NSW Thinking Skills Assessment Year 5 Set 1

Difficulty Item Answer Explanation

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The correct answer is option C.

It is not stated in the passage that only those who

5 1 C own a car can drive a car. What makes it true, is that
anyone can learn how to drive. In fact, most taxi
drivers didn't own a car. And if you can drive a
vehicle, it does not mean you own it. This is also the
reason why option A, B and D is incorrect.

The correct answer is option A.

The owl is the only bird that creates no sound when

flying. So if a bird makes noise while flying, then it is
not an owl.

Option B is incorrect because owls creates no sound

when flying regardless. It is part of their natural
5 2 A ability and it has nothing to do with time.

Option C is incorrect because almost all birds don't

make noise when they're not flying save for the
hatchlings in the nests.

Option D is incorrect because all birds can fly at

night; not only owls.

The correct answer is option C.

It could be a woman who set the trap in the woods

5 3 C
instead of a man. The passage didn't say that only
man can perform it.

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Option A is incorrect because animals like wolf, or

even humans can be a victim of those traps if they
stepped on them.

Option B is incorrect because there are other

methods in catching bears aside from bear-traps. A
net, for example, or even shooting them with bow
and arrows.

Option D is incorrect because there are a lot of

animal traps out there other than for catching bear.
And not all traps set in the woods are for bears; it
could be for deers or squirrel.

The correct answer is option C.

Even though if some cannot fly, all birds must have

wings. If ostriches don't have one, then they might
not belong to the family of birds. This is also what
makes option A incorrect.
5 C

Option B and D is incorrect because ostrich is not the

only flightless bird that exist. There are others, such
as chicken and flamingo that has wings but cannot
fly. Making ostriches fly won't give chicken and other
flightless birds the ability to fly.

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