Saville Assessment

Saville Swift Analysis Aptitude: Practice Test 1

1. Question 1 of 24

   Ferndale Bakeries, a family-owned firm supplying supermarkets across northern England, produces a range of breads, cakes and morning goods. Until last year its gluten-free range was made on a shared production line at the company’s main site in Leeds. The gluten-free range is now made at a dedicated facility, opened to remove any risk of cross-contamination. That facility is in Harrogate, where the company converted a former warehouse at a cost of £1.8 million. Ferndale employs around 240 people in total, and its gluten-free products account for roughly a tenth of turnover. The company is trialling a new sourdough range with two supermarket chains.

   According to the passage, where is the gluten-free range made now?

   1. On a shared production line at the Leeds site
   2. At a dedicated facility in Harrogate
   3. At a former warehouse in Leeds
   4. At the premises of two supermarket chains
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   Answer: B. At a dedicated facility in Harrogate

   The passage says the gluten-free range is now made at a dedicated facility, and names Harrogate as where that facility is. Leeds is the main site and holds the shared line the range used to run on, and the two supermarket chains belong to the sourdough trial at the end of the passage.

2. Question 2 of 24

   Bexfield Water supplies drinking water to around 300,000 households across the East Midlands. In January, a burst trunk main near the town of Ollerton left roughly 3,000 homes without running water. Supply was restored to most of the affected homes within a day, with bottled water handed out from two collection points in the meantime. The final 200 homes were reconnected on the Thursday evening, four days after the main burst. Bexfield has paid each affected household £45 in compensation and attributed the failure to a corroded joint dating from the 1960s. The company plans to replace eleven kilometres of similar main over the next three years.

   According to the passage, what did Bexfield Water say caused the burst?

   1. Eleven kilometres of main that had reached the end of its life
   2. Damage during work near the town of Ollerton
   3. A corroded joint dating from the 1960s
   4. Unusually high demand across the East Midlands
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   Answer: C. A corroded joint dating from the 1960s

   The passage says Bexfield attributed the failure to a corroded joint dating from the 1960s. The eleven kilometres of similar main are the planned replacement programme that follows from that diagnosis, and neither nearby work nor demand is mentioned anywhere in the text.

3. Question 3 of 24

   Ferndale Bakeries, a family-owned firm supplying supermarkets across northern England, produces a range of breads, cakes and morning goods. Until last year its gluten-free range was made on a shared production line at the company’s main site in Leeds. The gluten-free range is now made at a dedicated facility, opened to remove any risk of cross-contamination. That facility is in Harrogate, where the company converted a former warehouse at a cost of £1.8 million. Ferndale employs around 240 people in total, and its gluten-free products account for roughly a tenth of turnover. The company is trialling a new sourdough range with two supermarket chains.

   Which one of the following can be concluded from the passage?

   1. The company moved all of its production to Harrogate
   2. Cross-contamination had been found in the gluten-free range
   3. The gluten-free range shared equipment with other products until last year
   4. Gluten-free products are the company's fastest-growing range
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   Answer: C. The gluten-free range shared equipment with other products until last year

   Until last year the range was made on a shared production line, and a shared line is by definition used by other products as well. The move concerns one range rather than all production, the new facility is described as removing risk rather than answering a failure, and the tenth of turnover is a size rather than a growth rate.

4. Question 4 of 24

   Ferndale Bakeries, a family-owned firm supplying supermarkets across northern England, produces a range of breads, cakes and morning goods. Until last year its gluten-free range was made on a shared production line at the company’s main site in Leeds. The gluten-free range is now made at a dedicated facility, opened to remove any risk of cross-contamination. That facility is in Harrogate, where the company converted a former warehouse at a cost of £1.8 million. Ferndale employs around 240 people in total, and its gluten-free products account for roughly a tenth of turnover. The company is trialling a new sourdough range with two supermarket chains.

   Which one of the following does the passage suggest about the Harrogate facility?

