Ace the SOPD Test with Accurate Practice Tests

This test is broken down into three sections – argument, problem solving, and logical reasoning.

• The argument section includes seven questions and requires you to analyze information and form logical conclusions accordingly.
• The problem-solving section includes five questions and requires you to read a text and glean the relevant facts before identifying the correct answer.
• The logical reasoning section includes 11 questions and requires you to make inferences from given facts.

This test assesses your ability to read complex texts effectively and efficiently, while collecting the relevant information from within.

You will be given four passages (usually science-related) followed by several questions, which you will need to answer under a stressful time limit.

The test includes 16 multiple-choice questions and must be completed within 22 minutes.

This test assesses a candidate's ability to monitor various tasks in parallel.

In this section, candidates must concurrently complete four separate tasks each presented in different areas of the screen:

• Memorization
• Basic math
• Visual monitoring
• Listening

Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the above argument?

1. In the doses used until now in studies on “rebound” headaches triggered by painkiller overuse, animals’ neurons (nerve cells) are often not affected

2. Dilation of neurons causes chronic migraines more frequently than ordinary headaches.

3. Occasionally, test animals were administered doses of painkillers larger than the largest possible human exposure levels.

4. People take more painkillers to relieve migraines than to relieve ordinary headaches.

5. Most of the pain-relief medication that is now banned because of the risk of “rebound” effects could safely be used by chronic headache sufferers.

For questions of the Strengthening the Argument type, we first identify the argument and then find the answer choice that would strengthen the argument, that is, provide additional evidence for the veracity of the argument.

The argument is in the last sentence (this is often the case):

"Results of studies on the most common causes of headaches until now have led to an overestimation of the degree to which medication overdose contributed to headaches".

Now unpack this: Studies overestimated the degree to which medication overdose contributed to headaches.

Before going to the answer choices, ask yourself:

What would cause such an overestimation in the studies?

Remember also that the studies were conducted on animals. Now, when you know exactly what you are looking for – an explanation of what would cause the overestimation in the studies – read the answer choices one by one.

The claim in answer choice C would strengthen the argument: Occasionally, test animals were administered doses of painkillers larger than the largest possible human exposure levels.
Therefore, the correct answer is C.