Ernst & Young Sample Aptitude Questions and Answers

Q31 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

THE ROLE OF THE AMBULANCE SERVICE

Most people believe that the Ambulance Service is simply there to respond to emergency incidents such as road traffic collisions (RTCs), seriously ill or injured patients, fires and other such incidents. While these are the core roles that the service undertakes, there are also a number of other important duties that are carried out, such as patient transport services. The latter is carried out by the employees of the Ambulance Service who carry disabled, elderly and vulnerable people to and from out-patient appointments, hospital admissions and also day centres and clinics.

Responding to road traffic collisions is one of the core roles undertaken by the Ambulance Service.

Q32 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

A uniform is a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organisation whilst participating in that organisation’s activity. Modern uniforms are often worn by armed forces and paramilitary organisations such as; police, emergency services and security guards, in some workplaces and schools and by inmates in prisons. In some countries, officials also wear uniforms in some of their duties; such is the case of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service or the French Prefects.

Police Officer’s are required to wear a uniform.

Q33 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

FAMILY HOLIDAY

Janet and Steve have been married for twenty-seven years. They have a daughter called Jessica who is twenty-five-years-old. They all want to go on holiday together but cannot make up their minds on where to go. Janet’s first choice would be somewhere hot and sunny abroad. Her second choice would be somewhere in their home country that involves a sporting activity. She does not like hill-climbing or walking holidays but her third choice would be a skiing holiday. Steve’s first choice would be a walking holiday in the hills somewhere in their home country and his second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. He does not enjoy skiing. Jessica’s first choice would be a skiing holiday and her second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. Jessica’s third choice would be a walking holiday in the hills of their home country.

Jessica’s first choice would be a walking holiday in the hills of their home country.

Q34 "Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

FAMILY HOLIDAY

Janet and Steve have been married for twenty-seven years. They have a daughter called Jessica who is twenty-five-years-old. They all want to go on holiday together but cannot make up their minds on where to go. Janet’s first choice would be somewhere hot and sunny abroad. Her second choice would be somewhere in their home country that involves a sporting activity. She does not like hill-climbing or walking holidays but her third choice would be a skiing holiday. Steve’s first choice would be a walking holiday in the hills somewhere in their home country and his second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. He does not enjoy skiing. Jessica’s first choice would be a skiing holiday and her second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. Jessica’s third choice would be a walking holiday in the hills of their home country.

Janet and Jessica have been married for twenty-seven years.

Q35 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

FAMILY HOLIDAY

Janet and Steve have been married for twenty-seven years. They have a daughter called Jessica who is twenty-five-years-old. They all want to go on holiday together but cannot make up their minds on where to go. Janet’s first choice would be somewhere hot and sunny abroad. Her second choice would be somewhere in their home country that involves a sporting activity. She does not like hill-climbing or walking holidays but her third choice would be a skiing holiday. Steve’s first choice would be a walking holiday in the hills somewhere in their home country and his second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. He does not enjoy skiing. Jessica’s first choice would be a skiing holiday and her second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. Jessica’s third choice would be a walking holiday in the hills of their home country.

Jessica would rather go skiing than go on a sunny holiday abroad.

Q36 "Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

FAMILY HOLIDAY

Janet and Steve have been married for twenty-seven years. They have a daughter called Jessica who is twenty-five-years-old. They all want to go on holiday together but cannot make up their minds on where to go. Janet’s first choice would be somewhere hot and sunny abroad. Her second choice would be somewhere in their home country that involves a sporting activity. She does not like hill-climbing or walking holidays but her third choice would be a skiing holiday. Steve’s first choice would be a walking holiday in the hills somewhere in their home country and his second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. He does not enjoy skiing. Jessica’s first choice would be a skiing holiday and her second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. Jessica’s third choice would be a walking holiday in the hills of their home country.

Janet likes hill-climbing.

Q37 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

FAMILY HOLIDAY

Janet and Steve have been married for twenty-seven years. They have a daughter called Jessica who is twenty-five-years-old. They all want to go on holiday together but cannot make up their minds on where to go. Janet’s first choice would be somewhere hot and sunny abroad. Her second choice would be somewhere in their home country that involves a sporting activity. She does not like hill-climbing or walking holidays but her third choice would be a skiing holiday. Steve’s first choice would be a walking holiday in the hills somewhere in their home country and his second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. He does not enjoy skiing. Jessica’s first choice would be a skiing holiday and her second choice would be a sunny holiday abroad. Jessica’s third choice would be a walking holiday in the hills of their home country.

Janet and Steve have a daughter who is 27 years old.

