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'VIRTUAL ADMINISTRATOR' - ANSWERS

Task 1 - Communication

There were the following errors in the passage:

1. Missing question mark at the end of para 1.

2. 'Before I applied..' should not begin with a new sentence.

3. 'Their's should be spelt There's.

4. At the end of para 2 it should read 'too' not 'to'.

5. 'Sight' should be spelt 'site'.

6. In para 3 'Filing in spreadsheets' should read 'filling in spreadsheets' .

7. In para 3 'anyother' should read 'any other'.

8. In the last sentence, 'matters' should read 'matter is'.

Task 2 - Numeracy

How much are Dean's expenses for July?

A: £25.50

2. Jane needs $500 for her trip. How much will this cost in Sterling?

A: £252.03

3. We've ordered 60 biros, 200 A4 lined pads and 20 boxes of paperclips this week. What will the bill be this week?

A: £276.80.

Task 3 - Attention to Detail

We are sorry, but due to the nature of this task it is not possible to reproduce the content in a textual format.

Task 4 - Prioritising

The tasks should be actioned in the following order:

Monday: Book flights for Bob. (Reduced flight cost offer ends Monday evening).
Tuesday: Data input to produce figures for Carol's presentation.
Wednesday: Prepare Carol's PowerPoint slides for presentation.
Thursday: Prepare Bob's expenses.
Friday: Filing

Task 5 - Data Ordering

The correct date order for the headlines is:

Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. At 01:23 am April 26, 1986, reactor...at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...

The Berlin Wall falls. November 9 1989. A date for the German history books, and...the world will remember.

Tsunami devastates South East Asia. Sunday December 26 2004.

We've got it! On Wednesday 6th July 2005 London was handed the 2012 Olympics.

Smoking Ban introduced in the UK. Smokers are readying themselves... that comes into place on 1/7/2007.

RESULTS

Less than ten: Perhaps you're having a bad day.

Ten to Fifteen: Not bad.

Fifteen to Twenty: Looks like you've got lots of the skills we're looking for.

Twenty to Twenty Five: Congratulations. Looks like you could be well suited to one of our Administrator roles.