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Question ID:PT81 S4 Q22 Passage:A company is sending its four product managers‚ Fan, Gleeson, Haley, and Iba√±ez‚ to visit three cities‚ Manila, Sydney, and Tokyo. Each manager will visit at least one of the cities, and each city will be visited by exactly two of the managers. The managers will be assigned to visit the... | PT81 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT81 S4 Q23 Passage:A company is sending its four product managers‚ Fan, Gleeson, Haley, and Iba√±ez‚ to visit three cities‚ Manila, Sydney, and Tokyo. Each manager will visit at least one of the cities, and each city will be visited by exactly two of the managers. The managers will be assigned to visit the... | PT81 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q1 Passage:In a recent study of dust-mite allergy sufferers, one group slept on mite-proof bedding, while a control group slept on bedding that was not mite-proof. The group using mite-proof bedding had a 69 percent reduction in the dust-mite allergen in their mattresses, whereas there was no signif... | PT80 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q2 Passage:Five years ago, the hair dryer produced by the Wilson Appliance Company accounted for 50 percent of all sales of hair dryers nationwide. Currently, however, Wilson Appliance's product makes up only 25 percent of such sales. Because of this decline, and because the average net income tha... | PT80 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q3 Passage:Whether or not one can rightfully call a person's faithfulness a virtue depends in part on the object of that person's faithfulness. Virtues are by definition praiseworthy, which is why no one considers resentment virtuous, even though it is in fact a kind of faithfulness‚ faithfulness to... | PT80 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q4 Passage:Columnist: A government-owned water utility has received approval to collect an additional charge on water bills and to use that additional revenue to build a dam. A member of the legislature has proposed not building the dam but instead spending the extra money from water bills to build ... | PT80 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q5 Passage:During its caterpillar stage, the leopard magpie moth feeds on a plant called the Natal grass cycad and by so doing laces its body with macrozamin, a toxin that makes the moth highly unpalatable to would-be predators. Since the Natal grass cycad is now endangered and facing extinction, th... | PT80 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q6 Passage:Citizen: Our government has a large budget surplus, which our leaders wish to use to pay down the national debt. This makes no sense. Because of underfunding, our military is inadequate, the infrastructures of our cities are decaying, and our highways are in disrepair. If homeowners used ... | PT80 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q7 Passage:Peraski: Although driving gas-guzzling automobiles produces a greater level of pollution than driving smaller cars, those of us who drive smaller cars when we could use a bicycle cannot speak out against the use of gas guzzlers. We would be revealing our hypocrisy.Jackson: I acknowledge I... | PT80 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q8 Passage:For a species of large abalone shellfish to develop from a species of smaller ones, they must spend less energy on finding food and avoiding predators, and more on competition in mating. So it is surprising that the fossil record shows that a species of large abalones developed from a sma... | PT80 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q9 Passage:Some managers think that the best way to maximize employee performance is to institute stiff competition among employees. However, in situations where one competitor is perceived to be clearly superior, other competitors become anxious and doubt their own ability to perform. Thus, stiff c... | PT80 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q10 Passage:Creating a database of all the plant species in the scientific record has proved to be no easy task. For centuries, botanists have been collecting and naming plants without realizing that many were in fact already named. And by using DNA analysis, botanists have shown that varieties of p... | PT80 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q11 Passage:A year ago several regional hospitals attempted to reduce the number of patient injuries resulting from staff errors by implementing a plan to systematically record all such errors. The incidence of these injuries has substantially decreased at these hospitals since then. Clearly, the kn... | PT80 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q12 Passage:In a national park located on an island, a herd of moose was increasing in number and threatening to destroy species of native plants. Wolves were introduced to the island to reduce the herd and thereby prevent destruction of the vegetation. Although the wolves prospered, the moose herd ... | PT80 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q13 Passage:If the purpose of laws is to contribute to people's happiness, we have a basis for criticizing existing laws as well as proposing new laws. Hence, if that is not the purpose, then we have no basis for the evaluation of existing laws, from which we must conclude that existing laws acquire... | PT80 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q14 Passage:In order for life to exist on the recently discovered planet P23, there must be water on the planet's surface. But there is no water on P23's surface, so there is no life on planet P23. Stem:The pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the follow... | PT80 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q15 Passage:Sanchez: The sixteen new computers that the school purchased were not as expensive as many people assume. So it isn't true that too much was spent on computers.Merriweather: It isn't that the school paid more for each computer than it was worth, but that the computers that were purchased... | PT80 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q16 