Q38 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

Most aspects of human biology involve both genetic (inherited) and non-genetic (environmental) factors. Some inherited variation influences aspects of our biology that are not medical in nature (height. eye color, ability to taste or smell certain compounds, etc). Moreover, some genetic disorders only cause disease in combination with the appropriate environmental factors (such as diet). With these caveats, genetic disorders may be described as clinically defined diseases caused by genomic DNA sequence variation. In the most straightforward cases, the disorder can be associated with variation in a single gene. For example, cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene and is the most common recessive disorder in Caucasian populations with over 1 .300 different mutations known. Disease-causing mutations in specific genes are usually severe in terms of gene function and are fortunately rare, thus genetic disorders are similarly individually rare. However, since there are many genes that can vary to cause genetic disorders, in aggregate they comprise a significant component of known medical conditions, especially in pediatric medicine. Molecularly characterized genetic disorders are those for which the underlying causal gene has been identified, currently there are approximately 2.200 such disorders annotated in the OMIM database.

As noted above, there are many different kinds of DNA sequence variation, ranging from complete extra or missing chromosomes down to single nucleotide changes. It is generally presumed that much naturally occurring genetic variation in human populations is phenotypically neutral, i.e. has little or no detectable effect on the physiology of the individual (although there may be fractional differences in fitness defined over evolutionary time frames). Genetic disorders can be caused by any or all known types of sequence variation. To molecularly characterize a new genetic disorder, it is necessary to establish a causal link between a particular genomic sequence variant and the clinical disease under investigation. Such studies constitute the realm of human molecular genetics.

With the advent of the Human Genome and International HapMap Project, it has become feasible to explore subtle genetic influences on many common disease conditions such as diabetes, asthma, migraine, schizophrenia, etc. Although some causal links have been made between genomic sequence variants in particular genes and some of these diseases, often with much publicity in the general media, these are usually not considered to be genetic disorders per se as their causes are complex, involving many different genetic and environmental factors. Thus there may be disagreement in particular cases whether a specific medical condition should be termed a genetic disorder.

Quadruplication of DNA is one form of DNA sequence variation..

Q39 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

Most aspects of human biology involve both genetic (inherited) and non-genetic (environmental) factors. Some inherited variation influences aspects of our biology that are not medical in nature (height. eye color, ability to taste or smell certain compounds, etc). Moreover, some genetic disorders only cause disease in combination with the appropriate environmental factors (such as diet). With these caveats, genetic disorders may be described as clinically defined diseases caused by genomic DNA sequence variation. In the most straightforward cases, the disorder can be associated with variation in a single gene. For example, cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene and is the most common recessive disorder in Caucasian populations with over 1 .300 different mutations known. Disease-causing mutations in specific genes are usually severe in terms of gene function and are fortunately rare, thus genetic disorders are similarly individually rare. However, since there are many genes that can vary to cause genetic disorders, in aggregate they comprise a significant component of known medical conditions, especially in pediatric medicine. Molecularly characterized genetic disorders are those for which the underlying causal gene has been identified, currently there are approximately 2.200 such disorders annotated in the OMIM database.

As noted above, there are many different kinds of DNA sequence variation, ranging from complete extra or missing chromosomes down to single nucleotide changes. It is generally presumed that much naturally occurring genetic variation in human populations is phenotypically neutral, i.e. has little or no detectable effect on the physiology of the individual (although there may be fractional differences in fitness defined over evolutionary time frames). Genetic disorders can be caused by any or all known types of sequence variation. To molecularly characterize a new genetic disorder, it is necessary to establish a causal link between a particular genomic sequence variant and the clinical disease under investigation. Such studies constitute the realm of human molecular genetics.

With the advent of the Human Genome and International HapMap Project, it has become feasible to explore subtle genetic influences on many common disease conditions such as diabetes, asthma, migraine, schizophrenia, etc. Although some causal links have been made between genomic sequence variants in particular genes and some of these diseases, often with much publicity in the general media, these are usually not considered to be genetic disorders per se as their causes are complex, involving many different genetic and environmental factors. Thus there may be disagreement in particular cases whether a specific medical condition should be termed a genetic disorder.

There is no dispute as to what denotes a genetic disorder.

Q40 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

Most aspects of human biology involve both genetic (inherited) and non-genetic (environmental) factors. Some inherited variation influences aspects of our biology that are not medical in nature (height. eye color, ability to taste or smell certain compounds, etc). Moreover, some genetic disorders only cause disease in combination with the appropriate environmental factors (such as diet). With these caveats, genetic disorders may be described as clinically defined diseases caused by genomic DNA sequence variation. In the most straightforward cases, the disorder can be associated with variation in a single gene. For example, cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in the CFTR gene and is the most common recessive disorder in Caucasian populations with over 1 .300 different mutations known. Disease-causing mutations in specific genes are usually severe in terms of gene function and are fortunately rare, thus genetic disorders are similarly individually rare. However, since there are many genes that can vary to cause genetic disorders, in aggregate they comprise a significant component of known medical conditions, especially in pediatric medicine. Molecularly characterized genetic disorders are those for which the underlying causal gene has been identified, currently there are approximately 2.200 such disorders annotated in the OMIM database.

