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What Is the Predictive Index Cognitive Assessment?
The PI Cognitive Assessment, formerly the PLI Test, is a 12-minute pre-employment cognitive test with 50 questions. It measures learning speed, reasoning, and adaptability using verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning challenges. Predictive index test sample questions are down below :
Official details about the test can be found on the Predictive Index official site.
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Section 1
Numerical Reasoning
Percentages, ratios, tables, charts, and business maths.
A company's monthly sales increased from $150,000 to $195,000 over 6 months. What was the average monthly percentage increase in sales, assuming it increased at a constant rate?
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Correct answer: 4.5%
Using compound growth formula: Final = Initial × (1 + r)^6 → 195,000 = 150,000 × (1 + r)^6 → (1 + r)^6 = 1.3 → 1 + r = 1.3^(1/6) ≈ 1.043 → r ≈ 4.3%.
Using the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) formula EOQ = sqrt((2 × Demand × Ordering Cost) / Holding Cost), where annual demand is 10,000 units, what is the EOQ?
A company orders 10,000 units of a product at $15 per unit. The holding cost per unit per year is $2, and the ordering cost per order is $500.
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Correct answer: 2,236 units
EOQ = sqrt((2 × 10,000 × 500) / 2) = sqrt(5,000,000) ≈ 2,236 units.
Section 2
Verbal Reasoning
Reading comprehension, inference, statements, and arguments.
A manager states that employees who work overtime are more productive. What assumption underlies this statement?
The manager believes overtime work correlates with higher productivity.
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Correct answer: Working longer hours directly increases productivity.
The assumption is that longer working hours (overtime) lead to increased productivity, which may not always be true.
What assumption underlies the argument that increasing the minimum wage will reduce poverty?
The argument states that raising the minimum wage will provide low-income workers with more money, which will reduce poverty levels.
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Correct answer: Employers will not reduce employment levels in response to higher wages.
The argument assumes that employers will not cut jobs or reduce hours when wages increase; otherwise, the intended poverty reduction might not occur.
A policy mandates that all employees must complete a cybersecurity training course annually. Which assumption is this policy based on?
The policy aims to reduce cybersecurity risks through training.
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Correct answer: Regular training will reduce the likelihood of security breaches.
The policy assumes that annual training effectively lowers security risks; if training does not impact behavior, the policy would be ineffective.
Section 3
Logical Reasoning
Patterns, sequences, arrangements, and abstract logic.
If all employees who work on Project X must attend the Monday meeting, and John does not attend the Monday meeting, what can be concluded about John?
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Correct answer: John does not work on Project X
Since all employees working on Project X must attend the Monday meeting, and John does not attend, John cannot be working on Project X.
Given the symbols: '^' means 'and', 'v' means 'or', and '~' means 'not', which of the following is the negation of the statement 'P ^ Q'?
Apply the negation to the conjunction using symbolic logic rules.
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Correct answer: ~P v ~Q
The negation of 'P and Q' is 'not P or not Q' by De Morgan's law, which is '~P v ~Q'.
If the symbol '@' means 'implies', and the statement 'A @ B' is false only when A is true and B is false, what is the truth value of 'X @ Y' if X is false and Y is false?
Symbol '@' means logical implication: true unless true implies false.
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Correct answer: true
Implication is false only when the antecedent (X) is true and the consequent (Y) is false. Here X is false, so 'X @ Y' is true regardless of Y's value. Hence, option A is correct.
📊 Numerical Reasoning
Question: What’s the next number in this sequence?
3, 6, 12, 24, ?
- A) 30
- B) 36 ✅
- C) 48
- D) 60
Explanation: The pattern doubles each time: 3×2 = 6, 6×2 = 12… so the next is 24×2 = 48.
🧠 Verbal Reasoning
Question: Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to “Scarce”.
- A) Rare
- B) Abundant ✅
- C) Occasional
- D) Minimal
Explanation: “Scarce” means limited or in short supply. The opposite is “Abundant.”
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🔷 Abstract Reasoning
Question: Which shape completes the pattern?
▲ ◯ ▲ ◯ ▲ ?
- A) ◯ ✅
- B) ▲
- C) ◼
- D) ⬠
Explanation: The sequence alternates between ▲ and ◯. The next shape should be ◯.
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