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National Audit Office Tests

National Audit Office Tests

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National Audit Office Tests

The National Audit Office (NAO) scrutinises public spending for Parliament.

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National Audit Office Presentations

You will be expected to give a short presentation on a subject provided. You will be sent the topic ahead of the assessment centre and will be allowed to take prompts in with you. This will be assessing your public speaking and presenting skills. You will also be expected to answer questions following completion of your presentation. Ensure you read widely prior to the assessment centre about the organisation and industry.

National Audit Office Written Exercise

You’ll be given material to read, usually a type of case study relating to the company, and be expected to write a report. This will be to assess your written communication skills as well as grammar and vocab and how you would deal with given scenarios in the workplace.

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Sample National Audit Office Tests question Test your knowledge!

Given a series describing the stages of a compliance audit - Identifying standards, Measuring performance, Evaluating information, Reporting findings, and Implementing improvements - what is the logical next step after improvements have been implemented?

  • Reassessing the initial standards
  • Measuring performance of the improvements
  • Another round of reporting
  • Conducting a follow-up audit

A governmental department had a budget of $5 million at the start of the year. During that year, they managed to save 12% by implementing cost-cutting measures. Assuming no other changes to their budget, how much money did they have left at the end of the year?

  • $4.4 million
  • $4.5 million
  • $5.6 million
  • $5.12 million

If the average procurement cost for a public-sector project has increased by 8% per year over a 3-year period, and the original procurement cost was $125,000, what is the procurement cost at the end of the 3rd year?

  • $158,700
  • $135,000
  • $145,520
  • $157,636

An audit of a program found four types of errors in documenting expenses: duplicate entries, incorrect amounts, missing documents, and misclassified expenses. If the rates of these errors per 1000 entries are 15, 35, 25, and 10 respectively, which type of error occurred most frequently?

  • Duplicate entries
  • Incorrect amounts
  • Missing documents
  • Misclassified expenses

In a sequence of steps to evaluate a public service project, step 1 involves assessing the initial application, step 2 involves the first financial review, step 3 is a legal compliance check, and step 4 is the final approval committee. What is likely the next step in this pattern if the process follows a logical sequence?

  • Assessment of environmental impact
  • Implementation phase
  • Second financial review
  • Public feedback analysis

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