AON Quiz 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A chart shows that Company A's revenue grew from $2 million to $2.6 million in one year. What is the percentage increase?
- 26%
- 30% (Correct answer)
- 24%
- 28%
Correct answer: 30%
Increase = $0.6M; percentage = (0.6 ÷ 2) × 100 = 30%.
Question 2: Which of the following best describes 'verbal reasoning'?
- The ability to speak persuasively in public
- The ability to understand, analyze, and draw conclusions from written language (Correct answer)
- The ability to learn new languages quickly
- The ability to spell words correctly under pressure
Correct answer: The ability to understand, analyze, and draw conclusions from written language
Verbal reasoning tests measure how well candidates comprehend and critically evaluate written information.
Question 3: If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long will it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
- 100 minutes
- 50 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 5 minutes (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 5 minutes
Each machine makes 1 widget in 5 minutes; 100 machines working in parallel still take 5 minutes to make 100 widgets.
Question 4: When answering a personality questionnaire for a job application, the best strategy is to:
- Answer based on what you think the employer wants to hear
- Answer as quickly as possible without overthinking
- Answer honestly and consistently to reflect your true work style (Correct answer)
- Leave ambiguous questions blank to avoid being judged
Correct answer: Answer honestly and consistently to reflect your true work style
Personality assessments often include consistency checks, and honest responses produce the most accurate and favorable profile.
Question 5: A data table shows 360 employees; 40% work full-time, and the rest part-time. How many work part-time?
- 144
- 180
- 200
- 216 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 216
60% work part-time: 0.60 × 360 = 216 employees.
Question 6: Which logical conclusion follows from: 'All managers attend the Monday meeting. Sarah does not attend the Monday meeting.'?
- Sarah is a part-time employee
- Sarah is not a manager (Correct answer)
- Sarah sometimes attends the Monday meeting
- Sarah works in a different department
Correct answer: Sarah is not a manager
If all managers attend and Sarah does not attend, she cannot be a manager by deductive logic.
Question 7: A pipe fills a tank in 6 hours. A second pipe drains it in 8 hours. If both are open simultaneously, how long will it take to fill the tank?
- 20 hours
- 24 hours (Correct answer)
- 18 hours
- 16 hours
Correct answer: 24 hours
Net fill rate = 1/6 − 1/8 = 1/24 per hour; so the tank fills in 24 hours.
AON Quiz 5
A chart shows that Company A's revenue grew from $2 million to $2.6 million in one year.
What is the percentage increase?