KPMG Past Questions And Answers


After months of talent searching for administrative assistant to the president of the college the field of applications has been narrowed down to five (A, B, C, D, and E). It was announced interview were held. The examining committee agreed upon the following procedure:
1) The interview will held once a week.
2) Three candidates will appear at any all-day interview session.
3) Each candidate will appear at least once.
4) If it becomes necessary to call applicants for additional interviews, no more than one such applicant should be asked to appear the next week.
5) Because of a detail in the written applications, it was agreed that whenever Candidate B appears, A should also be present.
6) Because of travel difficulties, it was agreed that C will appear for only one interview


101)

If A, B, and D appear at the interview and D is called for an additional interview the following week, which two candidates may be asked to appear with D?
I. A
II. B
III. C
IV. E
 

(A) is not correct, see item #4. (B) is not correct because of item #4. (C) and (D) contradicts item #5.
The correct answer is (E).
102)

Which of the following is a possible sequence of combinations for interview in two successive weeks?
 

(A) Violates items #5 in the question which is (Because of a detail in the written applications, it was agreed that whenever Candidate B appears, A should also be present). (B) contradicts item #4. (D) Fails to consider #5. (E) Does not take #6 into account which is (because of travel difficulties, it was agreed that C will appear for only one interview). 

The answer is (C).
103)

At the first interview, the following candidates appear A, B, and D, which of the following combinations can be called for the interview to be held the next week?
 

According to procedure item #4 in the question which is (If it becomes necessary to call applicants for additional interviews, no more than one such applicant should be asked to appear the next week), only one candidate may appear on two subsequent weeks.
The correct answer is (B).
104)

The nursing shortage in this country is a funny one, caused by the concentration of nurses in the geographical regions with the highest paid and most generous fringe benefits for the nurses. In addition, the League of America Nurses has artificially worsened the shortage by encouraging nursing schools to keep enrollments low in order to boost nurses salaries to even higher levels.
All of the following statements, if true, would tend to WEAKEN the argument above except:
 

The statement in (A) may not weaken the argument. Texas is much bigger, more heavily populated state than Connecticut. Even though there are 35% more nurses in Texas than Connecticut, the lower salary in Texas may still cause fewer nurses to go there than would otherwise go.
The correct answer is (A).

The office staff of the XYZ Corporation presently consists of three bookkeepers (A, B, and C) and five secretaries (D, E, F, G and H). Management is planning to open a new office in another city using three secretaries and two bookkeepers of the present staff. To do so they plan to separate certain individuals who do not function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the new office:
1. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent as a team to the new office.
2. C and E function well alone but not as a team. They should be separated.
3. D and G have not been on speaking terms for many months. They should not go together.
4. Since D and F have been competing for promotion, they should not be a team.


105)

If D goes to the new office which of the following is (are) true?
I. C cannot go.
II. A cannot go.
III. H must also go
 

If D goes, the other two secretaries must be E and H, C cannot go with E.
Therefore, A and B are the bookkeepers.
The correct answer is (D).

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