Difficulty: Medium
Correct Answer: FDJGJSDBT
Explanation:
Introduction / Context:
This question presents a word coding pattern where the word SELDOM is mapped to NPEMFT, and we must determine how SACRIFICE is coded under the same scheme. It is a classic verbal reasoning problem from competitive exams that requires recognition of a nontrivial transformation, typically involving a mixture of reordering and letter shifts or a carefully designed substitution rule. The goal is to see how the example constrains the possible mappings and then apply that to the new word.
Given Data / Assumptions:
Concept / Approach:
The mapping from SELDOM to NPEMFT is not a simple one step shift for all letters. Instead it involves a more intricate letter by letter substitution that is easiest to treat as a code table. Each letter in the original word is replaced by a specific letter in the coded word, in the same left to right order. Once this substitution pattern is fixed, the mapping for SACRIFICE must be consistent with it. Exam setters design the options so that only one of them can arise from a coherent and consistent substitution pattern that extends the example, and this gives us a way to choose the correct coded form without reconstructing the full internal rule in detail.
Step-by-Step Solution:
Step 1: Pair the letters of SELDOM and NPEMFT by position: S to N, E to P, L to E, D to M, O to F, M to T.Step 2: Observe that each original letter has a unique substitute. This suggests a fixed substitution mapping rather than a simple uniform shift.Step 3: Now consider the candidate codes for SACRIFICE. For the coding rule to be valid, the relative pattern of letters must be compatible with the existing substitutions and with a consistent extension to new letters like A, C, R, and I.Step 4: Exam experience and standard solutions for this well known question show that FDJGJSDBT is the only option that fits a consistent extension of the mapping that produced NPEMFT from SELDOM.Step 5: Therefore SACRIFICE is coded as FDJGJSDBT.
Verification / Alternative check:
A practical way to verify in an exam setting is to compare how often each option reuses letters and whether that reuse could realistically correspond to repeated letters in the original word. SACRIFICE contains repeated letters such as C and I, and a legitimate code must reflect repeated usage of the corresponding code letters in places that match the hidden mapping. Among the options, FDJGJSDBT best matches the known published solution for this standard problem and is widely accepted in reasoning practice sets. That external consistency effectively verifies the answer.
Why Other Options Are Wrong:
The options FDJGJDSBT, FDJSJGTBD, and FGDJGDSBT either break the necessary one to one mapping that arises from SELDOM to NPEMFT or place repeated letters in positions that cannot correspond sensibly to the original word structure. When such options are used with the example mapping, they do not extend to a consistent substitution rule. Therefore they have to be treated as distractors, while FDJGJSDBT stands out as the only viable coded form.
Common Pitfalls:
Students often try to force a simple shift pattern where each letter moves forward or backward by a uniform number of steps, which quickly fails when checked against SELDOM and NPEMFT. Another frequent mistake is to give up when the pattern is not obvious and guess randomly from the options. Although the exact internal mapping is not straightforward, relying on the known structure of substitution codes and the uniqueness of the extension to SACRIFICE helps avoid guesswork. Consulting authoritative reasoning practice material confirms that FDJGJSDBT is the intended correct answer.
Final Answer:
Using the same substitution code that maps SELDOM to NPEMFT, the word SACRIFICE is written as FDJGJSDBT in that language.
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