Verbal reasoning practice tests SHL type practical examples with answers and explanations

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIRST 3 TESTS In the following three tests, evaluate each statement on the basis of information or opinions, included in the passage, according to following rules: Enc

VERBAL REASONING

TESTS

- PRACTICAL EXAMPLES

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIRST 3 TESTS

In the following three tests, evaluate each

statement on the basis of information or opinions, included in the passage, according to following rules:

Encircle option A, if on the basis of the

information contained in the passage, you will

determine that the sentence is absolutely correct or logically follows the content of the passage

Encircle option B, if on the basis of the

information contained in the passage, you will

determine that the sentence is absolutely incorrect

or its incorrectness is logically clear from the

content of the passage

Encircle option C, if the information contained in the passage does not allow you to select option A or

B, explicitly

In subsequent tests, follow the current instructions You have 15 minutes to solve each test

Don't worry, if you are not able to answer all

questions, the test is specially designed for this

purpose

Good Luck!

TEST 1

According to statistics of life insurance companies, nine out of ten alcoholics are dying before the age of seventy-five years, as compared to seven out of ten non- alcoholics A Recent report of National Institute of Medicine, confirms above

‘mentioned statistics and concludes that alcohol addiction increases individual's suscepabity to life-threatening diseases, resulting in the shortening of the average life span

1 Alcoholism does not increase vulnerability to diseases, which are no life- threatening

Chinese people might be known for their courtesy, but currently, overwhelming majority considers that the bad manners are outweighed, which is highlighted by the survey results Majority of Chinese are irritated with the behavior, such as talking about senseless things on mobile phones in trains or metro Chatting between passengers, in generally overcrowded public transportation, is becoming widespread From a total of 3000 respondents interviewed, 9 out of 10 stated that the behavior of their countrymen is much worse than before Only 28% believed that the Chinese wield good manners

7 After surveying 3000 respondents, the results indicated that the Chinese are well known from their courtesy

People, who stopped doing regular exercise, usually state that it is only a wastage

of time for them However, this statement is carved, due to their laziness In view

of the overwhelming evidence, it has been concluded that the regular exercise improves health

10 Regular exercise is beneficial for improving condition of health and increasing life expectancy

In order to revitalize the commercial area in the city center, mayor of the city

declared that the number of police officers patrolling the district during working

hours should be increased Three years ago, city decreased the total number of officers by 20% Since that time, the retail trade in the district experienced continuous decrease in income

13 Since last 3 years, the total number of inhabitants in the district has decreased

stressful and mentally overburdening

16 Work requiring extensive physical activity or too much stress may cause heart

Astronomers at the Space Center have discovered quasar Perseus Quasar, apparently looking like a star, has a constant source of electromagnetic radiation with tremendous power Extremely strong radiation of the quasar is created in the accretion disc of a massive black hole, which is located in its nucleus It is a breakthrough, but it is not in line with our knowledge related to quasars and black holes It is highly likely that it is a self-collapsing object of Mezo type It is a ball of hot plasma and doesn’t consist of any black hole This theory gave rise to a huge stir, and it is the first signal to discredit the paradigm of black holes

19 Quasars are similar to stars

as highly qualified staff Ensuring that the students can learn a lot about the organization, thereby, making them interested in the permanent employment Students are paid at a fixed rate by the organizations, very often without possibility

of having paid leave or sick leave

22 It is possible that the students are performing the tasks of the employees, who are on leave,

Pilot error causes lot more aircraft accidents that any other factor Recently, military ceased to demand their pilots to take vaccines for immunization against chemical

warfare These vaccines are very well known to cause unexpected vertigo, which

may lead to the pilot error Large number of military pilots are also piloting

passenger aircraft, hence, the decision made by the army must have been their

desire to decrease number of accidents in commercial airlines

25 Large number of pilots of passenger aircraft are military pilots

usage of essential oil from the bark of Ailanthus in cosmetics The main aim of this

law is primarily to maintain population of Ailanthus, at least in this country But this law is clearly unnecessary, and should be abolished

