yellow(E)Redandyellow
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.
AnyblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleSandstyleXmusthaveonit
styleTandstyleZ.
NoblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleRandstyleZcanhaveonit
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.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleforablockthatisadjacenttoexactlyoneblock,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.