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Question ID:PT48 S4 Q2 Passage:Sleep research has demonstrated that sleep is characterized by periods of different levels of brain activity. People experience dreams during only one of these periods, known as REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Test subjects who are chronically deprived of REM sleep become irritable during... | PT48 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q3 Passage:Since 1989 the importation of ivory from African elephants into the United States and Canada has been illegal, but the importation of ivory from the excavated tusks of ancient mammoths remains legal in both countries. Following the ban, there was a sharp increase in the importation of ivo... | PT48 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q4 Passage:My suspicion that there is some truth to astrology has been confirmed. Most physicians I have talked to believe in it. Stem:The flawed pattern of reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of the following? Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:Professor Smith was conv... | PT48 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q5 Passage:The best explanation for Mozart's death involves the recently detected fracture in his skull. The crack, most likely the result of an accident, could have easily torn veins in his brain, allowing blood to leak into his brain. When such bleeding occurs in the brain and the blood dries, man... | PT48 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q6 Passage:In the first phase of the Industrial Revolution, machines were invented whose main advantage was that they worked faster than human workers. This technology became widely used because it was economically attractive; many unskilled workers could be replaced by just a few skilled workers. T... | PT48 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q7 Passage:For many types of crops, hybrid strains have been developed that have been found in test plantings to produce significantly higher yields than were produced by traditional nonhybrid strains of those crops planted alongside them. However, in many parts of the world where farmers have aban... | PT48 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q8 Passage:This stamp is probably highly valuable, since it exhibits a printing error. The most important factors in determining a stamp's value, assuming it is in good condition, are its rarity and age. This is clearly a fine specimen, and it is quite old as well. Stem:The conclusion is properly in... | PT48 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q9 Passage:A recent study of several hundred female physicians showed that their tendency to develop coronary disease was inversely proportional to their dietary intake of two vitamins, folate and B6. The researchers concluded that folate and B6 inhibit the development of heart disease in women. Ste... | PT48 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q10 Passage:The proposed coal-burning electric plant should be approved, since no good arguments have been offered against it. After all, all the arguments against it have been presented by competing electricity producers. Stem:Which one of the following is an assumption on which the reasoning above... | PT48 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q11 Passage:Psychiatrist: While the first appearance of a phobia is usually preceded by a traumatizing event, not everyone who is traumatized by an event develops a phobia. Furthermore, many people with phobias have never been traumatized. These two considerations show that traumatizing events do n... | PT48 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q12 Passage:Some species are called "indicator species" because the loss of a population of such a species serves as an early warning of problems arising from pollution. Environmentalists tracking the effects of pollution have increasingly paid heed to indicator species; yet environmentalists would ... | PT48 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q13 Passage:Columnist: Tagowa's testimony in the Pemberton trial was not heard outside the courtroom, so we cannot be sure what she said. Afterward, however, she publicly affirmed her belief in Pemberton's guilt. Hence, since the jury found Pemberton not guilty, we can conclude that not all of the ... | PT48 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q14 Passage:A new tax law aimed at encouraging the reforestation of cleared land in order to increase the amount of forested land in a particular region offers lumber companies tax incentives for each unit of cleared land they reforest. One lumber company has accordingly reduced its tax liability b... | PT48 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q15 Passage:Trustee: The recent exhibit at the art museum was extensively covered by the local media, and this coverage seems to have contributed to the record-breaking attendance it drew. If the attendance at the exhibit had been low, the museum would have gone bankrupt and closed permanently, so ... | PT48 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q16 Passage:Economist: A tax is effective if it raises revenue and burdens all and only those persons targeted by the tax. A tax is ineffective, however, if it does not raise revenue and it costs a significant amount of money to enforce. Stem:Which one of the following inferences is most strongly s... | PT48 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q17 Passage:A large amount of rainfall in April and May typically leads to an increase in the mosquito population and thus to an increased threat of encephalitis. People cannot change the weather. Thus people cannot decrease the threat of encephalitis. Stem:The reasoning in the argument above is fla... | PT48 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q18 Passage:Leadership depends as much on making one's followers aware of their own importance as it does on conveying a vivid image of a collective goal. Only if they are convinced both that their efforts are necessary for the accomplishment of this goal, and that these efforts, if expended, will a... | PT48 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q19 Passage:Fifty chronic insomniacs participated in a one-month