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Answer Key
Verbal Tasks Test
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. B
Clerical Tasks Test
1.
E
2.
B
3.
D
4.
A
5.
C
6.
E
7.
D
8.
D
9.
B
10.
C
11.
E
12.
D
13.
C
14.
A
15.
E
16.
B
Explanatory Answers
Verbal Tasks Test
1.
(C)
Previous means former. If you did not
know the meaning of the word previous but
remembered that the prefix "pre" usually means
before,
you could use that clue to choose an
answer.
2.
(D)
Having a specific end in view is careful
planning.
3.
(D)
Choice (A) incorrectly mixes singular
and plural; choice (B) employs a double nega-
tive; choice (C) inappropriately inserts the
word what.
4.
(C)
This is the correct spelling.
5.
(B)
Looking at the first pair of words, we see
that there is a functional relationship between
the two words. The function of the pointer on
the speedometer is to indicate something
(speed) at a particular moment. Likewise, the
function of the hands on a watch is to indicate
something (time) at a particular moment. The
dial and numerals are involved in the telling of
time, but they do not indicate a reading at a
particular moment, so they do not really serve
the same function. The watch case is quite
clearly a wrong choice; it is even less related to
indicating something at a given moment.
Clerical Tasks Test
1.
(E)
The name in the first column differs
from those in the second and third columns
because the first name is different; the name in
the second column has a different last name.
2.
(B)
In the third column, the last name is
different from the last name in the first and
second columns.
3.
(D)
All three last names are alike, but the
first name in the first column differs from the
first names in the other columns.
4.
(A)
All three numbers are identical.
5.
(C)
The numbers in the first and third col-
umns are identical, but in the second number,
the third and fourth digits are reversed.
6.
(E)
O comes after E, so Jones comes after
Jenkins.
7.
(D)
There are two identical last names, so
you must alphabetize on the basis of first
names. N comes after K, so Kessler, Neilson
comes after Kessler, Karl.
8.
(D)
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