Selective School- Thinking Skills Test 5

Australia has a public-funded universal health care system. This system is funded by imposing a Medicare levy (a tax) on the Australian public. A large number of Australians who pay this tax never visit a doctor. It is unfair to impose a tax on people for a service they do not use. Government-funded health care should be replaced with private health care.

Which of the following weakens the above argument the most?

There are thousands of asylum seekers in immigration detention in Australia, including a significant number of children. The Australian Government spends millions of dollars of public money to keep these people in detention. The conditions in detention centers are poor, and reports of abuse are common. The incidence of mental problems is very high among people in detention. There have been instances where people have committed or attempted to commit suicide.  Keeping children in detention hurts their mental health. In interviews, children have complained about feeling extremely sad and crying constantly. Australia should adopt a more humane immigration policy for asylum seekers.

Which of the following statements weakens the argument the most?

Victorian students are learning in classrooms with inferior air quality. A year-long analysis of Victorian primary and secondary school classrooms has found the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) often far exceeds the maximum acceptable standard. Elevated CO₂ concentrations can cause headaches, drowsiness, and lethargy. Children under 15 are particularly vulnerable to poor air quality. Pollutant exposure during developmental stages may produce lifelong issues such as respiratory infections. Poor ventilation is the cause of high levels of CO2. Levels. The ventilation levels need to be improved in Victorian classrooms*.

What is the main conclusion of the passage above?

*https://theconversation.com/australian-children-are-learning-in-classrooms-with-very-poor-air-quality-154950

The manufacturing of an electric vehicle causes much more pollution than the manufacture of traditional vehicles. However, this increased pollution is set off in a few years of operating electric vehicles since they have zero emissions in the operational phase. Over the lifecycle of the vehicle, considerable environmental benefits accrue. Electric vehicles will replace traditional petrol and diesel cars in the future.

Which statement/s strengthens the argument ?

Jobs are likely to become scarce in the future. An increase in automation, progress in artificial intelligence, and mechanization will reduce the number of people needed to do a job. The trend has already started. Fewer workers are needed in warehouses. Self-driving cars and vehicles are likely to replace human drivers shortly. Automatic checkout counters have reduced the retail staff needed.  Numerous other examples can be given. Buying a robot with years of functional life is much cheaper than employing a worker and paying him every year. This phenomenon is likely to have a greater impact on workers doing manual jobs at low pay rates. Educated and highly skilled workers will not be impacted that much. Thus, getting a higher education and acquiring higher-order critical thinking and problem-solving skills has become more crucial than ever before.

Which of the following statements strengthens the argument the most?

Five people live in a row on the street numbered 1-5. The following information is given to you.

Neil lives immediately before Danny and drives a Ute.

Adam and Barry do not live in adjacent houses, and Adam drives a four-wheel drive.

Barry drives a station wagon, and Danny does not drive a large sedan.

One person Drives a large sedan, and another person drives a small sedan.

Only Adam lives before Harry.

Which vehicle does Harry drive?

Barry is being offered three jobs;

• Job A offers an annual salary of $65000 plus a 2% bonus on sales made.
• Job B offers an annual salary of $70000 plus a 1.5% bonus on sales made.
• Job C offers an annual salary of $55,000 plus a 2.5% bonus on sales made.

The sales average sales made by Barry are $800,000. This can be used for calculating the bonus.

Which job should Barry accept?

Barry is being offered two jobs;

• Job A offers an annual salary of $70000 plus a 1% bonus on sales made. Barry expects to make sales of 800,000 if he takes this job as the company has a limited product for sale.
• Job B offers an annual salary of  $50,000 plus a 2.5% bonus on sales made. The company has a much wider variety of products for sale.

Barry is very confident that he can earn more bonus and has accepted job B.

How much sales Barry needs to make to earn the same amount that he would have earned if he had accepted Job A?

The following table shows the results of a survey conducted in Australia.

How many people in Sydney and Brisbane have a salary not exceeding $75000?

A student has made the following figure

What is the minimum number of different colours required to paint the given figure such that no adjacent regions have the same colour?

