Title [UVTN 2023] Aptitude Test 1 ✅

The Talented Candidate 2023 ROUND 1: CV & APTITUDE TEST Aptitude Test 1 A. Overall Instruction The test is comprised of 23 questions, divided into 3 sections: ● Verbal Reasoning ● Quantitative Reasoning ● Abstract Reasoning The amount of time for this test is 25 minutes, with NO BREAKS between sections. Each question will have some possible answer options, and only ONE correct answer. B. Aptitude Test Note: Answers are bolded I. Verbal Reasoning Question 1, 2: There are exactly three films, namely Hustle, Grinch, and Tinker Bell, shown during a film club’s festival held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Each film is shown at least once during the festival but never more than once on a given day. On each day at least one film is shown. Films are shown one at a time. The following conditions apply: ● On Thursday Grinch is shown, and no film is shown after it on that day. ● On Friday either Hustle or Tinker Bell, but not both, is shown, and no film is shown after it on that day. ● On Saturday either Hustle or Grinch, but not both, is shown, and no film is shown after it on that day 1. Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate description of the order in which the films are shown at the festival? A. Thursday: Tinker Bell, then Grinch; Friday: Tinker Bell; Saturday: Grinch B. Thursday: Grinch; Friday: Hustle, then Tinker Bell; Saturday: Tinker Bell, then Hustle 1
C. Thursday: Grinch; Friday: Tinker Bell; Saturday: Tinker Bell, then Hustle D. Thursday: Hustle, then Grinch, then Tinker Bell; Friday: Tinker Bell; Saturday: Hustle E. Thursday: Hustle, then Grinch; Friday: Tinker Bell, then Grinch; Saturday: Grinch 2. If Tinker Bell is shown exactly three times, Grinch is shown exactly twice, and Hustle is shown exactly once, then which one of the following is a complete and accurate list of the films that could be the first film shown on Thursday? A. Grinch B. Tinker Bell C. Hustle, Grinch D. Hustle, Tinker Bell E. Hustle, Grinch, Tinker Bell Question 3, 4: In 1920s New York, the Harlem Renaissance, an explosion of artistic talent that showered northern Manhattan with its own literary scene, was in full swing. And Zora Neale Hurston, novelist, essayist and folklorist, was right there in the middle of it. Her 1928 essay, "How it feels to be colored me", was not just a personal manifesto, the philosophical road map of a writer whose best work was still to come, but an eloquently expressed statement of confidence, rooted in place and time, race and politics, of which she was herself a flamboyant expression. But the world was not yet ready for a black, working-class woman who drove through the American South collecting folk tales in a Chevrolet coupé she called "Sassy Susie". She died in 1960, out of print and out of work, in a welfare home in Florida. Today, however, all the books she published are back in print in several languages. Her name adorns awards and prizes across the USA. The fact that Hurston narrowly escaped literary extinction means the only thing we know for sure about her is her work and that she existed. Beyond that, what sustained, motivated, obstructed and marginalized her, who she loved and loathed, where she lived, not to mention precisely where and when she was born, have been inferred through painstaking scholarship inspired by guesswork. Hurston is to blame for much of this confusion. Her skills as a narrator were so formidable that she made up the story of her own life as she went along, changing those parts that did not suit at any particular time. She lied about her age, sometimes out of necessity (so she could enroll in school in Baltimore), at others out of vanity. Her 'autobiography', Dust Tracks on the Road, is, it is fair to say, a work of fiction. 2
3. According to the writer of the passage, which of the following can most confidently be confirmed? A. who Hurston's best friends were B. where Hurston was born C. what Hurston liked to eat D. what Hurston wrote 4. According to the passage, the lack of detailed information about Hurston's life can mainly be attributed to: A. her desire for privacy. B. her talent for storytelling. C. her unusual circumstances. D. her ignorance of literary conventions. Question 5: Microfiber synthetics have been taking the place of natural fibers in an ever-increasing number of clothes because they provide the same durability and deplete fewer natural resources. A shirt made of microfiber synthetics is, however, three times as expensive to produce as a natural-fiber shirt. It follows that the substitution of microfiber synthetic clothes for natural-fiber clothes is, at this time, not recommended from a financial standpoint. Which of the following statements, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? A. A microfiber synthetic shirt costs one-half the price of a natural-fiber shirt to maintain. B. The production of microfiber synthetic clothes necessitates garment factories to renovate obsolete machinery and to hire extra workers to operate the new machines. C. The upkeep of natural-fiber shirts is far less expensive than the upkeep of any other naturalfiber garment in current production. D. While producers anticipate that the cost of microfiber synthetics will remain stable, they recognize that the advent of recycling programs for natural fibers should bring down the costs of natural fibers. E. The cost of providing stain guards for microfiber synthetic shirts would probably be greater than what garment producers now spend on stain guards for natural-fiber shirts. 3
Question 6: Percentage of Available Eggs Eaten by Cane Toad Tadpoles Amphibian species (common name) Percentage of eggs eaten Native to Australia Produces bufadienolide Little red tree frog 1% yes no Cane toad 90% no yes Short-footed frog 7% yes no Striped burrowing frog 10% yes no Dainty green tree frog 1% yes no Native to Malaysia, the cane toad was introduced to Asia in the 1930s. In the 1980s, tadpoles in the Asian population have been shown to consume eggs of their own species. A 2022 study showed that when presented with cane toad eggs as well as eggs of native Asian amphibians, cane toad tadpoles disproportionately consumed eggs of their own species. This behavior results from their attraction to bufadienolide, a chemical produced by the eggs of cane toads but not by the eggs of native amphibians. However, using data from this study, a student wishes to argue that the presence of bufadienolide doesn’t entirely explain the cane toad tadpoles’ preference for certain eggs over others. Which choice best describes data from the table that supports the student’s argument? A. The tadpoles consumed a higher percentage of the striped burrowing frog eggs than they did of the eggs of the dainty green tree frog. B. The tadpoles left a certain percentage of the eggs of each of the five species unharmed, thus ultimately allowing them to hatch. C. The tadpoles consumed a lower percentage of the short-footed frog eggs than they did of the eggs of their own species. D. The tadpoles consumed the same percentage of the dainty green tree frog eggs as they did of the little red tree frog eggs. Question 7: After a recent and remarket boom in the wind energy sector, Company Y, a major manufacturer of wind-powered generators, witnessed a period of slow 4