Sentence Correction
Critical Reasoning
Reading Comprehension
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GMAT Quantitative
100
*The rising of costs* of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a growing opportunity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and at lower cost. 1. The rising of costs 2. Rising Costs 3. The rising cost 4. because the rising cost 5. Because of rising costs
What is "3) The rising cost"
100
Patrick usually provides child care for six children. Parents leave their children at Patrick's house in the morning and pick them up after work. At the end of each workweek, the parents pay Patrick at an hourly rate for the child care provided that week. The weekly income Patrick receives is usually adequate but not always uniform, particularly in the winter, when children are likely to get sick and be unpredictably absent. Which of the following plans, if put into effect, has the best prospect of making Patrick's weekly income both uniform and adequate? (A) Pool resources with a neighbor who provides child care under similar arrangements, so that the two of them cooperate in caring for twice as many children as Patrick currently does. (B) Replace payment by actual hours of child care provided with a fixed weekly fee based upon the number of hours of child care that Patrick would typically be expected to provide. (C) Hire a full-time helper and invest in facilities for providing child care to sick children . (D) Increase the hourly rate to a level that would provide adequate income even in a week when half of the children Patrick usually cares for are absent. (E) Increase the number of hours made available for child care each day, so that parents can leave their children in Patrick's care for a longer period each day at the current hourly rate .
What is "B) Replace payment by actual hours of child care provided with a fixed weekly fee based upon the number of hours of child care that Patrick would typically be expected to provide."
100
The primary purpose of the passage is to (A) review research demonstrating the benefi ts of corporate mergers and acquisitions and examine some of the drawbacks that acquisition behavior entails (B) contrast the effects of corporate mergers and acquisitions on acquiring firms and on firms that are acquired (C) report findings that raise questions about a reason for corporate mergers and acquisitions and suggest possible alternative reasons (D) explain changes in attitude on the part of acquiring firms toward corporate mergers and acquisitions (E) account for a recent decline in the rate of corporate mergers and acquisitions
What is "C) report findings that raise questions about a reason for corporate mergers and acquisitions and suggest possible alternative reasons"
100
There are this many styles of GMAT Verbal questions
What is "3"
100
When Leo imported a certain item, he paid a 7 percent import tax on the portion of the total value of the item in excess of $1,000. If the amount of the import tax that Leo paid was $87.50, what was the total value of the item? (A) $1,600 (B) $1,850 (C) $2,250 (D) $2,400 (E) $2,750
What is "C"
200
Growing competitive pressures may be encouraging auditors to bend the rules in favor of *clients; auditors may, for instance, allow* a questionable loan to remain on the books in order to maintain a bank's profits on paper. (A) clients; auditors may, for instance, allow (B) clients, as an instance, to allow (C) clients, like to allow (D) clients, such as to be allowing (E) clients; which might, as an instance, be the allowing of
What is "A) clients; auditors may, for instance, allow"
200
The researcher conclusion depends on which of the following assumptions? (A) High immune-system activity protects against mental illness better than normal immune-system activity does. (B) Mental illness is similar to physical disease in its effects on body systems. (C) People with high immune-system activity cannot develop mental illness. (D) Mental illness does not cause people's immune-system activity to decrease. (E) Psychological treatment of mental illness is not as effective as is medical treatment.
What is "D) Mental illness does not cause people's immune-system activity to decrease."
200
The findings cited in the passage suggest which of the following about the outcomes of corporate mergers and acquisitions with respect to acquiring firms? (A) They include a decrease in value of many acquiring firms’ stocks. (B) They tend to be more benefi cial for small firms than for large firms. (C) They do not fulfill the professed goals of most acquiring firms. (D) They tend to be beneficial to such firms in the long term even though apparently detrimental in the short term. (E) They discourage many such firms from attempting to make subsequent bids and acquisitions.
What is "C) They do not fulfill the professed goals of most acquiring firms."
200
These are the 2 sections of the GMAT that CSUSB gives credit for completing. The other sections DO NOT MATTER.
What are the "Verbal and Quantitative" sections
200
What is the lowest positive integer that is divisible by each of the integers 1 through 7, inclusive? (A) 420 (B) 840 (C) 1,260 (D) 2,520 (E) 5,040
What is "A"
300
A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors *had elected early retirement rather than face* the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance. (A) had elected early retirement rather than face (B) had elected early retirement instead of facing (C) have elected retiring early instead of facing (D) have elected to retire early rather than facing (E) have elected to retire early rather than face
What is "E) have elected to retire early rather than face"
300
At a recent conference on environmental threats to the North Sea, most participating countries favored uniform controls on the quality on effluents, whether or not specific environmental damage could be attributed to a particular source of effluent. What must, of course, be shown, in order to avoid excessively restrictive controls, is that______ (A) Any uniform controls that are adopted are likely to be implemented without delay (B) any substance to be made subject to controls can actually cause environmental damage (C) the countries favoring uniform controls are those generating the largest quantities of effluents (D) all of any given pollutant that is to be controlled actually reaches the North Sea at present (E) environmental damage already inflicted on the North Sea is reversible
What is "B) any substance to be made subject to controls can actually cause environmental damage"
300
It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about corporate acquisitions? (A) Their known benefi ts to national economies explain their appeal to individual firms during the 1970s and 1980s. (B) Despite their adverse impact on some firms,they are the best way to channel resources from less to more productive sectors of a nation’s economy. (C) They are as likely to occur because of poor monitoring by boards of directors as to be caused by incentive compensation for managers. (D) They will be less prevalent in the future, since their actual effects will gain wider recognition. (E) Factors other than economic benefit to the acquiring fi rm help to explain the frequency with which they occur.
