The Verbal Reasoning Subtest
The Verbal Reasoning subtest assesses a candidate's ability to read and think carefully about information presented in passages.
In this subtest, you will see passages of text. For each passage, there will be four statements relating to the text. Each statement
is considered a test item. You will be presented with eleven passages, each with four statements. In total, you will be presented with 44 test items.
Your task is to read each passage of text carefully and then decide whether the statements follow logically from the information in the passage.
For each statement, there are three answer options you can choose from:
True: This means that, on the basis of the information in the passage, the statement is true or logically follows for the passage.
False: This means that, on the basis of the information in the passage, the statement is false.
Can't tell: This means that you cannot tell from the information in the passage whether the state is true or false.
When deciding whether a statement is true, false, or can't tell, it is important to base your answer only on the information in the passage
and not on any knowledge you may have. Your task is simply to judge whether or not the statement follows logically from information presented in the passage.
Summary:
| Time |
Items |
| 22 minutes (one minute for instruction and twenty-one minutes for items) |
44 items associated with 11 reading passages |
