Revelian Test

Criteria (Revelian) CCAT: Practice Test 1

1. Question 1 of 10

   Wexcombe and Pellow changed its induction programme two years ago. New starters now spend their first week with the team they will work in, rather than in a central session as before. A half-day covering the firm’s systems is held in the second week and is the only part of induction that brings the year’s starters together. Each new starter is given a named contact in their team for the first three months. The firm took on thirty-four people last year.

   Based only on the information in the passage, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?

   Statement: “New starters spend their first week with the team they will work in.”

   1. True
   2. False
   3. Cannot say
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   Answer: A. True

   The statement is True. The passage says new starters “now spend their first week with the team they will work in”, which is the statement in the same words. The rule: a statement the passage states outright is True. The most tempting wrong judgement is False, because the same sentence names the central session the firm used to run, and a reader who takes the second half of the sentence as the current arrangement has the two the wrong way round.

2. Question 2 of 10

   A training establishment has 960 places. Sixty-five per cent of them are filled, and 96 of the places that remain are reserved for a later intake. How many places are neither filled nor reserved?

   1. 240 places
   2. 336 places
   3. 432 places
   4. 480 places
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   Answer: A. 240 places

   If 65 per cent are filled, 35 per cent are not: 960 × 0.35 = 336 unfilled places. Of those, 96 are reserved, so 336 − 96 = 240 places are neither filled nor reserved. The most tempting error is to work out the 336 unfilled places and stop there, which counts 96 places that are already spoken for.

3. Question 3 of 10

   Wyneport Heritage Week opens the town’s almshouses, its rope walk and its tide mill to visitors each September. Six guided walks were programmed for this year’s week, and none of the six was cancelled, despite a gale that closed the harbour arm on the Tuesday. The walks are led by volunteers from the history society, with routes published in the week’s booklet. The tide mill grinds on the spring tides, drawing the week’s biggest queues. Collection buckets fund the almshouse roof appeal.

   Based only on the information in the passage, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?

   Statement: “All six guided walks went ahead during Wyneport Heritage Week.”

   1. True
   2. False
   3. Cannot say
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   Answer: A. True

   The statement is True. The passage says six walks were programmed “and none of the six was cancelled”. That none was cancelled is exactly equivalent to all six going ahead, so the statement follows with certainty. The rule: a claim about none of a group is equivalent to the corresponding claim about all of it. The most tempting wrong answer is False, from reading the Tuesday gale as costing a walk.

4. Question 4 of 10

   Eilanreach Trust renews the licence for its rostering software each April. The supplier must give three months’ notice of any change to the price, and it gave that notice in January this year. The trust’s finance team put the renewal to its board in March and the board agreed it. Eilanreach has used the same supplier since 2018 and holds 180 licences. The notice period is set out in the contract signed that year.

   Based only on the information in the passage, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?

   Statement: “The price Eilanreach pays for its rostering software rose this year.”

   1. True
   2. False
   3. Cannot say
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   Answer: C. Cannot say

   The statement is Cannot say. The passage states that the supplier “must give three months’ notice of any change to the price, and it gave that notice in January this year”, and that the board agreed the renewal in March. It never says what the change was. The rule: a claim that matches how the world usually works, but that the passage does not settle, is Cannot say. The most tempting wrong answer is True, because a price notice reads as a price rise to anyone who has received one.

5. Question 5 of 10

   Aircraft type	Seats	Turnaround time (minutes)
   Type A	150	35
   Type C	240	52

   Turnaround time is directly proportional to the number of seats on the aircraft. Using the Type A measurement in the table, how long should a 186-seat aircraft take to turn round?

   1. 28.2 minutes
   2. 40.3 minutes
   3. 43.4 minutes
   4. 71.0 minutes
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   Answer: C. 43.4 minutes

   Scale the Type A time by the ratio of the seat counts. 186 divided by 150 = 1.24. 35 x 1.24 = 43.4 minutes. A common error here is scaling from the Type C row instead, which gives 40.3 minutes. Another is treating the 36 extra seats as 36 extra minutes, which gives 71.0 minutes.