What is "E) Factors other than economic benefit to the acquiring firm help to explain the frequency with which they occur."
300
You have this much time (on average), per question to answer GMAT verbal questions
What is "about 110 seconds" OR "1 Minute, 50 seconds"
300
What is the average (arithmetic mean) of j and k ? (1) The average (arithmetic mean) of j + 2 and k + 4 is 11. (2) The average (arithmetic mean) of j, k, and 14 is 10. (A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked; (B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked; (C) BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient; (D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked; (E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data are needed.
What is "D"
400
Geologists believe that the warning signs for a major earthquake may include sudden fluctuations in local seismic activity, tilting and other deformations of the Earth's crust, *changing the measured strain across a fault zone, and varying* the electrical properties of underground rocks. (A) changing the measured strain across a fault zone and varying (B) changing measurements of the strain across a fault zone, and varying (C) changing the strain as measured across a fault zone, and variations of (D) changes in the measured strain across a fault zone, and variations in (E) changes in measurements of the strain across a fault zone, and variations among
What is "D) changes in the measured strain across a fault zone, and variations in"
400
Which of following most logically completes the argument? The last members of a now-extinct species of a European wild deer called the giant dear lived in Ireland about 16,000 years ago. Prehistoric cave paintings in France depict this animal as having a large hump on its back. Fossils of this animal, however, do not show any hump. Nevertheless, there is no reason to conclude that the cave paintings are therefore inaccurate in this regard, since ______. A. some prehistoric cave paintings in France also depict other animals as having a hump B. fossils of the giant deer are much more common in Ireland than in France C. animal humps are composed of fatty tissue, which does not fossilize D. the cave paintings of the giant deer were painted well before 16,000 years ago E. only one currently existing species of deer has any anatomical feature that even remotely resembles a hump
What is "C) animal humps are composed of fatty tissue, which does not fossilize"
400
The author of the passage mentions the effect of acquisitions on national economies most probably in order to (A) provide an explanation for the mergers and acquisitions of the 1970s and 1980s overlooked by the fi ndings discussed in the passage (B) suggest that national economic interests played an important role in the mergers and acquisitions of the 1970s and 1980s (C) support a noneconomic explanation for the mergers and acquisitions of the 1970s and 1980s that was cited earlier in the passage (D) cite and point out the inadequacy of one possible explanation for the prevalence of mergers and acquisitions during the 1970s and 1980s (E) explain how modeling affected the decisions made by managers involved in mergers and acquisitions during the 1970s and 1980s
What is "D) cite and point out the inadequacy of one possible explanation for the prevalence of mergers and acquisitions during the 1970s and 1980s"
400
You will have to answer this many Verbal GMAT questions during your GMAT exam.
What is "41"
400
A box contains only red chips, white chips, and blue chips. If a chip is randomly selected from the box, what is the probability that the chip will be either white or blue? (1) The probability that the chip will be blue is 1/5/ (2) The probability that the chip will be red is 1/3. (A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked; (B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked; (C) BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient; (D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked; (E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data are needed.
What is "B"
500
Though the term "graphic design" may *suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging* work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film titles. (A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging (B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of (C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging (D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of (E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging
What is "B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of"
500
A major health insurance company in Lagolia pays for special procedures prescribed by physicians only if the procedure is first approved as “medically necessary” by a company-appointed review panel. The rule is intended to save the company the money it might otherwise spend on medically unnecessary procedures. The company has recently announced that in order to reduce its costs, it will abandon this rule. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest justification for the company’s decision? (A) Patients often register dissatisfaction with physicians who prescribe nothing for their ailments. (B) Physicians often prescribe special procedures that are helpful but not altogether necessary for the health of the patient. (C) The review process is expensive and practically always results in approval of the prescribed procedure. (D) The company’s review process does not interfere with the prerogative of physicians, in cases where more than one effective procedure is available, to select the one they personally prefer. (E) The number of members of the company-appointed review panel who review a given procedure depends on the cost of the procedure.
What is "C) The review process is expensive and practically always results in approval of the prescribed procedure."
500
According to the passage, during the 1970s and 1980s bidding firms differed from the firms for which they bid in that bidding firms (A) tended to be more profi table before a merger than after a merger (B) were more often concerned about the impact of acquisitions on national economies (C) were run by managers whose actions were modeled on those of other managers (D) anticipated greater economic advantages from prospective mergers (E) experienced less of an increase in stock value when a prospective merger was announced
What is "E) experienced less of an increase in stock value when a prospective merger was announced"
500
On a critical reasoning question, you'll find the argument, the answers and this useful piece of the question:
What is "the question stem"
500
If ° represents one of the operations +, –, and ×, is k ° (
What is "D"