DECISION MAKING TIPS & TECHNIQUES a 206 PRACTICE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS1250 UKCAT Practice Questions Decision Making Format, Purpose & Key Techniques FORMAT The decision making section of the UKCAT consists of 29 questions asso- ciated with text, charts, tables, diagrams or graphs. The questions are var- ied in nature, and some of them may contain several stems. You are given 31 minutes to answer them all. Most of these questions are essentially logical reasoning questions and will test your problem-solving abilities. Some of them are virtually indistinguish- able from verbal reasoning or quantitative reasoning questions asked in other parts of the exam. On the whole, you will see questions of the follow- ing types: Type 1 — Logical puzzles (also referred to as Einstein questions). These questions tend to give you a list of facts from which you need to deduce information. The facts are often confusing and mixed up and require the drawing of a diagram or table to make sense of them, e.g. “George’s house is red but is not next to Andrew's house. Laura’s house is not blue and is on the left of Andrew's house, etc.” Type 2 - Syllogisms. These are questions of the type “Most mice are wrin- kly, no wrinkly animal has black eyes, some black-eyed animals have short teeth. Can we conclude that wrinkly mice have short teeth?” These ques- tions require a degree of mental gymnastics. Type 3 — Data interpretation. These questions will present you with a graph or a table, from which you will need to deduce facts. They are fairly similar to the quantitative reasoning questions which contain graphs and tables, except that instead of calculating a number you may be asked to indicate whether a particular fact is true or not. So instead of asking “How many people watched the BBC on Saturday night?” questions will be of the type “More people watched the BBC on weekdays than they did on week- ends. YES/NO”. 402Decision Making — Practice Type 4 — Assumption recognition. These questions will ask you whether it would be a good idea to implement a particular solution to a given prob- lem, e.g. “Should the government reintroduce wild wolves in forests in order to control the spread of rabbits?”. You are then presented with two argu- ments, usually two in favour and two against, from which you must select the strongest. The topics discussed are usually contentious and will often be topics on which you have your own ideas (e.g. should schools lecture parents on how they raise their children, etc.). These questions are there- fore a key test of whether you are able to look at issues objectively. Type 5 — Diagrams. You are presented with a Venn or Euler diagram and asked to deduce information based on the shape of the diagram and the numbers it contains. In some cases, you are presented with wordy infor- mation and need to select which shape of diagram would best match the information given. Type 6 — Probabilities. These are usually simple statistics problems but with a twist. And rather than just calculating an answer, you will need to select the option that best explains that answer. PURPOSE Throughout your career, you will need to interpret information and reach conclusions in order to formulate a management plan for your patients. Sometimes, you will need to do this at short notice and without all the infor- mation you need. Quick wit and strong analytical / deduction skills will there- fore be crucial. Introduced in 2017, the decision making section is designed to test your ability to reason and deduce from information given to you. KEY TECHNIQUES The main problem with this section is that, unlike the others, each question may need to be approached differently depending on its type and on the information provided; as such we have made sure that we have provided full workings for each answer. However there are still a number of things you can do to ensure that you can answer questions quickly and accurately. 4031250 UKCAT Practice Questions You may not need to resolve the full problem to answer the question Many questions involve several logical steps. At each step you can often discount one of the options. That also means that you don't need to get scared if a question contains a lot of data; you may not need all of it. Pro- ceeding by elimination can save you a lot of time. Practise your logical reasoning “A” leads to “B” means that “Not B” leads to “Not A”. “All mice are white” means that if an animal is not white then it cannot be a mouse. It does NOT mean that all animals that are not mice are also not white. And it does not mean that all animals that are white are mice. Some questions may use made-up words or ridiculous relationships just to make sure that you cannot guess the answer (e.g. you may be given rela- tionships of the type “All pineapples are monkeys”). So it is crucial that you are able to manipulate those concepts well. This book contains a lot of prac- tice on this type of questions. Also, watch out for words such as “several”, “many’, “not all”. “Several mice are white” could mean that only some are white, but it may also be that they all are (because if all mice are white then it is also true that “some” mice are white). Do not make assumptions. Revise your basic probabili The level you need to have is fairly basic; essentially you just need to be able to calculate the probability of taking something out of a bag. Watch out for your bias in the assumption recognition questions The assumption recognition questions are not difficult to answer once you understand what they are looking for. These questions deal with an ambig- uous topic for which there may be several answers, depending on which side of the argument you sit. So, for example, if the question were “Should we ban fox hunting in England and Wales?”, everyone might have their own reasons to agree or disagree. However if you compare two arguments such as: Argument A: “Yes, because it may be that the hunt traumatises the fox.” and Argument B: “No, because even if it were banned, those who engage in it would probably ignore the ban.” 404Decision Making — Practice you can see that Argument B is the weaker of the two because it does not really justify why a ban should not be implemented (it is a bit like saying there is no point having a law since many people will disobey it), but also it is entirely speculative. So whether you disagree or not with the actual point made, Argument A is put across more strongly and is more relevant than Argument B. Similarly, if the point to discuss were “Should we reintroduce wild wolves in forests in order to control the rapidly growing rabbit population”, you could be faced with various arguments: Argument A: “Yes, because rabbits are causing damage to vital crops” Argument B: “No, because wolves may also multiply out of control” Argument C: “No, because wolves may not target rabbits specifically” Argument D: “Yes, because it would save the wolves from becoming an endangered species”. You can see that: « Argument A directly plays into the issue at heart. The rapidly growing rabbit population ravages important crops. « Argument B is unlikely but in any case speculative. And even if that were true, it does not mean a solution to that problem cannot be found. e Argument C is also speculative. « Argument D is not really addressing the point. So Argument A would be the strongest here. Draw tables and diagrams Some problems can be solved simply in your head, but many will require you to draw something or create a grid/table to set out the information and see what you can conclude from it. Make full use of your whiteboard. Don’t be complacent in your logic Some exercises will be worded in a way that is designed to confuse. For example: “100 people play tennis, badminton and football, with some play- ing more than one sport. 20 play badminton and football”. The fact that 20 play badminton and football does not mean that some of them do not play tennis. 4051250 UKCAT Practice Questions Another example is: “At least 25% of men play tennis”. That does not nec- essarily mean that more than 25% play tennis. It could be exactly 25%. Practise, practise, practise Once you start practising, you will soon realise that the decision making questions are all variations on similar themes. You will start recognising patterns in the wording of the questions, and you will also soon see that the same traps are being laid for you question after question. Doing repetitive practice will therefore help greatly. But, before rushing into timed practice, work first at your own pace to ensure that you understand the logic under- lying each question. Once you have understood the logic you can start wor- rying about timing. IMPORTANT WORD ABOUT TIMING There are two types of questions: multiple choice (i.e. you have to choose an answer amongst the four proposed options) and YES/NO. Most ques- tions will have only one stem but the YES/NO questions will include five stems. The exam allows just over one minute per question. That is usually more than sufficient for the multiple-choice questions, but is very tight for the YES/NO questions since you need to answer all five stems within that time frame. We would therefore recommend that you target a response time of 55 sec- onds per multiple-choice question, and 100 seconds per question contain- ing five YES/NO stems (there are usually four or five of these in each exam). This will give you 20 seconds for each YES/NO stem. In total this will add up to 24 questions x 55s + 5 questions x 100s = 30 minutes 20 seconds. 