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Question ID:PT17 S3 Q1 Passage:If a country’s manufacturing capacity is fully utilized, there can be no industrial growth without new capital investment. Any reduction in interest rates produces new capital investment. Stem:Which one of the following can be properly concluded from the statements above? Correct Answer C... | PT17 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q2 Passage:A certain type of insect trap uses a scented lure to attract rose beetles into a plastic bag from which it is difficult for them to escape. If several of these traps are installed in a backyard garden, the number of rose beetles in the garden will be greatly reduced. If only one trap is i... | PT17 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q3 Passage:The current move to patent computer programs is a move in the wrong direction and should be stopped. The patent system was originally designed solely to protect small-time inventors from exploitation, not to give large corporations control over a methodology. Any computer program is merel... | PT17 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q4 Passage:Walter: For the economically privileged in a society to tolerate an injustice perpetrated against one of society’s disadvantaged is not just morally wrong but also shortsighted: a system that inflicts an injustice on a disadvantaged person today can equally well inflict that same injustic... | PT17 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q5 Passage:Walter: For the economically privileged in a society to tolerate an injustice perpetrated against one of society’s disadvantaged is not just morally wrong but also shortsighted: a system that inflicts an injustice on a disadvantaged person today can equally well inflict that same injustic... | PT17 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q6 Passage:Three major laundry detergent manufacturers have concentrated their powdered detergents by reducing the proportion of inactive ingredients in the detergent formulas. The concentrated detergents will be sold in smaller packages. In explaining the change, the manufacturers cited the desire ... | PT17 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q7 Passage:Political advocate: Campaigns for elective office should be subsidized with public funds. One reason is that this would allow politicians to devote less time to fund-raising, thus giving campaigning incumbents more time to serve the public. A second reason is that such subsidies would mak... | PT17 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q8 Passage:Political advocate: Campaigns for elective office should be subsidized with public funds. One reason is that this would allow politicians to devote less time to fund-raising, thus giving campaigning incumbents more time to serve the public. A second reason is that such subsidies would mak... | PT17 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q9 Passage:Novice bird-watcher: I don’t know much about animal tracks, but I do know that birds typically have four toes, and most birds have three toes pointing forward and one toe pointing backward. Since this track was made by an animal with four toes, of which three point forward and one points ... | PT17 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q10 Passage:Psychologists have claimed that many people are more susceptible to psychological problems in the winter than in the summer; the psychologists call this condition seasonal affective disorder. Their claim is based on the results of surveys in which people were asked to recall how they fel... | PT17 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q11 Passage:Unless the residents of Glen Hills band together, the proposal to rezone that city will be approved. If it is, the city will be able to build the water and sewer systems that developers need in order to construct apartment houses there. These buildings would attract new residents, and th... | PT17 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q12 Passage:One year ago a local government initiated an antismoking advertising campaign in local newspapers, which it financed by imposing a tax on cigarettes of 20 cents per pack. One year later, the number of people in the locality who smoke cigarettes had declined by 3 percent. Clearly, what wa... | PT17 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q13 Passage:No projects that involve historical restorations were granted building permits this month. Since some of the current projects of the firm of Stein and Sapin are historical restorations, at least some of Stein and Sapin’s projects were not granted building permits this month. Stem:The pat... | PT17 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q14 Passage:Many artists claim that art critics find it is easier to write about art that they dislike than to write about art that they like. Whether or not this hypothesis is correct, most art criticism is devoted to art works that fail to satisfy the critic. Hence it follows that most art critici... | PT17 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q15 Passage:Babies who can hear and have hearing parents who expose them to speech begin to babble at a certain age as a precursor to speaking. In the same way, deaf babies with deaf parents who communicate with them and with each other by signing begin to babble in signs at the same age. That is, t... | PT17 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q16 