Passage:Airport administrator: According to the latest figures, less than 1 commercial flight in 2 million strays off course while landing, a number low enough to allow runways to be built closer together without a significant increase in risk. Opponents of closer runways claim that the number ... | PT80 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q17 Passage:In deep temperate lakes, water temperatures vary according to depth. In winter, the coldest water is at the top; in summer, at the bottom. The changes in temperature distribution, or "turnover," occur in fall and late winter. Lake trout will be found, as a rule, in the coldest water. So,... | PT80 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q18 Passage:Liang: Watching movies in which violence is portrayed as an appropriate way to resolve problems increases levels of aggression in viewers. Therefore, children's access to these movies should be restricted.Sarah: Watching a drama whose characters are violent allows the audience to vicario... | PT80 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q19 Passage:Politician: Of the candidates running, Thompson is the best person to lead this nation. For one thing, Thompson opposes higher taxes whereas the other candidates support them. Many would agree that anyone who opposes higher taxes will make a better leader than someone who supports them.... | PT80 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q20 Passage:Patterson: Bone flutes dating to the Upper Paleolithic are the earliest evidence for music. Thus it is likely that music first arose during this period.Garza: But the Upper Paleolithic is exceptional for the intensive use of bone, which typically survives well in archaeological contexts,... | PT80 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q21 Passage:No occupation should be subject to a licensing requirement unless incompetence in the performance of tasks normally carried out within that occupation poses a plausible threat to human health or safety. Stem:The principle stated above, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in whi... | PT80 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q22 Passage:Most of the new cars that Regis Motors sold last year were purchased by residents of Blomenville. Regis Motors sold more new cars last year than it did in any previous year. Still, most new cars purchased by Blomenville residents last year were not purchased from Regis Motors. Stem:If th... | PT80 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q23 Passage:Editorial: Teenagers tend to wake up around 8:00 A.M., the time when they stop releasing melatonin, and are sleepy if made to wake up earlier. Since sleepiness can impair driving ability, car accidents involving teenagers driving to school could be reduced if the school day began later t... | PT80 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q24 Passage:Lucinda will soon be attending National University as an engineering major. At National University, most residents of Western Hall are engineering majors. Therefore, Lucinda will probably live in Western Hall. Stem:Which one of the following arguments exhibits a flawed pattern of reasoni... | PT80 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT80 S1 Q25 Passage:Oceanographer: To substantially reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, carbon dioxide should be captured and pumped deep into the oceans, where it would dissolve. The cool, dense water in ocean depths takes centuries to mix with the warmer water near the surface, so a... | PT80 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q1 Passage:The following passage is adapted from a journal article. To understand John Rawls's theory of justice, one first needs to grasp what he was reacting against. The dominant approach in pre-Rawls political philosophy was utilitarianism, which emphasized maximizing the fulfillment of peo... | PT80 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q2 Passage:The following passage is adapted from a journal article. To understand John Rawls's theory of justice, one first needs to grasp what he was reacting against. The dominant approach in pre-Rawls political philosophy was utilitarianism, which emphasized maximizing the fulfillment of peo... | PT80 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q3 Passage:The following passage is adapted from a journal article. To understand John Rawls's theory of justice, one first needs to grasp what he was reacting against. The dominant approach in pre-Rawls political philosophy was utilitarianism, which emphasized maximizing the fulfillment of peo... | PT80 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q4 Passage:The following passage is adapted from a journal article. To understand John Rawls's theory of justice, one first needs to grasp what he was reacting against. The dominant approach in pre-Rawls political philosophy was utilitarianism, which emphasized maximizing the fulfillment of peo... | PT80 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q5 Passage:The following passage is adapted from a journal article. To understand John Rawls's theory of justice, one first needs to grasp what he was reacting against. The dominant approach in pre-Rawls political philosophy was utilitarianism, which emphasized maximizing the fulfillment of peo... | PT80 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q6 Passage:The following passage is adapted from a journal article. To understand John Rawls's theory of justice, one first needs to grasp what he was reacting against. The dominant approach in pre-Rawls political philosophy was utilitarianism, which emphasized maximizing the fulfillment of peo... | PT80 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q7 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration ... | PT80 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q8 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration ... | PT80 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q9 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration ... | PT80 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q10 