406Decision Making — Practice Decision Making Practice Questions In this section you will find 206 practice questions (94 scenarios containing between 1 and 12 questions each). The questions have been carefully chosen to represent the different numer- ical reasoning approaches and levels of difficulty that you may encounter in the live exam. We have deliberately provided more questions per scenario than you would have at the exam to enhance your learning experience. At the end of the section we have also set out detailed explanations on how the answers can be derived. Where relevant, we have provided several possible ways of getting to the answer. Depending on your way of learning and working, you may decide to answer the questions in real time (in which case you would need to allocate an average of 55 seconds per multiple-choice question and 20 seconds per YES/NO question) or to approach the questions at your own pace in order to build your awareness of the difficulties that you may encounter. The an- swers to all questions can be found from page 461 onwards. Once you have practised answering all 206 questions, you should be ready to confront the mock exam at the back of the book under exam conditions. You may want to wait until you have practised all sections in this book be- fore going ahead with the mock exam. 4071250 UKCAT Practice Questions my Practice Professional Chefs Not all chefs are professionally trained, but all chefs who are professionally trained have excellent knife skills. It is fair to say that some professionally- trained chefs don’t know how to season their food properly. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q1.1_ Some of the chefs who know how to season their food properly also have excellent knife skills. NES NS Q1.2 Some of the chefs with good knife skills are professionally-trained chefs who know how to | YES | NO season their food properly. Q1.3 All chefs with good knife skills are professionally- trained chefs or know how to season their food | YES | NO properly, or both. Q1.4 Not all chefs with good knife skills know how to yes | NO season their food properly. Q1.5 All chefs who know how to season their food properly and have excellent knife skills are | YES | NO professionally trained. DM 2 ‘i Vaccination etait) Q2 This year, 40% of the population received the flu vaccine. Despite this, 70% of the population caught the flu. Which of the following must be true? A. At most 10% of those vaccinated caught the flu. B. At least 25% of those vaccinated caught the flu C. At most 10% of the population was vaccinated and caught the flu. D. At least half of those who were not vaccinated stayed healthy. 408Decision Making — Practice 1) I) etaites Table Etiquette A host has organised a dinner party. The table has been set by his children very haphazardly. Each guest should have been provided with a fork, a knife, a spoon and a napkin. Instead, the host finds that some guests are missing one or more of those items. The diagram below shows the allocation of items amongst guests, with la- bels and numbers deliberately excluded. Note that if two areas are inside the same set of shapes then they are considered to be the same sector, even if they are disconnected on the diagram (e.g. a and b below). Q3.1__ If the only guests who were given both a knife and a spoon are those who possess all four items, which shapes have been used to represent the knife and the spoon (in any order)? A. Arrow and Rectangle B. Arrow and Triangle C. Ellipse and Rectangle D. Triangle and Rectangle Q3.2 if the number of guests in each sector is equal to 1, how many items (cutlery and napkins) have been placed on the table in total by the children? A. 13 B. 18 Cc. 22 D. 24 4091250 UKCAT Practice Questions 1p) ir. sens Orchestra Politics ractice _ a4 dete iol Qs DM 5 Tracy, Simon, Paul, William and Victoria are five musicians, who all play different instruments: violin, oboe, percussion, flute and clarinet. Paul, Victoria, Simon and the flute player live in the same town. The clarinet player likes to have dinner with Paul, Simon and Tracy after concerts but cannot stand the presence of the oboe player. Simon and Victoria are friends of the violinist, but William and the oboe player don't like each other. Which of the following must be true? William plays the flute Simon plays percussion Tracy plays the violin Victoria plays the clarinet pomp Gardeners’ Question Time A gardener installs eight boxes of flowers around a tree, in a square configuration CT CT C (see diagram). In each box he places a dif- ferent number of flowers. The number of flowers in a box ranges from 1 to 8, and CT oO no two boxes contain the same number of flowers. The box in the top-left corner con- tains one single flower. Each side of the O oO | square contains 14 flowers. How many flowers are there in the box at the bottom right corner? A.2 B.3 c.4 D.5 410Decision Making — Practice DM 6 Practice Nuts and Seeds All biscuit brands produced in a biscuit factory, with the exception of the biscuits sold under the brand NoNut, contain nuts. Several biscuit brands produced in the factory contain seeds. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q6.1 Some biscuits contain both nuts and seeds. YES | NO Q6.2 There are seeds in NoNut biscuits. YES | NO Q6.3 If a biscuit is picked at random from the factory's stock and is found not to contain nuts, then it must | YES | NO be a NoNut biscuit. Q6.4 If two biscuits of two different brands are picked at random from the factory and both contain seeds, | YES | NO then one of them has to be a NoNut biscuit. Q6.5 Ifa biscuit does not contain nuts, then it must contain seeds. YES | NO DM 7 Fitness Crowd de-Ceq ites) Q7 Jenny, Bob, Marc and Peter each practise a different activity from this list: swimming, judo, dance, and rugby. e Jenny and Peter enjoy watching their friend practise judo. e The rugby player and the dancer went to Peter's for dinner. e Jenny and Marc don’t live in the same town as the dancer. Which one plays rugby? Jenny Bob Marc Peter Soap 4111250 Lede) Qs Qa Practice UKCAT Practice Questions Card Game Allan, Bob, Charles, David, Elvis and Frank play cards in three teams of two people. e Allan plays with Elvis or Frank. e If Allan is with Frank, then David is with Elvis. e If Bob is with Charles or David, then Allan is not with Elvis. ¢ If David is with Charles, then Bob is not with Frank. Which of the following must be true? A. Allan plays with Elvis B. Bob plays with Frank C. David plays with Elvis D. David plays with Charles DM 9 Rota Management In a hospital, 30 doctors are discussing their plans for taking time off on key holidays: Christmas, Easter and August bank holiday. They all wish to claim at least one of these. 6 doctors want to take Christmas off only 5 doctors want to take Easter off only 6 doctors want to take only Christmas and August bank holiday off 8 doctors want to take only Christmas and Easter off 4 doctor wants to take Easter and August bank holiday off How many doctors want to take the August bank holiday off alto- gether? A4 B.7 c.11 D.15 412Decision Making — Practice 10 nee PE Practice Q10_—_Inaclass of 34 students, 16 students reported playing basketball, 15 volleyball and 14 football. 7 play basketball and volleyball, 4 play volleyball and football, and 5 play football and basketball. The person who gathered the statistics cannot remember if, when students said that they played two sports, it meant they played two sports only or whether the figures included those who played all three sports. Which of the following diagrams represents the information given? 4131250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 11 eee Round table Q11_—_Last night, Claire and her husband invited their neighbours (two male/female couples) for dinner around a round dinner table. ¢ David sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Barbara. ¢ Paula sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of Claire’s husband. e Ahmed sat on the left of the woman who sat on Robert's left. ¢ Claire did not sit next to her husband. What is the name of Claire's husband? Ahmed David Robert . Cannot be determined using the information provided pomp 1p) 2 Practice Sweets At school, Johnny has only two friends to whom he gives sweets. George gives sweets to Johnny, who reciprocates. All school children give sweets to Lydia. