Verbal Reasoning
Complete the sentence in a way that makes sense: Since she believed him to be both candid and trustworthy, she refused to consider the possibility that his statement had been __________.
(A) irrelevant (B) facetious (C) mistaken (D) critical (E) insincere
(E) insincere
Select the two answer choices
that, when substituted for the blank, fit the context and produce
the two sentences most nearly alike in meaning.
The macromolecule RNA is common to all living beings, and
DNA, which is found in all organisms except some bacteria,
is almost as __________.
(A) comprehensive
(B) fundamental
(C) inclusive
(D) universal
(E) significant
(F) ubiquitous
(D) universal
(F) ubiquitous
(1/25n) >1
For which value of n is the above statement true?
(A) n = 1/2
(B) n = √2
(C) n = -1/2
(D) n = 1
(C) n = -1/2
Quantity A
The value of the digit in the thousandths place in 1.41247
Quantity B
The value of the digit in the hundred thousandths place in 2.94062
(A) Quantity A is greater.
(B) Quantity B is greater.
(C) The two quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
(C) The two quantities are equal.
The confirmation bias leads people to draw incorrect conclusions because they
(A) use algorithms when they should use heuristics
(B) use deductive reasoning when they should use inductive reasoning
(C) do not seek evidence that would disprove their hypotheses
(D) do not consider alternative uses for a well-known object
(E) mistakenly attribute the causes of other people's behavior to internal factors
(C) do not seek evidence that would disprove their hypotheses
"As an example of the devastation wrought on music publishers by the photocopier, one executive noted that for a recent choral festival with 1,200 singers, the festival’s organizing committee purchased only 12 copies of the music published by her company that was 5 performed as part of the festival." Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the support the example lends to the executive’s contention that music publishers have been devastated by the photocopier? (A) Only a third of the 1,200 singers were involved in performing the music published by the executive’s company. (B) Half of the singers at the festival had already heard the music they were to perform before they began to practice for the festival. (C) Because of shortages in funding, the organizing committee of the choral festival required singers to purchase their own copies of the music performed at the festival. (D) Each copy of music that was performed at the festival was shared by two singers. (E) As a result of publicity generated by its performance at the festival, the type of music performed at the festival became more widely known.
(C) Because of shortages in funding, the organizing committee of the choral festival required singers to purchase their own copies of the music performed at the festival.
Select the two answer choices
that, when substituted for the blank, fit the context and produce
the two sentences most nearly alike in meaning.
International financial issues are typically __________
by the United States media because they are too technical
to make snappy headlines and too inaccessible to people
who lack a background in economics.
(A) criticized
(B) slighted
(C) overrated
(D) hidden
(E) neglected
(F) repudiated
(B) slighted
(E) neglected
In the sunshine, an upright pole 12 feet tall is casting a shadow 8 feet long. At the same time, a nearby upright pole is casting a shadow 10 feet long. If the lengths of the shadows are proportional to the heights of the poles, what is the height, in feet, of the taller pole?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 15
(E) 18
(D) 15
x is a positive integer and y is a negative integer
Quantity A
x - y
Quantity B
y - x
(A) Quantity A is greater.
(B) Quantity B is greater.
(C) The two quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
(A) Quantity A is greater.
According to Carl Jung, there are tendencies that shape human behavior and can be represented by terms such as "the hero" or "the shadow." Such tendencies are known as
(A) personas
(B) traits
(C) schemas
(D) archetypes
(E) complexes
(D) archetypes
Complete the sentence in a way that makes sense: Far from viewing Jefferson as a skeptical but enlightened intellectual, historians of the 1960s portrayed him as __________ thinker, eager to fill the young with his political orthodoxy while censoring ideas he did not like. (A) an adventurous (B) a doctrinaire (C) an eclectic (D) a judicious (E) a cynical
(B) a doctrinaire
Select the two answer choices that, when substituted for the blank, fit the context and produce the two sentences most nearly alike in meaning.
Linguistic science confirms what experienced users of ASL— American Sign Language— have always implicitly known:
ASL is a grammatically __________ language, as capable of expressing a full range of syntactic relations as any natural spoken language.
(A) complete
(B) economical
(C) unlimited
(D) spare
(E) unique
(F) redundant
(A) complete
(C) unlimited
If c and d are positive integers and m is the greatest common
factor of c and d, then m must be the greatest common factor of c
and which of the following integers?
