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NEW QUESTION 140
Which of the following best completes the passage below?
In today's pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in an increasingly uncomfortable position.
Since the schools are regarded as a repository of society's moral and cultural values, each group within society wishes to prevent any material that offends its own values from appearing in textbooks. As a result, stance on an issue is certain to run afoul of one group or another. And since textbook publishers must rely on community goodwill to sell their books, it is inevitable that______
- A. the government will be forced to intervene in the increasingly rancorous debate over the content of textbooks
- B. the ethical and moral content of textbooks will become increasingly neutral and bland
- C. more and more pressure groups will arise that seek to influence the content of textbooks
- D. school boards, teachers, and principals will find it nearly impossible to choose among the variety of textbooks being offered
- E. fewer and fewer publishers will be willing to enter the financially uncertain textbook industry
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 141
When three Indian-owned trains purchased from Transcontinental Trains crashed within a two month time period, the Indian parliament ordered the acquisition of three new Transcontinental trains as replacements.
This decision surprised many because it is customary for users to shun a product after it is involved in accidents. Which of the following, if true, provides the best indication that the decision of the Indian government was well supported?
- A. Although during the previous year only one transcontinental train crashed, competing manufacturers had a perfect safety record.
- B. The Transcontinental-built trains crashed due to sabotage, but because of the excellent quality of the trains, fire was averted increasing the number of survivors.
- C. Many Transcontinental Train employees had to be replaced because they found jobs with the competition
- D. The Indian Railway Commission issued new guidelines for trains in order to standardize safety requirements governing inspections.
- E. Consumer advocates pressured two major railway companies into purchasing safer trains so that the public would be safer.
Answer: B
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The best answer is B.
If the train crashes were caused by a factor that had nothing to do with the train itself, such as sabotage, and the quality of the train decreased the number of fatalities, then there is good reason to purchase additional trains from Transcontinental.
NEW QUESTION 142
Triangle 7 is in the (x,y) coordinate plane. What is the area, in square coordinate units, of triangle Tl (1) Triangle 7"is an isosceles right triangle.
(2) Triangle 7"has 1 side that is longer than each of the other 2 sides, and the midpoints of the other 2 sides are (5,6) and (5,3).
- A. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
- B. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
- C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
- D. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- E. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) atone is not sufficient.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 143
The first science-fiction novel, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, actually contains very little science, but it masterfully explores the social and moral repercussions of what might happen if certain scientific advances were possible.
- A. but, exploring the social and moral repercussions, it masterfully considers what might happen
- B. but it masterfully explores the social and moral repercussions of what might happen
- C. but it masterfully explores repercussions, social and moral in nature, of what might happen
- D. but it explores in a masterful way the social and moral repercussions of what might happen
- E. but it masterfully explores what are the social and moral repercussions
Answer: B
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This is the most concise, precise, and correct choice. Choice b is wordy, using the phrase in a masterful way instead of masterfully. Choice c uses awkward word order that requires the addition of a verb (considers) because explores is moved to before the subject. Choice d is wordy as the result of moving social and moral from their position directly before the noun they modify. Choice e awkwardly places what are after explores and deletes the important idea of possibility conveyed by of what might happen.
NEW QUESTION 144
Store S's gross profit from a certain product is 40 percent of the store's revenue from the product- The store's gross profit from the product is what percent of the store's cost for the product?
- A. 0
- B. 150%
- C.
- D.
- E. 40%
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 145
In Spartans territory, archaeologists discovered charred bone fragments dating back 1 million years.
Analysis of the fragments, which came from a variety of animals, showed that they had been heated to temperatures no higher than those produced in experimental campfires made from branches of white stinkwood, the most common tree around Spartans.
Which of the following, if true, would, together with the information above, provide the best basis for the claim that the charred bone fragments are evidence of the use of fire by early hominids?
- A. Apart from the Swartkans discovery, there is reliable evidence that early hominids used fire as many as
500 thousand years ago. - B. The bone fragments were found in several distinct layers of limestone that contained primitive cutting tools known to have been used by early hominids.
- C. The bone fragments were fitted together by the archaeologists to form the complete skeletons of several animals.
- D. The white stinkwood tree is used for building material by the present-day inhabitants of Swartkans.
- E. Forest fires can heat wood to a range of temperatures that occur in campfires.
Answer: A
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NEW QUESTION 146
In a survey in which people were asked what would improve public school education, 76 percent cited higher teacher pay and 65 percent cited using standardized tests. What percent of those surveyed cited higher teacher pay but did not cite using standardized tests?
(1) 52 percent of those surveyed cited both higher teacher pay and using standardized tests.
(2) 11 percent of those surveyed cited neither higher teacher pay nor using standardized tests.
- A. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
- B. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE Is sufficient.
