Progressive Pre-Employment Assessment Practice Test

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• Tree is to Forest as Grass is to ?
• Based on soy- and rice-based diets and phytate content, can we conclude that people in Third World countries have low levels of calcium, magnesium, iron, and zinc?
• Chain sells for $1.50 per foot. How many feet can you buy for $18?
• If the cost price is 100 and the gain is 19%, the selling price is 119. If there is a 15% discount on the marked price and 119 is the selling price, what is the marked price?
• WALK is to LEGS as CHEW is to which body part?
• A call center agent has 305 numbers; each call takes 2 minutes; assuming every call is answered, what is the minimum time to guarantee delivery to Mr. Sharma?
• Which number is largest: .5, 5, 30, 400?
• From A+B=132 and B+C=130, what is A-C?
• In the fractions problem, what is the sum of the numerators when rewriting 1/5 and 1/9 with denominator 45?
• Choose the correct verb form to complete the sentence: Have you _______ in the choir before?
• What is the main objective of business statistics?
• Which option completes the analogy: Rectangle is to Cylinder as Triangle is to ?
• Which of the following represents the smallest amount: 0.400, 4.0, 0.04, 40?
• A girl is 18 years old and her brother is a third her age. When the girl is 36, how old will the brother be?
• Janine's shoes cost $44.50, her pants cost $20.80, and her t-shirt cost $14.95. What is the total of her purchases?
• From the statement 'There is no kid that doesn't like chocolate,' which inference is correct?
• Six people from different countries — Germany, Italy, Britain, Spain, Poland, and France — are seated around a table. Polish sits next to British. German sits next to Italian, or British, or both. Italian does not sit next to the French. Spanish sits immediately after British. Who sits on the sides of the German?
• What is 1/5 + 1/9 in simplest form?
• Which decimal is the approximate value of 18/7?
• Choose the group of words that forms a complete sentence.
• What is the next number in the sequence 9, 3, 1, 1/3,...?
• If you walk 12 miles at 4 miles per hour, how many hours does the walk take?
• A gallon of gas costs $3.80. How many gallons can be purchased with $19?
• A man eats 100 grapes in 5 days, each day 6 more than the previous day. How many grapes did he eat on the first day?
• Nurse is to Hospital as Teacher is to ?
• If items are sorted by price from lowest to highest, which item is second?
• Charlie has 4 pairs of shoes, 12 shirts, 5 pairs of pants, and 3 watches. How many distinct outfits (one item from each category) can he wear without repeating a combination?
• AG is to IO as EK is to ?
• 24 : 60 :: 120 : ?
• A road construction crew must resurface 93 miles of roadway. They have completed 35 miles. If they maintain a pace of 2.9 miles per day, how many more days will be required to finish?
• Tony is getting married next month. One year ago from the wedding date, Tony was away in Spain for New Year's Eve. In which month is the wedding?
• In a class with twice as many boys as girls, if the girls average 90 and the overall average is 80, what is the boys' average?
• What is the base area of a rectangular package with length 8 inches and width 4 inches?
• What is the average of all integers from 17 to 55 inclusive?
• What is the probability of drawing two blue balls from the bag?
• If 4 notebooks cost 132 cents, what is the price per notebook?
• All birds have wings. All wings are feathers. What can we infer about birds?
• What is the next term in the sequence 24, 12, 6, 3, ...?
• The relationship between aspire and spire is described as:
• Mercury is to planet as emerald is to which?
• An engine oil saves 50 cents for every 25 miles of a trip. For a 500-mile trip the saving is $10, but the oil costs $20 and there is a $4 coupon. Is it worthwhile to buy the oil?
• If the day before the day before yesterday was three days after Monday, what day is today?
• In the sharpeners problem, which option gives the cost of the white sharpener and how many were bought?
• The relationship between convert and invert is:
• Choose the word that completes the sentence: Our current office is ________, and we are happy with it.
• Which expression is NOT equal to 11 × (7 − 1)?
