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Question ID:PT86 S1 Q2 Passage:Policy analyst: Those concerned with safeguarding public health by reducing the risk of traffic fatalities typically focus their efforts on automotive safety measures such as increasing seat belt use, reducing distracted driving, and improving automotive technology. But what would contrib... | PT86 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q3 Passage:Letter to the Editor: The arts section of this paper shows a lamentable bias toward movies and against local theatrical productions. Over the last year alone, the paper has published over five times as many movie reviews as reviews of live plays. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, ... | PT86 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q4 Passage:Archaeologist: Our university museum possesses several ancient artifacts whose ownership is in dispute. Although the museum has documentation showing that the items were obtained legally, there is an overriding principle that any important ancient artifact belongs by rights to the nation ... | PT86 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q5 Passage:Many fictional works have characters who are supposedly precognitive‚ that is, able to accurately perceive future events. But a perception of a future event is accurate only if that event comes to pass. Thus, the plots of these works often show that the characters are not truly precogniti... | PT86 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q6 Passage:Economist: There have been large declines in employment around the globe, so it's not surprising that the number of workers injured on the job has decreased. What is surprising, however, is that the percentage of workers injured on the job has also decreased. Stem:Each of the following, i... | PT86 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q7 Passage:Editorial: Animated films appropriate for children are those that are innocently whimsical, mischievous perhaps, but not threatening. Since new animated films aimed at adults have dark themes such as poverty and despair, such films cannot be considered appropriate for children. Stem:Whi... | PT86 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q8 Passage:Monarch butterflies must contend with single-celled parasites that can cause deformities that interfere with their flight. In populations of monarch butterflies that have not migrated, as many as 95 percent are heavily infected by the parasites, while less than 15 percent of those in migr... | PT86 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q9 Passage:Legal doctrine: The government cannot appropriate private property without offering fair compensation to the property owner.Application: If the government institutes a regulation that blocks construction on undeveloped private lots on the shore of Lake Crowell‚ thereby diminishing their m... | PT86 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q10 Passage:When a bird flies, powerful forces converge on its shoulder joints. The bird's wings must be kept stable during flight, which cannot happen unless something balances these forces. The only structure in birds capable of balancing them is a ligament that connects the wing to the shoulder j... | PT86 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q11 Passage:As part of a project to enhance the downtown area, the transit authority plans to build a majestic new subway station on the Longview line. However, the current design of the station does not include a connection to the nearby Waterfront line. Adding a tunnel from the station to the Wate... | PT86 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q12 Passage:A study found that most of the strokes diagnosed by doctors occurred in the left side of patients' brains. This suggests that right-side strokes are more likely than left-side strokes to go undiagnosed since _______. Stem:The conclusion of the argument is strongly supported if which one ... | PT86 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q13 Passage:When so many oysters died off the coast of Britain that some native species were threatened with extinction, the fact that the water temperature had recently risen was at first thought to be the cause. Later, however, the cause was determined to be the chemical tributyl tin (TBT), used ... | PT86 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q14 Passage:Pratt: Almost all cases of rabies in humans come from being bitten by a rabid animal, and bats do carry rabies. But there is little justification for health warnings that urge the removal of any bats residing in buildings where people work or live. Bats are shy animals that rarely bite, ... | PT86 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q15 Passage:It has been said that understanding a person completely leads one to forgive that person entirely. If so, then it follows that complete self-forgiveness is beyond our reach, for complete self-understanding, however desirable, is unattainable. Stem:A flaw in the reasoning in the argument ... | PT86 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q16 Passage:A popular complaint about abstract expressionist paintings‚ that "a child could paint that"‚ holds that their stylistic similarities to young children's paintings show that they are no more aesthetically pleasing than those inexpert works. But most participants in a psychological study, ... | PT86 