CivilServiceExam

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GroundRules
Yourattendanceshouldbeloggedasyourlunchhour
inCityTime.
Thesesessionsareforknowledgesharing;theyare
notagencysponsoredtrainingortestprep.
Itisyourpersonalresponsibility toprepareforand
takecivilserviceexams.

RelevantExams
ComputerAssociate(SW)
ComputerSpecialist(SW)
Andpotentially:
ComputerAssociate(TS)

Examsmay cover
FromDCASNoticeofExamination(NOE):
Thetestmayincludequestionson:knowledgeofsoftwareprinciples includingapplicationsandoperating
systems;knowledgeofthesystemsdevelopmentlifecycle(SDLC) includingflowcreation,datamapping,
systemanalysis,databasestructuresanddataentities;knowledgeofcodingprinciples;knowledgeof
diagnosingsoftwareissues (e.g.,systemabends,debugging,missingfiles,etc.);standardsofproperemployee
ethicalconduct;andotherrelatedareas.
Thetestmayalsoincludequestionsrequiringtheuseofanyofthefollowingabilities:

WrittenExpression theabilitytouseEnglishwordsorsentencesinwritingsothatotherswill
understand.

ProblemSensitivity theabilitytotellwhensomethingiswrongorlikelytogowrong.Itincludesbeing
abletoidentifythewholeproblem,aswellaselementsoftheproblem.

NumberFacility thedegreetowhichadding,subtracting,multiplying&dividingcanbedonequickly&
correctly.Thiscanbestepsinotheroperationslikefindingpercentages.

DeductiveReasoning theabilitytoapplygeneralrulestospecificproblemstocomeupwithlogical
answers.

CriticalThinking theabilitytouselogicandreasoningtoidentifythestrengthsandweaknessesof
alternativesolutions,conclusionsorapproachestoproblems.

PrinciplesandTechniquesofProjectLeadership theabilitytoapplyprinciplesofprojectmanagement,
criticaldecisionmakingandtimemanagement.Example:AComputerSpecialist(Software)maylocate
personnelwiththeappropriateskillset,determinetheiravailability,andsetarealistictimeframefor
completionofaprojectcomponent.*
*ComputerSpecialist(SW)only

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SDLC;processflows
Codingprinciples

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Databasestructures;dataentities
Diagnosingsoftwareissues;
problemsensitivity
Writtenexpression;number
facility
Deductivereasoning;criticalthinking

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Tips&Info
Studyregularlyuntiltheexamdate;donotwaituntilthelast
minute
Purchaseastudyguideandbringquestionstothesesessions
Amazon.com
civilpass.com
CivilServiceBookShop
38Lispenard St.
NewYork,NY10013
(212)2269506

Learnthelingo
http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/ja.htm
https://www.techopedia.com/dictionary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_computer_hardware_term
s

MoreTips&Info
Learnbasicprogramming(demoedbyPrince)
https://www.code.org
CodeStudio:https://studio.code.org/ (startwithCourses)
VideoLibrary:https://code.org/educate/videos
Createaccounttotrackprogress

https://www.codecademy.com/
LearnToCode(scrolltobottom)
Ifnewtoprogramming,startwithPHP
(https://www.codecademy.com/learn/php)
Createaccounttotrackprogress

Additionallearningsites/coursessuggestedbyyourpeers

https://www.coursera.org/course/cs101
https://alison.com/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
https://edx.org
http://www.w3schools.com

EvenMoreTips&Info
Additionalresourcessuggestedbyyourpeers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocode
Book:ThePragmaticProgrammer:FromJourneymantoMaster by
AndrewHunt&DavidThomas
(http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003GCTQAE)
Digitallibrary:https://www.safaribooksonline.com/ (requirespaid
membership)

CivilServiceExam
LunchtimeKnowledgeSharing
1/11/16
(SDLC;Flowcharting)

SDLC
Whatdoesitstandfor?
Howmanyphasesarethere?
http://www.allinterview.com/showanswers/142497/how
manyphasesinsdlc.html

Samplequestions:
http://www.psexam.com/MCQsfromInformationSystem
AnalysisandDesign/multiplechoicequestionsfrom
systemanalysisanddesignset2.html
http://www.withoutbook.com/online_test.php?quiz=66&q
uesNo=20&subject=Top%2020%20System%20Analysis(SDL
C)%20Online%20Practice%20Test%20%7C%20Multiple%20
Choice
(Tip:eachURLhasotherlinkstomorequestions/quizzes)

Flowcharting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkZsQN3
Dkxc
http://www.rff.com/flowchart_shapes.htm
http://www.programiz.com/article/flowchart
programming
http://www.cs.iit.edu/~cs100/ProblemSolving.
pdf

#1
Aframeworkthatdescribesthesetofactivities
performedateachstageofasoftware
developmentprojectis:
A.
B.
C.
D.

