HSPT Verbal : Location, Time, or Context
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Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Location, Time, Or Context
Answer the question by selecting the word that best completes the comparison.
Madrid is to Spain as Rome is to __________.
Greece
Italy
Hungary
empire
Athens
Italy
"Madrid" is the capital city of "Spain" just as "Rome" is the capital of "Italy."
Example Question #22 : Location, Time, Or Context
Answer the question by selecting the word that best completes the analogy.
Australia is to Sydney as Brazil is to __________.
Melbourne
South America
Argentina
Rio de Janeiro
Thailand
Rio de Janeiro
"Sydeny" is a large city in "Australia," just as "Rio de Janeiro" is a large city in "Brazil."
Example Question #23 : Location, Time, Or Context
Answer the question by selecting the word that best completes the analogy.
Theater is to musical as stadium is to __________.
game
plays
writer
sand
stadium
game
A "theater" would be a likely venue for a "musical" amongst other shows, just as a "stadium" would be the likely venue for a sports "game."
Example Question #24 : Location, Time, Or Context
Answer the question by selecting the word that best completes the comparison.
Phoenix is to Arizona as Sacramento is to __________.
USA
California
Massachusetts
Los Angeles
France
California
"Phoenix" is the capital of "Arizona," just as "Sacramento" is the capital of "California."
Example Question #384 : Analogies
Answer the question by choosing the word that best completes the comparison.
Compass is to direction as sonar is to __________.
depth
ship
bat
north
ocean
depth
A "compass" is used to tell "direction," while "sonar" is used to measure depth.
Example Question #25 : Location, Time, Or Context
Answer the question by selecting the word that best completes the comparison.
CEO is to corporation as captain is to __________.
naval
sail
schooner
ocean
first mate
schooner
A "CEO" is the leader of a "corporation" just as a "captain" is the leader of a "schooner" (a type of oceangoing ship).
Example Question #521 : Hspt Verbal Skills
Era is to dawn as trip is to __________.
trek
embarkation
uncivilized
distant
wilderness
embarkation
The "dawn" of an "era" is the beginning of it, so we need to figure out which of the answer choices refers to the beginning of a trip. "Embarkation," the process of initially boarding a ship or airplane before it departs, takes place at the beginning of a trip, so "embarkation" is the correct answer.
Example Question #4 : Measurement
Stopwatch is to time as yardstick is to __________.
construction
inches
distance
yards
border
distance
A "stopwatch" is the device that is used to measure the time that is taken for a given event. For example, a coach or physical education instructor will use a stopwatch to clock the time taken to run a race. Thus, the analogy could be represented as, “Just as a stopwatch measures time, so a yardstick measures X.” Note that the options “yards” and “inches” are not as appropriate as “distance.” If the first half of the analogy had used (e.g.) “seconds” instead of “time,” those other options would be more acceptable. However, as things stand, the analogy indicates the general type of measure done by the device (time and distance respectively).
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