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q17 Passage:Xavier: The new fast-food place on 10th Street is out of business already. I'm not surprised. It had no indoor seating, and few people want to sit outside and breathe exhaust fumes while they eat.Miranda: The bank should have realized that with all the fast-food places on 10th Street, on... | PT86 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q18 Passage:In an island nature preserve, Common Eider nests are found in roughly equal numbers in highly concealing woody vegetation, wooden boxes, and open grasslands that do not conceal nests. Some Common Eiders lay their eggs in nests established by other Common Eiders, probably in order to loca... | PT86 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q19 Passage:Researcher: In an experiment, 500 families were given a medical self-help book, and 500 similar families were not. Over the next year, the average number of visits to doctors dropped by 20 percent for the families who had been given the book but remained unchanged for the other families.... | PT86 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q20 Passage:Politician: Our government's Ministry of the Environment issues scientific assessments of the ecological impacts of industrial activities. However, these assessments are often inaccurate due to political pressures on the ministry. The government is now forming a Ministry of Health. Since... | PT86 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q21 Passage:Farmer: Farming with artificial fertilizers, though more damaging to the environment than organic farming, allows more food to be grown on the same amount of land. If all farmers were to practice organic farming, they would be unable to produce enough food for Earth's growing population.... | PT86 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q22 Passage:Although severing a motor nerve kills part of the nerve, it can regenerate, growing about 1 millimeter per day from the point of damage toward the muscle the nerve controlled. So, for example, a severed motor nerve that controlled a hand muscle requires a much longer time to regenerate i... | PT86 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q23 Passage:Male boto dolphins often carry objects such as weeds or sticks. Researchers first thought this was play behavior, but it is more likely to be a mating display. If it were play rather than a mating display, we would expect females and juveniles to engage in the behavior, but only adult ma... | PT86 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q24 Passage:Andy Warhol's Brillo Boxes is a stack of boxes that are visually indistinguishable from the product packaging of an actual brand of scouring pads. Warhol's Brillo Boxes is considered a work of art, while an identical stack of ordinary boxes would not be considered a work of art. Therefor... | PT86 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT86 S1 Q25 Passage:Stallworth claims that she supported the proposal to build a new community center. If Henning also supported that proposal, it would have received government approval. Since the proposal did not gain government approval, Henning must have failed to back it, despite his claims to the cont... | PT86 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q1 Passage:Six speakers‚ Jacobs, Kennedy, Lewis, Martin, Navarro, and Ota‚ will lecture at an upcoming two-day conference, held on a Thursday and Friday. Lectures will be given at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 each day. Each speaker will lecture exactly once, and only one speaker will lecture at a time. The ... | PT86 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q2 Passage:Six speakers‚ Jacobs, Kennedy, Lewis, Martin, Navarro, and Ota‚ will lecture at an upcoming two-day conference, held on a Thursday and Friday. Lectures will be given at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 each day. Each speaker will lecture exactly once, and only one speaker will lecture at a time. The ... | PT86 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q3 Passage:Six speakers‚ Jacobs, Kennedy, Lewis, Martin, Navarro, and Ota‚ will lecture at an upcoming two-day conference, held on a Thursday and Friday. Lectures will be given at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 each day. Each speaker will lecture exactly once, and only one speaker will lecture at a time. The ... | PT86 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q4 Passage:Six speakers‚ Jacobs, Kennedy, Lewis, Martin, Navarro, and Ota‚ will lecture at an upcoming two-day conference, held on a Thursday and Friday. Lectures will be given at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 each day. Each speaker will lecture exactly once, and only one speaker will lecture at a time. The ... | PT86 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q5 Passage:Six speakers‚ Jacobs, Kennedy, Lewis, Martin, Navarro, and Ota‚ will lecture at an upcoming two-day conference, held on a Thursday and Friday. Lectures will be given at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 each day. Each speaker will lecture exactly once, and only one speaker will lecture at a time. The ... | PT86 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q6 Passage:Six speakers‚ Jacobs, Kennedy, Lewis, Martin, Navarro, and Ota‚ will lecture at an upcoming two-day conference, held on a Thursday and Friday. Lectures will be given at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 