Presentation exercise

About this practice suite

This suite prepares candidates for presentation exercise selection in the business, consulting, management, and operations sector with 5 skill areas: verbal reasoning, written communication, critical thinking, situational judgment and case analysis. 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

• Verbal reasoning — Drawing conclusions from written information without relying on outside assumptions.
• Written communication — Grammar, vocabulary, sentence correction, clarity, tone, proofreading, and workplace writing.
• Critical thinking — Evaluating evidence, assumptions, arguments, credibility, and alternative explanations.
• Situational judgment — Evaluating workplace responses against role-relevant principles.
• Case analysis — Synthesizing multiple documents and making a reasoned recommendation.

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. A presentation exercise recommendation should usually open with:

   • A. Your biography since childhood
   • B. The decision needed and why it matters to this audience now
   • C. A dump of every spreadsheet tab
   • D. Apologies for being unprepared

2. You have 8 minutes; your draft has 22 dense slides. Best cut?

   • A. Speak twice as fast through all 22
   • B. Read every footnote aloud
   • C. Keep a tight storyline: problem, evidence, options, recommendation, ask
   • D. Skip the recommendation to save time

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.