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q12.1_ If a child is given sweets by Johnny, then he/she F " YES | NO must be either George or Lydia. Q12.2 All children receive sweets from George. YES | NO Q12.3 If achild receives sweets from Adam, then that child yes | NO must be Lydia. Q12.4 Johnny reciprocates only with George. YES | NO Q12.5 Lydia gives sweets to all children. YES | NO 414Decision Making — Practice DM 13 Practice Adding Up Q13 Consider the following equations: A:A-9:9.4 Bg -@:¢ H-:O-A How many circles is one square equal to? A2 B.3 C4 D.5 ee Teachers Practice Q14 Mrs Amin, Mrs Begum, Mrs Cook and Mrs Debono teach at the same school the following subjects: maths, history and chemistry. Each teacher teaches only two different subjects: Two teachers, Alisha and Mrs Debono, teach history. There are two teachers for chemistry and only one for maths. Three teachers teach English. Debbie is not one of them. Carole teaches chemistry. Mrs Amin does not share a subject with Betty or Mrs Cook. What is Alisha’s surname? A. Amin B. Begum C. Cook D. Debono1250 UKCAT Practice Questions Disorientation Q15 From my house | can drive to four different supermarkets: A, B, C and D. Distances are as follows: Home to A: 3 miles Home to B: 5 miles Home to C: 6 miles Home to D: 8 miles. Bto A: 2 miles B to C: 11 miles ecco ee ‘Assuming that any road linking two points is straight, which of the following must be true? A. Aand D are five miles apart. B. The road from Home to B passes in front of C. C. The road from Home to B passes in front of A. D. B could be as little as 2 miles away from D. DM 16 aes Shop Samples Q16 A local shop owner has decided to hand out free samples of its food to 500 people who live in the area. He offers each adult six food samples and each child four samples. If only half of the adults and three quarters of the children accept the samples, how many samples will he have given in total? A. Can't be calculated without being given either the number of adults or the number of children who entered the shop. B. 1500 Cc. 2500 D. 3000 416Decision Making — Practice py a eres Venn v. Euler Diagrams Not many people know the difference between Venn and Euler diagrams. A Venn diagram consists of several intersecting circles and must show all possible combinations; if an intersection contains no items then it is shown as shaded. However, an Euler diagram will be drawn in such a way that only the inter- sections which are not empty are shown; this means that as the number of contours increase, Euler diagrams are typically less visually complex than the equivalent Venn diagram, particularly if the number of non-empty intersections is small. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q17.1 An Euler diagram will contain fewer sectors than a Venn diagram representing the same problem. YES | NO Q17.2 If a diagram contains a sector with an empty intersection, then it is a Venn diagram and not an | YES | NO Euler diagram. Q17.3. An Euler and a Venn diagram for the same problem can look the same. YES | NO Q17.4_ The greater the number of empty sections in a Venn diagram, the simpler the equivalent Euler diagram | YES | NO will look. Q17.5 If an Euler and a Venn diagram look the same, then it means that there are no empty intersections in the | YES | NO Venn diagram. 4171250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 1 ; Practice Charity Q18 A charity representative asks people in the street if they have 5 minutes to spare to answer a few questions. When a passer-by agrees, she asks whether he/she would be willing to contribute £5 to the charity as a one-off cash payment. In the course of a week, the representative finds that 30% of those she talked to gave £5. Can she conclude that 30% of the population is willing to give to charity? A. Yes, because the number of people she will have talked to is a representative sample. B. Yes, because that is the percentage of people she talked to who agreed to make a donation. C. No, because only those with time to spare could stop to answer her questions. D. No, because the amount that people were asked to donate was fixed by her. DM 19 Senin Unemployment Qi9 The unemployment rate is defined as the proportion of the labour force (i.e. those in work + those looking for work) that is unem- ployed. The employment rate is defined as the percentage of the working age population that is in work. The unemployment rate in the UK is 5%, whilst the employment rate is 75%. What statement can be concluded from the above text? A. 25% of the working age population is unemployed and not looking for work. 95% of the working age population has a job. Under 5% of the working age population is unemployed 25% of the working age population is looking for work. gon 418Decision Making — Practice Mandatory Training All NHS employees must attend a number of mandatory training sessions every calendar year. This includes training on Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Patient Moving and Handling, Infection Control, and Basic Life Support. All mandatory training sessions are independent from one an- other and last an hour. Staff must book their course places with the HR department. Though people may cancel attendance (e.g. if unwell), they must ensure that no more than 12 months have elapsed since they last attended the same course. No courses run on weekends, national holidays and bank holidays, e.g. New Year's Day, May Bank Holidays, etc. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q20.1 Staff have five hours of mandatory training per year. | YES | NO Q20.2 Drug Administration is not mandatory training. YES | NO Q20.3 People who have not cancelled attendance at a course are exempt from the 12-month rule. YES | NO Q20.4 Atleast five days of the year will be affected by man- a ‘ YES | NO datory training requirements. Q20.5 An employee could attend the same course two yes | No days in a row in order to satisfy requirements. M 2 Practice Bus Ride Q21_ = Angie, Ben, Carol, Dan and Elliott are the only five students at the bus station. They each independently and randomly choose one of four empty buses to board. What is the average number of stu- dents in the bus that Ben chooses to board? 1.25 as there are five students for four buses. 2s the other four students will average 1 per bus, + 1 for Ben. 2 as the 5 students will split between an average of 2.5 buses. 2.6 as the other 4 will split between an average of 2.5 buses + 1 for Ben. gom> 4191250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 22 ' 7 Hair ide laiste) Q22 The average number of hairs on a person’s head is 100,000. Hair grows at a rate of about 6 inches per year and lasts about 6 years before falling out. Two friends have 222,222 strands of hair be- tween them, with one having 20% more hair than the other. Which of the following statements must be true? They both have a number of hairs that is above average. They both have a number of hairs that is below average. Only one has a number of hairs below average. More information is needed to determine whether their respec- tive numbers of hairs is below or above average. pomp PP} Practice Q23 Boys Andrew, Elliott and Fred and girls Belinda, Carol and Davina are six siblings born in six successive years, albeit in a different order. Andrew and Elliott were born four years apart Fred is two years older than Andrew The three girls were born in alphabetical order of their first name. Which of the following cannot be concluded? A. The sex of a newborn was always the opposite of sex of the previous year's newborn. B. Andrew is younger than Carol. C. Belinda is younger than Elliott. D. Carol is younger than Elliott. 420Decision Making ~ Practice py 2.5 Practice Family Food Q24 ~Amother and her two children enjoy various foods. Their likes are as follows: Mother: Child 4 Child 2 e Pizza « Pizza e Salad *° Salad ° Pasta ° Pizza © Curry e Burger e Burger The following diagram is a representation of the situation, with each dotted shape representing a member of the family. poces------------- ~~ Which of the shapes represent the burger? A. The triangle or the arrow . The diamond or the circle . The square or the circle B. Cc. D. The square or the diamond 4211250 UKCAT Practice Questions Q26 DM 26 Practice Loaded Dice Dan has two dice, both with six faces. The first die is normal. The second die is loaded so that the number 3 appears twice as often as each other number but the other five outcomes are equally likely. What is the probability that when Dan throws both dice together he obtains a double 3? A. 1/18-The chance of obtaining a double three with two normal dice is 1/6 x 1/6 = 1/36. But because one die has a double probability, the odds are 2/36 = 1/18. B. 1/18 -—The probability of landing a 3 with the loaded die is 2/6, which we must multiply by 1/6 for the normal die. C. 1/21 - The loaded die has a probability of 2/7 of landing a 3, whilst the other die has a probability of 1/6. D. 1/36 — The probability is not affected by the loaded die since we are looking at obtaining the same number on both dice. Free Museum Entry Should entry to museums be made free to the public in order to increase the number of visitors? Select the strongest argument from the statements below. A. YES. Most museums are funded by donors or other subsidies. Loss of entrance fee would not significantly affect their finances. B. YES. It would make visits to museums affordable to those with little disposable income. C. NO. Admission fees contribute to meeting museums’ running costs D. NO. It will mostly lead to people who usually visit museums visiting more often. 