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Question ID:PT53 S4 Q4 Passage:Asian American poetry from Hawaii, the Pacific island state of the United States, is generally characterizable in one of two ways: either as portraying a model multicultural paradise, or as exemplifying familiar Asian American literary themes such as generational conflict. In this light, ... | PT53 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q5 Passage:Asian American poetry from Hawaii, the Pacific island state of the United States, is generally characterizable in one of two ways: either as portraying a model multicultural paradise, or as exemplifying familiar Asian American literary themes such as generational conflict. In this light, ... | PT53 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q6 Passage:Asian American poetry from Hawaii, the Pacific island state of the United States, is generally characterizable in one of two ways: either as portraying a model multicultural paradise, or as exemplifying familiar Asian American literary themes such as generational conflict. In this light, ... | PT53 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q7 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or t... | PT53 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q8 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or t... | PT53 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q9 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or t... | PT53 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q10 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or ... | PT53 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q11 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or ... | PT53 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q12 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or ... | PT53 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q13 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or ... | PT53 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q14 Passage:In England the burden of history weighs heavily on common law, that unwritten code of time-honored laws derived largely from English judicial custom and precedent. Students of contemporary British law are frequently required to study medieval cases, to interpret archaic Latin maxims, or ... | PT53 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q15 Passage:The passages discuss relationships between business interests and university research.Passage A As university researchers working in a "gift economy" dedicated to collegial sharing of ideas, we have long been insulated from market pressures. The recent tendency to treat research findings... | PT53 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q16 Passage:The passages discuss relationships between business interests and university research.Passage A As university researchers working in a "gift economy" dedicated to collegial sharing of ideas, we have long been insulated from market pressures. The recent tendency to treat research findings... | PT53 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q17 Passage:The passages discuss relationships between business interests and university research.Passage A As university researchers working in a "gift economy" dedicated to collegial sharing of ideas, we have long been insulated from market pressures. The recent tendency to treat research findings... | PT53 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q18 Passage:The passages discuss relationships between business interests and university research.Passage A As university researchers working in a "gift economy" dedicated to collegial sharing of ideas, we have long been insulated from market pressures. The recent tendency to treat research findings... | PT53 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q19 Passage:The passages discuss relationships between business interests and university research.Passage A As university researchers working in a "gift economy" dedicated to collegial sharing of ideas, we have long been insulated from market pressures. The recent tendency to treat research findings... | PT53 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q20 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q21 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q22 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q23 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q24 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q25 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q26 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT53 S4 Q27 Passage:Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators. A case in point is the cyclamen mite, a pest whose population can be effectively controlled by a predatory mite of the genus Typhlodromus. Cyclamen mites infest ... | PT53 S4 Q27 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q1 Passage:Certain companies require their managers to rank workers in the groups they supervise from best to worst, giving each worker a unique ranking based on job performance. The top 10 percent of the workers in each group are rewarded and the bottom 10 percent are penalized or fired. But this s... | PT52 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q2 Passage:Psychologist: A study of 436 university students found that those who took short naps throughout the day suffered from insomnia more frequently than those who did not. Moreover, people who work on commercial fishing vessels often have irregular sleep patterns that include frequent nappin... | PT52 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q3 Passage:Whenever Joe's car is vacuumed, the employees of K & L Auto vacuum it; they are the only people who ever vacuum Joe's car. If the employees of K & L Auto vacuumed Joe's car, then Joe took his car to K & L Auto to be fixed. Joe's car was recently vacuumed. Therefore, Joe took his car to... | PT52 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q4 Passage:Editorialist: In a large corporation, one of the functions of the corporation's president is to promote the key interests of the shareholders. Therefore, the president has a duty to keep the corporation's profits high. