Civil Service Reading Comprehension Practice Test Results

Question 1
68% answer correctly

"Democracy`s real test lies in its respect for minority opinions."
Ellery Sedgwick


Showing respect for a minority opinion _______________ democracy.

Defies
Intimidates
Validates
Invalidates
Question 2
68% answer correctly

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a master`s degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out scientific approaches to management.

The core courses in the MBA program are designed to introduce students to the various areas of business such as accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, operations management, etc. Students in MBA programs have the option of taking general business courses throughout the program or can select an area of concentration and focus approximately one-fourth of their studies in this subject.


According to this paragraph, which of these is true:

MBA core courses occupy one-fourth of a student`s studies.
An MBA area of concentration occupies approximately one-fourth of a student`s studies.
The MBA is primarily earned by electrical engineers.
The MBA resulted from a push to manage by `gut feeling`.
Question 3
76% answer correctly

Warren Wilfred Freer (27 December 1920 - 29 March 2013), was a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party. Freer represented the Mount Albert electorate in Parliament from 1947 to 1981, when he retired.

He was only 26 when he entered Parliament in a by-election for the Mount Albert seat following the death of Arthur Richards, and he held the seat for 34 years until he was succeeded by Helen Clark and then David Shearer.

He was a cabinet minister in the Third Labour Government of 1972-1975, holding the portfolios of Trade and Industry and of Energy Resources and was a candidate for the deputy leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party in 1974, dropping out in the third ballot.

In 1955 he was the first Western politician to visit China.


According to this passage:

Freer was the first politician to visit China.
Freer was born in New Zealand.
Freer was the first Western politician to visit China
Freer retired in 1974.