Border Patrol Entrance Exam: Logical Reasoning Practice
Try three BPA logical reasoning questions. Use only the passage to decide what must be true and what cannot be concluded, then compare your answers.
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Key facts
| Item | What the official source says |
|---|---|
| Exam | Border Patrol Agent (BPA) Entrance Examination, U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| Parts, in order | Candidate Experience Record (CER), then Logical Reasoning Test (LRT) |
| Logical Reasoning Test | 120 minutes; computer-adaptive; five answer options; an answer is final once submitted |
| Pace | The CBP preparation guide advises about three minutes per question |
| Number of questions | Not published by CBP |
| Not the same exam | The CBP Officer entrance exam has a different structure |
Checked against the official source on 12 November 2026: CBP careers: Border Patrol Agent entrance exam.
BPA logical reasoning practice test: two questions on one passage
Two original questions on one passage, one in each direction.
Passage. All agents assigned to the river station have completed boat-operator training. No agent who completed boat-operator training this year has completed the canine course. Agent Ruiz completed boat-operator training this year.
Which statement must be true? (A) Agent Ruiz is assigned to the river station. (B) Agent Ruiz has not completed the canine course. (C) Every agent with boat-operator training is at the river station. (D) No river-station agent has completed the canine course. (E) Agent Ruiz completed the canine course last year.
B. Ruiz completed boat-operator training this year, and no agent who did so has completed the canine course. A and C reverse the first sentence: river-station agents all have the training, but trained agents need not be at the river station. D goes too far, since a river-station agent may have trained in an earlier year. E contradicts the passage.
Which statement cannot be validly concluded? (A) Some agents have completed boat-operator training. (B) Agent Ruiz has not completed the canine course. (C) An agent without boat-operator training is not assigned to the river station. (D) Agent Ruiz is assigned to the river station. (E) An agent who has completed the canine course did not complete boat-operator training this year.
D. The passage says river-station agents are trained, not that trained agents are at the river station, so Ruiz’s assignment is unknown. A follows from Ruiz. B follows from the second and third sentences. C is the first sentence read backwards correctly (the contrapositive). E is the second sentence stated from the other side.
Can I see one more example, with a different kind of rule?
Passage. Every vehicle referred to secondary inspection is searched either by a canine team or by an officer using a scanner. Vehicle 12 was referred to secondary inspection. Vehicle 12 was not searched by a canine team.
Which statement must be true? (A) Vehicle 12 was not searched. (B) Vehicle 12 was searched by an officer using a scanner. (C) Every vehicle searched with a scanner was referred to secondary inspection. (D) Canine teams search more vehicles than scanners do. (E) Vehicle 12 was released without inspection.
B. The first sentence leaves two possibilities for a referred vehicle, and the third sentence removes one of them. A contradicts what follows from the passage. E makes a claim about release, which the passage never discusses. C reverses the first sentence: the passage says nothing about vehicles that were not referred. D compares numbers the passage never gives.
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How long is the Border Patrol Logical Reasoning Test?
CBP allows 120 minutes for the Logical Reasoning Test and its preparation guide advises about three minutes per question. CBP does not publish the number of questions.
Is the Border Patrol entrance exam adaptive?
Yes. The Logical Reasoning Test is computer-adaptive: the difficulty of the next question depends on your previous answers, and an answer cannot be changed after it is submitted.
Official sources
Sources checked on 12 November 2026. Your invitation and the organiser’s current page take precedence over this guide.
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