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration... | PT80 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q11 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration... | PT80 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q12 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration... | PT80 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q13 Passage:This passage was adapted from an article written by three economists.Roughly 40 percent of the African American population of the Southern United States left the South between 1915 and 1960, primarily for the industrial cities of the North. While there was some African American migration... | PT80 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q14 Passage:Passage AInsider-trading law makes it a crime to make stock transactions, or help others make stock transactions, based on information you have ahead of the general public because of your special position within a company.However, trading based on information you have that everyone else ... | PT80 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q15 Passage:Passage AInsider-trading law makes it a crime to make stock transactions, or help others make stock transactions, based on information you have ahead of the general public because of your special position within a company.However, trading based on information you have that everyone else ... | PT80 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q16 Passage:Passage AInsider-trading law makes it a crime to make stock transactions, or help others make stock transactions, based on information you have ahead of the general public because of your special position within a company.However, trading based on information you have that everyone else ... | PT80 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q17 Passage:Passage AInsider-trading law makes it a crime to make stock transactions, or help others make stock transactions, based on information you have ahead of the general public because of your special position within a company.However, trading based on information you have that everyone else ... | PT80 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q18 Passage:Passage AInsider-trading law makes it a crime to make stock transactions, or help others make stock transactions, based on information you have ahead of the general public because of your special position within a company.However, trading based on information you have that everyone else ... | PT80 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q19 Passage:Passage AInsider-trading law makes it a crime to make stock transactions, or help others make stock transactions, based on information you have ahead of the general public because of your special position within a company.However, trading based on information you have that everyone else ... | PT80 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q20 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q21 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q22 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q23 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q24 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q25 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q25 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q26 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q26 |
Question ID:PT80 S2 Q27 Passage:There are some basic conceptual problems hovering about the widespread use of brain scans as pictures of mental activity. As applied to medical diagnosis (for example, in diagnosing a brain tumor), a brain scan is similar in principle to an X-ray: it is a way of seeing inside the body. I... | PT80 S2 Q27 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q1 Passage:A teacher will assign each of five students‚ Juana, Kelly, Lateefah, Mei, and Olga‚ to exactly one of two research teams, the green team and the red team. One team will have two members, and the other will have three members. One member of each team will be designated as facilitator. The ... | PT80 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q2 Passage:A teacher will assign each of five students‚ Juana, Kelly, Lateefah, Mei, and Olga‚ to exactly one of two research teams, the green team and the red team. One team will have two members, and the other will have three members. One member of each team will be designated as facilitator. The ... | PT80 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q3 Passage:A teacher will assign each of five students‚ Juana, Kelly, Lateefah, Mei, and Olga‚ to exactly one of two research teams, the green team and the red team. One team will have two members, and the other will have three members. One member of each team will be designated as facilitator. The ... | PT80 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q4 Passage:A teacher will assign each of five students‚ Juana, Kelly, Lateefah, Mei, and Olga‚ to exactly one of two research teams, the green team and the red team. One team will have two members, and the other will have three members. One member of each team will be designated as facilitator. The ... | PT80 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q5 Passage:A teacher will assign each of five students‚ Juana, Kelly, Lateefah, Mei, and Olga‚ to exactly one of two research teams, the green team and the red team. One team will have two members, and the other will have three members. One member of each team will be designated as facilitator. The ... | PT80 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q6 Passage:An author is planning to write a mystery novel consisting of seven chapters, chapter 1 through chapter 7. Each of seven different clues‚ R, S, T, U, W, X, and Z‚ is to be mentioned exactly once, one clue per chapter. The order in which the clues are mentioned is subject to the following c... | PT80 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q7 Passage:An author is planning to write a mystery novel consisting of seven chapters, chapter 1 through chapter 7. Each of seven different clues‚ R, S, T, U, W, X, and Z‚ is to be mentioned exactly once, one clue per chapter. The order in which the clues are mentioned is subject to