Basic Data Sufficiency Test Series-8 [Test]

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Basic Data Sufficiency Test Series-8

A test by Suresh.

Test Questions

Question

If a bottle is to be selected at random from a certain collection of bottles, what is the probability that the bottle will be defective? (1) The ratio of the number of bottles in the collection that are defective to the number that are not defective is 3:500. (2) The collection contains 3,521 bottles.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

Question

What is the value of k^2 - k

? (1) The value of $k - \frac{1}{k}$ is 1. (2) The value of 2k –1 is $\sqrt 5 .$

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

Question

If a grocery shopper received $0.25 off the original price of a certain product by using a coupon, what was the original price of the product? (1) The shopper received a 20 percent discount by using the coupon. (2) The original price was 25 percent higher than the price the shopper paid by using the coupon.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

Question

At a certain state university last term, there were p students each of whom paid either the full tuition of x dollars or half the full tuition. What percent of the tuition paid by the p students last term was tuition from students who paid the full tuition? (1) Of the p students, 20 percent paid the full tuition. (2) The p students paid a total of $91.2 million for tuition last term.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

Question

Is the positive integer n equal to the square of an integer? (1) For every prime number p, if p is a divisor of n, then so is p^2

. (2) $\sqrt {n}$ is an integer .

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.

Question

What was Casey’s total score for eighteen holes of golf? (1) Casey’s score for the first nine holes was 13 less than his score for the last nine holes. (2) Twice Casey’s score for the last nine holes was 58 more than his score for the first nine holes.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

Question

What is the value of x? (1) When x is multiplied by 8, the result is between 50 and 60. (2) When x is doubled, the result is between 10 and 15.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

Question

What is the rate, in cubic feet per minute, at which water is flowing into a certain rectangular tank? (1) The height of the water in the tank is increasing at the rate of 2 feet per minute. (2) The capacity of the tank is 216 cubic feet.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

Question

Pam and Ed are in a line to purchase tickets. How many people are in the line? (1) There are 20 people behind Pam and 20 people in front of Ed. (2) There are 5 people between Pam and Ed.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.

Question

What is the volume of a certain cube? (1) The sum of the areas of the faces of the cube is 54. (2) The greatest possible distance between two points on the cube is $3 \sqrt{3}.$

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	Statements 1 and 2 are not sufficient to answer the question asked and additional data is needed to answer the statements.
	Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.