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Analytical Ability Reviewer (Printable PDF)

Official Practice Test & Detailed Solution Key · Author: Joseph Yap, Civil Service Review Specialist

Question 1 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Function / Tool))
JUDICIARY : ADJUDICATE :: LEGISLATURE : ________
  1. Implement
  2. Enact
  3. Veto
  4. Prosecute
Question 2 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Part to Whole))
CLAUSE : CONTRACT :: PROVISO : ________
  1. Statute
  2. Signature
  3. Litigation
  4. Notary
Question 3 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Cause and Effect))
DROUGHT : DESICCATION :: DILUVIAL : ________
  1. Inundation
  2. Erosion
  3. Vitrification
  4. Precipitation
Question 4 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Worker and Workplace))
ARCHIVIST : REPOSITORY :: ACTUARY : ________
  1. Laboratory
  2. Insurance Firm
  3. Courtroom
  4. Observatory
Question 5 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Degree of Intensity))
ERRONEOUS : INIQUITOUS :: MISTAKE : ________
  1. Misdemeanor
  2. Inadvertence
  3. Atrocity
  4. Blemish
Question 6 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Opposite / Antonym Pair))
EPHEMERAL : PERENNIAL :: VACILLATE : ________
  1. Fluctuate
  2. Persevere
  3. Hesitate
  4. Oscillate
Question 7 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Category and Member))
CONSTITUTION : FUNDAMENTAL LAW :: ORDINANCE : ________
  1. National Statute
  2. Local Legislation
  3. Treaty
  4. Executive Order
Question 8 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Characteristic Quality))
AUDITOR : PROBITY :: ARBITRATOR : ________
  1. Bias
  2. Impartiality
  3. Advocacy
  4. Agitation
Question 9 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Tool and Operation))
SCALPEL : EXCISION :: GAVEL : ________
  1. Verdict
  2. Order
  3. Subpoena
  4. Arraignment
Question 10 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Action to Object))
EMBEZZLE : FUNDS :: PLAGIARIZE : ________
  1. Copyright
  2. Intellectual Work
  3. Patent
  4. Tradename
Question 11 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Process to Outcome))
DISTILLATION : PURITY :: DELIBERATION : ________
  1. Discord
  2. Consensus
  3. Filibuster
  4. Adjournment
Question 12 (Analytical Ability · Word Analogy (Symbol and Meaning))
OLIVE BRANCH : PEACE :: SCALES OF JUSTICE : ________
  1. Punishment
  2. Equity
  3. Mercy
  4. Incarceration
Question 13 (Analytical Ability · Categorical Syllogism (Universal Affirmative))
Premise 1: All career civil service appointees must hold valid eligibility. Premise 2: All division chiefs are career civil service appointees. Which conclusion necessarily follows?
  1. Some division chiefs do not hold valid eligibility.
  2. All division chiefs must hold valid eligibility.
  3. All individuals who hold valid eligibility are division chiefs.
  4. No non-career personnel hold eligibility.
Question 14 (Analytical Ability · Syllogism (Universal Negative & Particular Affirmative))
Premise 1: No contractual personnel are entitled to permanent plantilha security of tenure. Premise 2: Some project analysts are contractual personnel. Which conclusion is valid?
  1. All project analysts are entitled to permanent plantilha security of tenure.
  2. Some project analysts are not entitled to permanent plantilha security of tenure.
  3. No project analysts are entitled to permanent plantilha security of tenure.
  4. All contractual personnel are project analysts.
Question 15 (Analytical Ability · Syllogistic Fallacy (Affirming the Consequent))
Premise 1: If an agency receives a Clean Audit Opinion from COA, its financial statements are free from material misstatements. Premise 2: The Department of Energy's financial statements are free from material misstatements. What conclusion can be logically deduced?
  1. The Department of Energy received a Clean Audit Opinion from COA.
  2. The Department of Energy received an Adverse Audit Opinion.
  3. No valid conclusion can be drawn without committing the fallacy of affirming the consequent.
  4. The agency is exempt from further COA auditing.

Answer Key & Rationalizations

Item 1: B — Enact
Explanation: Function Analogy: The primary constitutional function of the Judiciary is to adjudicate legal controversies; similarly, the primary constitutional function of the Legislature is to enact laws.
Item 2: A — Statute
Explanation: Part-to-Whole Analogy: A clause is a constituent section of a legal contract; a proviso is a qualifying conditional clause within a statute or legislative act.
Item 3: A — Inundation
Explanation: Cause and Effect: A drought causes desiccation (extreme dryness); diluvial events (catastrophic flooding or rain) cause inundation (submersion by water).
Item 4: B — Insurance Firm
Explanation: Worker and Domain: An archivist works primarily in a repository or archives managing historical records; an actuary works primarily in an insurance firm or financial institution calculating risk and statistical probability.
Item 5: C — Atrocity
Explanation: Degree of Intensity: 'Erroneous' (wrong/incorrect) escalated to moral evil is 'iniquitous'; a simple 'mistake' escalated to extreme wickedness or horror is an 'atrocity'.
Item 6: B — Persevere
Explanation: Antonym Relationship: Ephemeral (transient) is the opposite of perennial (lasting). Vacillate (to waver or hesitate indecisively) is the opposite of persevere (to stand firm and persist steadfastly).
Item 7: B — Local Legislation
Explanation: Classification: The Constitution is classified as the fundamental supreme law of the land; an ordinance is classified as local legislation enacted by a Sanggunian.
Item 8: B — Impartiality
Explanation: Essential Quality: A state auditor is expected to embody uncompromised probity (integrity and honesty); an arbitrator is fundamentally expected to embody impartiality (neutrality and fairness).
Item 9: B — Order
Explanation: Tool and Action: A scalpel is used by a surgeon to make an excision; a gavel is struck by a presiding judge or officer to maintain or restore order.
Item 10: B — Intellectual Work
Explanation: Misappropriation: To embezzle is to unlawfully take financial funds; to plagiarize is to unlawfully steal another person's intellectual work or words.
Item 11: B — Consensus
Explanation: Process and Ideal Outcome: Distillation produces purity in a chemical substance; thorough administrative or legislative deliberation ideally produces consensus.
Item 12: B — Equity
Explanation: Symbolism: An olive branch is a universal symbol of peace; the scales of justice symbolize equity, balance, and impartial fairness in the rule of law.
Item 13: B — All division chiefs must hold valid eligibility.
Explanation: Standard Barbara syllogism (All M are P, All S are M -> All S are P). If all division chiefs (S) are career appointees (M), and all career appointees (M) must hold eligibility (P), then All division chiefs must hold valid eligibility.
Item 14: B — Some project analysts are not entitled to permanent plantilha security of tenure.
Explanation: Ferio syllogism: No M are P; Some S are M -> Some S are not P. Since some project analysts are contractual personnel, and no contractual personnel have permanent plantilha tenure, it follows that some project analysts are not entitled to permanent plantilha tenure.
Item 15: C — No valid conclusion can be drawn without committing the fallacy of affirming the consequent.
Explanation: Logical Fallacy: The argument has the form: If P then Q; Q is true; therefore P is true. This is the classic formal fallacy of affirming the consequent. Clean audit opinion implies no material misstatements, but freedom from material misstatements could occur under other circumstances or interim assessments.
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