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31 August 2026

The Application of Propositional Logic to Logical Judgment Items in the Administrative Aptitude Test

Qianfang Liu1 Yuhao Yang1 Peng Ma1
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1 China University of Petroleum (Beijing) Karamay Campus, Karamay 834000, Xinjiang, China
JCER 2026 , 10(8), 33–39; https://doi.org/10.26689/JCER.v10i8.15172
© 2026 by the Author(s). Licensee Whioce Publishing, Singapore. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

In the logical judgment questions of the Administrative Aptitude Test (AAT) in China’s civil service examinations, current problem-solving methods rely more on empirical summarization and question-sense training, aiming for speed and accuracy, but lacking rigorous logical proof. This article applies the theory of propositional logic in discrete mathematics, combined with the characteristics of recent AAT logical judgment questions, to analyze the correspondence between the stem expressions of the questions and the propositional logic structure. It provides a rigorous proof process for some logical judgment questions, offering a clear and verifiable theoretical basis for such problems.

Keywords
Propositional logic
Administrative Aptitude Test (AAT)
Discrete mathematics
Funding
China University of Petroleum (Beijing) Karamay Campus Undergraduate Education and Teaching Research Reform Project (JG2026055, JG2024023)
References

[1] Li Y, 2019, 5000 Must-do Questions for Administrative Aptitude Test: Logical Reasoning – Answer Analysis. Beijing: World Book Publishing Company.

[2] Huatu Education, 2012, Administrative Aptitude Test. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

[3] Qu W, Geng S, Zhang L, 2015, Discrete Mathematics. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

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