• Budget leftover: A department has $6,735 budgeted and $1,355.55 spent. How much is left?
• Which word is different from the others?
• A graduate is to degree as a novice is to ?
• What is the average of all integers from 13 to 37 inclusive?
• What is the next number in the sequence 5, 10, 20, 40, ...?
• Three days after Monday is Thursday. Which day is the day after Tuesday?
• Which sentence best preserves the sequence: Charles was fired in December, then unemployed for four months, and will start college in June?
• To chide is to:
• Which number represents the smallest amount among the following options: 3899, 629, 89001, 9867?
• Enfranchise is to slavery as liberate is to which word?
• Author is to book as composer is to which?
• From rules: If Daniel works, Eve is not.
• From the same bag, how many ways are there to draw two non-blue balls?
• Find x in the proportion 6:18 = 4:x. What is x?
• How many numbers between 1 and 100 contain the digit 5?
• Punish and Skirmish have what semantic relationship?
• Do the words refrain and attain have opposite meanings, similar meanings, or no relation?
• A dance studio uses square mirror tiles to cover two walls. Each wall measures 9 feet by 22 feet, with a 1 foot gap at the floor. How many mirror tiles are needed to cover both walls?
• Credit and credence have what kind of relationship?
• Which of the following represents the greatest amount: 6, 6.0, 0.600, 60?
• In the ice-cream puzzle, how much does one half weigh given that four small portions weigh 48 grams in total?
• Three of the following are occupations; which is different?
• A workman starts on Monday, works for 8 days, and takes every 9th day as a holiday. On which day of the week does his 12th holiday fall?
• Three days after Monday is which day?
• Michael threw for 1,654 yards in his first five games. At this rate, how many yards will he throw for in fifteen games?
• Sun is to Day as Moon is to ?
• A synonym of bantering is which of the following?
• Which problem-solving approach best describes the methods used in these kinds of puzzles?
• To thwart is to:
• If there are 3 girls in a family where each boy has as many sisters as brothers and each girl has twice as many brothers as sisters, how many boys are there?
• Which word is different from the others?
• The sum of 44.50 and 20.80 equals which value?
• Choose the word that best describes the meaning of the bolded word SCATHING.
• If one serving of cookie dough makes 4 cookies, how many cookies can be made with 7 servings of cookie dough?
• If a wardrobe contains 7 ties, 5 pants, and 3 shirts, how many different outfits are possible if you wear one item from each category?
• How many full lengths of 2 1/4 meters can be cut from a 36-meter roll?
• The relationship between resume and assume is:
• If height is doubled in the 8 by 4 by 2 rectangular box with volume 64 cubic inches, what is the new volume?
• Cassock is to Priest as Graduate is to ?
• Let A and B be numbers such that 5% of A plus 4% of B equals two-thirds of (6% of A plus 8% of B). What is the ratio A:B?
• How many mirror tiles are needed to cover one wall?
• Statistical forecasting uses past data to identify patterns and trends to predict the future. Which statement is correct?
• A rectangular box has length 9 cm, width 5 cm, and volume 450 cm^3. What is the height?
• If 'twice as long since noon' as it was two hours ago, what time is it now?
• At $1.50 per foot, what is the total cost of 20 feet?
• This bike _______ in the garage.
• Which price is the price of the gum?
• Which number represents the smallest amount?
• MXN relates to 13 x 14 as FXR relates to ?
• Which four-letter word placed in front of the list forms new words: PRINT, SHAKE, WRITE, STAND, CUFF?
• The salaries after increments are in the ratio 23:33:60. What is the sum of the parts in this ratio?
• Compute sqrt(3^2 + 4^2) times 2.
• A box has length 6 cm, width 7 cm, and volume 378 cm^3. What is the height of the box?
• Topaz is yellow; which gemstone is purple?
• Do Japanese restaurants in the United States serve Fanta?
• Which number represents the smallest amount?
• If three inches of rope cost 7 cents, how much would 2 feet of rope cost?
