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8.thecompanyshouldnotbeheldresponsibleforfailingtocorrectthecontrol-panelproblemthatcausedtheaccident.althoughtheproblemhadbeenmentionedearlierinasafetyinspector'sreport,companiesreceivehundredsofreportsofsuchproblem,andindustrystandardno.42requiresactiononthoseproblemonlywhenanaccidentisforeseeable.
ifthesecondsentenceintheparagraphaboveisfactuallycorrect,theanswertowhichofthefollowingquestionsismostrelevantinhelpingtodeterminewhetherornotthecompanyviolatedindustrystandardno.42whenitfailedtocorrectthecontrol-panelproblem?
(a)wastheaccidentserious?(b)wasthecontrol-panelproblemofatypethatisknowntoincidentthatanaccidentislikely?(c)sincetheaccident,hasthecompanydoneaspecialsafetycheckonallcontrolpanels?(d)didthesafetyinspectormentionmorethanoneprobleminthesamereport?(e)howlongwasthecontrolpanelinusebeforetheproblemwasdiscovered?
9.riothamus,afifth-centurykingofthebritons,wasbetrayedbyanassociate,foughtbravelyagainstthegothsbutwasdefeated,anddisappearedmysteriously.
riothamus,matchalmostexactlythoseattributedtokingarthur.therefore,riothamusmustbethehistoricalmodelforthelegendarykingarthur.
theargumentaboverequiresatleastoneadditionalpremise.whichofthefollowingcouldbesucharequiredpremise?
(a)modernhistorianshavedocumentedtheactivitiesofriothamusbetterthanthoseofanyotherfifth-centuryking.(b)thestoriestoldaboutkingarthurarenotstrictlyfictitiousbutarebasedonahistoricalpersonandhistoricalevents.(c)riothamus'associatesweretheauthorsoftheoriginallegendsaboutkingarthur.(d)legentsaboutthefifthcenturyusuallyembellishandromanticizetheactualconditionsofthelivesoffifth-centurynobility.(e)posterityusuallyrememberslegendsbetterthanitrememberstheactualhistoricaleventsonwhichtheyarebased.
10.aworldwidebanontheproductionofcertainozone-destroyingchemicalswouldprovideonlyanillusionofprotection.quantitiesofsuchchemicals,alreadyproduced,existascoolantsinmillionsofrefrigerators.whenth
eyreachtheozonelayerintheatmosphere,theiractioncannotbehalted.sothereisnowaytopreventthesechemicalsfromdamagingtheozonelayerfurther.
whichofthefollowing,iftrue,mostseriouslyweakenstheargumentabove?
(a)itisimpossibletomeasurewithaccuracythequantityofozone-destroyingchemicalsthatexistascoolantsinrefrigerators.(b)inmodernsocieties,refrigerationoffoodisnecessarytopreventunhealthyandpotentiallylife-threateningconditions.(c)replacementchemicalsthatwillnotdestroyozonehavenotyetbeendevelopedandwouldbemoreexpensivethanthechemicalsnowusedascoolantsinrefrigerators.(d)evenifpeopleshouldgiveuptheuseofrefrigeration,thecoolantsalreadyinexistingrefrigeratorsareathreattoatmosphericozone.(e)thecoolantsinrefrigeratorcanbefullyrecoveredattheendoftheusefullifeoftherefrigeratorsandreused.
question11--15
agovernmentisassigningeachofsixembassyofficeworkers--farr,golden,hayakawa,inserra,jones,andkovacs--toembassies.therearefourembassies.embassieslandmarelocatedincountrieswithdryclimates,whereasembassiespandtarelocatedincountrieswithhumidclimates.theofficeworkersmustbeassignedaccordingtothefollowingrules:
eachembassymusthaveatleastoneoftheworkersassignedtoit.atleastoneembassyinahumidclimatemusthaveatleasttwoworkersassigned
toit.goldencannotbeassignedtothesameembassyaskovacs.inserramustbeassignedtanembassyinadryclimates.jonesmustbeassignedtoanembassyinahumidclimate.11.whichofthefollowingisanacceptableassignmentoftheworkerstotheembassies?
lmpt(a)farr,goldeninserra,kovacshayakawajones(b)golden,kovacsinserrajonesfarr,hayakawa(c)goldenfarr,inserrakovacsjones,hayakawa(d)jonesgolden,inserrahayakawafarr,kovacs(e)kovacsfarr,hayakawainserragolden,jones
12.whichofthefollowingmustbeassignedeithertoembassylortoembassym?