- C. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- D. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
- E. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 147
Each of the 75 employees at @ certain company works in exactly one of the company's 3 departments (Departments X, Y, and Z). Exactly 20% of the employees work in Department X, and 10 fewer employees work in DepartmentY than work in Department Z.
Based on the information provided, select for Departinent Yand Department Zthe numbers of employees who work in Department Y and Department Z.
Make only two selections, one in each column.
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NEW QUESTION 148
Which of the following, best completes the passage below?
At last month's symposium on the increasing air pollution affecting the Beaumont forest, most participating members favored uniform controls on the quality of exhaust fumes, whether of not specific environmental damage could be attributed to a particular source of fumes. What must, of course, be shown, in order to avoid excessively restrictive controls, is that __________ .
- A. all of any given pollutant that is to be controlled actually reaches Beaumont forest at present
- B. the members favoring uniform controls are those representing bodies that generate the largest quantities of exhaust fumes
- C. environmental damage already inflicted on the Beaumont forest is reversible
- D. any uniform controls that are adopted are likely to be implemented without delay
- E. any substance to be made subject to controls can actually cause environmental damage
Answer: E
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If a subject that causes no environmental damage were subject to controls, those controls would be more restrictive than necessary.
NEW QUESTION 149
In Millington, a city of 50,000 people, Mercedes Pedrosa, a realtor, calculated that a family with Millington's median family income, $28,000 a year, could afford to buy Millington's median-priced $77,000 house. This calculation was based on an 11.2 percent mortgage interest rate and on the realtor's assumption that a family could only afford to pay up to 25 percent of its income for housing.
Which of the following corrections of a figure appearing in the passage above, if it were the only correction that needed to be made, would yield a new calculation showing that even incomes below the median family income would enable families in Millington to afford Millington's median-priced house?
- A. The rate at which people in Millington had to pay mortgage interest was only 10 percent.
- B. Millington's total population was 45,000 people.
- C. Millington's median annual family income was $27,000.
- D. Families in Millington could only afford to pay up to 22 percent of their annual income for housing.
- E. Millington's median-priced house cost $80,000.
Answer: A
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NEW QUESTION 150
If a committee of 3 men and 3 women is to be selected from a group of 7 men and 7 women, how many different committees are possible choices?
- A.
- B.
- C. 0
- D. 1
- E.
Answer: E
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Topic 1, Analytical Writing Assessment
Read the argument and the Instructions that follow it, and then make any notes that will help you plan your response. Begin typing your response in the box at the bottom of the screen.
The following appeared in a letter from the director of sales for Beta Medical, a leader in the medical technologies industry, to the company's sales force, which markets products directory to medical professionals:
"Profits for Beta Medical grew by 7% last year, the highest growth in the industry, and our sales force had much to do with this success. However, there is room for improvement. In-house research has demonstrated that we are spending 25% more on entertainment costs than the sales forces of our competitors. In order to reduce these costs and increase our profits, we will be introducing strict limits on dining and other entertainment expenses, bringing them in line with industry averages. These cost savings should increase profits even more than last year's 7%, thus allowing us to maintain our leadership in the industry." Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the example. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes In the argument would make it more logically sound, and what. If anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion.
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The given letter from the director for sales of a medical technology sales firm, elucidates the fact that there has been certain achievements and also tries to find out the real issues involved by making certain assumptions. The letter has concluded that they might perform even better provided that they would have reduced the cost incurred due to the entertainment. The letter might seem reasonable to an extent In indicating the factor, but it Is to be noted that to a great extent there has been the constructive clause built only on the assumption.
The letter has failed to look into the fact about the contribution of the money that has been spent on the entertainment and the total revenue that they have procured due to revenue being an important factor. The reduction in the revenue expense might even bring down the total earning of the company, If entertainment has been a crucial part of the contributing factor towards the revenue then it would a difficultly or rather lead to deleterious consequences on the part of the sales team.
The letter has also no considered any other factor where the company has to work on, the one-sided statement of the letter is an ambiguous one.
NEW QUESTION 151
Opponents of laws that require automobile drivers and passengers to wear seat belts argue that in a free society people have the right to take risks as long as the people do not harm others as a result of taking the risks. As a result, they conclude that it should be each person's decision whether or not to wear a seat belt.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the conclusion drawn above?
- A. Passengers in airplanes are required to wear seat belts during takeoffs and landings.
- B. Many new cars are built with seat belts that automatically fasten when someone sits in the front seat.
- C. In automobile accidents, a greater number of passengers who do not wear seat belts are injured than are passengers who do wear seat belts.
- D. Automobile insurance rates for all automobile owners are higher because of the need to pay for the increased injuries or deaths of people not wearing seat belts.
