Day 5 Y5 TSA Trial Test

Food demand will more than double by 2050. This will certainly increase the quantity of garbage generated by food and its plastic packaging, hence placing poorer countries under enormous strain to manage waste disposal. To address environmental challenges, we need more sustainable materials that can be recycled or biodegraded. Even now, there has been an increase in the use of plant-based polymers.

Which among the statements, if true, best strengthens the argument?

In the new Ayala Mall, six vacant store spaces will be used to open new stores by six companies: Forex, Goodies, HyperX, Joju, Lockers, and Molly. Each of the six companies will open exactly one new store in one of the spaces, numbered 1-6. No two companies can share individual store space. The stores will choose their store space based on the following rules:

• HyperX cannot use the fifth or the sixth store space.
• Joju must open a store space numbered higher than the one opened by Forex.
• HyperX must open a store space numbered higher than the one opened by Joju.
• Lockers’ space number is lower than the space number of Goodies.

If Lockers chooses a lower-numbered store space than Joju, then which of the following could be true?

Indigenous groups have been shown to have a strong link with nature. They have developed their systems of adapting and predicting the changes of the seasons over 65,000 years. Still, people should not listen to them since only scientists are credible when talking about seasons and the environment.

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

Ivy said, “I want to go swimming this weekend because it’s a national holiday in Australia and I’ll have time to unwind. However, it was reported recently that there has been an increase in drowning cases during holidays among Australian citizens. I don’t want to risk it, so I’ll go to the beach some other time and spend my holiday at home instead.”  

Which of the following best describes the flaw in the above argument?

Mom went to the mall to get some supplies. She has 2 hours before Dad comes to fetch her. Mom chose to stay at the grocery store for 45 minutes because she needed to visit the bookstore, the shoe section, and the women section. 

How much time should she devote equally to the remaining 3 areas before Dad picks her up?

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

Jacques is on the right of Marilyn and opposite Allen.

Shanaia is between Allen and Kate.

Which of the following is not possible?

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

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

Message: “Bring the pizza to my place tonight”

Which key is pressed the most times together to form the message above?

In 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin, which was heralded as a scientific achievement. Since then, scientists have found a plethora of other antibiotics, saving billions of lives. On the other hand, bacteria are getting more resistant to these therapies. Human overuse and abuse of antibiotics are two factors contributing to this.

Which of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

Jack: “Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been trained to play chess competitively. However, I noticed that every time I get ready for a game, my head starts to ache. I have a game scheduled for tomorrow, so I should tell my mum to prepare headache medicine”

Which of the following best describes the flaw in the above argument?

Three songs — Perfect, Happy, and Beautiful — are played during an art culmination event held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Each song is played at least once during the event but never more than once on a given day. On each day at least one song is played. Songs are played one at a time. The following conditions apply:

• On Friday Happy is played, and no song is played after it on that day.
• On Saturday either Perfect or Beautiful, but not both, is played, and no song is played after it on that day.
• On Sunday either Perfect or Happy, but not both, is played, and no song is played after it on that day.

Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate description of the order in which the songs are played at the event?

Even in houses without a television, primary school-aged children in metropolitan India have become passionate and frequent watchers of television. As a result, there has been an alarming fall in newspaper readership.

If the information above is true, whose reasoning is correct?

Carl: “Digitising newspapers results in increasing the readership.”

Jason: “A team of experts should be sent to India to study the impact of TV on the readership of newspapers.”

“Mental age” has long justified labelling children with specific intellectual problems, such as being “mentally behind” when compared to other kids within the same age bracket. With the introduction of inclusive education, child rights campaigners are now advocating for its abolition in schools. It is now the educator’s responsibility to teach these youngsters the necessary learning skills so that they can compete with other pupils who are fortunate enough to be in regular settings.

Which among the statements, if true, best strengthens the argument?

Danny, an orange vendor, would like to monitor how much of his orange supply stack up in the last five remaining months before the ber months. The graph below shows the number of unsold oranges for each month.

If he had 20 unsold oranges in the month of March, which table below shows the data of the number of oranges he orders to resupply and the number of oranges sold for each month?

A sudoku puzzle is shown below where instead of numbers, shapes are used. The rules of this puzzle are as follows:

Rule 1 – Each row must contain each of the four shapes, without repetitions.