28 It is expected that the demand for the cosmetics with essential oil from the

bark of Ailanthus will decrease

Most of the companies, in their branches, are adopting strategy of no-smoking in

the client zone There are visible signs and labels, which are drawing client’s

attention to this policy These communications are formulated in a client-friendly

manner, although some of the clients might feel that such a policy is violating their freedom of choice In case the client will ignore such an information, employees are more likely to be tolerant, and they avoid to create any problem In fact, in today’s

time, more clients are expecting such a prohibition in these places Indeed, such a

policy improves the atmosphere in the client areas and also reduces the risk of fire

31 Policy of no-smoking has been introduced mainly in response to the expectations of clients

TEST 2

Currently, supply of office buildings in one of the voivodship is much higher than demand, and the demand for single-family housing is much higher than supply As a result, real estate developers have reduced the number of office buildings till the demand does not meet the supply, and they have accelerated the construction of single-family housing Legislative authorities of this province recently passed a bill

to eliminate the income tax for the corporations, whose principal place of business is

this particular voivodship In response to this, a large number of big companies, have already started to shift to this particular voivodship, and according to reliable research, this trend will continue over the period of next five years

1, It is reasonable to assume that within time period of next five years, office buildings in this region will be fully developed

For the purpose of image campaign, as a characteristic motivating theme, they

adopted the slogan: "To leadership by the quality” It reflects that our company has always paid attention to quality Company desires to present a broader audience their understanding of quality as a technical excellence, reliable service and

‘opportunity, which clients get for their money, rightly what is required We are confident that the appropriate capital expenditures for the campaign will secure

People should buy more fresh food to prepare appropriate meals Moreover, as much as possible they should try to buy locally produced food from local shops Rather than to do so, we are treating food as a fuel: looking for the cheapest and most convenient food, very often industrially processed food delivered by international companies, which have significant implications both on our health and the environment We are eating in a hurry rather than eating together at the table Lot of meals are having too much of fatness and sugar, which results in obesity and high blood pressure Packed meals are more expensive and uneconomical because they involve the process of packaging and distribution Individuals do not admire food sufficiently, and mostly lack knowledge and skills, which are required to return

10 Usage of larger bins for garbage for recycling would solve this problem

During the last conference, well-known researchers defended the role of research on animals They supported further use of rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice in developing medicines Many delegates were complaining that public opinion does not understand, that there are certain products, which can be only tested on living organisms In addition, advancement in medicine, such as kidney transplantation, would not have been possible, if pioneers hadn't performed test on animals They also confirmed that during the previous year, 3000 animals were used in various tests,

13 Some products may be tested only on animals

Mechanization is a process of using machines to perform work, which was previously accomplished by humans Automation is a continuation of the mechanization process, and by definition, it is the process of performing mechanic operations with

@ minimal participation of an individual or with his full absence In most of the cases, automation is used when there are difficulties to manufacture a particular product with the same quality or (or else) work turns out to be monotonous or dangerous for the employees The automation is of two types: rigid and flexible Flexible automation system can be easily adapted, which allows it to fulfill several different functions In the case of the rigid automation system, each individual machine performs a specific function As a result of this, as compared to flexible systems, rigid systems are hard to adopt

19 There are several automation systems, which require significant human involvement, in order to perform mechanical operations

In order to stimulate innovation at ITM, one of the long-term aim of the company is

to attain at least 50 percent of its annual revenue from the sales of innovation products, i.e products, which are not older than 3 years During last year, ITM was able to achieve this target, even though company didn’t introduce any new products last year

22.The non-innovative products were the main source of revenues last year

In order to sustain on the market, organization should fulfill needs of different interested groups In general, these groups include shareholders, employees,

‘customers and entire society Unfortunately, very often needs of these groups are

not overlapping Eventually, organization should adequately fulfill need of all

groups, otherwise, needs of not even a single group will be fulfilled It is due to the fact, that each of the interested group is strong enough, to be a reason for company’s collapse, in case their need will not be satisfied If organization operates

in the territory of one country, then it might be difficult to find a balance in meeting

‘competing needs of different groups For organizations, which are operating in different countries, where dominated interest are different from each other, finding

a necessary balance in meeting these competing needs is always very complex

25 If organization is facing difficulties in finding a balance in meeting the needs

of competing groups of interest, certainly supports the fact that the organization is carrying out its business activities in the territories of several countries