- E. The rate of automobile fatalities in states that do not have mandatory seat-belt laws is greater than the rate of fatalities in states that do have such laws.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION 152
Probably as old as human society, and defined as "the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person," is stalking.
- A. Probably as old as human society, stalking is defined as "the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person."
- B. Probably as old as human society, the definition of stalking is "the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person."
- C. "The willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person" is the definition of stalking, which is probably as old as human society.
- D. Probably as old as human society, and defined as "the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person," is stalking.
- E. Stalking is probably as old as human society and is defined as "the willful, malicious, and repeated following and harassing of another person."
Answer: A
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Choice a reverses the subject and predicate. Choice b is correct but is less effective than choice e because it sets up the two items of information as equal - that stalking is probably as old as human society and its definition. Choice e uses probably as old as human society as an introduction to the focus of the sentence - the definition of stalking. Choice e is also more direct and does not need to repeat the verb is. Choice c uses the phrase the definition of stalking is rather than the more direct stalking is defined as. Choice d puts the definition before the word being defined, which is less effective, making readers wait until they have finished the definition to find out what is being defined.
NEW QUESTION 153
Installing scrubbers in smokestacks and switching to cleaner-burning fuel are the two methods available to Northern Power for reducing harmful emissions from its plants. Scrubbers will reduce harmful emissions more than cleaner-burning fuels will. Therefore, by installing scrubbers, Northern Power will be doing the most that can be done to reduce harmful emissions from its plants.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
- A. Northern Power can choose from among various kinds of scrubbers, some of which are more effective than others.
- B. Switching to cleaner-burning fuel will not be more expensive than installing scrubbers.
- C. Northern Power is not necessarily committed to reducing harmful emissions from its plants.
- D. Harmful emissions from Northern Power's plants cannot be reduced more by using both methods together than by the installation of scrubbers alone.
- E. Aside from harmful emissions from the smokestacks of its plants, the activities of Northern Power do not cause significant air pollution.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION 154
When fish or mammals ingest the chemical rotenone, enzymes In (he digestive tract metabolize most of it, rendering It harmless, but If enough rotenone enters the bloodstream, It can kill them. Wildlife managers who use rotenone in rivers or lakes to reduce fish populations claim that the practice is harmless to aquatic mammals, but clearly if enough rotenone is used to kill fish, mammals must be at risk too.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
- A. Chemicals that In the past have been used to reduce fish populations have considerably higher toxicity to aquatic mammals than rotenone does.
- B. When rotenone is introduced into a fast-flowing river, it can travel a considerable distance downstream before breaking down.
- C. Rotenone can enter a fish's bloodstream directly through the gills.
- D. For most aquatic mammals, fish constitute a substantial portion of their diet.
- E. If populations of some fish species are allowed to grow unchecked, they can have disruptive ecological effects that ultimately harm wild mammal populations.
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 155
Insurance Company X is considering issuing a new policy to cover services required by elderly people who suffer from diseases that afflict the elderly. Premiums for the policy must be low enough to attract customers. Therefore, Company X is concerned that the income from the policies would not be sufficient to pay for the claims that would be made.
Which of the following strategies would be most likely to minimize Company X's losses on the policies?
- A. Insuring only those individuals who did not suffer any serious diseases as children
- B. Including a greater number of services in the policy than are included in other policies of lower cost
- C. Insuring only those individuals who were rejected by other companies for similar policies
- D. Insuring only those individuals who are wealthy enough to pay for the medical services
- E. Attracting middle-aged customers unlikely to submit claims for benefits for many years
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 156
A region in a plane is said to be convex if, for every two points in the region, the line segment joining the two points is completely contained in the region. If a sector of a circle has a central angle with degree measure m >
0, which of the following determines the set of all values of m (less than 360) for which the sector is convex?
- A. 0 < m > 90
- B. 180 m < 360
- C. 0 < m < 360
- D. 0 < m 180
- E. 90 m 180
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION 157
As an experienced labor organizer and the former head of one of the nation's most powerful labor unions, Grayson is an excellent choice to chair the new council on business-labor relations.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?
- A. The new council must have the support of the nation's labor leaders if it is to succeed.
- B. The chair of the new council must be a person who can communicate directly with the leaders of the nation's largest labor unions.
- C. During his years as a labor leader, Grayson established a record of good relations with business leaders.
- D. Most of the other members of the new council will be representatives of business management interests.
- E. An understanding of the needs and problems of labor is the only qualification necessary for the job of chairing the new council.
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 158
Using art to condemn the moral shortcomings of society is nothing new. English artist William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) was renowned for prints that revealed the moral lapses of eighteenth-century England.
Despite the fact that Hogarth enjoyed the patronage of England's wealthier citizens, he did not shrink away from producing scathing depictions of all levels of English society.
