Decision Making Practice Problems: Level 02

Directions for questions 1 to 5: Study the given information & answer the following questions:
Following are the criteria to recruit a Professor in an organisation:
The Applicant must
  1. be graduate in any discipline with min. 67% marks.
  2. have his/her age in between 28 to 33 years as on 26-09-2017.
  3. have a PG degree/ 3 years diploma or must have completed B.Ed. with more than 55% marks.
  4. have minimum 3 years experience in Teaching.
  5. be ready to join 1 year probation.
If a candidate satisfies all the criteria except
  1. at (c) above, but is an Arts with Maths graduate with minimum 72% marks and has an experience of more than 4 years and more her/his case is to be referred to the Principal.
  2. at (d) above, but master degree’s with minimum 60% marks, her/his is to be referred to the Vice Principal.
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Details of applicants are given below in the questions. On the basis of the following course of action which is based on the data given above, mark the  answer.
All cases are given to you as on the date 26-09-2017.
  1. Manika is a B.Sc. Graduate with 70% marks and has completed PG in M.Sc. She completed 27 years of age in 2015 and has 3 year's experience as a Maths Faculty. She is ready to join probation period of one year.
    A) if case is to be referred to Principal.
    B) if case is to be referred to Vice Principal.
    C) if candidate is to be selected.
    D) if information is inadequate to take a decision.
    E) if candidate is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option C
    Explanation: Clearly Manika will be selected as she meets all the requirements.
  2. Mamta is a graduate in B.A. and B.Ed. with 75% and 70% respectively. She has been working as a professor in Math for 5 years and has freelancing experience of 2 years. Mamta’s age is 30 years and she is ready to join 2 year probation.
    A) if case is to be referred to Principal.
    B) if case is to be referred to Vice Principal.
    C) if candidate is to be selected.
    D) if information is inadequate to take a decision.
    E) if candidate is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option C
    Explanation: Mamta will be selected for the post as she meets all the requirements.
  3. Shobha, a 29-year-old science graduate with 70% marks in her graduation has 53% marks in her B.Ed. and she also has an Arts with Maths graduation securing 80% marks.She also worked with Satyam for a span of 5 years and she is willing to join the probation period for 1 year.
    A) if case is to be referred to Principal.
    B) if case is to be referred to Vice Principal.
    C) if candidate is to be selected.
    D) if information is inadequate to take a decision.
    E) if candidate is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option A
    Explanation:Since she has 53% marks in B.Ed but did Arts with Maths graduation securing 80% marks, so her case must be referred to the Principal.
  4. Abhishek is a graduate in B.Sc. and postgraduate in M.Sc. with 78% marks and has been working for the past 7 years during which he worked as a teacher in coaching institute for two years. He was born on 07.11.1986 and is ready to join probation period of 1year.
    A) if case is to be referred to Principal.
    B) if case is to be referred to Vice Principal.
    C) if candidate is to be selected.
    D) if information is inadequate to take a decision.
    E) if candidate is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option D
    Explanation: Since we do not know his B.Sc marks, so information is inadequate to take the decision.
  1. Aman has been working as Assistant Professor for the past 5 years. She has completed MA and graduation with 73% marks each and is ready to join one year probation. She was born on 22 Aug 1987.
    A) if case is to be referred to Executive Head.
    B) if case is to be referred to Vice President.
    C) if candidate is to be selected.
    D) if information is inadequate to take a decision.
    E) if candidate is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option C
    Explanation: Clearly the candidate will be selected.
Directions for questions 6 to 10: Study the information given below carefully and answer the following questions.
A Hospital has decided to recruit doctors. The following criteria are to be applied to select the candidates. An applicant must
  1. be an MBBS/BDS graduation with at least 50% marks & 70% marks in MD.
  2. have minimum 2 years work experience.
  3. be ready to sign a 2 years bond.
  4. Age criteria: 25 years to 32 years as on 11.11.2016.
However, if the applicant fulfils all the eligibility criteria except
  1. (i), but has obtained 60% in graduation degree and 50% in MD and has 3 years working experience, the case may be referred to the CMO.
  2. (iii), but is willing to pay an amt.of Rs 1.5 lakh if he/she wants to leave, the case may be referred to the Senior doctors.
  3. (ii), but is a BDS doctor, the case is to be referred to the Junior doctors.
Details of applicants are given below in the questions. On the basis of following course of action which is based on the data given above, mark the answer.
All cases are given to you as on the date 11.11.2016.
  1. Kavita is an MBBS doctor with 60% marks and Post graduation in MD with 82% marks. She has been working as doctor for last 5 years. She is not willing to sign the bond but can pay Rs 1 lakh if she leaves.She has just completed 27 years.
    A) if candidate is to be selected.
    B) if case is to be referred to the Senior doctor.
    C) if case is to be referred to the Junior doctor.
    D) if case is to be referred to the CMO.
    E) if Applicant is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option E
    Explanation: As Kavita is not willing to sign the bond but can pay Rs 1 lakh if she leaves.So, she will not be selected.
  2. Rohit is 28 years old and has been working in a Hospital for the past 4 years. He has scored 72% and 82% marks in MBBS and MD respectively. He is ready to sign a bond with any hospital.
    A) if candidate is to be selected.
    B) if case is to be referred to the Senior doctor.
    C) if case is to be referred to the Junior doctor.
    D) if case is to be referred to the CMO.
    E) if Applicant is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option A
    Explanation: Clearly the candidate will be selected.
  3. Neetu is a MBBS graduate Doctor with 75% marks and 85% marks in MD. She completed her Graduation in 2014 at the age of 22 years & immediately started working in Hospital. She is interested in going to Finland and is not ready to sign a bond. However, she doesn’t mind to pay 2 lakh amount.
    A) if candidate is to be selected.
    B) if case is to be referred to the Senior doctor.
    C) if case is to be referred to the Junior doctor.
    D) if case is to be referred to the CMO.
    E) if Applicant is not to be selected.
    Sol: Option E
    Explanation: The candidate won’t be selected as she doesn’t meet the age criteria.
  4. Veer is BDS graduate with 74% marks in degree and 93% marks in MD. He joined as a doctor in Sanjeevani Hospital three years ago at the age of 27 years. He is willing to sign a bond with Hospital.
    A) if candidate is to be selected.
    B) if case is to be referred to the Senior doctor.
    C) if case is to be referred to the Junior doctor.
    D) if case is to be referred to the CMO.
    E) if Applicant is not to be selected.
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    Sol: Option C
    Explanation: The candidate although has joined hospital 3 years ago but it has not been given if he has worked for the given 3 years. So the case will be referred to the Junior Doctor.
  5. Romi is a Doctor and has obtained 59% and 60% marks in MBBS and MD respectively. He is 28 years old and ready to sign a bond.
    A) if candidate is to be selected.
    B) if case is to be referred to the Senior doctor.
    C) if case is to be referred to the Junior doctor.
    D) if case is to be referred to the CMO.
    E) if the given data is insufficient to decide.
    Sol: Option E
    Explanation: As his experience is not given so data is insufficient to decide.
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