Practice for the Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory (HBRI) Assessment [2024]

The correct answer is (D).

There are three groups presented in this question:
1.High level managers
2.People who speak more than one language
3.People with higher than average IQ

Since the question is “which of the following must be true”, sentences (A) and (B) cannot be the answer – there is a possibility they are true, but there is also a possibility they are false (as groups 1 and 3 can overlap fully, partially, or not at all).

It is important to notice that a sentence that begins with "all", like “all high-level managers speak more than one language”, does not translate to the opposite, that all people who speak more than one language are high-level managers. This means that sentence (C) can also be true, but it’s not necessarily true.
After all three answers were eliminated, since none is true without a doubt, you can be sure the correct answer is (D) - none of the above.

The correct answer is (C).

The question asks you to find the most efficient way to get from Building 1 (Humanities) to Building 2 (Economics). The only factor discussed in the question according to which the efficiency level of the answer options can be compared is the time it takes to walk, versus cycle, between buildings. Thus, you can assume that by asking for the most efficient way to get from Building 1 to 2, the question actually asks for the fastest way to do that.

You are told that cycling between two adjacent buildings takes half the time it does to walk from any building to the library (the circle in the middle). Note that walking between any two buildings (i.e. from one building to the library, and then from the library to the other building) takes twice the time it does to walk from one building to the library. Thus, if you mark the time it takes to cycle between two adjacent buildings as C, then the time it takes to walk between two building equals C x 2 x 2 = 4C. (If you find it confusing to use variables, replace them with real values. You can decide, for instance, that it takes 1 minute to cycle between two adjacent buildings. In that case, walking between two buildings would take 4 minutes.)

Now, you can go over the answer options and find how much time each takes:
(A)– Walk between two buildings = 4C
(B)– Walk between two buildings + cycle between adjacent buildings = 4C + C = 5C
(C)– Cycle between adjacent buildings + cycle between adjacent buildings + cycle between adjacent buildings = C + C + C = 3C
(D)– Cycle between adjacent buildings + walk between two buildings = C + 4C = 5C

Thus, the most efficient way is (C).

Tip: You can save time by eliminating answer options using common sense. Answer options (B) and (D) both include cycling between adjacent buildings in addition to walking between buildings, whereas answer option (A) includes only walking. Thus, you can eliminate (B) and (D) as they are less efficient than (A).

The correct answer is (B).

There are a few factors which make product 2 the best one. One of them, the only one presented as a possible answer, is that it has low costs (manufacturing as well as licensing costs) compared to the other products, which means the correct answer is (B).

Answer (A) is incorrect. While product 1 does have high innovation, so does product 2, so they are equal in that matter and neither is better than the other. Answer (C) is incorrect for a similar reason, since both product 2 and product 3 have high quality.

Answer (D) is incorrect since product 2 is indeed the best choice – it has low costs and high quality, demand, and innovation, and is overall better than the other two products presented.