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Timed assessment

12 practical questions
35 minutes
Mid level

Questions are drawn from a bank of 36. Your report includes a skill breakdown and lessons to practice next.

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Junior tasks cover the fundamentals. Mid and senior tasks add debugging, changing requirements and review decisions.

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10 interviews

Business analyst
Junior
20 min

Rising sales and higher fixed costs

Brindle Ferry sold 1990 units last month and 2189 this month. Price stayed $30 and variable cost stayed $18 per unit. Fixed cost was $2,930 last month and rose by $1,465 this month. Find current profit and its change from last month.

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Skills and rubricRising sales and higher fixed costs

Sets up the question in the units provided.
Completes the arithmetic and names one evidence check.
Connects the final recommendation to the calculated case result.

Business analyst
Junior
20 min

A market entry with a sales ceiling

Nacre Packaging is considering a region with 20600 eligible buyers. It expects 4% to buy three units a year. Contribution after variable cost is $9 per unit and annual launch overhead is $3,020. Calculate annual units and annual contribution after that overhead.

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Skills and rubricA market entry with a sales ceiling

Sets up the question in the units provided.
Completes the arithmetic and names one evidence check.
Connects the final recommendation to the calculated case result.

Operations consultant
Junior
20 min

A bottleneck hidden by an average

Larkspur Repairs's line runs eight hours a day. Pressing handles 213 units/hour, packing 193, and inspection 223. Assume continuous flow, no scrap and no starting stock. Calculate maximum daily throughput and the unused daily pressing capacity.

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Skills and rubricA bottleneck hidden by an average

Sets up the question in the units provided.
Completes the arithmetic and names one evidence check.
Connects the final recommendation to the calculated case result.

Strategy consultant
Mid
28 min

A break-even proposal with committed overhead

Cedar Trail Foods proposes a product at $45 per unit with $27 variable cost and $28,800 avoidable annual fixed costs. Forecast demand is 4400 units. Calculate the minimum whole-unit break-even volume and profit at forecast demand.

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Skills and rubricA break-even proposal with committed overhead

Separates the drivers and tests a stated boundary.
Explains which calculation changes when a fact changes.
Reconciles the case result to the stated period and unit.

Operations consultant
Mid
28 min

A duplicated shipment export

Fallow Transit's export lists shipment SH-21-A twice at 227 units each, SH-21-B at 247, and SH-21-C at 217. Repeated shipment IDs are duplicate exports, not extra dispatches. There are no returns. Price is $7 per unit. Find distinct dispatched units and revenue.

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Skills and rubricA duplicated shipment export

Separates the drivers and tests a stated boundary.
Explains which calculation changes when a fact changes.
Reconciles the case result to the stated period and unit.

Strategy consultant
Mid
28 min

A price increase with lost orders

Wren Components currently sells 2340 units per month at $50, with variable cost $30. A proposed $55 price reduces monthly unit demand by 10%; unit variable cost stays $30. Fixed cost is unchanged. Calculate the old contribution and the proposed contribution before fixed costs.

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Skills and rubricA price increase with lost orders

Separates the drivers and tests a stated boundary.
Explains which calculation changes when a fact changes.
Reconciles the case result to the stated period and unit.

Strategy consultant
Mid
28 min

A channel mix that distorts the average

Oriole Rentals sells 723 units direct at $18 contribution each and 1687 through a partner at $6 each. Calculate total contribution and contribution per unit across both channels.

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Skills and rubricA channel mix that distorts the average

Separates the drivers and tests a stated boundary.
Explains which calculation changes when a fact changes.
Reconciles the case result to the stated period and unit.

Engagement manager
Senior
35 min

A diligence model with repeated benefits

Juniper Service Co.'s draft acquisition case lists annual procurement savings of $7,120, the same procurement savings again under integration, and separate annual service savings of $3,560. Transition costs of $10,680 occur once in year one. Calculate recurring annual savings and year-one net benefit. No other effects are assumed.

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Skills and rubricA diligence model with repeated benefits

Reviews the source assumptions and avoids unsupported causal claims.
Sets a decision condition and explains risk to the sponsor.
Specifies the evidence that would change the recommendation.

Engagement manager
Senior
35 min

A service budget with a protected minimum

Tern Learning, a community training provider, has an annual service budget of $36,500. Each funded session costs $25. Its agreement requires at least 765 sessions. Calculate the maximum whole sessions affordable and the budget remaining after funding the required minimum.

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Skills and rubricA service budget with a protected minimum

Reviews the source assumptions and avoids unsupported causal claims.
Sets a decision condition and explains risk to the sponsor.
Specifies the evidence that would change the recommendation.

Engagement manager
Senior
35 min

A rollout whose scope changes in the meeting

Mallow Logistics plans eight sites. Each site contributes $3,740 per year after operating cost; setup costs $7,480 per site once. All sites are assumed open for a full year. Calculate steady annual contribution for eight sites and year-one contribution after setup for a two-site pilot.

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Skills and rubricA rollout whose scope changes in the meeting

Reviews the source assumptions and avoids unsupported causal claims.
Sets a decision condition and explains risk to the sponsor.
Specifies the evidence that would change the recommendation.

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Consulting cases interviews

Timed assessment

Practice interviews

Rising sales and higher fixed costs

A market entry with a sales ceiling

A bottleneck hidden by an average

A break-even proposal with committed overhead

A duplicated shipment export

A price increase with lost orders

A channel mix that distorts the average

A diligence model with repeated benefits

A service budget with a protected minimum

A rollout whose scope changes in the meeting

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