Week 5 Y6 TSA Trial Test

Both Superfit and Fun-Fit have included a toll-free number on their exercise equipment so that they may offer customer service over the phone around the clock to any client who may experience troubles with their purchase. Because customers only contact the lines if they are having trouble using the exercise equipment, and the Superfit line receives three times as many calls as the Express line, it may be deduced that the product sold by Superfit is more difficult to use than the product sold by Fun-fit.

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

Each of the computers that are owned by Bosco Insurance needs to have certain updates installed on them. The mental labour involved in upgrading their 20 computers is extensive. As a result of the fact that employees make use of the computers throughout the day, it is difficult for the computer technician to coordinate the block of time that is required to work on each machine. Therefore, since the computers are not being used during those hours, the time between ten o’clock at night and eight o’clock in the morning is the most effective time to upgrade them.

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

Walking is vital as it gives a lot of health benefits to a person. A person who walks for fitness does not need to go to a health club because the entire neighbourhood may function as the primary health club. Also, fancy equipment is not required for an effective exercise. A person only requires a pair of well-designed sports footwear.

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

A job may contribute to a sense of purpose by providing daily goals and a source of financial support. It may help you acquire skills and experiences that will benefit you throughout your career, even if you decide to transfer occupations in the future; thus, 14-year-olds should begin working to guarantee that they have sufficient skills for the future.

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

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy is a therapy that can be used to eliminate uncomfortable kidney stones. This treatment does not involve surgery. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy is a minimally invasive alternative to the more traditional method of removing kidney stones, which is surgery. Compared to surgery, this method provides far fewer risks to patients. Therefore, in order to ensure the patient’s safety while attempting to cure kidney stones, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy should be used in place of kidney stone surgery in every instance.

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

Mrs. Smith: “Yes, Robert. What do you want to ask?”

Robert: “Well, I did perform in the Teacher’s Day event. So that means I definitely won’t be chosen for the Christmas week event, right? I’ll just spend time on other things to do.”

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

Natalie: “Before the basketball finals will commence, I am quite sure that four players will get the prizes.”

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

The Four Seasons Hotel in Madrid has two wings, the east wing and the west wing. Some east wing rooms have an ocean view. All the west wing rooms have a harbour view. The charges for all the rooms are the same, except

I. There is an extra charge for all harbour view rooms on or above the third floor.

II. There is an extra charge for all ocean view rooms, except those without a balcony.

III. Some harbour view rooms on the first two floors and some east wing rooms without an ocean view have kitchen facilities, for which there is an extra charge.

IV.  Only the ocean view and the harbour view rooms have balconies.

Considering the above conditions, which of the following must be true?

John: “This shows that reading at night does not help you to get to sleep.”

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

Mr. Simon: “I’m not sure how many games Matt and Yash played last week, but I know Matt won five, so they must have played around ten.”

Which of the following best expresses the flaw in Mr. Simon’s argument?

By law, prospective employees are required to get a chest x-ray before they may be hired for a position that involves direct contact with food. Although this does not necessarily reflect poorly on the person being examined, the x-ray results may at times be inconclusive. Instead, this type of result indicates that the test was unable to determine whether or not the person being examined was in good health. In spite of this, there are situations in which potential employers will not hire a candidate because the results of their chest x-ray are uncertain.

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

Five celebrity brands are currently developing their own clothing lines: Kiki, Ari, Fenn, Tru, and Rei. They have to release their lines to the public through a launch party within the next five weeks. They will decide their launch dates through the following rules:

• Kiki’s and Tru’s launch parties cannot be done in consecutive weeks.
• Fenn’s launch party date should be in the week right after Rei’s.
• Tru’s launch party should be in the third week.
• Ari has to have their launch party ahead of Kiki’s.

In which week should Ari’s launch their clothing line?

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?

The bar graph below represents the number of iPhones sold annually among the years of 2017 until 2022. Observe the graph and answer the question that follows. 

What is the percentage increase in sales from 2021 to 2022?

