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Question ID:PT80 S4 Q24 Passage:A contract between two parties is valid only if one party accepts a legitimate offer from the other; an offer is not legitimate if someone in the position of the party to whom it was made would reasonably believe the offer to be made in jest. Stem:The principle stated above, if valid, mo... | PT80 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q25 Passage:Scientist: A small group of islands near Australia is inhabited by several species of iguana; closely related species also exist in the Americas, but nowhere else. The islands in question formed long after the fragmentation of Gondwana, the ancient supercontinent that included present-da... | PT80 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT80 S4 Q26 Passage:A recent archaeological find in what was once the ancient kingdom of Macedonia contains the remains of the largest tomb ever found in the region. It must be the tomb of Alexander the Great since he was the greatest Macedonian in history, and so would have had the largest tomb. After all,... | PT80 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q1 Passage:After a major toll highway introduced a system of electronic toll paying, delays at all of its interchanges declined significantly. Travel time per car trip decreased by an average of 10 percent. Tailpipe pollution for each trip decreased commensurately. Despite this, the total air pollut... | PT79 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q2 Passage:A lack of trust in one's neighbors leads to their lack of respect for the law. A new study provides compelling evidence for this. Neighborhoods in which people routinely lock their doors have higher burglary rates than neighborhoods in which people do not routinely lock their doors. Stem:... | PT79 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q3 Passage:In recent decades, government efforts to fight counterfeiting have been extremely successful, especially efforts to remove counterfeit bills from circulation. Yet counterfeiters are not finding it at all difficult to get away with passing counterfeit bills to merchants and even banks. Ste... | PT79 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q4 Passage:If a civilization as technologically advanced as human civilization existed on another planet and that planet were within 50 light years of Earth, that civilization would have found evidence of intelligent life on Earth and could have easily contacted us. Scientists can thus rule out the ... | PT79 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q5 Passage:Recently, many traffic lights and street markings were temporarily removed from a heavily traveled street in a major metropolitan area. Given that this street experiences significant volumes of automobile traffic, the number of accidents on the street was expected to increase. However, ev... | PT79 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q6 Passage:Some have argued that body size influences mating decisions throughout all societies. Their argument rests largely on self-reports of university-age students and on analyses of personal advertisements in newspapers for dating partners. Stem:The reasoning in the argument described above is... | PT79 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q7 Passage:Journalist: The new mayor is undeniably bold. His assertions are made with utter certainty and confidence. While these kinds of assertions may make him popular with the public, they also demonstrate that he is not an introspective person. Stem:Which one of the following is an assumption r... | PT79 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q8 Passage:While studying a large colony of macaque monkeys, scientists interacting with baby monkeys under a week old found that the babies would imitate some, but not all, of the scientists' actions. The babies readily smacked their lips and stuck out their tongues when the scientists did, but sta... | PT79 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q9 Passage:Some scientists believe that small humanoid skeletons found on an Indonesian island are the remains of human beings with a growth disorder. It is more likely that they represent a distinct human species that became smaller over time due to environmental pressure. These skeletons do not fi... | PT79 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q10 Passage:The more sunlight our planet reflects back into space, the cooler the global atmosphere tends to become. Snow and ice reflect much more sunlight back into space than do ocean water or land without snow cover. Therefore, the greater the area of Earth's surface that is covered with snow an... | PT79 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q11 Passage:Nick: The Pincus family and their construction company have supported our university financially for decades. The university should not give the contract for building its new library to the family's main competitor. Doing so would be disloyal to a friend of the university.Pedro: Acceptin... | PT79 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q12 Passage:Ampicillin and other modern antibiotics kill a much wider variety of bacteria than penicillin does. They also carry higher profit margins, so drug companies now have an incentive to stop manufacturing the older, less profitable antibiotics. This could cause a penicillin shortage, forcing... | PT79 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q13 Passage:Weingarten claims that keeping animals in zoos is unethical. He points out that it involves placing animals in unnatural environments merely for the sake of human amusement. However, since Weingarten sees nothing wrong with owning pets, and keeping pets surely involves placing an animal ... | PT79 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q14 Passage:Activist: President