Basic Data Sufficiency Test Series-16 [Test]

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Basic Data Sufficiency Test Series-16

A test by Suresh.

Test Questions

Question

Four dollar amounts, w, x, y, and z, were invested in a business. Which amount was greatest'? (1) y < z < x (2) x was 25 percent of the total of the four investments.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	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.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

Question

If a and b are positive integers, is a/b = 2/3 ? (1) 3a = 2b (2) For integers m and n, a = 2m and b = 3n

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.
	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.

Question

What is the average (arithmetic mean) of x and y ? (1) x/2 + y/2 = 10 (2) x = 2y

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	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.
	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.

Question

If the measures of the three interior angles of a triangle are y°,15x°, and 18x°, what is the value of y ? (1) x =5 (2) 15x + y = 90

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	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.
	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.

Question

G, P, and S are animal species. What is the average life span, in year, of S ? (1) The average life span of S is twice that of P and 4/5 that of G. (2) The average life span of G is 30 years longer than that of P and 10 years longer than that of S.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	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.
	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.

Question

If y > 0, is y greater than x ? (1) 3x = 2y (2) x + y = 5

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

Is x an integer ? (1) $\frac {2}{3} x$ is an integer (2) x – 4 is an integer.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	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 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	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

How many bags of grass seed were used for rectangular lawn X ? (1) Lawn X has a perimeter of 720 feet. (2) One bag of grass seed was used for each 5,000 square feet of lawn X

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Statement 2 alone is sufficient but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
	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.
	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

Did the population of Country S increase by less than 20 percent from 1965 to 1975 ? (1) The population of Country S in 1965 was 180 million. (2) The population of Country S in 1975 was 1.17 times what it was in 1965.

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.
	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.
	Statement 1 alone is sufficient but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.

Question

If point X is inside a circle with center O and radius 2, is point Y inside the same circle? (1) OX = 1 (2) XY = 2.5

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.
	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.