Personnel Managers Usually Want to Know Where a Job Applicant

question 69

Multiple Choice

Personnel managers usually want to know where a job applicant ranked in his or her graduating class.With the grade point average of 3.83,Michelle Robinson graduated above the 93^rd percentile of her graduating class.What is the percentile rank of a student whose GPA was the median GPA.

• A)25^th
• B)50^th
• C)75^th
• D)10^th
• E)93^rd

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