Passage:Each of the elements of Girelli’s recently completed design for a university library is copied from a different one of several historic libraries. The design includes various features from Classical Greek, Islamic, Mogul, and Romanesque structures. Since no one element in the design is o... | PT17 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q17 Passage:Although tales of wonder and the fantastic are integral to all world literatures, only recently has the fantasy genre had a commercial resurgence in North America. During the last 20 years, sales of fantasy-fiction books written for adults have gone from 1 to 10 percent of total adult-fi... | PT17 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q18 Passage:Although tales of wonder and the fantastic are integral to all world literatures, only recently has the fantasy genre had a commercial resurgence in North America. During the last 20 years, sales of fantasy-fiction books written for adults have gone from 1 to 10 percent of total adult-fi... | PT17 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q19 Passage:Of all the houses in the city’s historic district, the house that once belonged to the Tyler family is the most famous by far. Since the historic district is the most famous district in the city, the Tyler house must be the city’s most famous house. Stem:The flawed reasoning in the argum... | PT17 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q20 Passage:Morton: In order to succeed in today’s society, one must have a college degree. Skeptics have objected that there are many people who never completed any education beyond high school but who are nevertheless quite successful. This success is only apparent, however, because without a coll... | PT17 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q21 Passage:Even the earliest known species of land animals, known from fossils dating from the late Silurian period, 400 million years ago, show highly evolved adaptations to life on land. Since neither aquatic nor amphibious animals exhibit these adaptations, early species of land animals must hav... | PT17 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q22 Passage:On Saturday Melvin suggested that Jerome take the following week off from work and accompany him on a trip to the mountains. Jerome refused, claiming that he could not afford the cost of the trip added to the wages he would forfeit by taking off without notice. It is clear, however, that... | PT17 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q23 Passage:Arnold: I was recently denied a seat on an airline flight for which I had a confirmed reservation, because the airline had overbooked the flight. Since I was forced to fly on the next available flight, which did not depart until two hours later, I missed an important business meeting. Ev... | PT17 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q24 Passage:Ditrama is a federation made up of three autonomous regions: Korva, Mitro, and Guadar. Under the federal revenue-sharing plan, each region receives a share of federal revenues equal to the share of the total population of Ditrama residing in that region, as shown by a yearly population s... | PT17 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT17 S3 Q25 Passage:By examining fossilized beetles, a research team has produced the most detailed description yet of temperatures in Britain over the past 22,000 years. Fossils of species that still exist were selected and dated. When individuals of several species found in the same place were found to da... | PT17 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q1 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q2 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q3 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q4 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q5 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q6 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q7 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q8 Passage:Many literary scholars believe that Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) has been the primary influence on some of the most accomplished Black women writing in the United States today. Indeed, Alice Walker, the author of the prize-winning novel The Color Purple, has sa... | PT17 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q9 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidable... | PT17 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q10 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidabl... | PT17 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q11 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidabl... | PT17 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q12 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidabl... | PT17 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q13 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidabl... | PT17 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q14 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidabl... | PT17 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q15 Passage:Legal cases can be termed “hard” cases if they raise issues that are highly controversial, issues about which people with legal training disagree. The ongoing debate over the completeness of the law usually concerns the extent to which such hard cases are legally determinate, or decidabl... | PT17 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q16 Passage:One way