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Verbal reasoning: complete practice bank: open practice pack: answer key

100 untimed questions across 10 authored sections.

This is untimed educational practice for one cognitive skill. It is not a clinical, diagnostic, employment, or professionally recognized assessment, and it does not produce an IQ score or credential.

Answer key

ItemChoiceAnswer
verbal-reasoning-s01-q01TRUETrue
verbal-reasoning-s01-q02FALSEFalse
verbal-reasoning-s01-q03TRUETrue
verbal-reasoning-s01-q04TRUETrue
verbal-reasoning-s01-q05CANNOT-SAYCannot say
verbal-reasoning-s01-q06CANNOT-SAYCannot say
verbal-reasoning-s01-q07CANNOT-SAYCannot say
verbal-reasoning-s01-q08FALSEFalse
verbal-reasoning-s01-q09CANNOT-SAYCannot say
verbal-reasoning-s01-q10TRUETrue
verbal-reasoning-s02-q01Bclear
verbal-reasoning-s02-q02Ccombine
verbal-reasoning-s02-q03Aopen to more than one meaning
verbal-reasoning-s02-q04Ddetermined persistence
verbal-reasoning-s02-q05Busing more words than needed
verbal-reasoning-s02-q06Aquick and superficial
verbal-reasoning-s02-q07Dsupported
verbal-reasoning-s02-q08Cextending conclusions beyond the evidence
verbal-reasoning-s02-q09Adeadlock
verbal-reasoning-s02-q10Dunrestrained and gushing
verbal-reasoning-s03-q01Cdog
verbal-reasoning-s03-q02Bchef
verbal-reasoning-s03-q03Dtulip
verbal-reasoning-s03-q04Afood
verbal-reasoning-s03-q05Dextravagant
verbal-reasoning-s03-q06Bdance
verbal-reasoning-s03-q07Creckless
verbal-reasoning-s03-q08Astars
verbal-reasoning-s03-q09Bthirst
verbal-reasoning-s03-q10Ctransparency
verbal-reasoning-s04-q01Aconsequently
verbal-reasoning-s04-q02Chowever
verbal-reasoning-s04-q03Bbecause
verbal-reasoning-s04-q04DDespite
verbal-reasoning-s04-q05Chowever
verbal-reasoning-s04-q06Asuggestive … conclusive
verbal-reasoning-s04-q07Din practice
verbal-reasoning-s04-q08Bdispelling … fuelled
verbal-reasoning-s04-q09Dinstead
verbal-reasoning-s04-q10Bby contrast … implausible
verbal-reasoning-s05-q01DWild bees matter for food crops, and some councils are acting to protect their shrinking habitats.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q02ALibraries have broadened their lending to serve wider community needs.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q03CHow Urban Trees Cool Their Streets
verbal-reasoning-s05-q04BSentence 3
verbal-reasoning-s05-q05ARemote work maintained productivity but weakened informal mentoring for junior staff.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q06DThe town must weigh cheap, recurring maintenance of proven banks against a costly, longer-lasting wall.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q07BTo argue that targeted investment could shift more freight to rail.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q08CThe survey found an association between budgeting and lower reported stress, but the cause is uncertain.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q09DThe common belief that goldfish have only momentary memories is contradicted by the evidence.
verbal-reasoning-s05-q10AThe slowness of handwriting forces selection, which several studies link, with some variation, to better recall of ideas.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q01BAmir's ticket is for Sunday's concert.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q02DToday is not a market day.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q03ASome respondents cycle at least weekly but not every working day.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q04CSome rented flats have balconies.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q05BThe north branch processed more applications per staff member than the south branch.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q06DAt least eight people registered.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q07CAn employee other than Dana approved her claim.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q08Aslightly lower
verbal-reasoning-s06-q09DMost of the choir's members sang at Friday's concert.
verbal-reasoning-s06-q10CThe harbour bridge is never closed on a Sunday.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q01CSome of those commuters would buy something if the café were open at 7 am.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q02AA detergent that removes grass stains will work similarly on ink stains.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q03Dthe price rise, rather than another factor, caused the fall in attendance
verbal-reasoning-s07-q04BPerformance on the entrance test predicts performance on the course.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q05Athe counting effort and conditions were broadly comparable across the two springs
verbal-reasoning-s07-q06CThe LEDs will use less electricity than the current bulbs for the same lighting.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q07BDissatisfied customers would actually file complaints.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q08DThe fossil had not shifted from the layer in which it was originally buried.
verbal-reasoning-s07-q09Cthe objections raised by those critics cover every serious weakness the scheme might have
verbal-reasoning-s07-q10Bdifferences in turnover mainly reflect differences in satisfaction
verbal-reasoning-s08-q01DThe town's largest employer, based in the centre, closed in the same month the bypass opened.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q02BIn schools that piloted the programme, scores rose while scores at similar schools without it stayed flat.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q03APeople who are already healthy are more likely to buy bicycles in the first place.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q04CNo prices, products or advertising changed during that month.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q05DThe forum's members are a small, self-selected group who are not representative of the town's residents.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q06AWaiting times are driven by a shortage of consulting rooms, not by queues at reception.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q07BThe two areas have similar housing, population density and collection services.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q08DThe total amount of cycling fell by roughly 40% over the same two years.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q09CIn a controlled trial, yields rose steadily as the feed dose increased, with untreated plants yielding least.
verbal-reasoning-s08-q10ABrightPath accepts as clients only firms that already meet most of the award's criteria.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q01BIt argues in a circle, using the conclusion to support itself.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q02DIt attacks the author's background instead of engaging with the report's evidence.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q03CIt treats two options as the only possibilities when others may exist.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q04AIt treats a brief local observation as if it could overturn a long-term trend.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q05CIt applies a group average directly to an individual case.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q06BIt treats popular belief as if it established fact.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q07AIt assumes that because one thing preceded another, it caused it.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q08DIt assumes that what is true of each part must be true of the whole.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q09BIt misrepresents the proposal as a more extreme position and attacks that instead.
verbal-reasoning-s09-q10DIt treats a large relative rise in very small, observation-dependent numbers as proof of a real population change.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q01ALast year, the archaeology department's Halloway grant funded no equipment.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q02CExactly half of the non-subscriber respondents rated the app favourably.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q03DThe evaluation reached no verdict on the scheme's cost-effectiveness in urban schools.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q04BThe panel did not read Tom's application.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q05DBrand K sold fewer torches at the end of the period than at the start.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q06AAt the time of the committee's approval, no budget for the design had been agreed.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q07CAt least some interns learned to use the software after joining.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q08BMore than a quarter of the exhibits in the show are ceramics.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q09AThe available records do not show the fall in volunteers that critics allege, but they cannot capture people deterred before applying.
verbal-reasoning-s10-q10CNeha's refund may have taken longer than five working days to arrive.