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Question ID:PT41 S3 Q25 Passage:Most serious students are happy students, and most serious students go to graduate school. Furthermore, all students who go to graduate school are overworked. Stem:Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above? Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:Most overwork... | PT41 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT41 S3 Q26 Passage:Editorialist: Some people argue that highway speed limits should be increased to reflect the actual average speeds of highway drivers, which are currently 10 to 20 percent higher than posted speed limits. Any such increase would greatly decrease highway safety, however; as past experien... | PT41 S3 Q26 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q1 Passage:In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner was accused of violating copyright law when, in the preparation of "course packs"‚ materials photocopied from books and journals and packaged as readings for particular university courses‚ he copied materials without obtaining permission from or p... | PT41 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q2 Passage:In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner was accused of violating copyright law when, in the preparation of "course packs"‚ materials photocopied from books and journals and packaged as readings for particular university courses‚ he copied materials without obtaining permission from or p... | PT41 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q3 Passage:In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner was accused of violating copyright law when, in the preparation of "course packs"‚ materials photocopied from books and journals and packaged as readings for particular university courses‚ he copied materials without obtaining permission from or p... | PT41 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q4 Passage:In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner was accused of violating copyright law when, in the preparation of "course packs"‚ materials photocopied from books and journals and packaged as readings for particular university courses‚ he copied materials without obtaining permission from or p... | PT41 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q5 Passage:In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner was accused of violating copyright law when, in the preparation of "course packs"‚ materials photocopied from books and journals and packaged as readings for particular university courses‚ he copied materials without obtaining permission from or p... | PT41 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q6 Passage:In a recent court case, a copy-shop owner was accused of violating copyright law when, in the preparation of "course packs"‚ materials photocopied from books and journals and packaged as readings for particular university courses‚ he copied materials without obtaining permission from or p... | PT41 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q7 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove ... | PT41 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q8 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove ... | PT41 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q9 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove ... | PT41 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q10 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove... | PT41 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q11 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove... | PT41 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q12 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove... | PT41 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q13 Passage:Countee Cullen (Countee Leroy Porter, 1903‚ 1946) was one of the foremost poets of the Harlem Renaissance, the movement of African American writers, musicians, and artists centered in the Harlem section of New York City during the 1920s. Beginning with his university years, Cullen strove... | PT41 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q14 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q15 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q16 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q17 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q18 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q19 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q20 Passage:The following passage was written in the mid-1990s.The demand for electricity in certain countries has been projected recently to grow by 50 percent by the year 2010. Unfortunately, the increased use of fossil fuels to generate this electricity may ultimately damage human and environment... | PT41 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q21 Passage:Although philanthropy‚ the volunteering of private resources for humanitarian purposes‚ reached its apex in England in the late nineteenth century, modern commentators have articulated two major criticisms of the philanthropy that was a mainstay of England's middle-class Victorian societ... | PT41 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q22 Passage:Although philanthropy‚ the volunteering of private resources for humanitarian purposes‚ reached its apex in England in the late nineteenth century, modern commentators have articulated two major criticisms of the philanthropy that was a mainstay of England's middle-class Victorian societ... | PT41 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q23 Passage:Although philanthropy‚ the volunteering of private resources for humanitarian purposes‚ reached its apex in England in the late nineteenth century, modern commentators have articulated two major criticisms of the philanthropy that was a mainstay of England's middle-class Victorian societ... | PT41 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q24 Passage:Although philanthropy‚ the volunteering of private resources for humanitarian purposes‚ reached its apex in England in the late nineteenth century, modern commentators have articulated two major criticisms of the philanthropy that was a mainstay of England's middle-class Victorian societ... | PT41 