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Question ID:PT23 S3 Q6 Passage:A purse containing 32 ancient gold coins that had been minted in Morocco was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Jordanian city some 4,000 kilometers to the east of Morocco. In its time the Jordanian city was an important trading center along the trade route linking China and Europe, a... | PT23 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q7 Passage:Studies indicate that the rate at which water pollution is increasing is leveling off: the amount of water pollution caused this year is almost identical to the amount caused last year. If this trend continues, the water pollution problem will no longer be getting more serious. Stem:The... | PT23 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q8 Passage:One researcher writes, "Human beings are innately aggressive." As evidence, the researcher cites the prevalence of warfare in history, and then discounts any current disinclination to fight: "The most peaceable peoples of today were often ravagers of yesteryear and will probably fight aga... | PT23 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q9 Passage:If a person chooses to walk rather than drive, there is one less vehicle emitting pollution into the air than there would be otherwise. Therefore if people would walk whenever it is feasible for them to do so, then pollution will be greatly reduced. Stem:Which one of the following is an ... | PT23 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q10 Passage:If a person chooses to walk rather than drive, there is one less vehicle emitting pollution into the air than there would be otherwise. Therefore if people would walk whenever it is feasible for them to do so, then pollution will be greatly reduced. Stem:Which one of the following, if t... | PT23 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q11 Passage:Editorial: The most vocal proponents of the proposed law are not permanent residents of this island but rather a few of the wealthiest summer residents, who leave when the vacation months have passed. These people will benefit from passage of this law while not having to deal with the ... | PT23 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q12 Passage:Vitamin XYZ has long been a favorite among health food enthusiasts. In a recent large study, those who took large amounts of vitamin XYZ daily for two years showed on average a 40 percent lower risk of heart disease than did members of a control group. Researchers corrected for differenc... | PT23 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q13 Passage:In 1988, a significant percentage of seals in the Baltic Sea died from viral diseases; off the coast of Scotland, however, the death rate due to viral diseases was approximately half what it was for the Baltic seals. The Baltic seals had significantly higher levels of pollutants in thei... | PT23 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q14 Passage:If the proposed tax reduction package is adopted this year, the library will be forced to discontinue its daily story hours for children. But if the daily story hours are discontinued, many parents will be greatly inconvenienced. So the proposed tax reduction package will not be adopte... | PT23 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q15 Passage:Funding opponent: Some people favor city funding for the spaying and neutering of pets at the owners' request. They claim that the decrease in the number of stray animals to contend with will offset the cost of the funding. These people fail to realize that over 80 percent of pet owners... | PT23 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q16 Passage:Research indicates that college professors generally were raised in economically advantaged households. For it was discovered that, overall, college professors grew up in communities with average household incomes that were higher than the average household income for the nation as a wh... | PT23 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q17 Passage:Magazine article: Punishment for crimes is justified if it actually deters people from committing them. But a great deal of carefully assembled and analyzed empirical data show clearly that punishment is not a deterrent. So punishment is never justified. Stem:The reasoning in the magazi... | PT23 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q18 Passage:If the recording now playing on the jazz program is really "Louis Armstrong recorded in concert in 1989," as the announcer said, then Louis Armstrong was playing some of the best jazz of his career years after his death. Since the trumpeter was definitely Louis Armstrong, somehow the an... | PT23 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q19 Passage:When a stone is trimmed by a mason and exposed to the elements, a coating of clay and other minerals, called rock varnish, gradually accumulates on the freshly trimmed surface. Organic matter trapped beneath the varnish on stones of an Andean monument was found to be over 1,000 years ol... | PT23 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q20 Passage:Legal rules are expressed in general terms. They concern classifications of persons and actions and they prescribe legal consequences for persons and actions falling into the relevant categories. The application of a rule to a particular case, therefore, involves a decision on whether th... | PT23 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q21 Passage:Helen: It was wrong of my brother Mark to tell our mother that the reason he had missed her birthday party the evening before was that he had been in a traffic accident and that by the time he was released from the hospital emergency room the party was long over. Saying something that ... | PT23 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q22 Passage:Helen: It was wrong of my brother Mark to tell our mother that the reason he had missed her birthday party the evening before was that he had been in a traffic accident and that by the time he was released from the hospital emergency room the party was long over. Saying something that ... | PT23 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q23 Passage:Candidate: The government spends $500 million more each year promoting highway safety than it spends combating cigarette smoking. But each year many more people die from smoking-related diseases than die in highway accidents. So the government would save lives by shifting funds from hig... | PT23 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q24 Passage:A person's failure to keep a promise is wrong only if, first, doing so harms the one to whom the promise is made and, second, all of those who discover the failure to keep the promise lose confidence in the person's ability to keep promises. Stem:Which one of the following judgments most... | PT23 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT23 S3 Q25 Passage:The end of an action is the intended outcome of the action and not a mere by-product of the