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Sample Item:
Given the statement:
"If I am bright, then I will pass the entrance exam."
p = "I am bright"
q = "I will pass the entrance exam"
Contents:
Logical Reasoning
Types of Definitions
Conclusion
Repetition
affirmative
Converse*
possibly affirmative
Contrapositive
Conflict
Corresponding
Statement
Inverse
Logical Reasoning
Type
Sample Item:
Only fish oil contains Omega 3. Only foods that contain
Omega 3 help with brain development.
Therefore, only fish oil helps with brain development.
Type of Definition
lexical
(a.k.a. dictionary)
precising
(a.k.a. slang)
persuasive
(a.k.a. bias/opinion)
1.
Corresponding Statement
Conclusion
Repetition
p, therefore q.
affirmative
Converse*
q, therefore p.
possibly affirmative
Inverse
possibly affirmative
Contrapositive
affirmative
Conflict
p, therefore not q.
negative
negative
Characteristics
Example
defining the word
"punctual"
a characteristic that
shows that a person
values his or her time
well
affirmative
Types of Definitions
stipulative
possibly affirmative
*If the statement involved "If and only if I am bright," then it is concluded as
affirmative.
(a.k.a. detailed)
a. Affirmative
b. Negative
c. Possibly affirmative
d. Possibly negative
3.
4.
Abstract Reasoning
Rotation or Flipping
Order or Rank
Addition or Removal of a Figure
Complements (e.g. black to white, viceversa)
Combination
Abstract
Reasoning!
Serial!
o
o
Non-Serial!
Odd One !
Out!
Figures
Grouping!
What's next?!
Spatial !
Ability!
"What
happened?/
What will
happen?"!
2.
3.
Serial Reasoning
M V E ?
Non-Serial Reasoning
Choices:
J Q R M
a
Answer:
The answer is D. This is because the series
presents the initials of the names of known
planets in the solar system in order.
Sources:
Hotmath.com,. (2015). Converse, Inverse, Contrapositive. Retrieved 29
July 2015, from http://hotmath.com/hotmath_help/topics/converseinverse-contrapositive.html