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Questions 1-5

An old painting portrays a seated jury of exactly six
persons arranged in two parallel rows of three persons
each. Each person in the back row is directly behind
one person in the front row. The positions of the six
jurors, numbered 1 through 6 by historians, appear
in the painting as follows:

Back row, left to right— 4 5 6
Front row, left to right— 1 2 3

Inscribed on the back of the paintings are the names
of exactly five persons—Urquart, Vere, Winters, Young,
and Zeno. The historians know that each of these five
persons is a juror portrayed in the painting. The name
of the sixth person in the painting is unknown. The
only additional information that historians have comes
from letters of the time, which indicate the following.

Zeno is in position 5.
Young is directly behind Winters.
Urquart is not in the same row as Vere.

1. If the jury’f front row is made up, from left to right,
of Urquart, the juror whose name is unknown, and
Winters, which of the following must be true?
(A) Vere is in position 4.
(B) Vere is in position 5.
(C) Vere is in position 6.
(D) Young is in position 4.
(E) Young is in position 5.

2. If one of the two rows is made up, from left to right,
of Winters, the juror whose name is unknown, and
Vere, then Urquart must be in position
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6

3. If Urquart is directly in front of Zeno, which of the
following must be true?
(A) Vere is in position 4.
(B) Vere is directly behind the juror whose name
is unknwon.
(C) The juror whose name is unknown is in
position 1.
(D) The juror whose name is unknown is in
position 6.
(E) The juror whose name is unknown is directly
behind Vere.

4. Which of the following jurors must be in the same
row as Zeno?
(A) Urquart
(B) The juror whose name is unknown
(C) Vere (D) Winters (E) Young

5. Which of the following, if it could be established,
would allow historians to determine the positions
of all other jurors portrayed in the painting?
(A) The juror whose name is unknown is in
position 1.
(B) Vere is in position 2.
(C) Vere is in position 3.
(D) Winters is in position 1.
(E) Young is in position 6.

6. The average after-tax income for a household was
2.4 percent higher in 1983 than in 1982. At the same
time, average after-tax income declined for house-
holds at the lower-and middle-income levels.

Which of the following can be most reasonably
inferred from the information above?
(A) There were more households overall in 1983
than in 1982.
(B) There were fewer households at the upper-
income level in 1983 than in 1982.
(C) Total after-tax income for all households at the
lower-and middle-income levels was higher
in 1983 than in 1982.
(D) Average after-tax income for households at
the upper-income level rose by more than
2.4 percent between 1982 and 1983.
(E) Average after-tax income for households at
the lower-and middle-income levels was
declining prior to 1982.

7. A study of attitudes toward new cars showed that
cars that were identical in every respect except color
received widely differing ratings for quality from
potential buyers. Therefore, in future advertisements
for cars of high quality, we can expect to see no
variety in the color of car featured.

Which of the following is an assumption made in
the passage above?
(A) If a car in a preferred color is not available, a
buyer is usually willing to accept the car in
another color.
(B) New cars differ significantly from each other
with respect to quality.
(C) There is a single color generally associated with
the highest quality rating in the study.
(D) An advertisement for a particular car should
display all of its significant advantages.
(E) Potential buyers give more weight to color than
to price in making a decision about a car.

8. Sometime during the 1950’s, rock music perma-
nently ousted jazz from the music scene. This is
evident from the behavior of youths of that time.
In crowded nightclubs they would applaud rock
acts enthusiastically. But when a jazz act began,
they went outside and got refreshments. They
came back in only when the jazz set was finished.

Which of the following statements, if true, is a
valid objection to the conclusion drawn above?
(A) Jazz is the most important musical contribu-
tion of the United States to world culture.
(B) Although some young people who attended
nightclubs in the 1950’s did try to listen to
jazz, they eventually became bored with it.
(C) Since the 1960’s, rock music has not only
provided youths with recreation but has,
as well, become a rallying point for making
social statements.
(D) Although by 1960 jazz performances were less
popular, there has since been a revival of
interest in jazz among middle-class profess-
ionals.
(E) Jazz steadily increased in popularity between
the 1930’s and the 1950’s.

Questions 9-14

In a city, the public transportation system consists
of one subway line and one bus line.

The subway goes from station T to R to S to G
to H to I, stopping at each station, and then returns,
making the same stops in the reverse order.
The bus goes from station R to W to L to G to F,
stopping at each station, and then returns, making the
same stops in the reverse order.

