BPA Logical Reasoning Lesson Latest Update

BPA Logical Reasoning Lesson Latest Update

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• Eliminate answers you know are not correct

c. Accept every fact in the text as true - CORRECT ANSWER: When selecting the

correct answer on a logical reasoning question, you should use which of the following methods?

• Use your knowledge and experience of CBP work to select the correct response
• Memorize the entire passage before selecting the correct response
• Eliminate answers you know are not correct
• Accept every fact in the text as true

• Information that allows you to draw conclusions about one of the two groups as it

relates to the other group since you can count on the fact that the two groups have no

members in common - CORRECT ANSWER: It is important to pay attention to the

words "not" and "none" because they provide you with which type of information?

• Information that allows you to draw conclusions about one of the two groups as it

relates to the other group since you can count on the fact that the two groups have no members in common

• Information that something is NOT true could be useful but it often has no impact on

determining which conclusion is avlid and should be overlooked

• Information that allows you to identify groups and understand the relationships

between the groups in order to determine what total number of valid conclusions you should select when answering the question

• That when the first event happens, the second event must follow - CORRECT

ANSWER: When an "if-then" statement is presented in a question, what must be true about the cause and effect relationship?

• That when the first event happens, the second event must follow
• That if the second event occurred, the first event, or cause, must not have occurred
• That you can switch the order of the events and validly conclude that the second

event must still be true

• These words are intentionally imprecise and imply nothing about the entire group -

CORRECT ANSWER: It is important to pay attention to the words "some" and "most" because they provide you with what type of information?

• These words are intentionally imprecise and imply nothing about the entire group
• These words are precise reference, that applies to only one of the groups but not

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• These words apply to a part or some of a group, so you should assume that they

apply to the entire group

b. Reasoning - CORRECT ANSWER: The questions in the Border Patril Agent Logical

Reasoning Entrance Exam evaluate your ability to make critical decisions in short periods of time by testing which of the following skills?

• Memory
• Reasoning
• Awareness
• Knowledge of facts

• The meaning becomes positive as the two negatives cancel each other out -

CORRECT ANSWER: A statement in a logical reasoning exam question that has two

negative words has what effect on the meaning of the statement.

• The meaning is negative since the sentence is worded negatively
• The meaning becomes positive as the two negatives cancel each other out
• The meaning becomes a strong statement meant to determine cause and effect
• The meaning suggests that you should look for the conclusion that is also negatively

worded

• Information that tells you that everything in the first group is also in the second group
• CORRECT ANSWER: It is important to pay attention to the words "all" and "every"

because they provide you with which type of information?

• Information that provides just enough detail for you to determine whether or not all

members of the second group are included in the first group

• Information that tells you that some information in the question is not useful and can

be overlooked

• Information that tells you that everything in the first group is also in the second group

• The lead-in phrase can be either positive or negative so you must read it in order to

determine which answer is correct - CORRECT ANSWER: The lead-in phrase is best

described by which one of the following statements?

• The lead-in phrase is not a very important part of the logical reasoning question
• The lead-in phrase is the same in every question so you can save time by not reading

it

• The lead-in phrase can be either positive or negative so you must read it in order to

determine which answer is correct A film makes a profit if the number of people who see it is sufficient to generate revenues from ticket sales greater than the amount spent to make it. Hence, the primary goal of movie executives is to maximize the number of people who see a film. However, it is not the primary goal of television executives to maximize the number of viewers for their shows. 2 / 4

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to explain the difference between the goals of movie executives and those of TV executives?(practice test 2)

• More people are willing to see a film more than once than are willing to watch a TV

show more than once

• There is no analog in TV to the large profits that owners of movie theaters make by

selling refreshments to their customers.

• The average cost of producing an hour of film is much greater than the average cost

of producing an hour of TV

D) TV shows make their profits from sponsors, who are chi - CORRECT ANSWER: D)

TV shows make their profits from sponsors, who are chiefly concerned with the purchasing power of the people who watch the TV show

If sponsors of TV shows are mostly concerned with purchasing power of those who watch shows, we would expect TV executives to share the sponsors' concerns.

A: We still don't know why TV execs aren't concerned about the number of viewers they get B: Doesn't help us understand the difference in priorities between movie and TV execs.

C: Doesn't explain the issue

E: The fact that TV shows are free to watch doesn't explain why maximizing viewership isn't a priority.

A large survey of scientists found that almost all accept Wang's Law, and almost all know the results of the Brown-Eisler Experiment. But those results together with Wang's Law contradict the Minsk Hypothesis. Therefore, most of the scientists surveyed reject the Minsk Hypothesis.

The argument requires assuming which of the following?(practice test 7)

• The scientists surveyed are generally aware that the results of the Brown-Eisler

Experiment together with Wang's Law contradict the Minsk Hypothesis.

• The scientists in the survey who know the results of the Brown-Eisler Experiment are

exactly the same ones who accept Wang's Law

• Almost all of the scientists surveyed are familiar with the way in which the results of

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• The sample is large enough to be representative of scientists in the field.

E) Wang's Law has in fact been shown to be true. - CORRECT ANSWER: A) The

scientists surveyed are generally aware that the results of the Brown-Eisler Experiment together with Wang's Law contradict the Minsk Hypothesis.

If the scientists surveyed weren't generally aware of this contradiction, then the contradiction wouldn't tell us anything about what the scientists would reject.

B: Too strong to be necessary to the argument. We must assume that there is SOME overlap between the scientists who know the results and who accept the Law, but we don't need to assume they are EXACTLY the same ones

A manager cannot extract the best performance from employees by threatening them with termination or offering financial rewards for high productivity. Rather, employees must come to want to do a good job for its own sake. One of the best ways for a manager to achieve this is to delegate responsibility to them, especially for decisions that previously had to be made by the manager.

Which one of the following propositions is best illustrated by the situation described in the passage?(practice test 6)

• Increased responsibility can improve a person's sense of how power should be used.

• It is often the case that the desire for prestige is more powerful than the desire for job

security.

• In some cases one's effectiveness in a particular role can be enhanced by a partial

relinquishing of control.

• People who carry out decisions are in the best position to determine what those

decisions should be.

E) Business - CORRECT ANSWER: C) In some cases one's effectiveness in a

particular role can be enhanced by a partial relinquishing of control.

Manager can become more effective by delegating responsibility to an employee.A: Includes the idea of improving a person's sense of how power should be used, which isn't present in the passage.B: Passage never discusses either a desire for prestige or a desire for job security.

• Doesn't match passage situation, passage never addresses who is in the best

position to determine decision made.

• Passage never discusses anything about benefiting the company as a whole.
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