Shane wants to buy some gardening materials. She needs the following: 12 pots, 10kg of soil, 1 watering can, 1 pair of boots, and a bucket. 4 shops offer the products she wants. The shops, variations, and prices are shown in the table below.

If Shane wants to spend as little as possible, how much would she have to pay?

Juliet wants to rent 16 gowns for the wedding ceremony. Four rental shops contacted Juliet and gave her special offers as shown in the table below:

Juliet wants to rent all 16 gowns from the same rental shop and she wants to spend as little as possible. 

Which shop should Juliet rent for her gowns?

The prices for the National Football League games in New York are shown in the table below. One ticket per person is required to watch the football games.

Alex, Reynald, Ben, and Kyle are planning to watch the live basketball games on the following dates: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

How much is the cheapest valid combination that the four friends could use?

An ice cream company prepares ice cream of three different products (Product A, Product B, and Product C). The production of the three products over a span of six years has been expressed in the bar graph provided below. 

The total production of product C in 2017 and 2018 is what percentage of the total production of product A in 2015 and 2016??

A venerable calligrapher charges according to the particular letters that she has to write.

She puts the lowercase letters of the alphabet into these categories:

She charges as follows:

10 cents for every Type 1 letter that is followed by a Type 1 or Type 2 letter

15 cents for every Type 1 letter that is not followed by a Type 1 or Type 2 letter

20 cents for every Type 2 letter

25 cents for every Type 3 letter that is followed by a Type 1 letter

30 cents for every Type 3 letter that is not followed by a Type 1 letter

35 cents for every Type 4 letter

40 cents for every capital letter, regardless of its Type

Kevin wants to have this word designed:

Governess

How much will this cost?

Four movie theatres are on an anniversary promo for groups of people who will watch their favourite movies. Edwin brings along his 16 other classmates to enjoy the said promo.

Edwin plans to pay everything with his $1,000 bill. 

If Edwin picked the movie theatre that offers the cheapest price, how much would be his change?

Fifteen students are studying Physics. They take three tests, each marked out of 100.

The results of the first two tests taken are shown below.

The top student will get an automatic perfect score on the final exam if he has the highest combined total score from the three tests. If two students are tied for the highest score, nobody gets the incentive.

As the scores currently stand, one student is able to be sure to win this final exam exemption as long as a high enough score is achieved in the final test.

What is the minimum score on the final test that will guarantee this student the prize?

In a certain code:

‘Charge Decade Eleven Follow ’ is written as                                   ‘3e@      3e@    3n&    3w@’

‘Ability Brother Country Gallery’ is written as                                     ‘4y&    4r@   4y@  4y@’

‘Champion Domestic Everyone Generate’ is written as                     ‘5n@   5c@   5e&   5e@’

‘Earliness Macaroons Pacemaker Vaccinate’ is written as                  ‘6s&   6s@   6r@   6e@’

What is the code for “HEALTHY”?

Rose and Erica want to use a code to send secret messages to each other. In the code, each letter of the alphabet is represented by a one-digit number as follows:

For example, the word CALM would be written in the code 2-3-0-8.

To test the system, Rose writes four words in the code and sends them to Erica. Erica tries to decode them, and gets the following answers: 

BODY

IDEA

DATA

GOAL

Erica is confident she has decoded 3 of these words correctly, but she is unsure about the other one.

Which word is Erica unsure about?

Aaron uses similar passwords for all four of his online accounts. All of his passwords consist of 7 characters. He knows that his password for his PayPal account has exactly one character different from each of his other three passwords. 

His four passwords are given below:

58ZSo2y

58ZXo1y

58ZXo2y

38ZXo2y

Which one is Aaron’s password for his PayPal account?

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

Paula: “By constant reading, I get to understand my academic lessons fast. Because of this, I have good scores in my quizzes and term examinations.”

James: “I am not really fond of reading books, which explains my poor academic performance and my low scores in quizzes and term examinations.”