each day. Each speaker will lecture exactly once, and only one speaker will lecture at a time. The ... | PT86 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q7 Passage:An art auction will feature exactly six paintings, each by a different artist‚ Joysmith, Kahlo, Nieto, Rothko, Sugimoto, and Villa. Each painting will be auctioned separately, in an order consistent with the following:The Joysmith cannot be auctioned immediately before or immediately afte... | PT86 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q8 Passage:An art auction will feature exactly six paintings, each by a different artist‚ Joysmith, Kahlo, Nieto, Rothko, Sugimoto, and Villa. Each painting will be auctioned separately, in an order consistent with the following:The Joysmith cannot be auctioned immediately before or immediately afte... | PT86 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q9 Passage:An art auction will feature exactly six paintings, each by a different artist‚ Joysmith, Kahlo, Nieto, Rothko, Sugimoto, and Villa. Each painting will be auctioned separately, in an order consistent with the following:The Joysmith cannot be auctioned immediately before or immediately afte... | PT86 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q10 Passage:An art auction will feature exactly six paintings, each by a different artist‚ Joysmith, Kahlo, Nieto, Rothko, Sugimoto, and Villa. Each painting will be auctioned separately, in an order consistent with the following:The Joysmith cannot be auctioned immediately before or immediately aft... | PT86 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q11 Passage:An art auction will feature exactly six paintings, each by a different artist‚ Joysmith, Kahlo, Nieto, Rothko, Sugimoto, and Villa. Each painting will be auctioned separately, in an order consistent with the following:The Joysmith cannot be auctioned immediately before or immediately aft... | PT86 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q12 Passage:An art auction will feature exactly six paintings, each by a different artist‚ Joysmith, Kahlo, Nieto, Rothko, Sugimoto, and Villa. Each painting will be auctioned separately, in an order consistent with the following:The Joysmith cannot be auctioned immediately before or immediately aft... | PT86 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q13 Passage:Every year, a mining company dispatches an engineering team to work for three months at Grayson mine and for three months at Krona mine. All six of the months occur from March to November. In months when it is not at a mine, the team works at company headquarters. The team's schedule als... | PT86 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q14 Passage:Every year, a mining company dispatches an engineering team to work for three months at Grayson mine and for three months at Krona mine. All six of the months occur from March to November. In months when it is not at a mine, the team works at company headquarters. The team's schedule als... | PT86 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q15 Passage:Every year, a mining company dispatches an engineering team to work for three months at Grayson mine and for three months at Krona mine. All six of the months occur from March to November. In months when it is not at a mine, the team works at company headquarters. The team's schedule als... | PT86 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q16 Passage:Every year, a mining company dispatches an engineering team to work for three months at Grayson mine and for three months at Krona mine. All six of the months occur from March to November. In months when it is not at a mine, the team works at company headquarters. The team's schedule als... | PT86 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q17 Passage:Every year, a mining company dispatches an engineering team to work for three months at Grayson mine and for three months at Krona mine. All six of the months occur from March to November. In months when it is not at a mine, the team works at company headquarters. The team's schedule als... | PT86 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q18 Passage:A medical clinic is assigning doctors to shifts for the next seven days, Sunday through Saturday, with exactly one doctor assigned to each day. Six doctors‚ Graham, Herrera, Koppel, Leedom, Nelson, and Park‚ will be assigned, each doctor assigned to at least one day, subject to the follo... | PT86 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q19 Passage:A medical clinic is assigning doctors to shifts for the next seven days, Sunday through Saturday, with exactly one doctor assigned to each day. Six doctors‚ Graham, Herrera, Koppel, Leedom, Nelson, and Park‚ will be assigned, each doctor assigned to at least one day, subject to the follo... | PT86 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q20 Passage:A medical clinic is assigning doctors to shifts for the next seven days, Sunday through Saturday, with exactly one doctor assigned to each day. Six doctors‚ Graham, Herrera, Koppel, Leedom, Nelson, and Park‚ will be assigned, each doctor assigned to at least one day, subject to the follo... | PT86 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q21 Passage:A medical clinic is assigning doctors to shifts for the next seven days, Sunday through Saturday, with exactly one doctor assigned to each day. Six doctors‚ Graham, Herrera, Koppel, Leedom, Nelson, and Park‚ will be