the following c... | PT80 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q8 Passage:An author is planning to write a mystery novel consisting of seven chapters, chapter 1 through chapter 7. Each of seven different clues‚ R, S, T, U, W, X, and Z‚ is to be mentioned exactly once, one clue per chapter. The order in which the clues are mentioned is subject to the following c... | PT80 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q9 Passage:An author is planning to write a mystery novel consisting of seven chapters, chapter 1 through chapter 7. Each of seven different clues‚ R, S, T, U, W, X, and Z‚ is to be mentioned exactly once, one clue per chapter. The order in which the clues are mentioned is subject to the following c... | PT80 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q10 Passage:An author is planning to write a mystery novel consisting of seven chapters, chapter 1 through chapter 7. Each of seven different clues‚ R, S, T, U, W, X, and Z‚ is to be mentioned exactly once, one clue per chapter. The order in which the clues are mentioned is subject to the following ... | PT80 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q11 Passage:An author is planning to write a mystery novel consisting of seven chapters, chapter 1 through chapter 7. Each of seven different clues‚ R, S, T, U, W, X, and Z‚ is to be mentioned exactly once, one clue per chapter. The order in which the clues are mentioned is subject to the following ... | PT80 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q12 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q13 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q14 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q15 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q16 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q17 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q18 Passage:At an upcoming exhibition, four art students‚ Franz, Greene, Hidalgo, and Isaacs‚ will each display exactly two paintings‚ an oil and a watercolor. Exactly two paintings will be displayed on each of the walls of the exhibition room‚ walls 1, 2, 3, and 4‚ with one painting in the upper po... | PT80 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q19 Passage:Three real estate companies‚ RealProp, Southco, and Trustcorp‚ are considering trading buildings with one another. Each building they own is categorized as either class 1, class 2, or class 3, depending on its approximate value:RealProp owns the Garza Tower (class 1), the Yates House (cl... | PT80 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q20 Passage:Three real estate companies‚ RealProp, Southco, and Trustcorp‚ are considering trading buildings with one another. Each building they own is categorized as either class 1, class 2, or class 3, depending on its approximate value:RealProp owns the Garza Tower (class 1), the Yates House (cl... | PT80 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q21 Passage:Three real estate companies‚ RealProp, Southco, and Trustcorp‚ are considering trading buildings with one another. Each building they own is categorized as either class 1, class 2, or class 3, depending on its approximate value:RealProp owns the Garza Tower (class 1), the Yates House (cl... | PT80 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q22 Passage:Three real estate companies‚ RealProp, Southco, and Trustcorp‚ are considering trading buildings with one another. Each building they own is categorized as either class 1, class 2, or class 3, depending on its approximate value:RealProp owns the Garza Tower (class 1), the Yates House (cl... | PT80 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT80 S3 Q23 Passage:Three real estate companies‚ RealProp, Southco, and Trustcorp‚ are considering trading buildings with one another. Each building they own is categorized as either class 1, class 2, or class 3, depending on its approximate value:RealProp owns the Garza Tower (class 1), the Yates House (cl... | PT80 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q1 Passage:Community organizer: Before last year's community cleanup, only 77 of the local residents signed up to participate, but then well over 100 actually participated. This year, 85 residents have signed up to participate. Since our community cleanup will be a success if we have at least 100 pa... | PT80 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q2 Passage:Bell: Commentators in the media are wrong to criticize the policies Klein implemented. Although her policies are unpopular, they avoided an impending catastrophe. Klein is just the person we need making important decisions in the future.Soltan: Klein's policies have been effective, but po... | PT80 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q3 Passage:Psychologist: In our study, participants who were offered the opportunity to purchase a coffee mug were not willing to pay more than $5. If, however, they were given a very similar mug and asked immediately afterwards how much they would be willing to sell it for, most of them held out fo... | PT80 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q4 Passage:Ecologist: Before finding a mate, male starlings decorate their nests with fragments of aromatic plants rich in compounds known to kill parasitic insects. Since these parasites are potentially harmful to nestlings, some researchers have hypothesized that the function of these decorations ... | PT80 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q5 Passage:A commission has been formed to report on the nation's preparedness for a major natural disaster. The commission's report will not be effective unless the commission speaks with a unified voice. Since individual members of the commission have repeatedly expressed their own opinions about ... | PT80 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q6 Passage:Engineer: Wide roads free of obstructions have been shown to encourage drivers to take more risks. Likewise, a technical fix to slow or reverse global warming by blocking out a portion of the sun's rays would encourage more carbon dioxide emissions, which might cause more global warming i... | PT80 