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You have just arrived at a café to make a delivery, when you realise that a taxi has parked in the café’s designated loading bay. When you ask the taxi driver to move their vehicle, they reply that they are waiting for a passenger and will move their vehicle in a couple of minutes. While you are waiting for the taxi to leave the loading bay, a member of the public approaches you and asks you to move your vehicle as you are blocking the road and they are in a rush to get to the local train station.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Move your vehicle to a more appropriate location and return to the café shortly to complete your delivery

Inform the member of the public that you cannot move your vehicle until the taxi leaves the loading bay

Inform the member of the public that it is important for you to complete the delivery to the café, but that you will move as soon as you can

When you arrive at the Sysco depot to begin your shift, your manager informs you that you will need to make some alternative deliveries to those which you were expecting to make today. Your manager explains that your colleague is unwell, so they have changed your regular route to cover some of your colleague’s deliveries. This means that you will need to drive to new places that you are not used to.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Ask your manager to monitor you while you complete the new route in case you need support

Agree to complete the new route as required

Apologise to your manager that you are not comfortable driving to unfamiliar locations

It is late on Thursday, and you have just arrived at a restaurant to make a delivery. You unload the stock and the customer notices that they have not received the full quantity of smoked salmon that they were expecting. The customer explains that they need the full quantity of smoked salmon as they have a special menu on this weekend that requires it. You and another colleague loaded the delivery onto your van this morning, but neither of you noticed the missing smoked salmon.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Inform the customer that you will call your manager immediately to find out when the missing smoked salmon can be delivered

Explain to the customer that they need to contact the Sysco office to report missing stock

Promise to deliver the missing smoked salmon as early as possible tomorrow morning

You are completing a delivery to a school that you have never been to before. It is important for you to complete the delivery promptly, so that the school’s catering staff can begin preparing the food for lunch time today. When you arrive at the school, you find that it is situated on a narrow road, on which traffic can only drive in one direction. There are also several pedestrians walking close by. The school only has a small car park, and your vehicle is too large to park there.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Park outside the school, completing your delivery as quickly as possible to minimise disruption for other road users

Park in a safe place away from the school and deliver the items on foot

Return the delivery to the depot as there is nowhere to park your vehicle at the school

You have just arrived at your first delivery of the day and notice that your handset, which is used to scan stock and confirm that each item has been delivered, is not working. You know that your manager has set a target for you to scan 400 items today, and that you will not meet this target if you are unable to use your handset. You contact the office coordinator to make them aware of the issue, however they tell you it may be a couple of hours before a new handset is sent out to you.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Advise your manager that you will use a paper and pen to record deliveries manually

Find a safe place to park your vehicle to wait for a new handset to be delivered to you

Cancel your remaining deliveries for the morning so you can return to the depot and collect a new handset

You have parked your vehicle outside of a café while you make a delivery there. When you return to your vehicle, a member of the public informs you that they have accidentally hit your vehicle with their car. They tell you that they were driving slowly when they hit your vehicle, and when you check there does not appear to be any damage to either your vehicle or their car. The member of the public asks you if you are happy continue with your day, as no visible damage has occurred to your vehicle.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Gather information about the driver, in case you need to report it later

Agree that there is no need to take any further action as neither vehicle appears to be damaged

Ask the member of the public to wait while you contact the Sysco office to report what has happened

You have recently been hired as a Sysco driver and are taking part in a new driver training course. A colleague on the same training course tells you that they are finding the course difficult. They explain that they are not sure that they will pass the course.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Ask the other new driver if there is anything that you can do to help them through the training course

Offer to help the new driver to speak to the trainer about their difficulties with the training

Suggest that your colleague will begin the find the training easier soon

You receive a telephone call from the depot office while you are completing your last customer delivery, requesting that you collect some equipment accidentally left at a nearby restaurant by another driver. Your manager explains that you are close to the restaurant, and that the equipment forgotten by the other driver will be needed for tomorrow’s deliveries. You are concerned that you may be late finishing your shift if you retrieve the equipment, and you have an appointment to attend later.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Explain that you have an appointment and are concerned that you will be late finishing your shift if you retrieve the equipment

Agree to retrieve the equipment on your way back to the Sysco depot

Suggest that the colleague who left the equipment behind should be the person to collect it

Your manager has recently changed your usual delivery route to help all the drivers to save time during your shifts. On your new route, you are required to make deliveries to a restaurant that has been a Sysco customer for several years. When you arrive at the restaurant for the first time, the customer asks where their usual driver is. The customer expresses frustration about the change in drivers, telling you that they are concerned that you will not complete their deliveries as efficiently.

Choose both the one most appropriate action and the one least appropriate action that you would take in response to this situation. You will not receive any marks for this question unless you select both the most and least appropriate actions.

Most appropriate

Least appropriate

Reassure the customer that you are trained in the same way as the previous driver and will make the delivery as quickly as possible

Ask the customer for information about what their usual driver does well so that you can replicate this service

Tell the customer where you will put their delivery