MCQ Collection

Cognitive and analytical reasoning MCQs

Practice Cognitive and analytical reasoning questions with answers and explanations.

Reasoning scenario 112: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a programme evaluation office. In reasoning case 112, evidence supports a claim only when the sample is representative. Which assumption is being tested?

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Reasoning scenario 113: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a policy branch. Analyst Q3 finishes before Analyst R4, and Analyst R4 before Analyst S5. Which statement must be true?

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Reasoning scenario 115: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a regulatory unit. All sovins are pelans. No pelan is a jovin. Which conclusion follows?

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Reasoning scenario 116: Before reviewing the calculation method, a service improvement unit examines this version. An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a programme evaluation office. A programme evaluation unit proposes a change to reduce missed client appointments. Which evidence is most relevant?

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Reasoning scenario 117: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a policy branch. A review pool has 6 approved and 28 unapproved files. What is the probability a random file is approved?

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Reasoning scenario 118: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a service-delivery team. Which claim about a public service office contains an unwarranted generalisation?

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Reasoning scenario 120: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a programme evaluation office. In reasoning case 120, evidence supports a claim only when the sample is representative. Which assumption is being tested?

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Reasoning scenario 107: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a regulatory unit. All dorins are jovins. No jovin is a merek. Which conclusion follows?

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Reasoning scenario 108: An Australian public-sector team is preparing advice, allocating resources or responding to a workplace issue. The setting is a programme evaluation office. A programme evaluation unit proposes a change to reduce missed client appointments. Which evidence is most relevant?

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