study conducted at an institute for sleep disorders. Half were given a dose of a new drug and the other half were given a placebo every night before going to bed at the institute. Approximately 80 percent of the participants in each gr... | PT48 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q20 Passage:Advertisement: The Country Classic is the only kind of car in its class that offers an antilock braking system that includes TrackAid. An antilock braking system keeps your wheels from locking up during hard braking, and TrackAid keeps your rear wheels from spinning on slippery surface... | PT48 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q21 Passage:Sociologist: Traditional norms in our society prevent sincerity by requiring one to ignore unpleasant realities and tell small lies. But a community whose members do not trust one another cannot succeed. So, if a community is to succeed, its members must be willing to face unpleasant re... | PT48 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q22 Passage:If there is an election, you can either vote or not. If you vote, you have the satisfaction of knowing you influenced the results of the election; if you do not vote, you have no right to complain about the results. So, following an election, either you will have the satisfaction of know... | PT48 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q23 Passage:Company president: Our consultants report that, in general, the most efficient managers have excellent time management skills. Thus, to improve productivity I recommend that we make available to our middle-level managers a seminar to train them in techniques of time management. Stem:Eac... | PT48 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q24 Passage:Many Seychelles warblers of breeding age forgo breeding, remaining instead with their parents and helping to raise their own siblings. This behavior, called cooperative breeding, results from the scarcity of nesting territory for the birds on the tiny island that, until recently, was ho... | PT48 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q25 Passage:Therapist: In a recent study, researchers measured how quickly 60 different psychological problems waned as a large, diverse sample of people underwent weekly behavioral therapy sessions. About 75 percent of the 60 problems consistently cleared up within 50 weeks of therapy. This shows ... | PT48 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT48 S4 Q26 Passage:Researcher: It is commonly believed that species belonging to the same biological order, such as rodents, descended from a single common ancestor. However, I compared the genetic pattern in 3 rodent species‚ guinea pigs, rats, and mice‚ as well as in 13 nonrodent mammals, and found that... | PT48 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q1 Passage:While it might be expected that those neighborhoods most heavily patrolled by police have the least crime, the statistical evidence overwhelmingly supports the claim that such neighborhoods have the most crime. This shows that the presence of police does not decrease crime in a neighborho... | PT47 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q2 Passage:Despite increasing international efforts to protect the natural habitats of endangered species of animals, the rate at which these species are becoming extinct continues to rise. It is clear that these efforts are wasted. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the argumen... | PT47 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q3 Passage:When a lawmaker spoke out against a research grant awarded to a professor in a university's psychology department as a foolish expenditure of public money, other professors in that department drafted a letter protesting the lawmaker's interference in a field in which he was not trained. ... | PT47 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q4 Passage:Aaron: A prominent judge, criticizing "famous lawyers who come before courts ill-prepared to argue their cases," recently said, "This sort of cavalier attitude offends the court and can do nothing but harm to the client's cause." I find the judge's remarks irresponsible.Belinda: I find ... | PT47 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q5 Passage:The human emotional response presents an apparent paradox. People believe that they can be genuinely moved only by those things and events that they believe to be actual, yet they have genuine emotional responses to what they know to be fictional. Stem:Which one of the following situatio... | PT47 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q6 Passage:Recent investigations of earthquakes have turned up a previously unknown type of seismic shock, known as a displacement pulse, which is believed to be present in all earthquakes. Alarmingly, high-rise buildings are especially vulnerable to displacement pulses, according to computer models... | PT47 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q7 Passage:Terry: Months ago, I submitted a claim for my stolen bicycle to my insurance company. After hearing nothing for several weeks, I contacted the firm and found they had no record of my claim. Since then, I have resubmitted the claim twice and called the firm repeatedly, but I have yet to... | PT47 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q8 Passage:Fortune-teller: Admittedly, the claims of some self-proclaimed "psychics" have been shown to be fraudulent, but the exposure of a few charlatans cannot alter the fundamental fact that it has not been scientifically proven that there is no such thing as extrasensory perception (ESP). Furt... | PT47 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q9 Passage:Film historians have made two major criticisms of Depression-era filmmakers: first, that they were too uncritical of the economic status quo; and second, that they self-indulgently created films reflecting their own dreams and desires. However, these filmmakers made their movies with an e... | PT47 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q10 Passage:Editorial: Many observers note with dismay the decline in the number of nongovernmental, voluntary community organizations. They argue that this decline is caused by the corresponding growth of government services once