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TIME: 45 MINUTES
The Test has 3 parts: Abstract Reasoning Test, Numerical Reasoning Test and Verbal
Reasoning Test.
Part 1:
In each question, you will be presented with a logical sequence of five figures. You will
need to determine which of the possible answers best matches the next figure in the
sequence, or replaces a missing figure in the sequence.
You will have to work quickly and accurately to perform well in this test. If you don’t
know the answer to a question, leave it and come back to it if you have time.
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Q1. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: C
Q2. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: D
Q3. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: A
Q4. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: E
Q5. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: D
Q6. What replaces the question mark?
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A B C D E
ANSWER: A
Q7. What replaces the question mark?
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A B C D E
ANSWER: B
Q8. What replaces the question mark?
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A B C D E
ANSWER: A
Q9. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: B
Q10. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: B
Q11. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: C
Q12. What comes next in the sequence?
ANSWER: D
Q13. What replaces the question mark?
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A B C D E
ANSWER: D
Q14. What replaces the question mark?
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A B C D E
ANSWER: C
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A B C D E
ANSWER: B
Q16. Which diagram replaces the question mark?
ANSWER: B
Part 2:
You will be presented with a passage to read, and a statement about that passage.
True: The statement follows logically from the information contained in the passage.
False: The statement is logically false from the information contained in the passage.
Cannot Say: It is not possible to determine whether the statement is true or false
without further information.
You will have to work quickly and accurately to perform well in this test. If you don’t
know the answer to a question, leave it and come back to it if you have time.
Verbal Reasoning Test will begin at question 17, finish at question 30.
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The gas provider Centrica has seen its half-year profits fall by 20% to £992 million.
Despite this it has decided to increase its dividend to shareholders to 3.9p per
share. The rise in energy prices released before the announcement of Centrica's
profits was designed, said the company, to restore "reasonable profitability". The
chief executive, Sam Laidlaw, said, "We produced a good set of results in tough
market conditions... we will continue to concentrate on improving customer
service in British Gas..." This is an interesting statement given the record rise in
prices to households. The announcement of profits which are not far off one billion
pounds, a day after the announcement of the rise in price and the increase in
dividend to shareholders, is likely to provoke angry reaction. Many will question
the extent of the market power that Centrica possesses. There will also be those
that will question what the phrase 'reasonable profitability' means in the context
of profits of nearly one billion pounds.
Q17. Companies increase shareholder dividends when profits fall.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: C
(B) False
ANSWER: A
Q19. Centrica's half-year profits are not far off one million pounds.
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Cannot say
ANSWER: B
Q20. Announcing large profits, soon after announcing price rises, is likely to provoke
angry reaction.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: A
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(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: C
Q22. The passage suggests that two-child families will dramatically increase, as
sibling-free adults reach child-bearing age.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: B
Q23. The main criticism of China’s one-child policy is that it violates human rights.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: C
Q24. Families with more than one child are more common in China’s rural areas.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: C
Q25. The general preference among Chinese parents is for male babies.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: A
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(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: C
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: B
Q28. The labour theory of value is defined as: only the person who made an item
should profit from its sale.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: B
Q29. In common with socialism, the economic doctrine of mutualism advocates state
control over production.
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Cannot say
ANSWER: B
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: C
Part 3:
You will have to work quickly and accurately to perform well in this test. If you don’t
know the answer to a question, leave it and come back to it if you have time. Each
question will have five or six possible answers, one of which is correct.
Numerical Reasoning Test will begin at question 31, finish at question 44.
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Q31. Which share had the largest difference between highest and lowest price over
the last 12 months?
(D) Fauvers
(E) Steapars
ANSWER: C
Q32. What was yesterday’s cost difference between 50 shares in Fevs plc and 100
shares in Steapars?
(A) €164,726
(B) €251,163
(C) €172,577
(D) €164,045
ANSWER: D
Q33. Today’s Drebs Ltd share price represents a 40% increase on the price one
month ago. What was the Drebs Ltd share price a month ago?
(A) €22
(B) €25.20
(C) €12.68
(D) €12.90
(E) €12.86
ANSWER: E
Q34. Which period saw the greatest percentage decrease in water prices?
(A) y0 – y1
(B) y1 – y2
(C) y2 – y3
ANSWER: C
Q35. If a house cost £300,000 at the end of y1, what will it cost at the end of y3?
(A) £330,000
(B) £314,285.71
(C) £285,714.29
(D) £315,000
ANSWER: B
Q36. If the price of food was rebased in y1, what would the inflation index be for y3?
(A) 115
(B) 110
(C) 105.4
(D) 104.5
ANSWER: D
Q37. Which product experienced the biggest change in percentage terms in y1-y2?
(A) Food
(B) Petrol
(C) Houses
(D) Water
ANSWER: D
Q38. Between 1990 and 2000, what was the decrease in energy use for the PC
Room, Meeting Rooms and Office Space combined?
Q39. If the Building Energy Use today if 6% less than it was in 2000, by what
percentage is today’s Building Energy Use lower than that of 1990?
(A) 82.9%
(B) 17.1%
(C) 17.8%
(D) 82.2%
ANSWER: B
Q40. Which space experienced the smallest reduction in kWh used between 1990
and 2000?
(D) PC Room
ANSWER: D
Q41. What is the difference between direct sales and telesales across the five
teams combined?
ANSWER: E
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