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
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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
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