Deduction Intermediate Quiz 2

1. All employees at Company Z earn a salary. Monica does not earn a salary. What can be deduced about Monica?

2. Either the laptop is plugged in or the battery is draining. The laptop is not plugged in. What must be happening?

3. If a number is a multiple of 9, it is a multiple of 3. Number K is not a multiple of 3. What follows logically?

4. All sound waves require a physical medium to travel. Space is a vacuum with no physical medium. What can be deduced about sound waves in space?

5. If you press the emergency brake, the train wheels lock. If the train wheels lock, sparks fly. No sparks are flying. What can be deduced?

6. All high-altitude pilots must use supplemental oxygen. Major Tom is a pilot who does not use supplemental oxygen. What follows logically?

7. If the valve opens, fluid fills the chamber. If fluid fills the chamber, the float sensor rises. The float sensor is completely down. What can be deduced?

8. Either the project is approved or the budget is revised. The budget was not revised. What follows logically about the project?

9. No venomous snakes are harmless. The garter snake is harmless. What can be deduced about the garter snake?

10. If you exercise daily, your resting heart rate drops. If your resting heart rate drops, your endurance increases. Your endurance has not increased. What follows?