Zagel should resign, because she is unable to govern effectively given the widespread belief that she rigged the election.President Zagel: Over the last decade, scandals have forced two presidents of this country to resign. If I were to resign, the rest of the world w... | PT79 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q15 Passage:A popular book argues that people who are successful in business have, without exception, benefited from a lot of luck on their way to success. But this is ridiculous. Anyone who has studied successful people knows that success requires a lot of hard work. Stem:The argument commits which... | PT79 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q16 Passage:University president: When a faculty member's falsification of research was uncovered, the media treated it as evidence of the university's low standards, even though in truth it was a mere case of dishonesty. But since vigilance with respect to academic standards is always necessary, it... | PT79 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q17 Passage:Politician: Over the next decade, our city will be replacing all of its street signs with signs that are designed for improved readability. But since no one is complaining about the current signs, installing the new ones is a colossal waste of time and money. Stem:Which one of the follow... | PT79 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q18 Passage:A large survey of scientists found that almost all accept Wang's Law, and almost all know the results of the Brown-Eisler Experiment. But those results together with Wang's Law contradict the Minsk Hypothesis. Therefore, most of the scientists surveyed reject the Minsk Hypothesis. Stem:T... | PT79 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q19 Passage:Any literary translation is a compromise between two goals that cannot be entirely reconciled: faithfulness to the meaning of the text and faithfulness to the original author's style. Thus, even the most skillful translation will be at best a flawed approximation of the original work. St... | PT79 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q20 Passage:Sociologist: Television, telephones, and other electronic media encourage imprecise, uncritical thinking. Yet critical thinking is the only adequate protection against political demagogues, who seek to exploit people by presenting emotionally loaded language as an objective description o... | PT79 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q21 Passage:People with higher-than-average blood levels of a normal dietary by-product called homocysteine are twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease as are those with average or below-average homocysteine levels. Thus, it is likely that the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease ... | PT79 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q22 Passage:Consumer advocate: Economists reason that price gouging‚ increasing the price of goods when no alternative seller is available‚ is efficient because it allocates goods to people whose willingness to pay more shows that they really need those goods. But willingness to pay is not proportio... | PT79 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q23 Passage:Zoologist: Plants preferentially absorb heavy nitrogen from rainwater. Heavy nitrogen consequently becomes concentrated in the tissues of herbivores, and animals that eat meat in turn exhibit even higher concentrations of heavy nitrogen in their bodily tissues. We compared bone samples f... | PT79 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q24 Passage:Biologist: Some computer scientists imagine that all that is required for making an artificial intelligence is to create a computer program that encapsulates the information contained in the human genome. They are mistaken. The operation of the human brain is governed by the interactions... | PT79 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q25 Passage:Some advertisers offer certain consumers home computers free of charge. Advertisements play continuously on the computers' screens whenever they are in use. As consumers use the computers to browse the Internet, information about their browsing patterns is sent to the advertisers, enabli... | PT79 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT79 S1 Q26 Passage:Some eloquent speakers impress their audiences with the vividness and clarity of the messages conveyed. Speakers who resort to obscenity, however, are not genuinely eloquent, so none of these speakers impress their audiences. Stem:The flawed reasoning in which one of the following is mos... | PT79 S1 Q26 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q1 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q2 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q3 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q4 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q5 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q6 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q7 Passage:Passage AMuscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. Most bodybuilders have experienced this phenomenon, yet virtually no discussions of it have appeared in scientific publications. Bodybuilders who start training again after a period of inactivity find that gaining muscle size seems easier t... | PT79 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q8 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on det... | PT79 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q9 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on det... | PT79 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q10 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on de... | PT79 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q11 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on de... | PT79 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q12 