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GSE - Practice Questions

The GSE contains three sections, covering verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning. Below are
examples of the kind of questions you will find in the GSE. The key to successfully completing
the GSE is to read the question VERY carefully.

The Verbal Test

This presents you with a passage of information followed by four questions per passage. Each
question contains four statements and you have to identify the two statements that are true on Employment News
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other organisations. In some cases, this figure may be as high as 50%. This high turnover rate
is very costly to companies, as it takes time and resources to train new employees in the Use your GSE Score to apply on the
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The shortage of well qualified IT staff is the main reason for the high turnover. In order to Use your GSE Score to apply on the
attract good staff, organisations now offer high salaries to experienced IT professionals. This Skye Bank website.
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opportunities. In order to retain staff, organisations are now realising the value of matching
the interests and motivations of potential employees with those of the wider organisation. By
doing this, they are more likely to recruit individuals with a genuine interest in the organisation
who are less likely to leave sooner than expected for reasons such as seeking higher salaries.
Which two of these statements must be true?

A: There is now a surplus of people with IT skills looking true

for work false

B: Higher salaries can encourage IT professionals to true

move to other organisations false

C: Some organisations now examine the motivations of true

prospective IT employees false

D: The IT industry has the highest turnover of personnel true

in any industry false

The correct answer options are B and C, as both of these are stated in the passage. The
passage indicates that there is a shortage of people with good IT skills, so statement A is
incorrect and as no information relevant to statement D is provided, the truth of this statement
is unknown.

The Numerical Test

This presents you with a stem of information followed by four questions. The stem can present
information in a variety of ways, for example, table, graph, bar chart, text. You have to use the
information from the stem, plus any additional information the question gives you, to identify
which one of the six answer options is correct. An example of an information stem follwed by a
question is given below.

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The following graph shows the profit made by three companies over three years.

Over the three years, what was the mean (average) difference in profits
between Company X and Company Y
A: £100,000
B: £150,000
C: £200,000
D: £150,000
E: £300,000
F: £350,000

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