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Chapter – 10 Decision Making

In document Reasoning Book.pdf (Page 163-174)

Directions (Q. 1-5) Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Following are the conditions for admitting students in an Engineering College:

(i) Have secured at least 75% agreegate marks in XII Std. exam in science stream.

(ii) Have secured an average of at least 85% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in XII Std. exam.

(iii) Pay Rs.50, 000 at the time of admission.

(iv) Be at least 17 years old as on 01stMay 2014

However, in the case of a candidate who fulfils all the criteria except (a) (ii) Above, but has secured 90% aggregate marks, he/she should be referred

to the Principal.

(b) (iii) Above, but pays at least Rs.40000 he/she should be referred to the Chairman, Admission.

Based on the above criteria and information provided below, make a decision in each case. You are not to assume anything. If the data given are not enough to take a decision mark your answer as ‘data I nadequate’. These cases are given to you as on 01.05.2014. Give answer

a) If the case is to be referred to the Principal b) If the student is to be admitted

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision d) If the student is not to be admitted

e) If the case is to be referred to the Chairman Admission.

1. Nisha Malhotra has secured aggregate 80% marks I n XII Std. exam in science stream. She can pay Rs.40,000 at the time of admission. She has secured 86% average marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

a) If the case is to be referred to the Principal b) If the student is to be admitted

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision d) If the student is not to be admitted

e) If the case is to be referred to the Chairman Admission.

2. Arindam Ghosh was born on 25 August 1995. He can pay Rs.60,000 at the time of admission. He has secured 80% aggregate marks in XII Std. exam

in science stream and also 85% average marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

a) If the case is to be referred to the Principal b) If the student is to be admitted

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision d) If the student is not to be admitted

e) If the case is to be referred to the Chairman Admission.

3. Arun Khanna has secured 90% aggregate marks in XII Std. exam in science stream and he can also pay Rs.50,000 at the time of admission. He was born on Feb. 20, 1996. He has secured 89% average marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

a) If the case is to be referred to the Principal b) If the student is to be admitted

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision d) If the student is not to be admitted

e) If the case is to be referred to the Chairman Admission.

4. Kiran Thapar was born on July 15, 1994. He can pay Rs.40,000 at the time of admission. He has secured 79% average in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. He has secured 86% aggregate marks in XII Std. exam in science stream.

a) If the case is to be referred to the Principal b) If the student is to be admitted

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision d) If the student is not to be admitted

e) If the case is to be referred to the Chairman Admission.

5. Vimal Upadhyaya was born on September 20, 1996. He has secured 78%

aggregate marks in XII Std. exam in science stream. He can pay Rs.42,000 at the time of admission. He has secured 88% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

a) If the case is to be referred to the Principal b) If the student is to be admitted

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision d) If the student is not to be admitted

e) If the case is to be referred to the Chairman Admission.

Directions (Q. 6-10) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Following are the conditions for selecting Marketing Manager in an organization:

The candidate must ____

(i) Be at least 30 years old as on 01.03.2009 (ii) Have secured at least 55% marks in graduation

(iii) Have secured at least 60% marks in Post Graduate4 Degree/Diploma in Marketing.

(iv) Have post qualification work experience of at least five years in th e Marketing Division of an organization

(v) Have secured at least 45% marks in the selection process.

In the case of a candidates who satisfies all other conditions except

(a) At (iv) above, but has post qualification work experience of at least two years as Deputy Marketing Manager, the case is to be referred to GM-Marketing.

(b) At (ii) above, but has secured at least 65% marks in Post Graduate Degree /Diploma in Marketing Management, the case is to be referred to Vice President-Marketing.

In each question below is given details of one candidate. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark your answer accordingly. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01.03.2009.

Give answer:

a) If the candidate is not to be selected.

b) If the candidate is to be selected.

c) If the data are inadequate to take a decision.

d) If the case is to be referred to Vice President-Marketing.

e) If the case is to be referred to GM-Marketing.

6. Suresh Mehta has secured 58% marks in Graduation. He was born on 19thMay 1975. He has secured 50% marks in the selection process. He h as been working for the past seven years in the Marketing devision of an organization after completing his Post Graduation with 62% marks.

7. Sudha Gopalan has secured 50% marks in both selection process and Graduation. She has been working for the past six years in the marketing division of an organization after completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing with 70% marks. She was born on 14thOctober 1978.

8. Divya Kohli has been working for the past five years in Marketing Division of an organization after completing her Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing with 65% marks. She has secured 55% marks in Graduation and 50% marks in the selection process. She was born on 02ndApril 1979.

9. Navin Marathe was born on 08thApril 1975. He has secured 60% marks in both Graduation and Post Graduate Degree in Marketing. He has been working for the past six years in the Marketing division of an organization after completing

his PG Degree in Marketing. He has secured 50% marks in the selection process.