provided by these voluntary community groups. But this may not be tr... | PT47 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q11 Passage:In contemplating major purchases, businesses often consider only whether there is enough money left from monthly revenues after paying monthly expenses to cover the cost of the purchase. But many expenses do not occur monthly; taking into account only monthly expenses can cause a busines... | PT47 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q12 Passage:All known living things are made of the same basic kinds of matter, are carbon based, and are equipped with genetic codes. So human life has the same origin as all other known life. Stem:The conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed? Correct Answer Choice:ECho... | PT47 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q13 Passage:All societies recognize certain rules to be so crucial that they define those rules as duties, such as rules restricting violence and those requiring the keeping of agreements. Contained in the notion of a duty is the idea that its fulfillment is so fundamental to a properly functioning ... | PT47 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q14 Passage:Linguist: Regional dialects, many of which eventually become distinct languages, are responses by local populations to their own particular communicative needs. So even when the unification of the world economy forces the adoption of a universal language for use in international trade, ... | PT47 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q15 Passage:Often, a product popularly believed to be the best of its type is no better than any other; rather, the product's reputation, which may be independent of its quality, provides its owner with status. Thus, although there is no harm in paying for status if that is what one wants, one shoul... | PT47 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q16 Passage:Essayist: Many people are hypocritical in that they often pretend to be more morally upright than they really are. When hypocrisy is exposed, hypocrites are embarrassed by their moral lapse, which motivates them and others to try to become better people. On the other hand, when hypocri... | PT47 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q17 Passage:"Multiple use" refers to the utilization of natural resources in combinations that will best meet the present and future needs of the public. Designating land as a wilderness area does not necessarily violate the multiple-use philosophy, for even when such use does not provide the greate... | PT47 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q18 Passage:In the troposphere, the lowest level of the earth's atmosphere, the temperature decreases as one progresses straight upward. At the top, the air temperature ranges from ‚ 50 degrees Celsius over the poles to ‚ 85 degrees Celsius over the equator. At that point the stratosphere begins, an... | PT47 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q19 Passage:There have been no new cases of naturally occurring polio in North America in recent years. Yet there are approximately 12 new cases of polio each year in North America, all caused by the commonly administered live oral polio vaccine (OPV). Substituting inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) fo... | PT47 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q20 Passage:Professor: Each government should do all that it can to improve the well-being of all the children in the society it governs. Therefore, governments should help finance high-quality day care since such day care will become available to families of all income levels if and only if it is ... | PT47 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q21 Passage:Opposition leader: Our country has the least fair court system of any country on the continent and ought not to be the model for others. Thus, our highest court is the least fair of any on the continent and ought not to be emulated by other countries. Stem:The flawed reasoning in which ... | PT47 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q22 Passage:Columnist: There are certain pesticides that, even though they have been banned for use in the United States for nearly 30 years, are still manufactured there and exported to other countries. In addition to jeopardizing the health of people in these other countries, this practice greatl... | PT47 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q23 Passage:Columnist: Neuroscientists have found that states of profound creativity are accompanied by an increase of theta brain waves, which occur in many regions of the brain, including the hippocampus. They also found that listening to music increases theta waves dramatically. Thus, one can at... | PT47 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q24 Passage:Consumer advocate: The manufacturer's instructions for assembling a product should be written in such a way that most consumers would find it much easier to put the product together if the instructions were available than if they were not. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, would... | PT47 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q25 Passage:Claude: Because of the relatively high number of middle-aged people in the workforce, there will be fewer opportunities for promotion into upper-management positions. Since this will decrease people's incentive to work hard, economic productivity and the quality of life will diminish.Th... | PT47 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT47 S1 Q26 Passage:Researchers gave 100 first-graders after-school lessons in handwriting. They found that those whose composition skills had improved the most had learned to write letters the most automatically. This suggests that producing characters more automatically frees up mental resources for other... | PT47 S1 Q26 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q1 Passage:In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at the construction site of the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, became one of the most significant and widely publicized campaigns of the civil rights movement in the United States. An interdenominational group made up most... | PT47 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q2 