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Question ID:PT15 S2 Q21 Passage:Claim: Country X’s government lowered tariff barriers because doing so served the interests of powerful foreign companies.Principle: In order for a change to be explained by the advantage some person or group gained from it, it must be shown how the interests of the person or group playe... | PT15 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT15 S2 Q22 Passage:A scientist made three observations: (1) in the world’s temperate zones, food is more plentiful in the ocean than it is in fresh water; (2) migratory fish in temperate zones generally mature in the ocean and spawn in fresh water; and (3) migratory fish need much nourishment as they matur... | PT15 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT15 S2 Q23 Passage:No computer will ever be able to do everything that some human minds can do, for there are some problems that cannot be solved by following any set of mechanically applicable rules. Yet computers can only solve problems by following some set of mechanically applicable rules. Stem:Which o... | PT15 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT15 S2 Q24 Passage:People were asked in a survey how old they felt. They replied, almost unanimously despite a great diversity of ages, with a number that was 75 percent of their real age. There is, however, a problem in understanding this sort of response. For example, suppose it meant that a 48-year-old ... | PT15 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q1 Passage:Those who support the continued reading and performance of Shakespeare’s plays maintain that in England appreciation for his work has always extended beyond educated elites and that ever since Shakespeare’s own time his plays have always been known and loved by comparatively uneducated pe... | PT15 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q2 Passage:Those who support the continued reading and performance of Shakespeare’s plays maintain that in England appreciation for his work has always extended beyond educated elites and that ever since Shakespeare’s own time his plays have always been known and loved by comparatively uneducated pe... | PT15 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q3 Passage:Organization president: The stationery and envelopes used in all of the mailings from our national headquarters are made from recycled paper, and we never put anything but letters in the envelopes. When the envelopes have windows, these windows are also made from recycled material. Theref... | PT15 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q4 Passage:The frequently expressed view that written constitutions are inherently more liberal than unwritten ones is false. No written constitution is more than a paper with words on it until those words are both interpreted and applied. Properly understood, then, a constitution is the sum of thos... | PT15 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q5 Passage:The frequently expressed view that written constitutions are inherently more liberal than unwritten ones is false. No written constitution is more than a paper with words on it until those words are both interpreted and applied. Properly understood, then, a constitution is the sum of thos... | PT15 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q6 Passage:As far as we know, Earth is the only planet on which life has evolved, and all known life forms are carbon-based. Therefore, although there might exist noncarbon-based life on planets very unlike Earth, our scientific estimates of the probability of extraterrestrial life should be generat... | PT15 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q7 Passage:Politician: Unless our nation redistributes wealth, we will be unable to alleviate economic injustice and our current system will lead inevitably to intolerable economic inequities. If the inequities become intolerable, those who suffer from the injustice will resort to violence to coerce... | PT15 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q8 Passage:Delta green ground beetles sometimes remain motionless for hours at a stretch, although they are more active in wet years than in dry years. In 1989 an observer spotted ten delta green ground beetles in nine hours; in 1985 the same observer at the same location had counted 38 in about two... | PT15 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q9 Passage:Chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition that afflicts thousands of people, is invariably associated with lower-than-normal concentrations of magnesium in the blood. Further, malabsorption of magnesium from the digestive tract to the blood is also often associated with some types of fatigue.... | PT15 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q10 Passage:Consumer advocate: The toy-labeling law should require manufacturers to provide explicit safety labels on toys to indicate what hazards the toys pose. The only labels currently required by law are labels indicating the age range for which a toy is intended. For instance, a “three and up”... | PT15 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q11 Passage:Consumer advocate: The toy-labeling law should require manufacturers to provide explicit safety labels on toys to indicate what hazards the toys pose. The only labels currently required by law are labels indicating the age range for which a toy is intended. For instance, a “three and up”... | PT15 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q12 Passage:Proponents of organic farming claim that using