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Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register GWD TN 24 Verbal Q1 PP67 Africa s black rhino population in the mid 1970 s numbered about 2 000 ten times the estimated population of 2 000 in 1997 A the estimated population B that of their estimated population C more than the population s estimated amount D more black rhinos than their population estimate E more than that of their population s estimated amount Q2 PP68 The cottontail rabbit population in Orange County California has increased unchecked in recent years as a result of the removal of the native fox population and the clearing of surrounding woodlands A years as a result of the removal of B years as a result of removing C years resulting from the removing of D years which is result of removing E years which is a result of the removal of Q3 TTGWD11 Q19 In Rubaria excellent health care is available to virtually the entire population whereas very few people in Terland receive adequate medical care Yet although the death rate for most diseases is higher in Terland than in Rubaria the percentage of the male population that dies from prostate cancer is significantly higher in Rubaria than in Terland Which of the following if true most helps to explain the disparity between the prostate cancer death rate in Rubaria and Terland A Effective treatment of prostate cancer in its early stages generally requires medical techniques available in Rubaria but not in Terland B Most men who have prostate cancer are older than the average life expectancy for male inhabitants of Terland C Being in poor general health does not increase one s risk of developing prostate cancer D It is possible to decrease one s risk of getting prostate cancer by eating certain kinds of foods and such foods are more readily available in Rubaria than in Terland E Among men in Rubaria the death rate from prostate cancer is significantly higher for those who do not take full advantage of Rubaria s health care system than for those who do Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register Q4 Q6 TTGWD11 Q35 to Q37 Citing the fact that the real gross domestic product GDP per capita was higher in 1997 than ever before some journalists have argued that the United States economy performed ideally in 1997 However the real GDP is almost always higher than ever before it falls only during recessions One point these journalists overlooked is that in 1997 as in the twenty four years immediately preceding it the real GDP per capita grew nearly one half percent a year more slowly than it had on average between 1873 and 1973 Were the 1997 economy as robust as claimed the growth rate of real GDP per capita in 1997 would have surpassed the average growth rate of real GDP per capita between 1873 and 1973 because over fifty percent of the population worked for wages in 1997 whereas only forty percent worked for wages between 1873 and 1973 If the growth rate of labor productivity output per hour of goods and services in 1997 had equaled its average growth rate between 1873 and 1973 of more than two percent then given the proportionately larger workforce that existed in 1997 real GDP per capita in 1997 would have been higher than it actually was since output is a major factor in GDP However because labor productivity grew by only one percent in 1997 real GDP per capita grew more slowly in 1997 than it had on average between 1873 and 1973 Q4 Q35 The passage is primarily concerned with A comparing various measures used to assess the performance of the United States economy in 1997 B providing evidence that the performance of the United States economy in 1997 was similar to its performance between 1873 and 1973 C evaluating an argument concerning the performance of the United States economy in1997 D examining the consequences of a popular misconception about the performance of the United States economy in 1997 E supporting an assertion made by journalists about the performance of the United States economy in 1997 Q5 Q36 According to the passage which of the following is true of the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew in the twenty four years immediately before 1997 A It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because only forty percent of the population worked for wages between 1873 and 1973 B It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 because labor productivity grew less between 1973 and 1997 than it had between 1873 and 1973 C It was less than it had been between 1873 and 1973 as a result of an increase in the percentage of the population earning wages during these years D It was less than the average rate at which real GDP per capita grew between 1873 and 1973 E It was less than the rate at which real GDP per capita grew in 1997 Q6 Q37 It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is the reason that the author faults the journalists referred to in line 4 A They believe that the real GDP per capita in 1997 was higher than the real GDP per capita had ever been before B They argue that the rate at which real GDP per capita grew in 1997 was faster than the average rate at which it had grown between 1873 and 1973 C They overestimate the effect of labor productivity on the real GDP per capita in 1997 Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register D They overestimate the amount by which real GDP per capita in 1997 surpassed real GDP per capita in earlier years E They fail to consider the real GDP per capita in 1997 within an appropriate historical context Q7 PP69 In human hearing subtle differences in how the two ears hear a given sound help the listener determine the qualities of that sound A in how the two ears hear a given sound help the listener determine B in the two ears hearing a given sound help the listener in determining C in how a sound is heard by the two ears helps