governments can decrease air pollution is to impose a tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions. But why should governments consider a carbon tax when they could control emissions by establishing energy efficiency and conservation standards, by legislating against coal use, or b... | PT17 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q17 Passage:One way governments can decrease air pollution is to impose a tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions. But why should governments consider a carbon tax when they could control emissions by establishing energy efficiency and conservation standards, by legislating against coal use, or b... | PT17 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q18 Passage:One way governments can decrease air pollution is to impose a tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions. But why should governments consider a carbon tax when they could control emissions by establishing energy efficiency and conservation standards, by legislating against coal use, or b... | PT17 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q19 Passage:One way governments can decrease air pollution is to impose a tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions. But why should governments consider a carbon tax when they could control emissions by establishing energy efficiency and conservation standards, by legislating against coal use, or b... | PT17 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q20 Passage:One way governments can decrease air pollution is to impose a tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions. But why should governments consider a carbon tax when they could control emissions by establishing energy efficiency and conservation standards, by legislating against coal use, or b... | PT17 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q21 Passage:One way governments can decrease air pollution is to impose a tax on industrial carbon dioxide emissions. But why should governments consider a carbon tax when they could control emissions by establishing energy efficiency and conservation standards, by legislating against coal use, or b... | PT17 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q22 Passage:Some meteorologists have insisted that the severity of the drought in sub-Saharan West Africa and its long duration (nearly 40 years to date) must be a sign of a long-term alteration in climate. Among the theories proposed to explain this change, one hypothesis that has gained widespread... | PT17 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q23 Passage:Some meteorologists have insisted that the severity of the drought in sub-Saharan West Africa and its long duration (nearly 40 years to date) must be a sign of a long-term alteration in climate. Among the theories proposed to explain this change, one hypothesis that has gained widespread... | PT17 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q24 Passage:Some meteorologists have insisted that the severity of the drought in sub-Saharan West Africa and its long duration (nearly 40 years to date) must be a sign of a long-term alteration in climate. Among the theories proposed to explain this change, one hypothesis that has gained widespread... | PT17 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q25 Passage:Some meteorologists have insisted that the severity of the drought in sub-Saharan West Africa and its long duration (nearly 40 years to date) must be a sign of a long-term alteration in climate. Among the theories proposed to explain this change, one hypothesis that has gained widespread... | PT17 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q26 Passage:Some meteorologists have insisted that the severity of the drought in sub-Saharan West Africa and its long duration (nearly 40 years to date) must be a sign of a long-term alteration in climate. Among the theories proposed to explain this change, one hypothesis that has gained widespread... | PT17 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT17 S4 Q27 Passage:Some meteorologists have insisted that the severity of the drought in sub-Saharan West Africa and its long duration (nearly 40 years to date) must be a sign of a long-term alteration in climate. Among the theories proposed to explain this change, one hypothesis that has gained widespread... | PT17 S4 Q27 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q1 Passage:Eight new students—R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z—are being divided among exactly three classes--class 1, class 2, and class 3. Classes 1 and 2 will gain three new students each; class 3 will gain two new students. The following restrictions apply:R must be added to class 1.S must be added to cla... | PT16 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q2 Passage:Eight new students—R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z—are being divided among exactly three classes--class 1, class 2, and class 3. Classes 1 and 2 will gain three new students each; class 3 will gain two new students. The following restrictions apply:R must be added to class 1.S must be added to cla... | PT16 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q3 Passage:Eight new students—R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z—are being divided among exactly three classes--class 1, class 2, and class 3. Classes 1 and 2 will gain three new students each; class 3 will gain two new students. The following restrictions apply:R must be added