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Question ID:PT47 S3 Q24 Passage:Police commissioner: Last year our city experienced a 15 percent decrease in the rate of violent crime. At the beginning of that year a new mandatory sentencing law was enacted, which requires that all violent criminals serve time in prison. Since no other major policy changes were made... | PT47 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q25 Passage:A corporation created a new division. To staff it, applicants were rigorously screened and interviewed. Those selected were among the most effective, efficient, and creative workers that the corporation had ever hired. Thus, the new division must have been among the most effective, effic... | PT47 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT47 S3 Q26 Passage:Students in a college ethics class were asked to judge whether two magazines had been morally delinquent in publishing a particular classified advertisement that was highly offensive in its demeaning portrayal of some people. They were told only that the first magazine had undertaken to... | PT47 S3 Q26 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q1 Passage:Exactly seven products‚ P, Q, R, S, T, W, and X‚ are each to be advertised exactly once in a section of a catalog. The order in which they will be displayed is governed by the following conditions:Q must be displayed in some position before W.R must be displayed immediately before X.T ca... | PT47 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q2 Passage:Exactly seven products‚ P, Q, R, S, T, W, and X‚ are each to be advertised exactly once in a section of a catalog. The order in which they will be displayed is governed by the following conditions:Q must be displayed in some position before W.R must be displayed immediately before X.T ca... | PT47 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q3 Passage:Exactly seven products‚ P, Q, R, S, T, W, and X‚ are each to be advertised exactly once in a section of a catalog. The order in which they will be displayed is governed by the following conditions:Q must be displayed in some position before W.R must be displayed immediately before X.T ca... | PT47 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q4 Passage:Exactly seven products‚ P, Q, R, S, T, W, and X‚ are each to be advertised exactly once in a section of a catalog. The order in which they will be displayed is governed by the following conditions:Q must be displayed in some position before W.R must be displayed immediately before X.T ca... | PT47 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q5 Passage:Exactly seven products‚ P, Q, R, S, T, W, and X‚ are each to be advertised exactly once in a section of a catalog. The order in which they will be displayed is governed by the following conditions:Q must be displayed in some position before W.R must be displayed immediately before X.T ca... | PT47 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q6 Passage:A lighting control panel has exactly seven switches, numbered from 1 to 7. Each switch is either in the on position or in the off position. The circuit load of the panel is the total number of its switches that are on. The control panel must be configured in accordance with the following ... | PT47 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q7 Passage:A lighting control panel has exactly seven switches, numbered from 1 to 7. Each switch is either in the on position or in the off position. The circuit load of the panel is the total number of its switches that are on. The control panel must be configured in accordance with the following ... | PT47 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q8 Passage:A lighting control panel has exactly seven switches, numbered from 1 to 7. Each switch is either in the on position or in the off position. The circuit load of the panel is the total number of its switches that are on. The control panel must be configured in accordance with the following ... | PT47 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q9 Passage:A lighting control panel has exactly seven switches, numbered from 1 to 7. Each switch is either in the on position or in the off position. The circuit load of the panel is the total number of its switches that are on. The control panel must be configured in accordance with the following ... | PT47 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q10 Passage:A lighting control panel has exactly seven switches, numbered from 1 to 7. Each switch is either in the on position or in the off position. The circuit load of the panel is the total number of its switches that are on. The control panel must be configured in accordance with the following... | PT47 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q11 Passage:A lighting control panel has exactly seven switches, numbered from 1 to 7. Each switch is either in the on position or in the off position. The circuit load of the panel is the total number of its switches that are on. The control panel must be configured in accordance with the following... | PT47 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q12 Passage:In Crescentville there are exactly five record stores, whose names are abbreviated S, T, V, X, and Z. Each of the five stores carries at least one of four distinct types of music: folk, jazz, opera, and rock. None of the stores carries any other type of music. The following conditions... | PT47 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q13 Passage:In Crescentville there are exactly five record stores, whose names are abbreviated S, T, V, X, and Z. Each of the five stores carries at least one of four distinct types of music: folk, jazz, opera, and rock. None of the stores carries any other type of music. The following conditions... | PT47 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q14 Passage:In Crescentville there are exactly five record stores, whose names are abbreviated S, T, V, X, and Z. Each of the five stores carries at least one of four distinct types of music: folk, jazz, opera, and rock. None of the stores carries any other type of music. The following conditions... | PT47 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q15 Passage:In Crescentville there are exactly five record stores, whose names are abbreviated S, T, V, X, and Z. Each of the five stores carries at least one of four distinct types of music: folk, jazz, opera, and rock. None of the stores carries any other type of music. The following conditions... | PT47 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q16 