SDLC
Deployment
waterfallmodel
SDLCmodel

#2
Intheanalysisphase,whichdiagramisusedto
presentdeclarationofthegoalsandobjectives
oftheproject?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Dataflowdiagram
Entityrelationshipdiagram
Flowchart
Documentation

#3
InSDLC,________isusedtoensurethatno
alternativeisignoredduringdataanalysis?
A.
B.
C.
D.

dataflowdiagram
organizationalchart
Ganttchart
decisiontable

#4
_________isresponsibletowriteSoftware
RequirementSpecificationsDocument(SRS).
A.
B.
C.
D.

Projectmanager
Systemanalyst
Programmer
User

#5
InthesystemdesignphaseoftheSDLC,____is
notpartofthesystem'sdesignphase.
A.
B.
C.
D.

designofalternativesystems
writingasystemsdesignreport
suggestionsofalternativesolutions
selectionofbestsystem

#6
The______modelisBESTsuitedwhen
organizationisverykeenandmotivatedto
identifytheriskonearlystages.
A.
B.
C.
D.

waterfall
RAD
spiral
incremental

#7
Asacomputerspecialist(software),a(n)
________modelisbasedonaregressiontesting
technique.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Waterfall
RAD
V
iterative

#8
Jimisaprojectmanagerinabank.Heiscollectinginput
fortheriskidentificationprocess.Whatinputwouldhe
becollectingtoidentifyrisks?
I.Projectscopestatement
II.Enterpriseenvironmentalfactors
Ill.Projectmanagementplan
IV.Diagrammingtechniques
A.
B.
C.
D.

IandIVonly
IllandIVonly
Alloftheabove
I,IIandIllonly

#9
ThepurposeofaHIPOdiagramisto
A. organizetheinstructionswithinaroutineor
subroutine
B. mapoutthephysicalcomponentsofadata
processingsystem
C. prioritizetheinstructionsinvolvedinstorageand
retrievalofdataitems
D. listthestepsinvolvedintakingidentifiedinputs
andcreatingrequiredfilesoroutputs

#10
Lenisaprojectmanagerofaninfrastructureprojectmanagerof
awellknowncompany.Heisinvolvedinvariousprocessesof
scopemanagement.Lookatthefollowingchartandalignthe
differentprocessestovarioustaskslisted.Choosethe
appropriateanswerforeachprocessandlistthemunder
correspondingtasks.
Processes

Correspondingtasks

1.Definescope

A.Monitoringprojectscopeandproject status

2.Controlscope

B.Defining anddocumentingstakeholderneeds

3.Collectrequirements

C.Formalizing acceptanceofthecompleteproject
deliverables

4.Verifyscope

D.Breakingdowntheprojectintosmaller,more
manageabletasks

5.CreateWBS

E. Developing adetaileddescriptionoftheprojectand
itsultimateproject

CivilServiceExam
LunchtimeKnowledgeSharing
1/25/16
(CodingPrinciples)

OperatorTypes
ArithmeticOperators
RelationalOperators
LogicalOperators
AssignmentOperators

ArithmeticOperators
Ais10,Bis20
+

Addstwooperands.

A+B=30

Subtractssecondoperandfromthefirst.

AB=10

Multipliesbothoperands.

A*B=200

Dividesnumeratorbydenumerator.

B/A=2

++

Incrementoperatorincreasestheinteger
valuebyone.

A++=11

Decrementoperatordecreasestheinteger
valuebyone.

A =9

RelationalOperators
Ais10,Bis20
==

Checksifthevaluesoftwooperandsareequalornot.Ifyes,thenthe (A==B)isnot
conditionbecomestrue.
true.

!=

Checksifthevaluesoftwooperandsareequalornot.Ifthevalues
arenotequal,thentheconditionbecomestrue.

(A!=B)istrue.

>

Checksifthevalueofleftoperandisgreaterthanthevalueofright
operand.Ifyes,thentheconditionbecomestrue.

