Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory Sample Item Booklet

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Organizational chart in May

Organizational chart in June

Organizational chart in July

Organizational chart in August

Sample Item #1. Given the changes in your organization over the past four months as depicted in
the charts above, what is the best prediction for how the organization will look in September?

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Accidents and New Hires by Month

16

Number of Accidents

14
12
10
Accidents

New Hires

6
4
2
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

Jul Aug Sep

Month

Sample Item #2.

As a manager, you want to reduce the number of accidents per month. Your company decides to
stop hiring new employees until accidents are reduced. According to the graph, what is the biggest
problem with this decision?
a) The number of accidents dropped steadily from January to May when several new
employees were hired
b) Hiring more new employees caused more accidents
c) Several accidents occurred in June, when 11 new employees were hired
d) Nothing is wrong with this decision

Sample Item #3. On a recent business trip, you spent half of your money on a lunch with clients and
half of that amount on dinner for yourself. You were left with $32.94. How much did you spend?
a) $32.94
b) $49.41
c) $98.82
d) $131.76

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Production Summary
Production

May
2,300
units

June
2,400
units

July
2,521
units

August
2,665
units

September
2,834
units

October

Sample Item #4.

Based on the previous months records, what is the best estimate for October production if the trend
continues?
a) 2990
b) 3120
c) 3030
d) 2850

Sample Item #5.

This Statement of Work concerns developing a District Manager training program for the Absolute
Service Company. The work involves two major Tasks. There must be an external evaluation before
beginning work on the next Task. The project deadline is October 1, 2006. If the deadline is not met,
the client will not pay for the project.
Task A requires a team to develop training materials. Current plans are that a six person team will
work six weeks to complete the Task. The external evaluation will take one week to complete. If the
material created in Task A passes evaluation, work on Task B will begin immediately.
Task B will require a team of ten to conduct District Manager training sessions. This Task will take
eight weeks to complete. An external evaluation of the training sessions will be conducted prior to the
project deadline and will take one week to complete.
The costs for each Task are $2,500 per team member per week, plus materials and other direct
costs. The contract is fixed price, so any overruns on labor costs will not be compensated by the
client.
You find that doubling the team size for each task cuts the time for the Task by 1/3. If you double the
team for Task A only, given the project deadline shown above, what is the latest date Task A can
start?
a) June 1
b) June 15th
c) July 1
d) July 15th

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Net Revenues for 2003 by Region

100
90
80
70
60

East

50

West

40

North

30
20
10
0
1st Qtr

2nd Qtr

3rd Qtr

4th Qtr

Sample Item #6
Fourth quarter revenues were misreported in the graph by a factor of 1.5. Which of the following
tables best represents the corrected revenues?
a)

1st Qtr
50
20
45

2nd Qtr
69
35
55

3rd Qtr
75
40
60

4th Qtr
60
30
50

b)

East
West
North

2nd Qtr
69
35
55

3rd Qtr
75
40
60

4th Qtr
20
15
46

d)

East
West
North

1st Qtr
50
20
45

c)

East
West
North

1st Qtr
50
20
45

2nd Qtr
69
35
55

3rd Qtr
75
40
60

4th Qtr
90
50
75

East
West
North

1st Qtr
50
20
45

2nd Qtr
69
35
55

3rd Qtr
75
40
60

4th Qtr
90
45
75

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Answers:
1. b
2. a
3. c
4. c
5. c
6. a

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