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q25 Passage:Although philanthropy‚ the volunteering of private resources for humanitarian purposes‚ reached its apex in England in the late nineteenth century, modern commentators have articulated two major criticisms of the philanthropy that was a mainstay of England's middle-class Victorian societ... | PT41 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT41 S4 Q26 Passage:Although philanthropy‚ the volunteering of private resources for humanitarian purposes‚ reached its apex in England in the late nineteenth century, modern commentators have articulated two major criticisms of the philanthropy that was a mainstay of England's middle-class Victorian societ... | PT41 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q1 Passage:Considering that Mark Twain is Samuel Clemens, I have always found it amazing that very few people know that Samuel Clemens was a writer, since almost everybody knows that Mark Twain was one. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, would most effectively resolve the apparent paradox abo... | PT40 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q2 Passage:Advertisement: The pride the people at Austin Stables take in their work accounts for their success in producing more winning racehorses than any other stable. Such a tradition of pride is not only found in the business of horse racing. For generations we at Barr Motor Company have demon... | PT40 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q3 Passage:Having lived through extraordinary childhood circumstances, Robin has no conception of the moral difference between right and wrong, only between what is legally permitted and what is not. When Robin committed an offense, Robin did not recognize the fact that it was a morally wrong act, d... | PT40 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q4 Passage:Anne: Halley's Comet, now in a part of its orbit relatively far from the Sun, recently flared brightly enough to be seen by telescope. No comet has ever been observed to flare so far from the Sun before, so such a flare must be highly unusual.Sue: Nonsense. Usually no one bothers to t... | PT40 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q5 Passage:Psychologist: There are theories that posit completely different causal mechanisms from those posited by Freudian psychological theory and that are more successful at predicting human behavior. Therefore, Freudian theories of behavior, no matter how suggestive or complex they are, ought ... | PT40 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q6 Passage:Skeletal remains of early humans indicate clearly that our ancestors had fewer dental problems than we have. So, most likely, the diet of early humans was very different from ours. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument? Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:A h... | PT40 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q7 Passage:In preagricultural societies, social roles were few and were easily predicted for each phase of a person's life. Accordingly, interpersonal relations, although not always pleasant or fair, were stable and predictable. Modern society, on the other hand, has thousands of different social ro... | PT40 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q8 Passage:Some students attending a small university with a well-known choir live off campus. From the fact that all music majors are members of the choir, a professor in the music department concluded that none of the students who live off campus is a music major. Stem:The professor's conclusion ... | PT40 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q9 Passage:Journalist: A free marketplace of ideas ensures that all ideas get a fair hearing. Even ideas tainted with prejudice and malice can prompt beneficial outcomes. In most countries, however, the government is responsible for over half the information released to the public through all media... | PT40 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q10 Passage:Charlene: Environmental cleanup increasingly relies on microorganisms to metabolize pollutants. This has its limitations, though, since microbes become less active when a region's temperature drops below normal. Olaf: I don't think that's right. Researchers studying oil spills in the A... | PT40 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q11 Passage:According to the theory of continental drift, in prehistoric times, many of today's separate continents were part of a single huge landmass. As the plates on which this landmass rested began to move, the mass broke apart, and ocean water filled the newly created chasms. It is hypothesize... | PT40 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q12 Passage:Several legislators claim that the public finds many current movies so violent as to be morally offensive. However, these legislators have misrepresented public opinion. In a survey conducted by a movie industry guild, only 17 percent of respondents thought that movies are overly violent... | PT40 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q13 Passage:James: Many people claim that the voting public is unable to evaluate complex campaign issues. The television commercials for Reade in the national campaign, however, discuss complex campaign issues, and Reade is, at present, more popular than any other candidate.Maria: Yes, Reade is t... | PT40 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q14 Passage:Some critics claim that the power of the media to impose opinions upon people concerning the important issues of the day is too great. But this is not true. It would be true if on major issues the media purveyed a range of opinion narrower than that found among consumers of media. The fa... | PT40 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q15 Passage:Marta: There have been complaints about the lack of recreational areas in our city. Some people favor turning the old railway land into walking trails, but there may be more productive ways of using that land.Arthur: But the old railway land is ideal for walking trails. Our citizens ... | PT40 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q16 Passage:In countries where government officials are neither selected by free elections nor