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PMA Long Course Verbal Intelligence Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering Verbal Intelligence as it is examined in PMA Long Course. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the Verbal Intelligence deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
Find the next term: B, D, G, K, ___
P. The gaps increase by one each step (+2, +3, +4, +5): B(+2)D(+3)G(+4)K(+5)P.
Find the next term: Z, X, V, T, ___
R. The series moves backward by 2 letters each time: Z, X, V, T, R.
In a Letter Series, what is the best technique for finding gaps quickly?
Write each letter's position number, then compute the differences between consecutive positions to reveal the numeric pattern of the skips.
Define an Alphanumeric Series.
An Alphanumeric Series is a sequence mixing letters and numbers (and sometimes symbols); the task may be to find the next term or to answer questions about positions of items meeting given conditions.
In an Alphanumeric Series, what is a common question form besides 'find the next term'?
Counting how many items satisfy a condition, such as how many numbers are immediately preceded by a letter, or finding the item that is a certain number of positions from a reference point.
Find the next term: A1, B2, C3, D4, ___
E5. Letters advance A, B, C, D, E while numbers advance 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in parallel.
Find the next term: A1, C3, E5, G7, ___
I9. Letters skip one (A, C, E, G, I) and numbers are the corresponding odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, 9).
Define a 'Find the Missing Term' question.
A Find the Missing Term question presents a series, figure, or arrangement with one element left blank; you must identify the governing pattern and fill in the element that completes it.
Find the missing term: 5, 10, ___, 20, 25
15. This is an arithmetic series with common difference 5, so the missing middle term is 15.
Find the missing term: 4, 9, 16, ___, 36
25. These are squares of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; the missing one is 5^2 = 25.
What general strategy helps solve any 'Find the Missing Term' series question?
Examine relationships between known terms (differences, ratios, squares, cubes, alternating patterns), identify the consistent rule, then apply it at the blank position.
Define a Word Analogy (verbal analogy).
A Word Analogy expresses a relationship between a pair of words and asks you to find another word that has the same relationship to a given word, i.e. A is to B as C is to ?.
Complete the analogy: Hand is to Glove as Foot is to ___?
Sock (or Shoe). A glove covers the hand, so the item that covers the foot is a sock/shoe.
Complete the analogy: Doctor is to Hospital as Teacher is to ___?
School. A doctor works in a hospital, so a teacher works in a school (worker-to-workplace relationship).
Complete the analogy: Cub is to Lion as Calf is to ___?
Cow. A cub is the young of a lion, so a calf is the young of a cow (young-to-adult relationship).
What is the recommended method for solving a Word Analogy?
State the relationship between the first pair in a clear sentence, then apply that exact relationship to the second pair to find the missing word.
Define a Number Analogy.
A Number Analogy gives a relationship between numbers in one pair and asks for the number that bears the same relationship in a second pair, e.g. 4 : 16 :: 5 : ?.
Complete the number analogy: 4 : 16 :: 5 : ___
25. The relationship is square (4^2 = 16), so 5^2 = 25.
Complete the number analogy: 6 : 36 :: 8 : ___
64. The relationship is the square of the first number (6^2 = 36), so 8^2 = 64.
Complete the number analogy: 3 : 27 :: 4 : ___
64. The relationship is the cube (3^3 = 27), so 4^3 = 64.
Define a Relationship-Based Analogy.
A Relationship-Based Analogy is built on a specific logical relationship between the terms, such as cause-effect, part-whole, worker-tool, synonym, antonym, or object-function, which must be recognized and reproduced in the answer pair.
List four common relationship types used in Relationship-Based Analogies.
Common types include: synonym (big-large), antonym (hot-cold), part-whole (wheel-car), cause-effect (fire-smoke), worker-tool (carpenter-saw), and animal-young (dog-puppy).
Define Word Classification (odd-one-out).
Word Classification is a question where you identify which word does not belong to a group because it lacks a common property shared by the others (the odd one out), or you group items that share a property.
In the group Rose, Lotus, Lily, Mango, which is the odd one out and why?
Mango. Rose, Lotus, and Lily are all flowers, whereas Mango is a fruit, so Mango does not belong to the group.
What this deck covers
The Verbal Intelligence deck follows the PMA Long Course Verbal Intelligence syllabus — 8 chapters and 27 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 6.3 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 127 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.
Verbal Intelligence flashcards FAQ
How many Verbal Intelligence flashcards are in this PMA Long Course deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these PMA Long Course flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the Verbal Intelligence cards cover?
They follow the PMA Long Course Verbal Intelligence syllabus — 8 chapters and 27 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.