HBRI Sample Items

Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory – Sample Item Booklet (Answers on last page)

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

8

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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Hogan Business Reasoning Inventory – Sample Item Booklet Answers: 1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. c 6. a

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