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DI Test 4 Directions for Questions from 1 to 2: Answer the questions based on the following information. Any balance of the type shown below is balanced if l 1 × w 1 = l2 × w 2

1. What is the value of x?

j 12 lb k l m n j 8 lb k l m n j 60 lb k l m n j 14 lb k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

2. What is the value of z?

j 12 lb k l m n j 20 lb k l m n j 14 lb k l m n j 60 lb k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n Directions for Questions from 3 to 7: Answer the questions based on the following information. Company A and company B are two rival enterprises operating in the same market segment. Company A can adopt any one of X, Y, or Z strategy, and company B can, in turn, adopt one of P, Q, or R strategy. The following table gives the pay-off to company A depending on which strategy it adopts and which strategy company B adopts in response. A positive sign indicates that company A gains and company B loses whereas a negative sign indicates company A loses and company B gains.

3. Which strategy should company A adopt such that whatever is company B’s response, it will always make a net profit even after deducting the cost incurred?

j X k l m n j Y k l m n j Z k l m n j Such a situation is not possible k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

4. If company A has very good cash flow and is aggressive and its sole objective is to maximize the losses or at least minimize the gains of company B, which strategy should company A adopt?

j X k l m n j Y k l m n j Z k l m n j Either X or Y k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

5. What is the maximum loss that company B can incur?

j 7200 k l m n j 8300 k l m n j 6500 k l m n j 5800 k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

6. What is the difference between the maximum gain that company B and that company A can make?

j 500 k l m n j 700 k l m n j 12500 k l m n j 13200 k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

7. Company A has to act first by choosing a strategy and then company B will respond, i.e. company B has an advantage of knowing what strategy A

has adopted. In such a situation, which strategy should company A adopt such that the ‘advantage’ to company B is least? (‘Advantage’ is defined as the sum of the gain of company B and the loss of company A.)

j X k l m n j Y k l m n j Z k l m n j Either Y or Z k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n Directions for Questions from 8 to 10: Answer the questions based on the following information. The following two graphs depict the Merchandise Exports (dollars in billions) and the growth rate of GDP over the previous year (in percentage) for China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand from 1992 to 1996.

8. If the GDP of Indonesia in 1992 was $60 billion and that of China was $181 billion, what was the approximate difference between China’s GDP and Indonesia’s GDP in 1993?

j $120 billion k l m n j $140 billion k l m n

j $160 billion k l m n j $180 billion k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

9. If the GDP of Malaysia in 1992 was $50 billion, compared to 1992, the ratio of Merchandise Exports to GDP of Malaysia in 1993

j increased k l m n j decreased k l m n j remains the same k l m n j Cannot be determined k l m n j None of these k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

10. In which of the following years did Thailand have the least ratio of Merchandise Exports to GDP? (Given that GDP is always greater than exports)

j 1992 k l m n j 1993 k l m n j 1996 k l m n j 1998 k l m n j Cannot be determined k l m n i Skip this question j k l m n

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