Situation Reaction Test Questions and Answers

Answer: D

The keyed response is to encourage the sub-ordinate to publish the paper on her own.

Authorship belongs to those who did the work. She did the research on her own, so the paper is hers to publish, and a good supervisor encourages that. Adding a name that contributed nothing is gift authorship, a recognised form of research misconduct.

Taking her data and publishing it in your own name is plagiarism. Asking to be added as an author, or making it a condition of allowing publication, abuses the supervisor's position to claim credit that is not earned.

Answer: D

The first thing to do is try to solve the questions as much as possible.

A difficult paper is difficult for every candidate, and marks are earned only by attempting questions. A calm candidate reads the paper, starts with the questions he or she can answer and makes the best possible attempt at the rest. Any genuine objection about the syllabus can be raised afterwards through the proper channel.

Telling the examiner that the questions are out of course does not change the paper during the examination. Copying from others is unfair means and leads to disqualification, and walking out of the hall throws away every mark that could have been earned.

Answer: A

Correct answer: rush to the train rather than miss it and inform the T.T.I. at the next stoppage about your inability to purchase the ticket.

Missing the train is a real loss, and travelling without a ticket is only an offence if you set out to avoid paying. Boarding and then reporting to the travelling ticket examiner at the first opportunity saves the journey and settles the fare honestly - it is the course that is both practical and above board.

Answer: A

Correct answer: with the help of some passengers, check them from doing so

Pulling the chain for one’s own convenience endangers the train and delays everyone on it. Acting alone against a group is unwise, but with the other passengers behind you the students can be stopped - which prevents the harm rather than merely deploring it.

Answer: B

Correct answer: call the conductor, give him the money and get the ticket.

Getting off without paying would be dishonest, whatever the crowd. Calling the conductor over and paying him where you stand settles the fare properly, and takes only a moment.

Answer: A

Correct answer: dive into the river to save him.

You can swim, a child is drowning, and every second counts. Going in at once is the one course that may save the life; anything else - calling for help, looking for a rope - costs the time the child does not have.

Answer: C

Correct answer: politely say that the food was too good and you have already eaten much

The reply refuses without giving offence: it praises the food, which is what the host cares about, and explains that you have eaten enough. Eating beyond your capacity or refusing bluntly would each be worse.

Answer: D

Correct answer: try to solve the questions as much as you know with a cool head.

Whatever the paper, the marks come from what you write. Keeping calm and answering everything you can is the only course that improves the result; panic, protest or leaving early can only make it worse.

Answer: C

Correct answer: Make him realise his mistake

A friendship is worth trying to save. Bringing the cheating home to him gives him the chance to see what he has done and to mend it - more than either saying nothing or breaking with him without a word.

Answer: D

Correct answer: All the above are equally important.

Pay, prospects, the nature of the work and the people you would work with all bear on whether a job suits you, and a decision made on one alone is usually regretted. Weighing them together is what makes the choice a sound one.