to class 1.S must be added to cla... | PT16 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q4 Passage:Eight new students—R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z—are being divided among exactly three classes--class 1, class 2, and class 3. Classes 1 and 2 will gain three new students each; class 3 will gain two new students. The following restrictions apply:R must be added to class 1.S must be added to cla... | PT16 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q5 Passage:Eight new students—R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z—are being divided among exactly three classes--class 1, class 2, and class 3. Classes 1 and 2 will gain three new students each; class 3 will gain two new students. The following restrictions apply:R must be added to class 1.S must be added to cla... | PT16 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q6 Passage:Eight new students—R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z—are being divided among exactly three classes--class 1, class 2, and class 3. Classes 1 and 2 will gain three new students each; class 3 will gain two new students. The following restrictions apply:R must be added to class 1.S must be added to cla... | PT16 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q7 Passage:Four lions—F, G, H, J—and two tigers—K and M—will be assigned to exactly six stalls, one animal per stall. The stalls are arranged as follows:First Row: 1 2 3Second Row: 4 5 6The only stalls that face each other are stalls 1 and 4, stalls 2 and 5, and stalls 3 and 6. The following conditi... | PT16 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q8 Passage:Four lions—F, G, H, J—and two tigers—K and M—will be assigned to exactly six stalls, one animal per stall. The stalls are arranged as follows:First Row: 1 2 3Second Row: 4 5 6The only stalls that face each other are stalls 1 and 4, stalls 2 and 5, and stalls 3 and 6. The following conditi... | PT16 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q9 Passage:Four lions—F, G, H, J—and two tigers—K and M—will be assigned to exactly six stalls, one animal per stall. The stalls are arranged as follows:First Row: 1 2 3Second Row: 4 5 6The only stalls that face each other are stalls 1 and 4, stalls 2 and 5, and stalls 3 and 6. The following conditi... | PT16 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q10 Passage:Four lions—F, G, H, J—and two tigers—K and M—will be assigned to exactly six stalls, one animal per stall. The stalls are arranged as follows:First Row: 1 2 3Second Row: 4 5 6The only stalls that face each other are stalls 1 and 4, stalls 2 and 5, and stalls 3 and 6. The following condit... | PT16 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q11 Passage:Four lions—F, G, H, J—and two tigers—K and M—will be assigned to exactly six stalls, one animal per stall. The stalls are arranged as follows:First Row: 1 2 3Second Row: 4 5 6The only stalls that face each other are stalls 1 and 4, stalls 2 and 5, and stalls 3 and 6. The following condit... | PT16 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q12 Passage:Four lions—F, G, H, J—and two tigers—K and M—will be assigned to exactly six stalls, one animal per stall. The stalls are arranged as follows:First Row: 1 2 3Second Row: 4 5 6The only stalls that face each other are stalls 1 and 4, stalls 2 and 5, and stalls 3 and 6. The following condit... | PT16 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q13 Passage:On an undeveloped street, a developer will simultaneously build four houses on one side, numbered consecutively 1, 3, 5, and 7, and four on the opposite side, numbered consecutively 2, 4, 6, and 8. Houses 2, 4, 6, and 8 will face houses 1, 3, 5, and 7, respectively. Each house will be ex... | PT16 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q14 Passage:On an undeveloped street, a developer will simultaneously build four houses on one side, numbered consecutively 1, 3, 5, and 7, and four on the opposite side, numbered consecutively 2, 4, 6, and 8. Houses 2, 4, 6, and 8 will face houses 1, 3, 5, and 7, respectively. Each house will be ex... | PT16 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q15 Passage:On an undeveloped street, a developer will simultaneously build four houses on one side, numbered consecutively 1, 3, 5, and 7, and four on the opposite side, numbered consecutively 2, 4, 6, and 8. Houses 2, 4, 6, and 8 will face houses 1, 3, 5, and 7, respectively. Each house will be ex... | PT16 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q16 Passage:On an undeveloped street, a developer will simultaneously build four houses on one side, numbered consecutively 1, 3, 5, and 7, and four on the opposite side, numbered consecutively 2, 4, 6, and 8. Houses 2, 4, 6, and 8 will face houses 1, 3, 5, and 7, respectively. Each house will be ex... | PT16 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q17 Passage:On an undeveloped street, a developer will simultaneously build four houses on one side, numbered consecutively 1, 3, 5, and 7, and four on the opposite side, numbered consecutively 2, 4, 6, and 8. Houses 2, 4, 6, and 8 will face houses 1, 3, 5, and 7, respectively. Each house will be ex... | PT16 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q18 Passage:On an undeveloped street, a developer will simultaneously build four houses on one side, numbered consecutively 1, 3, 5, and 7, and four on the opposite side, numbered consecutively 2, 4, 6, and 8. Houses 2, 4, 6, and 8 will face houses 