Day 2 Y5 TSA Trial Test

If the statements in the box above are true, which of the following is less likely true?

Literature has been used as a form of entertainment for hundreds of years, giving readers the opportunity to take a break from the anguish, sorrow, indifference, and labour of day-to-day life through the medium of reading. Reading continues to hold its position as the most essential form of leisure activity despite the fact that we now live in a highly technologically advanced world with access to many different forms of entertainment.

Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?

Coffee is one of the most consumed drinks all over the world. Aside from tasting good, it also offers various benefits to the body. It contains antioxidants which help your body fight infections and other illnesses. It also provides caffeine which truly helps employees and college students who need to do tasks at night. Despite these benefits, coffee could also pose heart risks when consumed at excessively high levels.

Which among the following shows the main conclusion of the passage?

Mark: “No one should believe what she’s talking about. She comes from a family of politicians, and no politician in this country can be trusted anymore.”

Which of the following sentences shows the mistake Mark has made?

A well-known quote attributed to Albert Einstein asserts that “imagination is more important than knowledge.” This phrase only contains a few words, but if we think about it in a rational way, we can see that it encompasses the entire world. Imagination is a gift that one receives from life, and it is unquestionably much more important than knowledge. If we have the capacity to imagine things, then we have the ability to craft the world that we live in.

Which of the following statements, if true, best strengthens the argument?

The “Iron Man” Olympics is an annual competition for the region’s top athletes. It is composed of 10 different events. This year, four cities participated and 6 events have already finished.

To determine the overall winner, the medals will be ranked according to their value: 3 points for Gold, 2 for Silver, and 1 for Bronze.

The current standing is shown below:

At a minimum, how many points should the leading city bag in the last 4 events to secure the overall championship?

Farrah plans to buy 15kg of beef for the Thanksgiving feast she plans to prepare. The available stores and their thanksgiving promo are as follows:

To make things simpler, she’ll buy all of the beef from one shop only using her $100 budget.

If Farrah picked the shop that offers the cheapest price, how much will be her change?

Mobile phones use the following keys for forming words when sending text messages.

To form the word RED, for instance, it requires 7 to be pressed three times, 3 to be pressed twice, then 3 to be pressed once more.

Sharmaine sent a message to her friend saying: 

“I will always remember us this way.”

Which key had the second most presses when the entire message was formed?

A sculpture is placed in a glass box and displayed in a museum as shown in the diagram below. The sculpture can be viewed from all sides. 

Which one of the following is a possible view from one of the sides of the glass box?

Keith’s mother gave her 5 lists of the best food places in Australia. Her mother instructed her to choose one place per list and they would go to the place from Monday to Friday. Keith can only choose one food place from each list.

Keith knows she wants to eat at Fudd’s, Pizza Hut, 127 Days, and Jollibee.

What can she not choose?

“Only trained divers can be licensed to navigate deep waters.”

If the information above is true, which of the following is also true?

Mark uses the binary system of coding to send messages to Paul. 

If the word CAVERN is translated as:

01000011 01000001 01010110 01000101 01010010 01001110

What is the code for TRENCH?

Samantha is a pious person. For six days a week, she goes to pray at the local chapel. Whenever she prays, she always offers flowers for the altar. Unless it is a Saturday, in which case she will bring snacks for the chapel staff instead of flowers.  She only offers altar flowers when she visits the chapel. The one day she does not pray at the altar is always either a Monday or a Saturday. When she offers altar flowers, Samantha is happy.

Which of the following can be concluded?

Richard is taking commissions for his artwork. He usually produces 9 paintings in a week and sells each for $35 dollars. However, since he graduated from college, Richard has had more time to produce more paintings each week. He produced 13 pieces in the first week after he graduated. He produced 17 in the second week after his graduation. And in the third week, he produced 21 pieces. It is assumed this trend will continue as his art business will continue to expand.

Assuming the price stays the same, how much money will he earn in his art business in the 8th week after graduation?

A 9-inch pizza and a pitcher of iced tea sell for $5.50 in Metroland. However, in Soveny, a 10% sugar tax is imposed on all sweet products, including iced tea. This raises the price of the meal to $5.70. The cost of the pizza is the same in both areas.

What is the price of the pizza?

Parvati uses similar passwords for her five social media accounts. All of her passwords consist of 7 characters. She knows that her password for her Facebook account has exactly one different character from the passwords of her other accounts. Her passwords are shown below:

Twitter: Lof4dW1z

Instagram: L*f4JW1z

Snapchat: L*f4dW2z

Discord: L*f4dW1A

What is Parvati’s Facebook password?

If the information in the box is true, whose reasoning is correct?

Jane: “If all violin prodigies were precocious children and received crucial support from teachers and parents at a young age, then children with a high-socioeconomic status must also be precocious.”

James: “High-achieving students must have had exceptionally early development and advanced learning ability.”

In most jewellery stores, the person assessing exquisite diamonds is also the person selling them, which explains why an assessor may claim that a diamond is of higher quality than it is. However, because all diamonds sold at Crystal Cove have written certification, you can be assured of a fair price when buying a diamond from Crystal Cove.

Which of the following statements, if true, best strengthens the above argument?

2 kilograms of fish and 3 kilograms of chicken cost $10.50 at the local market. My cousin will split the bill with me because they will be using 2 kg. of chicken. The cost I have to pay is now $7.50.

How much is the price of fish per kilogram?