open to criticism by a free press, the lives of citizens are controlled by policies they have had no role in creating. This is why such countries are prone to civil disorder, in spite of the veneer of calm... | PT40 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q17 Passage:Researcher: Hard water contains more calcium and magnesium than soft water contains. Thus, those who drink mostly soft water incur an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and hypertension, for people being treated for these conditions tend to have lower levels of magnesium in their ... | PT40 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q18 Passage:Bookstore owner: Consumers should buy books only from an independent bookstore, not from a bookstore that belongs to a bookstore chain. An independent bookstore tends to carry a much wider variety of books than does a chain bookstore, so because chains often threaten the existence of in... | PT40 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q19 Passage:Anger in response to insults is unreasonable, for insults are merely assertions that someone has undesirable characteristics. If such an assertion is false, the insulted party ought to pity the ignorance prompting the insult. If it is true, the insulted party should be grateful for such ... | PT40 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q20 Passage:Evidence suggests that we can manufacture a car with twice the fuel efficiency of a normal car, and it has been shown that we can produce a car that meets safety standards for side-impact crashes. So we can make a car that does both. Stem:The flawed reasoning in the argument above is mos... | PT40 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q21 Passage:Pizzerias are the only restaurants that routinely record the names, addresses, and menu selections of their customers. Simply by organizing these data, they can easily identify regular, average, and infrequent customers. Therefore, pizzerias utilize direct-mail marketing more effectively... | PT40 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q22 Passage:All highly successful salespersons are both well organized and self-motivated, characteristics absent from many salespersons who are not highly successful. Further, although only those who are highly successful are well known among their peers, no salespersons who are self-motivated regr... | PT40 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q23 Passage:The fact that people who exercise vigorously are sick less often than average does not prove that vigorous exercise prevents illness, for whether one exercises vigorously or not depends in part on one's preexisting state of health. Stem:The reasoning in which one of the following argumen... | PT40 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q24 Passage:Biologist: We know the following things about plant X. Specimens with fuzzy seeds always have long stems but never have white flowers. Specimens with curled leaves always have white flowers, and specimens with thorny seedpods always have curled leaves. A specimen of plant X in my garden... | PT40 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT40 S1 Q25 Passage:Unquestionably, inventors of useful devices deserve credit for their ingenuity, but the engineers who help develop an invention get too little recognition. Although inventors sometimes serve as their own engineers, more often, engineers must translate an inventor's insight into something... | PT40 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q1 Passage:Charlie makes a soup by adding exactly six kinds of foods‚ kale, lentils, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and zucchini‚ to a broth, one food at a time. No food is added more than once. The order in which Charlie adds the foods to the broth must be consistent with the following:If the mushroo... | PT40 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q2 Passage:Charlie makes a soup by adding exactly six kinds of foods‚ kale, lentils, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and zucchini‚ to a broth, one food at a time. No food is added more than once. The order in which Charlie adds the foods to the broth must be consistent with the following:If the mushroo... | PT40 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q3 Passage:Charlie makes a soup by adding exactly six kinds of foods‚ kale, lentils, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and zucchini‚ to a broth, one food at a time. No food is added more than once. The order in which Charlie adds the foods to the broth must be consistent with the following:If the mushroo... | PT40 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q4 Passage:Charlie makes a soup by adding exactly six kinds of foods‚ kale, lentils, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and zucchini‚ to a broth, one food at a time. No food is added more than once. The order in which Charlie adds the foods to the broth must be consistent with the following:If the mushroo... | PT40 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q5 Passage:Charlie makes a soup by adding exactly six kinds of foods‚ kale, lentils, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, and zucchini‚ to a broth, one food at a time. No food is added more than once. The order in which Charlie adds the foods to the broth must be consistent with the following:If the mushroo... | PT40 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q6 Passage:A study sponsored by a consumer group tests exactly five of seven cold medications‚ F, G, H, I, K, L, and M‚ and ranks the medications tested from first (best) to fifth (worst). There are no ties. The following conditions must apply:L ranks second.Either F or G ranks first.I is tested.H r... | PT40 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q7 Passage:A study sponsored by a consumer group tests exactly five of seven cold medications‚ F, G, H, I, K, L, and M‚ and ranks the medications tested from first (best) to fifth (worst). There are no ties. The following conditions must apply:L ranks second.Either F or G ranks first.I is tested.H r... | PT40 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q8 Passage:A study sponsored by a consumer group tests exactly five of seven cold medications‚ F, G, H, I, K, L, and M‚ and ranks the medications tested from first (best) to fifth (worst). There are no ties. The following conditions must apply:L ranks second.Either F or G ranks first.I is tested.H r... | PT40 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q9 Passage:A study sponsored by a consumer group tests exactly five of seven cold medications‚ F, G, H, I, K, L, and M‚ and ranks the medications tested from first (best) to fifth (worst). There are no ties. The following conditions must apply:L ranks second.Either F or G ranks first.I is tested.H r... | PT40 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q10 Passage:A study sponsored by a consumer group tests exactly five of seven cold medications‚ F, G, H, I, K, L, and M‚ and ranks the medications tested from first (best) to fifth (worst). There are no ties. The following conditions must apply:L ranks second.Either F or G ranks first.I is tested.H ... | PT40 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q11 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q12 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q13 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q14 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q15 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q16 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q17 Passage:Each nonstop flight offered by Zephyr Airlines departs from one and arrives at another of five cities: Honolulu, Montreal, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Any two cities are said to be connected with each other if Zephyr offers nonstop flights between them. Each city is connected ... | PT40 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q18 Passage:For a behavioral study, a researcher will select exactly six individual animals from among three monkeys‚ F, G, and H‚ three pandas‚ K, L, and N‚ and three raccoons‚ T, V, and Z. The selection of animals for the study must meet the following conditions:F and H are not both selected.N an... | PT40 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q19 Passage:For a behavioral study, a researcher will select exactly six individual animals from among three monkeys‚ F, G, and H‚ three pandas‚ K, L, and N‚ and three raccoons‚ T, V, and Z. The selection of animals for the study must meet the following conditions:F and H are not both selected.N an... | PT40 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q20 Passage:For a behavioral study, a researcher will select exactly six individual animals from among three monkeys‚ F, G, and H‚ three pandas‚ K, L, and N‚ and three raccoons‚ T, V, and Z. The selection of animals for the study must meet the following conditions:F and H are not both selected.N an... | PT40 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q21 Passage:For a behavioral study, a researcher will select exactly six individual animals from among three monkeys‚ F, G, and H‚ three pandas‚ K, L, and N‚ and three raccoons‚ T, V, and Z. The selection of animals for the study must meet the following conditions:F and H are not both selected.N an... | PT40 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q22 Passage:For a behavioral study, a researcher will select exactly six individual animals from among three monkeys‚ F, G, and H‚ three pandas‚ K, L, and N‚ and three raccoons‚ T, V, and Z. The selection of animals for the study must meet the following conditions:F and H are not both selected.N an... | PT40 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT40 S2 Q23 Passage:For a behavioral study, a researcher will select exactly six individual animals from among three monkeys‚ F, G, and H‚ three pandas‚ K, L, and N‚ and three raccoons‚ T, V, and Z. The selection of animals for the study must meet the following conditions:F and H are not both selected.N an... | PT40 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q1 Passage:Big-budget movies often gross two or three times the cost of their production and marketing. However, most of the movie industry's total revenue comes from low-budget movies. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resolve the apparent discrepancy above? Correct Answer Cho... | PT40 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q2 Passage:Dr. Theresa Pagano, a biologist, has found that the checkerspot butterfly is becoming more prevalent in regions farther north than before and less prevalent in regions farther south. The northward shift of the butterflies is almost perfectly correlated with the northward shift of the warm... | PT40 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q3 Passage:Professor: The best users of a language are its great authors. However, these authors often use language in ways that are innovative and idiosyncratic, and are therefore less respectful of the strictures of proper usage than most of us are. Stem:The Professor's statements, if true, most ... | PT40 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q4 Passage:The purpose of the physical sciences is to predict the order in which events will succeed one another. Human behavior, also, can sometimes be successfully predicted. However, even successful predictions of human behavior do not provide an understanding of it, for understanding a human act... | PT40 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q5 Passage:Sickles found at one archaeological site had scratched blades, but those found at a second site did not. Since sickle blades always become scratched whenever they are used to harvest grain, this evidence shows that the sickles found at the first site were used to harvest grain, but the s... | PT40 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q6 Passage:Pain perception depends only partly on physiology. During World War II a significantly lower percentage of injured soldiers requested morphine than did civilians recuperating from surgery. The soldier's response to injury was relief, joy at being alive, even euphoria; to the civilians, su... | PT40 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q7 Passage:If cold fusion worked, it would provide almost limitless power from very inexpensive raw materials, materials far cheaper than coal or oil. But replacing all the traditional electric generators that use these fuels with cold-fusion power