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on de... | PT79 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q13 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on de... | PT79 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q14 Passage:Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878‚ 1976) had a fascinating and multifaceted artistic career: she became a designer of ornaments, furniture, interiors, and eventually homes. Though her attention shifted from smaller objects to the very large, she always focused on de... | PT79 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q15 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q16 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q17 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q18 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q19 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q20 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q21 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q22 Passage:It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by Mesolithic human populations (populations in Europe roughly 7,000 to 12,000 years ago) for food procurement. Whether there was deliberate removal of tree cover to attract grazing animals or whether naturally created cleari... | PT79 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q23 Passage:A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of contract is simply to compel the participants in the contract to do precisely what they have agreed to do. Specific performance, as this approach is called, can be used as an alternative to monetary damages‚ that is, to... | PT79 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q24 Passage:A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of contract is simply to compel the participants in the contract to do precisely what they have agreed to do. Specific performance, as this approach is called, can be used as an alternative to monetary damages‚ that is, to... | PT79 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q25 Passage:A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of contract is simply to compel the participants in the contract to do precisely what they have agreed to do. Specific performance, as this approach is called, can be used as an alternative to monetary damages‚ that is, to... | PT79 S2 Q25 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q26 Passage:A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of contract is simply to compel the participants in the contract to do precisely what they have agreed to do. Specific performance, as this approach is called, can be used as an alternative to monetary damages‚ that is, to... | PT79 S2 Q26 |
Question ID:PT79 S2 Q27 Passage:A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of contract is simply to compel the participants in the contract to do precisely what they have agreed to do. Specific performance, as this approach is called, can be used as an alternative to monetary damages‚ that is, to... | PT79 S2 Q27 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q1 Passage:In one week‚ Monday through Friday‚ a library's bookmobile will visit five of the following six neighborhoods‚ Hidden Hills, Lakeville, Nottingham, Oldtown, Park Plaza, and Sunnyside. Exactly one neighborhood will be visited on each of the five days, and none of the neighborhoods will be ... | PT79 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q2 Passage:In one week‚ Monday through Friday‚ a library's bookmobile will visit five of the following six neighborhoods‚ Hidden Hills, Lakeville, Nottingham, Oldtown, Park Plaza, and Sunnyside. Exactly one neighborhood will be visited on each of the five days, and none of the neighborhoods will be ... | PT79 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q3 Passage:In one week‚ Monday through Friday‚ a library's bookmobile will visit five of the following six neighborhoods‚ Hidden Hills, Lakeville, Nottingham, Oldtown, Park Plaza, and Sunnyside. Exactly one neighborhood will be visited on each of the five days, and none of the neighborhoods will be ... | PT79 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q4 Passage:In one week‚ Monday through Friday‚ a library's bookmobile will visit five of the following six neighborhoods‚ Hidden Hills, Lakeville, Nottingham, Oldtown, Park Plaza, and Sunnyside. Exactly one neighborhood will be visited on each of the five days, and none of the neighborhoods will be ... | PT79 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q5 Passage:In one week‚ Monday through Friday‚ a library's bookmobile will visit five of the following six neighborhoods‚ Hidden Hills, Lakeville, Nottingham, Oldtown, Park Plaza, and Sunnyside. Exactly one neighborhood will be visited on each of the five days, and none of the neighborhoods will be ... | PT79 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q6 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the followi... | PT79 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q7 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the followi... | PT79 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q8 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the followi... | PT79 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q9 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the followi... | PT79 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q10 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the follow... | PT79 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q11 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the follow... | PT79 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q12 Passage:Six park rangers‚ Jefferson, Koguchi, Larson, Mendez, Olsen, and Pruitt‚ are each to be assigned to monitor one of three areas‚ area 1, area 2, and area 3‚ in a national park. At