Passage:In Crescentville there are exactly five record stores, whose names are abbreviated S, T, V, X, and Z. Each of the five stores carries at least one of four distinct types of music: folk, jazz, opera, and rock. None of the stores carries any other type of music. The following conditions... | PT47 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q17 Passage:In Crescentville there are exactly five record stores, whose names are abbreviated S, T, V, X, and Z. Each of the five stores carries at least one of four distinct types of music: folk, jazz, opera, and rock. None of the stores carries any other type of music. The following conditions... | PT47 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q18 Passage:Maggie's Deli is open exactly five days every week: Monday through Friday. Its staff, each of whom works on at least one day each week, consists of exactly six people‚ Janice, Kevin, Nan, Ophelia, Paul, and Seymour. Exactly three of them‚ Janice, Nan, and Paul‚ are supervisors. The deli... | PT47 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q19 Passage:Maggie's Deli is open exactly five days every week: Monday through Friday. Its staff, each of whom works on at least one day each week, consists of exactly six people‚ Janice, Kevin, Nan, Ophelia, Paul, and Seymour. Exactly three of them‚ Janice, Nan, and Paul‚ are supervisors. The deli... | PT47 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q20 Passage:Maggie's Deli is open exactly five days every week: Monday through Friday. Its staff, each of whom works on at least one day each week, consists of exactly six people‚ Janice, Kevin, Nan, Ophelia, Paul, and Seymour. Exactly three of them‚ Janice, Nan, and Paul‚ are supervisors. The deli... | PT47 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q21 Passage:Maggie's Deli is open exactly five days every week: Monday through Friday. Its staff, each of whom works on at least one day each week, consists of exactly six people‚ Janice, Kevin, Nan, Ophelia, Paul, and Seymour. Exactly three of them‚ Janice, Nan, and Paul‚ are supervisors. The deli... | PT47 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT47 S4 Q22 Passage:Maggie's Deli is open exactly five days every week: Monday through Friday. Its staff, each of whom works on at least one day each week, consists of exactly six people‚ Janice, Kevin, Nan, Ophelia, Paul, and Seymour. Exactly three of them‚ Janice, Nan, and Paul‚ are supervisors. The deli... | PT47 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q1 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q2 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q3 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q4 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q5 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q6 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q7 Passage:Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of monetary value, gauging a given nation's prosperity solely on the basis of the total monetary value of the goods and services produced annually. However, critics point out that defining prosperity solely as a function of monetary value i... | PT46 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q8 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the exp... | PT46 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q9 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the exp... | PT46 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q10 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the ex... | PT46 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q11 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the ex... | PT46 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q12 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the ex... | PT46 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q13 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the ex... | PT46 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q14 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the ex... | PT46 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q15 Passage:Joy Kogawa's Obasan is an account of a Japanese-Canadian family's experiences during World War II. The events are seen from the viewpoint of a young girl who watches her family disintegrate as it undergoes the relocation that occurred in both Canada and the United States. Although the ex... | PT46 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q16 Passage:The pronghorn, an antelope-like mammal that lives on the western plains of North America, is the continent's fastest land animal, capable of running 90 kilometers per hour and of doing so for several kilometers. Because no North American predator is nearly fast enough to chase it down, b... | PT46 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q17 Passage:The pronghorn, an antelope-like mammal that lives on the western plains of North America, is the continent's fastest land animal, capable of running 90 kilometers per hour and of doing so for several kilometers. Because no North American predator is nearly fast enough to chase it down, b... | PT46 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q18 Passage:The pronghorn, an antelope-like mammal that lives on the western plains of North America, is the continent's fastest land animal, capable of running 90 kilometers per hour and of doing so for several kilometers. Because no North American predator is nearly fast enough to chase it down, b... | PT46 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q19 Passage:The pronghorn, an antelope-like mammal that lives on the western plains of North America, is the continent's fastest land animal, capable of running 90 kilometers per hour and of doing so for several kilometers. Because no North American predator is nearly fast enough to chase it down, b... | PT46 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q20 Passage:The pronghorn, an antelope-like mammal that lives on the western plains of North America, is the continent's fastest land animal, capable of running 90 kilometers per hour and of doing so for several kilometers. Because no North American predator is nearly fast enough to chase it down, b... | PT46 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q21 Passage:The pronghorn, an antelope-like mammal that lives on the western plains of North America, is the continent's fastest land animal, capable of running 90 kilometers per hour and of doing so for several kilometers. Because no North American