• Notebooks sell for 33 cents per unit. How much will 5 notebooks cost?
• If A+D = 104, what is the value of A+D?
• To compute the average of three numbers, which step is correct?
• What is the next number in the sequence 24, 12, 6, 3, ...?
• A basketball player averaged 20 points per game over six games. If five of the games were 23, 18, 16, 24, and 27 points, how many points did he score in the sixth game?
• Ernie started with $10 and bought three items costing $1.29, $1.49, and $2.39. If no sales tax is charged, how much change does he receive?
• What is the next number in the sequence 12, 24, 48, 96?
• In the halving problem with 305 numbers, what is the minimum number of halving operations required to reach 0?
• What is 253 divided by 46?
• Which number is largest: .5, 5, 30, 400?
• Three times as many girls as boys attend a class. If the girls average 18 points and the class average is 17 points, how many points does each boy score on average?
• In the sharpeners problem, if the white sharpeners are 10, what is the price of the brown sharpener?
• Which option joins the sequence of events correctly without omitting detail?
• Salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2:3:5. If A, B, C receive increments of 15%, 10% and 20% respectively, what is the new ratio of their salaries?
• A rectangular box has length 8 inches and width 4 inches with volume 64 cubic inches. What is the height?
• If you buy 12 feet of chain at $1.50 per foot, what is the total cost?
• The meaning of the word 'acquired' as used in the sentence about inheritance.
• Four people A, B, C, D on a scale give sums A+B=132, B+C=130, C+D=102, B+D=116. What is D's weight?
• Two people start at the same point and walk 3 meters apart in opposite directions, then each turns right and travels 4 meters. How far apart are they?
• A bus leaves at 4:25 and has a travel time of 1 hour and 45 minutes. On a normal schedule, what time would it arrive?
• Which word is a synonym of tenacity?
• If the day before yesterday was three days after Monday, what day is today?
• 3 inches cost 7 cents; six inches costs how many cents?
• Complete the analogy: surprise is to exclamation as dismay is to ?
• Gavin beat Jerry in a marathon wearing Dada shoes; Which fact weakens Dada's claim that the shoes caused the win?
• If three inches of rope cost 7 cents, what is the cost per inch in cents?
• Do the words credit and acclaim have opposite meanings, similar meanings, or no relation?
• Union Jack belongs to vexillology; gymnosperms belong to which field?
• Aunt is to uncle as grandfather is to
• Read x; While(x < 60) print x; x = x*3. The last number printed is 54; what initial value did the user enter for x?
• A book is to read as a recipe is to ?
• In a doubling sequence starting with 1, the 6th term is which?
• How many mirror tiles are required in total to cover both walls?
• The day before the day before yesterday was three days after Monday. What day is it?
• Which statement about phytates and soy is true?
• How many times does 7 fit into 18, and what is the remainder?
• A 4:25 bus to the metro airport has a travel time of 1 hour and 45 minutes and is late today. Which arrival time would be consistent with that information?
• Candor and Condor have which semantic relationship?
• Assume the first two statements are true: Tim knows Todd. Todd knows Kim. Is the statement 'Kim knows Tim' necessarily true, false, or not certain?
• From 304 marbles, ignoring the constraint of having at least one bag with 11 marbles, what is the maximum number of bags that can be formed using only 9-marble bags?
• Phytates block mineral uptake in the intestinal tract; fermentation reduces phytate content. Which statement is true?
• In the sequence 12, 24, 48, 96, what is the 5th term?
• Choose the group of words that forms a complete sentence.
• What is the next number in the sequence 3, 8, 18, 38,...?
• Every day a cyclist meets a train at a crossing. The cyclist travels at 10 km/h. One day the cyclist is 25 minutes late and meets the train 5 km before the crossing. What is the speed of the train?
• Three days after Monday is which day?
• The decimal 0.39 is equivalent to which percent?
• A bike travels 7 feet in 1/3 of a second. At the same speed, how many feet will it travel in 5 seconds?
