Week 4 Y6 TSA Trial Test

Cucumber plants that are native to Ecuador yield an average of three pounds of fruit per plant and per year. However, if Ecuadorian cucumber plants are crossed with European kinds, the resulting crossbred plants can produce an average of four and a half pounds of fruit per plant and per year. An international organisation has devised a strategy to boost the competitiveness of Ecuador’s cucumber industry by promoting the development of a hybrid strain of Ecuadorian cucumber plants that are crossed with European strains.

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

Working excessively long hours results in increased adrenaline levels. Grapevine Industries’ marketing executives all have chronically elevated adrenaline levels. The majority of marketing executives work all night at least once every two weeks. Marketing executives in other companies rarely work more than 50 hours per week. Grapevine Industries only gives regular bonuses to the five marketing executives who work the most hours per week out of the company’s eight.

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

During the course of an eye exam, ophthalmologists are able to obtain useful information about the patient’s current blood pressure level. The medical community has discovered that elevated blood pressure levels can be a precursor to a cardiac arrest. On the basis of the information provided by ophthalmologists, one can draw the conclusion that medical professionals will have a stronger ability to accurately forecast the occurrence of oncoming heart attacks.

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

According to recent reports, the amount of coffee consumed in Canada has climbed by forty percent over the course of the past fifteen years. However, over the same time period, grocery stores, from whom the great majority of Canadian consumers buy the coffee that they consume at home, reported only a 12 percent gain in coffee sales.

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

“Customers have been gradually turning to a competitor that is located 10 blocks away from our hardware store ever since last year, when our hardware store achieved its highest sales statistics ever. We intend to buck this trend by rearranging the electrical, tool, and auto parts areas of our store, streamlining our displays, and making it simpler to locate certain items in the business’s inventory.”

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

William: “Every NBA player over 6’10” tall has played centre in the last 50 years. Anthony is 6’10 inches tall and will begin his professional basketball career this year. Thus, Anthony definitely will be playing the centre role like Lebron.”

Which of the following best expresses the flaw in William’s argument?

Jack: “College students must know more than anyone else the value of volunteering and how it helps the community.”

Which of the following best expresses the flaw in Jack’s argument?

Grace: “I should follow the article and buy a pet from a dog breeder.”

Which of the following best expresses the flaw in Grace’s argument?

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

Zed: “If a professional is youthful, then they must be a teacher.”

Zee: “If a professional is a caring individual, then they must be a teacher”

Oscar: “I read from the news that a total of seven national records were broken by my schoolmates this year and an additional three international awards. So that means that more than half of our qualifiers already belong in the hall of fame!”

Which of the following best expresses the flaw in Oscar’s argument?

1 650 stickers need to be cut out for an event. Yesterday, 2 people worked on it for an hour and managed to cut 150 stickers altogether. Each person worked at the same rate. Today, they have 2 more people to help them cut and they start working at 10 AM. Everyone today works at the same rate as the two people did yesterday.

If they do not take any breaks, at what time will they finish cutting all the stickers?

There is a widespread belief that exposure to advertising for alcoholic beverages encourages young people to begin drinking in social settings. However, despite the fact that there is a prohibition on the advertising of alcoholic beverages in Iceland, underage drinking is at least as prevalent in Iceland as it is in countries that do not have a similar prohibition. This prohibition was implemented in 1982.

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

The faculty of Australian National University conducted a survey on which birth month is the most common. The top five results are as follows (not in a particular order):

Which of the following correctly represents the pie chart for the findings above?

Troy and Abed communicate with each other through a special code. Instead of writing letters, they use their numerical value in the alphabet. Hence, A is written as 1, B is written as 2, and so on. However, if the word is in an even position in the sentence i.e. it’s the second, fourth, or sixth word used, then 5 is added to every number.

In this language, “An apple” becomes 114 621211710. Troy wants to send the following message: WE CAN PLAY VIDEO GAMES LATER.

How will Troy write the word VIDEO?

Lesley wants to buy 11 pairs of sandals for her collection. For convenience, she wants to buy all pairs of sandals from one shop only. Listed below are the different sandal stores and their various promo discounts:

If Lesley chooses the cheapest sandal store, how much will remain if she pays through her ATM card with a balance of $4,999?

In June 2022, Landers decided to offer a promo discount for their customers who qualify for their loyalty program. The customers must meet both the requirements of the program:

1. The customer must have an average purchase of at least $599 from February – April.
2. The total cost of the purchases from the past 3 months should reach $1,299.00

Here are the customers who wanted to be part of the loyalty program:

Who among the customers qualified for the loyalty program?

Jannie is a student taking her examinations. Her first examination is on Tuesday, 8 November, and  has one examination every second day after that. All her examinations will be taken within 32 days . There are no examinations on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. 

What is the day and date of her final examination?

There are 960 Paralympians who participated in the Paralympic Games. The top 5 countries with the most number of participants are shown in the pie chart below.

Which of the following matches the data in the pie chart?

The bar graph below depicts ice cream sales (in thousands) from six branches of an ice cream company over two consecutive years, 2014 and 2015.

What percentage of the total sales of branch B3 for both years is the total sales of branch B2 for both years?

Brylle wants to buy 9 pairs of shoes for a charity donation. For convenience, he wants to buy all pairs of shoes from one shop only. Listed below are the different shoe stores and their various promo discounts:

If Brylle chooses the cheapest shoe store, how much will remain if he pays through his ATM card with a balance of $9,999?

Six students are seated at a rectangular table. 1 student is seated at each short end, and 2 students are seated at each of the long sides.

