UK Civil Service Fast Stream Assessment Practice Quiz

Question 1

A brief reports that Region North made 340 benefit fraud referrals last year and Region South made 170. North has 2.4 million claimants and South has 0.9 million. Both regions apply the same referral criteria.

Which statement does the brief show to be true?

Accepted Answer

South made more referrals per claimant than North

Question 2

In a staff survey of 400 people, 240 said they work from home at least two days a week. Of those 240, 90 said they would leave if required to attend the office five days a week. Of the other 160, 10 said the same.

Which statement must be true?

Accepted Answer

Exactly one in four of the staff surveyed said they would leave

Question 3

A department has two offices. Office A clears cases faster on average than Office B, and did so both last year and this year. This year the average time to clear a case fell in BOTH offices. Yet across the department as a whole the average time to clear a case rose.

If all these figures are correct, which statement must be true?

Accepted Answer

A larger share of the department's cases went to Office B this year than last year