chemical fertilizers and pesticides in farming is harmful to local wildlife. To produce the same amount of food, however, more land must be under cultivation when organic farming techniques are used than when chemicals are used. Therefore, o... | PT15 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q13 Passage:Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeletons; so alligators must be air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeletons. Stem:In terms of its logical features, the argument above most resembles which one of the following? Correct Answer Choice:AChoic... | PT15 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q14 Passage:Although inflated government spending for weapons research encourages waste at weapons research laboratories, weapons production plants must be viewed as equally wasteful of taxpayer dollars. After all, by the government’s own admission, the weapons plant it plans to reopen will violate ... | PT15 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q15 Passage:Dr. Godfrey: Now that high school students are allowed to work more than 15 hours per week at part-time jobs, those who actually do so show less interest in school and get lower grades than those who do not work as many hours at part-time jobs. Obviously, working long hours at part-time ... | PT15 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q16 Passage:Dr. Godfrey: Now that high school students are allowed to work more than 15 hours per week at part-time jobs, those who actually do so show less interest in school and get lower grades than those who do not work as many hours at part-time jobs. Obviously, working long hours at part-time ... | PT15 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q17 Passage:X: Medical research on animals should not be reduced in response to a concern for animals, because results of such research serve to avert human suffering. In such research a trade-off between human and animal welfare is always inevitable, but we should give greater weight to human welfa... | PT15 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q18 Passage:In experiments in which certain kinds of bacteria were placed in a generous supply of nutrients, the populations of bacteria grew rapidly, and genetic mutations occurred at random in the populations. These experiments show that all genetic mutation is random. Stem:Which one of the follow... | PT15 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q19 Passage:Thomas: The club president had no right to disallow Jeffrey’s vote. Club rules say that only members in good standing may vote. You’ve admitted that club rules also say that all members whose dues are fully paid are members in good standing. And since, as the records indicate, Jeffrey ha... | PT15 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q20 Passage:Calories consumed in excess of those with which the body needs to be provided to maintain its weight are normally stored as fat and the body gains weight. Alcoholic beverages are laden with calories. However, those people who regularly drink two or three alcoholic beverages a day and the... | PT15 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q21 Passage:When a person with temporal lobe epilepsy is having an epileptic seizure, part of the brain’s temporal lobe produces abnormal electrical impulses, which can often, but not always, be detected through a test called an electroencephalogram (EEG). Therefore, although a positive EEG reading—... | PT15 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q22 Passage:In Sheldon most bicyclists aged 18 and over have lights on their bicycles, whereas most bicyclists under the age of 18 do not. It follows that in Sheldon most bicyclists who have lights on their bicycles are at least 18 years old. Stem:Which one of the following exhibits a pattern of fla... | PT15 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q23 Passage:Asbestos, an almost indestructible mineral once installed as building insulation, poses no health risk unless the asbestos is disturbed and asbestos fibers are released into the environment. Since removing asbestos from buildings disturbs it, thereby releasing asbestos fibers, the govern... | PT15 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q24 Passage:When volcanic lava solidifies, it becomes uniformly magnetized in the direction in which the Earth’s magnetic field points. There are significant differences in the direction of magnetization among solidified lava flows from different volcanoes that erupted at different times over the pa... | PT15 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q25 Passage:When volcanic lava solidifies, it becomes uniformly magnetized in the direction in which the Earth’s magnetic field points. There are significant differences in the direction of magnetization among solidified lava flows from different volcanoes that erupted at different times over the pa... | PT15 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT15 S3 Q26 Passage:When the manufacturers in a given country are slower to adopt new technologies than their foreign competitors are, their production costs will fall more slowly than their foreign competitors’ costs will. But if manufacturers’ production costs fall less rapidly than their foreign competit... | PT15 S3 Q26 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q1 Passage:A professor will listen to exactly one speech from each of six students—H, J, K, R, S, and T. The six speeches will be delivered one at a time, consecutively, according to the following conditions:The speeches delivered by