the listener determine D between how the two ears hear a given sound helps the listener in determining E between how a sound is heard by the two ears help the listener in determining Q8 PP70 Employment costs rose 2 8 percent in the 12 months that ended in September slightly less than they did in the year that ended in the previous quarter A less than they did B less than it did C less than they were D lower than E lower than they were Q9 PP71 Simply because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to become an invasive according to a decade long study published in the journal Nature A because they are genetically engineered does not make it any more likely for plants to B because it is genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to C being genetically engineered does not make it any more likely that plants will D being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely to E being genetically engineered does not make a plant any more likely that it will become Q10 TTGWD11 Q30 Editorial In Ledland unemployed adults receive government assistance To reduce unemployment the government proposes to supplement the income of those who accept jobs that pay less than government assistance thus enabling employers to hire workers cheaply However the supplement will not raise any worker s income above what government assistance would provide if he or she were not gainfully employed Therefore unemployed people will have no financial incentive to accept jobs that would entitle them to the supplement Which of the following if true about Ledland most seriously weakens the argument of the editorial Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register A The government collects no taxes on assistance it provides to unemployed individuals and their families B Neighboring countries with laws that mandate the minimum wage an employer must pay an employee have higher unemployment rates than Ledland currently has C People who are employed and look for a new job tend to get higher paying jobs than job seekers who are unemployed D The yearly amount unemployed people receive from government assistance is less than the yearly income that the government defines as the poverty level E People sometimes accept jobs that pay relatively little simply because they enjoy the work Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register Q11 Q14 TTGWD4 Q3 to Q6 Extensive research has shown that the effects of short term price promotions on sales are themselves short term Companies hopes that promotions might have a positive aftereffect have not been borne out for reasons that researchers have been able to identify A price promotion entices only a brand s long term or loyal customers people seldom buy an unfamiliar brand merely because the price is reduced They simply avoid paying more than they have to when one of their customary brands is temporarily available at a reduced price A price promotion does not increase the number of long term customers of a brand as it attracts virtually no new customers in the first place Nor do price promotions have lingering aftereffects for a brand even negative ones such as damage to a brand s reputation or erosion of customer loyalty as is often feared So why do companies spend so much on price promotions Clearly price promotions are generally run at a loss otherwise there would be more of them And the bigger the increase in sales at promotion prices the bigger the loss While short term price promotions can have legitimate uses such as reducing excess inventory it is the recognizable increase in sales that is their main attraction to management which is therefore reluctant to abandon this strategy despite its effect on the bottom line Q11 The primary purpose of the passage is to A compare the arguments in favor of a certain strategy with those against it B attack a certain strategy by enumerating its negative consequences C justify the use of a certain strategy in light of certain criticisms that have been made against it D advocate a particular strategy by arguing against an alternative E explain the effects of a certain strategy and the primary motivations for adopting it Q12 According to the passage which of the following is the reason why short term price promotions do not attract new long term customers to a brand A Short term price promotions do not produce an increase in sales B Customers come to regard the promotional price as the fair price and the regular price as excessive C Most customers select among competing products largely on the basis of price and very few are loyal to any particular brand D Customers who have not previously bought the promoted brand are almost never persuaded to do so by the short term price promotions E Any customers that a brand gains by means of a short term price promotion are liable to be lost when a competing brand has a similar promotion Q13 The passage suggests that evidence for price promotions effect on the bottom line line 40 is provided by A the lack of lingering aftereffects from price promotions B the frequency with which price promotions occur C price promotions inability to attract new customers D price promotions recognizable effect on sales E the legitimate uses to which management can put price promotions Q14 It can be inferred from the passage that if a company ceased to run short term price promotions for a particular product an effect of this change would be to Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register A reduce excess inventory of the product B lose some of the product s long term customers C reduce the product s overall sales Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register D inhibit growth in the number of the product s customers E threaten the product s profitability Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register Q15 PP72 A recent United States Census Bureau report shows