Watson Glaser Test (Assumptions) Practice Questions and Answers

Watson Glaser Test (Assumptions) Practice Questions and Answers Physician: People who wish to prevent kidney stones should drink three glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice a day. Proposed Assumption: Oranges are available throughout the year - ANSWER-Assumption made. Prevention is a continuing action. If one is advised to drink fresh orange juice on a daily basis, it means that one will be able to find oranges on a daily basis (throughout the year). A lack of courtesy among staff members implies that the managers were unsuccessful in their role. Proposed Assumption: Nowadays, managers of employees with low courtesy levels want to be seen as successful. - ANSWER-Assumption not made. The statement is dealing with outside evaluation of managerial roles. It is not related to managers' wills and wishes; thus, the assumption is irrelevant to the statement. Monarchic nations, i.e. those with royal families, differ from republic nations in several ways. An example of this difference is that citizens of monarchic nations pay more tax Proposed Assumption: The of monarchic nations are responsible for setting tax rates on their citizens - ANSWER-Assumption not made Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright ©Stuvia International BV Page 2/8 The statement does not rely on the fact (or assumption) that governments set tax rates for their citizens. The statement doesn't attempt to explain what causes the difference in tax payments, merely that there is a difference Monarchic nations, i.e. those with royal families, differ from republic nations in several ways. An example of this difference is that citizens of monarchic nations pay more tax Proposed Assumption: Republican nations do not have a royal family - ANSWER-The statement says that monarchic nations are those with a royal family. The statement is assuming that this is one aspect which differentiates monarchic nations from republican nations Monarchic nations, i.e. those with royal families, differ from republic nations in several ways. An example of this difference is that citizens of monarchic nations pay more tax Proposed Assumption: The only types of nation are monarchic and republican - ANSWER-Assumption not made The statement is just talking about the differences between two types of nation; it does not imply that these are the only two nor does the statement rely on there being just two types Monarchic nations, i.e. those with royal families, differ from republic nations in several ways. An example of this difference is that citizens of monarchic nations pay more tax Copyright © KAYLIN 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH NOVEMBER, 2024 Copyright ©Stuvia International BV Page 3/8 Proposed Assumption: A monarchic nation cannot be a republican nation - ANSWER-Assumption made The statement relies on the two types of nation being different in order to describe their differences. The statement also talks about the tax rate paid by citizens of a monarchic nation with the implication that citizens of republican nations pay different tax In 2008, the President of the USA promised to prevent the country entering economic depression, but he failed because at the beginning of 2012, over 12 million USA citizens were unemployed Proposed Assumption: Unemployment is an indicator of economic depression - ANSWER- Assumption made: The statement says that the promise of not entering economic depression was not met due to unemployment figures. So, the statement had made an assumption that