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ReasoningforBusinessTMManagerialandGraduateInformationandPracticeLeafletPsychometrictestsareusedbyorganisationstoassesspeopleforselectionanddevelopmentpurposes.Thisleafletprovidesyouwithinformationonthetypeofteststhatyouwillbecompletingandsomepracticequestionstoallowyoutoprepareandfamiliariseyourselfwiththeformatofthesetests.Usingpsychometrictestsforassessmentpurposesoffersanumberofbenefits:•Theyprovideemployerswithafairandobjectivewayofassessingpeople.Everyonewhocompletesthetestsdoessounderthesameconditionsandwithinthesametimelimit.•Theyaredesignedtobebroadlyreflectiveofthereasoningskillsrequiredforjobsandcanthereforeindicatewhichpersonhasthespecificabilitiesneededtosucceedingivenroles.•Theyallowpeopletodemonstratetheirabilitiesandhelpemployerstoidentifyindividualstrengthsanddevelopmentneeds.This,inturn,canhelppeopleidentifythosejobswhicharemostsuitableforthem.REASONINGFORBUSINESSTheReasoningforBusinessseriesofassessmentsconsistsoftwoseparatetestswhichassessdifferenttypesofreasoningability.Youmaybeaskedtocompleteoneorbothofthesetests.Alternatively,youmayberequiredtocompleteaseparateversionwhichcombineselementsofbothtests.Thiswilldependontheskillsthatareconsideredrelevanttothejobinquestion.Inordertohelpprepareyouforthetests,wehaveprovidedyouwithsomepracticequestionsoverthepage.Thesewillenableyoutofamiliariseyourselfwiththetypeofquestionsthatyouwillberequiredtocomplete.Althoughthesepracticequestionsarenottimed,theactualtestswillhaveasettimelimit,soyoushouldworkthroughthequestionsasquicklyandaccuratelyaspossible.Asanapproximateguide,youcantrycompletingboththenumericalandverbalquestionsshownonthefollowingpageswithinfourminutes.Youcanmarkwhatyouconsidertobethecorrectanswerbyfillingintheappropriatecircleinthesectionatthebottomofthepage.Notethatwhenyoucompletetheactualtestsonpaper,youwillbeprovidedwithaseparateanswersheetforthispurpose.Alternatively,youmaybeaskedtocompletethetestsoncomputer-ifso,youwillbegivenfulldetailsofhowyoutodothisimmediatelypriortotakingthetest.Whenyouhavecompletedtherelevantpracticequestions,youcanchecktheanswerswhicharegivenonthefinalpageofthisleaflet.ManagerialandGraduate-VerbalMeasurestheabilitytocomprehend,evaluateanddrawinferencesfrombusiness-relatedpassagesoftext.ManagerialandGraduate-NumericalMeasurestheabilitytoevaluatebusiness-orienteddatapresentedinnumericalformatandsolveproblemsrelatedtothisinformation.ManagerialandGraduate-VerbalPracticequestionsReadthefollowingpassageandthenrespondtothestatementsbelow.Youshouldchosethecorrectresponsetothestatementsonthebasisofthefollowingrules:ByrneInternationalhasstrengtheneditspositioninthestrugglewithModintechtobuyCranesSystemsfor$1.3billion.Thistake-overofoneofthemajorcomputercompaniesintheregionwillallowByrneInternationaltogrowsignificantlyandkeepitcompetitivewithothermarketleaders.Oncethetwomajorcompanieshavesuccessfullyamalgamated,newbusinessstructureswillbeputinplace.Theproposeddealhassparkedfeelingsofuneaseamongstcloserivals,suchasSABKandForemanTechnology,whoareseekingsimilaralliancesaroundtheglobetopreventbeingswallowedbymajorcompetitors.TRUEThestatementisdefinitelytrue,orfollowslogicallyfromtheinformationgiveninthepassageFALSEThestatementclearlycontradictstheinformationthatisgiven,orfollowslogicallyfromthepassage.CANNOTTELLThetruthorfalsehoodofthestatementcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationprovided.ATrueBFalseCCannottell1.ByrneInternationaliscompetingwithanothercompanyovertheacquisitionofCranesSystems.2.ForemanTechnologyisconsideringamergerwithSABK.3.ByrneInternationalhaspurchasedCranesSystemsfor$1.3billion.ENTERTHECORRECTANSWERSBELOW:Question1ABCQuestion2ABCQuestion3ABC2ManagerialandGraduate-NumericalPracticequestionsLookatthetableofdataandthenrespondtothequestionsbelowbyselectingthecorrectanswerfromthelistofoptions.Youmayuseacalculatorforthesequestionsifyouwish.Thetablebelowshowsasalessummaryforfivesoftwareproductsproducedbyacomputercompany.1.Whichproduct’ssalesshowedthegreatestpercentagechangefromtwoyearsagotolastyear?ASpreadsheetBWordprocessorCVirusdetectorDBusinessstatisticsEDatabase2.ThesalestargetforthisyearfortheBusinessstatisticssoftwarerepresentsanincreaseofwhatpercentageoverlastyear’ssales?A30.30%B42.60%C51.34%D57.39%E60.00%F74.24%G134.69%HCannottell3.Ifthecurrentyear’ssalesoftheDatabasesoftwarewere15%higherthanlastyear,thensaleswouldbeaheadoftarget.ATrueBFalseCCannottellENTERTHECORRECTANSWERSBELOW:Question1ABCDEQuestion2ABCDEFGHQuestion3ABC3SoftwareproductNumberofsales(inthousands)2yearsago1yearagoTargetforcurrentyearSpreadsheet13.818.623.2Wordprocessor17.515.219.0Virusdetector10.17.39.5Businessstatistics4.66.611.5Database10.512.615.6ManagerialandGraduate-DiagrammaticReasoningIntroductionWHATISTHEREASONINGFORBUSINESS–DIAGRAMMATICREASONINGTEST?Thistestmeasuresyourabilitytoextractgeneralconceptsorrulesfromapparentlyunrelatedvisualinformation.Whilethistestmayappeartobelessbusinessrelatedthanothertypesoftests,itassessesimportantconceptualthinkingandreasoningskills,relatingtotheabilitytoidentifypatternsandrelationshipsbetwee