   1. It employs around 240 people
   2. It also makes the new sourdough range
   3. It cost less to open than the Leeds site
   4. The building was in other use before the company took it on
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   Answer: D. The building was in other use before the company took it on

   The passage says the company converted a former warehouse in Harrogate, and a former warehouse is a building that was serving another purpose until the conversion. What it was built as is a separate question the passage does not settle, so the conclusion stops at the use it was put to. The 240 employees are a company total, the sourdough trial is given no location, and no cost is stated for the Leeds site.

5. Question 5 of 24

   Bexfield Water supplies drinking water to around 300,000 households across the East Midlands. In January, a burst trunk main near the town of Ollerton left roughly 3,000 homes without running water. Supply was restored to most of the affected homes within a day, with bottled water handed out from two collection points in the meantime. The final 200 homes were reconnected on the Thursday evening, four days after the main burst. Bexfield has paid each affected household £45 in compensation and attributed the failure to a corroded joint dating from the 1960s. The company plans to replace eleven kilometres of similar main over the next three years.

   Which one of the following can be concluded from the passage?

   1. Every affected home was without running water for four days
   2. The compensation was paid only to the last 200 homes reconnected
   3. Bottled water was handed out for four days
   4. The homes reconnected last were fewer than one in ten of those left without water
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   Answer: D. The homes reconnected last were fewer than one in ten of those left without water

   Roughly 3,000 homes lost supply and the last 200 of them were reconnected on the fourth day, and 200 is under a tenth of 3,000. The four days apply to that last group rather than to everyone, the compensation is stated for each affected household, and the passage does not say how long the collection points ran.

6. Question 6 of 24

   Bexfield Water supplies drinking water to around 300,000 households across the East Midlands. In January, a burst trunk main near the town of Ollerton left roughly 3,000 homes without running water. Supply was restored to most of the affected homes within a day, with bottled water handed out from two collection points in the meantime. The final 200 homes were reconnected on the Thursday evening, four days after the main burst. Bexfield has paid each affected household £45 in compensation and attributed the failure to a corroded joint dating from the 1960s. The company plans to replace eleven kilometres of similar main over the next three years.

   The passage suggests that the replacement programme is intended to do which one of the following?

   1. Reduce the chance of a similar failure elsewhere on the network
   2. Restore supply to the final 200 homes
   3. Increase the number of households the company can supply
   4. Avoid paying compensation for the January burst
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   Answer: A. Reduce the chance of a similar failure elsewhere on the network

   The company attributes the burst to a corroded 1960s joint and plans to replace eleven kilometres of similar main, so the works target the same weakness where it remains. The 200 homes were already reconnected, the passage describes replacement rather than new capacity, and the compensation has been paid.

7. Question 7 of 24

   Ferndale Bakeries, a family-owned firm supplying supermarkets across northern England, produces a range of breads, cakes and morning goods. Until last year its gluten-free range was made on a shared production line at the company’s main site in Leeds. The gluten-free range is now made at a dedicated facility, opened to remove any risk of cross-contamination. That facility is in Harrogate, where the company converted a former warehouse at a cost of £1.8 million. Ferndale employs around 240 people in total, and its gluten-free products account for roughly a tenth of turnover. The company is trialling a new sourdough range with two supermarket chains.

   Which one of the following provides the best summary of the main point of the passage?

   1. A bakery has moved its gluten-free range to a dedicated site so it cannot be contaminated by other production
   2. A bakery converted a former warehouse in Harrogate at a cost of £1.8 million to make one of its ranges
   3. Gluten-free products now account for roughly a tenth of one family-owned bakery's annual turnover
   4. Family-owned bakeries supplying supermarkets are separating gluten-free production from their other lines
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   Answer: A. A bakery has moved its gluten-free range to a dedicated site so it cannot be contaminated by other production

   The passage contrasts the old shared line with the new dedicated facility and gives the reason for the change in the same sentence, so the move and its purpose are the point. The conversion cost, the share of turnover and the sourdough trial are details around it, and no other bakery is described.

