Human resources

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for human resources selection in the business, consulting, management, and operations sector with 5 skill areas: situational judgment, management and supervisory judgment, reading comprehension, critical thinking and verbal reasoning. Every question was written by Novus editors for this suite — none are taken from live or leaked exams — and the full bank holds 52 scored questions across three modes, plus 8 reserve questions used to vary repeat attempts. Answer keys never ship to the browser: your answers are scored server-side, and results stay on your device.

Skills this suite practises

• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Management and supervisory judgment — Prioritization, delegation, fairness, coaching, accountability, and team decisions.
• Reading comprehension — Understanding passages, instructions, policies, technical material, and workplace documents.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.

Sample questions from the guided bank

Two of the 10 guided-practice questions, shown exactly as they appear in a session. Answers and explanations are not printed here — keys stay on the server — so open guided practice to answer them and see how you did.

1. An employee asks HR to share a coworker's medical leave details. Best educational response?

   • A. Decline and protect confidential health information unless a lawful need-to-know applies
   • B. Post the diagnosis on the team channel for transparency
   • C. Share everything with the direct manager only as a courtesy
   • D. Ask the coworker to disclose in writing to the whole floor

2. Two employees escalate an interpersonal conflict that is disrupting work. Best first HR move?

   • A. Fire both immediately without fact-finding
   • B. Gather facts separately, apply policy consistently, and coach toward workable conduct
   • C. Ignore until performance reviews
   • D. Take the louder employee's side publicly

Practice modes and timing

Guided practice is untimed-feeling and instructional; the mini-test is a short timed check; the full simulation mirrors a complete sitting. All three draw on separate question sets, so moving up a mode never repeats what you practised.

Study outline

Read the study outline for this suite’s skills, timings, and recommended lessons on one printable page, or download its standalone HTML file. The printable page can also be saved as a PDF from your browser.