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NUMERICAL REASONING TEST

In this test you will be using facts and figures present in various statistical tables to answer questions designed to assess your ability to evaluate numerical data.

In each question you are given either five or ten options to choose from. One, and only one, of the options is correct in each case.

Please refer to the statistics tables below in order to correctly answer each question.

1. Which field produced the most oil in 1984 (not 1985)?

A. Orion

B. Jupiter

C. Galileo

D. Sirius

E. Neptune

2. How many more W German tourists visited France than French tourist visited W Germany in 1981?

A. 740,000

B. 1,910,000

C. 2,311,000

D. 2,650,000

E. 3,131,000

AB. 3,428,000

AC. 3,840,000

AD. 4,016,000

AE. 4,328,000

BC. 4,840,000

3. If output for the Neptune field increased by 50% in 1986, by how many thousands of barrels would its average daily output be more or less in 1986 compared with output in 1984?

A. 40 less

B. 20 less

C. the same

D. 20 more

E. 40 more

AB. 70 more

AC. 110 more

AD. 160 more

AE. 220 more

BC. Cannot say

4. What was the approximate percentage fall (to the nearest 5%) in the price of coffee from the beginning of 1978?

A. None

B. 5%

C. 10%

D. 15%

E. 20%

AB. 25%

AC. 30%

AD. 35%

AE. 40%

BC. Cannot Say

5. What was the approximate pre-tax profit of Barlow Chemicals as a percentage of turnover in 1990?

A. 1%

B. 5%

C. 8%

D. 11%

E. 15%

AB. 19%

AC. 23%

AD. 28%

AE. 32%

BC. Cannot Say

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