(a)farr(b)golden(c)hayakawa(d)inserra(e)kovacs
13.whichofthefollowingcannotbetrue?
(a)oneworkerisassignedtol.(b)twoworkersisassignedtop.(c)twoworkersareassignedtol.(d)threeworkersareassignedtom.(e)threeworkersareassignedtot.
14.ifgoldenandkovacsareassignedtolandm,respectively,whichofthefollowingmustbetrue?
(a)farrisassignedtoeitherport.(b)inserraisassignedtoeitherport.(c)pandteachhavetwoworkersassignedtothem.(d)hayakawaisassignedtol.(e)hayakawaisassignedtot.
15.ifgolden,hayakawa,andkovacsareamongtheworkersassignedtoembassiesinhumidclimayes,whichofthefollowingmustbetrue?
(a)farrisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworkersisassigned.(b)goldenisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworkersisassigned.(c)jonesisassignedtothesameembassyasgolden.(d)hayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasgolden.(e)hayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyaskovacs.
question16--19
avolunteerusesatrucktopickupdonationsofunsoldfoodandclothingfromstoresandtodeliverthemtolocationswheretheycanbedistributed.hedrivesonlyalongacertainnetworkofroads.
inthenetworktherearetwo-wayroadsconnectingeachofthefollowingpairsofpoints:1with2,1with3,1with5,2with6,3with7,5with6,and6with7.therearealsoone-wayroadsgoingfrom2to4,from3to2,andfrom4to3.therearenootherroadsinthenetwork,andtheroadsinthenetworkdonotintersect.
tomakeatripinvolvingpickupsanddeliverirs,thevolunteeralwaystakesaroutethatforthewholetrippassesthroughthefewestofthepoints1through7,countingapointtwiceifthevolunteerpassesthroughittwice.
thevolunteer'shomeisatpoint3.donationscanbepickedupatasupermarketatpoint1,aclothingstoreatpoint5,andabakeryatpoint4.deliveriescanbemadeasneededtoatutoringcenteratpoint2,adistributioncenteratpoint6,andashelteratpoint7.
16.ifthevolunteerstartsatthesupermarketandnextistogototheshelter,thefirstintermediatepointhisrputepassesthroughmustbe
(a)2(b)3(c)5(d)6(e)7
17.if,startingfromhome,thevolunteernextistomakepickupsfortheshelteratthesupermarketandthebakery(ineitherorder),thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute,beginningwiththefirst,mustbe
(a)1and2(b)1and3(c)2and1(d)2and4(e)4and2
18.if,startingfromtheclothingstore,thevolunteernextistopickupbreadateitherthesupermarketorthebakery(whicheverstopmakeshisroutegothroughthefewestofthepoints)andthenistogototheshelter,thefirsttwopointshereachesaftertheclothingstore,beginningwiththefirst,mustbe
(a)1and2(b)1and3(c)4and2(d)6and2(e)6and4
19.ifthevolunteeristomakeatripstartingattheshelter,nextgoingtothebakeryforapickup,andthenendingatthedistributioncenter,thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute,beginningwiththefirst,canbe
(a)3and1(b)3and4(c)4and2(d)6and2(e)6and5
question20--22
adeveloperisplanningtobuildahousingcomplexonanemptytractofland.exactlysevendifferentstylesofhouses--q,r,s,t,w,x,andz--willbebuildinthecomplex.thecomplexwillcontainseveralblocks,andthedeveloperplanstoputhousesofatleastthreedifferentstylesoneachblock.thedeveloperwillbuildthecomplexaccordingtothefollowingrules:
anyblockthathasstylezonitmustalsohavestylewonit.
anyblocktoonethathasonitbothstylesandstylexmusthaveonit
styletandstylez.
noblocktoonethathasonitbothstylerandstylezcanhaveonit
eitherstyletorstylew.
noblockcanhaveonitbothstylesandstyleq.