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, would most strengthen the ... | PT52 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q5 Passage:Everyone in Biba's neighborhood is permitted to swim at Barton Pool at some time during each day that it is open. No children under the age of 6 are permitted to swim at Barton Pool between noon and 5 P.M. From 5 P.M. until closing, Barton Pool is reserved for adults only. Stem:If all the... | PT52 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q6 Passage:Beck: Our computer program estimates municipal automotive use based on weekly data. Some staff question the accuracy of the program's estimates. But because the figures it provides are remarkably consistent from week to week, we can be confident of its accuracy. Stem:The reasoning in Bec... | PT52 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q7 Passage:Inertia affects the flow of water pumped through a closed system of pipes. When the pump is first switched on, the water, which has mass, takes time to reach full speed. When the pump is switched off, inertia causes the decrease in the water flow to be gradual. The effects of inductance i... | PT52 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q8 Passage:Journalist: To reconcile the need for profits sufficient to support new drug research with the moral imperative to provide medicines to those who most need them but cannot afford them, some pharmaceutical companies feel justified in selling a drug in rich nations at one price and in poor... | PT52 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q9 Passage:Robert: The school board is considering adopting a year-round academic schedule that eliminates the traditional three-month summer vacation. This schedule should be adopted, since teachers need to cover more new material during the school year than they do now.Samantha: The proposed sc... | PT52 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q10 Passage:In order to reduce traffic congestion and raise revenue for the city, the mayor plans to implement a charge of $10 per day for driving in the downtown area. Payment of this charge will be enforced using a highly sophisticated system that employs digital cameras and computerized automobil... | PT52 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q11 Passage:A recent study revealed that the percentage of people treated at large, urban hospitals who recover from their illnesses is lower than the percentage for people treated at smaller, rural hospitals. Stem:Each of the following, if true, contributes to an explanation of the difference in re... | PT52 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q12 Passage:Perry: Worker-owned businesses require workers to spend time on management decision-making and investment strategy, tasks that are not directly productive. Also, such businesses have less extensive divisions of labor than do investor-owned businesses. Such inefficiencies can lead to low... | PT52 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q13 Passage:Some paleontologists believe that certain species of dinosaurs guarded their young in protective nests long after the young hatched. As evidence, they cite the discovery of fossilized hadrosaur babies and adolescents in carefully designed nests. But similar nests for hatchlings and adole... | PT52 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q14 Passage:For one academic year all the students at a high school were observed. The aim was to test the hypothesis that studying more increased a student's chances of earning a higher grade. It turned out that the students who spent the most time studying did not earn grades as high as did many s... | PT52 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q15 Passage:Researchers had three groups of professional cyclists cycle for one hour at different levels of intensity. Members of groups A, B, and C cycled at rates that sustained, for an hour, pulses of about 60 percent, 70 percent, and 85 percent, respectively, of the recommended maximum pulse rat... | PT52 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q16 Passage:Anyone who believes in extraterrestrials believes in UFOs. But the existence of UFOs has been conclusively refuted. Therefore a belief in extraterrestrials is false as well. Stem:Which one of the following arguments contains flawed reasoning most similar to that in the argument above? Co... | PT52 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q17 Passage:People want to be instantly and intuitively liked. Those persons who are perceived as forming opinions of others only after cautiously gathering and weighing the evidence are generally resented. Thus, it is imprudent to appear prudent. Stem:Which one of the following, if assumed, enables... | PT52 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q18 Passage:Journalist: Recent studies have demonstrated that a regular smoker who has just smoked a cigarette will typically display significantly better short-term memory skills than a nonsmoker, whether or not the nonsmoker has also just smoked a cigarette for the purposes of the study. Moreover... | PT52 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q19 Passage:Educator: It has been argued that our professional organization should make decisions about important issues‚ such as raising dues and taking political stands‚ by a direct vote of all members rather than by having members vote for officers who in turn make the decisions. This would not,... | PT52 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q20 Passage:Neural connections carrying signals from the cortex (the brain region responsible for thought) down to the amygdala (a brain region crucial for emotions) are less well developed than connections carrying signals from the amygdala up to the cortex. Thus, the amygdala exerts a greater infl... | PT52 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q21 Passage:The Iliad and the Odyssey were both attributed to Homer in ancient times. But these two poems differ greatly