Determine roles from B's accusation

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This question evaluates logical deduction and propositional reasoning skills by requiring inference about truth-tellers and liars within a knights-and-knaves scenario, testing competency in formal logic and discrete mathematics.

Determine roles from B's accusation

Company: SIG (Susquehanna)

Role: Data Scientist

Category: Statistics & Math

Difficulty: easy

Interview Round: Technical Screen

On an island where each person is either a knight (always tells the truth) or a knave (always lies), you meet two people, A and B. B says to A: "You always lie." Based solely on this statement, which of the following assignments of roles is logically consistent? Select all that apply and briefly justify your choices: - A is a knave, B is a knight - A is a knight, B is a knave - A is a knave, B is a knave - A is a knight, B is a knight - Not enough information to uniquely determine the roles

Overview: This question evaluates logical deduction and propositional reasoning skills by requiring inference about truth-tellers and liars within a knights-and-knaves scenario, testing competency in formal logic and discrete mathematics.

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Sep 6, 2025
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Knights and Knaves: Single Statement Inference

You meet two islanders, A and B. Each person is either a knight (always tells the truth) or a knave (always lies). B says to A: “You always lie.”

Based solely on this statement, which of the following role assignments are logically consistent? Select all that apply and briefly justify your choices.

  • A is a knave, B is a knight
  • A is a knight, B is a knave
  • A is a knave, B is a knave
  • A is a knight, B is a knight
  • Not enough information to uniquely determine the roles
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