Screening Practice Questions

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Screening Practice Questions

Verbal Reasoning Assessment

Passage One

Over ten percent of the adult population suffers from a phobia-type of anxiety disorder characterised by an intense, irrational fear of an object or situation that interferes with the sufferers’ daily life. Although experts do not fully understand the cause of phobias, research indicates that heredity and triggering events are likely factors. There are a variety of treatments available for phobia sufferers. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a very popular, and effective method of desensitization.

This approach treats the phobia’s anxiety symptoms as conditioned behaviours that can, Through systematic exposure to the feared stimulus, be re-learned. CBT increases exposure to the feared object or situation very gradually, thereby modifying the patient’s response and developing tolerance. A less common treatment is flooding, which uses total immersion to the feared object in order to desensitize the patient. Medication is also used to treat phobias.

Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) are antidepressants that can be prescribes to reduce panic and improve confidence, though they can have negative side effects including weight gain. While phobias are among the most easily treated mental health problems, less than 25% of surferers seek treatment. If untreated, phobias can exacerbate and develop into other problems, such as depression and low self-esteem

 

Question 1:

Which two of these statements must be true?

Options:

Both CBT and flooding involve desensitizing the phobia sufferer

Phobias are among the most common form of mental health problem

In flooding, a person is gradually exposed to their source of fear

A phobia can have a negative impact on sufferer’s daily life

 

Question 2:

Which two of these statements must be true?

Options:

CBT views a phobia’s symptoms as the result of condition

 

CBT is the most commonly used form of treatment for phobias

A phobia is an extreme and unrealistic fear

Research has proven that phobias are inherited

 

Question 3

Which two of these statements must be true?

Options:

Phobias do not affect 90% of the adult population

Flooding involves a high degree of exposure to the source of dread

In CBT, patients are exposed to the feared object or situation in small increments

CBT is more effective at treating phobias than antidepressants

Question 4:

Which two of these statements must be true?

Options:

Despite the high success rates of phobia treatments, most sufferers remain untreated

The majority of phobia sufferers run the risk of developing associated problems

Weight gain is the main side effect caused by taking MAO inhibitors

Flooding is ales effective form of therapy than CBT

 

Passage 2

The Aztecs’s two different systems for counting time were also used by other pre-Columbian populations living in Mesoamerica. Firstly, the tonalpohualli system of 260 days was the sacred calendar, used for divination. The second xiuhpohualli system was a solar, or agricultural, calendar with 365 days. The simultaneous operation of the two systems can be compared to two rotating gears. The tonalpohualli system featured two wheels – one marked with symbols, the other with numbered days – and determined which rituals were to be performed by the Aztec priests and when. Every 52 years the starting day of both calendars aligned and this 52-year period has been termed the “calendar round” – or century.

Aztec sculptures, such as The Stone of the Five Suns, which records the Aztec creation myth are sometimes called Aztec calendars. The Stone of the Five Suns, which resides in Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology, consists of a system of five circular bands representing suns, or eras, surround a sun god carving. Further segments depict the 20 days of the week. It is not actually a fully functioning calendar.

 

Question 1

Most Aztecs followed the agricultural xiuhpohualli calendar

Options:

True

False

Cannot Tell

 

Question 2

The Aztec’s xiuhpohualli calendar system was based on the sun

Options:

True

False

Cannot Tell

 

Question 3

Anthropology involves the study of ancient people.

Options:

True

False

Cannot Tell

 

Question 4

The tonalpohualli system was a religious calendar.

Options

True

False

Cannot Tell

 

Question 5

The passage describes three systems that are thought to be Aztec calendars

Options:

True

False

Cannot Tell

Passage 3

Online computers are in constant communication with each other, as they securely transmit data using transmissions, encrypted using sophisticated digital electronics. Televisions also rely upon the encrypted communication of data. In fact the transmission of secret codes, or ciphers, has a long history dating back to the Ancient Egyptian use of hieroglyphics. Ciphers are also mentioned several times in the Bible. Today, military leaders, especially in wartime, still need to be able to send messages without fear of these being read by the enemy.

