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Question ID:PT75 S4 Q17 Passage:Seven librarians‚ Flynn, Gomez, Hill, Kitson, Leung, Moore, and Zahn‚ are being scheduled for desk duty for one week‚ Monday through Saturday. The librarians will be on duty exactly one day each. On each day except Saturday, there will be exactly one librarian on duty, with two on duty o... | PT75 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT75 S4 Q18 Passage:Seven librarians‚ Flynn, Gomez, Hill, Kitson, Leung, Moore, and Zahn‚ are being scheduled for desk duty for one week‚ Monday through Saturday. The librarians will be on duty exactly one day each. On each day except Saturday, there will be exactly one librarian on duty, with two on duty o... | PT75 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT75 S4 Q19 Passage:Each issue of a business newsletter has five slots, numbered 1 through 5. The policy of the newsletter requires that there are at least three features per issue, with each feature completely occupying one or more of the slots. Each feature can be one of four types‚ finance, industry, mar... | PT75 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT75 S4 Q20 Passage:Each issue of a business newsletter has five slots, numbered 1 through 5. The policy of the newsletter requires that there are at least three features per issue, with each feature completely occupying one or more of the slots. Each feature can be one of four types‚ finance, industry, mar... | PT75 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT75 S4 Q21 Passage:Each issue of a business newsletter has five slots, numbered 1 through 5. The policy of the newsletter requires that there are at least three features per issue, with each feature completely occupying one or more of the slots. Each feature can be one of four types‚ finance, industry, mar... | PT75 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT75 S4 Q22 Passage:Each issue of a business newsletter has five slots, numbered 1 through 5. The policy of the newsletter requires that there are at least three features per issue, with each feature completely occupying one or more of the slots. Each feature can be one of four types‚ finance, industry, mar... | PT75 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT75 S4 Q23 Passage:Each issue of a business newsletter has five slots, numbered 1 through 5. The policy of the newsletter requires that there are at least three features per issue, with each feature completely occupying one or more of the slots. Each feature can be one of four types‚ finance, industry, mar... | PT75 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q1 Passage:Children should be discouraged from reading Jones's books. Reading them is like eating candy, which provides intense, short-term sensory stimulation but leaves one poorly nourished and dulls one's taste for better fare. In other words, the problem with letting children read Jones's books ... | PT74 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q2 Passage:Archaeologist: How did the Parthenon's stonemasons manage to carve columns that all bulged outward in the center in precisely the same way? One hypothesis is suggested by the discovery of a scale drawing of a column etched into the stone of a Greek temple at Didyma. The drawing is a profi... | PT74 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q3 Passage:Editorial: The government should not fund any part of its health services with lottery revenue. These health services are essential to our community, but lottery revenue could decline at some time in the future, leaving the government scrambling to make up a budget shortfall. Stem:The arg... | PT74 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q4 Passage:Scientist: Rattlesnakes prey on young California ground squirrels. Protective adult squirrels harass a threatening rattlesnake by puffing up their tails and wagging them. New results show that the squirrel's tail also heats up when harassing a rattlesnake. Since rattlesnakes have an infra... | PT74 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q5 Passage:Critic: Fillmore, an influential television executive, argues that watching television regularly is not detrimental to very young children. Fillmore bases this on the claim, which I grant, that children can learn much that is beneficial from television. But we should reject Fillmore's arg... | PT74 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q6 Passage:While grapefruit juice is a healthy drink, it has been discovered that a chemical in the juice affects how certain medicines are absorbed, with the result that normal medicinal doses act like higher doses. Getting the wrong dose is dangerous. Since it is always desirable to take the lowes... | PT74 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q7 Passage:A landlord needed to replace the air-conditioning unit in a small rental home. The salesperson at the appliance store showed the landlord two air-conditioning units with identical prices. She told the landlord that the Sno-Queen was the most powerful unit for the price, but advised him to... | PT74 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q8 Passage:Editorial: Our political discussions tend to focus largely on the flaws of our nation's leaders, but we need to remind ourselves that these leaders were chosen democratically. The real question that needs answering is how our nation's institutions and procedures enable such people to atta... | PT74 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q9 Passage:Many calcium supplements contain lead, a potentially dangerous substance even in small amounts. The body can safely store in bones trace amounts of lead from food, but high levels of lead in the blood are a major public health