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Verbal Test 1
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Instructions
This verbal reasoning test comprises 30 questions, and you will have 25 minutes in which to
correctly answer as many as you can.
You will be presented with a passage to read, and a statement about that passage. For each
statement you must select one of the following answers:
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.
Try to find a time and place where you will not be interrupted during the test. When you
are ready, begin the test.
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Practice Aptitude TestsChecked shirts are now synonymous with the technology entrepreneur. Whilst
nobody can be attributed with starting the craze, this criss-crossed personal
statement has since been adopted by technology whiz-kids from Facebook founder
Mark Zuckerberg to Twitter co-founder Eva William. The open-necked checked shirt
look is beginning to be emulated by American teenagers. The important question
being asked by fashion retailers is whether this trend will grow beyond its currently
niche audience to the mass market. Fashion trends are fickle and if retailers get it
wrong they are quickly punished through falling revenue. That is why fashion outlet
Dicies often attends social gatherings and exhibitions where they expect to find lots
of young people; their thinking is that if they can observe fashion trends and be
ahead of the curve they will get a larger slice of the retail pie.
Q1 Twitter was founded by more than one person.
True False Cannot say
Q2 Mark Zuckerberg started the trend for wearing checked shirts.
True False Cannot say
Q3 Trends in fashion can be said to remain steady over time.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.In an effort to preserve fishing stocks, the European Union uses a quota system to
regulate the amount of fish that can be taken out of the North Sea. This involves
defining the tonnage of the various types of North Sea fish that each EU member
country can take. As soon as the catch is landed - but not before – fishermen can
be fined for landing more fish at their port than their quota permits. Each year
fishermen dump thousands of tonnes of fish back into the sea either because they
have reached their quota and don’t want to be fined or because the fish are too
small to be caught legally. Some environmental groups feel that existing
approaches are not working since these fish are already dead and throwing them
back serves no real purpose. They believe that other steps need to be taken to
conserve North Sea fishing stocks and avoid depletion.
Q4 Fish stocks in the North Sea are nearly exhausted.
True False Cannot say
Q5 Some environmental groups think new fish conservation methods are
required.
True False Cannot say
Q6 Fishermen can be fined for catching too many fish.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Biofuels are now being used worldwide and supporters claim that they are a
sustainable, renewable and cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels such as
coal and petroleum, supplies of which are becoming depleted. Biofuels are
increasingly used in the transportation sector. The main producers of biofuels are
in Asia, Europe and America. They can be produced from any carbon source
including landfill gasses and recycled vegetable oil but most of the biofuel
produced around the world is derived from photosynthetic plants grown in Brazil.
The two main types of plant used in production are those high in sugar, which are
fermented to produce ethanol, and those high in oil, which have the oil extracted
and heated to reduce viscosity before the oil is used. Advocates explain that
burning biofuels releases the same amount of CO that the plants took out of the
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environment during their growth so there is no net increase in levels of
atmospheric carbon.
Q7 Biofuels can be used to power aircraft.
True False Cannot say
Q8 Oil from some plants will flow more easily if it is heated.
True False Cannot say
Q9 Ethanol can be produced from photosynthetic plants with high oil content.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Many businesses now recognise that there are wide-ranging benefits to be
gained from offering their workforce flexible working arrangements. These
arrangements can include being able to work from home, job sharing, part-time
working and being able to choose when to complete agreed hours, for example
through working fewer but longer days, or working flexitime. Employees able to adopt
flexible working are better able to balance work and family commitments and are
therefore happier at work, experiencing greater job satisfaction. They are also more
motivated and less likely to leave which is important because staff recruitment costs
are not insignificant to businesses. For businesses, they reap the benefits through
productivity increases, and greater cost-effectiveness. Customers can benefit too as
businesses are better able to react quickly to changes in the market. All employees
have a statutory right to request flexible working arrangements; the law extends no
further than insisting employers consider and respond to these requests within a
predefined timescale.
Q10 Flexible working arrangements are conducive to better job satisfaction for
employees.
True False Cannot say
Q11 Employees are legally entitled to work flexible hours if they request to do so.
True False Cannot say
Q12 Employers may save on recruitment costs if they introduce flexible working
hours.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.While most forms of discrimination in the workplace have been outlawed,
discrimination or bias against some employees seeking career advancement still
happens. This discrimination is both unwritten and unacknowledged. A ‘glass
ceiling’ is the term used to describe this type of discrimination and refers to the
invisible barrier that people hit when they try to progress beyond a certain level in
some businesses and organisations. Originally coined to illustrate the hidden use
of sexual discrimination against women in professional environments, it is now
used to describe any form of discrimination, such as racism or ageism, which
prevents qualified or experienced employees reaching even basic levels within
their organisation. Some reports and studies now suggest that change is
happening and that cracks are beginning to appear in the glass. The studies also
claim however that change is happening slowly and that the cracks are small.
Q13 There is no legislation covering discrimination at work so employers have to
develop their own ways of preventing it.
True False Cannot say
Q14 Males are less likely to experience the glass ceiling effect than females.