least one ranger, but no more than three, is assigned to each area. The assignment must conform to the follow... | PT79 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q13 Passage:An economics department is assigning six teaching assistants‚ Ramos, Smith, Taj, Vogel, Yi, and Zane‚ to three courses‚ Labor, Markets, and Pricing. Each assistant will be assigned to exactly one course, and each course will have at least one assistant assigned to it. The assignment of a... | PT79 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q14 Passage:An economics department is assigning six teaching assistants‚ Ramos, Smith, Taj, Vogel, Yi, and Zane‚ to three courses‚ Labor, Markets, and Pricing. Each assistant will be assigned to exactly one course, and each course will have at least one assistant assigned to it. The assignment of a... | PT79 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q15 Passage:An economics department is assigning six teaching assistants‚ Ramos, Smith, Taj, Vogel, Yi, and Zane‚ to three courses‚ Labor, Markets, and Pricing. Each assistant will be assigned to exactly one course, and each course will have at least one assistant assigned to it. The assignment of a... | PT79 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q16 Passage:An economics department is assigning six teaching assistants‚ Ramos, Smith, Taj, Vogel, Yi, and Zane‚ to three courses‚ Labor, Markets, and Pricing. Each assistant will be assigned to exactly one course, and each course will have at least one assistant assigned to it. The assignment of a... | PT79 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q17 Passage:An economics department is assigning six teaching assistants‚ Ramos, Smith, Taj, Vogel, Yi, and Zane‚ to three courses‚ Labor, Markets, and Pricing. Each assistant will be assigned to exactly one course, and each course will have at least one assistant assigned to it. The assignment of a... | PT79 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q18 Passage:There are exactly six computers‚ P, Q, R, S, T, and U‚ on a small network. Exactly one of those computers was infected by a virus from outside the network, and that virus was then transmitted between computers on the network. Each computer received the virus exactly once. The following p... | PT79 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q19 Passage:There are exactly six computers‚ P, Q, R, S, T, and U‚ on a small network. Exactly one of those computers was infected by a virus from outside the network, and that virus was then transmitted between computers on the network. Each computer received the virus exactly once. The following p... | PT79 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q20 Passage:There are exactly six computers‚ P, Q, R, S, T, and U‚ on a small network. Exactly one of those computers was infected by a virus from outside the network, and that virus was then transmitted between computers on the network. Each computer received the virus exactly once. The following p... | PT79 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q21 Passage:There are exactly six computers‚ P, Q, R, S, T, and U‚ on a small network. Exactly one of those computers was infected by a virus from outside the network, and that virus was then transmitted between computers on the network. Each computer received the virus exactly once. The following p... | PT79 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q22 Passage:There are exactly six computers‚ P, Q, R, S, T, and U‚ on a small network. Exactly one of those computers was infected by a virus from outside the network, and that virus was then transmitted between computers on the network. Each computer received the virus exactly once. The following p... | PT79 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT79 S3 Q23 Passage:There are exactly six computers‚ P, Q, R, S, T, and U‚ on a small network. Exactly one of those computers was infected by a virus from outside the network, and that virus was then transmitted between computers on the network. Each computer received the virus exactly once. The following p... | PT79 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q1 Passage:Cool weather typically weakens muscle power in cold-blooded creatures. In the veiled chameleon, a cold-blooded animal, the speed at which the animal can retract its tongue declines dramatically as the temperature falls. However, the speed at which this chameleon can extend its tongue does... | PT79 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q2 Passage:Acme's bank loan must be immediately repaid in full if Acme's earnings fall below $1 million per year. If Acme has to repay the entire loan immediately, it will have to declare bankruptcy. Acme had seemed safe from bankruptcy, having reported annual earnings of well over $1 million in eac... | PT79 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q3 Passage:Hospital patients generally have lower infection rates and require shorter hospital stays if they are housed in private rooms rather than semiprivate rooms. Yet in Woodville's hospital, which has only semiprivate rooms, infection rates and length of stays are typically the same as in seve... | PT79 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q4 Passage:Economist: Unemployment will soon decrease. If total government spending significantly increases next year, the economy will be stimulated in the short term and unemployment will decrease. If, on the other hand, total government spending significantly decreases next year, businesses will ... | PT79 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q5 Passage:Marisa: Existing zoning regulations must be loosened; in some places the restrictions on development are now so prohibitive as to reduce the property values of undeveloped areas significantly.Tyne: I disagree. Though it is true that the recent increase in the stringency of zoning