• What is the closest meaning of the word 'abstruse'?
• What is the probability of drawing both blue balls in the two draws?
• How many of the following pairs are duplicates: Suspicious and Spacious; Conspicuous and Conspicuous; Malicious and Malicious; Gray and Grey; Hummingbird and Humningbird.
• What percentage of employees received awards if 16 out of 800 employees did?
• What is the least common denominator of 1/5 and 1/9?
• What is the next number in the sequence: 4, 11, 25, 53, ...?
• What is 18/7 in mixed-number form?
• A rectangular box has length 5 cm, width 4 cm, and volume 200 cm^3. What is its height?
• What is the sum of the numbers 3, 60, and 12?
• DISCOVER is to SEARCH as which pair is to its related pair?
• What is 1654 divided by 5?
• If one serving yields 4 cookies, how many cookies from 8 servings?
• If a bike travels 7 feet in 1/3 of a second, what is its speed in feet per second?
• Relativity is described as the absence of standards of absolute and universal application. Which option captures this meaning?
• Three weekly parking fees are $26, $34, and $18. What is the average for these three weeks?
• A person described as valiant is best described as which of the following?
• Which operation turns 25 into 53 in one step and 53 into 109 in the next?
• Does the sentence 'Does this sentence contain forty-one letters?' contain forty-one letters?
• What is the average of all integers from 10 through 20 inclusive?
• After completing 35 miles of a 93-mile project, how many miles remain?
• A synonym of tenacity is:
• Among Finch, Crow, Ostrich, Robin, which is different in a basic trait?
• Total hours Jeff worked over three weeks.
• A bus has left side with 15 seats. The right side has 3 fewer seats due to a rear exit. Each seat holds 3 people, and there is a last seat that can sit 7 people. How many people can be seated in total?
• Which statement best describes the scope of business statistics?
• The day after tomorrow will be five days after last Friday. What day is today?
• Taylor is considering engine oil A. It would save 60 cents for every 20 miles on a 600 mile trip. Oil A costs $35, and there is a $10 coupon. Is it worthwhile to buy the oil?
• Lion is known as the king of the jungle; the eagle is known as the king of the ?
• Race is to Fatigue as Fast is to ?
• Flow: River :: Stagnant : ?
• If A:B = 4:3, which of the following represents A divided by B?
• What is the mathematical average of the numbers 3, 60, and 12?
• Which month is the eighth month of the year?
• Cup is to coffee as bowl is to which liquid?
• Plants is to Coal as Animals is to ?
• Cup is used with lips; which part do birds use to collect nesting material?
• LOGIC is to BHFNK as CLERK is to ?
• What is the numerical average of the numbers 3, 60, and 12?
• BDF is to HIL as MOQ is to ?
• What is the next number in the sequence 5, 9, 17, 33,...?
• If 5 notebooks cost 165 cents, what is the price per notebook?
• A toy train can produce one of two musical sounds with equal probability on each trial. What is the probability that the same sound would be produced five times in a row?
• Which item is the most expensive in Janine's purchases?
• Anand packs 304 marbles into bags of 9 or 11 marbles so that no marble is left. He wants to maximize the number of bags with 9 marbles, with at least one bag containing 11 marbles. How many bags does he need?
• If a recipe uses 3 cups of flour to bake 12 cookies, how many cups are needed for 48 cookies?
• John earns $8.50 per hour and an additional $3 for every oil change. Last week he worked 36 hours and performed 17 oil changes. How much money did he earn?
• Complete the analogy: 4 is to 19 as 7 is to ?
• Auggie spent all his money in 5 stores. In each store, he spent Rs.4 more than one-half of what he had when he went in. How many rupees did Auggie have when he entered the first store?
• A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn without replacement. What is the probability that neither ball drawn is blue?
• In the analogy Leg is to Pants as Head is to ?
• Which is the most expensive item among the three purchased?
• A rectangle has length 8 inches and width 4 inches. What is its perimeter?
