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Sample Questions with Explanations
The sample questions that follow are organized by content category
and represent the types of questions included in the General Test.
The purpose of these questions is to provide some indication of the
range of topics covered in the test as well as to provide some additional
questions for practice purposes. These questions do not
represent either the length of the actual test or the proportion
of actual test questions within each of the content categories.
VERBAL ABILITY
The verbal ability measure is designed to test the ability to reason
with words in solving problems. Reasoning effectively in a verbal
medium depends primarily upon the ability to discern, comprehend,
and analyze relationships among words or groups of words and
within larger units of discourse such as sentences and written
passages.
The verbal measure consists of four question types: analogies
antonyms, sentence completions, and reading comprehension sets
The examples of verbal questions in this section do not reflect precisely
the difficulty range of the verbal measure.
ANALOGIES
Analogy questions test the ability to recognize the relationship that
exists between the words in a word pair and to recognize when two
word pairs display parallel relationships. To answer an analogy
question, you must formulate the relationship between the words in
the given word pair and then must identify the answer choice containing
words that are related to one another in most nearly the same
way. Some examples of relationships that might be found in analogy
questions are relationships of kind, size, spatial contiguity, or degree.
Some approaches that may be helpful in answering analogy
questions:
_Before looking at the anser choices, try to establish a precise relationship between the words in the given pair. It is usually
helpful to express that relationship in a phrase or sentence. Next,
look for the answer choice with the pair of words whose relationship
is closest to that of the given pair and can be expressed in a similar fashion.
_Occasionally, more than one of the answer choices may seem at first to express a relationship similar to that of the given pair. Try
to state the relationship more precisely or identify some aspect of
the relationship between the given pair of words that is paralleled
in only one choice pair. _Remember that a single word can have several different meanings. Check to be sure you have not overlooked a possible second
meaning for one of the words.
_Never decide on the best anser without reading all the answer choices. _Practice recognizing and formulating relationships between word pairs. You can do this with the following sample questions.
Directions: In each of the following questions, a related pair of words or phrases is followed by five lettered pairs of words or
phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
1. COLOR : SPECTRUM
(A) tone : scale (B) sound : waves (C) verse : poem (D) dimension : space (E) cell : organism
2. HEADLONG : FORETHOUGHT ::
(A) barefaced : shame (B) mealymouthed : talent (C) heartbroken : emotion (D) levelheaded : resolve (E) singlehanded : ambition
3. SEDATIVE : DROWSINESS ::
epidemic : contagiousness
vaccine : virus
laxative : drug
anesthetic : numbness
therapy : psychosis
4. LAWYER : COURTROOM ::
participant : team
commuter : train
gladiator : arena
senator : caucus
patient : ward
5. CURIOSITY : KNOW ::
temptation : conquer
starvation : eat
wanderlust : travel
humor : laugh
survival : live
6. FRUGAL : MISERLY ::
confident : arrogant
courageous : pugnacious
famous : aggressive
rash : foolhardy
quiet : timid
7. ANTIDOTE : POISON ::
cure : recovery
narcotic : sleep
stimulant : relapse
tonic : lethargy
resuscitation : breathing
8. STYGIAN : DARK ::
abysmal : low
cogent : contentious
fortuitous : accidental
reckless : threatening
cataclysmic : doomed
9. WORSHIP : SACRIFICE
generation : pyre
burial : mortuary
weapon : centurion
massacre : invasion
prediction : augury
10. EVANESCENT : DISAPPEAR ::
transparent : penetrate
onerous : struggle
feckless : succeed
illusory : exist
pliant : yield
11. UPBRAID : REPROACH ::
dote : like
lag : stray
vex : please
earn : desire
earn : desire
Answers and Rationale
1-5 AADCC
6-11 ADAEEA
1
The relationship between color and spectrum is not merely that of
part to whole, in which case (E) or even (C) might be defended as
correct. A spectrum is made up of a progressive, graduated series of
colors, as a scale is of a progressive, graduated sequence of tones.
Thus, (A) is the correct answer choice. In this instance, the best
answer must be selected from a group of fairly close choices
2
The difficulty of this question probably derives primarily from the
complexity of the relationship between headlong and forethought
rather than from any inherent difficulty in the words. Analysis of the
relationship between headlong and forethought reveals the following:
an action or behavior that is headlong is one that lacks forethought.
Only answer choice (A) displays the same relationship
between its two terms.
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