422Pp) Ze Practice Decision Making — Practice Pharmacy A pharmaceutical company provides drugs in the following formats only: All liquid drugs are sold in bottles or vials. All non-liquid drugs come in packages weighing more than 250 g. All drugs sold in bottles come with a syringe doser. All drugs sold in packages or containers of more than 250 g come with a patient information leaflet setting out the side-effects. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q27.1 A powdered drug must come with a leaflet. YES | NO Q27.2 A drug coming with a syringe doser always comes in a bottle. YES | NO. Q27.3 if a drug comes with a leaflet then it must be non- yes | No liquid. Q27.4 Asyrup ina 525 g bottle comes with a syringe doser Yes | No and a patient information leaflet. Q27.5 lia drug comes in a 200 g package then it must be yes | No liquid. DM 2 & Civic Education Uae a(er-3 Q28 Should the government introduce a compulsory civic awareness day in order to teach all 18-year olds about politics, the workings of society and their civic responsibilities? Select the strongest ar- gument from the statements below. A. B. c. YES. Unless they have an interest in the topic, teenagers tend to enter adulthood without such knowledge. YES. This would help increase turnout at elections NO. A one-day course would only address such issues super- ficially and its content would quickly be forgotten. NO. It would make teenagers miss a day off school or work. 4231250 UKCAT Practice Questions yA!) Practice Recall A car manufacturer makes three models: Basic, Intermediate and Pre- mium. It has made the decision to recall all its Basic and Premium models manufactured in September 2016. All Basic models have developed a fault, whereas only some of the Premium models have. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q29.1 Acar with no fault cannot have been manufactured in September. YES | NO Q29.2 A car with a fault must have been manufactured in | veg | yo September. Q29.3 La cars made in August 2016 have no Yes | NO Q29.4 A car made in September, which has no fault, is a Premium model. YES | NO Q29.5 More Basic models will be recalled than Premium yes | NO models. DM 30 Practice Jane is taking 7 orange tarts, 6 apple tarts and 3 lemon tarts to Annie's house. On the way, Jane eats three of the tarts. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q30.1_ There is at least one lemon tart left for Annie. YES | NO Q30.2 Annie will have more apple tarts than lemon tarts. YES | NO Q30.3 Annie will have the same number of each tart. YES | NO Q30.4 Annie could be left with the same number of apple tarts as orange tarts. YES | NO Q30.5 Annie will have fewer lemon tarts than orange tarts. | YES | NO 424Decision Making — Practice DM 31 Practice Multilinguals The following diagram shows the number of students who speak a variety of languages. Each of the five shapes represents a different language: Eng- lish, French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. The lower a language appears in alphabetical order, the fewer people speak that language, i.e. English is the least spoken language, followed by French, etc. Spanish is the most spoken language. 12 LN \ 5 NT 5 u Q31.1 How many students speak two languages only? A. 37 B. 43 Cc. 46 D. 53 Q31.2 How many students speak four languages only? A.0 B. 18 C. 25 D. 43 Q31.3_ Only one of the five languages is never spoken in isolation (i.e. it is spoken by people who also speak at least one other language). Which one? A. French B. Italian C. Japanese D. Spanish 4251250 UKCAT Practice Questions WKY Practice Mobile Phones Q32 Should schools ban children from bringing their mobile phones to school in order to enhance concentration and learning? Select the strongest argument from the statements below. A. YES. Some students use smart phones to access the internet during lessons. B. YES. Students can use phones to cheat in exams. C. NO. Students may feel safer if they have a phone on them after school is finished. D. NO. Some schools have shown that, if used with a strict set of rules, mobile phones do not interfere with lessons. DM 33 dete) Which Language? In my year at school, there are only 10 students who study Spanish. They are all in Class 8A1, which has 24 students in total. All students study one language and one only. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q33.1 John is in my year. He studies Spanish and so he is yes | NO in Class 8A1. Q33.2 Allison is in Class 8A1 so she is studying Spanish. | YES | NO Q33.3_ Paul is in my year and studies French, so he cannot be in Class 8A1. YES | NO Q33.4 Faheem must be in Class 8A1 because he studies | veg | No Spanish. Q33.5 Fatima is in class 8A3 so she must study French. YES | NO 426Decision Making — Practice 2h ae Cosmopolitan Travellers Practice Q34 Ina train travelling from London to Leeds, all travellers are either DM 35 Lea dtet-3 Q35 tourists, students or doctors. All travellers are also either German, Japanese or British. Between London and Leeds, the train stops twice. e At the first stop, only the tourists who are not British leave the train. e At the second stop, only the Germans who are not students, the British doctors and the Japanese doctors leave the train. Which of the following must be incorrect? None of the doctors reach Leeds. All students reach Leeds. Out of all tourists, only the British ones reach Leeds. Out of all Japanese travellers, only the tourists reach Leeds. pomp Three Daughters Ben, who has three daughters, is chatting with his neighbour Paul. Paul asks how old Ben’s daughters are. Ben replies the following: e The product of their ages is 36. e The sum of their ages is equal to my house number. Upon hearing this, Paul is still unable to determine the three daughters’ ages. Which additional piece of information would help Paul conclusively determine the three daughter's ages. Two of them are twins. Neither of them are twins. The eldest is blonde. All daughters are below the age of 10. pomp 4271250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 36 7 ret se Clothes Shopping Q36 = Albert, Barbara, Cassandra and Denise went shopping. Each bought a different type of item: shirt, hat, trousers or shoes. The labels showed the following prices (in no particular order): £35, £45, £50 and £60. Barbara did not buy the shoes. Denise bought black trousers. Denise spent £10 more than Barbara. The blue shirt was bought by a woman for £45. Which of the following must be correct? A. The shoes cost £35. B. Barbara bought the shirt. C. Albert bought the hat. D. Cassandra bought the shoes. hei Cat and Mouse Games delet tto-9 Q37 When it rains, the cat is either in the bedroom or in the cellar. When the cat is in the bedroom, the mouse is hiding behind the fridge and the cheese is in the fridge. When the cheese is on the table and the cat is in the cellar, the mouse is in the bedroom. Right now, the cheese is on the table and it is raining. Which of the following statements must be true? A. The cat and the mouse are in the bedroom. B. The cat is in the bedroom and the mouse is behind the fridge. C. The cat is in the cellar and the mouse is behind the fridge. D. The catis in the cellar and the mouse is in the bedroom. 