predator is nearly fast enough to chase it down, b... | PT46 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q22 Passage:Many legal theorists have argued that the only morally legitimate goal in imposing criminal penalties against certain behaviors is to prevent people from harming others. Clearly, such theorists would oppose laws that force people to act purely for their own good or to refrain from certai... | PT46 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q23 Passage:Many legal theorists have argued that the only morally legitimate goal in imposing criminal penalties against certain behaviors is to prevent people from harming others. Clearly, such theorists would oppose laws that force people to act purely for their own good or to refrain from certai... | PT46 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q24 Passage:Many legal theorists have argued that the only morally legitimate goal in imposing criminal penalties against certain behaviors is to prevent people from harming others. Clearly, such theorists would oppose laws that force people to act purely for their own good or to refrain from certai... | PT46 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q25 Passage:Many legal theorists have argued that the only morally legitimate goal in imposing criminal penalties against certain behaviors is to prevent people from harming others. Clearly, such theorists would oppose laws that force people to act purely for their own good or to refrain from certai... | PT46 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q26 Passage:Many legal theorists have argued that the only morally legitimate goal in imposing criminal penalties against certain behaviors is to prevent people from harming others. Clearly, such theorists would oppose laws that force people to act purely for their own good or to refrain from certai... | PT46 S1 Q26 |
Question ID:PT46 S1 Q27 Passage:Many legal theorists have argued that the only morally legitimate goal in imposing criminal penalties against certain behaviors is to prevent people from harming others. Clearly, such theorists would oppose laws that force people to act purely for their own good or to refrain from certai... | PT46 S1 Q27 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q1 Passage:Cox: The consumer council did not provide sufficient justification for its action when it required that Derma-35 be recalled from the market.Crockett: I disagree. Derma-35 in fact causes inflammation, but in citing only the side effect of blemishes as the justification for its decision,... | PT46 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q2 Passage:Literary historian: William Shakespeare, a humble actor, could have written the love poetry attributed to him. But the dramas attributed to him evince such insight into the minds of powerful rulers that they could only have been written by one who had spent much time among them; Francis ... | PT46 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q3 Passage:Philosopher: Effective tests have recently been developed to predict fatal diseases having a largely genetic basis. Now, for the first time, a person can be warned well in advance of the possibility of such life-threatening conditions. However, medicine is not yet able to prevent most su... | PT46 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q4 Passage:Chapin: Commentators have noted with concern the recent electoral success by extremist parties in several democratic countries. But these successes pose no threat to democracy in those countries. The extremists have won pluralities, not majorities. Furthermore, they have won only when th... | PT46 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q5 Passage:Futurist: Artists in the next century will be supported largely by private patrons. Because these patrons will almost invariably be supporters of the social order‚ whatever it happens to be at the time‚ art in the next century will rarely express social and political doctrines that are p... | PT46 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q6 Passage:University budget committee: Athletes experience fewer injuries on artificial-turf athletic fields than on natural-grass fields. Additionally, natural-grass fields are more expensive to maintain than fields made of artificial turf. Nevertheless, this committee recommends replacing the un... | PT46 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q7 Passage:Although instinct enables organisms to make complex responses to stimuli, instinctual behavior involves no reasoning and requires far fewer nerve cells than does noninstinctual (also called flexible) behavior. A brain mechanism capable of flexible behavior must have a large number of neur... | PT46 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q8 Passage:The laboratory experiment, the most effective method for teaching science, is disappearing from most secondary school curricula, and students are now simulating experiments with computers. This trend should be stopped. It results in many students' completing secondary school and going o... | PT46 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q9 Passage:Alice: In democracies, politicians garner support by emphasizing the differences between their opponents and themselves. Because they must rule in accord with their rhetoric, policies in democracies fluctuate wildly as one party succeeds another.Elwell: But despite election rhetoric, to... | PT46 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q10 Passage:Air traffic controllers and nuclear power plant operators are not allowed to work exceptionally long hours, because to do so would jeopardize lives. Yet physicians in residency training are typically required to work 80-hour weeks. The aforementioned restrictions on working exceptionally... | PT46 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q11 Passage:Career consultant: The most popular career advice suggests emphasizing one's strengths to employers and downplaying one's weaknesses. Research shows this advice to be incorrect. A study of 314 managers shows that those who use self-deprecating humor in front of their employees are mor... | PT46 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q12 Passage:Researcher: We studied two groups of subjects over a period of six months. Over this period, one of the groups had a daily routine of afternoon exercise. The other group, the control group, engaged in little or no exercise during the study. It was found that those in the exercise group ... | PT46 