Basic Data Sufficiency Test Series-17

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Question

There are exactly 6 teams in league X. What was the total number of games played by the 6 teams last season? (1) Each team in league X played each of the other teams at least once. (2) No team in league X played more than 7 games

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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.
	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.

Question

In the terminating decimal equivalent of d, what is the number of nonzero digits to the right of the deci-mal point? (1) $d = 5 + \frac {416}{1000}$ (2) The terminating decimal equivalent of d has one nonzero digit to the left of the decimal point.

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Correct	Answer Text
	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.
	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.

Question

Are integers r and s consecutive ? (1) r is odd and s is even. (2) r - s = 1

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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.
	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.

Question

Of the books that are standing upright along the top shelf of a bookcase, some are 1/2 -inch thick and the rest are 3/4 -inch thick. What is the total number of books standing upright along the top shelf ? (1) Half of these books are 1/2 -inch thick. (2) The total thickness of all of these books is 25 inches.

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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.
	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

? (1) $\sqrt {y} =-x$ (2) x < y

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 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

Richard's salary is greater than $25,000. Is Amy's salary greater than Brian's salary? (1) Brian's salary is 125 percent of Richard's salary, and Amy's salary is greater than 130 percent of Richard's salary. (2) Richard's salary is 75 percent of Amy's salary but is 80 percent of Brian's salary.

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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

If x and y are integers, is x + y divisible by 6 ? (1) x is divisible by 6. (2) y is divisible by 6.

Answers

Correct	Answer Text
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	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.
	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 total number of employees in the per-sonnel and data processing divisions of Company S ? (1) The number of employees in the data processing division is 3 more than twice the number of employees in the personnel division. (2) The number of employees in the data process-ing division is 15.

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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.
	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.

Question

In a given class, what is the average (arithmetic mean) height per pupil ? (1) The average (arithmetic mean) height of the girls in the class is 61 inches. (2) The average (arithmetic mean) height of the boys in the class is 64 inches.

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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.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	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

In the figure above, what is the length of segment BC ? (1) x = 90 (2)The perimeter of △ABC is 24.

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.
	Both statements 1 and 2 together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement is sufficient alone.
	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.