1, 3, 5, and 7, respectively. Each house will be ex... | PT16 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q19 Passage:Within a tennis league each of five teams occupies one of five positions, numbered 1 through 5 in order of rank, with number 1 as the highest position. The teams are initially in the order R, J, S, M, L, with R in position 1. Teams change positions only when a lower-positioned team defea... | PT16 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q20 Passage:Within a tennis league each of five teams occupies one of five positions, numbered 1 through 5 in order of rank, with number 1 as the highest position. The teams are initially in the order R, J, S, M, L, with R in position 1. Teams change positions only when a lower-positioned team defea... | PT16 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q21 Passage:Within a tennis league each of five teams occupies one of five positions, numbered 1 through 5 in order of rank, with number 1 as the highest position. The teams are initially in the order R, J, S, M, L, with R in position 1. Teams change positions only when a lower-positioned team defea... | PT16 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q22 Passage:Within a tennis league each of five teams occupies one of five positions, numbered 1 through 5 in order of rank, with number 1 as the highest position. The teams are initially in the order R, J, S, M, L, with R in position 1. Teams change positions only when a lower-positioned team defea... | PT16 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q23 Passage:Within a tennis league each of five teams occupies one of five positions, numbered 1 through 5 in order of rank, with number 1 as the highest position. The teams are initially in the order R, J, S, M, L, with R in position 1. Teams change positions only when a lower-positioned team defea... | PT16 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT16 S1 Q24 Passage:Within a tennis league each of five teams occupies one of five positions, numbered 1 through 5 in order of rank, with number 1 as the highest position. The teams are initially in the order R, J, S, M, L, with R in position 1. Teams change positions only when a lower-positioned team defea... | PT16 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q1 Passage:The city’s center for disease control reports that the rabies epidemic is more serious now than it was two years ago: 2 years ago less than 25 percent of the local raccoon population was infected, whereas today the infection has spread to more than 50 percent of the raccoon population. Ho... | PT16 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q2 Passage:Recently, reviewers of patent applications decided against granting a patent to a university for a genetically engineered mouse developed for laboratory use in studying cancer. The reviewers argued that the mouse was a new variety of animal and that rules governing the granting of patents... | PT16 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q3 Passage:Although water in deep aquifers does not contain disease-causing bacteria, when public water supplies are drawn from deep aquifers, chlorine is often added to the water as a disinfectant because contamination can occur as a result of flaws in pipes or storage tanks. Of 50 municipalities t... | PT16 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q4 Passage:Although water in deep aquifers does not contain disease-causing bacteria, when public water supplies are drawn from deep aquifers, chlorine is often added to the water as a disinfectant because contamination can occur as a result of flaws in pipes or storage tanks. Of 50 municipalities t... | PT16 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q5 Passage:The population of songbirds throughout England has decreased in recent years. Many people explain this decrease as the result of an increase during the same period in the population of magpies, which eat the eggs and chicks of songbirds. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, argues mo... | PT16 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q6 Passage:The introduction of symbols for numbers is an event lost in prehistory, but the earliest known number symbols, in the form of simple grooves and scratches on bones and stones, date back 20,000 years or more. Nevertheless, since it was not until 5,500 years ago that systematic methods for ... | PT16 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q7 Passage:Politician: Now that we are finally cleaning up the industrial pollution in the bay, we must start making the bay more accessible to the public for recreational purposes.Reporter: But if we increase public access to the bay, it will soon become polluted again.Politician: Not true. The pub... | PT16 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q8 Passage:Because learned patterns of behavior, such as the association of a green light with "go" or the expectation that switches will flip up for "on," become deeply ingrained, designers should make allowances for that fact, in order not to produce machines that are inefficient or dangerous. Ste... | PT16 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q9 Passage:From 1973 to 1989 total energy use in this country increased less than 10 percent. However, the use of electrical energy in this country during this same period grew by more than 50 percent, as did the gross national product—the total value of all goods and services produced in the nation... | PT16 