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The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a standardized exam designed to evaluate the academic abilities of students seeking admission to graduate business programs. The test measures individuals' abilities in analytical writing, integrated reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and verbal reasoning. The GMAT is widely accepted by graduate business schools worldwide and is considered a crucial component in the admission process.
NEW QUESTION # 194
Economist: In Nation X, the number of unsold homes on the market recently reached a twenty-year high. The last time the number of unsold homes was that high, a severe economic recession soon followed. Therefore, the nation's economy is almost certainly about to suffer another severe recession.
The economist's reasoning is most vulnerable to criticism on which of the following grounds?
- A. It overlooks the possibility that other severe economic recessions In Nation X may have occurred when there were not an unusually large number of unsold homes on the market.
- B. It confuses a claim about the number of unsold homes on the market with a more general claim about an overall economic recession.
- C. It fails to address adequately the possibility that one phenomenon may closery follow another by coincidence.
- D. It fails to address adequately the possibility that a severe economic recession may itself cause more homes to remain on the market unsold.
- E. It overlooks the possibility that even if one phenomenon causally contributes to another, the latter sometimes, but not always, causally contributes to the former.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION # 195
Researchers studying long-term changes In regional mouse populations have found that by focusing on the populations of a rare but widespread and easily identifiable species of mouse (Species X), they can make fairly accurate estimations about the total regional mouse populations.
In a report on a recent study that Included the data tables that follow, the researchers provided some addenda:
1. "The Species X population of Region CV increased by 123,995 between 1990 and 2005.
2. In contrast, the Species X population of Region EW declined by about 52% during that same time.
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NEW QUESTION # 196
For each question, select the best answer from the choices given.
Without a doubt, one of America's greatest science-fiction writers is Kurt Vonnegut, who has written dozens of stories and novels, including the masterpiece Slaughterhouse Five. Yet for decades, Vonnegut denied that what he was writing was science fiction. Today, however, Vonnegut embraces his rightful place as a master of the genre. All of the following, if true, are helpful in accounting for the phenomenon described in this passage EXCEPT
- A. early in Vonnegut's career, science fiction was largely considered by critics to be an inferior genre.
- B. science fiction has become an increasingly popular genre (for readers and writers alike) because of the increased importance of science and technology in our lives.
- C. Vonnegut did not want to be pigeonholed as a science-fiction writer.
- D. science fiction has become a legitimate literary genre.
- E. as a young author, Vonnegut's favorite writers were all science-fiction writers.
Answer: E
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Choice c is not helpful in accounting for Vonnegut's early reluctance to be identified as a science- fiction writer because it is not relevant. The other choices are directly related to the phenomenon and help us understand why he did not originally want to be called a science-fiction writer but now welcomes the categorization.
NEW QUESTION # 197
Despite growing evidence of global warming; 34 different states plan to develop nearly 100 new coal burning electric plants in the next decade.
- A. warming, 34 different states E warming, for 34 different states
- B. warming: 34 different states
- C. warming; Thirty-four different states
- D. warming; 34 different states
Answer: A
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Despite growing evidence of global warming is a dependent clause that should be followed by a comma when preceding an independent clause (34 different states . . . ). Choice a is incorrect because a semi- colon should not be used between a dependent and independent clause. Choice b creates a sentence fragment because the dependent clause is set off as a separate sentence. Choice c incorrectly uses a colon, which should only be used to introduce lists, quotations, or explanations. Choice e creates an illogical sentence that uses both despite and for, confusing the relationship between the two clauses.
NEW QUESTION # 198
For each of the background colors, the graphic shows the average (arithmetic mean) of the maximum prices that the participants who viewed the item with that background reported that they were willing to pay for the item. Results are shown for bath the auction and the negotiation scenarios.
Assuming the researchers' hypothesized link between offers and aggression is correct, for each of the following background colors select More aggressive if, on average, participants in the negotiation group in the study behaved more aggressively when the product was displayed with that background color than the participants did when the product was displayed with a gray background.
Otherwise, select Not more aggressive.
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NEW QUESTION # 199
Robinson is a botanist whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii, a place now awash with introduced species of plants and animals.
- A. whose dream it is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
- B. whose dream is to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
- C. who has the dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
- D. that is dreaming to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
- E. who it is his dream to reestablish an authentic pre-human piece of Hawaii,
Answer: A
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According to the passage, when negative social information is encountered by a person with a highly elevated level of self-perception, it may lead to violence.
NEW QUESTION # 200 
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NEW QUESTION # 201
The increased concentration of salt in the bay, which is the result of recent drought and high temperatures, will cause many fish to die. Shrimp, however, can tolerate high salt levels; the shrimp industry will not, therefore, be hurt by the increased concentration of salt.
Which of the following statements, if true, would weaken the argument above?