428Decision Making ~ Practice DM 38 Practice Blind Spot Q38 Ina dark room, three blue hats and two green hats sit on a table. Three people, the last of whom is blind, enter the room. Each of the three people takes a hat at random without being able to see what colour it is and places it on its own head. The two hats which have not been drawn are taken out of the room. The light is switched on and each person is asked to say whether they can guess the colour of the hat they are wearing. The first person says NO. The second one says NO. The blind man speaks last. Which of the following must be true? The probability that the blind man’s hat is blue is 60%. The blind man is wearing a blue hat. The blind man is wearing a green hat. The probability that the blind man’s hat is green is 20%. gom> DM 39 : Café Creme Practice Q39 One cup contains 150 ml of coffee and another cup 150 ml of milk. One spoonful of milk is taken from the milk cup. It is emptied into the coffee cup and the resulting liquid is thoroughly mixed. The same spoon is then used to take liquid from that cup. This is poured into the milk cup. Each cup now contains 150 ml of liquid. Ignoring the volume of the spoon itself, which of the following must be true? A. There is more coffee in the milk than milk in the coffee. B. There is less coffee in the milk than milk in the coffee. C. There is as much coffee in the milk as milk in the coffee. D. Both cups have a capacity of more than 150 ml. 4291250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 40 Q40 — Astudy looks at the commuting distances of all working inhabitants of towns A and B. The pie charts below show the number of inhab- itants in each town and how far they need to travel to get to work. Town A Town B 1600 people 2000 people 0-10 miles 10-20 miles hu 1920-30 miles ae 30-40 miles Based on the data provided, which of the following must be true? A. More people in Town A than in Town B live less than 20 miles away from their workplace. B. If the two towns were located 30 miles apart then some people would be counted in both pie charts. C. Town B inhabitants who commute less than 30 miles commute on average 17 miles. D. The average commuting distance for Town A inhabitants is equal to or greater than 19 miles. 430Decision Making — Practice Q41 DM 42 Practice Q42 pea Practice Football Three medical school football teams played a mini-championship amongst one another. Each team played only once against each of the other teams. The (incomplete) results table is as follows: No. of | No.of No.of No. of against games games games games bythat that Team played won lost Coleen rT =I Zz 1 Based on the data provided, which of the following must be false? A. Team X only won once. B. Team X beat Team Y with a score of 2 goals to 1. C. Team X scored more goals than the other two teams. D. The match between Team Y and Team Z ended in a draw. Pets for Children Should children be encouraged to keep pets to gain a sense of responsibility and care towards others? Select the strongest argument from the statements below. YES. Scientific consensus is that owning a pet reduces stress. YES. Pets require regular duties of care. NO. Some children are allergic to pets. NO. Many children are not disciplined enough to look after animals. pomp 4311250 UKCAT Practice Questions cK) Practice Blue Eyes Q43 Ina group of X students, we note that they have three different eye rd colours: brown, green and blue; and two different hair colours: blonde and black. 20 students have blue eyes and blonde hair. 60 students have green eyes and black hair. 42 students have blonde hair. 50 students have brown eyes. 72 students have green eyes. Based on the data provided, which of the following must be true? A. (X-120) students have blue eyes. B. There are at least 152 students. C. There are fewer students with black hair than with blonde hair. D. The percentage of students with brown eyes and black hair is 40/XK %. Ties Practice Q44 Three friends are discussing another friend's tie collection: Ali: “Steve has at least 100 ties in his collection.” Julia: “No way! | am sure he has fewer than 100 ties.” Tony: “Il am quite sure he owns at least one ti Assuming that only one of the three friends is correct, which option most accurately represents the number of ties that Steve owns? A 0 B. Between 0 and 50 C. Between 50 and 100 D. Between 1 and 100 432Decision Making — Practice Q45 DM 45 Practice Glassware Arestaurant is planning to host a dinner for 100 people. They have been warned by the client that diners should be given a maximum of two glasses of wine each. This maximum applies to each diner and diners are not allowed to use the unused allowance of one of the other diners (i.e. if someone does not drink then no one can drink their glass instead as their third glass). The client sent an email to the restaurant to say that X% of the diners will require only one glass of wine and that half of the re- maining diners will require two glasses. Some will not require any since they won't be drinking. Unfortunately the client has forgotten to state what X is and he cannot be reached before the day of the dinner, when it will be too late to change anything. Only one type of wine is served through- out the evening and one bottle of wine can serve 6 glasses. Based on the data provided, which of the following must be true? A. The restaurant owner will need to buy 34 bottles in order to satisfy the client's demands. B. When all guests have been served, one bottle will be left open. That bottle will be 1/3 full. C. The number of glasses that will be served can be as low as 0 and as high as 200. D. The probability that the restaurant owner will order the correct quantity of wine is below 1%. 4331250 UKCAT Practice Questions WY Lele End of Year Bonus A Human Resources director announced that “One condition for an em- ployee to be eligible for a bonus is that the employee must have partici- pated in the Orion project.” Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q46.1 Q46.2 Q46.3 Q46.4 Q46.5 DM 47 ease) Q47 All those who receive a bonus will have participated in the Orion project. All those who participated in the Orion project will receive a bonus. Those who do not receive a bonus will not have participated in the Orion project. Those who did not participate in the Orion project will not receive a bonus. Some employees who participated in the Orion project may not receive a bonus. Average Earnings YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO The average salary of a factory's 3000 employees is £2,000. The average salary of the men is £3,000 whereas for women it is £1,500. The 10% of women who are the least well paid have an average salary of £1,000. The highest paid male employee earns £10,000. Based on this data, which of the following must be true? A. There are more male employees than female employees. . The highest paid employee is a man. of the total payroll B. C. The 10% of women who are least well paid earn less than 4% D. . The least well paid man earns less than the least well paid woman. 434Decision Making — Practice 1p) Pets} oe Medical School Marathon ractice Vicky, Wolfgang and Yvonne are students at three medical schools: King’s, Warwick and Birmingham. They are all participating in an inter- medical school marathon and finish in the first three places. They each travelled to the marathon using a different means of transport: car, bike and bus. e Vicky, who did not travel by car, finished second. e Yvonne studies at King's. * The Warwick student went by bus and finished before the Birmingham student. e The King’s student finished the race well behind the others. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q48.1 The Warwick student finished second. YES | NO Q48.2 Vicky studies in Birmingham. YES | NO Q48.3_ Wolfgang used the bus. YES | NO Q48.4 The student who rides a bike won the race. YES | NO Q48.5 Yvonne finished third. YES | NO a bute Health Cards Q49 Should everyone carry a card containing a chip with their health information to ensure accurate and up-to-date information is read- ily accessible at every healthcare encounter? Select the strongest argument from the statements below. YES. Not everyone remembers their medical history well. YES. This could also be used as an ID card system . NO. This would be too costly to implement. NO. If lost, the information could be read by others. pomp 4351250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 51 etait) Q51 Three Presents Helen, Stephanie and Nishali have each received a present. The present is either a pen, a watch or a bracelet. They were wrapped in paper that was either red, blue or green. * Helen received the red-wrapped present. ° The watch was not in green paper and did not go to Helen. e Nishali received the bracelet. Which of the following statements must be true? Helen did not receive the pen. The watch was not in the blue paper. Stephanie received the pen. The blue present did not go to Nishali. pom> Syllogisms Which of the following syllogisms is incorrect? A. No baker is tight-fisted. All the people living in this house are bakers. Therefore no one in this house is tight-fisted. B. All peacocks are proud. All birds in this park are peacocks. Therefore all birds in this park are proud. C. Caterpillars are not edible. Some worms are edible. Therefore some worms are not caterpillars. D. All good speakers are talkative. Some clowns are good speak- ers. Therefore some clowns are not talkative. 