in tone and vocabulary and in certain details of the fictional world they depict. So they are almost certainly not the work of the same poet. Stem:Which one of the following state... | PT52 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q22 Passage:Moralist: A statement is wholly truthful only if it is true and made without intended deception. A statement is a lie if it is intended to deceive or if its speaker, upon learning that the statement was misinterpreted, refrains from clarifying it. Stem:Which one of the following judgmen... | PT52 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q23 Passage:Principle: It is healthy for children to engage in an activity that promotes their intellectual development only if engaging in that activity does not detract from their social development.Application: Although Megan's frequent reading stimulates her intellectually, it reduces the amount... | PT52 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q24 Passage:In response to several bacterial infections traced to its apple juice, McElligott now flash pasteurizes its apple juice by quickly heating and immediately rechilling it. Intensive pasteurization, in which juice is heated for an hour, eliminates bacteria more effectively than does any oth... | PT52 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT52 S1 Q25 Passage:Sociologist: Widespread acceptance of the idea that individuals are incapable of looking after their own welfare is injurious to a democracy. So legislators who value democracy should not propose any law prohibiting behavior that is not harmful to anyone besides the person engaging in i... | PT52 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q1 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q2 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q3 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q4 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q5 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q6 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q7 Passage:Workers at a water treatment plant open eight valves‚ G, H, I, K, L, N, O, and P‚ to flush out a system of pipes that needs emergency repairs. To maximize safety and efficiency, each valve is opened exactly once, and no two valves are opened at the same time. The valves are opened in acco... | PT52 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q8 Passage:On a field trip to the Museum of Natural History, each of six children‚ Juana, Kyle, Lucita, Salim, Thanh, and Veronica‚ is accompanied by one of three adults‚ Ms. Margoles, Mr. O'Connell, and Ms. Podorski. Each adult accompanies exactly two of the children, consistent with the following ... | PT52 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q9 Passage:On a field trip to the Museum of Natural History, each of six children‚ Juana, Kyle, Lucita, Salim, Thanh, and Veronica‚ is accompanied by one of three adults‚ Ms. Margoles, Mr. O'Connell, and Ms. Podorski. Each adult accompanies exactly two of the children, consistent with the following ... | PT52 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q10 Passage:On a field trip to the Museum of Natural History, each of six children‚ Juana, Kyle, Lucita, Salim, Thanh, and Veronica‚ is accompanied by one of three adults‚ Ms. Margoles, Mr. O'Connell, and Ms. Podorski. Each adult accompanies exactly two of the children, consistent with the following... | PT52 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q11 Passage:On a field trip to the Museum of Natural History, each of six children‚ Juana, Kyle, Lucita, Salim, Thanh, and Veronica‚ is accompanied by one of three adults‚ Ms. Margoles, Mr. O'Connell, and Ms. Podorski. Each adult accompanies exactly two of the children, consistent with the following... | PT52 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q12 Passage:On a field trip to the Museum of Natural History, each of six children‚ Juana, Kyle, Lucita, Salim, Thanh, and Veronica‚ is accompanied by one of three adults‚ Ms. Margoles, Mr. O'Connell, and Ms. Podorski. Each adult accompanies exactly two of the children, consistent with the following... | PT52 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q13 Passage:Three short seminars‚ Goals, Objections, and Persuasion‚ and three long seminars‚ Humor, Negotiating, and Telemarketing‚ will be scheduled for a three-day sales training conference. On each day, two of the seminars will be given consecutively. Each seminar will be given exactly once. The... | PT52 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q14 Passage:Three short seminars‚ Goals, Objections, and Persuasion‚ and three long seminars‚ Humor, Negotiating, and Telemarketing‚ will be scheduled for a three-day sales training conference. On each day, two of the seminars will be given consecutively. Each seminar will be given exactly once. The... | PT52 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q15 Passage:Three short seminars‚ Goals, Objections, and Persuasion‚ and three long seminars‚ Humor, Negotiating, and Telemarketing‚ will be scheduled for a three-day sales training conference. On each day, two of the seminars will be given consecutively. Each seminar will be given exactly once. The... | PT52 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q16 Passage:Three short seminars‚ Goals, Objections, and Persuasion‚ and three long seminars‚ Humor, Negotiating, and Telemarketing‚ will be scheduled for a three-day sales training conference. On each day, two of the seminars will be given consecutively. Each seminar will be given exactly once. The... | PT52 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q17 Passage:Three short seminars‚ Goals, Objections, and Persuasion‚ and three long seminars‚ Humor, Negotiating, and Telemarketing‚ will be scheduled for a three-day sales training conference. On each day, two of the seminars will be given consecutively. Each seminar will be given exactly once. The... | PT52 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q18 Passage:A bread truck makes exactly one bread delivery to each of six restaurants in succession‚ Figueroa's, Ginsberg's, Harris's, Kanzaki's, Leacock's, and Malpighi's‚ though not necessarily in that order. The following conditions must apply:Ginsberg's delivery is earlier than Kanzaki's but lat... | PT52 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q19 Passage:A bread truck makes exactly one bread delivery to each of six restaurants in succession‚ Figueroa's, Ginsberg's, Harris's, Kanzaki's, Leacock's, and Malpighi's‚ though not necessarily in that order. The following conditions must apply:Ginsberg's delivery is earlier than Kanzaki's but lat... | PT52 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q20 Passage:A bread truck makes exactly one bread delivery to each of six restaurants in succession‚ Figueroa's, Ginsberg's, Harris's, Kanzaki's, Leacock's, and Malpighi's‚ though not necessarily in that order. The following conditions must apply:Ginsberg's delivery is earlier than Kanzaki's but lat... | PT52 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q21 Passage:A bread truck makes exactly one bread delivery to each of six restaurants in succession‚ Figueroa's, Ginsberg's, Harris's, Kanzaki's, Leacock's, and Malpighi's‚ though not necessarily in that order. The following conditions must apply:Ginsberg's delivery is earlier than Kanzaki's but lat... | PT52 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q22 Passage:A bread truck makes exactly one bread delivery to each of six restaurants in succession‚ Figueroa's, Ginsberg's, Harris's, Kanzaki's, Leacock's, and Malpighi's‚ though not necessarily in that order. The following conditions must apply:Ginsberg's delivery is earlier than Kanzaki's but lat... | PT52 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT52 S2 Q23 Passage:A bread truck makes exactly one bread delivery to each of six restaurants in succession‚ Figueroa's, Ginsberg's, Harris's, Kanzaki's, Leacock's, and Malpighi's‚ though not necessarily in that order. The following conditions must apply:Ginsberg's delivery is earlier than Kanzaki's but lat... | PT52 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q1 Passage:Any museum that owns the rare stamp that features an airplane printed upside down should not display it. Ultraviolet light causes red ink to fade, and a substantial portion of the stamp is red. If the stamp is displayed, it will be damaged. It should be kept safely locked away, even thoug... | PT52 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q2 Passage:Dietitian: Many diet-conscious consumers are excited about new "fake fat" products designed to give food the flavor and consistency of fatty foods, yet without fat's harmful effects. Consumers who expect the new fat substitute to help them lose weight are likely to be disappointed, howev... | PT52 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q3 Passage:Banking analyst: Banks often offer various services to new customers at no charge. But this is not an ideal business practice, since regular, long-term customers, who make up the bulk of the business for most banks, are excluded from these special offers. Stem:Which one of the following,... | PT52 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q4 Passage:Panelist: Medical research articles cited in popular newspapers or magazines are more likely than other medical research articles to be cited in subsequent medical research. Thus, it appears that medical researchers' judgments of the importance of prior research are strongly influenced b... | PT52 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q5 Passage:Lahar: We must now settle on a procedure for deciding on meeting agendas. Our club's constitution allows three options: unanimous consent, majority vote, or assigning the task to a committee. Unanimous consent is unlikely. Forming a committee has usually led to factionalism and secret d... | PT52 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q6 Passage:Mayor: Local antitobacco activists are calling for expanded antismoking education programs paid for by revenue from heavily increased taxes on cigarettes sold in the city. Although the effectiveness of such education programs is debatable, there is strong evidence that the taxes themselv... | PT52 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q7 Passage:Gotera: Infants lack the motor ability required to voluntarily produce particular sounds, but produce various babbling sounds randomly. Most children are several years old before they can voluntarily produce most of the vowel and consonant sounds of their language. We can conclude that s... | PT52 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q8 Passage:Caldwell: The government recently demolished a former naval base. Among the complex's facilities were a gymnasium, a swimming pool, office buildings, gardens, and housing for hundreds of people. Of course the government was legally permitted to use these facilities as it wished. But clea... | PT52 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q9 Passage:Reducing stress lessens a person's sensitivity to pain. This is the conclusion reached by researchers who played extended audiotapes to patients before they underwent surgery and afterward while they were recovering. One tape consisted of conversation; the other consisted of music. Those ... | PT52 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q10 Passage:Samuel: Because communication via computer is usually conducted privately and anonymously between people who would otherwise interact in person, it contributes to the dissolution, not the creation, of lasting communal bonds.Tova: You assume that communication via computer replaces more... | PT52 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q11 Passage:Spreading iron particles over the surface of the earth's oceans would lead to an increase in phytoplankton, decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and thereby counteracting the greenhouse effect. But while counteracting the greenhouse effect is important, the side effe... | PT52 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q12 Passage:No matter how conscientious they are, historians always have biases that affect