concern, associated with anemia and nerve damage. Despite this... | PT74 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q10 Passage:Principle: People should buy an expensive antique only if they can be confident of its authenticity and they find the piece desirable for its intrinsic qualities and not just for its value as an investment.Application: Matilde should not buy the expensive antique vase offered for sale on... | PT74 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q11 Passage:Critic: In her presentation of important works of art in her art history textbook, Waverly claims to have presented only objective accounts: "I have sought neither to advocate nor to denigrate what I included." In writing about art, a pretense of objectivity never succeeds: clearly, Wave... | PT74 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q12 Passage:Archaeologists are discovering a great deal about the Sals culture. For example, recent excavations have unearthed smelting furnaces and tools of smelted copper and bronze. There were distinct Sals words for copper and for bronze, but none for iron. Thus, the Sals did not smelt iron. Ste... | PT74 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q13 Passage:Community organizations wanting to enhance support for higher education programs need to convince the public that such programs benefit society as a whole. Taking this approach makes the public more receptive. It is much easier, for example, to get the public to support road building, wh... | PT74 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q14 Passage:Currently, no satellite orbiting Earth is at significant risk of colliding with other satellites or satellite fragments, but the risk of such a collision is likely to increase dramatically in the future. After all, once such a collision occurs, it will probably produce thousands of satel... | PT74 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q15 Passage:Researcher: Salmonella bacteria are a major cause of illness in humans who consume poultry. Young chicks that underwent a new treatment exhibited a lower incidence of Salmonella infection than did untreated chicks, although one week after the treatment was administered the treated chicks... | PT74 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q16 Passage:Debater: As a pedagogical practice, lecturing embodies hierarchy, since the lecturer is superior to the student in mastery of the subject. But people learn best from peer interaction. Thus, the hierarchy in lecturing is a great weakness.Respondent: By definition, all teaching and learn... | PT74 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q17 Passage:How the pigment known as Han purple was synthesized by the ancient Chinese of the Qin and Han dynasties has puzzled scientists. The Chinese chemists employed the same chemical ingredients used for Han purple in the production of a common type of white glass during that period. Both were ... | PT74 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q18 Passage:Medical researcher: A survey of more than 1 million adults found that there was a greater frequency of illness among people who regularly slept at least 8 hours a night than among people who slept significantly less. This shows that mild sleep deprivation is not unhealthy and, in fact, p... | PT74 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q19 Passage:If temperatures had dropped below freezing when I was gone last week, the impatiens in my garden would have died. If the impatiens had died, they obviously could not continue to bloom. However, since the impatiens in my garden are still in bloom today, temperatures did not drop below fre... | PT74 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q20 Passage:If the city builds the proposed convention center, several national professional organizations will hold conventions there. And if several large conventions are held in the city, the total number of visitors will of course increase. Tax revenues will certainly increase if the number of v... | PT74 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q21 Passage:In a study, pairs of trained dogs were placed side by side and given a command such as "sit." After both obeyed the command, one dog was given a treat while its partner was given no reward at all. Over time, the dogs who went unrewarded began to disobey the command. This shows that dogs ... | PT74 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q22 Passage:A study of 20,000 20- to 64-year-olds found that people's satisfaction with their incomes is not strongly correlated with the amount they make. People tend to live in neighborhoods of people from their same economic class, and the study shows that people's satisfaction with their incomes... | PT74 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q23 Passage:Geologist: The dominant view that petroleum formed from the fossilized remains of plants and animals deep in the earth's crust has been challenged by scientists who hold that it formed, not from living material, but from deep carbon deposits dating from the formation of the earth. But th... | PT74 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q24 Passage:Any driver involved in an accident leading to personal injury or property damage exceeding $500 is legally required to report the accident to the department of motor vehicles, unless the driver is incapable of doing so. Ted is not required to report the accident in which he was involved ... | PT74 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT74 S1 Q25 Passage:Student: If a person has an immunity to infection by a microorganism, then that microorganism does not cause them to develop harmful symptoms. Since many people are exposed to staphylococcus without developing any