(A) c + d
(B) 2 + d
(C) cd
(D) 2d
(E) d^2
(A) c + d
The original price of a suit was 30 percent less than
the suit’s $250 suggested retail price. The price at
which the suit was sold was 20 percent less than
the original price.
Quantity A
50% of the suit's suggested retail place
Quantity B
The price at which the suit was sold
A. Quantity A is greater.
B. Quantity B is greater.
C. The two quantities are equal.
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
(B) Quantity B is greater.
When asked to name all of the states in the United States, Steven mentally pictures a map and starts naming states from west to east. Steven's strategy is useful during the process of
(A) retrieval
(B) encoding
(C) storage
(D) flashbulb memory
(E) selective attention
(A) retrieval
"For the past two years at FasCorp, there has been a policy to advertise any job opening to current employees and to give no job to an applicant from outside the company if a FasCorp employee applies who is qualified for the job. This policy has been strictly 5 followed, yet even though numerous employees of FasCorp have been qualified for any given entry-level position, some entry-level jobs have been filled with people from outside the company." If the information provided is true, which of the following must on the basis of it also be true about FasCorp during the past two years? (A) There have been some open jobs for which no qualified FasCorp employee applied. (B) Some entry-level job openings have not been advertised to FasCorp employees. (C) The total number of employees has increased (D) FasCorp has hired some people for jobs for which they were not qualified. (E) All the job openings have been for entry-level jobs
(A) There have been some open jobs for which no qualified FasCorp employee applied.
Select the two answer choices
that, when substituted for the blank, fit the context and produce
the two sentences most nearly alike in meaning.
A restaurant’s menu is generally reflected in its decor; however,
despite this restaurant’s __________ appearance it is pedestrian
in the menu it offers.
(A) elegant
(B) tawdry
(C) modern
(D) traditional
(E) conventional
(F) chic
(A) elegant
(F) chic
7x + 3y = 12
3x + 7y = 6
If x and y satisfy the system of equations shown, what is the value
of x - y ?
(A) 2/3
(B) 3/2
(C) 1
(D) 4
(E) 6
(B) 3/2
The probability that events E and F will both occur
is 0.42.
Quantity A
The probability that event E will occur
Quantity B
0.58
(A) Quantity A is greater
(B) Quantity B is greater.
(C) The two quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
An adolescent who says, "I won't become ill from smoking; I never get sick," is most likely operating under which aspect of egocentrism?
(A) Personal fable
(B) Imaginary audience
(C) Deductive reasoning
(D) Immanent justice
(E) Hypothetical reasoning
(A) Personal fable
Complete the sentence in a way that makes sense: Of course anyone who has ever perused an unmodernized text of Captain Clark’s journals knows that the Captain was one of the most (i)__________ spellers ever to write in English, but despite this (ii)__________ orthographical rules, Clark is never unclear. Blank (i) (A) indefatigable (B) fastidious (C) defiant Blank (ii) (D) disregard for (E) partiality toward (F) unpretentiousness about
Blank (i) (C) defiant Blank (ii) (D) disregard for
Select the two answer choices that, when substituted for the blank, fit the context and produce the two sentences most nearly alike in meaning.
While in many ways their personalities could not have been more different—she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward, garrulous where he was ________— they were surprisingly well suited.
(A) solicitous
(B) munificent
(C) taciturn
(D) laconic
(E) fastidious
(F) irresolute
(C) taciturn
(D) laconic
If a is the smallest prime number greater than 21 and b is the
largest prime number less than 16, then ab =
(A) 299
(B) 323
(C) 330
(D) 345
(E) 351
(A) Quantity A is greater
|3x + 4| ≤ 29
|2y + 6| ≥ 18
Quantity A
The smallest possible value for x
Quantity B
The smallest possible value for y
(A) Quantity A is greater.
(B) Quantity B is greater.
(C) The two quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Which theorist revised Sigmund Freud's stages of development, replacing Freud's psychosexual stages with psychosocial stages?
(A) Karen Horney
(B) Erik Erikson
(C) Alfred Adler
(D) Viktor Frankl
(E) Abraham Maslow
(B) Erik Erikson