Missy is arranging her five action figures by size. Soldier Boy is smaller than Fairymane. Magic Man is smaller than Soldier Boy. Lioness is bigger than Magic Man but smaller than Fairymane. Heracles is smaller than Lioness. 

Which two action figures might possibly be the second biggest in the group?

Sara is taking her 4 kids out on a Sunday afternoon. Her kids do not seem to agree on one place to go. She told her kids to vote in favour of the place they want to go. They will visit the place which will get the maximum votes. Their options are the museum, aquarium, or amusement park. Each place got at least one vote. 

Which one of the following would allow us to know the result of the vote?

Over the last 15 years in World Championship history, the team who has won all its league matches has won the finals. Australia this year has won all the league matches and reached the semi-finals. Thus, they will definitely win the world cup this time.

The journalist’s argument is most vulnerable to which one of the following reasons?

Graph: The following chart represents a survey result of 2000 students in a university in the different departments: 

If in the medical studies department, the number of girls is 65% of the total population of the department, then the number of boys in the medical studies is?

The following table represents the day and night temperature of a city in degrees C.

On which weekday is the difference of the temperature maximum?

In a certain language, MANGO is written as 41576, and ORANGE is written as 691575. What will be the code for APPLE?

There are 5 envelopes placed in a row in front of Eric. They are all of different colours. One envelope contains a ticket to Paris. Eric can open only one envelope. He has 5 clues to make his choice.

• The white envelope is 2 places to the right of the envelope having the ticket.
• The black envelope is at the far right and 2 places away from the white envelope.
• The blue envelope is not next to the black or white envelope.
• The red envelope is not next to the envelope with the ticket.
• The yellow envelope is to the left of the white envelope.

Which envelope should Eric open to find the ticket?

If the information in the box is true, whose reasoning is correct?

Clai: “Today is Thursday. I saw tons of people eating chocolate ice cream in a big bowl. They must have gotten it from Ice Giants.”

Nick: “I love any flavour of ice cream as long as it is ice cream. If I were to go to Hermia on the weekend, it’s impossible to have vanilla.”

Six friends Arthur, Beck, Carol, Diana, Ella, and Frank are playing volleyball. Three friends are in each team. They are  playing in such a way that each friend is facing exactly one friend of another team. 

Diana is playing at the centre of one team. Ella is playing opposite Carol and left to Diana. Frank is to the left of Beck, who is facing Diana.

Who is the immediate left of Arthur?

In summer, many organisations tend to employ students for work on a temporary basis because companies generally experience peak workload at this time and permanent staff frequently take their own holidays at this time. This typically favours both organisations and students. Students get to earn as well as learn while organisations can benefit from extra staff.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the passage above?

Six friends had a biking competition around the park to see who could go the fastest.

Red beat two people.

Leo was in second place.

No one was after Genesis.

Jayson is just slower than Leo.

Justin is faster than Leo.

Where did Lhuiz finish?

A software has been developed by the University of Sydney to tell one’s age accurately from the view of his/her face. This could be useful in stopping underage drinkers from entering bars and in preventing minors from purchasing tobacco products. A local convenience store owned by Mr. Benjamin was chosen to be the first to test the software.

Mr. Benjamin: “I can tell that some of the customers who buy tobacco products are underage, with the software, I can now surely tell how old they are.”

The reasoning is flawed about the capability of the software because

Allen, Kate, Shanaia, Kook, Marilyn, and Jacques are sitting around a circular table in the school cafeteria facing the centre. 

Jacques is on the right of Marilyn and opposite Allen.

Shanaia is between Allen and Kate.

Which of the following is not possible?

Kathrin went grocery shopping in a nearby grocery store. She has to choose one item from each list to buy.

She is buying the top product on each list. Now from the remaining list, she can select 1 item. She wants to buy fruits and ice cream. 

Which is the item that she cannot choose to buy?

Mom: “If you miss the study group session, it means you’re probably goofing off.”

Which of the following sentences show the mistake the mother has made?

On the first weekend of the summer vacation, Noah is planning to host a party with his classmates to commemorate their success in moving up to a higher year level in school. Since he doesn’t have particular activities to do for his party, he asked his classmates suggestions on what they should do.

Blake: “Noah should not invite Jane to his party this weekend because we are neighbours and I have not seen her outside her house on weekends, she must like to be alone.”

Which among the statements best describes the flaw in Blake’s  statement?

Humans are the main cause of the climate change we experience today. The emission of carbon dioxide by burning fuels has resulted in the increased temperature of Earth. Scientists have studied ways to prevent climate change, this involves the usage of renewable energy sources to minimise the use of depleting energy sources such as fossil fuels.

Which of the following contradicts the above claim?

The prices for Pet Summit 2022 tickets are shown in the table below. 

Czaira will need a ticket for the following days of the month: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, and 14. How much is the cheapest valid combination Czaira could use?

Government should prioritise the public transport system. It provides easy transport and is more environmentally friendly than cars.Everyday, more and more private vehicles are present on the road and contribute to the volume of traffic and noise and air pollution.

Which of the following statements strengthens the above claim?

An economist said: “International trade is the solution to the shortcomings of domestic trade.”

Which of the following statements if true best supports the above claim?

Raechelle wants to buy 20 plates. There are 4 shops that sell the product she wants. The shops, the price of the plates, and any special offers are shown in the table below.

Raechelle wants to buy all her plates from the same shop and to spend as little as possible. Which shop should Raechelle buy all her plates from?