Six speakers—Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, and Frances—are to speak at a rally, one at a time. Their line-up is determined by the following conditions:

• Daphne speaks either second or third.
• Anthony speaks before Benedict.
• Benedict either speaks immediately before or immediately after Eloise.
• Frances speaks after Eloise.
• Colin does not speak immediately before or immediately after Frances.

Which one of the following could be the speaker list, in order from first to last?

A section comprises at least four students chosen from among three male students (Paulo, Michael, and Ed), and four female students (Karynne, Steph, Aira, and Julianne). The students are chosen according to the following restrictions:

• At least two female students are chosen.
• Karynne cannot be in the section without Steph.
• If either Paulo or Steph is in the section, Julianne cannot be.
• The section must have either Michael or Karynne (or both).

Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the students in the section?

Stray Kids, a KPop group, tours five cities—Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles—one at a time. In each city, they play a concert which ends either with a new song or an old song. The group tours according to the following conditions:

• The second city toured is Chicago.
• The group ends with new songs in Los Angeles and Atlanta (but not necessarily only those cities).
• In the third city toured, the concert ends with an old song.
• Seattle is toured before New York.

If Atlanta and Seattle are adjacent on the tour schedule, then which one of the following must be true?

Six journalists—Adam, Joyce, Justin, Carlos, Andrea, and Alexis—are assigned to cover the two major events of the day, a political rally and an air show. Each journalist covers one event or the other, but not both, and the assignment of journalists to events is governed by the following rules:

• If Adam covers the political rally, then Carlos also covers the political rally.
• If Alexis covers the air show, then both Carlos and Andrea also cover the air show.
• If Andrea covers the air show, then Joyce also covers the air show.
• If Justin covers the air show, then Andrea covers the political rally.

If Alexis covers the air show, then what is the minimum number of journalists that must cover the airshow?

An admissions committee ranks six students—Nikki, Gary, Raissa, Phoebe, Aaron, and Jay—for further consideration. The highest ranked student ranks first. The ranking is consistent with the following conditions:

• Nikki is ranked the second highest.
• Both Raissa and Aaron are ranked higher than Gary.
• Phoebe and Jay have consecutive ranks, not necessarily in that order.

Which one of the following could be the ranking of students, from lowest to highest?

Daphne is a student taking her examinations. Her first examination is on Thursday 14 July and

she has one examination every after 3 days for 25 days. There are no examinations on Tuesdays,  Fridays and Sundays.

What is the day and date of her final examination?

Dan, Ali, Coco and Bob are architects who love to play mobile games. Each of them has a different favourite. The mobile games are mobile legends, call of duty, roblox, and wildrift. Each of them lives in a different place: Highlands, Warlington, Portofino Heights, and Royale Village.

• Coco loves to play roblox and now lives in the Highlands.
• Dan likes to play Call of duty.
• Bob lives in Warlington. 
• The person who lives in Portofino Heights does not play mobile legends.
• The person who plays wildrift lives in the Royale Village 

Which of the following must be true?

Three students – Sofia, Gerard, and Gwyneth – were suspected of cheating during the Mathematics Departmental Exam. Principal Sheldon knows that 2 of them are guilty. When faced with suspension, they made the following statements:

Sofia: Gerard is not guilty.

Gerard: Gwyneth is guilty.

Gwyneth: I am not guilty.

However, only 1 of the three is telling the truth. The other 2 are lying.

Which of the following statements must be true?

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

Almira: “Kevin Durant must have received generous offers from both Miami and Phoenix that made him request a trade.”

Davidson: “There must have been some internal conflict within the Brooklyn Nets organisation that made Kevin Durant request a trade. The organisation did not handle their players well.”

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

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

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

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

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

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 next to each other. K and O are Opposite to each other.

What letter is second to the left of P?

A fleet of UFOs was observed, and pictures taken of them at the same time from different places: one looking from the north and the other looking from the east. What is the largest number of UFOs that could be in the fleet?

How many unique square tiles are required to create the pattern below? (Tiles can be rotated)