8. Question 8 of 24

   Bexfield Water supplies drinking water to around 300,000 households across the East Midlands. In January, a burst trunk main near the town of Ollerton left roughly 3,000 homes without running water. Supply was restored to most of the affected homes within a day, with bottled water handed out from two collection points in the meantime. The final 200 homes were reconnected on the Thursday evening, four days after the main burst. Bexfield has paid each affected household £45 in compensation and attributed the failure to a corroded joint dating from the 1960s. The company plans to replace eleven kilometres of similar main over the next three years.

   Which one of the following provides the best summary of the main point of the passage?

   1. A water company paid £45 in compensation to each of the roughly 3,000 households left without water in January
   2. A water company has explained and compensated a burst that cut supply to thousands of homes, and will replace the main
   3. Bottled water was handed out from two collection points near Ollerton while supply was restored
   4. Water mains laid in the 1960s are failing across the East Midlands and are being replaced
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   Answer: B. A water company has explained and compensated a burst that cut supply to thousands of homes, and will replace the main

   The passage runs from the burst and its scale, through the restoration of supply and the compensation, to the cause and the replacement programme, so the summary has to hold the incident and the response together. The payment and the collection points are parts of that response, and one corroded joint is not a region-wide failure.

9. Question 9 of 24

   Room type	March	April	May
   Standard	212	246	268
   Deluxe	118	134	152
   Twin	96	88	104
   Suite	41	37	45

   A hotel records monthly bookings by room type. How many Suite rooms were booked in April and May combined?

   1. 82
   2. 86
   3. 123
   4. 192
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   Answer: A. 82

   Find the Suite row, then read the April and May columns: 37 + 45 = 82 rooms. Common trap: slipping onto the adjacent Twin row, which gives 88 + 104 = 192, option d.

10. Question 10 of 24

    Members by branch (Bar chart of membership numbers at five gym branches)

    Branch	Members
    Central	1450
    Riverside	1720
    Hillcrest	1310
    Docklands	1580
    Parkway	1150

    The chart shows a gym chain’s membership by branch. How many more members does Riverside have than Hillcrest?

    1. 270
    2. 410
    3. 570
    4. 3,030
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    Answer: B. 410

    Read the two named bars: Riverside = 1,720 and Hillcrest = 1,310. Difference = 1,720 − 1,310 = 410 members. A common error here is reading the Docklands bar as Riverside, giving 1,580 − 1,310 = 270 (option a).

11. Question 11 of 24

    Billable days by consultant, 2025 (Grouped bar chart of billable days for five consultants in the first and second halves of 2025)

    Consultant	H1	H2
    Amara	44	48
    Ben	15	18
    Chloe	32	30
    Dev	14	12
    Elena	40	42

    A consultancy shares a £45,000 profit-share pool among its five consultants in proportion to their H2 billable days, shown in the chart. How much does Ben receive?

    1. £3,600
    2. £5,400
    3. £7,500
    4. £9,000
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    Answer: B. £5,400

    Use the H2 series only. Total H2 billable days = 48 + 18 + 30 + 12 + 42 = 150. Ben’s share = 18 ÷ 150 = 0.12, so he receives 0.12 × £45,000 = £5,400. A common error here is leaving one consultant out of the total: dividing by 108 instead of 150 gives £7,500, answer c. The H1 series is not needed.

12. Question 12 of 24

    Item	Daily rate (£)
    Cement mixer	38
    Floor sander	46
    Mini digger	145
    Scaffold tower	62

    A builder hires the Floor sander for 3 days. A 15% trade discount applies, and VAT at 20% is then added to the discounted amount. What is the total payable?

    1. £117.30
    2. £140.76
    3. £144.90
    4. £165.60
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    Answer: B. £140.76

    Hire cost: £46 × 3 = £138. Apply the 15% discount: £138 × 0.85 = £117.30. Add VAT at 20%: £117.30 × 1.20 = £140.76. A common error here is netting the two percentages to a single +5% step, giving £144.90 (answer c). Sequential percentages multiply; they do not add.

13. Question 13 of 24

    Channel	2024	2025
    Organic	128,400	151,512
    Paid	61,200	54,468
    Email	44,000	38,720
    Social	27,300	32,760

    The table shows a publisher’s website sessions by channel. What was the percentage change in Email sessions from 2024 to 2025?

