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| Item | Choice | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| case-analysis-applied-s01-q01 | C | Re-read the question to fix the decision and the criteria it should be judged on, then read each document for what bears on those |
| case-analysis-applied-s01-q02 | A | Use it as evidence about the period it covers, and state explicitly any assumption you make in carrying it forward |
| case-analysis-applied-s01-q03 | D | Treat it as a hypothesis and test it against what the survey in the pack actually says |
| case-analysis-applied-s01-q04 | B | Note briefly that they do not bear on the decision, and set them aside |
| case-analysis-applied-s01-q05 | A | Check the definition and the period behind each figure before concluding either is wrong; they may be measuring different things |
| case-analysis-applied-s02-q01 | B | Look for the denominator each is using, scheduled hours against calendar hours would explain a gap of this size, and quote the figure with its basis |
| case-analysis-applied-s02-q02 | D | Treat the contradiction as a finding in its own right: state both, say which you rely on and why, and say what would resolve it |
| case-analysis-applied-s02-q03 | C | Name the assumption, show how the conclusion moves as it varies, and say what evidence would settle it |
| case-analysis-applied-s02-q04 | A | Use its facts where they are checkable, discount its conclusions, and note the author's interest |
| case-analysis-applied-s02-q05 | B | State the gap, show the range of values over which your conclusion does not change, and say what would be needed to narrow it |
| case-analysis-applied-s03-q01 | D | Not on this evidence: it contributes 200,000 towards overhead that would largely remain, so closing it worsens total profit unless that overhead is genuinely avoidable |
| case-analysis-applied-s03-q02 | C | B, because over the five years it returns 200,000 net against A's 100,000, and both recover their cost well inside the period |
| case-analysis-applied-s03-q03 | A | Treat it as indicative of that store on that day, and say so. It cannot support a chain-wide conclusion |
| case-analysis-applied-s03-q04 | B | The cut lost money: unit contribution fell from 25 to 15, so 12% more volume left total contribution well below where it started |
| case-analysis-applied-s03-q05 | C | Exclude it from the underlying comparison and disclose it separately, because it will not recur |
| case-analysis-applied-s04-q01 | A | The recommendation first, then the two or three reasons that carry it, then the main risk and what would change your mind |
| case-analysis-applied-s04-q02 | B | Recommend A, say plainly that the decision is close, and name the one piece of evidence that would reverse it |
| case-analysis-applied-s04-q03 | D | State the assumption where it is used, show how sensitive the conclusion is to it, and give the fallback if it fails |
| case-analysis-applied-s04-q04 | C | It is incomplete: a recommendation that cannot be costed or scheduled cannot actually be decided on |
| case-analysis-applied-s04-q05 | D | Say plainly that none of the stated options is supported, say what the evidence does support, and define the specific work that would settle it |