As noted above, there are many different kinds of DNA sequence variation, ranging from complete extra or missing chromosomes down to single nucleotide changes. It is generally presumed that much naturally occurring genetic variation in human populations is phenotypically neutral, i.e. has little or no detectable effect on the physiology of the individual (although there may be fractional differences in fitness defined over evolutionary time frames). Genetic disorders can be caused by any or all known types of sequence variation. To molecularly characterize a new genetic disorder, it is necessary to establish a causal link between a particular genomic sequence variant and the clinical disease under investigation. Such studies constitute the realm of human molecular genetics.

With the advent of the Human Genome and International HapMap Project, it has become feasible to explore subtle genetic influences on many common disease conditions such as diabetes, asthma, migraine, schizophrenia, etc. Although some causal links have been made between genomic sequence variants in particular genes and some of these diseases, often with much publicity in the general media, these are usually not considered to be genetic disorders per se as their causes are complex, involving many different genetic and environmental factors. Thus there may be disagreement in particular cases whether a specific medical condition should be termed a genetic disorder.

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder.

Q41 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

WHAT IS A CUSTOMER CHARTER?

A Customer Charter is a statement as to how a company will deliver a quality customer service. The main purpose of a Customer Charter is to inform customers of the standards of service to expect, what to do if something goes wrong and how to make a complaint. In addition to this a Customer Charter also helps employees by setting out clearly defined standards of how they should perform within the organisation in relation to customer service delivery. Whilst not a legal requirement, a Customer Charter is an ideal way of helping organisations define with their customers, and others, what that service should be and the standard that should be expected.

A Customer Charter is a legal requirement.

Q42 "Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

WHAT IS A CUSTOMER CHARTER?

A Customer Charter is a statement as to how a company will deliver a quality customer service. The main purpose of a Customer Charter is to inform customers of the standards of service to expect, what to do if something goes wrong and how to make a complaint. In addition to this a Customer Charter also helps employees by setting out clearly defined standards of how they should perform within the organisation in relation to customer service delivery. Whilst not a legal requirement, a Customer Charter is an ideal way of helping organisations define with their customers, and others, what that service should be and the standard that should be expected.

A Customer Charter explains how a customer can make a complaint.

Q43 "Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

WHAT IS A CUSTOMER CHARTER?

A Customer Charter is a statement as to how a company will deliver a quality customer service. The main purpose of a Customer Charter is to inform customers of the standards of service to expect, what to do if something goes wrong and how to make a complaint. In addition to this a Customer Charter also helps employees by setting out clearly defined standards of how they should perform within the organisation in relation to customer service delivery. Whilst not a legal requirement, a Customer Charter is an ideal way of helping organisations define with their customers, and others, what that service should be and the standard that should be expected.

All great companies have a definitive Customer Charter.

Q44 Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL

The earliest records of a game similar to football as we know it today are from China in 206 BC and by AD 500 round footballs stuffed with hair were in use. It is suggested that Roman legions may have introduced the game to Europe and England in particular during the Roman occupation from AD 40 to AD 400. The game increased in popularity, developing into 'mob games' called mélées, in which a ball, usually an inflated animal bladder, was advanced by kicking, punching and carrying. As many as 100 players from two towns or parishes started at a mid-point and used their localities' limits as goals. King Richard Il of England banned the game in 1389 because it interfered with archery practice, and later monarchs issued similar proscriptions into the 15th Century, to little effect.

King Richard banned the game of football in 1839.

Q45 "Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL

The earliest records of a game similar to football as we know it today are from China in 206 BC and by AD 500 round footballs stuffed with hair were in use. It is suggested that Roman legions may have introduced the game to Europe and England in particular during the Roman occupation from AD 40 to AD 400. The game increased in popularity, developing into 'mob games' called mélées, in which a ball, usually an inflated animal bladder, was advanced by kicking, punching and carrying. As many as 100 players from two towns or parishes started at a mid-point and used their localities' limits as goals. King Richard Il of England banned the game in 1389 because it interfered with archery practice, and later monarchs issued similar proscriptions into the 15th Century, to little effect.

Roman legions introduced the game of football to Europe.

Q46 "Read the passage before answering the question that follows.

THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL

The earliest records of a game similar to football as we know it today are from China in 206 BC and by AD 500 round footballs stuffed with hair were in use. It is suggested that Roman legions may have introduced the game to Europe and England in particular during the Roman occupation from AD 40 to AD 400. The game increased in popularity, developing into 'mob games' called mélées, in which a ball, usually an inflated animal bladder, was advanced by kicking, punching and carrying. As many as 100 players from two towns or parishes started at a mid-point and used their localities' limits as goals. King Richard Il of England banned the game in 1389 because it interfered with archery practice, and later monarchs issued similar proscriptions into the 15th Century, to little effect.

The earliest records of a game similar to football as we know it today are from China in AD 500.