All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #481 : Analogies
Complete the analogy.
Wood is to carpenter as _____________.
book is to magazine
banker is to teacher
stone is to mason
swimmer is to diver
shoe is to businessman
stone is to mason
A "carpenter" works with "wood," by definition, so the answer be a tool followed by its user. A mason similarly works with stone.
Example Question #482 : Analogies
Complete the analogy.
Electrician is to light bulb as _____________.
taxi is to limousine
doctor is to nurse
cup is to water
plumber is to toilet
book is to author
plumber is to toilet
The key here is determining how the kind of person given relates to the given object. An "electrician" works with "light bulbs," or user to tool, so the answer must be a user and his tool. A "plumber" works with "toilets," so that must be the correct answer. None of the other answers describe a user-tool relationship. A "book" is a product made by an "author." A "cup" is a vessel for "water." "Nurses" are people, and thus cannot be a part of a user tool relationship.
Example Question #1 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Teachers are to students as doctors are to __________.
patients
medicines
helpers
sick
workers
patients
Doctors work with patients just as teachers work with students, so "patients" is the correct answer.
Example Question #2 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Fan is to air as hose is to __________.
ice
water
electricity
handle
power
water
A fan moves air by blowing it around, so you need to pick out an answer choice that describes what a hose moves. A hose moves water, so "water" is the correct answer. None of the other answer choices are things that are moved by hose, so none of them can be the correct answer.
Example Question #486 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Animal is to veterinarian as person is to __________.
hotel
businessperson
hospital
doctor
banker
doctor
Since veterinarians help animals when they are sick or hurt, we need to pick out a word that represents an occupation whose practitioners help out people when they are sick or hurt. While both "doctor" and "hospital" may look like correct answers, "hospital" can't be the correct answer because it is the name of the place where people go when they are sick or hurt, and not the job title of the people who help them. "Doctor" is the correct answer because just like veterinarians help animals when they are injured, doctors help people when they are injured.
Example Question #53 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Firefighter is to fire as __________.
business is to businessperson
policewoman is to crime
doctor is to healthy
waiter is to food
librarian is to books
policewoman is to crime
Since firefighters fight fires, we need to pick out another pair of words in which the first word is a job, and the second word is the thing that people who work that job try to stop. While "policeman," "librarian," "doctor," and "waiter" are all occupations, but "healthy" can't be the correct answer because it's an adjective, not a noun, and "librarian is to books" can't be correct either because a librarian doesn't try to stop books, he or she distributes them and helps people find them. Since a policewoman's job is to stop crime, just like a firefighter's job is to stop fires, "policewoman is to crime" is the correct answer.
Example Question #55 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Disinfect is to germs as __________ is to hair.
delete
unleash
suspend
create
shave
shave
To "disinfect" means to make something clean, to rid something of "germs." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words means to get rid of hair, to remove one's hair. The correct answer is "shave." Additionally, "delete" means remove, cancel, get rid of; "suspend" means pause, halt until later; "create" means make, come up with, invent; "unleash" means release, set loose.
Example Question #3 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Casino is to __________ as chapel is to pray.
spiritual
religion
illegal
church
gamble
gamble
A "chapel" is a little church, it is a place where one might go to "pray." So, which of these is an activity that one might go to a "casino" to do? The correct answer is "gamble" which means bet, wager. Additionally, "illegal" means against the law, not legal; "spiritual" means religious, related to the soul.
Example Question #4 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Kitchen is to cook as bathroom is to __________.
fight
play
sleep
eat
wash
wash
An action that one might do in the "kitchen" is "cook." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is an action one might do in the "bathroom." The correct answer is "wash."
Example Question #5 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Colleague is to work as combatant is to __________.
try
study
practice
sail
fight
fight
To begin with the prefix co- means together, with. So, a "colleague" is someone you work with, two "colleagues" are two people who work together. Which of these is an action you might undertake with a "combatant?" The correct answer is that a "combatant" is someone you "fight" with.
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