regulati... | PT79 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q6 Passage:Scientist: Laboratory animals have access to ample food, and they get relatively little exercise. These factors can skew the results of research using animals, since such studies often rely on the assumption that the animal subjects are healthy. For instance, animal studies that purport t... | PT79 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q7 Passage:Trade negotiator: Increasing economic prosperity in a country tends to bring political freedom to its inhabitants. Therefore, it is wrong for any country to adopt trade policies that are likely to seriously hinder growth in the prosperity of any other country. Stem:Which one of the follow... | PT79 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q8 Passage:Whenever an artist endowed with both a high level of artistic skill and a high degree of creativity combines these two abilities in the process of creating an artwork, the resulting product is a great work of art. Moreover, no work of art can be great unless both of these elements are com... | PT79 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q9 Passage:Cereal advertisement: Fitness experts say that regular exercise is the most effective way to become physically fit, and studies have shown that adults who eat cereal every day exercise more regularly than adults who do not eat cereal. So by eating Fantastic Flakes every morning, you too w... | PT79 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q10 Passage:Journalist: Some critics argue that as the entertainment value of news reporting increases, the caliber of that reporting decreases. Yet the greatest journalists have been the most entertaining. So these critics are mistaken. Stem:The journalist's conclusion is properly drawn if which on... | PT79 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q11 Passage:Linguist: Three of the four subfamilies of the so-called "Austronesian" languages are found only among indigenous peoples in Taiwan, whereas the fourth is found on islands over a huge area stretching from Madagascar to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Since these subfamilies all originated in ... | PT79 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q12 Passage:West: Of our company's three quality control inspectors, Haynes is clearly the worst. Of the appliances that were returned to us last year because of quality control defects, half were inspected by Haynes.Young: But Haynes inspects significantly more than half the appliances we sell each... | PT79 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q13 Passage:While playing a game with a ball, both Emma and John carelessly ignored the danger their game posed to nearby objects. An errant throw by John struck and broke a neighbor's window. Because his throw broke the window, John, but not Emma, should be required to perform chores for the neighb... | PT79 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q14 Passage:Psychology researchers observed that parents feel emotion while singing to their infants. The researchers hypothesized that this emotion noticeably affects the sound of the singing. To test this hypothesis the parents were recorded while singing to their infants and while singing with no... | PT79 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q15 Passage:Many scholars claim that Shakespeare's portrayal of Richard III was extremely inaccurate, arguing that he derived that portrayal from propagandists opposed to Richard III. But these claims are irrelevant for appreciating Shakespeare's work. The character of Richard III as portrayed in Sh... | PT79 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q16 Passage:Voter: Our prime minister is evidently seeking a job at an international organization. Anyone seeking a job at an international organization would surely spend a lot of time traveling abroad, and our prime minister has spent more days abroad than at home so far this year. Stem:Which one ... | PT79 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q17 Passage:It is pointless to debate the truth of the law of noncontradiction, a fundamental logical principle according to which two statements that contradict each other cannot both be true. For a debate to be productive, participants must hold some basic principles in common. But the principles ... | PT79 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q18 Passage:Pundit: For many high school graduates, attending a university would be of no help in getting a corporate job. The attributes corporations value most in potential employees are initiative, flexibility, and the ability to solve practical problems. Many new high school graduates have these... | PT79 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q19 Passage:Archaeologist: Neanderthals, a human-like species living 60,000 years ago, probably preserved meat by smoking it. Burnt lichen and grass have been found in many Neanderthal fireplaces. A fire of lichen and grass produces a lot of smoke but does not produce nearly as much heat or light as... | PT79 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q20 Passage:Edgar: Some of the pumps supplying water to our region have been ordered shut down in order to protect a species of small fish. But it is absurd to inconvenience thousands of people for the sake of something so inconsequential.Rafaela: You're missing the point. The threat to that fish sp... | PT79 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT79 S4 Q21 Passage:Only engineering is capable of analyzing the nature of a machine in terms of the successful working of the whole; physics and chemistry determine the material conditions necessary for this success, but cannot express the notion of purpose. Similarly, only physiology can analyze the natur... | PT79 S4 Q21 |
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