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q13 Passage:Companies wishing to boost sales of merchandise should use in-store displays to catch customers' attention. According to a marketing study, today's busy shoppers have less time for coupon-clipping and pay little attention to direct-mail advertising; instead, they make two-thirds of their... | PT46 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q14 Passage:Roger Bacon, the thirteenth-century scientist, is said to have made important discoveries in optics. He was an early advocate of hands-on experimentation, and as a teacher warned his students against relying uncritically on the opinions of authorities. Nevertheless, this did not stop Bac... | PT46 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q15 Passage:One's palate is to a great extent socially determined: that is, if we notice that a lot of people enjoy consuming a certain type of food, we will eventually come to like the food as well, once we have become accustomed to the food. Stem:Which one of the following most closely conforms t... | PT46 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q16 Passage:The ability to access information via computer is a tremendous resource for visually impaired people. Only a limited amount of printed information is accessible in braille, large type, or audiotape. But a person with the right hardware and software can access a large quantity of informa... | PT46 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q17 Passage:Legislator: The recently released crime statistics clearly show that the new laws requiring stiffer punishments for violators have reduced the crime rate. In the areas covered by those laws, the incidence of crime has decreased by one-fourth over the four years since the legislation was... | PT46 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q18 Passage:Many physicists claim that quantum mechanics may ultimately be able to explain all fundamental phenomena, and that, therefore, physical theory will soon be complete. However, every theory in the history of physics that was thought to be final eventually had to be rejected for failure to ... | PT46 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q19 Passage:In an experiment, researchers played a series of musical intervals‚ two-note sequences‚ to a large, diverse group of six-month-old babies. They found that the babies paid significantly more attention when the intervals were perfect octaves, fifths, or fourths than otherwise. These interv... | PT46 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q20 Passage:Professor Donnelly's exams are always more difficult than Professor Curtis's exams. The question about dinosaurs was on Professor Donnelly's last exam. Therefore, the question must be difficult. Stem:Which one of the following exhibits both of the logical flaws exhibited in the argument ... | PT46 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q21 Passage:Ethicist: As a function of one's job and societal role, one has various duties. There are situations where acting in accord with one of these duties has disastrous consequences, and thus the duties are not absolute. However, it is a principle of morality that if one does not have overwh... | PT46 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q22 Passage:Detective: Laser-printer drums are easily damaged, and any nick in a drum will produce a blemish of similar dimensions on each page produced by that printer. So in matching a blemish on a page with a nick on a drum, we can reliably trace a suspicious laser-printed document to the precis... | PT46 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q23 Passage:Whoever is kind is loved by somebody or other, and whoever loves anyone is happy. It follows that whoever is kind is happy. Stem:The conclusion follows logically if which one of the following is assumed? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:Whoever loves someone loves everyone. Choice B:Whoev... | PT46 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q24 Passage:It is now clear that the ancient Egyptians were the first society to produce alcoholic beverages. It had been thought that the ancient Babylonians were the first; they had mastered the process of fermentation for making wine as early as 1500 B.C. However, archaeologists have discovered a... | PT46 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT46 S2 Q25 Passage:Studies have shown that specialty sports foods contain exactly the same nutrients in the same quantities as do common foods from the grocery store. Moreover, sports foods cost from two to three times more than regular foods. So very few athletes would buy sports foods were it not for exp... | PT46 S2 Q25 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q1 Passage:Sambar deer are physically incapable of digesting meat. Yet sambar deer have been reported feeding on box turtles after killing them. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, best resolves the discrepancy above? Correct Answer Choice:AChoice A:Sambar deer eat only the bony shells of box... | PT46 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q2 Passage:Benson: In order to maintain the quality of life in our city, we need to restrict growth. That is why I support the new zoning regulations.Willett: I had heard such arguments ten years ago, and again five years ago. Each time the city council was justified in deciding not to restrict g... | PT46 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q3 Passage:A recent study involved feeding a high-salt diet to a rat colony. A few months after the experiment began, standard tests of the rats' blood pressure revealed that about 25 percent of the colony had normal, healthy blood pressure, about 70 percent of the colony had high blood pressure, an... | PT46 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q4 Passage:Detective: Bill has been accused of committing the burglary at the warehouse last night. But no one saw Bill in the vicinity of the warehouse. So we must conclude that Bill did not commit the burglary. Stem:The reasoning in the detective's argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the... | PT46 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q5 Passage:Psychologist: Because of a perceived social stigma against psychotherapy, and because of age discrimination on the part of some professionals, some elderly people feel discouraged about trying psychotherapy. They should not be, however, for many younger people have greatly benefited from ... | PT46 