Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question…
2023
Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.
Following are the conditions for selecting Manager - Finance in an organization.
The candidate must
(i) be at least 30 years and not more than 35 years as on 1. 11. 2009.
(ii) be a graduate in any discipline with at least 55% marks.
(iii) be a post graduate degree/diploma holder Management with Finance specialization with at least 60% marks.
(iv) have post - qualification work experience of at least six years in the finance department of an organisation.
(v) have secured at least 50% marks in the preliminary interview.
(vi) have secured at least 40% marks in the final interview.
In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the above condition
EXCEPT
(a) at (iv) above, but has post-qualification work experience of at least three years as Deputy Finance Manager in an organization, his/her case is to be referred to VP – Finance.
(b) at (vi) above, but has obtained at least 60% marks in the preliminary interview, his/her candidature is to be considered under ‘wait list’.
In each question below, details of one candidate are given. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub – conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 1. 1. 2009.
Suparna Desai has secured 58% marks in graduation and 68% marks in postgraduate diploma in Finance Management. She has been working as Deputy Finance Manager in an organization for the past four years after completing her post-graduate diploma. She has secured 50% marks in the preliminary interview and 45% in the final interview. She was born on 26th August 1977.
- A.
if the candidate is to be selected
- B.
if the candidate is not to be selected
- C.
if the candidate is to be kept on waiting list
- D.
if the case is to be referred to VP - Finance
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
Concept
In a selection decision-table question, a candidate must be checked against every listed eligibility condition in turn. When a candidate fails exactly one specific condition, check whether a separately listed exception clause covers that specific shortfall before defaulting to rejection — only when no exception covers the shortfall does failing a condition mean outright rejection. A wait-list exception applies only to the condition it is explicitly tied to, never to a different one.
Application to this case
Condition (i) – age: born 26th August 1977, so as on 1.11.2009 she is 32 years old, within the 30–35 year band — satisfied.
Condition (ii) – graduation marks: 58% secured against the 55% minimum — satisfied.
Condition (iii) – postgraduate diploma marks: 68% secured against the 60% minimum — satisfied.
Condition (iv) – six years' post-qualification finance-department experience: she has only four years as Deputy Finance Manager, so the standard condition is NOT satisfied.
Exception (a): a candidate who fails only condition (iv) but has at least three years' experience as Deputy Finance Manager has their case referred to VP – Finance. Her four years as Deputy Finance Manager meets this exception, so condition (iv) is covered by exception (a) rather than causing rejection.
Condition (v) – preliminary interview: 50% secured against the 50% minimum — satisfied.
Condition (vi) – final interview: 45% secured against the 40% minimum — satisfied.
Cross-check
She fails only condition (iv), and every other condition, including both interview conditions, is independently satisfied. Since condition (vi) is met (not failed), the separate wait-list exception – which applies only to a shortfall in condition (vi) – does not apply here, ruling out that route on its own terms and confirming that exception (a) is the one governing this case.
Result
Because condition (iv) is unmet but exception (a) is satisfied, the case is to be referred to VP – Finance.