assigned, each doctor assigned to at least one day, subject to the follo... | PT86 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q22 Passage:A medical clinic is assigning doctors to shifts for the next seven days, Sunday through Saturday, with exactly one doctor assigned to each day. Six doctors‚ Graham, Herrera, Koppel, Leedom, Nelson, and Park‚ will be assigned, each doctor assigned to at least one day, subject to the follo... | PT86 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT86 S2 Q23 Passage:A medical clinic is assigning doctors to shifts for the next seven days, Sunday through Saturday, with exactly one doctor assigned to each day. Six doctors‚ Graham, Herrera, Koppel, Leedom, Nelson, and Park‚ will be assigned, each doctor assigned to at least one day, subject to the follo... | PT86 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q1 Passage:Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization, which flourished from 2600 B.C. to 900 B.C. In geographic size, the Indus Valley civilization was the largest ancient urban civilization, bigger than pharaonic Egypt. Centered on t... | PT86 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q2 Passage:Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization, which flourished from 2600 B.C. to 900 B.C. In geographic size, the Indus Valley civilization was the largest ancient urban civilization, bigger than pharaonic Egypt. Centered on t... | PT86 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q3 Passage:Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization, which flourished from 2600 B.C. to 900 B.C. In geographic size, the Indus Valley civilization was the largest ancient urban civilization, bigger than pharaonic Egypt. Centered on t... | PT86 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q4 Passage:Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization, which flourished from 2600 B.C. to 900 B.C. In geographic size, the Indus Valley civilization was the largest ancient urban civilization, bigger than pharaonic Egypt. Centered on t... | PT86 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q5 Passage:Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization, which flourished from 2600 B.C. to 900 B.C. In geographic size, the Indus Valley civilization was the largest ancient urban civilization, bigger than pharaonic Egypt. Centered on t... | PT86 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q6 Passage:Along with Egypt and Sumer, the third major early Bronze Age civilization was the Indus Valley civilization, which flourished from 2600 B.C. to 900 B.C. In geographic size, the Indus Valley civilization was the largest ancient urban civilization, bigger than pharaonic Egypt. Centered on t... | PT86 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q7 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of ... | PT86 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q8 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of ... | PT86 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q9 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of ... | PT86 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q10 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of... | PT86 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q11 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of... | PT86 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q12 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of... | PT86 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q13 Passage:Film scholar David Bordwell refers to the years 1917‚ 1960 as the classical era of filmmaking in Hollywood. Bordwell defines the era's style as being governed by straightforward narrative considerations, i.e., the need to follow well-defined characters through a chronological sequence of... | PT86 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q14 Passage:Passage AThe legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act‚ that is, in the absence of external duress, people freely decide how to act. But behaviors‚ even high-level behaviors‚ can take place in the absence of free will. For exampl... | PT86 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q15 Passage:Passage AThe legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act‚ that is, in the absence of external duress, people freely decide how to act. But behaviors‚ even high-level behaviors‚ can take place in the absence of free will. For exampl... | PT86 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q16 Passage:Passage AThe legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act‚ that is, in the absence of external duress, people freely decide how to act. But behaviors‚ even high-level behaviors‚ can take place in the absence of free will. For exampl... | PT86 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q17 Passage:Passage AThe legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act‚ that is, in the absence of external duress, people freely decide how to act. But behaviors‚ even high-level behaviors‚ can take place in the absence of free will. For exampl... | PT86 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q18 Passage:Passage AThe legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act‚ that is, in the absence of external duress, people freely decide how to act. But behaviors‚ even high-level behaviors‚ can take place in the absence of free will. For exampl... | PT86 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q19 