their work. Hence, rather than trying to interpret historical events, historians should instead interpret what the people who participated in historical events thought about those events. Stem:The reasoning i... | PT52 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q13 Passage:Humanitarian considerations aside, sheer economics dictates that country X should institute, as country Y has done, a nationwide system of air and ground transportation for conveying seriously injured persons to specialized trauma centers. Timely access to the kind of medical care that ... | PT52 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q14 Passage:Early urban societies could not have been maintained without large-scale farming nearby. This is because other methods of food acquisition, such as foraging, cannot support populations as dense as urban ones. Large-scale farming requires irrigation, which remained unfeasible in areas far... | PT52 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q15 Passage:Economist: A country's rapid emergence from an economic recession requires substantial new investment in that country's economy. Since people's confidence in the economic policies of their country is a precondition for any new investment, countries that put collective goals before indiv... | PT52 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q16 Passage:The average length of stay for patients at Edgewater Hospital is four days, compared to six days at University Hospital. Since studies show that recovery rates at the two hospitals are similar for patients with similar illnesses, University Hospital could decrease its average length of s... | PT52 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q17 Passage:Philosopher: Graham argues that since a person is truly happy only when doing something, the best life is a life that is full of activity. But we should not be persuaded by Graham's argument. People sleep, and at least sometimes when sleeping, they are truly happy, even though they are ... | PT52 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q18 Passage:Historian: In rebuttal of my claim that West influenced Stuart, some people point out that West's work is mentioned only once in Stuart's diaries. But Stuart's diaries mention several meetings with West, and Stuart's close friend, Abella, studied under West. Furthermore, Stuart's work o... | PT52 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q19 Passage:One theory to explain the sudden extinction of all dinosaurs points to "drug overdoses" as the cause. Angiosperms, a certain class of plants, first appeared at the time that dinosaurs became extinct. These plants produce amino-acid-based alkaloids that are psychoactive agents. Most plant... | PT52 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q20 Passage:There are two ways to manage an existing transportation infrastructure: continuous maintenance at adequate levels, and periodic radical reconstruction. Continuous maintenance dispenses with the need for radical reconstruction, and radical reconstruction is necessitated by failing to pe... | PT52 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q21 Passage:A good way to get over one's fear of an activity one finds terrifying is to do it repeatedly. For instance, over half of people who have parachuted only once report being extremely frightened by the experience, while less than 1 percent of those who have parachuted ten times or more repo... | PT52 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q22 Passage:Most economists believe that reducing the price of any product generally stimulates demand for it. However, most wine merchants have found that reducing the price of domestic wines to make them more competitive with imported wines with which they were previously comparably priced is freq... | PT52 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q23 Passage:Certain bacteria that produce hydrogen sulfide as a waste product would die if directly exposed to oxygen. The hydrogen sulfide reacts with oxygen, removing it and so preventing it from harming the bacteria. Furthermore, the hydrogen sulfide tends to kill other organisms in the area, the... | PT52 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q24 Passage:Books that present a utopian future in which the inequities and sufferings of the present are replaced by more harmonious and rational social arrangements will always find enthusiastic buyers. Since gloomy books predicting that even more terrifying times await us are clearly not of this ... | PT52 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT52 S3 Q25 Passage:Some people mistakenly believe that since we do not have direct access to the distant past we cannot learn much about it. Contemporary historians and archaeologists find current geography, geology, and climate to be rich in clues about a given region's distant history. However, the more ... | PT52 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT52 S4 Q1 Passage:Many critics agree that the primary characteristic of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work is its sociopolitical commitment. Sembène was trained in Moscow in the cinematic methods of socialist realism, and he asserts that his films are not meant to entertain his compatriots, but ... | PT52 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT52 S4 Q2 Passage:Many critics agree that the primary characteristic of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work is its sociopolitical commitment. Sembène was trained in Moscow in the cinematic methods of socialist realism, and he asserts that his films are not meant to entertain his compatriots, but ... | PT52 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT52 S4 Q3 Passage:Many critics agree that the primary characteristic of Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène's work is its sociopolitical commitment. Sembène was trained in Moscow in the cinematic methods of socialist realism, and he asserts that his films are not meant to entertain his compatriots, but ... | PT52 S4 Q3 |
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