Analytical Reasoning Question No. 36
A journal published three times a year contains exactly three articles, each of a different type, in each issue. Exactly five types of articles are printed in the journal: finance, I.T, marketing, business, and sale force. No article is of more than one type. In choosing articles to publish during the year, the editor adheres to the following conditions:
1. At least one article of each type must be published each year.
2. The fall issue of each year always contains marketing.
3. No issue can include both an I.T and marketing.
4. No two consecutive issues can each contain sale force.
5. At least two issues each year must contain finance.
1. Which of the following can be an acceptable schedule of articles for a year's worth of issues of the journal?
2. If a sale force publish in the spring issue of a particular year, which of the following lists the articles that must publish in the fall issue of the year, not necessarily in the order given?
(A) A finance, an I.T, and a business
(B) A finance, a marketing, and a business
(C) A finance, a marketing, and a sale force
(D) A finance, a business, and a sale force
(E) A marketing, a business, and a sale force
3. If two article types publish three times each in a particular year’s issues, those types must be
(A) a finance and an I.T
(B) a finance and a marketing
(C) a finance and a business
(D) a marketing and a sale force
(E) a business and a sale force
4. If a particular year's winter issue of the journal contains Marketing, then the spring issue that year could contain which of the following?
(A) Finance, Marketing, Business
(B) I.T, Marketing, Business
(C) I.T, Business, sale force
(D) Finance, Business, sale force
(E) Marketing, Business, sale force
5. If during a particular year two issues each contain a sale force and two issues each contain a marketing, then the winter issue of that year must include
(A) A Finance
(B) An I.T
(C) A Marketing
(D) A Business
(E) A sale force
6. If four of the five types of articles publish twice during a particular year and if one type publish only once, then the type that publish only once must be either
(A) A Finance or an I.T
(B) An I.T or Marketing
(C) Marketing or a Business
(D) A Marketing or a sale force
(E) A Business or a sale force
7. If for a particular year the editor decides to make the spring issue of the journal a special issue devoted entirely to three sale forces but continues adhering to the conditions on the choice of articles, then which of the following lists the articles that must publish in the winter issue of the year?
(A) A Finance, an I.T, and Marketing
(B) A Finance, an I.T, and a Business
(C) A Finance, Marketing, and a Business
(D) An I.T, Marketing, and a Business
(E) A Marketing, a Business, and a sale force
1. At least one article of each type must be published each year.
2. The fall issue of each year always contains marketing.
3. No issue can include both an I.T and marketing.
4. No two consecutive issues can each contain sale force.
5. At least two issues each year must contain finance.
1. Which of the following can be an acceptable schedule of articles for a year's worth of issues of the journal?
| Option | Winter Issue | Spring Issue | Fall Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | F, I.T, B | F, M, B | F, B, SF |
| (B) | I.T, B, SF | F, I.T, SF | F, B, M |
| (C) | F, B, M | F, B, SF | F, I.T, M |
| (D) | F, I.T, SF | F, M, B | M, B, SF |
| (E) | M, B, SF | F, I.T, B | M, B, SF |
2. If a sale force publish in the spring issue of a particular year, which of the following lists the articles that must publish in the fall issue of the year, not necessarily in the order given?
(A) A finance, an I.T, and a business
(B) A finance, a marketing, and a business
(C) A finance, a marketing, and a sale force
(D) A finance, a business, and a sale force
(E) A marketing, a business, and a sale force
3. If two article types publish three times each in a particular year’s issues, those types must be
(A) a finance and an I.T
(B) a finance and a marketing
(C) a finance and a business
(D) a marketing and a sale force
(E) a business and a sale force
4. If a particular year's winter issue of the journal contains Marketing, then the spring issue that year could contain which of the following?
(A) Finance, Marketing, Business
(B) I.T, Marketing, Business
(C) I.T, Business, sale force
(D) Finance, Business, sale force
(E) Marketing, Business, sale force
5. If during a particular year two issues each contain a sale force and two issues each contain a marketing, then the winter issue of that year must include
(A) A Finance
(B) An I.T
(C) A Marketing
(D) A Business
(E) A sale force
6. If four of the five types of articles publish twice during a particular year and if one type publish only once, then the type that publish only once must be either
(A) A Finance or an I.T
(B) An I.T or Marketing
(C) Marketing or a Business
(D) A Marketing or a sale force
(E) A Business or a sale force
7. If for a particular year the editor decides to make the spring issue of the journal a special issue devoted entirely to three sale forces but continues adhering to the conditions on the choice of articles, then which of the following lists the articles that must publish in the winter issue of the year?
(A) A Finance, an I.T, and Marketing
(B) A Finance, an I.T, and a Business
(C) A Finance, Marketing, and a Business
(D) An I.T, Marketing, and a Business
(E) A Marketing, a Business, and a sale force
