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Interactive Inductive Reasoning Exam – Alphanumeric Series Questions
If you are taking the SHL Assessment Test (Inteactive Version) you will see questions on inductive, deductive, and numerical reasoning.
This page provides example questions with answers for the inductive reasoning questions on the interactive SHL exam.
Have a look at the example alphanumeric series questions on this page.
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SHL Assessment Test Practice Questions
Question 1
Answer:
Solution: For this type of question, you simply need to do the mathematical operations.
Do the arithmetic operations to find the first number in the next node.
Question 2
Answer: The answer is 10dd 8u 9dd 7dd 5u 6uu 8uu 10u
Solution: You will also see questions on the SHL Assessment Test in which a letter or symbol represents an arithmetic operator.
Here, the letter d means – 1, and the letter u means + 1. Perform the arithmetic operation on each node to find the first character of the next node.
10dd (10 – 1 – 1 = 8)
8u (8 + 1 = 9)
9dd (9 – 1 – 1 = 7)
7dd (7 – 1 – 1 = 5)
5u (5 + 1 = 6)
6uu (6 + 1 + 1 = 8)
8uu (8 + 1 + 1 = 10)
10u
Question 3
Answer: The answer is YXX YYX YYY XYY XXY XXX YXX
Solution: This is an example of the SHL Assessment Test “character replacement” question type.
Going from left to right, Y replaces X in each node going from left to right. When we have YYY, then X replaces Y as shown below.
YXX
YYX
YYY
XYY
XXY
XXX
YXX
Question 4
Answer: The answer is Awj JbZ tsC dFN qEx IPf Gvu KhN
Solution: This question gives you an introduction to the case-shifting question type. To solve these questions, identify how the pattern of letters between nodes changes from upper-case to lower-case.
The letter in first place in the first node goes up one alphabetical position and shifts to second place in the second node, then goes up one more alphabetical position and moves to third place in the third node. In addition, the letters change from upper-case to lower-case to upper-case. Then the pattern repeats.
Question 5
Answer: The answer is Q98Q 1no3 M54F z33b 7CA6 g21h
Solution: This is the “duplicated-character” question type.
The letters alternate between lower-case to upper-case from node to node. In addition, in every third node starting with node 1, there are two duplicated characters.
Q98Q (2 upper-case letters + 2 duplicated characters)
1no3 (2 lower-case letters)
M54F (2 upper-case letters)
z33b (2 lower-case letters + 2 duplicated characters)
7CA6 (2 upper-case letters)
g21h (2 lower-case letters)
Question 6
Answer: The answer is UVWX UWSU VTSQ SPTQ OPQR OQMO PNMK
Solution: Certain questions on the SHL Assessment Test will involve letters that go up by increments and then shift positions in the next node.
The letter in first place goes down by two and shifts to third place;the letter in second place goes down by one and shifts to first place; the letter in third place goes down by two and shifts to fourth place; and the letter in fourth place goes down by one and shifts to second place.
Question 7
Answer: The answer is EGHF DEIJ HJDF IGFF HFGI DEKH KIGE GIGE
Solution: This is an example of the “alternating nodes” question type.
In other words, there are operations on alternating nodes, with one pattern for nodes in odd-numbered positions (i.e., the first, third, fifth and seventh nodes) and another pattern for nodes in even-numbered positions (i.e., the second, fourth, sixth and eighth nodes).
In odd-numbered nodes, the letter in first place goes down by one and shifts to third place; the letter in second place goes down by one and shifts to fourth place; the letter in third place goes up by two and shifts to second place; and the letter in fourth place goes up by two and shifts to first place.
In even-numbered nodes, the letter in first place goes up by two and shifts to third place;the letter in second place goes up by one and shifts to fourth place; the letter in third place goes down by two and shifts to second place; and the letter in fourth place goes down by one and shifts to first place.
Question 8
Answer: The answer is 7QR 6EG 8SV 5LP 9BH 3CG 7KN 4FJ
Solution: In this question, you need to determine the distance between characters in each node as your starting point.
In odd-numbered nodes, the distance between the two letters in each node is subtracted the number in that node to get the number in the next node. In even-numbered nodes, the distance between the two letters in each node is added to the number in that node to get the number in the next node.
7QR (Q to R = 1 letter; 7 – 1 = 6)
6EG (E to G = 2 letters; 6 + 2 = 8)
8SV (S to V = 3 letters; 8 – 3 = 5)
5LP (L to P = 4 letters; 5 + 4 = 9)
9BH (B to H = 6 letters; 9 – 6 = 3)
3CG (C to G = 4 letters; 3 + 4 = 7)
7KN (K to N = 3 letters; 7 – 3 = 4)
4FJ
Question 9
Answer: The answer is qrst opqr pprr prss onqp qtut nlpn rvwu
Solution: This is another example of the “alternating nodes” question type.
There are operations on alternating nodes, with one pattern for nodes in odd-numbered positions (i.e., the first, third, fifth and seventh nodes) and another pattern for nodes in even-numbered positions (i.e., the second, fourth, sixth and eighth nodes).
In odd-numbered nodes, the first letter goes down by 1, the second letter goes down by 2, the third letter goes down by 1, and the fourth letter goes down by 2. In even-numbered nodes, the first letter goes up by 1, the second letter goes up by 2, the third letter up by 2, and the fourth letter goes up by 1.
Question 10
Answer: The answer is MLRPQ ZYXAN STOUV IBEDA OZIEU UAIOE
Solution: Here, you need to count vowels or consontants.
Many candidates struggle with this type of question on the SHL Assessment Test as no pattern seems to be discernable at first glance. However, you simply need to count consonants or vowels for these types of questions.
The first node has five consonants,the second node has four consonants, the third node has three four consonants, the fourth node has two consonants, the fifth node has one consonant, and the sixth node has no consonants.
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