 'b'

[NormalWisdom]

CaptainSlow said:

B

Divider sequence = vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal - vertical
Number of dots reflects number of sides of the following shape

^^^^
This

[glenrobbo]

[anonymous-user]

CaptainSlow said:

B

Divider sequence = vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal - vertical
Number of dots reflects number of sides of the following shape

Yep, although from another experience, the real fun ones were verbal reasoning in relation to paragraphs written about scientific studies, in an audience of scientists/engineers, was fun ('proving' a negative, proof in science vs maths, depth of truth).

I also vaguely recall some actuaries coming up with other rules that worked for some similar questions, with the phrase 'my rule is simpler and works, so must be correct'

[Integroo]

wsurfa said:

Yep, although from another experience, the real fun ones were verbal reasoning in relation to paragraphs written about scientific studies, in an audience of scientists/engineers, was fun ('proving' a negative, proof in science vs maths, depth of truth).

I also vaguely recall some actuaries coming up with other rules that worked for some similar questions, with the phrase 'my rule is simpler and works, so must be correct'

My girlfriend had to do a Watson-Glaser verbal reasoning test for an interview this week. I had a look at some of the practice questions and they are bloody tricky!

https://www.thelawyerportal.com/tests/watson-glase...

[NormalWisdom]

Integroo said:

My girlfriend had to do a Watson-Glaser verbal reasoning test for an interview this week. I had a look at some of the practice questions and they are bloody tricky!

https://www.thelawyerportal.com/tests/watson-glase...

I certainly had to read those at least twice!

[Doofus]

droopsnoot said:

Surely the correct answer is "none"?

It says at the top, "If no question mark exists, you are to select the response choice that comes next in the sequence." But a question mark does exist. So is it one of these "read the question properly" tests, or am I an instant fail?

Yeah, you might want to read the question properly...

[droopsnoot]

Dammit, didn't quite delete quickly enough having done just that.

[julian64]

NormalWisdom said:

Integroo said:

My girlfriend had to do a Watson-Glaser verbal reasoning test for an interview this week. I had a look at some of the practice questions and they are bloody tricky!

https://www.thelawyerportal.com/tests/watson-glase...

I certainly had to read those at least twice!

I didn't go further than the first question about the leaves. Without the age of the child who could have been 2 or 20 there is no way to determine if the child had though processes that would allow empathy/covert though enough to conceal her actual feelings.

The answer 'probably' rather than 'actually' is therefore subjective.

Its reasoning Jim but not on any realistic level. Like many questionaries' it tests little other than if you think the same way as the person who designed the question.

[S93]

If it is B, then what shape has 2 sides?

[Gary29]

S93 said:

If it is B, then what shape has 2 sides?

An ellipse with two sharp points.

[Monkeylegend]

Pst, can anyone tell me what the question is, very discreetly

[Gary29]

or a semi circle

[S93]

Gary29 said:

An ellipse with two sharp points.

Gary29 said:

or a semi circle

Fair enough, I'm in the B camp!