action, and the end's value is thus the only reason for the action. So while it is true that not every end's value will justify any means, and even, perhaps, that there is no end whose value will... | PT23 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q1 Passage:It has recently been discovered that many attributions of paintings to the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt may be false. The contested paintings are not minor works, whose removal from the Rembrandt corpus would leave it relatively unaffected: they are at its very center. In he... | PT23 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q2 Passage:It has recently been discovered that many attributions of paintings to the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt may be false. The contested paintings are not minor works, whose removal from the Rembrandt corpus would leave it relatively unaffected: they are at its very center. In he... | PT23 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q3 Passage:It has recently been discovered that many attributions of paintings to the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt may be false. The contested paintings are not minor works, whose removal from the Rembrandt corpus would leave it relatively unaffected: they are at its very center. In he... | PT23 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q4 Passage:It has recently been discovered that many attributions of paintings to the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt may be false. The contested paintings are not minor works, whose removal from the Rembrandt corpus would leave it relatively unaffected: they are at its very center. In he... | PT23 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q5 Passage:It has recently been discovered that many attributions of paintings to the seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt may be false. The contested paintings are not minor works, whose removal from the Rembrandt corpus would leave it relatively unaffected: they are at its very center. In he... | PT23 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q6 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic. ... | PT23 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q7 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic. ... | PT23 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q8 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic. ... | PT23 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q9 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic. ... | PT23 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q10 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic.... | PT23 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q11 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic.... | PT23 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q12 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic.... | PT23 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q13 Passage:Medievalists usually distinguish medieval public law from private law: the former was concerned with government and military affairs and the latter with the family, social status, and land transactions. Examination of medieval women's lives shows this distinction to be overly simplistic.... | PT23 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q14 Passage:The debate over the environmental crisis is not new; anxiety about industry's impact on the environment has existed for over a century. What is new is the extreme polarization of views. Mounting evidence of humanity's capacity to damage the environment irreversibly coupled with suspicion... | PT23 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q15 Passage:The debate over the environmental crisis is not new; anxiety about industry's impact on the environment has existed for over a century. What is new is the extreme polarization of views. Mounting evidence of humanity's capacity to damage the environment irreversibly coupled with suspicion... | PT23 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q16 Passage:The debate over the environmental crisis is not new; anxiety about industry's impact on the environment has existed for over a century. What is new is the extreme polarization of views. Mounting evidence of humanity's capacity to damage the environment irreversibly coupled with suspicion... | PT23 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q17 Passage:The debate over the environmental crisis is not new; anxiety about industry's impact on the environment has existed for over a century. What is new is the extreme polarization of views. Mounting evidence of humanity's capacity to damage the environment irreversibly coupled with suspicion... | PT23 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q18 Passage:The debate over the environmental crisis is not new; anxiety about industry's impact on the environment has existed for over a century. What is new is the extreme polarization of views. Mounting evidence of humanity's capacity to damage the environment irreversibly coupled with suspicion... | PT23 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q19 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q20 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q21 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q22 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q23 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q24 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q25 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT23 S4 Q26 Passage:Recently the focus of historical studies of different ethnic groups in the United States has shifted from the transformation of ethnic identity to its preservation. Whereas earlier historians argued that the ethnic identity of various immigrant groups to the United States blended to form... | PT23 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q1 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q2 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q3 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q4 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q5 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q6 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q7 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q8 Passage:Painter Frida Kahlo (1910‚ 1954) often used harrowing images derived from her Mexican heritage to express suffering caused by a disabling accident and a stormy marriage. Suggesting much personal and emotional content, her works‚ many of them self-portraits‚ have been exhaustively psychoan... | PT22 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q9 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based ... | PT22 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q10 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q11 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q12 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q13 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q14 