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Directions: Each question or group of questions is based on a passage, graph, table, or set of conditions. In answering some of the questions, it may be useful to draw a rough diagram. For each question, select the best answer choice given.
Questions 12-17
Exactly five persons—J, K, L, M, and O—have gathered to play a game called Trios. In each round of the game, exactly three of these persons must play. The following are all the rules that affect the order of participation in, and the length of, an individual game:
No person can play in three consecutive rounds.
No person can sit out two consecutive rounds.
In any game, each of the five persons must play in exactly three rounds.
12) If J, K, and L play in a first round, which of the following could be the trio who play in that game’s second round?
(A) J, K, M
(B) J, K, O
(C) J, L, M
(D) K, L, O
(E) K, M, O
13) If, in an individual game, K, L, and M play in the first round and J, L, and M play in the third round, the players in the second round must be
(A) J, K, L
(B) J, K, M
(C) J, K, O
(D) K, L, O
(E) K, M, O
14) If, in an individual game, L and O do not play in the first round, which of the following must be true?
(A) L plays in rounds three and four.
(B) O plays in rounds three and five.
(C) L and O both play in round four.
(D) L and O both play in round five.
(E) M and O both play in round four.
15) If, in an individual game, J, L, and M play in the first round, and K, M, and O play in the second round, which of the following must play in the fourth round?
(A) J
(B) K
(C) L
(D) M
(E) O
16) If, in an individual game, J, M, and O play in the first round, and if M and K play in the fourth round, which of the following CANNOT have played in the third round?
(A) J
(B) K
(C) L
(D) M
(E) O
17) If, in an individual game, J, K, and M play in the first round and K, M, and O play in the third round, which of the following CANNOT play in the fourth round and must play in the fifth round?
(A) J
(B) K
(C) L
(D) M
(E) O
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Answer Keys
12 | 13 | 14 |
E | C | D |
15 | 16 | 17 |
D | B | E |