{ "assessmentTests": { "deductive_reasoning": { "subscales": { "syllogisms": { "name": "Syllogisms" }, "conditional_reasoning": { "name": "Conditional Reasoning" }, "ordering_ranking": { "name": "Ordering and Ranking" }, "conclusions": { "name": "Conclusions from Statements" } }, "name": "Deductive Reasoning Test", "desc": "Judge what must follow from the given statements: syllogisms, if-then rules, ordering puzzles and conclusions from a set of facts. 25 original questions, one certain answer each.", "recommendation": "Your deductive reasoning profile", "questions": [ { "question": "Every ferry on the Harbour Line carries bicycles. The Kestrel is a ferry on the Harbour Line. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Any bicycle carrier is a Harbour Line ferry" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "The Kestrel is a ferry that carries bicycles" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "The Kestrel carries only bicycles" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some Harbour Line ferries carry no bicycles" } ] }, { "question": "If a parcel weighs more than 20 kg, it ships by freight. Parcel P weighs 26 kg. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Every freight parcel weighs over 20 kg" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Parcel P ships by freight" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Every parcel, heavy or light, ships by freight" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Parcel P ships by freight only if a courier is free" } ] }, { "question": "Four students are ranked by exam score, with no ties. Imran scored higher than Lena. Lena scored higher than Mateo. Nina scored lower than Mateo. Who scored second highest?", "options": [ { "icon": "📊", "label": "Lena" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Imran" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Mateo" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Nina" } ] }, { "question": "Statements: Every ticket sold in advance was non-refundable. No non-refundable ticket was transferred. Conclusion I: No ticket sold in advance was transferred. Conclusion II: No transferred ticket was sold in advance. Which option is correct?", "options": [ { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only I follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only II follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Neither follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Both follow" } ] }, { "question": "No lizard in the reptile house is venomous. Every animal in Cage 6 is venomous. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "No reptile-house lizard is in Cage 6" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some of the animals in Cage 6 are lizards" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Every venomous animal is in Cage 6" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Cage 6 holds nothing but snakes and spiders" } ] }, { "question": "Tomas holds a badge. A badge opens the lab door only if its holder has completed the safety course. Tomas has not completed the safety course. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🔀", "label": "His badge does not open the lab door" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "His badge opens the lab door at the moment" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "His badge will open once he finishes the course" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "His badge has been deactivated" } ] }, { "question": "Five books stand on a shelf in positions 1 to 5, counted from the left. The dictionary stands immediately to the right of the atlas. The novel is at position 5 and the poetry book is at position 4. The almanac is somewhere to the left of the atlas. Which book is at position 3?", "options": [ { "icon": "📊", "label": "The atlas" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "The dictionary" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "The almanac" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "The poetry book" } ] }, { "question": "Statements: Some of the trainees passed the driving module. Every trainee who passed the driving module also passed the safety module. Conclusion I: Every trainee who passed the safety module also passed the driving module. Conclusion II: Some trainees passed the safety module. Which option is correct?", "options": [ { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only I follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Both follow" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Neither follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only II follows" } ] }, { "question": "All of the interns attended the safety briefing. Everyone who attended the briefing received a badge. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Everyone who received a badge is an intern" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some interns skipped the briefing" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Every intern received a badge" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some badge holders are not interns" } ] }, { "question": "Rule: if the cache is full, the page loads slowly. Which of these arguments is valid?", "options": [ { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The page loads slowly, so the cache is full" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The cache is not full, so the page loads fast" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The page loads quickly, so the cache is not full" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The cache is not full, so the page loads slowly" } ] }, { "question": "Five tasks run one after another in a night batch. Payroll runs before Billing. Backup runs immediately after Billing. Reporting runs before Payroll. Archive runs last. Which task runs third?", "options": [ { "icon": "📊", "label": "Payroll" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Billing" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Backup" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Reporting" } ] }, { "question": "Statements: Some drivers on the depot roster hold a heavy-vehicle licence. Nobody who holds a heavy-vehicle licence is under 25. Conclusion I: Some drivers on the roster are under 25. Conclusion II: No driver on the roster is under 25. Which option is correct?", "options": [ { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only I follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only II follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Neither follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Both follow" } ] }, { "question": "Some of the analysts are bilingual. No bilingual employee works night shifts. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "No analyst works night shifts" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some bilingual employees are not analysts" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some analysts do not work any night shifts" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some night-shift employees are analysts" } ] }, { "question": "If the sensor trips, the valve closes. If the valve closes, the pump stops. The pump is still running. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The sensor has not tripped" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The valve has already closed" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The sensor tripped, but the valve failed to close" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The valve is open, but the sensor may have tripped" } ] }, { "question": "Five players are on a ladder, ranked 1 (top) to 5 with no ties. Hana is ranked above Oskar. Pavel is ranked below Oskar. Rosa is ranked between Hana and Oskar. Quinn is also on the ladder, but nothing is said about where. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "📊", "label": "Quinn is ranked first on the ladder" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Hana is ranked at the top of the ladder" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Oskar is ranked fourth" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Rosa is ranked above Pavel" } ] }, { "question": "Statements: Of the 40 entrants in a contest, 25 are under 30 and 18 live abroad. Conclusion I: At least three entrants are under 30 and live abroad. Conclusion II: At least one entrant aged 30 or over lives abroad. Which option is correct?", "options": [ { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only I follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Only II follows" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Both follow" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Neither follows" } ] }, { "question": "No pilot on the roster is under 21. No one under 21 holds a night rating. Which conclusion follows?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "No pilot on the roster holds a night rating" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Every pilot on the roster holds a night rating" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Everyone with a night rating is a pilot on the roster" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "None of the other three conclusions has to be true" } ] }, { "question": "Unless both parents sign the permission form, the school trip is cancelled. Only one parent has signed. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The trip goes ahead with one signature" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The trip is postponed, not cancelled" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "The school trip is cancelled" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Nothing definite can be concluded yet" } ] }, { "question": "Five runners finish a race with no ties. Aiko finishes ahead of Beck, and Beck finishes ahead of Cora. Dilip finishes ahead of Eve. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "📊", "label": "Cora finishes last of all five" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Aiko wins the race" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Aiko finishes ahead of Cora" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Beck finishes ahead of Eve" } ] }, { "question": "Statements: The package is in the hall or in the study, not in both. If the hall light is off, the package is in the study. The hall light is on. Which option is correct?", "options": [ { "icon": "🎯", "label": "The package must be in the hall" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "The package must be in the study" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "It is in neither room" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "Either room is still a possibility" } ] }, { "question": "All archivists read Latin. Nobody who reads Latin is easily bored. Maya is easily bored. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Maya reads Latin" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Maya is an archivist" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Everyone who is not easily bored is an archivist" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Maya is not an archivist" } ] }, { "question": "Priya is a club member. A member can book the court exactly when their fees are paid. Priya cannot book the court. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Priya is not a member of the club" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Priya's fees have not been paid" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Priya's fees are paid, but the court is full" }, { "icon": "🔀", "label": "Paying her fees would not let Priya book" } ] }, { "question": "Six people queue at a counter in positions 1 (front) to 6 (back). Ned is first and Pat is last. Kit is directly behind Lou. Jo is somewhere ahead of Kit. Mei is somewhere ahead of Lou. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "📊", "label": "Lou is fourth in the queue" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Kit is fourth in the queue" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Mei is second in the queue" }, { "icon": "📊", "label": "Jo is third in the queue" } ] }, { "question": "A missing report is in only one place. Exactly one of these three claims about it is true. Claim 1: it is in the red folder. Claim 2: it is not in the red folder. Claim 3: it is in the blue folder. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🎯", "label": "The report is in the red folder" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "The report is not in the blue folder" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "The report is not in the red folder" }, { "icon": "🎯", "label": "The report is in the blue folder" } ] }, { "question": "Every bridge inspected in March was repaired in April. Some bridges repaired in April reopened in May. No bridge that reopened in May is on the closure list. Which statement must be true?", "options": [ { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some bridges repaired in April are off the closure list" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "No bridge inspected in March appears on the closure list" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Some bridges inspected in March were reopened in May" }, { "icon": "🧩", "label": "Every bridge repaired in April was reopened in May" } ] } ], "results": { "developing": { "name": "Early Steps in Deduction", "desc": "You answered fewer than half of the questions correctly. Blind guessing lands near 25%, so there is some signal here, but the classic deduction traps are still catching you: reading \"if\" as \"only if\", turning \"all A are B\" around, or treating \"some\" as \"all\". These are habits, and habits can change.", "recommendation": "Go back to the questions you missed and say out loud which sentence each wrong answer quietly changed. Then retake the test in a week; the questions are the same, so a higher score mostly shows you have learned the traps." }, "average": { "name": "Steady Deduction", "desc": "You answered roughly half to two thirds of the questions correctly. Single rules and short chains feel comfortable; the slips tend to come with negatives (\"no\", \"unless\", \"only if\") and with answers that sound plausible without being forced by the statements.", "recommendation": "For every answer, finish the sentence \"this must be true because…\". If you cannot, you have probably picked something that could be true. Then work through the JobCannon deductive reasoning practice page." }, "above_average": { "name": "Strong Deduction", "desc": "You answered about two thirds to four fifths of the questions correctly, including most multi-step chains. You separate what follows from what merely fits. Remaining misses usually sit in statements with \"some\" and \"no\", or in puzzles with several fixed positions.", "recommendation": "Sketch it: a small circle diagram for groups, a line for rankings. Time yourself on the ordering puzzles, which is where careful people lose the most minutes." }, "superior": { "name": "Very Strong Deduction", "desc": "You answered more than four fifths of the questions correctly. You handle reversed statements, double negatives and incomplete orderings without being pulled toward the answer that merely sounds right. At this level one or two misses are as likely to be a misread word as a gap in reasoning.", "recommendation": "Check your misses for misread words before blaming the logic. If deduction is part of your work, try harder material: multi-condition scheduling puzzles or an introductory formal logic text." }, "exceptional": { "name": "Near-Flawless Deduction", "desc": "You answered at least 23 of the 25 questions correctly. Nearly every question was settled by what must be true rather than what is likely. This is a result about these 25 JobCannon questions only: it is not an IQ score or a percentile, because no norms exist for this test.", "recommendation": "Use the result as a signal that you reason carefully from stated information. If an employer asks for a deductive reasoning score, remember that they will use their own timed test, so practise under a clock as well." } }, "retakePrompt": { "lastResult": "Last time you scored as {result}.", "evolvedHint": "These are the same 25 questions as last time, so a higher score mostly shows you have learned the traps, not that your reasoning changed.", "retakeButton": "Retake Deductive Reasoning" }, "optionOrderVersion": "6b0d7643abf72b47" } }, "testNames": { "deductive-reasoning": "Deductive Reasoning Test" } }