On each line, there are frequent buses or trains that
make each stop along the route.

During rush hour, there is also an express bus on
the bus line that stops only at R, L, and F and
returns, making the same three stops in the reverse
order.

A passenger can transfer from the subway or bus
line to the other line wherever the bus and subway
both stop at a station with the same name.

It is not possible to transfer from an express bus
to a nonexpress bus.

There is no other means of transportation available
on the public transportation system.

9. To make a trip on public transportation from S
to I, a passenger must pass through which of the
following additional stops?
(A) G and H only (B) F, G, and H only
(C) H, L, and W only (D) F, H, L, and W only
(E) G, H, L, and R only

10. Using buses only, a passenger CANNOT go on
public transportation from
(A) F to W (B) G to R (C) L to H
(D) L to R (E) W to L

11. To go on public transportation from F to T,
a passenger must
(A) transfer at G (B) transfer at R
(C) take a vehicle to or through R
(D) take a vehicle to or through S
(E) take a vehicle to or through W

12. If a fire temporarily closes the subway tracks.
at R to subway trains but the subway still runs
from I to S and the bus still stops at R, it will
be IMPOSSIBLE for any passenger to go on public
transportation to
(A) F (B) I (C) L (D) R (E) T

13. To make a trip on public transportation from I
to W during rush hour, a passenger must do which
of the following?
(A) Transfer to a bus at G.
(B) Ride the subway only.
(C) Board a nonexpress bus.
(D) Ride a bus past L.
(E) Go through S on the subway.

14. If all nonexpress buses are halted during rush hour
by equipment failures, is it possible during rush hour
for a passenger to board an express bus at L and
then go to G?
(A) It is not possible.
(B) It is possible, but only if the passenger transfers
at R.
(C) It is possible, but only if the passenger transfers
at F.
(D) It is possible, but only if the passenger goes
through both F and R.
(E) It is possible, but only if the passenger takes a
bus that stops at W.

Questions 15-18

Internal audits in the Goodcrop Corporation are over-
seen by a panel of exactly five staff members. Panelists
are drawn from the company’s divisions: Fertilizers,
Pesticides, and Seeds. There is a standard way of refer-
ring to the composition of any panel: the member with
the longest current term of service on the panel is listed
first, then the others in decreasing order of current term
of service, and the letters F, P, or S are added as
subscripts to each name to indicate whether a panelist
works in Fertilizers, Pesticides, or Seeds, respectively.
At the beginning of each month, exactly one panelist
is rotated off the panel and a new panelist is appointed
as a replacement. The monthly rotation is subject to the
following conditions:
If the panelist being rotated off is from Fertilizers,
his or her replacement must either also be from
Fertilizers or be form Seeds.
If the panelist being rotated off is from Pesticides,
his or her replacement must be from Fertilizers.
If the panelist being rotated off is from Seeds, his
or her replacement must be from Pesticides.
The panelist being rotated off must be the one with
the longest current term of service on the panel.

15. If the list of panel members for May begins with
“Ms. LiangP,” which of the following must be true
of the list of panel members for June?
(A) It begins with the name of a staff member from
Fertilizers.
(B) It begins with the name of a staff member from
Pesticides.
(C) It begins with the name of a staff member from
Seeds.
(D) It ends with the name of a staff member from
Fertilizers.
(E) It ends with the name of a staff member from
Seeds.

16.If the April panel is listed as “Ms. MedeirosP”
Mr. LiuF Ms. OrtizS, Mr, GiroS, and Mr. RossiF”
Which of the following will happen at the beginning
of July?
(A) Mr. Liu will be rotated off and replaced by
someone from Seeds.
(B) Mr. Liu will be rotated off and replaced by
someone else from Fertilizers.
(C) Ms. Ortiz will be rotated off and replaced by
someone from Pesticides.
(D) Ms. Ortiz will be rotated off and replaced by
someone else from Seeds.
(E) Mr. Giro will be rotated off and replaced by
someone from Pesticides.