H, J, and K, no matter what their order relative to each other, ca... | PT15 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q2 Passage:A professor will listen to exactly one speech from each of six students—H, J, K, R, S, and T. The six speeches will be delivered one at a time, consecutively, according to the following conditions:The speeches delivered by H, J, and K, no matter what their order relative to each other, ca... | PT15 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q3 Passage:A professor will listen to exactly one speech from each of six students—H, J, K, R, S, and T. The six speeches will be delivered one at a time, consecutively, according to the following conditions:The speeches delivered by H, J, and K, no matter what their order relative to each other, ca... | PT15 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q4 Passage:A professor will listen to exactly one speech from each of six students—H, J, K, R, S, and T. The six speeches will be delivered one at a time, consecutively, according to the following conditions:The speeches delivered by H, J, and K, no matter what their order relative to each other, ca... | PT15 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q5 Passage:A professor will listen to exactly one speech from each of six students—H, J, K, R, S, and T. The six speeches will be delivered one at a time, consecutively, according to the following conditions:The speeches delivered by H, J, and K, no matter what their order relative to each other, ca... | PT15 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q6 Passage:A professor will listen to exactly one speech from each of six students—H, J, K, R, S, and T. The six speeches will be delivered one at a time, consecutively, according to the following conditions:The speeches delivered by H, J, and K, no matter what their order relative to each other, ca... | PT15 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q7 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T.... | PT15 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q8 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T.... | PT15 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q9 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T.... | PT15 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q10 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T... | PT15 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q11 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T... | PT15 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q12 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T... | PT15 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q13 Passage:The country of Zendu contains exactly four areas for radar detection: R, S, T, and U. Each detection area is circular and falls completely within Zendu. Part of R intersects T; part of S also intersects T; R does not intersect S. Area U is completely within R and also completely within T... | PT15 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q14 Passage:Four people—Fritz, Gina, Helen, and Jerry—have formed a car pool to commute to work together six days a week from Monday through Saturday. Each day exactly one of the people drives. The schedule of the car pool’s drivers for any given week must meet the following conditions:Each person d... | PT15 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q15 Passage:Four people—Fritz, Gina, Helen, and Jerry—have formed a car pool to commute to work together six days a week from Monday through Saturday. Each day exactly one of the people drives. The schedule of the car pool’s drivers for any given week must meet the following conditions:Each person d... | PT15 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q16 Passage:Four people—Fritz, Gina, Helen, and Jerry—have formed a car pool to commute to work together six days a week from Monday through Saturday. Each day exactly one of the people drives. The schedule of the car pool’s drivers for any given week must meet the following conditions:Each person d... | PT15 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q17 Passage:Four people—Fritz, Gina, Helen, and Jerry—have formed a car pool to commute to work together six days a week from Monday through Saturday. Each day exactly one of the people drives. The schedule of the car pool’s drivers for any given week must meet the following conditions:Each person d... | PT15 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q18 Passage:Four people—Fritz, Gina, Helen, and Jerry—have formed a car pool to commute to work together six days a week from Monday through Saturday. Each day exactly one of the people drives. The schedule of the car pool’s drivers for any given week must meet the following conditions:Each person d... | PT15 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q19 Passage:Four people—Fritz, Gina, Helen, and Jerry—have formed a car pool to commute to work together six days a week from Monday through Saturday. Each day exactly one of the people drives. The schedule of the car pool’s drivers for any given week must meet the following conditions:Each person d... | PT15 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q20 Passage:Five experienced plumbers—Frank, Gene, Jill, Kathy, and Mark—and four inexperienced plumbers—Roberta, Sally, Tim, and Vernon—must decide which of them will be assigned to four work teams of exactly two plumbers each. Assignments must meet the following restrictions:Each plumber is assign... | PT15 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q21 Passage:Five experienced plumbers—Frank, Gene, Jill, Kathy, and