plants would result in a reduction of no more than ... | PT40 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q8 Passage:Everyone likes repertory theater. Actors like it because playing different roles each night decreases their level of boredom. Stagehands like it because changing sets every night means more overtime and, thus, higher pay. Theater managers like it because, if plays that reflect audience de... | PT40 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q9 Passage:Writer: I collaborated with another writer on my last book, instead of writing alone as I usually do. Because the book sold so well as a result of this joint effort, I should collaborate with a writer on my next book so that book will sell well too. Stem:Which one of the following princi... | PT40 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q10 Passage:Researcher: All defects in short-term memory are caused by a malfunction of a part of the brain called the hippocampus. In short-term memory, the mind holds a piece of information for only a few moments, after which it is either stored in long-term memory or forgotten. Learning is the a... | PT40 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q11 Passage:Historian: One traditional childrearing practice in the nineteenth century was to make a child who misbehaved sit alone outside. Anyone passing by would conclude that the child had misbehaved. Nowadays, many child psychologists would disapprove of this practice because they believe that... | PT40 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q12 Passage:Novelist: Any author who thinks a sentence is ungrammatical will not write it down in the first place, and thus will have no need to use a grammar book. On the other hand, any author who is sure a sentence she or he has written is grammatical will not feel a need to consult a grammar bo... | PT40 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q13 Passage:Britain is now rabies free. Nevertheless, Britain's strict quarantine of imported domesticated animals, designed to prevent widespread outbreaks of rabies there, cannot succeed indefinitely in preventing such outbreaks. Bats, which are very susceptible to rabies, fly into Britain from co... | PT40 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q14 Passage:Franklin: The only clue I have as to the identity of the practical joker is the handwriting on the note. Ordinarily I would suspect Miller, who has always been jealous of me, but the handwriting is not hers. So the joker is apparently someone else. Stem:Which one of the following provid... | PT40 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q15 Passage:People who have doctorates in the liberal arts are interested in improving their intellects. Companies, however, rarely hire people who are not concerned with the financial gain that can be obtained by hard work in the business world. As a result, companies rarely hire people who have do... | PT40 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q16 Passage:Logan: Newspapers have always focused on ephemeral matters while ignoring important societal changes. For this and other reasons, old newspapers are useless to both amateur and professional historians.Mendez: But news stories, along with popular art, provide a wealth of information abo... | PT40 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q17 Passage:People who have never been asked to do more than they can easily do are people who never do all they can. Alex is someone who has clearly not done all that he is capable of doing, so obviously no one has ever pushed him to do more than what comes to him easily. Stem:The flawed reasoning ... | PT40 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q18 Passage:It has been a staple of drama to feature an innocent young protagonist, eager to make a mark on the world, who is stymied by an indifferent or hostile society. Since the playwrights of such works wished the audience to empathize with the protagonist, historians do not regard these plays ... | PT40 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q19 Passage:Fishing columnist: When an independent research firm compared the five best-selling baits, it found that Benton baits work best for catching trout. It asked a dozen top anglers to try out the five best-selling baits as they fished for speckled trout in a pristine northern stream, and ev... | PT40 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q20 Passage:Investment banker: Democracies require free-market capitalist economies, because a more controlled economy is incompatible with complete democracy. But history shows that repressive measures against certain capitalistic developments are required during the transition from a totalitarian... | PT40 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q21 Passage:Administrator: Because revenue fell by 15 percent this year, the university needs to reduce next year's budget. This could be accomplished by eliminating faculty positions. It could also be accomplished by reducing faculty salaries. Since we will not eliminate any faculty positions, we ... | PT40 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q22 Passage:Repressors‚ people who unconsciously inhibit their display of emotion‚ exhibit significant increases in heart rate when they encounter emotion-provoking situations. Nonrepressors have similar physiological responses when they encounter such situations and consciously inhibit their displa... | PT40 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q23 Passage:A television manufacturing plant has a total of 1,000 workers, though an average of 10 are absent on any given day for various reasons. On days when exactly 10 workers are absent, the plant produces televisions at its normal rate. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the plant could fir... | PT40 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT40 S3 Q24 Passage:New evidence suggests that the collapse of Egypt's old kingdom some 4,000 years ago was caused by environmental catastrophe rather than internal social upheaval. Ocean sediments reveal a period of global cooling at the time, a condition generally associated with extended droughts. There ... | PT40 S3 Q24 |
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