that there are more than three times as many households where the children and grandchildren are living in their grandparents home as compared to households where the grandparents are living in their children s or grandchildren s home A as compared to households where the B as there are households where the C as those whose D than compared to those where the E than there are whose Q16 PP73 With no natural predators and expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have grown to exceed 175 000 A With no natural predators and expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that allow no hunting wildlife officials estimate the New Jersey deer population to have B With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods that do not allow hunting wildlife officials estimate of the deer population in New Jersey has C With no natural predators and with expanses of green suburban neighborhoods where there is no hunting the deer population in New Jersey wildlife officials estimate has D Without natural predators and no hunting allowed in expanse of green suburban neighborhoods New Jersey has a deer population that wildlife officials estimate to have E Without natural predators and with expanses of green neighborhoods where there is no hunting wildlife officials in New Jersey estimate a deer population that has Q17 TTGWD11 Q32 GWD10 Q17 Editorial An arrest made by a Midville police officer is provisional until the officer has taken the suspect to the police station and the watch commander has officially approved the arrest Such approval is denied if the commander judges that the evidence on which the provisional arrest is based is insufficient A government efficiency expert has observed that almost all provisional arrests meet the standards for adequacy of evidence that the watch commanders enforce The expert has therefore recommended that because the officers time spent obtaining approval is largely wasted the watch commander s approval no longer be required This recommendation should be rejected as dangerous however since there is no assurance that the watch commanders standards will continue to be observed once approval is longer required In the editorial the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles A The first is a claim the accuracy of which is disputed by the editorial the second is a conclusion drawn in order to support the main conclusion of the editorial B The first is an observation that the editorial disputes the second is a conclusion that was drawn from that observation C The first is a finding that was used in support of a proposal that the editorial opposes the second is a judgment that was based on that finding and in turn was used to support the proposal D The first is a finding introduced to support the main conclusion of the editorial the second is that main conclusion E The first is a conclusion the evidence for which the editorial evaluates the second is part of the evidence cited in favor of that conclusion Generated by Unregistered Batch DOC TO PDF Converter 2012 4 319 1599 please register Q18 TTGWD11 Q40 Parland s alligator population has been declining in recent years primarily because of hunting Alligators prey heavily on a species of freshwater fish that is highly valued as food by Parlanders who had hoped that the decline in the alligator population would lead to an increase in the numbers of these fish available for human consumption Yet the population of this fish species has also declined even though the annual number caught for human consumption has not increased Which of the following if true most helps to explain the decline in the population of the fish species A The decline in the alligator population has meant that fishers can work in some parts of lakes and rivers that were formerly too dangerous B Over the last few years Parland s commercial fishing enterprises have increased the number of fishing boats they use C Many Parlanders who hunt alligators do so because of the high market price of alligator skins not because of the threat alligators pose to the fish population D During Parland s dry season holes dug by alligators remain filled with water long enough to provide a safe place for the eggs of this fish species to hatch E In several neighboring countries through which Parland s rivers also flow alligators are at risk of extinction as a result of extensive hunting Q19 PP74 A recently published report indicates that the salaries of teachers continue to lag far behind other college educated professionals because they make an average of nearly 8 000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost 24 000 less a year by the time they reach the age of 50 A other college educated professionals because they make an average of nearly 8 000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost 24 000 less B other college educated professionals by an average of nearly 8 000 a year at the start of their careers to almost 24 000 C what other college educated professionals are paid making an average of nearly 8 000 a year less at the start of their careers and almost 24 000 less D those of other college educated professionals by an average of nearly 8 000 a year at the start of their careers to almost 24 000 less E those of other college educated professionals by an average of nearly 8 000 a year at the start of their careers and by almost 24 000 Q20 PP75 A recent poll indicates that many people in the United States hold a combination of conservative and liberal political views i e they denounce big government saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful while at the same time supporting many specific government programs for health car education and environment A they denounce big government saying government is doing too much and has become too powerful while at the same time supporting B they denounce big government they say that