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q7 Passage:Although some animals exhibit a mild skin reaction to urushiol, an oil produced by plants such as poison oak and poison ivy, it appears that only humans develop painful rashes from touching it. In fact, wood rats even use branches from the poison oak plant to build their nests. Therefore,... | PT80 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q8 Passage:Politician: Some cities have reversed the decay of aging urban areas by providing tax incentives and zoning variances that encourage renovation and revitalization in selected areas. But such legislation should not be commended. Its principal beneficiaries have turned out to be well-to-do ... | PT80 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q9 Passage:Pundit: It is good to have national leaders voted out of office after a few years. The reason is that reforms are generally undertaken early in a new government. If leaders do not act quickly to solve a problem and it becomes an issue later, then they must either deny that there is a prob... | PT80 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q10 Passage:Farmer: Agricultural techniques such as crop rotation that do not use commercial products may solve agricultural problems at least as well as any technique, such as pesticide application, that does use such products. Nonetheless, no private for-profit corporation will sponsor research t... | PT80 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q11 Passage:University spokesperson: Most of the students surveyed at the university said they would prefer that the current food vendor be replaced with a different food vendor next year. Several vendors have publicly expressed interest in working for the university. For a variety of reasons, howev... | PT80 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q12 Passage:On average, cats fed canned cat food eat fewer ounces of food per day than do cats fed dry cat food; the canned food contains more calories per ounce than does the dry food. Nonetheless, feeding a cat canned cat food typically costs more per day than does feeding it dry cat food. Stem:Wh... | PT80 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q13 Passage:The Frauenkirche in Dresden, a historic church destroyed by bombing in World War II, has been reconstructed to serve as a place for church services and cultural events. The foundation doing the reconstruction took extraordinary care to return the church to its original form. It is a puzz... | PT80 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q14 Passage:Principle: A government should reduce taxes on imports if doing so would financially benefit many consumers in its domestic economy. There is a notable exception, however: it should never reduce import taxes if one or more of its domestic industries would be significantly harmed by the a... | PT80 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q15 Passage:Global warming has contributed to a rise in global sea level not only because it causes glaciers and ice sheets to melt, but also simply because when water is heated its volume increases. But this rise in global sea level is less than it otherwise would be, since over the years artificia... | PT80 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q16 Passage:Last year, a software company held a contest to generate ideas for their new logo. According to the rules, everyone who entered the contest would receive several prizes, including a T-shirt with the company's new logo. Juan has a T-shirt with the company's new logo, so he must have enter... | PT80 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q17 Passage:When expert witnesses give testimony, jurors often do not understand the technical information and thereby are in no position to evaluate such testimony. Although expert witnesses on opposite sides often make conflicting claims, the expert witnesses on both sides frequently seem competen... | PT80 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q18 Passage:Tax reformer: The proposed tax reform legislation is being criticized by political groups on the right for being too specific and by political groups on the left for being too vague. Since one and the same statement cannot be both too specific and too vague, the criticisms just go to sho... | PT80 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q19 Passage:Employee: The company I work for has installed website filtering software that blocks access to non-work-related websites. It claims that being able to visit such sites distracts us, keeping us from doing our best work. But offices that have windows or are nicely decorated can be highly ... | PT80 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q20 Passage:At Tromen University this semester, some students taking French Literature 205 are also taking Biology 218. Every student taking Biology 218 at Tromen is a biology major. Therefore, some of the students taking French Literature 205 are not French-literature majors. Stem:The conclusion dr... | PT80 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q21 Passage:Critic: To be a literary classic a book must reveal something significant about the human condition. Furthermore, nothing that is unworthy of serious study reveals anything significant about the human condition. Stem:If the critic's statements are true, which one of the following must a... | PT80 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q22 Passage:Scientists once believed that the oversized head, long hind legs, and tiny forelimbs that characterized Tyrannosaurus rex developed in order to accommodate the great size and weight of this prehistoric predator. However, this belief must now be abandoned. The nearly complete skeleton of ... | PT80 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q23 Passage:YXK is currently the television network with the highest overall number of viewers. Among YXK's programs, Bliss has the highest numbers of viewers. So Bliss currently has more viewers than any other program on television. Stem:The flawed reasoning exhibited by the argument above is most ... | PT80 S4 Q23 |
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