SS.N4581 UPDATED SCRIPT 2026 PRACTICE
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Example of "All" Statements:
"All Secret Service Special Agents are U.S. government employees.".
Answer: Invalid conclusion: All government employees are Secret
Service Special Agents.
Valid conclusion: Some U.S. government employees are Secret Service
Special Agents.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
"No" statements. Answer: These statements indicate that one group is
not part of another group. These statements may use the words "none" or
"not" and allow you to conclude that these two groups have no common
members. You can conclude that the members of either group are not
members of the other group.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
,Example of "No" statements
No U.S. Senators are under 30 years of age.. Answer: Invalid
conclusion: Some people under 30 years of age are U.S. Senators.
Valid conclusion: No one under 30 years of age is a U.S. Senator.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
"Some" statements. Answer: These statements refer to part of a group by
using terms such as "some," "most," "a few," or another term which
indicates a portion of a group. Such statements about a portion of a
group imply nothing about the remaining portion of the group. You
should not jump to a conclusion that you might make in typical
conversational speech.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Example of "Some" statements:
Many Secret Service Special Agents are not from Alaska.. Answer:
Invalid conclusion: A few Secret Service Special Agents are from
Alaska.
,Valid conclusion: A few Secret Service Special Agents may or may not
be from Alaska
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
"If-then" statements. Answer: These statements provide information
about a sequence of events that will happen or has already happened.
These statements may also use terms such as "whenever" or "every
time." Such statements let you know that the events must follow the
specified order and may not be reversed. Additionally, the events may
not be negated and follow the same order. To validly reverse the order,
the statements must be negated.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Example of "If-then" statements:
If a person is charged with identity theft, then the person will be put on
trial.. Answer: Invalid conclusion: If a person is put on trial, then the
person has been charged with identity theft.
Invalid conclusion: If a person is not charged with identity theft, then the
person will not be put on trial.
, Valid conclusion: If a person has not been put on trial, then the person
has not been charged with identity theft.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
likelihood statements. Answer: Some of the passages include terms that
describe the likelihood that something will occur. For example, "it is
more likely than not that I will be in the office today." For the purposes
of this test, likelihood statements are defined as follows:
Definitely: 100% likely to happen
More likely than not: more than 50% likely to happen Less likely than
not: less than 50% likely to happen
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Passage 1. Answer: Melinda is a Secret Service Special Agent.
Susan has never been to Georgia.
All Secret Service Special Agents have been to Georgia.
Fred works with Susan.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Example of "All" Statements:
"All Secret Service Special Agents are U.S. government employees.".
Answer: Invalid conclusion: All government employees are Secret
Service Special Agents.
Valid conclusion: Some U.S. government employees are Secret Service
Special Agents.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
"No" statements. Answer: These statements indicate that one group is
not part of another group. These statements may use the words "none" or
"not" and allow you to conclude that these two groups have no common
members. You can conclude that the members of either group are not
members of the other group.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
,Example of "No" statements
No U.S. Senators are under 30 years of age.. Answer: Invalid
conclusion: Some people under 30 years of age are U.S. Senators.
Valid conclusion: No one under 30 years of age is a U.S. Senator.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
"Some" statements. Answer: These statements refer to part of a group by
using terms such as "some," "most," "a few," or another term which
indicates a portion of a group. Such statements about a portion of a
group imply nothing about the remaining portion of the group. You
should not jump to a conclusion that you might make in typical
conversational speech.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Example of "Some" statements:
Many Secret Service Special Agents are not from Alaska.. Answer:
Invalid conclusion: A few Secret Service Special Agents are from
Alaska.
,Valid conclusion: A few Secret Service Special Agents may or may not
be from Alaska
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
"If-then" statements. Answer: These statements provide information
about a sequence of events that will happen or has already happened.
These statements may also use terms such as "whenever" or "every
time." Such statements let you know that the events must follow the
specified order and may not be reversed. Additionally, the events may
not be negated and follow the same order. To validly reverse the order,
the statements must be negated.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Example of "If-then" statements:
If a person is charged with identity theft, then the person will be put on
trial.. Answer: Invalid conclusion: If a person is put on trial, then the
person has been charged with identity theft.
Invalid conclusion: If a person is not charged with identity theft, then the
person will not be put on trial.
, Valid conclusion: If a person has not been put on trial, then the person
has not been charged with identity theft.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
likelihood statements. Answer: Some of the passages include terms that
describe the likelihood that something will occur. For example, "it is
more likely than not that I will be in the office today." For the purposes
of this test, likelihood statements are defined as follows:
Definitely: 100% likely to happen
More likely than not: more than 50% likely to happen Less likely than
not: less than 50% likely to happen
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
Passage 1. Answer: Melinda is a Secret Service Special Agent.
Susan has never been to Georgia.
All Secret Service Special Agents have been to Georgia.
Fred works with Susan.
● *Logic-Based Reasoning
