Arrange the following words in a logical sequence and select the correct…

Concept: Reasoning items that ask for a logical or chronological sequence require identifying the real-world relationship governing the given items (such as a time order, a size order, or a hierarchy) and then arranging the given labels to match that natural order.

Application:

1. The five labels stand for stages of human life: Adult (i), Old age (ii), Infant (iii), Youth (iv), and Child (v).

2. The natural chronological order in which a person passes through these stages is: Infant, then Child, then Youth, then Adult, then Old age.

3. Substituting the roman numeral for each stage in that chronological order gives the sequence: iii, v, iv, i, ii.

Cross-check:

• The sequence iii, v, i, iv, ii places Adult before Youth, which breaks the natural age progression.

• The sequence v, iii, i, iv, ii places Child before Infant, which does not match the natural order of these two stages.

• The sequence v, iii, iv, i, ii also places Child before Infant, even though the later stages are ordered correctly.

The sequence that keeps every stage in its natural chronological place is iii, v, iv, i, ii.