Mascot Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers
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How many hours does it take a quality specialist and a temporary contractor together to perform a damage-free check of a batch of 160 laptops?
A. 135 hours
B. 40 hours
C. 60 hours
D. 24 hours
Ans: B. 40 hours -
An space rocket travels around the Earth at a speed of approximately 18.5 miles per second. This approximate speed is how many miles per hour?
A. 1,080
B. 1,16064
C. 80066
D. 600
Ans: C. 80066 -
If x-4 is 6 more than y, then x+9 is how much more than y+5?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 17
Ans: B. 12 -
The first generation of the Galaxy 1 smartphone used to have a battery life of 20 hours. The new Galaxy 2 has smaller batteries with 40% less capacity. Also, the operating system of the Galaxy 2 consumes on average 50% less battery than the one of Galaxy 1. What is the battery life of Galaxy 2?
A. 24 hours
B. 26 hours
C. 30 hours
D. 36 hours
Ans: C. 30 hours -
Exactly 1/5 of the clients who entered Mike's shop yesterday were women. If exactly one third of the women were blonde, what is the minimum possible number of clients that entered the shop yesterday?
Ans: 15 -
Amazon.it had 140 thousand visits on Friday, including new and returning visitors. Statistics show that for 5 new visitors there were 3 returning visitors (ratio of 5:3). What was the difference between new visitors and returning visitors on Friday?
A. 15 thousand
B. 25 thousand
C. 35 thousand
D. 75 thousand
Ans: C. 35 thousand -
Amazon is negotiating with a carrier (SEUR) that will ship products from Amazon's wharehouse in Madrid to clients within the same city. SEUR charges Amazon per shipment based on the DISTANCE between Amazon's wharehouse to the client's address - €2 fixed for the first 2 kilometers and €0.5 per additional kilometer (measured by the meter, not by whole kilometers) for each delivery within a given city. 20% of clients live within 2 kilometers of Amazon’s wharehouse in Madrid - on average they live 1 km away. If all Amazon’s clients in Madrid live on average 4.5 kilometers away from Amazon's wharehouse, what is the estimated average shipping cost per delivery in Madrid, with SEUR?
Ans: €2.75 -
A supplier of Amazon increases the price of a Book “Cooking for Children” by 30% from last year and Amazon has planned to acquire additional stock with total (cost) value of 10.5% higher than last year’s stock acquisition. By what % should Amazon reduce the quantity of “Cooking for Children” books that will buys, with regards to last year?
A. 19.5%
B. 12%
C. 8%
Ans: C. 8% -
There are ONLY 3 brands of video consoles (A, B and C). In 2010 A and B together represented 50% of units sold. C sold 3 million more units than A. Also, C sold 2.5 times the same units sold by B. If all video consoles had the same price of €300, what was the total video console market value in 2010?
Ans: €15 million -
Three years ago, a son was 25 years younger than his father. At present the father is 6 times as old as the son. How old will the son be three years from now?
A. 5
B. 9
C. 8
D. 11
E. 5
F. 10
G. 15
H. 20
Ans: B. 9