Thursday 5 November 2015

Workplace English: Thursday's Assignment

Workplace English: Thursday's Assignment: Reading practice: Read the following passage below and then answer the following questions. Be ready to explain it to the rest of the c...

QUESTIONS:

1. Before the writer
took the test, she
A felt that she was unlikely to do it very well.
B made sure that she
was mentally prepared for it.
C believed that such
tests were fair to candidates.
D did some research
into tests of that kind.

2. Of the qualities
the writer was asked to match with her personality
A some seemed more
suitable than others.
B
all seemed equally suitable.
C none seemed really suitable.
D the writer was not able to decide
which were suitable.

3. What did the writer
think when she took the test?
A She could not
understand some of the questions.
B She found that there
was not enough time to do it.
C
She felt that she had not done it very well.
D She decided that it would not prove anything.

4. What does the
writer mean by ´judgemental´ in the fifth paragraph?
A critical
B impatient
C impersonal
D thoughtful

5. When the writer
received the Personal Profile Analysis, she
A was offended by the comments made about her answers.
B was glad that she had not been
offered the job.
C regretted some of
the answers she had given in the test.
D realized that her
personality would not have suited the job.

6. Why did the Profile
worry her?
A It made her feel
that she had been too self-confident before.
B It indicated that she might have trouble getting a job in
future.
C It did not show that
she was capable of being a creative person.
D It told her things about herself
that she had not noticed before.

7. According to the
occupational psychologist,
A state of mind has no
influence on the result of a psychometric test.
B state of mind has a significant
influence on the result of a psychometric test.
 C the influence of state of mind is not significant.
 D the influence of state of
mind is decisive.

8. What did she find
out after taking the test for the job?
A way she was feeling
had badly affected her performance in it.
B Psychometric tests
seldom provide reliable information about people.
C Many job candidates are unwilling
to take psychometric tests.
D It may have been an unsuitable test for its intended
prupose.


 9. What does the
writer recommend?
A Candidates should be able to talk about their test
results with employers.
B Employers should pay
no attention to the results of psychometric tests.
C Candidates should
not be concerned about taking psychometric tests.
D Employers should stop asking
candidates to take psychometric tests.

10. Why does the
writer describe her experience?
A It is typical of experiences that
a great many other people have.
B It shows that no
method of selecting job candidates can ever be fair.
C It is an example of how difficult it can be for someone
to get a job.


D
It illustrates faults in a new method of assessing job candidates.

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