Fast Stream Case Study practice
Take on a role, read seven background documents, then choose the most and least effective response as the case unfolds over 24 situations. Two complete case studies, each also playable one 8-situation chapter at a time.
Full case study · 24 situations · Untimed, like the real test
A policy posting on a three-region adult-skills pilot: a budget to rebalance, a ministerial visit, an evaluation to protect and partners who want more.
Create an account or sign in to check practice access and save your reviews. The one-chapter drill has one free attempt. The Civil Service Judgement Test pass covers Fast Stream Work-based Scenarios and Case Study practice as well as Civil Service Judgement Test practice. Saved reviews stay free.
How the Case Study assessment works
- You take on an imaginary role and read 7 pieces of background information first: emails, briefing notes, data tables and an organization chart.
- The scenario then evolves through 24 situations. Each has four possible responses, and you choose the most effective and the least effective.
- It is untimed. The official test presents each situation with video and audio; ours are written, and the seven documents stay open beside every situation.
- Many situations turn on a detail in the documents: who owns a decision, a spending limit, a caveat on the data. Each choice earns 1 point when it matches the key, so a situation is worth 2, and the review shows the reasoning and the documents behind every answer.
The Bridge to Work pilot
A policy posting on a three-region adult-skills pilot: a budget to rebalance, a ministerial visit, an evaluation to protect and partners who want more.
Settling in · The Minister’s week · Decisions
The Pop-Up Trading Permit backlog
Six weeks after launch, a new online permit service has a 3,000-case backlog, a shaky supplier and a ministerial visit on the way, and your manager is on leave.
Six weeks in · Letters, complaints and a bad Tuesday · The visit
Format from the official online tests page.
More Fast Stream preparation
- Practice Work-based Scenarios: the other Fast Stream online test, rating every action on a four-level scale.
- The Fast Stream guide: every selection stage, the assessment center exercises and the application dates.
- Civil Service Judgement Test practice: more rate-each-action scenarios across nine behaviors and four grade groups, under the same pass.
Independent practice from Game Assessment Prep, not affiliated with or endorsed by the UK Civil Service or the Fast Stream. All scenarios, documents and explanations are original; the keyed answers are our own editorial judgments.