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Air University Entry Test Analytical Reasoning Flashcards
52 question-and-answer cards covering Analytical Reasoning as it is examined in Air University Entry Test. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Analytical Reasoning deck
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What is the key concept in Grouping and Selection (selection-based) problems?
Forming valid teams/groups by satisfying a set of conditions—rules stating which items must be together, which cannot be together, and which depend on others' inclusion.
In Grouping/Selection, what is a 'conditional inclusion' rule, and how is it applied?
A rule like 'If X is selected, Y must be selected.' Its contrapositive ('If Y is not selected, X is not selected') is also valid and often used to eliminate options.
In Grouping and Selection, how do you handle a 'mutually exclusive' pair?
A mutually exclusive pair (X and Y cannot both be chosen) means any valid group contains at most one of them; both being present makes the group invalid.
What is the contrapositive of the conditional statement 'If P then Q'?
'If not Q then not P.' The contrapositive is logically equivalent to the original conditional and always shares its truth value.
In conditional scenario logic, distinguish the converse and inverse of 'If P then Q'.
Converse: 'If Q then P.' Inverse: 'If not P then not Q.' Neither is logically equivalent to the original statement (though converse and inverse are equivalent to each other).
In conditional reasoning, what is 'modus ponens'?
A valid inference: given 'If P then Q' and P is true, conclude Q is true.
In conditional reasoning, what is 'modus tollens'?
A valid inference: given 'If P then Q' and Q is false (not Q), conclude P is false (not P).
In conditional logic, what is the fallacy of 'affirming the consequent'?
Invalidly concluding P from 'If P then Q' and Q being true. Q being true does not guarantee P, so this reasoning is a fallacy.
In Blood Relations, what relation is 'my father's only son' to me (if I am male)?
He is myself. 'My father's only son' refers to the speaker himself.
In Blood Relations, who is the 'son of my mother's brother' to me?
My maternal cousin (cousin). My mother's brother is my maternal uncle, so his son is my cousin.
In Blood Relations, what is the relationship of 'my father's sister' to me?
She is my paternal aunt (phupho/aunt).
In Blood Relations, what does 'my mother's sister's husband' equal?
My uncle (maternal aunt's husband).
In Blood Relations puzzles, what does a '+' for male and '−' for female (or similar symbol coding) require you to track first?
The gender of each person and each generational link, so relationships (parent/child, sibling, spouse) are assigned correctly before naming the final relation.
In Blood Relations, who is the 'brother of my grandfather' to me?
My grand-uncle (great-uncle).
In Direction Sense, starting facing North and turning right, which direction do you now face? And turning left from North?
Turning right from North faces East; turning left from North faces West.
In Direction Sense, what is the formula to find the shortest (straight-line) distance between start and end points after perpendicular movements?
Pythagoras theorem: shortest distance = √(net horizontal displacement² + net vertical displacement²).
In Direction Sense, if you walk North then East then South, in which compound direction is your endpoint relative to start (assuming distances net positive)?
North-East (if net vertical is North) or South-East depending on net displacement; combine net horizontal (East) and net vertical components.
In Direction Sense, what happens to your facing direction after turning 180 degrees while facing East?
You face West. A 180-degree turn reverses your direction (East↔West, North↔South).
In Coding-Decoding, what is 'letter-shift (Caesar) coding'?
Each letter of a word is replaced by another letter a fixed number of positions ahead or behind in the alphabet (e.g., +1: CAT → DBU).
In Coding-Decoding, what is the position value of letters A, M, N, and Z in the alphabet?
A = 1, M = 13, N = 14, Z = 26.
In Coding-Decoding, what is the 'opposite letter' (EJUSDEM/complement) rule, and what is the complement of a letter at position n?
Each letter is replaced by its mirror from the other end; complement position = 27 − n (A↔Z, B↔Y, M↔N).
In Coding-Decoding, what is 'substitution coding'?
Real words are assigned arbitrary code words (e.g., 'sky' = 'blue'); you decode by matching common code words across multiple given sentences to deduce each word's code.
What is a logical analogy, and what must you identify to solve it?
A relationship A:B :: C:D where the relationship between the first pair must hold identically for the second pair; identify the exact relation (e.g., part-whole, cause-effect, synonym) and apply it.
List four common relationship types used in logical/verbal analogies.
Synonym/antonym, part-to-whole, cause-and-effect, worker-to-tool (or worker-to-product), and category/classification relationships.
What this deck covers
The Analytical Reasoning deck follows the Air University Entry Test Analytical Reasoning syllabus — 5 chapters and 18 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 10.4 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 111 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
Analytical Reasoning flashcards FAQ
How many Analytical Reasoning flashcards are in this Air University Entry Test deck?
52 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these Air University Entry Test flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 52-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Analytical Reasoning cards cover?
They follow the Air University Entry Test Analytical Reasoning syllabus — 5 chapters and 18 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.