(A>B)isnot
true.

<

Checksifthevalueofleftoperandislessthanthevalueofright
operand.Ifyes,thentheconditionbecomestrue.

(A<B)istrue.

>=

Checksifthevalueofleftoperandisgreaterthanorequaltothe
valueofrightoperand.Ifyes,thentheconditionbecomestrue.

(A>=B)isnot
true.

<=

Checksifthevalueofleftoperandislessthanorequaltothevalueof (A<=B)istrue.
rightoperand.Ifyes,thentheconditionbecomestrue.

Logical/BooleanOperators
Ais1,Bis0
&&

CalledLogicalAND operator.Ifboththeoperands
arenonzero,thentheconditionbecomestrue.

||

CalledLogicalOROperator.Ifanyofthetwo
(A||B)is
operandsisnonzero,thentheconditionbecomes true.
true.

CalledLogicalNOT Operator.Itisusedtoreverse
thelogicalstateofitsoperand.Ifaconditionis
true,thenLogicalNOToperatorwillmakeitfalse.

(A&&B)is
false.

!(A&&B)
istrue.

AssignmentOperators
=

Simpleassignmentoperator.Assignsvaluesfrom C=A+Bwillassignthevalueof
rightsideoperandstoleftsideoperand
A+BtoC

+=

AddANDassignmentoperator.Itaddstheright C+=AisequivalenttoC=C+A
operandtotheleftoperandandassigntheresult
totheleftoperand.
SubtractANDassignmentoperator.Itsubtracts C=AisequivalenttoC=C A
therightoperandfromtheleftoperandand
assignstheresulttotheleftoperand.

*=

MultiplyANDassignmentoperator.Itmultiplies
therightoperandwiththeleftoperandand
assignstheresulttotheleftoperand.

C*=AisequivalenttoC=C*A

/=

DivideANDassignmentoperator.Itdividesthe
leftoperandwiththerightoperandandassigns
theresulttotheleftoperand.

C/=AisequivalenttoC=C/A

WhatYourComputerThinks
Tipsforreadingpseudocode

PresentationScope
SixminuteAbs
Basicsofmodernprogramminglanguages
Pseudocode
Commonerrors

CodeStyleandThisTest
Algorithmvs.Syntax
PLflavors(imperative,objectoriented,functional,
static/dynamictyping)
Focusonbasics:
Scope:global,protected,local
Organization:functions,variables,modules
Logic:sequence,repetition,branching
Syntaxexamples onWikipedia

ReadingCode Scope
Scope,scope,scope!
Blocks variablescope
Loops repetitionscope
Branching branchscope
Namecollisions

ReadingCode Algorithms
Understandtheproblem!**(OCDencouraged)
Inputs(arguments,userinput,etc.)
Outputs(singlevalue,listofvalues,matrix,etc.)
Everythinginbetween

ProgrammingLogic
Sequence
Selection
Repetition

Sequence
1. Wakeup

1. Wakeup

2. Shower

2. Eatbreakfast

3. Getdressed

3. Shower

4. Eatbreakfast

4. Gotowork

5. Gotowork

5. Getdressed

Selection
BinarySelection
IFcondition THEN
action1
ELSE
action2
ENDIF
Multiwayselection
IFcondition1 THEN
action1
ELSEIFcondition2 THEN
action2
ELSE
action3
ENDIF

Repetition
Pretest
WHILEcondition LOOP
action
ENDWHILE

Posttest
REPEAT
action
UNTILcondition

CommonErrors
Invalidinput
Boundaryconditions(offbyone,fenceposterrors,etc.)
Datatypeconversions
Scope

BoundaryConditions CORRECT
Conformance formatofvalue
Ordering valuesordered/unorderedasexpected
Range min_allowed<value<
max_allowed
Reference externaldependencies
Existence doesthevalueexist?(nonnull,non
zero,etc.)
Time areeventsoccurringinorder,attheright
time,intime,etc.

Links Pseudocode
PseudoCodebyDamianGordon:
http://www.slideshare.net/DamianGordon1/ps
eudocode10373156
PseudocodepageonWikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocode
Udacity:https://www.udacity.com
IntrotoComputerScience

Links Algorithms
WikipediasAlgorithmpage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
WikipediasOffbyoneErrorpage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offbyone_error

Links CommonErrors
BetterExplained LearningHowtoCount:
http://betterexplained.com/articles/learning
howtocountavoidingthefencepostproblem/
WikipediasOffbyoneErrorpage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offbyone_error

#1
TheCORRECTsequenceforcreatingand
executingC++programis:
A.
B.
C.
D.