harmful symptoms, it follows that they have an immunity to infection by th... | PT74 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q1 Passage:A concert is given by a six-member band‚ guitarist, keyboard player, percussionist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist. During the concert, each member performs exactly one solo. The following restrictions apply:The guitarist does not perform the fourth solo.The percussionist performs a so... | PT74 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q2 Passage:A concert is given by a six-member band‚ guitarist, keyboard player, percussionist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist. During the concert, each member performs exactly one solo. The following restrictions apply:The guitarist does not perform the fourth solo.The percussionist performs a so... | PT74 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q3 Passage:A concert is given by a six-member band‚ guitarist, keyboard player, percussionist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist. During the concert, each member performs exactly one solo. The following restrictions apply:The guitarist does not perform the fourth solo.The percussionist performs a so... | PT74 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q4 Passage:A concert is given by a six-member band‚ guitarist, keyboard player, percussionist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist. During the concert, each member performs exactly one solo. The following restrictions apply:The guitarist does not perform the fourth solo.The percussionist performs a so... | PT74 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q5 Passage:A concert is given by a six-member band‚ guitarist, keyboard player, percussionist, saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist. During the concert, each member performs exactly one solo. The following restrictions apply:The guitarist does not perform the fourth solo.The percussionist performs a so... | PT74 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q6 Passage:Four art historians‚ Farley, Garcia, Holden, and Jiang‚ will give a series of four public lectures, each lecture on a different topic‚ lithographs, oil paintings, sculptures, and watercolors. The lectures will be given one at a time, with each art historian giving a lecture on a different... | PT74 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q7 Passage:Four art historians‚ Farley, Garcia, Holden, and Jiang‚ will give a series of four public lectures, each lecture on a different topic‚ lithographs, oil paintings, sculptures, and watercolors. The lectures will be given one at a time, with each art historian giving a lecture on a different... | PT74 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q8 Passage:Four art historians‚ Farley, Garcia, Holden, and Jiang‚ will give a series of four public lectures, each lecture on a different topic‚ lithographs, oil paintings, sculptures, and watercolors. The lectures will be given one at a time, with each art historian giving a lecture on a different... | PT74 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q9 Passage:Four art historians‚ Farley, Garcia, Holden, and Jiang‚ will give a series of four public lectures, each lecture on a different topic‚ lithographs, oil paintings, sculptures, and watercolors. The lectures will be given one at a time, with each art historian giving a lecture on a different... | PT74 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q10 Passage:Four art historians‚ Farley, Garcia, Holden, and Jiang‚ will give a series of four public lectures, each lecture on a different topic‚ lithographs, oil paintings, sculptures, and watercolors. The lectures will be given one at a time, with each art historian giving a lecture on a differen... | PT74 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q11 Passage:Three rugs will be woven out of colored thread. Six colors of thread are available‚ forest, olive, peach, turquoise, white, and yellow‚ exactly five of which will be used to weave the rugs. Each color that is used will be used in only one of the rugs. The rugs are either solid‚ woven in ... | PT74 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q12 Passage:Three rugs will be woven out of colored thread. Six colors of thread are available‚ forest, olive, peach, turquoise, white, and yellow‚ exactly five of which will be used to weave the rugs. Each color that is used will be used in only one of the rugs. The rugs are either solid‚ woven in ... | PT74 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q13 Passage:Three rugs will be woven out of colored thread. Six colors of thread are available‚ forest, olive, peach, turquoise, white, and yellow‚ exactly five of which will be used to weave the rugs. Each color that is used will be used in only one of the rugs. The rugs are either solid‚ woven in ... | PT74 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q14 Passage:Three rugs will be woven out of colored thread. Six colors of thread are available‚ forest, olive, peach, turquoise, white, and yellow‚ exactly five of which will be used to weave the rugs. Each color that is used will be used in only one of the rugs. The rugs are either solid‚ woven in ... | PT74 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q15 Passage:Three rugs will be woven out of colored thread. Six colors of thread are available‚ forest, olive, peach, turquoise, white, and yellow‚ exactly five of which will be used to weave the rugs. Each color that is used will be used in only one of the rugs. The rugs are either solid‚ woven in ... | PT74 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q16 Passage:Three rugs will be woven out of colored thread. Six colors of thread are available‚ forest, olive, peach, turquoise, white, and yellow‚ exactly five of which will be used to weave the rugs. Each color that is used will be used in only one of the rugs. The rugs are either solid‚ woven in ... | PT74 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q17 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q18 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q19 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q20 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q21 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q22 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT74 S2 Q23 Passage:The manager of a photography business must assign at least two photographers to each of two graduation ceremonies‚ one at Silva University and the other at Thorne University. Exactly six photographers are available‚ Frost, Gonzalez, Heideck, Knutson, Lai, and Mays‚ but not all have to be... | PT74 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q1 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q2 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q3 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q4 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q5 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q6 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q7 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q8 Passage:Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense... | PT74 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q9 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not ... | PT74 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q10 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q11 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q12 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q13 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q14 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q15 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q16 Passage:"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's revealing negative information about a client before that information is revealed or elicited by an opposing lawyer. While there is no point in revealing a weakness that is unknown to one's opponents or that would not... | PT74 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q17 Passage:Passage A To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that mat... | PT74 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q18 Passage:Passage A To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that mat... | PT74 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q19 Passage:Passage A To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that mat... | PT74 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q20 Passage:Passage A To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that mat... | PT74 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q21 Passage:Passage A To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your behavior other than the operations of your brain. This viewpoint, together with recent findings in neuroscience, radically changes the way we think about the law. The official line in the law is that all that mat... | PT74 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q22 Passage:This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book.In a recent study, Mario García argues that in the United States between 1930 and 1960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have r... | PT74 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q23 Passage:This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book.In a recent study, Mario García argues that in the United States between 1930 and 1960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have r... | PT74 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q24 Passage:This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book.In a recent study, Mario García argues that in the United States between 1930 and 1960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have r... | PT74 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q25 Passage:This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book.In a recent study, Mario García argues that in the United States between 1930 and 1960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have r... | PT74 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q26 Passage:This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book.In a recent study, Mario García argues that in the United States between 1930 and 1960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have r... | PT74 S3 Q26 |
Question ID:PT74 S3 Q27 Passage:This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book.In a recent study, Mario García argues that in the United States between 1930 and 1960 the group of political activists he calls the "Mexican American Generation" was more radical and politically diverse than earlier historians have r... | PT74 S3 Q27 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q1 Passage:Ming: Since trans fat is particularly unhealthy, it's fortunate for the consumer that so many cookie manufacturers have completely eliminated it from their products.Carol: Why do you say that? Even without trans fat, desserts do not make for healthy eating. Stem:Carol's response indicates... | PT74 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q2 Passage:Historian: During the Industrial Revolution, for the first time in history, the productivity of the economy grew at a faster rate than the population and thus dramatically improved living standards. An economist theorizes that this growth was made possible by the spread of values such as ... | PT74 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q3 Passage:The master plan for the new park calls