Clerical Exams CLERICAL Situational Judgment 2

Question 1

You are processing a stack of invoices when a coworker asks you to help locate a misfiled document urgently needed by a supervisor. What is the best course of action?

Accepted Answer

Note your place in the invoice stack, briefly assist your coworker, and then resume your task

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Ignore the request and continue processing invoices

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Stop your work immediately and help search without informing anyone

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Tell your coworker to ask someone else because you are busy

Question 2

A member of the public calls your office asking for information that you are not authorized to release. How should you respond?

Accepted Answer

Politely explain that you cannot release the information and direct them to the appropriate department

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Provide the information anyway to be helpful

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Hang up without explanation

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Tell the caller the information does not exist

Question 3

You discover that a colleague has been recording overtime hours they did not actually work. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Report the issue to your supervisor privately

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Confront the colleague publicly during a staff meeting

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Ignore it because it is not your responsibility

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Start doing the same since no one seems to notice

Question 4

Your supervisor gives you a deadline for a data entry project, but you realize midway through that the deadline is unrealistic due to the volume of records. What is the best approach?

Accepted Answer

Inform your supervisor as soon as possible about the issue and suggest a revised timeline

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Work through lunch and stay late without telling anyone

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Submit incomplete work by the deadline without mentioning the problem

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Wait until the deadline passes and then explain what happened

Question 5

Two departments send you conflicting instructions for how to categorize a batch of incoming correspondence. What should you do?

Accepted Answer

Hold the correspondence and notify both departments of the conflict so a consistent procedure can be established

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Pick whichever method seems easier and proceed

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Alternate between both methods randomly

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Discard the correspondence until the issue resolves itself

Question 6

You notice that the office supply of toner cartridges is critically low and the regular ordering clerk is on vacation. What is the most appropriate action?

Accepted Answer

Order the supplies yourself following established procurement procedures or notify a supervisor

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Wait until the ordering clerk returns, even if the office runs out

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Use a personal credit card to buy supplies from a retail store

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Send an office-wide email complaining about the supply shortage