CompilingEditingSavingExecutingLinking
EditingExecutingCompilingLinking
EditingSavingCompilingLinkingExecuting
LinkingExecutingSavingCompiling

#2
Asaninstructor,youhavegivenyourclassaprogramming
problem.Everystudentcomesupwithadifferentinstruction
codeforthesameproblem.Supposeonestudenthasacode
of50lines,whileanotherhasacodeof100instructionsfor
thesameproblem.Whichofthefollowingstatementsis
TRUE?
A. Thegreaterexecutiontimeisrequiredformore
instructionsthanthatoflessinstructions.
B. Executiontimeofallprogramsarethesame.
C. Thenumberofinstructioncodesdoesnotaffectthe
solution.
D. Compilationtimeisgreaterwithmorenumbersof
instruction.

#3
Whatistheoutputofthefollowingprogramming
code?
Int p,q,r;
p=10,q=3,r=2;
If(p+q)<14&&(r<q3)
Cout r;
Else
Cout p;
A. 2

B.4

C.10

D.4

#4
Inparameters,passingbyvalue
A. actualparametersandformalparametersmust
besimilartypes
B. actualparametersandformalparameterscanbe
differenttypes
C. parameterspassingbyvaluecanbeusedboth
forinputandoutputpurpose
D. bothAandB

#5
Eachofthefollowingisanexampleofa
primitivelogicaldatastructureEXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.

character
list
boolean
integer

#6
Whatistheoutputofthefollowingcode?
int main()
{
int a=19;
{
cout "valueofa:"aendl;
a=a+1;
}while(a<20);
return0;
}
A. 19

B.20

C.11

D.100

#7
Tobecalledobjectoriented,aprogramming
languagemustallow
A.
B.
C.
D.

functionsthatreturnonlyasinglevalue
#includefiles
inheritance
alloftheabove

#8
Whichofthefollowingstatementsisfalse?
A. Afunctionisablockofcodethatperformsaspecific
task
B. Functionsallowprogrammerstobreaklargeand
complexproblemsintosmallandmanageabletasks
C. Functionsallowprogrammerstouseexistingcodeto
performcommontasks
D. Functionscanbecalled,orinvoked,onlyonceina
program
E. Programmerdefinedfunctionscanbeeithervalue
returningorvoid

#9
Whichofthefollowingstatementsisfalse?
A. Afunctionisablockofcodethatperformsaspecific
task
B. Functionsallowprogrammerstobreaklargeand
complexproblemsintosmallandmanageabletasks
C. Functionsallowprogrammerstouseexistingcodeto
performcommontasks
D. Functionscanbecalled,orinvoked,onlyonceina
program
E. Programmerdefinedfunctionscanbeeithervalue
returningorvoid

#10
Whichofthefollowingisaninvalidstring
constant?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

'7.15pm'
"i likee"
"7.3el2"
"1234el2"
Noneoftheabove

CivilServiceExam
LunchtimeKnowledgeSharing
2/1/16
(DatabaseStructures/Entities)

Definition
A database isanorganizedcollectionofdata.
Thedataistypicallyorganizedtomodelaspects
ofrealityinawaythatsupportsprocesses
requiringinformation,suchasmodellingthe
availabilityofroomsinhotelsinawaythat
supportsfindingahotelwithvacancies.

References
http://www.esp.org/dbfund.pdf
http://databases.about.com/od/databasetraining
/a/databasesbegin.htm
http://www.umldiagrams.org/association.html
http://www.sanfoundry.com/1000database
managementsystemquestionsanswers/

#1
Dataintegrityrefersto
A.
B.
C.
D.