6. Question 6 of 10

   What is the next term in the following sequence? 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, …

   1. 49
   2. 64
   3. 65
   4. 66
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   Answer: C. 65

   Each term is double the previous term minus 1: 2 → 3 → 5 → 9 → 17 → 33. Next term = 33 × 2 − 1 = 65. Equivalently, the gaps double: +1, +2, +4, +8, +16, so the next gap is +32. A common error here is repeating the previous gap of 16, giving 49 (option a).

7. Question 7 of 10

   At Ullswater Care:

   • Only staff with a moving-and-handling ticket use the hoist.
   • Everyone on the twilight round uses the hoist.
   • Some volunteers hold no moving-and-handling ticket.

   Which conclusion must be true?

   1. Some volunteers are not on the twilight round.
   2. No volunteer is on the twilight round.
   3. Everyone with a moving-and-handling ticket uses the hoist.
   4. Some staff on the twilight round are not volunteers.
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   Answer: A. Some volunteers are not on the twilight round.

   Premise 3 gives at least one volunteer with no moving-and-handling ticket. Premise 1 says only ticket holders use the hoist, so that volunteer does not use it, and premise 2 says everyone on the twilight round does, so that volunteer is not on the round. Eliminate the rest: saying no volunteer is on the twilight round runs the same three steps but applies them to every volunteer; saying everyone with a moving-and-handling ticket uses the hoist reverses premise 1; saying some staff on the twilight round are not volunteers needs the round to have somebody on it, and no premise says it does. The most tempting trap is the claim that no volunteer is on the twilight round. Premise 1 is an ‘only’ statement, which is an exclusion, so the argument reaches exactly the volunteers premise 3 identifies.

8. Question 8 of 10

   Carl is cheerier than Wanda. Who is gloomier?

   1. Wanda
   2. Carl
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   Answer: A. Wanda

   The sentence says Carl is cheerier than Wanda. The question asks for gloomier, the opposite, so it is the other person of the two.

9. Question 9 of 10

   Nine cases raising the same question about a standard clause were stayed while Bramfield against Alderton Manufacturing was decided. The court in Bramfield construed the clause against the party who had drafted it and said its reasoning turned on the particular wording used in that agreement. The stay in the other nine has now been lifted and directions given. Two of the nine involve a differently worded clause. The parties in three of them have asked for more time to consider their positions.

   Based only on the information in the passage, is the following statement True, False, or Cannot say?

   Statement: “The decision in Bramfield will be followed in the cases now waiting.”

   1. True
   2. False
   3. Cannot say
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   Answer: C. Cannot say

   The judgement is Cannot say. The passage says nine cases were stayed for this decision, that the court “said its reasoning turned on the particular wording used in that agreement”, that the stay has been lifted, and that two of the nine involve a differently worded clause. What will happen in those cases is never stated. The boundary the question turns on is the step from a holding on stated facts to a rule that governs other cases. A decision tied to particular wording settles that wording. The most tempting wrong judgement is True, because the nine were stayed precisely so that this decision could resolve them.

10. Question 10 of 10

    Quarter	Passengers	Bags mishandled
    Q1	600,000	3,600
    Q2	540,000	3,672
    Q3	500,000	3,900

    The table shows Kirkbourne Handling’s baggage record, with mishandling quoted as bags mishandled per 1,000 passengers. By what percentage did the mishandling rate rise from Q1 to Q3?

    1. 8.3%
    2. 13.3%
    3. 23.1%
    4. 30.0%
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    Answer: D. 30.0%

    Build the per-1,000 rate for each quarter before comparing anything. Q1: 3,600 divided by 600 thousand passengers = 6.0 bags per 1,000. Q3: 3,900 divided by 500 thousand passengers = 7.8 bags per 1,000. Rise: 1.8 divided by 6.0 x 100 = 30.0%. A common error here is comparing the bag counts directly, which gives 8.3% and hides the fact that Q3 handled 100,000 fewer passengers. Dividing the gap by the Q3 rate rather than the Q1 rate gives 23.1%.