Rule 2 – Each column must contain each of the four shapes, without repetitions.

Rule 3 – The shape can only occur once in each block (2 by 2 block).

By identifying the arrangement of the shapes in the whole 4 by 4 grid, which shape should be placed within the box marked with a question mark?

James and Denise are two old friends who have recently discovered the art of texting. They use a code that they invented many years ago.

The code is a substitution code with a twist. When a particular letter appears for the first time in a message, it is encoded as the next letter in the alphabet (A becomes B, Z becomes A).

On each subsequent appearance, it becomes the next letter again (A becomes C, Z becomes B).

For example: ARE YOU AT HOME TODAY? is encoded as BSF ZPV CU IQNG VREDA?

James is about to text Denise with the following message.

THERE WILL BE A POWER INTERRUPTION.

How will James encode this statement?

Julie always changes the password of her personal computer to keep her brother from using the computer to play video games. She usually uses difficult codes as passwords to make it difficult for her brother to find out the current password of the PC. Her brother knows that she only changes her password in such a way that her current password has exactly one character different from the previous three passwords.

Given below are the three previous passwords that her brother found out.

JB10dL7

JB14dP7

AB14dL7

Which among the options below is the possible current password of Julie’s PC?

Chen, a music gear store owner, counted the number of supplies of microphones he had left. The table below shows the quantity of each type of microphone in his supplies.

Which among the pie charts below best describes the given data set?

All excellent actions share two characteristics. For starters, they are accompanied by emotions of fulfilment. Second, whenever they are widely publicised, they evoke widespread approbation.

If all of the above statements are true, then which of the following can also be true?

Pre-workout supplements are marketed as being able to enhance your workout by increasing energy, boosting metabolism, and improving muscle growth. They’re usually taken as a tablet or consumed as a drink around 30-45 minutes before a workout. But lack of research makes it difficult for consumers to understand how effective they really are – and whether they do what they claim.

Which of the following statements best expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

Statements: 

      I. All Spider Men are Thors.

      II. No Thor is a Captain America.

      III. Some Captain Americas are Hawkeyes.

Conclusions: 

     I. Some Thors can be Hawkeyes.

     II. All Spidermen can be Hawkeyes.

Which among the following conclusions follow?

Statements:

     I. Some calculators are phones.

     II. All scales are rulers.

     III. No ruler is a phone.

Conclusions: 

     I. All rulers can be calculators.

     II. All scales can be calculators.

Which among the following conclusions follow?

In a shape-making factory, shapes are assigned with numbers according to their INITIAL position in a certain arrangement. To form new arrangements, their assigned numbers will be rearranged according to the desired final arrangement.

Example:

Given the image below:

Which numbers among the options below should be placed in the green box to generate this final arrangement?

Given how most hospitals are costly and inaccessible for many, checking up on one’s symptoms to a doctor may not be easy. Therefore, consulting the internet through credible medical websites about one’s symptoms is more cost-efficient.

Which among the statements, if true, best weakens the argument?

A scientific discovery holds the prospect of altering brainpower to better mirror the mechanisms through which a computer sorts information. This means that rather than attempting to make computers more human-like, humans will strive to become more like computers.

If all of the above statements are true, then which of the following can also be true?

The television programs geared toward women are jam-packed with a range of recipes and domestic advice. The products stated above may also be found in a large section of women’s magazines.

If the information above is true, whose reasoning is correct?

Jam: “Women are not interested in other things.”

Kai: “An average woman’s primary interest lies at home and especially in the kitchen.”

Andy, Bobby and Peter are  wearing different coloured shirts: red, blue, and yellow. We do not know which among the coloured shirts they are wearing.

The  guy in the red shirt says, “I am Andy.”

The guy in the blue shirt says, “I am not Peter.”

The guy in the yellow shirt says, “I am either Peter or Bobby.”

If two of them are lying, identify the appropriate colour each person is wearing.

Which one of the following cubes was formed from this cut-out?

The piece of cardboard shown below folds to form a house for use with a model railway. The other side of the cardboard is black, which forms the inside of the house.

Which of the illustrations below correctly shows the assembled house?