- A. Lack of rainfall for extended periods of time lowers the water level of bays.
- B. Shrimp are more abundant in areas of the bay that are sparsely populated by fish.
- C. Some fish will migrate to areas that have lower concentrations of salt.
- D. Increased water temperature often causes shrimp to multiply more quickly.
- E. The organisms on which young shrimp feed cannot survive in such salty waters.
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION # 202
Many oppose the national economic planning program that the government is Initiating because they fear that It will Impair the ability of corporations to make rational economic choices. But that program will never work anyway. There Is no reason, therefore, to expect the negative effect those people fear.
- A. The program would work If private businesses were left with some freedom to make economic choices.
- B. Those who reject the program view such a plan as a measure of last resort.
- C. If a toss of rational economic choices occurred, a decline In productivity would result.
- D. Those who support the program do not believe that it would affect the ability of corporations to make rational economic choices.
- E. The argument above depends on which of the following assumptions?
- F. Attempting to make the program work would not impair the ability of corporations to make rational economic choices.
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION # 203
The color red has been shown to induce greater aggression in people than the color blue, Researchers conducted a study to determine whether such colorinduced aggression could influence the amount that consumers were willing to pay for an identical product in online auction and online negotiation scenarios.
The researchers photographed a single item against each of four background colors: blue, gray, white, and red. Using a computer, each participant in the study viewed the item against exactly one of the four background colors. Half of the participants were told the item was up for auction and were asked to submit their highest bid for the item. The other half of the participants were told to negotiate a price with the seller and were asked to offer the highest amount that they would be willing to pay for the item.
The researchers expected that participants who viewed the red background would typically behave more aggressively than those who viewed the blue background. Among the auction group, the researchers hypothesized that more aggressive participants would submit higher bids as they tried to beat other potential bidders. Among the negotiation group, the researchers hypothesized that more aggressive participants would make lower offers as they tried to compete against the seller to get the best deal.
For each of the following statements about the researchers' study, select Yes if that statement accurately reflects the information provided. Otherwise, select No.
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NEW QUESTION # 204
It can be inferred from the passage that if Cope's hypothesis were correct, which of the following would most likely be true concerning salt-affected areas in Victoria?
- A. Average soil salinity on certain hillside areas would be less than average soil salinity in adjacent valleys.
- B. The land in valley floors affected by salinization would tend to be waterlogged except in dry seasons.
- C. Average soil salinity would be less before a rainfall than after a rainfall.
- D. During a year of especially low rainfall, the salinity of the soil on the valley floor would decrease.
- E. The permeable layer of soil would be less thick than the impermeable layer.
Answer: A
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Soil salinization-the process by which soil acquires excess soluble salt, adversely affecting pasture or crop growth-is regarded as Australia's most serious environmental problem. Cope, whose 1958 investigation is considered the earliest survey of salt-affected areas in Victoria, hypothesized that surplus rainwater mobilized soluble salt stored in the permeable layer of soil, causing it to accumulate above an impermeable layer and then discharge downslope or onto a valley floor. In the late 1970s, however, Jenkin identified saline water underground as the main and immediate (though not ultimate) source of the salt, and hypothesized that the spread of salinity resulted from a rise in that groundwater. He attributed the rise to a decrease in coverage by water-absorbing trees and other vegetation at some ill-defined point in Australia's post-settlement history.
However, more-recent research suggests there was no rise in post-settlement groundwater levels. Furthermore, soil salinity probably antedated European settlement: early cartographic evidence indicates that some streams were saline when Europeans arrived. Dahlhaus suggests that salt accumulation resulted from marine incursions several million years ago, when parts of Victoria may have been submerged-as well as from transport of salt from the sea by wind and rain. Dahlhaus also notes that various minerals dissolved in groundwater by weathering may have produced salt.
NEW QUESTION # 205
Protectionist trade restrictions harm large segments of society for the benefit of a smaller segment. For example, every time the steel industry asks for tariffs on steel Imports from foreign countries, someone correctly points out that if that wish were granted, it would harm the United States auto industry and other steel users, not to mention consumers. Protectionist trade restrictions serve particular interests and only rarely also the general welfare. But the U.S. Constitution requires the government to serve the general welfare. It follows that__________.
Which of the following best completes the passage?
- A. the general welfare requires protectionist trade restrictions
- B. protectionist trade restrictions are usually incompatible with the U.S. Constitution
- C. trade restrictions of any kind are unconstitutional
- D. government measures that serve the general interest are generally compatible with the U.S. Constitution
- E. most U.S. domestic industries are probably helped, not hindered, by foreign competition
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION # 206
Low-income families are often unable to afford as much child care as they need. One government program would award low-income families a refund on the income taxes they pay of as much as $1,000 for each child under age four. This program would make it possible for all low-income families with children under age four to obtain more child care than they otherwise would have been able to afford.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the claim that the program would make it possible for all low-income families to obtain more child care?