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q15 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q16 Passage:In recent years, a growing belief that the way society decides what to treat as true is controlled through largely unrecognized discursive practices has led legal reformers to examine the complex interconnections between narrative and law. In many legal systems, legal judgments are based... | PT22 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q17 Passage:Many people complain about corporations, but there are also those whose criticism goes further and who hold corporations morally to blame for many of the problems in Western society. Their criticism is not reserved solely for fraudulent or illegal business activities, but extends to the ... | PT22 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q18 Passage:Many people complain about corporations, but there are also those whose criticism goes further and who hold corporations morally to blame for many of the problems in Western society. Their criticism is not reserved solely for fraudulent or illegal business activities, but extends to the ... | PT22 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q19 Passage:Many people complain about corporations, but there are also those whose criticism goes further and who hold corporations morally to blame for many of the problems in Western society. Their criticism is not reserved solely for fraudulent or illegal business activities, but extends to the ... | PT22 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q20 Passage:Many people complain about corporations, but there are also those whose criticism goes further and who hold corporations morally to blame for many of the problems in Western society. Their criticism is not reserved solely for fraudulent or illegal business activities, but extends to the ... | PT22 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q21 Passage:Many people complain about corporations, but there are also those whose criticism goes further and who hold corporations morally to blame for many of the problems in Western society. Their criticism is not reserved solely for fraudulent or illegal business activities, but extends to the ... | PT22 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q22 Passage:What it means to "explain" something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that mathematics is a kind of language‚ a systematic contrivance of signs, the criteria for the authority of which are internal coherence, elegance, and depth. The appli... | PT22 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q23 Passage:What it means to "explain" something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that mathematics is a kind of language‚ a systematic contrivance of signs, the criteria for the authority of which are internal coherence, elegance, and depth. The appli... | PT22 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q24 Passage:What it means to "explain" something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that mathematics is a kind of language‚ a systematic contrivance of signs, the criteria for the authority of which are internal coherence, elegance, and depth. The appli... | PT22 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q25 Passage:What it means to "explain" something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that mathematics is a kind of language‚ a systematic contrivance of signs, the criteria for the authority of which are internal coherence, elegance, and depth. The appli... | PT22 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT22 S1 Q26 Passage:What it means to "explain" something in science often comes down to the application of mathematics. Some thinkers hold that mathematics is a kind of language‚ a systematic contrivance of signs, the criteria for the authority of which are internal coherence, elegance, and depth. The appli... | PT22 S1 Q26 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q1 Passage:Braille is a method of producing text by means of raised dots that can be read by touch. A recent development in technology will allow flat computer screens to be made of a material that can be heated in patterns that replicate the patterns used in braille. Since the thermal device will... | PT22 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q2 Passage:Mayor of Outerville, a suburb of Center City: Outerville must grow if it is to survive, so, as we have agreed, efforts should be made to attract more residents. The best strategy for attracting residents is to renovate the train station. The numbers of jobs in Center City and of peopl... | PT22 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q3 Passage:Land developer: By attempting to preserve endangered species that otherwise would become extinct during our lifetime, we are wasting money on species that will disappear over time regardless of our efforts. Paleontologists have established that extinction is the normal fate of species o... | PT22 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q4 Passage:Most small children are flat-footed. This failure of the foot to assume its natural arch, if it persists past early childhood, can sometimes result in discomfort and even pain later in life. Traditionally, flat-footedness in children has been treated by having the children wear special ... | PT22 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q5 Passage:The chances that tropical storms will develop in a given area increase whenever the temperature of a large body of water in that area exceeds 26 degrees Celsius to a depth of about 60 meters. If the amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere continues to increase, the temperature... | PT22 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q6 Passage:Astorga's campaign promises are apparently just an attempt to please voters. What she says she will do if elected mayor is simply what she has learned from opinion polls that voters want the new mayor to do. Therefore, voters are not being told what Astorga actually intends to do if she... | PT22 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q7 Passage:Newsletter for community-center volunteers: Retired persons who regularly volunteer their time to help others generally display fewer and milder effects of aging than their nonvolunteering contemporaries: in social resources, mental outlook, physical health, economic resources, and over... | PT22 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q8 Passage:The local agricultural official gave the fruit growers of the District 10 Farmers' Cooperative a new pesticide that they applied for a period of three years to their pear orchards in place of the pesticide they had formerly applied. During those three years, the proportion of pears lost ... | PT22 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q9 Passage:The local agricultural official gave the fruit growers of the District 10 Farmers' Cooperative a new pesticide that they applied for a period of three years to their pear orchards in place of the