When viewed from the top, an 8-sided object looks like the picture shown below:

Which one of the following cannot be the side view? 

Part of the pattern on the floor has been covered by a carpet as shown below

Using the same orientation as the diagram above, what is the pattern that is covered by the carpet?

According to the Australian Red Cross, every blood donation saves three lives. Many people need blood regularly due to medical conditions. Others need blood to overcome an adverse event like an accident or cancer. According to Red Cross Australia, a blood donation is needed every 24 seconds. Donating blood once a year should be made mandatory for everyone above 18 years of age.

What is the main conclusion of the argument above?

According to the Australian Red Cross, every blood donation saves three lives. Many people need blood regularly due to medical conditions. Others need blood to overcome an adverse event like an accident or cancer. According to Red Cross Australia, a blood donation is needed every 24 seconds. Donating blood once a year should be made mandatory for everyone above 18 years of age.

Which argument strengthens the above argument the most?

According to the Australian Red Cross, every blood donation saves three lives. Many people need blood regularly due to medical conditions. Others need blood to overcome an adverse event like an accident or cancer. According to Red Cross Australia, a blood donation is needed every 24 seconds. Donating blood once a year should be made mandatory for everyone above 18 years of age.

Which of the following arguments weakens the argument the most?

According to the Australian Red Cross, every blood donation saves three lives. Many people need blood regularly due to medical conditions. Others need blood to overcome an adverse event like an accident or cancer. According to Red Cross Australia, a blood donation is needed every 24 seconds. Donating blood once a year should be made mandatory for everyone above 18 years of age.

What assumption/s are implicit in the above argument?

Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two sons studying at University in another state. When they are on their own, they spend $100 on food, $50 on household items, and $ 30 on food for their dog Shadow every month. When the sons return home for one month during December, spending on household goods and dog food increase by 20%.

If they spend a total of $250 during December on the above three items by how does their spending on food increase?

John and Mike started cycling at 1.00 PM from the same spot. They are on a cycling circular cycling track which is 45 km long. John is cycling at 12km/hour in the clockwise direction. Mike is cycling at 15km/hour in the anticlockwise direction.

At what time will they cross each other?

The following two pie charts are given to you.

If the total amount spent is $10,000, how much can they save if they stop eating out?

A large-scale survey conducted all over  Australia found that people who played Chess performed 50% better academically than people who played any other sport. The study recommended that students intending to improve their academic performance should play Chess.

what is the flaw in the reasoning used by the study?

PSA, a protein produced by prostate gland cells, circulates through the body in two ways: either bound to other proteins or on its own. PSA traveling alone is called free PSA. The following chart shows the relationship between Free PSA, age and the probability of cancer

The RedBurn, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons   

Which of the following conclusion/s can be drawn from the above chart?

The following chart is given to you.

Blnguyen/en:User:YellowMonkey, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Notes-

1. The round blue circles denote when the batsmen was not out.

2. The pink bars show runs scored in first class.

3. The red bars are runs scored in international Test matches. 

4. When a batsman does not get out that innings is not used to calculate average. 

which of the following statement/s is correct?

Luke has just completed reading the seven books in the Harry Potter series. He has stacked the books on top of each other.  The first two books have been placed at the bottom, beginning with book one. Book three is in the middle of the seven books. Books 4 and 5 are not together, but book 5  is above book 4. Books 6 and 7 are together. Book 7 is not at the top.

What is the total number of ways in which the books can be arranged?

Four small pieces of a puzzle are shown below

Which one of the following big pieces can be combined with the four small pieces to make a Asquare?

A carpet has the pattern shown below

Which of the following figures is covered by the grey box?

Seven mobile phone models A, B,C,D,E,F,G—are assembled on seven assembly lines, one model to a line. The seven lines are arranged side by side and numbered consecutively 1 through 7. Assignment of models to lines must meet these conditions:

A is assembled on a lower-numbered line than D.

F is assembled on the line numbered one lower than the line on which B is assembled.

C is assembled on line 1 or else line 7.

G is assembled on line 4.

Which is one of the orders in which the assembly line can be arranged?