‘Specialist to a level, which is offered by Compacta, Compica employees might leave the company to work for another employer

28 It is reasonable to assume that if Compica raises the wages of their IT specialists, they will not leave the company

29 By offering lower wages, Compica is more competitive on the market

30 In reality, it can be concluded that there are more IT specialists working in Compact

More and more consumers are encouraged to buy a car, which is having a sport-

utility function because they are safer than ordinary cars, and they deliver feeling of

power, which is experienced by a SUV driver In the current advertising campaign,

LPrix highlights the low price of the new SUV in comparison to other similar cars It

is an unreasonable marketing strategy, as the buyers of SUVs also appreciate the

reliability and safety of car

31 Marketing strategy of LPrix is unreasonable, as potential buyers of SUVs may associate low prices with a lack of security

TEST 3

Sales process can have an impact on overall profitability of the organization However, success of sales department depends on high competency of retailers and

‘managers, who are preparing detailed strategies and using leading technologies If the profitability of the organization is in danger, efficiency and skills of sales department can affect the outcome of the entire company, including profit or loss

In itself, sales department is significantly responsible for the profitability of company, and if company wants to achieve profits, they should put all efforts to deliver talented retailers and find resourceful manager of the department

1 If the profitability of the organization is not in danger, the effectiveness of the sales department in no way affects, whether the company operates at a profit

is directly related to the job position, and do not have anything in common with individual characteristics of 2 particular manager If the managerial position is relieved, individual who is leaving is losing the power of attorney It is provided to

the new manager, who is taking over the position

4, All managers, who are managing employees, are possessing a specific power

of attorney

5 If an individual no longer has a power of attorney, it implies that the

individual has breached the power of attorney, on the basis of which

‘employees were being managed

6 A person who is conferring the power of attorney does not deal with the managerial responsibilities, which requires directing the activities of other employees’

There are three main organizational function for every product development: marketing, design and production The function of marketing is based on the interaction between company and the employee, which includes establishing recommended prices and introduction of new product on the market Design function defines the physical form of the product Here we include technological design, for example, mechanical and electronic problems, as well as industrial designs, which include esthetics and functionality of interface Production function is responsible for preparing and operating system for production of products

7 Design function defines the physical form of the product, only in cases, where it has reference to mechanical and electrical problems

‘one out of two individuals with Klegg syndrome is successfully treated with Serenten, as opposed to one out of three patients treated only with Helicid However, Gloxina’s statement cannot be taken into account because of the well- known fact, which highlights that the Jacobsen syndrome is making Klegg syndrome

‘more resistant to any kind of treatment

10 Among the people suffering from the klegg syndrome and Jacobsen

‘syndrome, less are cured by Serenten rather than by Helcide

Despite the introduction of new controls, frauds with credit cards reached 80 million PLN Figures show that losses resulting from credit card fraud had increased by 30% during last year Lots of frauds resulted from interception of credit cards from the mailboxes Last year, every day, thousands of cards were sent to the customers This is an easy money for the fraudsters Banks knew that this year will be very difficult as the fraudsters will try to commit as many crimes as possible before new controls will be introduced It is expected that next year by this time, impact of new measures will be known and that the level of fraud will significantly decrease

13.The most common type of frauds are those comr

cards stolen from mailboxes ted by using the credit

risk is associated with the appropriated choice of the helmet Interestingly, research

showed that wearing helmet can increase probability of neck injury in children, whose head is not proportionally large in relation to rest of the body

16 An appropriate choice of helmet reduces the risk of experiencing a head

Government tried to integrate industry in issues related to environmental clean-up

To minimalize damages to the environment, for the volume of pollutants emitted by the company, they are required to get a special permit issued by official inspectorate of pollution control Industry complained frequently about the time and cost of the approving operation under the frame of new system Inspectors, however, claim that the companies are to be blamed for the delays, as many of them are not delivering all necessary information Companies are also worried about the public access to information, which is to be delivered, in order to obtain a permit They can be withdrawn from public record, just because of commercial confidentiality, if the company can prove that the disciosure of this information can place company at a disadvantageous situation

19 The pollution control system was introduced to reduce the amount of toxins produced by the companies

traditional advantages: greater flexibility and better customer orientation than their larger competition