True False Cannot say
Q15 A glass ceiling can prevent qualified people from getting to the top of their
field.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.The Flying Shuttle and the Spinning Jenny are two early 18th century British
inventions that revolutionised the textile industry. They increased productivity by
automating some key processes thereby reducing the amount of manual operation
needed. The Flying Shuttle, for example, raised the productivity of manual weaving
by around 50 percent by returning the shuttle automatically meaning that one
worker could do the work that previously had to been done by two. The Spinning
Jenny invented a couple of decades later similarly automated processes allowing
one spinner to do more. Reducing the amount of manual intervention needed for
these tasks also meant that they were more suitable for adaptation to mechanical
power such as waterpower and steam which had become the new means of
propulsion shortly before their invention.
Q16 Automating the production process of weaving was a necessary precursor to
the invention of steam power.
True False Cannot say
Q17 The invention of the Flying Shuttle and the Spinning Jenny led to job losses
in the textile industry
True False Cannot say
Q18 The textile industry was heavily dependent on manual labour before the
arrival of the Flying Shuttle and Spinning Jenny.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Proponents of recycling are adamant that we must preserve the world’s
precious natural resources by reducing our consumption of new raw materials.
They say that to accomplish this all we need to do is to reuse or recycle many
materials that traditionally would be thrown away and end up in landfill sites. Many
local authorities have designed and implemented full end-to-end recycling
programmes to help encourage recycling. A critical factor in the success of any
waste management and recycling programme is the ability to clearly communicate
waste disposal and depositing policy to the public. The majority of people are
willing to participate, but they are more likely to participate if they can easily
understand what goes where. They are also less likely to make errors and put
something in the wrong place, which can cause costly problems. Supporters claim
that the more we recycle the less it costs, however some critics counter-claim that
recycling actually consumes more resources than it saves and in the long-run is
doing more harm than good.
Q19 Most local authorities have end-to-end recycling facilities
True False Cannot say
Q20 Some people say that recycling is a wasteful use of resources.
True False Cannot say
Q21 Most of the public are reluctant to participate in recycling because they do
not know what goes where.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Some scientists now claim that the low, wide debris-covered formations first
observed on radar images of Mars as far back as the 1970s are in fact glaciers
around 1km thick. The large formations were first seen on images sent back by
NASA’s Viking orbiters. There are many similar apron-shaped formations dotted
all over the Martian landscape but the latest reconnaissance images from Mars
have lead some scientists to believe that the bigger rounded slopes and ridges
have features which suggest they were formed by a flow of thick ice-covered
rubble. There are other known deposits of ice at the polar caps where
temperatures are much lower. These newest discoveries are at much lower
latitudes than those previously known about and some scientists believe that
there could be enough water held in these formations to support humans in
future Mars missions.
Q22 The presence of ice in these debris-covered formations would be the first
discoveries of ice on Mars.
True False Cannot say
Q23 NASA believes that there could be enough water on Mars to support human
life.
True False Cannot say
Q24 Radar technology existed prior to the 1980s.
True False Cannot say.
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.Construction companies have to deal with a mountain of energy efficiency
legislation as governments try to move to a low-carbon future. Buildings
account for 45% of all UK greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide
and methane, so the drive for new energy efficient building stock is
understandable. However it is important to remember that an estimated 70% of
existing buildings will still be in use by 2080, so the focus on new-build is
perhaps misguided. Some people claim that the low-hanging fruit is to be found
by spending time and effort up-rating the efficiency of existing building stock.
Whilst policy makers are aware of the huge potential of reducing carbon
emissions by writing legislation on existing buildings, they admit that this would
involve more heavy-handed intervention and public resistance than if they
levelled their sights on the construction of new buildings. All new building
construction requires approval from authorities and regulating bodies, so this
naturally lends itself to an expansion of rules on energy and carbon emissions.
As with most things, the issue comes down to cost and political convenience.
Q25 Buildings cause 45% of all the carbon emissions in the UK.
True False Cannot say
Q26 Energy efficiency legislation for new construction is more onerous than for
existing buildings.
True False Cannot say
Q27 The construction of some new buildings is exempt from legislation.
True False Cannot say
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prior written permission from AssessmentDay.In the USA there are on average 2 million hectares of land cleared by 120,000
wildfires per annum. These uncontrolled blazes can travel at up to 23 kilometres per
hour and destroy everything in their path. Prolonged drought and dry conditions
produce tinder-dry vegetation that can be ignited by a single spark and can rapidly
become a raging inferno when fed by hot dry winds. The sad fact is that humans
start eighty per cent of all wildfires, either intentionally or accidentally. Embers from
campfires and discarded cigarettes are common causes. Nature plays its part too
with fires starting via lightning and even the direct heat of the sun. Naturally-
occurring wildfires can play an important role in the ecosystem of some forest
environments since the fires destroy dead or rotting vegetable matter, returning
beneficial nutrients to the ground and killing disease. There are even some seeds
that can only germinate if they have been heat-treated by such fires.
Q28 Wildfires can be beneficial to the natural environment.
True False Cannot say
Q29 One quarter of wildfires are started naturally.
True False Cannot say
Q30 In the USA there are typically 10,000 wildfires each month.
True False Cannot say
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