In the ten-print series Industry and Idleness, Hogarth presents two apprentices who begin working side by side only to arrive at vastly different ends. The first apprentice is portrayed as a morally incorruptible, diligent worker. He is promoted, marries his boss's daughter, and achieves great distinction and financial success. The other apprentice does little work and engages in many unsavory activities. He is fired from his apprenticeship and continues down a path of illicit behavior and corruption. The series comes to a climax when the two former coworkers are reunited with the industrious apprentice - now elevated to alderman - standing in judgment of the idle coworker brought before him for murder. The idle apprentice is sentenced to death and executed, whereas the industrious apprentice goes on to become Lord Mayor of London. Among Hogarth's most popular series was The Rake's Progress, which tells the story of wealthy Tom Rakewell. In the first of eight prints, Tom inherits a large sum of money that he foolishly spends on enhancing his image and prestige in superficial ways. His prodigal ways lead to his rapid decline as he is arrested for debt and in return marries an old maid for her money. He begins gambling, is imprisoned, and eventually goes insane in Bedlam. Tom's descent and desperate outcome, like many of Hogarth's subjects, is tied directly to moral corruption and poor self-discipline. It is interesting that Hogarth's prints were extremely popular in his day. Whatever the moral shortcomings of eighteenth-century England, its citizens welcomed Hogarth's social critiques and harsh judgments.
The passage suggests that Hogarth's work is important because
- A. it provides a critical view of the moral shortcomings of Hogarth's society.
- B. Hogarth developed the technique of story-telling through prints.
- C. Hogarth defied authorities and convention by depicting the life of common criminals.
- D. it demonstrates that art is an important medium for social change.
- E. it reveals the hardships of life in eighteenth-century England.
Answer: A
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The second sentence provides the answer: Hogarth "was renowned for prints that revealed the moral lapses of eighteenth-century England." The passage does not indicate that Hogarth was the first to tell stories through prints (choice a) or that he defied authorities by portraying particular subjects in his prints (choice b). His prints may have often revealed the hardships of life in his time (choice c), but the example of The Rake's Progress also shows that he dealt with the life of the privileged who often did not have to experience those hardships. The passage says that Hogarth pointed out problems in his society, but nothing indicates that his work inspired change in his society (choice e).
NEW QUESTION 159 
- A. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
- B. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
- C. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- D. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
- E. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 160
In the industrialized nations, the last century has witnessed a shortening of the average workday from twelve hours or longer to less than eight hours. Mindful of this enormous increase in leisure time over the past century, many people assume that the same trend has obtained throughout history, and that, therefore, prehistoric humans must have labored incessantly for their very survival.
We cannot, of course, directly test this assumption. However, a study of primitive peoples of today suggests a different conclusion. The Mbuti of central Africa, for instance, spend only a few hours each day in hunting, gathering, and tending to other economic necessities. The rest of their time is spent as they choose. The implication is that the short workday is not peculiar to industrialized societies. Rather, both the extended workday of 1880 and the shorter workday of today are products of different stages of the continuing process of industrialization.
Which of the following, if true, would most greatly strengthen the argument made in the passage above?
- A. The Mbuti have no words in their language to express the distinction between work activities and leisure activities.
- B. In recent decades, the economy of the Mbuti has been markedly affected by the encroachment of modern civilization.
- C. The members of the Shaklik tribe in central Asia have an average workday of ten to twelve hours.
- D. The life-style of the Mbuti is similar to that of prehistoric humans.
- E. The workday of a European peasant in medieval times averaged between eleven and fifteen hours.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION 161 
Select from each drop-down menu the option that creates the statement that most accurately reflects the information in the graph.
The age groups of India reflected on the vertical axis for which the population is projected to be higher in 2050 than it was in 2010 are the age groups that are above Select...
The age groups of India reflected on the vertical axis for which the population is projected to be lower in 2050 than it was in 2010 are the age groups that are below Select...
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NEW QUESTION 162
Like Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell believed that the archetypal story of the hero who ventures from the safety of his village, endures many trials and triumphs, and returns with knowledge or goods that will save or enlighten his people, is part of the collective unconscious of all humankind.
- A. enlighten his people; is part of
- B. enlighten his people, being in part
- C. enlighten his people, are part of
- D. enlighten his people, is part of
- E. enlighten his people, who are part of
Answer: D
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This is a complicated sentence, and many phrases and clauses separate the subject story from the verb is (this subject-verb pair is not the main subject of the sentence but the subject and verb in the clause describing what Jung and Campbell believed). Because story is the subject, choice c is incorrect; the verb must be singular. Choices d and e are incorrect because they do not provide a verb to complete the clause; rather, they create an additional clause or phrase. Choice b creates a sentence fragment by inserting a semicolon after people.
NEW QUESTION 163
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