pesticide they had formerly applied. During those three years, the proportion of pears lost ... | PT22 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q10 Passage:The only motives that influence all human actions arise from self-interest. It is clear, therefore, that self-interest is the chief influence on human action. Stem:The reasoning in the argument is fallacious because the argument Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:denies that an observation... | PT22 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q11 Passage:Astronomer: Astronomical observatories in many areas have become useless because light from nearby cities obscures the stars. Many people argue that since streetlights are needed for safety, such interference from lights is inevitable. Here in Sandsville, however, the local observator... | PT22 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q12 Passage:Music critic: Some people argue that, unlike certain works of Handel, which set to music familiar religious texts, the organ symphonies of Louis Vierne are not religious music. Quite the contrary. Sitting in Notre Dame cathedral in Paris and hearing his organ symphonies demonstrates tha... | PT22 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q13 Passage:Charles: During recessions unemployment typically rises. Thus, during a recession air pollution due to automobile exhaust decreases, since fewer people commute in cars to jobs and so cars emitting pollutants into the air are used less.Darla: Why think that air pollution would decrease... | PT22 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q14 Passage:Charles: During recessions unemployment typically rises. Thus, during a recession air pollution due to automobile exhaust decreases, since fewer people commute in cars to jobs and so cars emitting pollutants into the air are used less.Darla: Why think that air pollution would decrease... | PT22 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q15 Passage:For the condor to survive in the wild, its breeding population must be greatly increased. But because only a few eggs can be produced by a breeding pair over their lifetime, any significant increase in the number of birds depends upon most of these eggs hatching, which is extremely unlik... | PT22 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q16 Passage:Allowing more steel imports would depress domestic steel prices and harm domestic steel manufacturers. Since the present government will not do anything that would harm the domestic steel industry, it will not lift restrictions on steel imports. Stem:The pattern of reasoning in the argu... | PT22 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q17 Passage:Wild cheetahs live in the African grasslands. Previous estimates of the size that the wild cheetah population must be in order for these animals to survive a natural disaster in the African grasslands region were too small, and the current population barely meets the previous estimates.... | PT22 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q18 Passage:To classify a work of art as truly great, it is necessary that the work have both originality and far-reaching influence upon the artistic community. Stem:The principle above, if valid, most strongly supports which one of the following arguments? Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:By breaki... | PT22 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q19 Passage:Professor Robinson: A large meteorite impact crater in a certain region was thought to be the clue to explaining the mass extinction of plant and animal species that occurred at the end of the Mesozoic era. However, the crystalline structure of rocks recovered at the site indicates that... | PT22 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q20 Passage:Pieces of music consist of sounds and silences presented to the listener in a temporal order. A painting, in contrast, is not presented one part at a time to the viewer; there is thus no particular path that the viewer's eye must follow in order to "read" the painting. Therefore, an es... | PT22 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q21 Passage:A study of the difference in earnings between men and women in the country of Naota found that the average annual earnings of women who are employed full time is 80 percent of the average annual earnings of men who are employed full time. However, other research consistently shows that,... | PT22 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q22 Passage:Biologist: Some speculate that the unusually high frequency of small goats found in island populations is a response to evolutionary pressure to increase the number of goats so as to ensure a diverse gene pool. However, only the reproductive success of a trait influences its frequency i... | PT22 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q23 Passage:Several carefully conducted studies showed that 75 percent of strict vegetarians reached age 50 without developing serious heart disease. We can conclude from this that avoiding meat increases one's chances of avoiding serious heart disease. Therefore, people who want to reduce the risk ... | PT22 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q24 Passage:Mr. Nance: Ms. Chan said that she retired from Quad Cities Corporation, and had received a watch and a wonderful party as thanks for her 40 years of loyal service. But I overheard a colleague of hers say that Ms. Chan will be gone for much of the next year on business trips and is now w... | PT22 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT22 S2 Q25 Passage:A recent survey showed that 50 percent of people polled believe that elected officials should resign if indicted for a crime, whereas 35 percent believe that elected officials should resign only if they are convicted of a crime. Therefore, more people believe that elected officials shoul... | PT22 S2 Q25 |
Question ID:PT22 S3 Q1 Passage:At a benefit dinner, a community theater's seven sponsors‚ K, L, M, P, Q, V, and Z‚ will be seated at three tables‚ 1, 2, and 3. Of the sponsors, only K, L, and M will receive honors, and only M, P, and Q will give a speech. The sponsors' seating assignments must conform to the followin... | PT22 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT22 S3 Q2 Passage:At a benefit dinner, a community theater's seven sponsors‚ K, L, M, P, Q, V, and Z‚ will be seated at three tables‚ 1, 2, and 3. Of the sponsors, only K, L, and M will receive honors, and only M, P, and Q will give a speech. The sponsors' seating assignments must conform to the followin... | PT22 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT22 S3 Q3 Passage:At a benefit dinner, a community theater's seven sponsors‚ K, L, M, P, Q, V, and Z‚ will be seated at three tables‚ 1, 2, and 3. Of the sponsors, only K, L, and M will receive honors, and only M, P, and Q will give a speech. The sponsors' seating assignments must conform to the followin... | PT22 S3 Q3 |
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