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SAPP Academy 6 Floor, No 2, Trai Ca Valley, Truong Dinh street, Ha Noi PwC ENTRANCE TEST Full name: Test: Total question: Time: I. SAPP Academy No. 20, 198 alley, Xa Dan street, Ha Noi Tel 096 972 94 63 Sapp.edu.vn Tel: 0166 7703 493 Sapp.edu.vn 30 MCQs 30 minutes VERBAL REASONING (15 questions) Word swap In these questions two words have been interchanged so that the first word has been moved to the place of the second and the second moved to the location of the first word. No other change to the sentence has occurred. It is your task to identify the two words that have been swapped. You should record your answer by writing the two words in the answer box. Be sure to record the words in the order that they occur in the question (ie, the incorrect order). 1. Bound about the Alps to the north, the boot-shaped peninsula of mainland Italy stretches by 800km into the Mediterranean Sea. Answer: 2. In the long fight for racial rights for black Americans Martin Luther King stands out for his great commitment to equal equality. Answer: 3. Kites can be simple flat structures made from a complex of thin sticks covered with paper or more framework designs including data wings and aerofoils. Answer: 4. Laws regulate government and state, between relationship the government and individuals and the conduct of individuals towards each other. Answer: 5. Scientists use businesses to test their theories, engineers use it to design new machines and entrepreneurs use it to manage their mathematics. Answer: Page 1 of 6 SAPP Academy 6 Floor, No 2, Trai Ca Valley, Truong Dinh street, Ha Noi Tel 096 972 94 63 Sapp.edu.vn True, false and cannot tell questions SAPP Academy Tel: 0166 7703 493 No. 20, 198 alley, Xa Dan street, Ha Noi Sour tasting things contain acids. They are only weak solutions of acidSapp.edu.vn as something that is strongly acidic will burn human skin. A bee sting contains an acid, our stomach contains hydrochloric acid and a car battery contains a very strong solution of sulphuric acid. Acids are very widely used in the chemical industry. Pollution from power stations causes acid rain, which kills trees and fish. 6. It can be inferred from the passage that the hydrochloric acid in our stomachs is weak. Answer: 7. The primary purpose of the passage is to describe the properties of things that taste sour. Answer: 8. It can be inferred from the passage that the acid in a car battery would burn if it made contact with our skin. Answer: 9. A wasp sting contains an acid. Answer: 10. Lemon juice is an example of a sour tasting thing that is mentioned in the passage. Answer: Page 2 of 6 SAPP Academy 6 Floor, No 2, Trai Ca Valley, Truong Dinh street, Ha Noi Tel 096 972 94 63 Sapp.edu.vn Mathching SAPP Academy Tel: 0166 7703 493 198 alley, Xa Dan street, Ha Noi In this test, you No. are20,given three words – a pair of words and a wordSapp.edu.vn with its pair missing. You must try to identify the relationship that exists between the complete pair before choosing a word from a list that has a similar relationship with the single word. 11. Boat, Sails, Car? A. Engine B. Tyres C. Journeys D. Motorbikes 12. Fire, Smoke, Words? A. Letters B. Sentences C. Voices D. Dictionary 13. Telephone, River, Sea? A. Receiver B. Ring tone C. Conversation D. Exchange 14. Surface, Fuzzy, Smooth? A. Veneer B. Interior C. Appearance D. Horizontal 15. Jailed, Fraud, Expelled? A. School B. Smoking C. Kick off D. Child Page 3 of 6 SAPP Academy 6 Floor, No 2, Trai Ca Valley, Truong Dinh street, Ha Noi II. Tel 096 972 94 63 Sapp.edu.vn ADVANCED NUMERACY TEST (15 questions) SAPP Academy Tel: 0166 7703 493 No. 20, 198 alley, Xa Dan street, Ha Noi The test consists of a series of questions and labelled suggested answers toSapp.edu.vn choose from. You are required to select one of the suggested answers as the correct one and to record that answer’s identifying label in the answer box. This means that all questions will be answered by either A, B, C, D or E, depending on the number of suggested answers. 16. A cube has a volume of 125cm3. What is the length of one of its sides? A. 3cm B. 4cm C. 5cm D. 6cm 17. What is the sum of the integers from 110 to 630? A. Under 200,000 B. Between 200,000 and 220,000 C. Between 220,000 and 240,000 D. Over 300,000 18. What is the average of the inclusive integers from 162 through to 726? A. 444 B. 564 C. 282 D. 432 19. A ladder 8m long is resting against a wall so that the foot of the ladder is 3m from the wall. How far is the top of the ladder above the ground? A. 8.0m B. 7.8m C. 7.4m D. 7.0m 20. How many tiles sized 20cm by 30cm are required to tile a floor which is 4 metres by 4.5 metres? A. 100 B. 200 C. 300 D. 400 Page 4 of 6 SAPP Academy 6 Floor, No 2, Trai Ca Valley, Truong Dinh street, Ha Noi Tel 096 972 94 63 Sapp.edu.vn 21. Imagine you tossSAPP a coin into the air and make a note of whether it landsTel: heads or tails Academy 0166 7703 493 No. 20, 198 alley, Xa Dan street, Ha Noi Sapp.edu.vn up. After 50 times, you have noted the following: Heads: 21 times Tails: 29 times If you continue to toss the coin a further 100 times, about how many times would you expect it to land heads up? A. 42 B. 58 C. 63 D. 87 22. Complete the sequence: 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, ?? A. 23 B. 24 C. 25 D. 26 23. A bag contains 20 sweets, 10 of which are lemon and 10 vanilla flavoured. A sweet is drawn at random, and replaced, and a second is drawn at random. What are the chances (probability) that both sweets are lemon flavoured? A. ½ B. ¼ C. 1/8 D. 1/16 24. At the local garden centre, pea canes have been delivered from the wholesalers in two batches. It was discovered that the first batch of canes measure 100.5cm, while the second batch measure 102.0cm in length. Given that the first batch is estimated to be the correct length, what is the relative error between the two batches? A. 1.0% B. 1.5% C. 2.0% D. 2.5% 25. A bag contains three balls, one red, one blue and one yellow. To the nearest percentage point, what is the percentage probability that the SECOND ball drawn will be yellow? A. 66% B. 100% C. 50% D. 33% Page 5 of 6