Mark—and four inexperienced plumbers—Roberta, Sally, Tim, and Vernon—must decide which of them will be assigned to four work teams of exactly two plumbers each. Assignments must meet the following restrictions:Each plumber is assign... | PT15 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q22 Passage:Five experienced plumbers—Frank, Gene, Jill, Kathy, and Mark—and four inexperienced plumbers—Roberta, Sally, Tim, and Vernon—must decide which of them will be assigned to four work teams of exactly two plumbers each. Assignments must meet the following restrictions:Each plumber is assign... | PT15 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q23 Passage:Five experienced plumbers—Frank, Gene, Jill, Kathy, and Mark—and four inexperienced plumbers—Roberta, Sally, Tim, and Vernon—must decide which of them will be assigned to four work teams of exactly two plumbers each. Assignments must meet the following restrictions:Each plumber is assign... | PT15 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT15 S4 Q24 Passage:Five experienced plumbers—Frank, Gene, Jill, Kathy, and Mark—and four inexperienced plumbers—Roberta, Sally, Tim, and Vernon—must decide which of them will be assigned to four work teams of exactly two plumbers each. Assignments must meet the following restrictions:Each plumber is assign... | PT15 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q1 Passage:A newly formed company has five employees—F, G, H, K, and L. Each employee holds exactly one of the following positions: president, manager, or technician. Only the president is not supervised. Other employees are each supervised by exactly one employee, who is either the president or a m... | PT14 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q2 Passage:A newly formed company has five employees—F, G, H, K, and L. Each employee holds exactly one of the following positions: president, manager, or technician. Only the president is not supervised. Other employees are each supervised by exactly one employee, who is either the president or a m... | PT14 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q3 Passage:A newly formed company has five employees—F, G, H, K, and L. Each employee holds exactly one of the following positions: president, manager, or technician. Only the president is not supervised. Other employees are each supervised by exactly one employee, who is either the president or a m... | PT14 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q4 Passage:A newly formed company has five employees—F, G, H, K, and L. Each employee holds exactly one of the following positions: president, manager, or technician. Only the president is not supervised. Other employees are each supervised by exactly one employee, who is either the president or a m... | PT14 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q5 Passage:A newly formed company has five employees—F, G, H, K, and L. Each employee holds exactly one of the following positions: president, manager, or technician. Only the president is not supervised. Other employees are each supervised by exactly one employee, who is either the president or a m... | PT14 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q6 Passage:A newly formed company has five employees—F, G, H, K, and L. Each employee holds exactly one of the following positions: president, manager, or technician. Only the president is not supervised. Other employees are each supervised by exactly one employee, who is either the president or a m... | PT14 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q7 Passage:Ron washed a total of seven objects after eating his lunch. Two of the objects were pieces of china: a mug and a plate. Two were pieces of glassware: a water glass and a juice glass. Three were utensils: a fork, a knife, and a spoon. Ron washed the two pieces of china consecutively, the t... | PT14 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q8 Passage:Ron washed a total of seven objects after eating his lunch. Two of the objects were pieces of china: a mug and a plate. Two were pieces of glassware: a water glass and a juice glass. Three were utensils: a fork, a knife, and a spoon. Ron washed the two pieces of china consecutively, the t... | PT14 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q9 Passage:Ron washed a total of seven objects after eating his lunch. Two of the objects were pieces of china: a mug and a plate. Two were pieces of glassware: a water glass and a juice glass. Three were utensils: a fork, a knife, and a spoon. Ron washed the two pieces of china consecutively, the t... | PT14 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q10 Passage:Ron washed a total of seven objects after eating his lunch. Two of the objects were pieces of china: a mug and a plate. Two were pieces of glassware: a water glass and a juice glass. Three were utensils: a fork, a knife, and a spoon. Ron washed the two pieces of china consecutively, the ... | PT14 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q11 Passage:Ron washed a total of seven objects after eating his lunch. Two of the objects were pieces of china: a mug and a plate. Two were pieces of glassware: a water glass and a juice glass. Three were utensils: a fork, a knife, and a spoon. Ron washed the two pieces of china consecutively, the ... | PT14 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q12 Passage:Ron washed a total of seven objects after eating his lunch. Two of the objects were pieces of china: a mug and a plate. Two were pieces of glassware: a water glass and a juice glass. Three were utensils: a fork, a knife, and a spoon. Ron washed the two pieces of china consecutively, the ... | PT14 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q13 Passage: Stem:Which one of the following is a possible assignment of the birds? First Cage Second Cage Exhibition Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A: Choice B: Choice C: Choice D: Choice E: | PT14 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q14 Passage: Stem:Which one of the following lists two pairs of birds that the breeder can exhibit at the same time? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:H and J; M and N Choice B:H and J; S and T Choice C:H and K; M and N Choice D:H and K; R and W Choice E:M and N; S and W | PT14 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q15 Passage: Stem:If Q and R are among the birds that are assigned to the cages, then it must be true that Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:H is exhibited Choice B:K is exhibited Choice C:N is exhibited Choice D:J is assigned to one of the cages Choice E:T is assigned to one of the cages | PT14 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q16 Passage: Stem:If Q and T are among the birds assigned to the cages, which one of the following is a pair of birds that must be exhibited? Correct Answer Choice:DChoice A:H and J Choice B:H and K Choice C:M and N Choice D:R and W Choice E:S and W | PT14 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q17 Passage: Stem:Which one of the following CANNOT be true? Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:One pair of parakeets are the only birds exhibited together. Choice B:One pair of goldfinches and one pair of lovebirds are exhibited together. Choice C:One pair of goldfinches and one pair of parakeets are ... | PT14 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q18 Passage: Stem:If S is one of the birds exhibited, it must be true that Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:H is exhibited Choice B:M is exhibited Choice C:K is assigned to a cage Choice D:N is assigned to a cage Choice E:R is assigned to a cage | PT14 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q19 Passage:During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year. In th... | PT14 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q20 Passage:During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year. In th... | PT14 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q21 Passage:During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year. In th... | PT14 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q22 Passage:During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year. In th... | PT14 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q23 Passage:During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year. In th... | PT14 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT14 S1 Q24 Passage:During each of the fall, winter, spring, and summer seasons of one year, Nikki and Otto each participate in exactly one of the following five sports: hockey, kayaking, mountaineering, running, and volleyball. Each child participates in exactly four different sports during the year. In th... | PT14 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q1 Passage:Rainfall in the drought-plagued metropolitan area was heavier than usual for the month of June. Nevertheless, by the first of July the city’s water shortage was more severe than ever, and officials proposed drastic restrictions on the use of water. Stem:Which one of the following, if true... | PT14 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q2 Passage:Manager: I have circulated a posting for the position of Social Scientific Researcher. Applicants must have either an earned doctorate and a track record of published research, or else five years’ work experience. The relevant fields for these requirements are sociology, psychology, and e... | PT14 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q3 Passage:Deer mice normally do not travel far from their nests, and deer mice that are moved more than half a kilometer from their nests generally never find their way back. Yet in one case, when researchers camped near a deer mouse nest and observed a young deer mouse for several weeks before mov... | PT14 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q4 Passage:The government’s proposed 8 percent cut in all subsidies to arts groups will be difficult for those groups to absorb. As can be seen, however, from their response to last year’s cut, it will not put them out of existence. Last year there was also an 8 percent cut, and though private fund-... | PT14 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q5 Passage:The average literate person today spends significantly less time reading than the average literate person did 50 years ago, yet many more books are sold per year now than were sold 50 years ago. Stem:Each of the following, if true, helps resolve the apparent discrepancy above EXCEPT: Corr... | PT14 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q6 Passage:Some scientists believe that the relationship between mice and humans has, over time, diminished the ability of mice to survive in nature, so that now they must depend upon human civilization for their continued existence. This opinion, however, ignores significant facts. Despite numerous... | PT14 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q7 Passage:All zebras have stripes, and the most widespread subspecies has the best-defined stripes. The stripes must therefore be of importance to the species. Since among these grassland grazers the