17. If all the members of the March panel are from
Pesticides, which of the following is the earliest
month in which the panel members could all be
from Fertilizers?
(A) July (B) August (C) September
(D) October (E) November

18. If the members of the July panel are listed, from first
to last, as being from divisions F, P, S, F, and S,
respectively, the members of the October panel could
be, respectively, from divisions
(A) F, F, P, S, and P
(B) F, P, S, P, and F
(C) F, S, F, F, and P
(D) P, S, S, F, and P
(E) S, F, S, P, and S

Questions 19-22

The officers of Renco Manufacturing are analyzing
their company’s chances of winning a large contract
to manufacture equipment for the state highway
department. Renco is one of five companies com-
peting for the contract: the others are Selway, Inc.,
Tate Industries, Upshaw Corp., and Velco. The con-
tract will be awarded on the basis of points given in
three categories: cost, amount of experience on similar
contracts, and quality of equipment. In each category,
the company that is best in that category will receive
five points, the second best, 4 points, and so on down
to 1. There will be no ties within any of the categories.
The company that receives the highest total number of
points will be awarded the contract. In the event of a
tie, the company with the higher number of 5’s will be
awarded the contract; if the number of 5’s is the same,
additional criteria will be used to break the tie.

19. The highest total number of points that any of the
competing companies can receive is
(A) twelve (B) fourteen (C) fifteen
(D) twenty (E) twenty-five

20. If no one company is given the same number of
points in any two categories, the highest possible
winning total is
(A) eleven (B) twelve (C) thirteen
(D) fourteen (E) fifteen

21. If the five companies tie with nine points each,
which of the following CANNOT be the distri-
bution of points received by any of the companies?
(A) Three 3’s (B) Two 4’s and a 1
(C) A 5 and two 2’s (D) A 4, a 3, and a 2
(E) A 5, a 3, and a 1

22. If Selway, Inc. and Velco between them receive all
of the 1’s and 2’s and each of the remaining three
competitors receives a 5, Renco would need to
receive how many points in addition to its 5 to be
awarded the contract without having first been tied
for total number of points?
(A) Four (B) Five (C) Six (D) Seven
(E) Eight

23. Persons imprisoned for violent street crimes often
commit the same crimes again after being released.
Persons imprisoned for white- collar crimes such as
receiving bribes or embezzlement, however, typically
do not, after being released, repeat the crimes for
which they have been imprisoned. It is fair to
conclude that imprisonment, while it often fails to
change the behavior of violent street criminals, does
succeed in making white-collar criminals unwilling
to repeat their crimes.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously
weaken the conclusion stated above?
(A) Statistics show that persons convicted of com-
mitting white-collar crimes rarely have a
prison record.
(B) The percentage of those who commit white-
collar crimes and are imprisoned for doing
so is lower than the percentage of those who
commit violent street crimes and are
imprisoned for doing so.
(C) White-collar criminals whose prison sentences
are shortened return to criminal activities at
a slightly higher rate than white-collar crimi-
nals who serve their full sentences.
(D) Persons released from prison after white-collar
crimes are seldom given high positions or
access to other people’s money.
(E) Persons who commit violent street crimes
seldom commit white-collar crimes, and
vice versa.

24. Industrial solvents, which can damage the liver,
kidneys, and nervous system, often drain into
public water supplies. Currently, tested water is
considered pure if the amount of solvent an indi-
vidual is exposed to through drinking one-half
gallon of water per day—roughly what a typical
adult drinks per day—does not pose a significant
threat to human health. But many toxicologists
claim that the standard set by this method does
not adequately protect the public.

Which of the following, if true, would best support
the claim of the toxicologists mentioned above?
(A) The figure of one-half gallon a day includes
water contained in beverages such as soft
drinks, which are often bottled at locations
distant from where they are consumed.
(B) Some industrial solvents have less toxic but
more expensive analogues that industry
has not adopted for use.
(C) Water treatment centers usually filter out
bacteria and other organisms before the
water is pumped into public supply systems.
(D) Industrial polluters are rarely fined or pun-
ished, even when they knowingly allow
toxic chemicals to enter water supplies.
(E) More solvent enters the body through skin
absorption, during washing and bathing,
than through drinking.

25. Many behavioral studies of the psychological capac-
ities of animals reveal hardly any difference between
rats and chimpanzees. The most reasonable explana-
tion for such results is that the studies themselves are
inadequate.

The argument above relies on the unstated premise
that
(A) rats and chimpanzees do not have highly
developed psychological capacities
(B) the results of psychological studies of animals
are often misinterpreted by biased experi-
menters
(C) there is no way to measure objectively the
psychological capacities of animals
(D) there is considerable difference between the
psychological capacities of rats and those
of chimpanzees
(E) examining the brain of an animal is a better
means of determining its psychological
capacity than is a study of the animal’s
behavior

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