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q6 Passage:Heavy salting of Albritten's roads to melt winter ice and snow began about 20 years ago. The area's groundwater now contains approximately 100 milligrams of dissolved salt per liter. Groundwater in a nearby, less highly urbanized area, where little salt is used and where traffic pattern... | PT46 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q7 Passage:Numerous books describe the rules of etiquette. Usually the authors of such books merely codify standards of behavior by classifying various behaviors as polite or rude. However, this suggests that there is a single, objective standard of politeness. Clearly, standards of politeness vary ... | PT46 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q8 Passage:In jazz history, there have been gifted pianists who, because they had no striking musical ideas, led no memorable recording sessions. But precisely because they lacked such ideas, they were able to respond quickly to the ideas of imaginative and difficult leaders. Thus, these pianists ar... | PT46 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q9 Passage:Editorial: When legislators discover that some public service is not being adequately provided, their most common response is to boost the funding for that public service. Because of this, the least efficiently run government bureaucracies are the ones that most commonly receive an incre... | PT46 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q10 Passage:Fred argued that, since Kathleen is a successful film director, she has probably worked with famous actors. But, while Fred is right in supposing that most successful film directors work with famous actors, his conclusion is not warranted. For, as he knows, Kathleen works only on documen... | PT46 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q11 Passage:In early 1990, Queenston instituted a tax increase that gave its school system a larger operating budget. The school system used the larger budget to increase the total number of teachers in the system by 30 percent between 1990 and 1993. Nevertheless, there was no change in the averag... | PT46 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q12 Passage:Our computer experts are asked from time to time to allocate funds for new hardware and software for our company. Unfortunately, these experts favor cutting-edge technologies, because that is what excites them, despite the fact that such experimental technologies are highly expensive, f... | PT46 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q13 Passage:It is characteristic of great artists generally, and of great writers in particular, to have a discerning view of the basic social and political arrangements of the society in which they live. Therefore, the greater a writer one is, the more astute one will be in perceiving the basic soc... | PT46 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q14 Passage:Political scientist: The economies of a number of European countries are currently in severe difficulty. Germany is the only neighboring country that has the resources to resuscitate these economies. Therefore, Germany should begin aiding these economically troubled countries. Stem:Whic... | PT46 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q15 Passage:Critic: Works of literature often present protagonists who scorn allegiance to their society and who advocate detachment rather than civic-mindedness. However, modern literature is distinguished from the literature of earlier eras in part because it more frequently treats such protagoni... | PT46 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q16 Passage:Psychologist: Some people contend that children should never be reprimanded. Any criticism, let alone punishment, they say, harms children's self-esteem. This view is laudable in its challenge to the belief that children should be punished whenever they misbehave, yet it gives a dangero... | PT46 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q17 Passage:Traditionally, students at Kelly University have evaluated professors on the last day of class. But some professors at Kelly either do not distribute the paper evaluation forms or do so selectively, and many students cannot attend the last day of class. Soon, students will be able to use... | PT46 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q18 Passage:A seriously maladaptive trait is unlikely to persist in a given animal population for long, since there is enough genetic variation in populations that some members will lack the trait. Those lacking the trait will compete more successfully for the available resources. Hence these member... | PT46 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q19 Passage:Tanya would refrain from littering if everyone else refrained from littering. None of her friends litter, and therefore she does not litter either. Stem:Which one of the following uses flawed reasoning most similar to the flawed reasoning in the argument above? Correct Answer Choice:ECh... | PT46 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q20 Passage:Scientist: Genetic engineering has aided new developments in many different fields. But because these techniques require the manipulation of the genetic codes of organisms, they are said to be unethical. What the critics fail to realize is that this kind of manipulation has been going o... | PT46 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q21 Passage:Baumgartner's comparison of the environmental hazards of gasoline-powered cars with those of electric cars is misleading. He examines only production of the cars, whereas it is the product's total life cycle‚ production, use, and recycling‚ that matters in determining its environmental i... | PT46 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q22 Passage:Over the last 10 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of people over the age of 65 living in this region. This is evident from the fact that during this time the average age of people living in this region has increased from approximately 52 to 57 years. Stem:Which one... | PT46 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT46 S3 Q23 Passage:Editorial: A recently passed law limits freedom of speech in order to silence dissenters. It has been said that those who are ignorant of history will repeat its patterns. If this is true, then those responsible for passing the law must be ignorant of a great deal of history. Historical... | PT46 S3 Q23 |
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