Verbal Reasoning Type 02

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Question Details
Also Called	Code Words
Category	Verbal Reasoning
Regions Found	Buckinghamshire, Essex, Herts, Kent, Wilts, Wirral

Verbal Reasoning Type 2 question is a verbal reasoning question commonly found in Entrance Tests in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Instructions 2 Method 3 Video Tutorial 4 Variations 4.1 Constant Step 4.2 Incrementing / Decrementing Step 4.3 Sign Flipper 4.4 Mirror image types 5 See Also

Instructions

In each of the following questions, words have been written in code. The first word and it's code has been given to you. You must find the second word or code. The alphabet has been provided to assist you.

Method

The question can either...

give you the code and you have to find the word or...

give you the word and you have to find the code

To solve this question you look at the relationship between letters in the Alphabet Line. Work out how each letter of the word relates to each letter of the code. Once you know how to crack the code you will be able to work out the answer.

Video Tutorial

Variations

Constant Step

The step between the code-letters and the word-letters is constant.

Steps can be something like this

+1 +1 +1 +1 etc
+2 +2 +2 +2 etc
+3 +3 +3 +3 etc
+4 +4 +4 +4 etc
...

Incrementing / Decrementing Step

The steps between the letters can increase (or decrease).

Steps can be something like this

+3 +4 +5 +6 etc
+2 +4 +6 +8 etc
+5 +4 +3 +2 etc

Sign Flipper

The step between the letters letter flips between positive and negative (forwards or backwards in the Alphabet Line).

Steps can be something like this

+2 -2 +2 -2 etc

or, combined with Incrementing step(above), you could get

+1 -2 +3 -4 etc.

Mirror image types

These questions do come up in the exam from time to time. They are not mentioned in some method and technique books so listen up! The alphabet gets split in the middle so each letter on the left side of the alphabet has a partner on the right side of the alphabet. It's a good idea for you to learn the pairings so you can spot these questions quickly. A good way to learn the alphabet pairs is to write the alphabet forwards and backwards as in the column to the right. The mirror pairs will line up vertically. Watch the video for an example.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

ZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA

See Also

• Verbal Reasoning Type 01
• Verbal Reasoning Type 02
• Verbal Reasoning Type 03
• Verbal Reasoning Type 04
• Verbal Reasoning Type 05
• Verbal Reasoning Type 06
• Verbal Reasoning Type 07
• Verbal Reasoning Type 08
• Verbal Reasoning Type 09
• Verbal Reasoning Type 10
• Verbal Reasoning Type 11
• Verbal Reasoning Type 12
• Verbal Reasoning Type 13
• Verbal Reasoning Type 14
• Verbal Reasoning Type 15
• Verbal Reasoning Type 16
• Verbal Reasoning Type 17
• Verbal Reasoning Type 18
• Verbal Reasoning Type 19
• Verbal Reasoning Type 20
• Verbal Reasoning Type 21