UKCAT Decision Analysis practice test1
In this month’s issue of Anthropology Today, Dr. Wilma Peoples announced her discovery of a new logogrammatical writing system. This was found on the previously unexplored South Pacific island of Tai-Moa. Though the island is now uninhabited, the early people of Tai-Moa carved stone statues and pillars with symbols representing words. Logogrammatical systems are one of the earliest true writing systems and include Egyptian hieroglyphs. The language of Tai-Moa uses symbols and letters to represent words.
You need to firstly review the sets of general operating and elementary symbol codes shown below and go on to attempt the multiple choice questions. Please indicate the best interpretation of the coded message by selecting option a, b, c, d or e.
Table: Logogrammatical writing system codes of Tai-Moa
General Operating Codes / Elementary Symbol CodesA= Opposite / = Path
B = Fast / ♥ = Jungle
C = Combine / = Danger
D = Hot / = Tribe
E = Negative / = Tonight
F = Repeat / = Water
G = Expand / = Sun
H = More / = Today
= Me
= Heavy
= Rain
= Tree
= Animal
= Arrow
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
,, , E
(A) Today I am in a dangerous tribe.
(B)Today my tribe is not in danger.
(C)My tribe is not in danger.
(D)I am not in any danger today.
(E)Today my tribe is not dangerous.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
C(),♥, C()
(A) All today and tonight the jungle will have rain.
(B) The jungle will have rain all day.
(C)All today and tonight the jungle will have heavy rain.
(D) The jungle will have rain all night.
(E)Today or tonight the jungle will have heavy thunderstorms.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
,, F, F
(A) I shot two animals with two arrows.
(B) I shot a large animal with two arrows.
(C) I shot an animal with two large arrows.
(D)I shot two large animals with two arrows.
(E) I shot two large animals with arrows.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
,, , A
(A)Today a heavy tree has blocked my path.
(B) Today I will block the path with a tree.
(C) My path is blocked by the heaviest tree.
(D) The heaviest tree in the jungle cannot block my path.
(E)I have a heavy path to follow today.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, F, A, F, B
(A)Large animals cannot climb trees quickly.
(B)The animal quickly climbed the tree.
(C)The animal ran fast past the tree.
(D)The animals journeyed to the trees.
(E) Large animals cannot climb trees.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
,D,,H,
(A) The sun is so hot today that everyone is drinking a lot of water.
(B)The sun is so hot today that I am drinking more water than anyone else.
(C) I drink a lot of water whenever the weather is very hot.
(D) The whole tribe drink lots of water when it is hot.
(E) My family needs a lot of water when it is hot.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
♥, E,E
(A)The jungle path is safer when there is less sun.
(B)It is better to travel when there is moonlight.
(C)Less sun and less danger makes the jungle path safer.
(D)There is less sun on the safer jungle path.
(E)The jungle path is safer when the moon is out.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
C(), B, , E
(A) Today, there is a safe bridge over the water.
(B) The water path is safe today.
(C) The bridge over the river is safe today.
(D) The water path is dangerous today.
(E) The bridge over the river is always dangerous.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, , , , F
(A) My tribe has killed many dangerous animals with their arrows.
(B) My tribes’ arrows are dangerous to animals.
(C) Animals are dangerous even though my tribe has arrows.
(D) It is dangerous to fight animals with my tribe’s arrows.
(E) My tribe has plenty of arrows to fight dangerous animals with.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
C(), G, ♥,
(A) I am a dangerous animal.
(B) This jungle contains dangerous animals.
(C) Humans are the most dangerous animal in the jungle.
(D) This is the most dangerous jungle for humans.
(E) Humans and other animals live in this dangerous jungle.
There are two additional forms of code that are incorporated into the Tai-Moa language:- The first is a code that is used to represent the Special Codes.
- The second is a basic system of numerical codes (from 001, 002… to 006) that is used to represent Action Codes.
General Operating Codes / Elementary
Symbol Codes / Special Codes / Action Codes
A= Opposite / = Path / i= Future / 001 = Trusting
B = Fast / ♥ = Jungle / i-i= Prefer / 002 = Seeing
C = Combine / = Danger / i-i-i= Noisy / 003 = Hunting
D = Hot / = Tribe / i-i-i-i = Wounded / 004 = Eating
E = Negative / = Tonight / i-i-i-i-i = Travelling / 005 = Cooking
F = Repeat / = Water / i-i-i-i-i-i = Home / 006 = Leading
G = Expand / = Sun
H = More / = Today
= Me
= Heavy
= Rain
= Tree
= Animal
= Arrow
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, 002, E, F, , ♥
(A) Many tribes are dangerous in the jungle.
