Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Recruitment Test Study Questions And Answers
Sample Question 1
A rapidly changing technical environment in government is promoting greater reliance on electronic mail (e-mail) systems. As this usage grows, there are increasing chances of conflict between the users? expectations of privacy and public access rights. In some investigations, access to all e-mail, including those messages stored .....
1. From the information given above, it CANNOT be validly concluded that
A) some e-mail messages that have been requested as part of investigations have contained messages that would never be said face-to-face
B) some messages that people would never say face-to-face are sent in e-mail messages
C) some e-mail messages have been requested as part of investigations
D) e-mail messages have not been exempted from investigations
E) some e-mail messages contain information that would be omitted from formal writing
Sample Question 2
Choose the one which best explains the meaning of the idiom/phrase in italics in the sentence.
2. Dowry is a burning question of the day
(a) Relevant problem
(b) Dying issue
(c) An irrelevant problem
(d) A widely debated issue
3. When I saw him in the morning, he looked like a duck in a thunder storm
(a) Timid
(b) Peaceful
(c) Distressed
(d) Indomitable
4. I am afraid the two brothers are at cross purposes
(a) Quarrelling with each other
(b) Dislike each other
(c) Are working against each other
(d) Are misunderstanding each other
Sample Question 3
5. Each year an office was allocated funds to provide bonuses to all of its employees. One year, the office received the same amount of bonus funds, but lost 10% of its staff. By what percentage will the bonus amounts increase for the remaining staff in that office?
A. 12%
B. 11%
C. 13%
D. 14%
6. In June 2003, the number of NPA Agriculture Specialists employed full-time in one large office was 80. One year later, that number increased by 15%. What was the total number of CBP Agriculture Specialists employed in the office in June 2004?
A. 80
B. 54
C. 92
D. 72
Sample Question 4
7. One of the following is not a among the PPP of the Nigerian Ports Authority?
A. Concession Programs
B. Greenfield Projects
C. Joint Venture programs
D. Freight Forward Facilitation
8. What facilitated the building of the Port Harcourt port?
A. Discovery of crude oil
B. Discovery of coal in Enugu
C. regional development program
D. Railway line to export goods from the east
9. Which of the following is the earliest stage in the purchasing cycle?
(a) Award the contract
(b) Negotiate best value
(c) Define the need
(d) Source the market
