Brilliant Verbal Reasoning Tests

MBAs have traditionally been seen as a fast track to higher

salaries and senior management positions.

The average British company uses only 55 per cent of its office space

and two-thirds of employees are unhappy with their work environ-

ment, according to a survey recently undertaken by the design

consultancy Best Desks Consultancy. This inefficient use of space

equates to over £10 billion of waste in London alone. The advent of

wireless technology means that employees need no longer be tied to

fixed workstations with wires and cables and can work more flexibly.

Trend forecasters predict the following innovations to workspaces over

the next decade: more collaborative open-plan spaces to encourage

social networking; reservable mobile workstations; easily interlockable

office furniture; and bespoke ambient sound and lighting.

26) Staff productivity would be improved if workspaces were

more appealingly designed. (CAN’T TELL)

The passage presents arguments for designing work

environments more efficiently. It also makes the point that

employees can work more flexibly. But the passage does not

explicitly state that productivity would be improved – this is

conjecture so the answer is CAN’T TELL.

27) The passage suggests that most British companies should

move into smaller premises, thus saving money. (FALSE)

Don’t be misled into thinking that this statement is true by

the sentence: This inefficient use of space equates to over £10

billion of waste in London alone. This is not a recommenda-

tion for companies to move to smaller premises.The answer

is FALSE.

28) Current working environments could be more personalised

to suit how individual employees like to work. (TRUE)

A prediction is made as follows: Trend forecasters predict the

following innovations to workspaces over the next decade: more

collaborative open-plan spaces to encourage social networking;

reservable mobile workstations; easily interlockable office furni-

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