CASper Test Practice Questions

Prompt:
You are a junior marketing executive. On Monday morning, you arrived at work and found your colleague, Tom, visibly upset. Tom confides with you that he accidentally overheard your boss discussing plans to outsource your department during a private phone call. The news has yet to be officially announced.
As the day progresses, your coworkers are anxious and productivity is dropping. Rumors are starting to circulate, and the office atmosphere is tense. You overhear two senior executives discussing potential layoffs during lunch in hushed tones.

Later that afternoon, your boss calls you into her office and asks you to prepare a presentation for next week's client meeting. The project would require significant overtime work from the entire team. You know that if the outsourcing rumors are true, this extra effort might be in vain.
Meanwhile, Tom has started updating his resume and is considering warning other team members about the potential outsourcing. He asks if you think he should inform everyone or keep it to himself until there's an official announcement.

As you leave work that evening, you are torn about how to handle the situation, considering your loyalty to the company, your colleagues, and your career prospects.

Questions:

1. What ethical considerations should you consider when deciding whether to share the information you learned about potential outsourcing? Explain your reasoning.
2. Given the uncertainty about the department's future, how should you approach the project assigned by your boss? Describe the steps you would take in this situation.
3. What advice would you give Tom regarding his dilemma of whether to warn other team members about the potential outsourcing? Provide a rationale for your recommendation.

Prompt:

In leadership roles, possessing diverse skills is crucial for success. Some key skills required include strategic thinking, decision-making, emotional intelligence, adaptability, delegation, and conflict resolution.

Questions:

1. Please select the top three skills you believe are most important for effective leadership from the list provided.
2. Please choose the skill you consider least important for a leader to possess from the list provided.
3. Describe a situation where you demonstrated strong leadership skills and how it impacted the outcome positively.

Prompt:

You are at a small local pharmacy, and while browsing, you notice a young father discreetly take a bottle of children's cough syrup and place it into his jacket pocket. He appears well-groomed, and his child, who is with him, seems healthy but restless. It doesn't look like anyone else has seen what happened. The father heads toward the exit without paying.

Questions:

1. How would you respond to this situation?
2. What are the ethical, legal, and social implications of your response?
3. Would your actions differ if you knew this was the first time the father had done this, and he was struggling financially?

Prompt:

Consider the following quote: "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." – Martin Luther King Jr.

Questions:

1. What does this quote mean to you?
2. How does this quote relate to the importance of allyship in social justice movements?
3. Describe a situation where you felt compelled to speak up or take action in support of someone else. How did you handle it?

Prompt:

You are a university student, and one of your classmates, who you typically see in your study group and during lectures, has missed all the classes and group meetings this week. This is highly uncharacteristic of them, especially since a major project is due soon. You send them a few messages, but they don’t respond. While grabbing lunch in the cafeteria, you overhear another classmate, mentioning that they haven’t been coming to the dorm either.

Questions:

1. What steps do you take to address this situation?
2. What considerations might influence your decision to check in personally on your classmate?
3. At what point would you involve others, such as university staff or counselors, and how would you approach this?

Prompt:

A growing number of countries and regions are exploring the implementation of Universal Basic Income (UBI), where all citizens receive a set amount of money regularly from the government, regardless of their employment status. Proponents argue it could reduce poverty and provide financial security, while critics raise concerns about its impact on work incentives and the economy.

Questions:

1. Discuss the pros and cons of implementing Universal Basic Income (UBI).
2. How would this decision impact society in terms of economic and social outcomes?
3. Discuss another currently debated policy or idea that could have a similar societal impact.

Prompt:

A new medication has been developed to treat a rare but fatal disease, and early trials have shown it to be highly effective. However, the medication is expensive to produce, and only a limited supply is available for distribution in the first year. Due to the high demand, only some people who need the medication will be able to receive it immediately. Hospitals and healthcare providers must decide how to allocate the limited doses.

Questions:

1. How should healthcare providers determine who receives the medication first?
2. What ethical dilemmas arise when deciding how to distribute life-saving treatments?
3. Describe a situation where you had to make a difficult decision that impacted others and explain how you handled it.

Prompt:

Staying calm and composed in high-stress environments is critical, especially in professions where your reactions can significantly impact outcomes. Whether in medicine or other fields, managing stress and maintaining patience is essential for success.

Questions:

1. Describe a situation where you faced a high-pressure environment. How did you react, and in hindsight, what would you do differently to handle the situation better?
2. What techniques or habits do you employ to help you stay composed and maintain patience when things don’t go as planned?
3. In what ways does demonstrating patience in stressful situations contribute to better outcomes for both you and those around you?

Prompt:

A new AI-driven diagnostic tool has been developed that significantly improves the speed and accuracy of medical diagnoses, especially in emergencies. Due to high demand, product shortages have occurred during the initial release phase, leaving many hospitals and clinics without access to the tool. While healthcare institutions stand to benefit from this technology, some argue that it should also be made available to smaller private practices and even general consumers, as it could enhance overall healthcare accessibility. There is a debate about whether hospitals should be prioritized over other potential users.

Questions:

1. Should hospitals receive priority access to AI diagnostic tools over smaller private practices or general consumers? Why or why not?
2. In what ways could prioritizing healthcare institutions over general consumers create ethical or fairness concerns?
3. What potential risks could arise from relying heavily on AI in medical diagnostics, particularly regarding patient privacy and data security?

Prompt:

A foreign dignitary visiting your country suddenly requires an emergency evacuation due to an imminent security threat. The evacuation requires closing off a major section of the highway and delaying emergency services to accommodate the convoy. As a result, many people are stuck in traffic for several hours, and some patients needing immediate medical care are forced to wait.

Questions:

1. Is it justifiable to prioritize a foreign dignitary's safety over the general public's needs, including patients requiring urgent medical attention?
2. What measures should be in place to balance public safety with protecting high-profile individuals in such situations?
3. Describe a time when you had to manage your emotions and decision-making during a situation that seemed unfair or beyond your control. How did you respond, and what was the outcome?