Simplicity
Security
Validity
noneoftheabove

#2
Indatabase,arulewhichdescribesthatforeign
keyvaluemustmatchwiththeprimarykey
valueintheotherrelationshipiscalled
A.
B.
C.
D.

referentialintegrityconstraint
keymatchrule
entitykeygrouprule
foreign/primarymatchrule

#3
Indatabase,onefieldorcombinationoffields
forwhichmorethanonerecordmayhavethe
samecombinationofvaluesiscalledthe
A.
B.
C.
D.

secondarykey
Index
compositekey
linkedkey

#4
Anexampleofqueryis
A. selectionofallrecordsthatmatchasetof
criteria
B. importingspreadsheetfileintothedatabase
C. searchforspecificrecord
D. bothAandCarecorrect

#5
___________referstoamethodofdatabase
distributioninwhichonedatabasecontainsdata
thatareincludedinanotherdatabase.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Splitting
Partitioning
Replication
Dividing

#6
TableA

TableB

UsingtheaboveERdiagram,whichoneofthefollowing
statementsisTRUE?
A. Bothtablesshouldhavethesamenumberof(primary)
keyattributes.
B. TableAshouldhavealargernumberofkeyattributes.
C. TableBshouldhavealargernumberofkeyattributes.
D. Thediagramdoesnotproposewhichtablemighthave
moreattributesinitsprimarykey.

#7
Considertwotables:ClassandStudentarerelatedbya
"onetomanyrelationship.Inwhichtableshouldthe
correspondingforeignkeybeplaced?
A. OnlyClasstablerequiresforeignkey.
B. OnlyStudenttablerequiresforeignkey.
C. Bothtablesrequireforeignkey.
D. Compositeentitymustbeaddedsoforeignkeyswill
berequiredinbothClassandStudenttables.

#8
Supposeworkingasacomputerspecialist
(software)yourorganizationhasassignedyoua
tasktodevelopadatabaseforanacademic
institution.WhichoneistheMOSTappropriate
associationinthedatabaseforaclassthatmight
havemultipleprerequisites?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Generalizationassociation
Nary association
Aggregation association
Reflexive association

#9
Whileworkingonanacademicinstitutedatabase,
accordingtoyou,whichoneistheMOSTsuitable
specialassociationtomodelacoursethathasan
instructor,teachingassistants,aclassroom,meeting
timeslotandclassschedule?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Generalizationassociation
Nary association
Aggregation association
Reflexive association

#10
23 SIMMONS
31 WILSON
19 FARMER

1B
OF
P

.324
.309
.144

Howmanytuplesaredepicted? 3
Howmanytablesaredepicted? 1
Howmanydataelementsaredepicted? 12
Howmanyattributesaredepicted? 4

CivilServiceExam
LunchtimeKnowledgeSharing
2/22/16
(Writtenexpression;
Numberfacility)

Reminders
TestdateisonSaturday,March19th!
Signin!Materialswillonlybesentto
attendeesandbyrequest.
Thesesessionsmustbeloggedasyourlunch
hour.

References
http://www.tutorialspoint.com
TutorialsLibrary
SelectedReading
Questions&Answers
(http://www.tutorialspoint.com/questions_and_answers.ht
m)
DevelopersBestPractices
(http://www.tutorialspoint.com/developers_best_practices/i
ndex.htm)
ComputerGlossary
(http://www.tutorialspoint.com/computer_glossary.htm)

References,Too
WrittenExpression
http://www.grammarquizzes.com/index.html
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/business_writing_
skills/index.htm

NumberFacility
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/quantitative_aptit
ude/index.htm

WRITTENEXPRESSION

#1
https://www.quill.org/play

#2#5
Eachofthefollowingquestionsconsistsofa
statementwhichcontainsonewordthatis
incorrectlyusedbecauseitisnotinkeepingwith
themeaningthatthequotationisevidently
intendedtoconvey.Identifythewordinthe
statementthatisincorrectandselectthechoice
which,whensubstitutedfortheincorrectlyused
word,wouldBESThelptoconveythemeaning
ofthestatement.

#2
Theessentialsofbudgetingperhapscanbesummarized
inthismanner:
1. Developasoundbusinessprogram.
2. Reportontheprogressinachievingthatprogram.
3. Takenecessaryactionastoallvarianceswhichare
inevitable.
4. Revisetheprogramtomeetthechangingconditionsas
required.