- A. Income taxes have increased substantially over the past twenty years, reducing the money that low- income families have available to spend on child care.
- B. The reduction in government revenues stemming from the income tax refund will necessitate cuts in other government programs, such as grants for higher education.
- C. Some low-income families in which one of the parents is usually available to care for children under age four may not want to spend their income tax refund on child care.
- D. Many low-income families with children under age four do not pay any income taxes because their total income is too low to be subject to such taxes.
- E. The average family with children under age four spends more than $1,000 a year on child care.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION # 207
Now is an excellent time to invest in the catering business. A survey conducted by Weddings magazine found that 70 percent of the magazine's readers want a catered wedding reception. An analysis of the catering industry, however, shows that the current number of caterers can serve only 55 percent of the weddings likely to occur each year.
Which of the following, if true, would undermine the validity of the investment advice in the paragraph above?
- A. The average wedding reception involves between 50 and 100 guests.
- B. Approximately a quarter of all weddings take place without a reception.
- C. Approximately a quarter of all weddings and their associated receptions are paid for by the couples themselves.
- D. Only half of those who say they want a catered wedding reception actually have one.
- E. Only half of all catered wedding receptions include sit-down meals.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION # 208
Between 1975 and 1985, nursing-home occupancy rates averaged 87 percent of capacity, while admission rates remained constant, at an average of 95 admissions per 1,000 beds per year. Between 1985 and
1988, however, occupancy rates rose to an average of 92 percent of capacity, while admission rates declined to 81 per 1,000 beds per year.
If the statements above are true, which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn?
- A. The average length of time nursing-home residents stayed in nursing homes increased between 1985 and 1988.
- B. The more beds a nursing home has, the higher its occupancy rate is likely to be.
- C. The proportion of older people living in nursing homes was greater in 1988 than in 1975.
- D. Nursing home admission rates tend to decline whenever occupancy rates rise.
- E. Nursing homes built prior to 1985 generally had fewer beds than did nursing homes built between 1985 and 1988.
Answer: A
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NEW QUESTION # 209
For over fifty years, the ocean-freight industry worked to make ocean freighters faster and to lower their fuel consumption. Despite considerable success, the economics of the industry grew worse, until the industry was almost dead. What was wrong was an incongruity between assumptions and realities. The real costs came, not from time spent at sea, but from time spent in port during loading and unloading.
Which of the following actions would be most likely to lead to a solution of the problem faced by the ocean- freight industry, as it is analyzed in the passage?
- A. Developing a ship whose freight capacity relative to the ship's total volume is much larger than that of any existing ship
- B. Implementing a system to ensure that ocean freighters are loaded to capacity whenever they leave a port
- C. Implementing a marketing plan that focuses on routes that are known to be least threatened by unfavorable weather, thus permitting rapid trips and reliable arrival times
- D. Developing a ship's engine that runs on a cheaper type of fuel than that traditionally used by ocean freighters
- E. Developing a ship with accessible cargo compartments that can be mechanically loaded and unloaded very rapidly
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION # 210
Roland: The alarming fact is that 90 percent of the people in this country now report that they know someone who is unemployed.
Sharon: But a normal, moderate level of unemployment is 5 percent, with 1 out of 20 workers unemployed.
So at any given time if a person knows approximately 50 workers, 1 or more will very likely be unemployed.
Sharon's argument relies on the assumption that
- A. Roland is not consciously distorting the statistics he presents
- B. the number of people who each know someone who is unemployed is always higher than 90% of the population
- C. unemployment is not normally concentrated in geographically isolated segments of the population
- D. knowledge that a personal acquaintance is unemployed generates more fear of losing one's job than does knowledge of unemployment statistics
- E. normal levels of unemployment are rarely exceeded
Answer: C
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NEW QUESTION # 211
West River Glen is deciding which network architecture should replace its old copper telephone lines. The town will replace 300 miles of Outside Plant (OSP) cable that will serve approximately 2,500 homes.
The first option is to install a Fiber to the Home (FTTH) system architecture that uses fiber-optic cable to transmit signals from the source to each home. The advantages of this architecture include greater bandwidth capabilities, less signal loss, and slightly lower new-cable deployment costs than the second option. Hybrid Fiber-Coax (HFC).
An HFC network integrates fiber-optic cables and devices with coaxial cables.
This will cost the town substantially less money for internal equipment and for customer installations.
However, the coaxial cable does not last as long as fiberoptic cable and will thus need to be replaced more frequently, resulting in higher long-term maintenance expenses.
The town believes that either the FTTH or HFC architectures will be capable of serving the communities' data and television needs for the next 30 years.
For each of the following statements, select Supported'if the statement is supported by the information given.
Otherwise, select Not supported.
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NEW QUESTION # 212
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