    1. -13.6%
    2. -12.0%
    3. +12.0%
    4. +20.0%
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    Answer: B. -12.0%

    Percentage change = (new − old) ÷ old × 100. Email: (38,720 − 44,000) ÷ 44,000 × 100 = −5,280 ÷ 44,000 × 100 = −12.0%. A common error here is dividing by the new value, 5,280 ÷ 38,720 = 13.6% (option a). The other channels are not needed.

14. Question 14 of 24

    Product	Price (£)	Unit cost (£)	Loaves sold
    Sourdough	4.20	1.80	650
    Baguette	3.10	1.30	820
    Focaccia	3.80	1.60	540

    A bakery tracks last week’s sales of its three breads. What was the total gross profit across all three lines?

    1. £1,560
    2. £3,100
    3. £4,224
    4. £7,324
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    Answer: C. £4,224

    Take profit per loaf on each line, then weight it by the loaves sold. Sourdough: £2.40 × 650 = £1,560. Baguette: £1.80 × 820 = £1,476. Focaccia: £2.20 × 540 = £1,188. Total = £1,560 + £1,476 + £1,188 = £4,224. A common error here is multiplying price by loaves, which gives revenue, £7,324 (option d), not profit.

15. Question 15 of 24

    Currency	Units per £1
    US dollar (USD)	1.25
    Euro (EUR)	1.15
    Australian dollar (AUD)	1.90
    Singapore dollar (SGD)	1.71

    An Australian supplier’s invoice of AU$15,200 qualifies for a 5% early-settlement discount. The company settles the discounted amount from its US dollar account. Using the rates shown, how much is paid, in US dollars?

    1. $7,600
    2. $8,740
    3. $9,500
    4. $10,000
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    Answer: C. $9,500

    Apply the discount first: AU$15,200 × 0.95 = AU$14,440. Both rates are quoted per £1, so convert through sterling. Australian dollars to pounds: 14,440 ÷ 1.90 = £7,600. Pounds to US dollars: 7,600 × 1.25 = $9,500. A common error here is skipping the discount, which gives $10,000 (option d). The EUR and SGD rows are not needed.

16. Question 16 of 24

    Stock line	Units	Price per unit (£)
    Batch 1	1,200	5.50
    Batch 2	1,800	8.00
    Clearance stock	400	3.00

    A merchant sold the two batches of the same part shown below, plus some clearance stock. What was the average selling price per unit across Batches 1 and 2?

    1. £5.50
    2. £6.50
    3. £6.75
    4. £7.00
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    Answer: D. £7.00

    An average price must be weighted by units sold. Revenue = 1,200 × £5.50 + 1,800 × £8.00 = £6,600 + £14,400 = £21,000. Units = 1,200 + 1,800 = 3,000. Average = £21,000 ÷ 3,000 = £7.00. A common error here is averaging the two prices, (5.50 + 8.00) ÷ 2 = £6.75 (option c). The clearance line is excluded by the question.

17. Question 17 of 24

    

    What does operator ⊕ do?

    1. Moves the first symbol to the end, shifting the others one place left
    2. Exchanges the first and last symbols, leaving the middle pair in place
    3. Moves the last symbol to the front, shifting the others one place right
    4. Replaces the first symbol with a copy of the last
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    Answer: C. Moves the last symbol to the front, shifting the others one place right

    In both worked rows the operator moves the last symbol to the front, shifting the others one place right: △◇□○ becomes ○△◇□, and ▼■◇▲ becomes ▲▼■◇. Each of the other readings is contradicted by at least one of the two worked rows, so a single check against either row rules it out.

18. Question 18 of 24

    

    What does operator ⊘ do?

    1. Reverses the order of all four symbols
    2. Exchanges the two middle symbols, leaving the outer pair in place
    3. Moves the last symbol to the front, shifting the others one place right
    4. Exchanges the first and last symbols, leaving the middle pair in place
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    Answer: D. Exchanges the first and last symbols, leaving the middle pair in place

    In both worked rows the operator exchanges the first and last symbols, leaving the middle pair in place: △□○◆ becomes ◆□○△, and ▽◆△○ becomes ○◆△▽. Each of the other readings is contradicted by at least one of the two worked rows, so a single check against either row rules it out.