436DM 52 Practice Q52 py ISK; aE Lead(er-3 Q53 Decision Making — Practice Brothers Joseph, Arthur and Les are three brothers of different ages and heights. ¢ Out of the three brothers, Joseph is smaller than the oldest. e Arthur, who is not the youngest, is not the smallest. e Les is younger than the smallest of the three. Which of the following statements must be true? A. The youngest is also the tallest. B. Les is smaller than Arthur. C. The oldest is also the smallest. D. Joseph is not the youngest. Toys A survey carried out amongst 100 families about the toys they own from this list: car, bicycle and roller skates, shows the following results: 30 families have a car s have a bicycle s have roller skates 10 families have all three toys 50 families have a bicycle but no roller skates 15 families have only roller skates and a car. Which of the following statements must be true? 70 families have exactly two toys. 5 families only have roller skates. 15 families have only a car and a bicycle. 5 families have only a car. pomp 4371250 UKCAT Practice Questions M 54 LTE Len to Coloured Cubes Q54 Two identical cubes have sides of different colours: red, green, blue, black, yellow and white. The first cube has three visible sides: yellow, blue and green. The second cube has three visible sides: black, white and blue. Which colour is on the opposite side of the red side? A. Green B. Blue Cc. Yellow D. . White py IES} oes Wooden Tables ractice In this country, we can proudly assert that: Strong tables are made of wood. All carpenters are bald. Only carpenters build strong tables. All bald people wear a hat. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q55.1 People who wear a hat can build strong tables. YES | NO Q55.2 All wooden tables are built by bald people. YES | NO Q55.3 A carpenter who builds a strong table does not YES | NO necessarily wear a hat. Q55.4 All people who wear hats are carpenters. YES | NO Q55.5 A flimsy table can’t have been built by a carpenter. | YES | NO 438Decision Making — Practice DM 56 Practice Lineage Q56__In John’s family, in each of the past five generations, there has been one offspring, who was male. John has a son, who is also an only child. John has just one grandchild, who is also a boy. John looks at a family photo and says “The grandfather of this man’s son is my grandfather's grandchild.” Who is the man in the picture? John's grandfather John's father John John’s son pomp py 4 Practice Library Consider the following statements: e All books in English have a red cover. ¢ All books in a foreign language have more than 200 pages. ¢ Alland only the books with illustrations have red covers. ¢ All and only the books with an index have more than 200 pages. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q57.1 Foreign books can have a red cover. YES | NO | Q57.2 Some books with illustrations have an index. YES | NO Q57.3 An 85-page book in English has an index. [YES [NO | Q57.4 A 600-page book with a red cover has no index. YES | NO Q57.5 All English books have illustrations. YES | NO 4391250 UKCAT Practice Questions oy Este} agli Friday 13th Q58 = Every Friday 13'", Veronica announces what day of the week the last day of the month will be. One month she made a mistake. Which of the following is the mis- take that she made? “Today, Friday 13", | can guarantee that ... .. the last day of the month will be a Friday.” ... the last day of the month will be a Saturday.” ... the last day of the month will be a Sunday.” .. the last day of the month will be a Monday.” pomp DM 59 Practice Labels Q59__In the diagrams below, all shapes are labelled either A, B or C. In this box, there are In this box there are more Bs than As 2 As, 2 Bs and 2 Cs e Allshapes labelled A are round. e All shapes labelled C contain a dot. What label is associated to the black square with a dot? AA B. B cc D. Itcan be BorC 440DM 60 Practice Q60 Decision Making — Practice Consider the following pieces labelled A to F. O. || she .}|_ mA O||A |) ©} |g A A B c D E F You have been asked to lay the pieces out in a line in an order that satisfies the following requirements: ° No. 2 has at least one square No. 4 has two black objects No. 3 has at least one triangle « No. 5 has two white objects No. 6 has one star No. 3 has at least one black * No. 1 has two circles shape What is Piece F's position? pomp Onaw Tokens Five tokens of different colours (blue, green, yellow, red and white) are aligned. The blue token is on the right of the yellow token. The blue token is on the left of the white token and on the right of the green token. There are two tokens between the white and the red. Which of the following statements is true? A. The yellow token is at one extremity. . The blue token is at one extremity. B. C. The white token is not at an extremity. D. The left-hand token is either yellow or green. 4441250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 62 clei) Xanias and Zazas All Xanias are Yogos. All Zazas are Yogos. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q62.1 All Xanias are Zazas Q62.2 All Zazas are Xanias Q62.3 No Xania can be a Zaza Q62.4 Some Zazas can be Xanias Q62.5 All Yogos are Xanias DM 63 5 Student Life Practice Q63 Consider the following diagram: @ Lh Enjoy sport 2 Under age 25 What does the letter A represent? A B. Cc. D. Female students over age 25 who enjoy sport. 442 YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO Total population Males Students Female non-students below age 25 who don't enjoy sport. Male students over the age of 25 who don't enjoy sport Female students below age 25 who enjoy sport.Decision Making — Practice PY sr§ ei Food Allergies Q64 A hundred people are all allergic to at least one of the following ingredients: garlic, tomatoes, pasta, cheese. Not all are allergic to the same combinations. e Those allergic to tomatoes can eat garlic or cheese, but some of them cannot eat pasta. e All those allergic to cheese are also allergic to garlic. * Some people who are allergic to pasta are also allergic to cheese. Which diagram best represents the information above? 2 @ @ Cc D 4431250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 65 Practice Student Athletes 60% of students play football. 50% of students play cricket. 30% of students play rugby. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q65.1 At most 10% of students play football and cricket. YES | NO Q65.2 At least 20% of students play neither cricket nor yes | NO rugby. Q65.3 Some students play all three sports. YES [NO Q65.4 At most 10% of students do not play football or rugby| YES | NO Q65.5 At most 30% of students play all three sports. YES | NO mY Te} eerie} Rectangular Table Q66 = Mary, Damian, Patrick, Louisa, Karl and Rob are sitting around a rectangular table. c- @® © | Damian is sitting opposite Louisa. |@ Karl is not sitting next to Damian. | © © Patrick is sitting on Louisa’s right. The two women are not sitting side by side. Mary is occupying Seat 1. Which of the following statements must be true? A. Damian is sitting in Seat 2 or Seat 6. B. Karl is not sitting opposite Rob. C. Karl sits in Seat 6. D. Patrick is sitting next to Rob. 444iy Practice Q67 Practice Q6s Decision Making — Practice False Positives A laboratory can use Test A to determine whether a particular pro- tein is contained in a blood sample. The probability that an individ- ual’s blood contains the protein in question is 0.1%. Test A has the following characteristics: ¢ If the protein is in the blood, Test A always detects it. e When Test A gives a negative result, it is 100% accurate, i.e. it means the person does not have the protein in their blood. e When 100 people with no protein in their blood were tested, for 5 of them the test showed a positive result. The laboratory predicts that the probability that an individual who tests positive actually has the protein is very low (of the order of 2%). Which of the following applies? A. No, it should be 95% since the test only gets it wrong in 5% of cases. B. No, the probability should be far higher since the test has a low failure rate. But it is not 95%. C. Yes, this is because the low prevalence of the protein pres- ence makes the test very unreliable. D. The lab cannot calculate a percentage using the data pro- vided. 68 Speed Humps Should speed-reducing road humps be introduced in all town cen- tres and residential areas? A. YES. This would help raise awareness of the dangers of the road amongst drivers. B. YES. People hit by vehicles at lower speeds sustain less seri- ous injuries. . NO. More emphasis should be placed instead on educating pedestrians on the dangers of the road. D. NO. Road humps could damage cars. 4451250 UKCAT Practice Questions Waste} aes Asthmatic Nurses No nurse has asthma. Many smokers become asthmatic. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q69.1 No nurse is a smoker. YES | NO Q69.2 Some smokers are nurses. YES | NO Q69.3_ No asthmatic is a nurse. YES | NO Q69.4 All smokers are asthmatic. YES | NO Q69.5 An asthmatic smoker cannot be a nurse. YES | NO DM 70 - Who Lives Where? eae) Q70 = Martin, George, Phil and Steve each live in a different city: London, Pontefract, Manchester and Birmingham. If Phil lives in London or Pontefract, then George lives in Manches- ter. If Martin does not live in London, then Steve lives in Pontefract. If Steve does not live in Birmingham, then Phil lives in Birmingham. If George lives in Pontefract, then Phil lives in London. If Martin does not live in Birmingham, then George does not live in Manchester. Which of the following MUST be true? A. Martin lives in Birmingham. B. George does not live in Pontefract. C. Phil lives in Pontefract. D. George lives in Manchester. 446Decision Making — Practice DM 71 Practice Q71 Consider the following numbers: 12478 — 34852 — 75261 - 57123 - 86514 Those same numbers are encoded such that each digit is replaced by another digit in a unique way. Here are the same numbers after they have been encoded, presented in a random order: 68479 — 86734 — 53642 — 92567 — 47285 Which number, when coded, would give 75324? A. 28614 B. 28641 Cc. 79862 D. 86972 DM 72 oar Guilty Or Not Guilty Q72 After a recent robbery, it has been established that one or more of four suspects are guilty. e If Fred is guilty then they are all guilty. e If Theo is guilty then he has two accomplices. ¢ — If Eddie is innocent, then Theo isn’t. If Victor is guilty then there are only two guilty suspects. Which of the following must be true? Eddie is guilty Eddie alone is guilty. Victor is guilty. Eddie or Victor is guilty but not both. pomp 4471250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 73 cla ile) Fertility Study Q73_— Asstudy on fertility based on 1000 women shows the following: 20% of women have no child. 25% of women have one child. 25% of women have two children. 15% of women have three children. 10% of women have four children. 5% of women have more than four children. Which of the following must be true? A. 50% of women who have at least one child have at least three children. B. These 1000 women collectively have over 1850 children. C. The probability that one women chosen at random has at least 3 children is greater than 35%. D. 55% of children have at least one brother and one sister. pyre} ‘ Curious Food Lovers Practice Q74 All curious people are nice. No food lover is beyond reproach. Some food lovers are curious. Which of the following statements contradicts the above state- ments? A. Some food lovers are nice. B. Some nice people are beyond reproach. C. Allnice people are beyond reproach. D. Some curious people love food. 448Decision Making — Practice Q75 Q76é DM 75 Led (er-3 Colourful Bouquet A florist has 1000 flowers split between three varieties: roses, tu- lips and pansies. Those flowers can be of three different colours: red, white and yellow. Half of all flowers are pansies, of which 180 are white. There are as many red flowers as there are yellow flowers. One quarter of white flowers are roses. 30% of white flowers are tulips. 20% of roses are red, which represents 60 flowers. There are as many red tulips as there are yellow tulips. Which of the following statements cannot be true? A. B. c. D. 76 Practice There are 400 red flowers. There are as many yellow pansies as there are white tulips. There are 300 roses. There are fewer yellow flowers than there are white flowers. Mo Munc Saria goes to the cinema with her younger brother and two older sisters Suneeta and Varunee (the eldest). One buys salty popcorn, one buys nachos, one buys candy floss and one buys nothing. The eldest picks a savoury snack. Saria doesn't like nachos. The youngest girl has a savoury snack. One of the girls picks no snack. Which one chooses the candy floss? pop> Saria Suneeta Varunee Saria’s brother1250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 77 pat Supporting Colours Q77 ‘Four friends, Sushama, Keith, Grace and Vijay, live in Binbury and Q7s DM 78 Practice each support a different football team, either: Newtown United, Weston City, Binbury City or Binbury United. United teams have a single coloured scarf; other teams’ scarves are multi-coloured. e Keith supports a United team. e Grace wears a multi-coloured scarf. e Vijay and Sushama do not support a home team. Which of the following MUST be true? a. If Keith's team plays Grace's team both sides will have multi- coloured scarves. b. If Keith's team plays Vijay's team both sides will have single coloured scarves. c. Keith does not support Newtown United. d. Sushama supports Weston City. Youth Travel Last summer, Ann, Ben and Carole each visited a different coun- try. Each tells the truth twice and lies once. Ann: | visited England, Carole visited Italy, Ben visited Germany Ben: | visited Germany, Carole visited Italy, Ann visited England Carole: | visited England, Ann visited Austria, Ben visited Germany Which country did Ann visit? Austria England Germany Italy pomp 450Decision Making — Practice Golf Club actice The following information relates to guests invited to a reception: All guests wearing a black jacket are golf players. All guests with brown hair have a hearing aid. None of the dishonest people wear glasses. None of the guests who wear a black jacket have a beard. All guests with a bowler hat wear glasses. All golf players have blue eyes. All guests who wear white socks wear a bowler hat. Many of the dishonest guests have brown hair. were reese Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q79.1 Those who wear white socks are dishonest. YES | NO Q79.2 Guests who don’t have blue eyes have no beard. | YES | NO Q79.3 Guests who wear a bowler hat are dishonest. YES | NO Q79.4 All those who wear glasses are honest. YES | NO Q79.5 Some people with brown hair do not wear glasses. | YES | NO Q79.6 No bearded guest wears a black jacket. YES | NO Q79.7 Those who do not play golf do not have beards. YES | NO Q79.8 All guests with a black jacket have blue eyes. YES | NO Q79.9 Guests with no bowler hat don't wear white socks. | YES | NO Q79.10 Some people with glasses have brown hair. YES | NO Q79.11 Guests with no hearing aid do not have brown hair. | YES | NO Q79.12 Many dishonest guests have a hearing aid. YES | NO 4511250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 80 aa Coded Language Q80_—— In acertain code language: e “Economics is not money’ is written as “ka la ho ga” e “Demand and supply economics” is written as “mo ta pa ka” e “Money makes only part” is written as “zi la ne ki” e “Demand makes supply economics” is written as “zi mo ka ta”. What is the code for “supply” in the given code language? A. Only “ta” B. Only “mo” C. Either “pa” or “mo” D. Either “ta” or “mo” L Lele) Going South Q81 Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 metres he took a right turn and walked 30 metres. He then took a right turn and walked 100 metres. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metres and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point? A. 50 metres North 50 metres South B. C. 150 metres North D. 180 metres East 452Decision Making — Practice PRY Lee afe-3 Going Round In Circles Q82 A,B,C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a round table. ° Fis third to the right of C and second to the left of H. H is sitting next to A. D is not an immediate neighbour of C or H. E is on the immediate right of A. Ais second to the right of G. Who sits between G and D? AB BSF C. Both B and F D.H M 83 Practice On the planet Oribot, to measure height, there are seven Farinks in a Jobobum. A tree is classified as being a plant life that grows to at least half a Jobobum high, otherwise it is classified as a flower. All plant life produces fruits known as Zechbodies, which are either red or blue. Kendu trees have either leaves or needles. All Guruk flowers have both leaves and suckers. Red Zechbodies never grow on trees where needles are present. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q83.1 Kendu trees are more than 3 Farinks high. YES | NO Q83.2 You will never see a red Kendu tree with needles. LYES | NO Q83.3 Any Kendu tree with leaves will have red fruit. YES | NO Q83.4 Plants with suckers are under 0.5 Jobobum high. YES | NO Q83.5 If you see a red Zechbody on a plant, then you can 5 fi YES | NO expect to find leaves or suckers on it too. 4531250 UKCAT Practice Questions or Rees Foodie’s Delight Maria is arranging the programme for the final day of a community food festival. There are three back-to-back one-hour sessions from 9am and three back-to-back 45 minute sessions starting at 1:15pm. There are five types of session running at fixed durations: cake competition, wine tasting and three types of food demonstration: bread, fish and vegetables. There has to be at least 45 minutes between any food demonstration. The cake competition and the wine tasting run only once. The cake competition takes place in the afternoon. The fish demonstrator has to leave by 1:30pm. The bread demonstration takes only 45 minutes. The vegetable and fish demonstrations run for different lengths of time. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q84.1_ The wine tasting lasts a full hour. YES | NO Q84.2 If Maria has the venue until 5pm she will have just yes | No one hour to clear up. Q84.3_ The vegetable demo is definitely at 1:15pm. YES | NO Q84.4 The fish demo is repeated. YES | NO Q84.5 The cake competition and the bread demo run one fi YES | NO after the other in any order. DM 85 : Double Winners Practice Q85 Andrea, Ben and Charles play a game using only pound coins. The game involves several rounds. Each round is won by two people. The two winners double their pot of money at the expense of the loser. At the end of the 5 round, Andrea has £4, Ben £18 and Charles £5. How much did Charles start the whole game with? Af B. £2 c. £9 D. £18 454DM 86 Lea tel-3 Decision Making ~ Practice Alarm Clocks Q86 John’s alarm clock is neither next to Anna's nor next to Lydia’s. John's and Brendan's alarm clocks show that it is not yet 2:45. Animesh’s alarm clock is on the immediate left of Lydia’s. What time does Lydia’s alarm clock show? A. 02:32 B.03:00 C. 02:48 D.02:55 €E: 02:40 PES é dete tler-5 Births, Marriages and Deaths Q87 If John died before Paul's birth and Michael got married after Paul's birth, which of the following must be true? pom> DM 88 Practice Michael got married when Paul was alive. Michael got married after Paul's death. Michael got married before Paul's death. None of the above. Light Weights Q88 If Ais lighter than B and C, and if D is heavier than B, which of the following must be true? A. B. Dis heavier than C. c. D. None of the above. Dis lighter than A. D could be lighter than C. 4551250 UKCAT Practice Questions DM 89 Practice Relationships Consider the following relationships: A+B means that A is the father of B Ax B means that A is the sister of B A$ B means that A is the wife of B A % B means that A is the mother of B A/B means that A is the son of B For the purpose of this exercise, assume that: 89.1 Q89.2 Q89.3 Q89.4 Q89.5 The parents of the same child(ren) are married. Siblings have the same parents. There are no same sex relationships. Which of the following implies that A is C’s mother-in-law? AA%BxC B.A%B/C C.B/A/C D.A%BxD$C What is C’s relationship to A if the following is true: A +B x C x D. A. Father B.Son CC. Daughter D. Daughter-in-law Which expression can be deduced from A/ B $ C? A. A+C B.C%B C.C+A D.C/BxA What should come in the place of the question mark to establish that J is the brother of T in this expression? J/P %H?T A. x B./ c.$ D. either + or % Which of the following statements is true if 1+ T % J x L/Kis true? Lis the daughter of T K is the son-in-law of | lis the grand-mother of L T is the father of J J is the brother of L moon. > 456Decision Making — Practice DM 90 Lid eat (oi) Cuppa Anyone? Liang owns a shop. Her product catalogue lists over 100 options for tea that customers can buy. Her teas come from at least six different countries. ¢ Teas can be either “single origin” which means that they originate from the same estate, or “blends”, which means that leaves from different estates have been mixed. The tea subtypes she sells are: black, green and oolong. No blend can contain more than one subtype. The tea produced in Kenya is always black. All green teas are single origin. Most of her Taiwanese teas are oolongs. The majority of her teas are from China. Her most expensive teas are oolongs. All her Japanese tea is green. She has more teas from India than Taiwan. Both blends and single origin teas can be scented with perfumes. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q90.1 Most teas from China are blends. YES | NO Q90.2 Most tea from Taiwan is expensive. YES | NO Q90.3 Most expensive teas contain a green/oolong blend.| YES | NO Q90.4 Chinese teas are cheaper than Taiwanese. YES | NO Q90.5 A blend may contain teas from several countries. [ YES | NO Q90.6 Kenyan teas can be scented. YES | NO Q90.7 Liang has more non-black tea than black tea. YES | NO Q90.8 Liang has some Japanese and Kenyan blends. YES | NO Q90.9 Some of her teas do not come from Taiwan, Japan, China, India or Kenya. aes ae Q90.10 Taiwanese tea production is expensive. YES | NO 4571250 UKCAT Practice Questions pd) - Garden Gnomes Practice Q91_ One hundred garden gnomes have various features (boots, glasses, hat and beard), though not all of them the same. e All those with boots wear glasses. e Those with a beard do not wear boots or a hat. Which of the following diagrams is a possible representation of the group of gnomes? OO 458DM 92 eLotCer-3 Q92 eT aCel 9 Q93 Decision Making — Practice House Features The following diagram shows the features that can be found in 100 houses located in the same neighbourhood. All houses have at least one of the features. Red bricks Chimney Front garden CN CLAD Driveway Which of the following statements is true? A. There are more houses with a chimney than with a driveway. B. There are 20 houses with a driveway, a chimney but no front garden. C. There are 40 houses with exactly one feature. D. The number of houses with all four features cannot be deter- mined. 93 G lebooks Out of 50 people, 30 have never travelled abroad. However, 35 possess a guidebook for Greece and 20 possess a guidebook for Spain. Which of the following statements must be true? A. Atleast 15 people do not have any guidebook. B. All those who travelled abroad have at least one guidebook. C. Atleast 5 people who travelled abroad possess both guide- books. D. Atleast a quarter of those who travelled abroad have one or more guidebooks. 4591250 UKCAT Practice Questions Big Spender Agroup of shoppers are being interviewed about their shopping habits dur- ing the previous week. The following information has been gathered: e On average people shopped twice during the week. e° The average number of high street shopping trips made by a shopper is three, the maximum being five. « A number of people shopped online, though no one shopped exclu- sively online. Answer YES if the conclusion follows and NO if it does not. Q94.1 Some people who have visited a high street shop yes | NO have also shopped online. Q94.2_ Those who have shopped only once during the yes | NO week did their shopping in a high street shop. Q94.3 All those interviewed went shopping at least once. | YES | NO Q94.4 The number of people who shopped once is equal aad YES | NO to the number of people who shopped five times. Q94.5 All those who shopped twice did some of their yes | No shopping online. Q94.6 Noone shopped more than five times. YES | NO Q94.7 No one who shopped in a high street shop did any yes | No online shopping. Q94.8 Most people visited a high street shop three times. [ YES | NO 460Decision Making — Practice Decision Making Answers to Practice Questions Professional Chefs Q1.1 — YES. We know that all professionally-trained chefs have excellent knife skills. We also know that some of the professionally-trained chefs don’t know how to season their food properly, from which we can infer that some DO know how to season their food properly. Therefore there are chefs who can both season their food properly and have excellent knife skills. Note that, though we cannot demonstrate that this is true for non- professionally-trained chefs, we do not actually need to demonstrate it since the question does not ask to differentiate between professionally or non- professionally-trained chefs. Q1.2 - YES. The reasoning as for Q1.1 above helps us also conclude that some of the chefs with good knife skills are professionally-trained chefs who know how to season their food properly. Q1.3 — NO. We know that, among those who have good knife skills, there will be professionally-trained chefs. So, those will satisfy the statement. However we know nothing about the non-professionally-trained chefs who have good knife skills because the text simply does not deal with them at all. As such we are not able to conclude whether all the non-professionally- trained chefs with good knife skills know how to season their food properly and so the statement cannot be concluded using the information present in the text alone. Q1.4-YES. The text is quite clear that all professionally-trained chefs have good knife skills but that not all of them know how to season their food properly. As such it is clear that not all chefs with good knife skills know how to season their food properly. Q1.5 — NO. The fact that all professionally-irained chefs have good knife skills does not mean that there can't be non-professionally-trained chefs with good knife skills as well. Similarly, it is possible that some non-profes- sionally-trained chefs know how to season their food properly. As such there may be non-professionally-trained chefs who have excellent knife skills and know how to season their food properly. 461