Passage:Passage AThe legal system rests on the assumption that people use conscious deliberation when deciding how to act‚ that is, in the absence of external duress, people freely decide how to act. But behaviors‚ even high-level behaviors‚ can take place in the absence of free will. For exampl... | PT86 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q20 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q21 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q22 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q23 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q24 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q25 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT86 S3 Q26 Passage:Physicists posit that at first our universe was infinitesimally small and infinitely hot and dense. It then underwent a period of extremely rapid, massive inflation (the Big Bang), and it has since continued to expand and cool. According to physicists Sean Carroll and Jennifer Chen, the ... | PT86 S3 Q26 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q1 Passage:Researcher: It is widely believed that, given its northerly latitude, England's mild winters must be due to the Gulf Stream, which brings warm water flowing northeastward across the Atlantic Ocean. But this belief is mistaken. While it is true that the Gulf Stream brings tropical water to... | PT86 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q2 Passage:Edgar: Nurses who have been specially trained in administering anesthetics should be allowed to anesthetize patients without having to do so under a doctor's supervision. After all, anesthesia has gotten remarkably safe in recent decades. Janet: Although it's true that nurse anesthetists ... | PT86 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q3 Passage:Consumer: A new law requires all cigarette packaging to display health warnings, disturbing pictures of smoking-related diseases, and no logos. This law will not affect the smoking habits of most people who smoke cigarettes regularly, since most of these people rarely look at the packagin... | PT86 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q4 Passage:Warner: Until recently, most competitive swimmers were high school or university students. Now, more and more competitive swimmers are continuing well beyond their university years. Clearly, better training regimens have allowed today's competitive swimmers to stay fitter longer than swim... | PT86 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q5 Passage:Businessperson: Brenner and Chen are the only applicants who have the qualifications we require. But Brenner has a history of not getting along with coworkers, so we should hire Chen. Stem:Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the businessperson's argume... | PT86 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q6 Passage:Psychologist: Thinking can occur without language. Researchers have demonstrated that three-month-old infants, who obviously have no knowledge of language, can detect anomalies in pictures‚ in a picture displaying a human face with three eyes, for example. The infants probably compare th... | PT86 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q7 Passage:Nutritionist: Contrary to popular belief, a high-calcium diet does not prevent osteoporosis (decrease in bone density). Rather, a low-protein diet with an abundance of fruits and vegetables and a minimum quantity of meat and dairy products is essential for the prevention of the condition.... | PT86 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q8 Passage:Quartzbrook Farms wanted to test all of its cattle for a rare disease so it could export beef to a country that requires such testing. However, the government of Quartzbrook's country prohibited it from testing its cattle, on the grounds that there is no scientific evidence that the risk ... | PT86 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q9 Passage:Office manager: Every vacation an office worker takes significantly reduces the psychological exhaustion experienced on the job. Therefore, to reduce the amount of psychological exhaustion as much as possible over the course of a year, office workers should divide their vacation time int... | PT86 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q10 Passage:A traditional view of Neanderthals is that they lacked the ability to think symbolically. However, recent evidence suggests this view is mistaken. Using an innovative new technique, researchers established that a cave painting in northern Spain was created at least 40,800 years ago. It i... | PT86 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q11 Passage:To be considered for this year's Gillespie Grant, applications must be received in Gillespie City by October 1. It can take up to ten days for regular mail from Greendale to reach Gillespie City. So if Mary is sending an application by regular mail from Greendale, she will be considered ... | PT86 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q12 Passage:The Amazon River flows eastward into the Atlantic Ocean from its source in the western part of South America. The land through which the Amazon flows is now cut off from the Pacific Ocean to the west by the Andes Mountains. Yet certain freshwater fish that inhabit the Amazon are descen... | PT86 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q13 Passage:Columnist: Banning performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) from sports will not stop their use. They provide too big a competitive advantage. And top athletes will do whatever it takes to gain a big competitive advantage. So PEDs should be allowed, but only if administered under a doctor‚ s c... | PT86 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q14 Passage:Max: As evidence mounts showing the terrible changes wrought on the environment by technology, the conclusion that humans must return to a natural way of living becomes irrefutable.Cora: It is natural for humans to use technology to effect changes on the environment‚ humans have used t... | PT86 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q15 Passage:Commentator: The reported epidemic of childhood obesity in our country is a myth. Over the last 8 years, there was only a 1 pound (0.45 kilogram) increase in children's average weight. This is not a substantial increase, so the proportion of children who are obese cannot have increased s... | PT86 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q16 Passage:Editorial: The main contention of Kramer's book is that coal companies are to blame for our region's economic difficulties. Kramer bases this contention primarily on allegations made by disgruntled coal company employees that the companies made no significant investments in other industr... | PT86 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q17 Passage:Health-care facilities have a duty to protect their patients from unnecessary harm. So, since influenza viruses pose substantial risks to patients, and since vaccines can significantly reduce the spread of these viruses, health-care facilities must institute policies that make influenza ... | PT86 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q18 Passage:Etiquette helps people to get along with each other. For example, it prevents people from inadvertently offending one another. While many people criticize etiquette because they believe it has no beneficial effects for society, these same people think that kindness and social harmony are... | PT86 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q19 Passage:European wood ants incorporate large quantities of solidified conifer resin into their nests. Conifer resin is a natural disinfectant that has been shown to kill strains of bacteria that can cause disease in wood ants. Thus, the wood ants' use of conifer resin probably came about as a di... | PT86 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q20 Passage:Coming up with secure passwords for confidential computer files is difficult. Users prefer passwords that are easy to remember, such as birth dates or relatives' names. Unfortunately, these are the easiest to guess for an outsider who wants to gain access to valuable information. Random ... | PT86 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q21 Passage:If you use a wood stove to heat your home, you should use a wood-pellet stove rather than a regular wood stove. Because wood pellets are made from by-products of manufacturing processes that would otherwise go to landfills, heating a home with a wood-pellet stove will not cause more tree... | PT86 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q22 Passage:Economist: Gifts of cash or gift cards, which allow the recipient to choose the actual gift, are more highly valued by recipients than are gifts chosen for them by others. In a study, when people were asked how much they would have been willing to pay for gifts chosen for them by others,... | PT86 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q23 Passage:An antitheft device involving an electronic homing beacon has been developed for use in tracking stolen automobiles. Although its presence is undetectable to a car thief and so does not directly deter theft, its use greatly increases the odds of apprehending even the most experienced car... | PT86 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q24 Passage:Taken as a whole, the computers that constitute the Internet form a complex, densely interconnected collection that transmits information like the neurons that form the human brain. And like a developing human brain, the Internet is growing at millions of points. So we can expect that th... | PT86 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT86 S4 Q25 Passage:Editorial: Any democratic society is endangered by segmentation into classes of widely differing incomes between which there is little mobility. Such class divisions strengthen divisive political factions that stand in the way of good governance. Since economic expansion gives people mor... | PT86 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT85 S1 Q1 Passage:The United States Supreme Court‚ s 1948 ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer famously disallowed state courts from enforcing racially restrictive covenants. Such covenants are, in essence, private legal obligations included in the deed to a property requiring that only members of a certain race b... | PT85 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT85 S1 Q2 Passage:The United States Supreme Court‚ s 1948 ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer famously disallowed state courts from enforcing racially restrictive covenants. Such covenants are, in essence, private legal obligations included in the deed to a property requiring that only members of a certain race b... | PT85 S1 Q2 |
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