10. Varun Malhotra was born on 03rdJuly 1976. He has been working as Deputy Marketing Manager in an organization for the past three years after completing his Post Graduate Degree in Marketing with 65% marks. He secured 55%

marks in both Graduation and selection process.

Directions (Q. 11-20) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Following are the conditions for selecting Personnel Manager in an organization:

The candidate must:

(i) Be a graduate with at least 50% marks.

(ii) Have a Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in personnel Management /HR with at least 60% marks.

(iii) Not be more than 35 years as on 01.06.2009

(iv) Have post qualification work experience of at least five years in the Personnel/HR Division of an organisation.

(v) Have secured at least 45% marks in the selection process.

In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions

except-(a) (iii) Above, but has post-qualification work experience of at least ten years, the case is to be referred to the Director-Personnel.

(b) At (iv) above, but has post-qualification work experience as Deputy Manager of at least three years, th e case is to be referred to President-Personnel.

In each question below are given details of one candidate. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01.06.2009.

Give answer:

a) If the candidate is to be selected.

b) If the candidate is not to be selected.

c) If the information provided is inadequate to take a decision.

d) If the case is to be referred to the Director-Personnel.

e) If the case is to be referred to the President-Personnel.

11. Meena Srivastava was born on 06th March 1978. She has been working as Deputy Personnel Manager in an organization for the past four years after completing her Post Graduate Diploma in HR with 68% marks. She has secured 50% marks in both graduation and selection process.

12. Ketan Desai was born on 05thJanuary 1979. He has been working for the past five years in the personnel department of an organisation after completing his Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management with 64 % marks. He has secured 40% marks in the selection process and 52% marks in Graduation.

13. Anant Joshi has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past six years. He was born on 07th November 1977. He has secured 60% marks in post Graduate Degree in Personnel Management. He has also secured 55% marks in both Graduation and selection process.

14. Mohan Bajpai was born on 10th April 1975. He has secured 55% marks in Graduation and 65% marks in Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management. He has been working in the HR Department of an organisation for the past six years after completing his Post Graduate Diploma.

15. Gopal Sharma has been working for the past five years in the HR Department of an organisation after completing his Post Graduate Diploma in HR with 62%

marks. He has secured 50% marks in both Graduate and selection process. He was born on 29thMay 1974.

16. Arun Vohra has secured 55% marks in Graduation. He has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past eleven years after completing his post Graduate Degree in Personnel Management with 65%

marks. He has secured 50% marks in the selection process. He was born on 12th August 1972.

17. Asha Dhar has secured 52% marks in Graduation and 62% marks in Post Graduate Degree in Personnel Management. She has also secured 48% marks in the selection process. She has been working for the past seven years in the Personnel Department of an organisation after completing her Post Graduate Degree. She was born on 08thJune 1974.

18. Sudha Ghosal was born on 20thOctober 1976. She has been working as Deputy Personnel Manager for the past four years in an organisation after completing her Post Graduate Degree in HR with 67% marks. She has secured 60% marks in Graduation and 45% marks in the selection process.

19. Amit Saxena was born on 25thJuly 1973. He has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past eleven years after completing his Post Graduate Diploma in HR with 70% marks. He has secured 60% ma rks in both Graduation and selection process.

20. Navin Das was born on 14thApril 1978. He has been working in the Personnel Department of an organisation for the past six years after completing his Post

Graduate Diploma in HR with 65% marks. He has secured 45% marks in both Graduation and selection process.

Directions (Q. 21-25) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below

Following are the conditions for selecting Systems Manager in an organization:

The candidate must

(i) Be a graduate engineer in IT, Computer Science, Electronics with at least 60% marks

(ii) Be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 01.09.2009 (iii) Have secured at least 40% marks in the written examination (iv) Have secured at least 50% marks in the selection interview

(v) Have post qualification work experience of at least 10 years in the Systems Department of an organization.

In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions except

(a) At (i) above, but secure at least 60% marks in MEIT or Computer Science, the case as to be referred to DGM-Systems.

(b) At (v) above, but has post qualification experince of at least five years as Deputy Systems Manager the case is to be referred to the GM-Systems.

In each question below, details of one candidate are given. You have to take one of the following courses of actions based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything else other than the information provided for each candidate. All these cases are given to you as on 01.09.2009.

Give answer:

(a) If the candidate is to be selected (b) If the candidate is not to be selected

(c) If the case is to be referred to DGM-Systems (d) If the case is to be referred to GM-Systems

(e) If the data provided are not adequate to take a decision.

21. Samir Ghosh was born on 25thMay 1978. He has secured 65% marks in BE-IT in the year 1999. Since then he is working in the systems department of an organization. He has secured 50% marks in both written examination and selection interview.

22. Navin Prakash has secured 62% marks in 65% marks in BE-Computer Science.

He has been working in the systems department of an organization since July 1999 after completion of BE. He was born on 4 April 1974. He has secured 55% marks in selection interview and 45% marks in the written examination.

