Field Engineer Quiz...

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                   TEST FOR FIELD ENGINEERS

This test has been designed to evaluate reaction of a field engineer to
various situations. The situations are based on actual case studies from
a well-known educational institution and represent a cross section of
test data correlated to evalulate both reaction time to difficult
situations as well as the soundness of each decision selected.

There are eight (8) multiple choice questions. Read each question
thoroughly. Place an "x" by the answer you feel is the most correct
justified by the circumstances given. Be prepared to justify your
decision.

YOU HAVE 4 MINUTES.

(DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO)


1.      You have prepared a proposal for the Regional Director of
        Purchasing for Bearings, Inc. The success of this presentation
        will mean increasing your sales to his company by 200%. In the
        middle of your proposal the customer leans over to look at your
        report and spits in your coffee.

You:A. Tell him you prefer your coffee black.
    B. Ask to have him checked out for any communicable diseases.
    C. Take a leak in his "Out" basket.

2.      You are having lunch with a prospective hose account talking
        about what could be your biggest sale of the year. During the
        conversation a blond walks into the restaurant and she is so
        stunning you draw your companion's attention to her and give a
        vivid description of what you would do if you had her alone in
        your motel. She walks over to your table and introduces herself
        as your client's daughter.

Your next move is to:
    A. Ask for her hand in marriage.
    B. Pretend you've forgotten how to speak English.
    C. Repeat the conversation to the daughter and just hope for the 
            best.

3.      You are making a sales presentation to a group of Corporate
        Executives with Motion Industries in the plushest office you've
        ever seen. The hot enchilada casserole and egg salad sandwich
        you had for lunch react, creating a severe pressure. Your
        sphincter loses its control and you break wind in a most
        convincing manner causing three water tumblers to shatter and a
        secretary to pass out.

What you should do next is:
    A. Offer to come back next week when the smell has gone.
    B. Point out their Chief Executive and accuse him of the offense.
    C. Challenge anyone in the room to do better.

4.      You are at a business lunch when you are suddenly overcome with
        an uncontrollable desire to pick your nose. Remembering this is
        a definitely a No-No.

You: A. Pretend to wave to someone across the room and with fluid motion
           bury your forefinger in your nostril up to the fourth joint.
     B. Get everyone drunk and organize a nose-picking contest offering
           a prize to the one who makes his nose bleed first.
     C. Drop your napkin on the floor and when you bend over to pick it
           up, blow your nose on your sock.

5.      You've just spent the evening with the manager of Industrial
        Hose Marketing who invited you to an all-night boilermaker
        drinking party. You get back to your room just in time to go to
        the hose training seminar. You stagger to the men's room and
        spend the next half hour vomiting. As you're washing up in the
        sink, The Hose Training Director walks up and blows his cigar in
        your face, and asks you to join him for drinks after school.

You:A. Look him straight in the eye and launch one last convulsive
           torrent at the front of his Hart, Shaffner and Marx suit.
    B. Nail him right in the crotch, banking on the fact that he'll
           never recognize your green face.
    C. Grasp his hand and pump it till he pees his pants.

6.      You are at a dinner with a O.E.M. and his wife, who looks like
        the reginal runner-up of the Marjorie Main look-a-like contest.
        Halfway through dinner you feel a hand on your lap. If you are
        resourceful:

You:A. Accidentally spill hot coffee in your lap.
    B. Slip a note to the waiter to have your customer paged and
           see if the hand goes away when he does.
    C. Excuse yourself and go to the men's room. If he follows,
           don't come out until you have a signed order.

7.      You're on your way to see your best Industrial Distributor when
        your zipper breaks and you discover that you have forgotten to
        put on your undershorts that morning.
      
You decide to: 
    A. Call on the customer's secretary instead.
    B. Explain that you were trolling for queers.
    C. Buy a baggy raincoat and head for the school playground.

8.      You've just returned from a trip to Green Bay, Wisconsin in
        January and tell your District Manager that nobody but whores
        and football players live there. He mentions that his wife is
        from Green Bay.

You:A. Ask what position she played.
    B. Ask if she's still working the streets.
    C. Pretend your suffering amnesia and don't remember your own name.