John and James are seated next to each other. Mark is seated across Terry, and between James and Mona. Ina and John are seated across from each other.

Which of the following is not possible?

Three students – Mae, Kyla, and Raphael – were suspected of stealing their classmate’s wallet. Teacher Fiona knows that the two of them are guilty. When faced with suspension, they made the following statements:

Mae: Raphael is guilty. I saw what he did earlier. 

Kyla: Mae is not guilty. She is innocent. 

Raphael: I am guilty. I stole the wallet.

However, only two of the three are telling the truth. The other one is lying.

Which of the following statements must be true?

Some statements are given in the question below, followed by some conclusions. You must accept the given statements as true, even if they appear to contradict commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which one logically follows from the given statements.

Statements:

1.) Some light bulbs are electric fans.

2.) Only a few electric fans are air conditioners.

3.) No air conditioner is a TV.

4.) All TV is a cell phone. 

Conclusions:

1.) Some electric fans are not cellphones. 

2.) Some cell phones being an air conditioner is a possibility.

3.) Some TVs are light bulbs.

Which of the following logically follows?

Luke: “A 60-kilogram human here on Earth is just approximately 10 kilos of weight on the moon. What a fascinating idea! ”  

Rose: “A falling object is slower on the moon than a falling object on Earth. ” 

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

Therese found a new way to send a message to her brother, Dan. Instead of using the normal alphabetical letters, she uses the keyboard keys to write a message. Below is a guide to Therese’s new messaging system:

Therese is planning this message to Dan: “GOOD LUCK ON YOUR CLASSES ”

How will Therese communicate her message to Dan?

Two letters must be placed in each set of brackets so that they form a word when tacked to the letters on the left and another word when placed in front of the letters on the right. The letters placed in the brackets must produce an eight-letter word when read downwards in pairs.

AL (_ _) BY

MA (_ _) EM

EU (_ _) AD

AT (_ _) IT

What word can be formed?

Daniel has a large number of passwords he needs to remember from the many gaming accounts he has. Thinking it will be more secure, he uses an alternative alphabet to create the passwords required to access the different accounts. He uses a version of the Leet alphabet, shown in the table below, to create these passwords. So, for example, LAST could be translated as 1457. To access his League of Legends account online, he makes the password by translating his hint word BLAZERS using the Leet alphabet.

Take note that numbers combined with a symbol such as “I” or other similar symbols can still be counted separately.

If the word BLAZERS is translated and the numbers are added up, which one of the following totals is not a possibility?

Olivia and Zion are two friends who communicate with each other in the form of a code. Both of them are really good at maths, hence, they incorporated numbers in the way they write their codes. 

In their code, each letter in the alphabet is assigned with a number where number 1 is assigned to letter A, number 2 for letter B, and so on up until letter Z. For every subsequent letter, the assigned number for that specific letter is added with 3. This means that if the letter “A” appears thrice, the third “A” is written as “7” (1+3+3 = 7). For example, writing the word “AMAZON” using their code will be “1134261514”.

Olivia is about to write to Zion with the following message:

“FACTORIES POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT.”

How will Olivia write the word ENVIRONMENT?

A special code uses these two rules in encoding words:

1. For letters in an odd position, the code will be the letter in its position if the alphabet was reversed. (A will become Z)
2. For letters in an even position, the code will be the letter found 2 steps before it. (C will become A)

For example, CRATE is coded as XPZRY, and TRADE is coded as GPZBV.

How would you code ADULTHOOD?

Misha recently opened a bank account and made an initial deposit of 2 000 dollars. The chart below shows the amount deposited and withdrawn for the first five months.

How much money did Misha have in the account at the end of the fourth month?

Which figure is a rotation of the object below?

Emmanuel: “The conduct of the safety test must have been faulty. My father and uncles used to drive that car model all the time when I was growing up and not one of them ever got into an accident.”

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

Ocean forests are extensive underwater areas covered by kelp and seaweed. These ocean forests provide habitat and food to plenty of marine organisms. These forests also produce more biomass than most common land crops like corn and wheat. These ocean forests are of interest to many researchers because they have the potential to grow quickly and capture carbon from the atmosphere. Thus, they could potentially be fostered to address the effects of global warming.

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

I, J, K, L, M, N, O and P are sitting around a circle facing at the centre. I is opposite to L. J is third to the left of I and M is third to the right of N.  N and J are next to each other. K and O are Opposite to each other.

What letter is second to the right of M?

Choose from the following options to complete the given figure below.

Via’s mom noticed that her skin was looking dry and was not as healthy-looking as it was before. She gave Via five lists of skincare products, and Via could choose one skincare product from each list.

Via wants to buy the clay mask, pore minimiser, aloe vera gel, and cleanser

What can she not choose?

Harper has eight cubic bricks. Each brick has a different letter on each face.

The letters on each brick are: 

Brick 1 – AWHEKI

Brick 2 – BNXIQD

Brick 3 – SIEMGQ

Brick 4 – ORHPQO

Brick 5 – LTLELDO

Brick 6 – UACOO

Brick 7 – TONRQG

Brick 8 – DEHFDY

Which one of the following can Harper not spell out with her bricks?

Many people previously believed that a large and wrinkly brain structure is necessary to be smart. Thus, many animals like koalas and birds are thought to be dumb animals because their brains are physically smoother and smaller. However, they have displayed curious behaviour that indicates a capability for complex thinking processes. This includes using tools, approaching humans for help, and even problem-solving. This caused researchers to rethink their theories and conduct more investigations into brain function.

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

The table below shows the demographic of the 200 students from different schools who were awarded academic distinctions last year.

How many students from all three departments were awarded twice or more?