stripes can hardly function as camouflage, they must serve as some sort of signal for other zebras.... | PT14 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q8 Passage:Some years ago, an editorial defended United States government restrictions on academic freedom, arguing that scientists who receive public funding cannot rightly “detach themselves from the government’s policies on national security.” Yet the same editorial criticized the Soviet governme... | PT14 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q9 Passage:Ph.D. programs are valuable only if they inculcate good scholarship and expedite the student’s full participation in the field. Hence, doctoral dissertations should not be required in the humanities. Undertaking a quality book-length dissertation demands an accumulation of knowledge virtu... | PT14 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q10 Passage:The government of Penglai, an isolated island, proposed eliminating outdoor advertising except for small signs of standard shape that identify places of business. Some island merchants protested that the law would reduce the overall volume of business in Penglai, pointing to a report don... | PT14 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q11 Passage:Unless they are used as strictly temporary measures, rent-control ordinances (municipal regulations placing limits on rent increases) have several negative effects for renters. One of these is that the controls will bring about a shortage of rental units. This disadvantage for renters oc... | PT14 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q12 Passage:In many languages other than English there is a word for “mother’s brother” which is different from the word for “father’s brother,” whereas English uses the word “uncle” for both. Thus, speakers of these languages evidence a more finely discriminated kinship system than English speakers... | PT14 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q13 Passage:In many languages other than English there is a word for “mother’s brother” which is different from the word for “father’s brother,” whereas English uses the word “uncle” for both. Thus, speakers of these languages evidence a more finely discriminated kinship system than English speakers... | PT14 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q14 Passage:Zachary: One would have to be blind to the reality of moral obligation to deny that people who believe a course of action to be morally obligatory for them have both the right and the duty to pursue that action, and that no one else has any right to stop them from doing so.Cynthia: But i... | PT14 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q15 Passage:Zachary: One would have to be blind to the reality of moral obligation to deny that people who believe a course of action to be morally obligatory for them have both the right and the duty to pursue that action, and that no one else has any right to stop them from doing so.Cynthia: But i... | PT14 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q16 Passage:A county airport, designed to serve the needs of private aircraft owners, planned to cover its operating expenses in part by charging user fees to private aircraft using the airport. The airport was unable to pay its operating expenses because the revenue from user fees was lower than ex... | PT14 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q17 Passage:Consumer activist: By allowing major airlines to abandon, as they promptly did, all but their most profitable routes, the government’s decision to cease regulation of the airline industry has worked to the disadvantage of everyone who lacks access to a large metropolitan airport.Industry... | PT14 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q18 Passage:Consumer activist: By allowing major airlines to abandon, as they promptly did, all but their most profitable routes, the government’s decision to cease regulation of the airline industry has worked to the disadvantage of everyone who lacks access to a large metropolitan airport.Industry... | PT14 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q19 Passage:A report on the likely effects of current levels of air pollution on forest growth in North America concluded that, since nitrogen is a necessary nutrient for optimal plant growth, the nitrogen deposited on forest soil as a result of air pollution probably benefits eastern forests. Howev... | PT14 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q20 Passage:Railroad spokesperson: Of course it is a difficult task to maintain quality of service at the same time that the amount of subsidy the taxpayers give the railroad network is reduced. Over recent years, however, the number of passengers has increased in spite of subsidy reductions. This f... | PT14 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q21 Passage:In response to high mortality in area hospitals, surgery was restricted to emergency procedures during a five-week period. Mortality in these hospitals was found to have fallen by nearly one-third during the period. The number of deaths rose again when elective surgery (surgery that can ... | PT14 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT14 S2 Q22 Passage:Gallery owner: Because this painting appears in no catalog of van Gogh’s work, we cannot guarantee that he painted it. But consider: the subject is one he painted often, and experts agree that in his later paintings van Gogh invariably used just such broad brushstrokes and distinctive co... | PT14 S2 Q22 |
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