for the planting of trees of any species native to this area, except for those native trees that grow to be very large, such as the cottonwood. The trees that the community group donated were purchased at Three Rivers Nursery, which sells mostly nati... | PT74 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q4 Passage:Paleontologists had long supposed that the dinosaur Diplodocus browsed for high-growing vegetation such as treetop leaves by raising its very long neck. But now computer models have shown that the structure of Diplodocus's neck bones would have prevented such movement. The neck could, how... | PT74 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q5 Passage:Government official: Although the determination of local residents to rebuild hiking trails recently devastated by a landslide indicates that they are strongly committed to their community, the government should not assist them in rebuilding. The reason is clear: there is a strong likelih... | PT74 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q6 Passage:Scientist: There is a lot of concern that human behavior may be responsible for large-scale climate change. But this should be seen as more of an opportunity than a problem. If human behavior is responsible for climate change, then we can control future climate change to make it less extr... | PT74 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q7 Passage:In a study of heart patients awaiting treatment for reduced blood flow to the heart, those still waiting to find out whether they would need surgery were less likely to experience pain from the condition than were those who knew what type of treatment they would receive. Assuming that thi... | PT74 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q8 Passage:Given the shape of the hip and foot bones of the Kodiak bear, it has been determined that standing and walking upright is completely natural behavior for these bears. Thus, walking on hind legs is instinctive and not a learned behavior of the Kodiak. Stem:To which one of the following cri... | PT74 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q9 Passage:People are usually interested in, and often even moved by, anecdotes about individuals, whereas they rarely even pay attention to statistical information, much less change their beliefs in response to it. However, although anecdotes are generally misleading in that they are about unrepres... | PT74 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q10 Passage:In 2005, paleontologist Mary Schweitzer made headlines when she reported finding preserved soft tissue in the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur. Analysis of the collagen proteins from the T. rex showed them to be similar to the collagen proteins in modern-day chickens. Schweitzer's d... | PT74 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q11 Passage:A university professor researching sleep disorders occasionally taught class after spending whole nights working in a laboratory. She found lecturing after such nights difficult: she reported that she felt worn out and humorless, and she had difficulty concentrating and finding the appro... | PT74 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q12 Passage:Prime minister: Our nation's government should give priority to satisfying the needs of our nation's people over satisfying the needs of people of any other nation. This is despite the fact that the people of other nations are equal in worth to the people of our nation, which means that ... | PT74 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q13 Passage:Mayor: To keep our neighborhoods clean, every street in town will be swept at least once a month. If a neighborhood needs more frequent sweepings, due to excessive dirt from major construction for example, that neighborhood will be qualified for interim sweepings. All requests for interi... | PT74 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q14 Passage:Journalist: It is unethical for journalists to lie‚ to say something untrue with the purpose of deceiving the listener‚ to get a story. However, journalists commonly withhold relevant information in interviews in order to elicit new information. Some argue that this, like lying, is inte... | PT74 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q15 Passage:Economist: Many of my colleagues are arguing that interest rates should be further lowered in order to stimulate economic growth. However, no such stimulation is needed: the economy is already growing at a sustainable rate. So, currently there is no reason to lower interest rates further... | PT74 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q16 Passage:Most commentators on Baroque painting consider Caravaggio an early practitioner of that style, believing that his realism and novel use of the interplay of light and shadow broke sharply with current styles of Caravaggio's time and significantly influenced seventeenth-century Baroque pai... | PT74 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q17 Passage:Under the legal doctrine of jury nullification, a jury may legitimately acquit a defendant it believes violated a law if the jury believes that law to be unjust. Proponents argue that this practice is legitimate because it helps shield against injustice. But the doctrine relies excessive... | PT74 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT74 S4 Q18 Passage:Pharmacist: A large study of people aged 65‚ 81 and suffering from insomnia showed that most of insomnia's symptoms are substantially alleviated by ingesting melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland, which plays a role in the regulation of the body's biological clock. Thus, the... | PT74 S4 Q18 |
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