20.whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock?
(a)q,r,s(b)q,s,x(c)r,t,z(d)s,w,z(e)t,x,z
21.whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock?
(a)q(b)r(c)s(d)w(e)x
22.whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleforablockthatistoexactlyoneblock,ifthatoneblockhasonitstyles,t,w,andxonly?
(a)s,t,andx(b)t,x,andz(c)r,s,x,andz(d)s,t,w,andx(e)t,w,x,andz
23.whenanosprey(afish-eatinghawk)returnafromfishingtoitsnestingareawithafishlikeanalewife,apollack,orasmelt,otherospreyswillretraceitsflightpathinhopesofgoodfishing.thereisseldomsucharesponseifthefirstbirdbringsbackawinterflounder.yetos
preysfeedonwinterflounderjustasreadyasodanyotherfish.
whichofthefollowing,iftrue,contributesmosttoanexplanationofthefishingbehaviorofospreysasitisdescribedabove?
(a)ospreysareseldomabletocatchalewives,pollack,orsmelt.(b)alewives,pollack,andsmaltmoveinschools,butwinterflounderdonot.(c)winterflounderprefershallowerwatersthandoalewives,pollack,orsmelt.(d)winterflounderpreferandpollackexhibitprotectivecoloration,butalewivesandsmeltdonot.(e)ospreysthatliveinnestingareaareespeciallysuccessfulfishers.
24.arecentstudyofaninsurancecompany'sunderwritersindicatethatthosewhoworkedinpleasantphysicalsurroundingswere25percentmoreproductivethantheirpeersinunpleasantphysicalsurroundings.objectivecriteriaforevaluatingjobperformanceincludedcaseloadandcomplexityofcases.thisshowsthatimprovingworkers'enviromentsincreasesthoseworkers'productivity.
whichofthefollowing,iftrue,mostseriouslyweakenstheconclusionabove?
(a)onaverage,less-productiveemployeesspendnofewerhoursperdayat
theirworkstationsthandotheirmore-productivepeers.(b)unpleasantsurroundingsgiveemployeeslessmotivationtoworkhardthan
morepleasantsurroundingsdo.(c)themore-productiveemployeesaregenerallyrewardedwithpleasantoffice
space.(d)more-productiveemployeesdonotworkanymorehoursthantheir
less-productivepeers.(e)peerpressurediscouragesemployeesincrowed,unpleasantsurroundings
frommakingphonecallstotheirownfamilymembersduringworktime.
25.inacertaincountry,individualtendtochangetheirpoliticalaffiliationreadilyfromonepoliticalpartytoanother.inthepasttheunionpartygrewlargerbecauseofthistendency,butalthoughmostofthosewhochangetoanewpartyaffiliationchangetotheunionparty,theunionpartyhasremainedaboutthesamesizeinrecentyears.
whichofthefollowing,iftrue,besthelpstoexplainthechangeinthegrowthpatternoftheunionpartymentionedabove?
(a)theeconomyhasbeenprosperingrecently,andmanyofthosewhochange
<>partyaffiliationareupwardlymobileandproperous.(b)inrecentyeasthosewhowerepreviouslynonaffiliatedhavetendedtojoin
theunionpartyiftheyjoinedanypartyatall.(c)thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhochangepoliticalpartyaffiliation
eachyearhasremainedconstant,andthenumberofvoting-agecitizens
hasremainedthesame.(d)thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhoareaffiliatedwithanypolitical
partyhasincreasedoverthelasttenyears.(e)manymembersoftheunipnpartyhaveabandonedallpoliticalparty
affiliationinrecentyears.