Passage:In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at the construction site of the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, became one of the most significant and widely publicized campaigns of the civil rights movement in the United States. An interdenominational group made up most... | PT47 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q3 Passage:In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at the construction site of the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, became one of the most significant and widely publicized campaigns of the civil rights movement in the United States. An interdenominational group made up most... | PT47 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q4 Passage:In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at the construction site of the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, became one of the most significant and widely publicized campaigns of the civil rights movement in the United States. An interdenominational group made up most... | PT47 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q5 Passage:In 1963, a three-week-long demonstration for jobs at the construction site of the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, became one of the most significant and widely publicized campaigns of the civil rights movement in the United States. An interdenominational group made up most... | PT47 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q6 Passage:The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. It intensified the absolutist mind-set of Maoist Revol... | PT47 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q7 Passage:The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. It intensified the absolutist mind-set of Maoist Revol... | PT47 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q8 Passage:The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. It intensified the absolutist mind-set of Maoist Revol... | PT47 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q9 Passage:The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. It intensified the absolutist mind-set of Maoist Revol... | PT47 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q10 Passage:The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. It intensified the absolutist mind-set of Maoist Revo... | PT47 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q11 Passage:The Cultural Revolution of 1966 to 1976, initiated by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in an attempt to reduce the influence of China's intellectual elite on the country's institutions, has had lasting repercussions on Chinese art. It intensified the absolutist mind-set of Maoist Revo... | PT47 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q12 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q13 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q14 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q15 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q16 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q17 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q18 Passage:Individual family members have been assisted in resolving disputes arising from divorce or separation, property division, or financial arrangements, through court-connected family mediation programs, which differ significantly from court adjudication. When courts use their authority to r... | PT47 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q19 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q20 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q21 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q22 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q23 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q24 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q25 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q25 |
Question ID:PT47 S2 Q26 Passage:Until recently, biologists were unable to explain the fact that pathogens‚ disease-causing parasites‚ have evolved to incapacitate, and often overwhelm, their hosts. Such behavior is at odds with the prevailing view of host-parasite relations‚ that, in general, host and parasite ultimate... | PT47 S2 Q26 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q1 Passage:Although fiber-optic telephone cable is more expensive to manufacture than copper telephone cable, a telephone network using fiber-optic cable is less expensive overall than a telephone network using copper cable. This is because copper cable requires frequent amplification of complex ele... | PT47 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q2 Passage:Being near woodlands, the natural habitat of bees, promotes the health of crops that depend on pollination. Bees, the most common pollinators, visit flowers far from woodlands less often than they visit flowers close to woodlands. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens... | PT47 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q3 Passage:According to the rules of the university's housing lottery, the only students guaranteed dormitory rooms are fourth-year students. In addition, any fourth-year student on the dean's list can choose a dormitory room before anyone who is not a fourth-year student. Stem:Which one of the foll... | PT47 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q4 Passage:To the editor:For generations, magnificent racehorses have been bred in our area. Our most valuable product, however, has been generations of children raised with the character that makes them winners in the contests of life. Gambling is wrong, and children raised in an atmosphere where... | PT47 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q5 Passage:Azadeh: The recent increase in the amount of organically produced food indicates that consumers are taking a greater interest in the environment. Thus, there is new hope for a healthier planet.Ben: No, Azadeh, if you interviewed people who buy organic produce, you'd see that they're act... | PT47 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q6 Passage:Citizen: The primary factor determining a dog's disposition is not its breed, but its home environment. A bad owner can undo generations of careful breeding. Legislation focusing on specific