“Cryptography” is the term given to the writing of such ciphers and how these are circulated in secret. Typically this process of communication involves firstly some form of encryption of the message. Secondly, a subsequent form of deciphering by that message’s recipient. The code-breaking process is called “cryptanalysis”, which – like cryptography – is a subsector of “cryptology”.

The term “cryptography”, is used to describe the entire field of secure, encrypted communication. One example of cryptology is “enciphering”: here the letters in a secret message are replaced by letters of a code. Another example of cryptology is “encoding” where entire words or sentences are coded. The set of rules used in a particular example of cryptology need to be discovered by anyone attempting to “break” into the message.

 Question 1

The first known use of cryptography is in the Bible.

OPTIONS:

TRUE

FALSE

CANNOT TELL

Question 2

Ciphers have been used for both military and diplomatic purposes.

OPTIONS:

TRUE

FALSE

CANNOT TELL

Question 3

Wars have been lost and won on the effectiveness of the cryptography used.

OPTIONS:

TRUE

FALSE

CANNOT TELL

Question 4

Televisions and computers rely upon encrypted data transmission.

OPTIONS:

TRUE

FALSE

CANNOT TELL

Question 5

Within cryptography, a cipher does not have to be written in code.

OPTIONS:

TRUE

FALSE

CANNOT TELL

ANTONYMS 

Each of the following questions consists of a word printed in capital letters followed by five options lettered A-E.  Select the word which is most nearly opposite in meaning to the capitalized word.

CENTRIFUGAL 

  1. centripetal
  2. deviating
  3. diffusive
  4. radical
  5. spiral

 IMMACULATE 

  1. exquisite
  2. perfect
  3. tainted
  4. trim
  5. wretched

CONVERGE 

  1. disappear
  2. disperse
  3. focalize
  4. rally
  5. wither

SYNONYMS 

Each of the questions below consists of a word printed boldly followed by five words lettered A-E.  Choose the option which is most nearly similar in meaning to the word printed boldly.

SEDULOUS 

  1. affluence
  2. indolent
  3. industrious
  4. intelligent
  5. lethargic

ITINERANT 

  1. ambulant
  2. permanent
  3. steady
  4. stiff
  5. unchanging

CONFABULATE 

  1. calm
  2. discuss
  3. gentle
  4. gossip
  5. silence

Numerical Reasoning Assessment

 

Question 1:

In 2008, car sales were split across 3 equally-priced models in the ratio of 7:8:6 for models A, B and C respectively. What was the sales revenue for model A?

Options:

£287 million

£335 million

£382 million

£383 million

Can’t tell from data

 

Question 2:

If the average sales price for 2010 were 5% higher, but the number of cars sold that year was 9% lower, by what percent would the sales revenue have decreased for 2010?

Options:

No change

3.50%

3.55%

4.45%

4.60%

Question 3

What were the total production costs for 2009 (to the nearest £100,000)?

Options:

£199.6 million

£199.7 million

£216.2 million

£216.3 million

£242.2 million

Question 4

In which year was there the highest ratio of average sales price: average production?

Options:

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

LEGAL SUPPORT TEAM 
STAFF DATA SUMMARY (JULY)  Team A  Team B  Team C  Team D  Team E 
Number of staff in team  10 5 5 6 8
Hourly charge ($) to client  $ 18.00 $ 20.00 $ 15.00 $ 12.50 $ 14.00
Team Hours billed to client  2080 980 1200 1320 1840
  1. What is the average hourly rate charged across all 5 legal support 

teams (to the nearest $)? 

 

(A) $12

(B) $13

(C) $14

(D) $15

(E) $16

  1. In July, which team billed its clients $3,600 per team member? 

(A) Team A

(B) Team B

(C) Team C

(D) Team D

(E) Team E

  1. The July target for client income is $60,000 for teams A and B. What 

% of this target is achieved? 

 

(A) 95%

(B) 96%

(C) 97%

(D) 98%

(E) 99%

  1. Which legal support team has the lowest July bill for client work? 

(A) Team A

(B) Team B

(C) Team C

(D) Team D

(E) Team E

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