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Every town with a pool hall has its share of unsavory characters. This is because the pool hall attracts gamblers and all gamblers are unsavory.

Which of the following, if true, cannot be inferred from the above ?

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All gamblers are unsavory,

All pol halls attract gamblers.

Every town has unsavory characters.

All gamblers are attracted by pool halls.

An explanation of what attracts gamblers.

A local garbage disposal company increased its profitability even though it reduced its prices in order to attract new customers. This was made possible through the use of automated trucks, thereby reducing the number of workers needed per truck. The company also switched from a concentration on household hauling to a concentration on commercial hauling. As a result of its experience, company management planned to replace all their old trucks and increase the overall size of the truck fleet, doubling hauling capacity.

The company's plan as outlined above, takes into consideration each of the following except:

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Commercial clients have more potential than household customers.

The demand for garbage removal services is sensitive to price.

Demand for garbage removal services would increase in the future.

Doubling of capacity would not encessitate; a substantial increase in the work force.

Doubling of capacity would not cause bottlenecks, leading to a decrease in productivity.

The Monopoly is characterized by absence of or decline in competition. The ABC Company realizes that its operations are in competitive industries.

Which of the following conclusions may be inferred form the above ?

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ABC market is not monopolistic.

Monopoly is defined as one seller in a market.

The ABC Company has no domestic competitors.

The ABC company is publicly owned.

The ABC Company is in a service industry.

Ever since I arrived at the college last week, I ve been shocked by the poor behavior of students and the unfriendly attitude of the towns-people, but the professors are very erudite and genuinely helpful. Still, I wonder if i should have come here in the first place.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the above conclusion ?

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Professors are not always helpful to students.

The college numbers over 50,000 students.

The college is far from the student's home.

Not all professors have doctorates.

The narrator was unsure of staying at the college.

Prompted by proposal to convert a shipyard into a complex of condominiums with full-service marina and boat repair center and by concern about the proposal from local residents, baymen, and environmentalists, the town is considering a one-year building moratorium for the water front area.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken opposition to the complex ?

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Condominiums would sell for $350,000 each.

There is a large demand for boat repair services.

A growing population results in the closure of shellfish.

There are already 1,200 moorings on the waterfront.

The shipyard may be sold for another commercial use.

Professor Bilal had the task of giving grades (ranging from A - D in descending value) to her 100 students, based upon the marks they received in three examinations in which the passing mark was 50%. She was instructed to follow the following criteria:

i. All students that scored between 90 and 100% in any two examinations could receive an A grade.

ii. Students that came in the top decile overall were to be awarded an A.

iii. Notwithstanding I and II, if any student failed an exam, the highest he or shed could get was a b.

iv. The top 20 students in the whole year, when the overall exam percentages were averaged, could receive an A.

Given the above criteria, which of the following in the absence of further information, would definitely not be permissible ?

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A. Brown, who got 95% in Chemistry and 95% in Biology, received a B grade.

B. White, who was first in Physics and got 96% in History, received a B grade.

C. Green failed English, but because he ranked ninth overall out of the 100 students, he was awarded an A grade.

D. Black was given an A after she came twentieth out of the 100 students and failed to get above 90% in any of the three examinations.

E. Gray failed his Math exam, but came top in his other two tests and was awarded a B.

Typically, the entrepreneur is seen as an individual who owns and operates a small business. But, simply to own and operate a small business-or even a big business-does not make someone an entrepreneur. If this person is a true entrepreneur, then new products are being created, new ways of providing services are being implemented.

Which of the following conclusions can best be drawn from the above passage?

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An owner of large business may be an entrepreneur.

Someone who develops an enterprise may be considered an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurs do not own and operate small businesses.

Entrepreneurs are the main actors in economic growth

Entrepreneurs are inventors.

In the human body, platelets, promote blood clotting by clumping together. Aspirin has been found to prevent clotting by making platelets less sticky. Research has now shown that heart attacks and strokes caused by blood clots could be avoided by taking one aspirin a day. Statistics show that the incidence of second heart attacks

Unfortunately, the drug has several unpleasant side effects, including nausea, gastric bleeding, and, in severe cases, shock. In children, it has been linked to Reye Syndrome, a rare, but occasionally fatal, childhood illness.

One balance, however, for men aged 40 and over, an aspirin a day may present an excellent prophylactic measure for a disease that affects 1.5 million Americans yearly and claims the lives of about 540,000.

Which of the following conclusions can most properly be drawn from the information above ?

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All people should take an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks.

Painkillers prevent heart attacks.

Smokers can safely continue smoking, provided that they take at least one aspirin a day.

The majority of people suffering second subsequent cardiac arrests could have been saved by taking an aspirin a day.

Aspirin can be used to reduced mortality rates who have already suffered heart attacks.