(B)There are many dangerous tribes in the jungle.
(C)I can see two dangerous tribes traveling through the jungle.
(D)There are many friendly tribes in the jungle.
(E)I can see two friendly tribes traveling through the jungle.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, i-i-i-i-i, , B,
(A) The tribe is to travel across a dangerous river tonight.
(B) The tribe is to travel across the river tonight.
(C) The tribe is to travel across the dangerous river.
(D) The wandering tribe needs to cross a dangerous river tonight.
(E)What can the tribe do but cross the dangerous river tonight.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
C(),♥, C(i-i-i)
(A) It will rain in the jungle today.
(B) The jungle will have rain all day.
(C)There are heavy thunderstorms every day and night in the jungle.
(D) There is continuous rain all the time in the jungle.
(E)All day and night the jungle will have heavy thunderstorms.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
006, C(),♥,
(A) It is dangerous for hunters to track an animal through the jungle.
(B)Following an animal's path through the jungle is dangerous.
(C) It is dangerous for me to track an animal through the jungle
(D) Trackers can safely follow an animal’s path through the jungle.
(E) Never follow a dangerous animal’s path through the jungle.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, i-i, O♥, , A i-i,
(A)I like being in my jungle but not in the tribe
(B)I do not like my tribe.
(C) I prefer being in the jungle to my tribe.
(D)I like being in the jungle but not in my tribe.
(E)I prefer being in the jungle to being with my tribe.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, 003, , A001
(A)It is dangerous to hunt at night with an untrustworthy tribe.
(B) I must go on a dangerous hunt tonight with an untrustworthy tribe.
(C) I must go on a hunt tonight with an untrustworthy tribe.
(D)It is dangerous for me to hunt at night with an untrustworthy tribe.
(E)An untrustworthy tribe is dangerous when hunting at night.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
A, i-i, 004,HBA, C(),
(A) I always eat fish as fast as possible.
(B) I like to take my time to savour the taste of fish.
(C) Not everyone likes the taste of fish.
(D) Most people in my tribe hate fish.
(E)Others prefer to eat fish more slowly than me.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, i002, A,
(A) I will look out for the moon tonight.
(B) The moon looks bright tonight.
(C) I will see the future moon.
(D) I can already see the moon.
(E) I will see the moon tonight.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message: leading animal
006, A, , i-i-i-i, 003, A
(A)The leading person in the tribe was wounded hunting yesterday.
(B)I was wounded hunting yesterday.
(C) The leading person in the tribe was wounded yesterday.
(D) The leading person in the tribe was hunting yesterday.
(E) The leading person in the tribe died yesterday.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, , C(D), 005, F
(A) Cooking animals requires the steam of my tribe.
(B)My tribe uses steam to cook animals.
(C) My tribes prefers to steam meat.
(D) Steaming animals is a speciality of my tribe.
(E) My tribe steams animals.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
, i-i, 006003, 005, 004
(A) I prefer to lead the hunt rather than cooking.
(B) I prefer to lead the hunt rather than eating.
(C)I prefer to lead the hunt rather than cooking and eating.
(D) I prefer to hunt rather than cooking and eating.
(E) I prefer to cook and eat.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
B, i-i-i-i-i, , Eii, C(F)
(A) Monsoon time means that the tribe must stay in one place.
(B) The tribe does not enjoy traveling when it’s very hot.
(C) The tribe does not enjoy traveling during monsoon time.
(D)The tribe does not enjoy traveling fast during monsoon time.
(E) The fastest time to travel is during the monsoon.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
i , i-i, H003
(A) I like to hunt.
(B) I’d prefer to hunt.
(C) I will kill more animals in future hunts.
(D) Future hunts will be more productive.
(E)In future, I’d prefer to hunt more.
- What is the best interpretation of the following coded message:
(NB: Two options are correct.)
, C(003F), E002, C(),
(A) The tribe hunts at night by moonlight.
(B) It is easy to get lost when hunting at night.
(C) When I go on a nighttime hunt I cannot follow the path of the sun.
(D)When hunting at night, I do not follow the path of the sun.
(E) It is dangerous to hunt at night.