Hello everyone, today I bring you analogy questions from the reasoning module. These questions not only test our breadth of knowledge but also our ability to summarize and inductively reason. Let’s practice together:
Based on the provided materials, answer questions 106-110: A certain group company has 6 departments: production, sales, R&D, HR, finance, and legal, with 6 office buildings arranged in the following order: Wu Building, Ji Building, Geng Building, Xin Building, Ren Building, and Gui Building, with each department assigned to one building. The departments are arranged according to the following requirements: (1) The sales department is before the finance and production departments; (2) The HR department is immediately after the R&D department or the production department; (3) Following the legal department is either the R&D department or the sales department.
1. Which of the following arrangements of the departments’ office buildings from front to back meets the above requirements?
A. Finance Department, Legal Department, R&D Department, HR Department, Sales Department, Production Department
B. Legal Department, Sales Department, R&D Department, Production Department, Finance Department, HR Department
C. Legal Department, R&D Department, Sales Department, Finance Department, Production Department, HR Department
D. R&D Department, HR Department, Sales Department, Legal Department, Finance Department, Production Department
C【Analysis】This question belongs to analytical reasoning, mainly testing material-based analytical reasoning. The options in this question contain complete information, and the method of substitution and elimination can be used. Option A is substituted, and sales are after finance, which contradicts (1), so it is eliminated; Option B is substituted, and the HR department is immediately after the finance department, which contradicts (2), so it is eliminated; Option C is substituted, and no contradictions are found, meeting the requirements; Option D is substituted, and the legal department is immediately followed by finance, which contradicts (3), so it is eliminated. Therefore, the answer is C.
2. If the legal department is in the Ren Building, then the sales department is in:
A. Wu Building
B. Ji Building
C. Geng Building
D. Xin Building
A【Analysis】This question belongs to analytical reasoning, mainly testing material-based analytical reasoning. Given that the legal department is in the Ren Building, according to (3), immediately following the legal department (Gui Building) is either the R&D department or the sales department;
Considering (1), the sales department cannot be in the Gui Building because it is the last one, which contradicts the requirement for the sales department to be before the finance and production departments. Therefore, the only one that can be in the Gui Building is the R&D department. Thus, the Wu Building (the first position) cannot be the legal and R&D departments, nor can it be the finance and production departments because the finance and production departments are after the sales department, meaning the Wu Building can only be the sales or HR department. According to (2), the HR department cannot be in the first position, so the only option for the Wu Building is the sales department. Therefore, the answer is A.
3. If the R&D department is in the Wu Building, which of the following may be true?
A. The finance department is in the Ji Building
B. The production department is in the Geng Building
C. The legal department is in the Xin Building
D. The HR department is in the Gui Building
D【Analysis】This question belongs to analytical reasoning, mainly testing material-based analytical reasoning. Given that the R&D department is in the Wu Building, the known conditions in the question do not allow us to derive definite information, so we use the method of substitution and elimination. Option A is substituted, and if the finance department is in the Ji Building (the second position), then it is only after the R&D department and before all other departments, which contradicts (1), so it is eliminated; Option B is substituted, and if the production department is in the Geng Building (the third position), in conjunction with (1), the sales department must be before the production department, meaning the sales department can only be in the first or second position, and since the R&D department is in the Wu Building (the first position), the sales department can only be in the Ji Building (the second position), which contradicts (3), as the R&D and sales departments are in the first and second positions, respectively, and cannot be immediately after the legal department, so it is eliminated; Option C is substituted, and if the legal department is in the Xin Building (the fourth position), and combining (3), immediately following the legal department is either the R&D or sales department, and since the R&D department is in the first position, the one immediately following the legal department must be the sales department, which would place the sales department in the Ren Building (the fifth position), which contradicts (1) as the sales department can only be before the finance and production departments, so it is eliminated; Option D is substituted and no contradictions are found. Therefore, the answer is D.
4. Which two departments cannot be arranged in order in the Geng Building and Xin Building?
A. HR Department, R&D Department
B. Finance Department, Legal Department
C. Legal Department, Sales Department
D. R&D Department, Finance Department
A【Analysis】This question belongs to analytical reasoning, mainly testing material-based analytical reasoning. Substituting the options into the information provided yields the following position relationships:
According to (2), the HR department is immediately after the R&D or production department, and now that it is known that the R&D department is after the HR department, the HR department can only be immediately after the production department, meaning the production department is in the Ji Building. Then, according to (1), the sales department is before the production department, meaning the sales department can only be in the Wu Building.At this point, only the legal and finance departments are left, which can only be arranged in the remaining two positions:the Xin Building and the Ren Building, and regardless of the arrangement, the R&D and sales departments are always before the legal department, which leads to a contradiction with (3).
Therefore, the answer is A.
5. If the sales department is arranged in the Wu Building, which of the following arrangements is not possible?
A. Legal Department in the Xin Building
B. HR Department in the Geng Building
C. Finance Department in the Gui Building
D. R&D Department in the Ji Building
D【Analysis】This question belongs to analytical reasoning, mainly testing material-based analytical reasoning. Given that the sales department is in the Wu Building (the first position), according to (3), we can determine that the sales department cannot be after the legal department, so the only one immediately following the legal department can be the R&D department. Thus, we can confirm that both the sales and legal departments are before the R&D department, meaning the R&D department must also be arranged in the third position, so the R&D department cannot be in the Ji Building (the second position). Therefore, the answer is D.