19. Question 19 of 24

    

    What does operator ⊕ do?

    1. Moves the last symbol to the front of the row
    2. Moves the first symbol to the end of the row
    3. Swaps the first and last symbols, leaving the rest unchanged
    4. Replaces the first symbol with a copy of the last symbol
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    Answer: A. Moves the last symbol to the front of the row

    In both rows ⊕ moves the last symbol to the front, shifting the rest one place right: ◆○□▽ becomes ▽◆○□, and ○▽▽◆ becomes ◆○▽▽. The common error is the inverse reading (the first symbol moving to the end), which would produce ○□▽◆ from panel 1 and contradicts both worked examples.

20. Question 20 of 24

    

    Which figure completes the chain?

    1. Figure A
    2. Figure B
    3. Figure C
    4. Figure D
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    Answer: C. Figure C

    Each operator is fixed by its own worked row. Working the chain from left to right: ⊘ exchanges the first and last symbols, leaving the middle pair in place, so ○■▽◆ becomes ◆■▽○; ⊛ inverts the fill of every symbol, leaving all positions unchanged, so ◆■▽○ becomes ◇□▼●. The result is ◇□▼●, which is Figure C. The other three figures are each what a different single mistake would give.

21. Question 21 of 24

    

    Which figure completes the chain?

    1. Figure A
    2. Figure B
    3. Figure C
    4. Figure D
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    Answer: D. Figure D

    Each operator is fixed by its own worked row. Working the chain from left to right: ⊕ moves the last symbol to the front, shifting the others one place right, so □◇▲▽ becomes ▽□◇▲; ⊞ exchanges the two middle symbols, leaving the outer pair in place, so ▽□◇▲ becomes ▽◇□▲. The result is ▽◇□▲, which is Figure D. The other three figures are each what a different single mistake would give.

22. Question 22 of 24

    

    Which figure completes the chain?

    1. Figure A
    2. Figure B
    3. Figure C
    4. Figure D
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    Answer: A. Figure A

    Each operator is fixed by its own worked row. Working the chain from left to right: ⊠ reverses the order of all four symbols, so ◇○▼△ becomes △▼○◇; ⊛ inverts the fill of every symbol, leaving all positions unchanged, so △▼○◇ becomes ▲▽●◆. The result is ▲▽●◆, which is Figure A. The other three figures are each what a different single mistake would give.

23. Question 23 of 24

    

    Rows 1 to 3 show each operator’s effect. Panel 8 shows the chain’s actual output. Which operator is malfunctioning?

    1. Operator ▣
    2. Operator ◎
    3. Operator ✚
    4. None: the output is correct
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    Answer: B. Operator ◎

    ▣ inverts every element’s fill (panels 1 to 2), ◎ swaps the two shapes’ positions (panels 3 to 4), and ✚ adds a dot at the centre (panels 5 to 6). Applying the chain to panel 7 correctly: ◎ gives circle left, triangle right; ▣ then gives solid circle left, open triangle right; ✚ adds the dot. Panel 8 instead keeps the triangle on the left; the fills and the dot are right, but the swap never happened, so ◎ is malfunctioning: Operator ◎. The common error is answering None: panel 8 matches the chain with ◎ skipped, so checking only ▣ and ✚ makes the output look correct.

24. Question 24 of 24

    

    Panels 1 to 6 show what each operator does. Which operator turned panel 7 into panel 8?

    1. Operator ⊘
    2. Operator ⊞
    3. Operator ⊠
    4. None of the three
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    Answer: B. Operator ⊞

    Panel 7 becomes panel 8 by the rule that exchanges the two middle symbols, leaving the outer pair in place: △○◆□ becomes △◆○□. That is the rule the worked rows give for ⊞. Each of the other two operators, applied to the same panel, gives a different result, so only Operator ⊞ fits.