MERIT SYSTEM SERVICES - SAMPLE ELIGIBILITY WORKER I - ITEMS
READING AND UNDERSTANDING WRITTEN MATERIALS
DIRECTIONS:Read each question carefully. Select the best answer and darken the proper space on the answer sheet.
1. Through advertising, manufacturers exercise a high degree of control over consumersdesires.
However, the manufacturer assumes enormous risks in attempting to predict what consumers will want and in producing goods in quantity and distributing them in advance of final selection by the consumers. The paragraph best supports the statement that manufacturers
1. distribute goods directly to the consumers
2. can eliminate the riskof overproduction by advertising
3. can predict with great accuracy the success of any product they put on the market
4. must depend upon the final consumers for the success of their undertakings
2. In the relations of humans to nature, the procuring of food and shelter is fundamental. W ith the migration of humans to various climates, ever new adjustments to the food supply and to the climate became necessary.
The paragraph best supports the statement that the means by which humans supply their material needs are
1. varied
2. limited
3. accidental
4. inadequate
3. Some fire-resistant buildings, although wholly constructed of materials that will not burn, may be completely gutted by the spread of fire through their contents by way of hallways and other openings. They may even suffer serious structural damage by the collapse of metal beams and columns. The quotation best supports the statement that some fire-resistant buildings
1. will burn readily
2. can be damaged seriously by fire
3. have specially constructed halls and doors
4. afford less protection to their contents than would ordinary buildings
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SAMPLE ELIGIBILITY WORKER I ITEMS
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