In August 1980, according to a new your. Times/CBS news poll, 36 percent of the voters called themselves Republicans or said they were independents leaning toward being Republicans. In November 1984, the Republican figure rose to 47 percent. But in the latest Times/CBS survey, the Republicans were down to 38 percent. Therefore, the Democrats are likely to win the next election.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the above conclusion ?

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Republicans were a minority in 1984, but a Republican president was elected.

People tend to switch their votes at the last minute.

People vote for the best candidate, not for a political party.

No one can predict how people will vote.

It has been shown that 85 percent of Republicans vote in an election, compared to 50 percent of the Democrats.

Farmers in the North have observed that heavy frost is usually preceded by a full moon somehow generates the frost.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the farmers conviction ?

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The temperature must fall below 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) for frost to occur.

Absence of a cloud cover cools the ground which causes frost.

Farmers are superstitious.

No one has proven that the moon causes frost.

Farmers are not experts in meteorology.

In a world of many trading countries, the trade between two countries need not be balanced for the trade of each to be in global balance. Differing demands and productive capabilities among countries will cause a specific country to have trade deficits with some countries and surpluses with other countries.

Which of the following conclusions best summarizes the passage above ?

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A country trade will always be in balance even though it runs a deficit with a single country.

A country trade deficits and surpluses with other countries always balance out.

A country global trade balance is a sign of strength or weakness.

Countries should not be concerned if they have trade deficits because they will balance out in the long run.

A country global trade balance is determined by relative remand and productive capabilities.

Ali is a terrible driver. He has had at least five traffic violations, int he past year.

Which of the following can be said about the above claim ?

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This is an example of an argument that is directed against the source of the claim rather than the claim itself.

The statement is fallacious because it contains an illegitimate appeal to authority.

The above argument obtains its strength from a similarity of two compared situations.

The argument is built upon an assumption that is not stated but rather is concealed.

In the above statements, there is a shifting in the meaning of terms, causing a fallacy of ambiguity.

The states of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California provide extensive free higher education to their residents. Threes states are representative of different geographic areas of the united states. There is little reason why most states cannot provide the same service to their residents.

Which of the following, it true, would weaken the above argument ?

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Free education is not guaranteed by the constitution.

New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California have more qualified high school graduates than other states.

Most other states do not have the tax base that new york, ohio, Pennsylvania, and California have.

Other states do not have as many high school graduates.

Quality education cannot be free; it must be paid for

Contrary to charges made by opponents of the new trade bill, the bill's provisions for taking action against foreign countries that place barriers against American exports, is justified. Opponents should take not that restrictive trade legislation in the 1930s succeeded in improving the U.S. trade balance even though economists were against it.

The author's method of rebutting opponents of the new trade bill is to

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attack the patriotism of its opponents.

attack the opponents characters rather than their claims.

imply an analogy between the new trade bill and previous trade legislation.

suggest that economists were against both pieces, of legislation.

imply that previous legislation also permitted retaliatory action against foreign countries.

You have three boxes, each containing two balls, one containing a black pair; one, a white pair; and third, one white ball and one black ball. On each box are pictures of two balls - either two black ones, two white ones, or one white and one black. You are told that the markings on the boxes are all wrong. You are asked to ascertain the colors of the balls contained in each box.

Which of the following statements can be inferred form the above ?

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You can take out one ball from the box marked with two black balls and, without looking at the second ball, know that each box actually contains.

You can take out one ball from the box marked with two white balls and, without looking at the second ball, know what each box actually contains.

You can take out one ball from the box marked with one while ball and one black ball and, without looking at the second ball, know what each box contains.

You cannot know which balls are contained in which box until you take a ball out of more than one box.

You cannot know which boxes contain which color balls until you take a ball out of all three boxes.

Significant beneficial effect of smoking occur primarily in the area of mental health, and the habit originates in a search for contentment. The life expectancy of our people has increased greatly in recent years; it is possible that the relaxation and contentment and enjoyment produced by smoking has lengthened many lives. Smoking is beneficial.

Which of the following, it true, weaken the above conclusion ?

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That cigarettes are a major health hazard cannot be traced to the willfull act of any human or organization.

The government earns millions of dollars from the tobacco tax and tens of thousands of civilians are employed in the tobacco industry.

The evidence cited in the statement covers only one example of the effects of cigarette smoking.

No mention is made of possible harmful side-effects of smoking.

No statistical evidence has proven link between smoking and longevity.

During 1999, advertising expenditures on canned food products increased by 20 percent, while canned food consumption rose by 25 percent.

Each of the following, if true, could help explain the increase in food consumption except:

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Advertising effectiveness increased.

Canned food prices decreased relative to substitutes.

Canned food products were available in more stores.

Can opener production doubled.

Per-capita consumption of frozen foods declined.

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