Tas Sample Police Quiz

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About This Quiz

Welcome to your sample police quiz and congratulations on taking action to prepare for your coming police selection tests. In Tasmania, the first series of entrance tests you will face are the reading ability, numerical ability and writing ability tests.
After that you will face a much longer test on 'Job Suitability'. Part of this Job suitability test is 'Problem Solving' skills. Accordingly there are a few practice questions of this nature included.
This short sample quiz will help give you an indication of your skills in this area. Complete the entire quiz to find out about more comprehensive preparation for the Tasmania Police selection process.
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Please note you only have ten minutes to complete this test.

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  • 2. 

    Making it to the bus terminal before noon will give you the.......to do some shopping.

    • Luck

    • Opportunity

    • Possibilty

    • Ways

    Correct Answer
    A. Opportunity
    Explanation
    This is the only grammatically correct word. The only other word which comes close is 'possibility'. However then the sentence would read "...would make it possible to do some shopping."

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  • 3. 

    Since an immediate change was needed on an emergency basis, _____ by the governor to curtail railway expenditure.

    • So it was proposed

    • Was proposed

    • Because of the proposal

    • It was proposed

    Correct Answer
    A. It was proposed
    Explanation
    The sentence starts with the connector "SINCE" and the blank is after the comma. This means you need a subject, verb or both. Options "A" and "C" are eliminated because they also have connectors. Options "B" is eliminated because it has no subject. Leaving option "D" as the correct option.

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  • 4. 

    Which word is spelled incorrectly in the following paragraph?"I would like to know more about their credentials. It seems unlikely that someone this young could have the required level of experiance for this position."

    • Credentials

    • Unlikely

    • Required

    • Experiance

    Correct Answer
    A. Experiance
    Explanation
    Experiance is spelled incorrectly. The correct spelling is 'experience'.

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  • 5. 

    How is my mother's sister's brother's wife's child related to me?

    • brother

    • uncle

    • Cousin

    • Nephew

    Correct Answer
    A. Cousin
    Explanation
    There is an extra relation here to confuse you. The mother's sister's brother is of course the mother's brother. And the brother's wife's child is also the brother's child.

    So now you can read it as the mother's brother's child. This is easier to identify the answer as your cousin.

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  • 6. 

    What is 119 - 27? 

    • 96

    • 92

    • 82

    • 86

    Correct Answer
    A. 92
    Explanation
    Working our subtraction or addition in your head gets easier with practice. In this case, it can be useful to subtract the '7' first and then the '20'. So 119 - 7 = 112 and then 112 - 20 = 92. This progressive sort of mathematics can be easier to handle. If you're in a rush, the other option is to quickly narrow down to the possible options based on 'partial' solution. In this case we know that 9 - 7 (the final digits) = 2, so the answer MUST be one of the options ending in '2' which narrows down to two possible choices. 50 / 50 is better odds than a plain guess!

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  • 7. 
    Which comes next? - ProProfs

    Which comes next?

    Correct Answer
    A.
    Explanation
    Every second box is the two dots in reverse positions. They are mirror image each time.

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  • 8. 
    Which of the following is the odd one out? - ProProfs

    Which of the following is the odd one out?

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

    • F

    Correct Answer
    A. F
    Explanation
    The dot is on the outside in 'f'. In all the other pictures it is on the inside.

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  • 9. 
    - ProProfs

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

    • F

    Correct Answer
    A. C
    Explanation
    The image is a mirror image top to bottom. Or vertically mirrored.

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  • 10. 

    A, e, i, m, q, u, _, _

    • Y, c

    • B, f

    • G, i

    • None

    Correct Answer
    A. Y, c
    Explanation
    The letters are increasing by four increments. You can count this on your hand like this:

    Thumb: a
    Pointer Finger: b
    Middle Finger c
    Third finger: d
    Pinky finger: e

    This shows that each letter is on the thumb and pinky. Make sure you reset each count. So in this case 'e' becomes the thumb (so you sort of count it twice like this).

    If you're really in a hurry on this it is a good guess that y,c is the correct response because this is the only answer that has a letter AFTER 'u'.

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  • 11. 
    Which box is next in the pattern: - ProProfs

    Which box is next in the pattern:

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

    • F

    Correct Answer
    A. A
    Explanation
    A blank picture follows the bigger circle.

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  • 12. 
    - ProProfs

    • A

    • B

    • C

    • D

    • E

    • F

    Correct Answer
    A. F
    Explanation
    Four shapes are paired with two shapes. And the shapes are different.

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  • 13. 

    A father's age is five times his son's age. Four years ago the father was 9 times older than his son. How old are the father and son at present?

    • 30yrs and 6yrs

    • 25yrs and 5yrs

    • 40yrs and 8yrs

    • None of these

    Correct Answer
    A. 40yrs and 8yrs
    Explanation
    You can solve this by rough estimation given you have multiple choice here. You can quickly see that each of the first 3 answers satisfy the condition that the father is currently 5 times the age of the son.

    By subtracting 4 years from each age in each answer you will see them as follows:
    a: 26 and 2
    b: 21 and 1
    c: 36 and 4

    Now it is clear that the answer is c: 40 and 8 (because 4 x 9 = 36 and 5 x 8 = 40). These questions are why it is important to learn your multiplication tables prior to testing.

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  • 14. 

    What is twenty percent of 25 % of 20.

    • 2

    • 1

    • 5

    • 4

    Correct Answer
    A. 1
    Explanation
    Work this backwards if it helps. So 25% of 20 = 5 (another way to do this is 20 / 4 = 5).

    Then 20% of 5 = 1 (another way to do this is 5 / 5 = 1)

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  • 15. 

    The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

    • 4 years

    • 8 years

    • 10 years

    • None of these

    Correct Answer
    A. 4 years
    Explanation
    Let the ages of children be x, (x + 3), (x + 6), (x + 9) and (x + 12) years.

    Then, x + (x + 3) + (x + 6) + (x + 9) + (x + 12) = 50

    5x = 20

    x = 4.

    Age of the youngest child = x = 4 years.

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