• A 5-foot tall woman has a shadow of 3 feet. If the flagpole's shadow is 21 feet, how tall is the flagpole?
• Using statistics in decision-making eliminates business risks.
• Which sentence forms a complete sentence?
• From the sums A+B=132, B+C=130, C+D=102, and B+D=116, what is B?
• Which decimal is the largest among 0.8, 0.75, 0.72, and 0.77?
• What is the next number in the sequence 4, 11, 25, 53?
• An ice-cream brick is split into two halves, then one half is cut into several equal portions. Each small portion weighs 12 grams. There are 5 portions in total (4 small portions and the other half). What was the weight of the original brick?
• Which conclusion is derived from the waiters' rostering rules?
• What is the area of a single square tile that measures 2 inches by 2 inches?
• Which of the following is not a price of one of the items Ernie bought?
• In a family where every boy has as many sisters as brothers, and every girl has twice as many brothers as sisters, how many total brothers and sisters are there?
• Ornithologist is to Bird as Archaeologist is to which field?
• The decimal representation of 18/7 is a non-terminating repeating decimal.
• Physician is to Treatment as Judge is to ?
• Marathon is to race as hibernation is to which word?
• Paw is to Cat as Hoof is to which animal?
• Trailing zeros after the decimal point do not change a decimal's value.
• If 16 is to 56, then 32 is to ?
• Statistical forecasting is used for forecasting which of the following?
• The relationship between siege and besiege is:
• Revelation is best defined as?
• In a lottery there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability of winning a prize?
• The relationship between abstain and retain is:
• What is 3, 9, 27, 81, the next term?
• A basketball player averaged 24 points per game over 9 games. In the first eight games his scores were 20, 22, 25, 24, 26, 23, 21, and 25. How many points did he score in the ninth game?
• Taylor considers buying engine oil that saves 60 cents per 20 miles, costs $35, and there is a $10 coupon. Is it worthwhile to buy the oil?
• What is the probability of drawing two blue balls (both blue) from the bag?
• Choose the group of words that form a complete sentence.
• The relationship between produce and reduce is:
• In a science class, there are twice as many boys as girls. If the girls average 90 points and the class average is 80 points, what is the average score of the boys?
• If the marked price is 140 and the discount is 15%, what is the selling price?
• Which word best completes the sentence? Jimmy has been practicing his free throws for months now. Despite his _________ efforts, Jimmy is still the worst free throw shooter on the team.
• DAY is to NIGHT as UP is to ?
• RAPETEKA rearranged forms a word that belongs to which category?
• What is 253 divided by 46?
• Chain sells for $1.50 per foot. How many feet can you buy with $18?
• How many integers are included in the inclusive range from 17 to 55?
• What is the price difference between the candy bar and the gum?
• Which statement best describes the relationship of vintage and novelty?
• In a grapes puzzle, if the total number of grapes eaten over five days is 120 with an daily increase of 6 grapes, what was the number eaten on the first day?
• Randolph has 8 ties, 6 pants, and 4 dress shirts. How many days could he go without wearing the same combination of these three items?
• Teacher is to Chalk as Painter is to ?
• In vocabulary, 'abstruse' most nearly means:
• Based on the given premises, is the statement 'John wears cleats' true?
• Eye is to Myopia as Teeth is to ?
• What is the probability of drawing at least one blue ball in the two draws?
• The day before the day before yesterday was three days after Monday. What day is it?
• From a bag with 7 balls (2 red, 3 green, 2 blue), how many ways are there to draw two balls?
• In a soap manufacturing scenario, a soap is produced with 11 parts, and creating one soap yields 1 part as scrap. If you accumulate 251 scraps, how many soaps can be made in total?
• Four individuals form a business and invest amounts. Gary: $11,000; Neil: $4,000; Jill: $5,000; Steve: $8,000. If profits total $5,600 and are distributed in proportion to investments, what is Gary's share?
• WHEEL is to CAR as PEDAL is to ?
• What is the next letter in the sequence N P O Q P R Q?