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q10 Passage:A fundamental illusion in robotics is the belief that improvements in robots will liberate humanity from "hazardous and demeaning work." Engineers are designing only those types of robots that can be properly maintained with the least expensive, least skilled human labor possible. Theref... | PT16 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q11 Passage:If the needle on an industrial sewing machine becomes badly worn, the article being sewn can be ruined. In traditional apparel factories, the people who operate the sewing machines monitor the needles and replace those that begin to wear out. Industrial sewing operations are becoming inc... | PT16 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q12 Passage:Alexander: The chemical waste dump outside our town should be cleaned up immediately. Admittedly, it will be very costly to convert that site into woodland, but we have a pressing obligation to redress the harm we have done to local forests and wildlife.Teresa: But our town’s first prior... | PT16 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q13 Passage:Alexander: The chemical waste dump outside our town should be cleaned up immediately. Admittedly, it will be very costly to convert that site into woodland, but we have a pressing obligation to redress the harm we have done to local forests and wildlife.Teresa: But our town’s first prior... | PT16 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q14 Passage:In 1980, Country A had a per capita gross domestic product (GDP) that was $5,000 higher than that of the European Economic Community. By 1990, the difference, when adjusted for inflation, had increased to $6,000. Since a rising per capita GDP indicates a rising average standard of living... | PT16 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q15 Passage:Municipal officials originally estimated that it would be six months before municipal road crews could complete repaving a stretch of road. The officials presumed that private contractors could not finish any sooner. However, when the job was assigned to a private contractor, it was comp... | PT16 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q16 Passage:Researchers in South Australia estimate changes in shark populations inhabiting local waters by monitoring what is termed the "catch per unit effort" (CPUE). The CPUE for any species of shark is the number of those sharks that commercial shark-fishing boats catch per hour for each kilome... | PT16 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q17 Passage:Winston: The Public Transportation Authority (PTA) cannot fulfill its mandate to operate without a budget deficit unless it eliminates service during late-night periods of low ridership. Since the fares collected during these periods are less than the cost of providing the service, these... | PT16 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q18 Passage:Winston: The Public Transportation Authority (PTA) cannot fulfill its mandate to operate without a budget deficit unless it eliminates service during late-night periods of low ridership. Since the fares collected during these periods are less than the cost of providing the service, these... | PT16 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q19 Passage:The Volunteers for Literacy Program would benefit if Dolores takes Victor’s place as director, since Dolores is far more skillful than Victor is at securing the kind of financial support the program needs and Dolores does not have Victor’s propensity for alienating the program’s most ded... | PT16 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q20 Passage:Students from outside the province of Markland, who in any given academic year pay twice as much tuition each as do students from Markland, had traditionally accounted for at least two-thirds of the enrollment at Central Markland College. Over the past 10 years academic standards at the ... | PT16 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q21 Passage:Several years ago, as a measure to reduce the population of gypsy moths, which depend on oak leaves for food, entomologists introduced into many oak forests a species of fungus that is poisonous to gypsy moth caterpillars. Since then, the population of both caterpillars and adult moths h... | PT16 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q22 Passage:Director of personnel: Ms. Tours has formally requested a salary adjustment on the grounds that she was denied merit raises to which she was entitled. Since such grounds provide a possible basis for adjustments, an official response is required. Ms. Tours presents compelling evidence tha... | PT16 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q23 Passage:S: People who are old enough to fight for their country are old enough to vote for the people who make decisions about war and peace. This government clearly regards 17 year olds as old enough to fight, so it should acknowledge their right to vote.T: Your argument is a good one only to t... | PT16 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT16 S2 Q24 Passage:The role of the Uplandian supreme court is to protect all human rights against abuses of government power. Since the constitution of Uplandia is not explicit about all human rights, the supreme court must sometimes resort to principles outside the explicit provisions of the constitution ... | PT16 S2 Q24 |
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