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Statement-Conclusions - Intermediate Level: tricky scenarios handling Statement-Conclusions INTERMEDIATE

This expert challenge 📈 worksheet focuses on Statement-Conclusions - a key topic in Assumptions Conclusions. You'll solve 20 intermediate-level problems (Worksheet 5 of 10). The primary focus is on tricky scenarios handling. Master how to solve statement-conclusions, statement-conclusions tricks, and statement-conclusions shortcut methods through systematic practice.

📝 Worksheet 5 of 10 • 20 questions • ⏱️ Estimated time: 20 minutes • 🎯 Intermediate level

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Worksheet 5 of 10 (44% complete)

Question 1

Statement: No biologists are empathetic. Some biologists are taxpayers. Conclusions: 1. Some taxpayers are not empathetic. 2. No taxpayers are empathetic. Select the correct answer:
If no biologists are empathetic and some biologists are taxpayers, then those taxpayers cannot be empathetic, so some taxpayers are not empathetic.

Question 2

Statement: All accountants are reckless. Only graduates are reckless. Conclusions: 1. All accountants are graduates. 2. Some graduates are accountants. Select the correct answer:
All accountants are reckless and only graduates are reckless means reckless ⊆ graduates, so all accountants are graduates. This also implies some graduates are accountants (if accountants non-empty).

Question 3

Statement: All journalists are proactive. Some journalists are not patients. Conclusions: 1. Some proactive are not patients. 2. No proactive are patients. Select the correct answer:
If all journalists are proactive and some journalists are not patients, then those journalists are proactive that are not patients, so some proactive are not patients.

Question 4

Statement: No academic advisors are foreign. Some clients are foreign. Conclusions: 1. Some clients are not academic advisors. 2. No clients are academic advisors. Select the correct answer:
If some clients are foreign and no academic advisors are foreign, then those clients cannot be academic advisors, so some clients are not academic advisors.

Question 5

Statement: All detectives are greedy. No officers are greedy. Conclusions: 1. No officers are detectives. 2. Some officers are detectives. Select the correct answer:
If all detectives are greedy and no officers are greedy, then no officers can be detectives. Second conclusion contradicts this.

Question 6

Statement: Some diplomats are hard-working. No hard-working are faculty. Conclusions: 1. Some diplomats are not faculty. 2. No diplomats are faculty. Select the correct answer:
Some diplomats are hard-working and no hard-working are faculty means those diplomats are not faculty, so some diplomats are not faculty.

Question 7

Statement: Only deans are focused. Some citizens are not deans. Conclusions: 1. Some citizens are focused. 2. No citizens are focused. Select the correct answer:
'Only deans are focused' means focused ⊆ deans. Some citizens are not deans could include all of focused or none. No definite conclusion.

Question 8

Statement: All electrical engineers are reckless. Some participants are reckless. Conclusions: 1. Some participants are electrical engineers. 2. All participants are electrical engineers. Select the correct answer:
Some participants are reckless, but reckless includes electrical engineers and possibly others. Those participants could be from outside electrical engineers.

Question 9

Statement: No software developers are lazy. Some customers are not software developers. Conclusions: 1. Some customers are lazy. 2. No customers are lazy. Select the correct answer:
No relationship can be established between customers and lazy from these statements.

Question 10

Statement: Some secretaries are not careless. All travelers are careless. Conclusions: 1. Some travelers are not secretaries. 2. No travelers are secretaries. Select the correct answer:
If all travelers are careless and some secretaries are not careless, then those secretaries cannot be travelers, but that doesn't guarantee any travelers are not secretaries.

Question 11

Statement: Only data scientists are adaptable. Only adaptable are applicants. Conclusions: 1. Only data scientists are applicants. 2. All data scientists are applicants. Select the correct answer:
'Only A are B' means B ⊆ A. So adaptable ⊆ data scientists and applicants ⊆ adaptable, thus applicants ⊆ data scientists, meaning only data scientists are applicants. This also implies all data scientists are applicants? No - careful: Only A are B means B ⊆ A, not A ⊆ B. So only conclusion 1 follows, not conclusion 2.

Question 12

Statement: No public defenders are self-employed. Only tourists are public defenders. Conclusions: 1. No tourists are self-employed. 2. Some tourists are self-employed. Select the correct answer:
'Only tourists are public defenders' means public defenders ⊆ tourists. Since no public defenders are self-employed, then those tourists that are public defenders are not self-employed, but other tourists could be. Actually conclusion 1 is not necessarily true.

Question 13

Statement: Some commissioners are novice. Only novice are customers. Conclusions: 1. Some commissioners are customers. 2. All commissioners are customers. Select the correct answer:
'Only novice are customers' means customers ⊆ novice. Some commissioners are novice, so those commissioners could be in customers but not necessarily. Actually no - if customers ⊆ novice, the commissioners that are novice might not be in customers.

Question 14

Statement: All lecturers are young. Some citizens are young. Conclusions: 1. Some citizens are lecturers. 2. All citizens are lecturers. Select the correct answer:
Some citizens are young, but young includes lecturers and possibly others. Those citizens could be from outside lecturers.

Question 15

Statement: All officers are novice. No novice are applicants. Conclusions: 1. No officers are applicants. 2. Some officers are applicants. Select the correct answer:
If all officers are novice and no novice are applicants, then no officers can be applicants.

Question 16

Statement: Only backend developers are employed. Some applicants are backend developers. Conclusions: 1. Some applicants are employed. 2. All applicants are employed. Select the correct answer:
'Only backend developers are employed' means employed ⊆ backend developers. Some applicants are backend developers doesn't tell us if those applicants are in employed or not.

Question 17

Statement: No physicists are productive. Some tourists are physicists. Conclusions: 1. Some tourists are not productive. 2. No tourists are productive. Select the correct answer:
If some tourists are physicists and no physicists are productive, then those tourists cannot be productive, so some tourists are not productive.

Question 18

Statement: No laundry workers are logical. Some members are laundry workers. Conclusions: 1. Some members are not logical. 2. No members are logical. Select the correct answer:
If some members are laundry workers and no laundry workers are logical, then those members cannot be logical, so some members are not logical.

Question 19

Statement: All cabinet members are productive. Some volunteers are productive. Conclusions: 1. Some volunteers are cabinet members. 2. All volunteers are cabinet members. Select the correct answer:
Some volunteers are productive, but productive includes cabinet members and possibly others. Those volunteers could be from outside cabinet members.

Question 20

Statement: All probation officers are reckless. No reckless are managers. Conclusions: 1. No probation officers are managers. 2. Some probation officers are managers. Select the correct answer:
If all probation officers are reckless and no reckless are managers, then no probation officers can be managers.
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