23. Neeta Pathak has been working as Deputy Systems Manager in an organization for the past 7 years after completing her B.E. in IT with 70% marks. She has secured 45% marks in selection interview and 55% marks in the written examination. She was born on 12thNovember 1978.

24. Ashok Malhotra was born on 19th March 1977. He has secured 56% marks I n both selection interview and written examination. He has secured 58% marks in BE-IT and 72% marks in ME-IT. He has been working in the systems department of an organization for the past 11 years after copleting ME-IT.

25. Geema D’Souza was born on 15thDecember 1972. She has secured 60% marks in both written examination and selection interview. She has been working as Deputy Systems Manager for the last 6 years in an organization after completing her BE-Electronics with 75% marks.

Directions (Q. 26-35) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.

Following are the conditions for selecting Accounts Manager in an organization.

The candidate must

(i) Be a graduate in Commerce with minimum 55% marks (ii) Be a post graduate in Commerce with minimum 50 % marks

(iii) Have post qualification work experience of at least three years in the Accounts department in an organization.

(iv) Not be less than 25 years and not more than 35 years old as on 01.05.2008.

(v) Have secured at least 40% marks in the selection process.

In the case if candidate satisfies all other criteria

except-A. At (ii) above but h as work experience of at least four years as Assistant Accounts Manager in an organization. His/her case is to be referred to GM-Accounts of the organization.

B. At (iii) above but has successfully completed CA/ICWA, the case is to be referred to Director Finance.

In each question below details of one candidate is given. You have to take one of the following courses of action in each case based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other the information provided in each case. All t he cases are given to you as on 01.05.2008.

Give answer:

a) If the data provided are not adequate to take a decision.

b) If the case is t o be referred to GM- Accounts.

c) If the case is to be referred to Director-Finance.

d) If the candidate is not to be selected.

e) If the candidate is to be selected.

26. Abhinav Chaturvedi is a Commerce graduate with 60% marks. He has been working in the Accounts Department of an organization for the past four years after completing his Post Graduation in Commerce with 55% marks. He was born on 08thJuly 1980. He has secured 45% marks in the selection process.

27. Vaibhav Sinha was born on 12thApril 1979. He has been working as Assistant Accounts Manager in an organization for the past five years after completing his post Graduation in Commerce with 40% marks. He has secured 55% marks in both the selection process and Graduation in Commerce.

28. Seema Bhasin has secured 60% marks in Graduation in Commerce and 55%

marks in post Graduation in Commerce. She has secured 55% marks in the selection process. She was born on 20thAugust 1978. She has also successfully completed her CA. She does not have any work experience.

29. Nirmala Sawant was born on 04th July 1981. She has been working in the Accounts department in an organization after completing her post graduation Commerce with 65% marks. She has secured 50% marks in the selection process.

30. Ashok Pradhan was born on 03rdMay 1979. He has secured 42% marks in the selection process. He has been working in the Accounts Department of an organization for the past four years after completing his post Graduation in Commerce with 62% marks. He has secured 54% marks in his Graduation in Commerce.

31. Prabir Mazumdar has secured 58% marks in his Graduation in Commerce and 53% marks in post Graduation in Commerce. He has been working as Assistant Accounts Manager in an organization for the past four years after completing his post Graduation. He has secured 44% marks in the selection process. He was born on 14thNovember 1977.

32. Neha Dev was born on 08th February 1976. She has been working in the Accounts Department of an organization for the past three years after completing her post Graduation in Commerce with 53% marks. She has secured 57% marks in Graduation in Commerce. She appeared in selection process.

33. Sudha Goswami was born on 19th October 1982. She has been working as Assistant Accounts Manager in an organization for the past five years after

completing her Graduation in Commerce with 60% marks. She has secured 50% marks in the selection process.

34. Francis D’costa has secured 60% marks in both graduation and Post Graduation in Commerce. He has successfully completed ICWA after his Graduation. He has been working in the Account Department of an organization for last one year.

35. Prathama Sengupta has secured 55% marks in Post Graduation in Commerce and 45% marks in the selection process. She was born on 11thApril 1981. She has been working in the Accounts Department of an organization for the past four years after completing her Post Graduation. She has secured 50% marks in Graduation in Commerce.

Answers:

1. Option C

2. Option B

3. Option B

4. Option D

5. Option E

6. Option C

Suresh Mehta’s condition (iii) is not given so data is insufficient to take decision.

7. Option D

Sudha Gopalan fulfils condition (b) instead of condition (ii) so, her case is to be referred to Vice President-Marketing.

8. Option A

Divya Kohli does not fulfil condition (i) so, she is not to be selected.

9. Option B

Navin Marathe fulfils all conditions so, he is to be selected.

Navin Marathe fulfils all conditions so, he is to be selected.

In document Reasoning Book.pdf (Page 163-174)