2Reasoning
Practise deductive reasoning
Ranking · Level 1 · Item 1 of 12
The training quiz
After the safeguarding refresher, everyone took the same short quiz. No two scores were the same.
Clues
- 1Exactly two people come between Callum and Yusuf.
- 2Hana is exactly two places above Callum.
- 3Callum scored higher than Mairi.
Put them in order from 1st (highest score) to last (lowest).
What place is each person?
12 items from every style, easier first. You can change any answer until the time is up, and nothing is marked until the end.
This is practice timing. Lancaster and Sheffield publish 12 items in 18 minutes for their test. These items may be shorter or easier than theirs, and the set does not adapt.
- Source: Lancaster University DClinPsy: Short-listing (opens in a new tab), checked 10 October 2026.
- Source: University of Sheffield DClinPsy: Entry requirements (opens in a new tab), checked 24 September 2026.
These are our own items, not SHL’s test or any course’s.
About these items
Each item has exactly one answer, checked by a search of every possibility, and comes with the full working.
The set does not adapt. The timed set is practice timing: Lancaster and Sheffield publish 12 items in 18 minutes for their test, and these items may be shorter or easier than theirs.