breeds of dogs would not address the effects of human behavior in raising and training animals. A... | PT47 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q7 Passage:Legislator: To keep our food safe, we must prohibit the use of any food additives that have been found to cause cancer.Commentator: An absolute prohibition is excessive. Today's tests can detect a single molecule of potentially cancer-causing substances, but we know that consuming signi... | PT47 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q8 Passage:Consumer advocate: There is ample evidence that the model of car one drives greatly affects the chances that one's car will be stolen. The model of car stolen most often in our country last year, for example, was also the model stolen most often in the preceding year. Stem:The consumer a... | PT47 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q9 Passage:Laird: Pure research provides us with new technologies that contribute to saving lives. Even more worthwhile than this, however, is its role in expanding our knowledge and providing new, unexplored ideas.Kim: Your priorities are mistaken. Saving lives is what counts most of all. Without... | PT47 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q10 Passage:Naturalist: To be dependable, the accounting framework used by national economists to advise the government must take into account all of our nation's assets; but the current accounting framework used by our national economists assigns no value to government-owned natural resources, whi... | PT47 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q11 Passage:Carrots are known to be one of the best sources of naturally occurring vitamin A. However, although farmers in Canada and the United States report increasing demand for carrots over the last decade, the number of people diagnosed with vitamin A deficiency in these countries has also incr... | PT47 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q12 Passage:Critics have argued that because Freudianism holds that people have unconscious desires that can defeat their attempts to follow rational life plans, it is incompatible with the predominantly rationalistic spirit of Western philosophical and psychological thought. But it is a central ten... | PT47 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q13 Passage:Writer: In the diplomat's or lawyer's world, a misinterpreted statement can result in an international incident or an undeserved prison term. Thus, legal and diplomatic language is stilted and utterly without literary merit, since by design it prevents misinterpretation, which in these ... | PT47 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q14 Passage:Overexposure to certain wavelengths of strong sunlight is the main cause of melanoma, a virulent form of skin cancer. For this reason, doctors now urge everyone to put adequate sunblock on skin exposed to strong sunlight. Adequate sunblock, according to doctors, is any preparation that... | PT47 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q15 Passage:In a study, parents were asked to rate each television program that their children watched. The programs were rated for violent content on a scale of one to five, with "one" indicating no violence and "five" indicating a great deal. The number of times their children were disciplined in ... | PT47 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q16 Passage:In the last election, 89 percent of reporters voted for the incumbent. The content of news programs reveals that reporters allowed the personal biases reflected in this voting pattern to affect their news coverage: 54 percent of coverage concerning the challenger was negative, compared ... | PT47 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q17 Passage:Art critic: Abstract paintings are nonrepresentational, and so the only measure of their worth is their interplay of color, texture, and form. But for a painting to spur the viewer to political action, instances of social injustice must be not only represented, but also clearly comprehe... | PT47 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q18 Passage:North Americans who travel to Europe for the first time should include significant time in Italy on their itinerary. To develop an appreciation of a continent that goes beyond the mere accumulation of impressions, one needs to acquire a thorough knowledge of at least one country, and Nor... | PT47 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q19 Passage:Although high cholesterol levels have been associated with the development of heart disease, many people with high cholesterol never develop heart disease, while many without high cholesterol do. Recently, above average concentrations of the blood particle lipoprotein(a) were found in th... | PT47 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q20 Passage:Philosopher: It is absurd to argue that people are morally obligated to act in a certain way simply because not acting in that way would be unnatural. An unnatural action is either a violation of the laws of nature or a statistical anomaly. There is no possibility of acting as one canno... | PT47 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q21 Passage:Clearly, fitness consultants who smoke cigarettes cannot help their clients become healthier. If they do not care about their own health, they cannot really care for their clients' health, and if they do not care for their clients' health, they cannot help them to become healthier. Stem:... | PT47 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q22 Passage:If one does not have enough information to make a well-informed decision, one should not make a decision solely on the basis of the information one does possess. Instead, one should continue to seek information until a well-informed decision can be made. Stem:Of the following, which one ... | PT47 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q23 Passage:Television network executive: Some scientists have expressed concern about the numerous highly popular television programs that emphasize paranormal incidents, warning that these programs will encourage superstition and thereby impede the public's scientific understanding. But these pre... | PT47 S3 Q23 |
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