A. Perfect
C.Controllable

B.Plans
D.Secure

#3
Wherestandardcostsarenotavailableortheiruseis
impracticableduetouncertaintyofprices,estimatesof
thecostsmustbemadeonthebasisofpastexperience
andexpectedconditions.Abilitytousestandardslargely
eliminatestheuseofthebudgetforpurposesofcontrol
ofcostsbutitsvalueremainsforpurposesof
coordinationoftheprogramwithpurchasesandfinance.
A. Failure

B.Current

C.Culmination

D.Apparent

#4
Atfirstsight,itmayseemthatthereislittleornodifferencebetween
theusableness ofamanualandthedegreeofitsuse.Butthereisa
difference.Amanualmayhaveallthequalitieswhichmakeupthe
usablemanualandstillnotbeused.Takethisinstanceasanexample:
Supposeyouhaveasatisfactorymanualbutissueinstructionsfrom
daytodaythroughtheavenueofbulletins,memorandums,andother
informationalreleases.Whichwilltheemployeeuse,themanualor
thebulletinwhichpassesoverhisdesk?Hewill,ofcourse,usethe
latter,forsomeobsoletematerialwillnotbecontainedinthismanual.
Herewehaveatheoreticallyusablemanualwhichisunusedbecause
oftheotheravenuesbywhichproceduralinformationmaybeissued.
A. countermand
C.intentional

B.discard
D.worthwhile

#5
Oneoftheconsiderationslikelytoaffectthecurrencyofclassification,
particularlyinprofessionalandmanagerialoccupations,istheimpact
oftheincumbentscapacitiesonthejob.Someworkishighly
susceptibletochangeastheresultofthespecialtalentsorinterestsof
theclassifier.Organizationshouldneverbesorigidasnottocapitalize
ontheinnovativeorunusualproclivitiesofitskeyemployees.Whilea
machineoperatormaynotbeable,evensubtly,tochangethe
characterorlevelofhisjob,thedesignengineer,theattorney,orthe
organizationandmethodsanalystmightreadilydoso.Relianceonhis
judgmentandthescopeofhisassignmentsmaybothgrowasthe
resultofhisskill,insight,andcapacity.
A. unlikely
C.directly

B.incumbent
D.scope

NUMBERFACILITY

#1

#2

#3
UnitSsproductionfluctuatedsubstantiallyfrom
oneyeartoanother.In2004,UnitSsproduction
was100%greaterthanin2003.In2005,
productiondecreasedby25%from2004.In2006,
UnitSsproductionwas10%greaterthanin2005.
Onthebasisofthisinformation,itisCORRECTto
concludethatUnitSsproductionin2006exceeded
UnitSsproductionin2003by
A. 65%

B.85%

C. 95%

D.135%

#4
AgencyXismovingintoanewbuilding.Ithas
1500employeespresentlyonitsstaffanddoesnot
contemplatemuchvariancefromthislevel.The
newbuildingcontains100availableoffices,each
withamaximumcapacityof30employees.Ithas
beendecidedthatonly2/3ofthemaximum
capacityofeachofficewillbeutilized.TheTOTAL
numberofofficesthatwillbeoccupiedbyAgency
Xis
A. 30

B.66

C.75

D.90

#5
Onetypistcompletesaformletterevery5
minutesandanothertypistcompletesoneevery
6minutes.Ifthetwotypistsstarttogether,they
willagainstarttypingnewletters
simultaneously____minuteslaterandwillhave
completed____lettersbythattime.
A. 11;30

B.12;24

C.24;12

D.30;11

#6
Duringoneweek,amachineoperatorproduces
10fewerpagesperhourofworkthanheusually
does.Ifitordinarilytakeshimsixhoursto
producea300pagereport,itwilltakehim____
hoursLONGERtoproducethatsame300page
reportduringtheweekwhenheproduces
MOREslowly.

#7
Assumethatduringthefiscalyear20062007,abureau
produced20%moreworkunitsthanitproducedinthefiscal
year20052006.Also,assumethatduringthefiscalyear
20062007thatbureausstaffwas20%SMALLERthanitwasin
thefiscalyear20052006.
Onthebasisofthisinformation,itwouldbemostproperto
concludethatthenumberofworkunitsproducedperstaff
memberinthatbureauinthefiscalyear20062007exceeded
thenumberofworkunitsproducedperstaffmemberinthat
bureauinthefiscalyear20052006bywhichoneofthe
followingpercentages?
A. 20%

B.25%

C.40%

D.50%

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Assumethatduringthefollowingfivefiscalyears(FY),a
bureauhasreceivedthefollowingappropriations:
FY19971998:$200,000
FY19981999:$240,000
FY19992000:$280,000
FY20002001:$390,000
FY20012002:$505,000
Thebureausappropriationforwhichoneofthefollowing
fiscalyearsshowedtheLARGESTpercentageofincreaseover
thebureausappropriationfortheimmediatelypreviousfiscal
year?
A. FY19981999
C.FY20002001

B.FY19992000
D.FY20012002