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GRE GRE General Test Questions and Answers

Questions 4

Robert Philip argues that the advent of recorded music has directed performance style into a search for greater precision and perfection, with a consequent loss of spontaneity and warmth. Various expressive devices once common in classical music have been almost outlawed, including portamento (sliding from one note to another on a stringed instrument), playing the piano with the hands not quite synchronized, and flexibility of tempo. Philip fully documents these changes. However, other forces independent of recording were also at work. For example, the freedom of tempo so valued by Philip was. in its time, both a necessary expedient and disastrously abused. Recording alone did not cause the reaction against it. although hearing a particularly unintelligent use of it on disc may have reinforced the prejudice.

A criticism of Philip implied by the passage is that he

Options:

A.

exaggerates the extent of a change in performance style

B.

attributes a change in performance style to a single cause

C.

ignores unintelligent uses of certain performance techniques

D.

values performance techniques that have lost their effectiveness

E.

limits his discussion of performance style to classical music

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Questions 5

Writing for the New York Times in 1971. Saul Braun claimed that - todays superhero is about as much like his predecessors as today's child is like his parents." In an unprecedented article on the state of American comics, "Shazam! Here Comes Captain Relevant. Braun wove a story of an industry whose former glory producing jingoistic fantasies of superhuman power in the 1930s and 1940s had given way to a canny interest in revealing the power structures against which ordinary people and heroes alike struggled following World War II Quoting a description of a course on •Comparative Comics" at Brown University, he wrote, 'New heroes are different—they ponder moral questions, have emotional differences, and are just as neurotic as real people. Captain America openly sympathizes with campus radicals.. Lois Lane apes John Howard Griffin and turns herself black to study racism, and everybody battles to save the environment."" Five years earlier. Esquire had presaged Braun s claims about comic books: generational appeal, dedicating a spread to the popularity of superhero comics among university students in their special 'College Issue." As one student explained. "My favorite is the Hulk. I identify with him, he's the outcast against the institution.'1 Only months after the NW York Times article saw print. Rolling Stone published a six-page expose on the inner workings of Marvel Comics, while Ms. Magazine emblazoned Wonder Woman on the cover of its premier issue—declaring s Wonder Woman for President'’ no less—and devoted an article to the origins of the latter-day feminist superhero.

Where little more than a decade before comics had signaled the moral and aesthetic degradation of American culture, by 1971 they had come of age as America's "native art::: taught on Ivy League campuses, studied by European scholars and filmmakers, and translated and sold around the world, they were now taken up as a new generation's critique of American society. The concatenation of these sentiments among such diverse publications revealed that the growing popularity and public interest in comics (and comic-book superheroes) spanned a wide demographic spectrum, appealing to middle-class urbamtes, college-age men. members of the counterculture, and feminists alike. At the heart of this newfound admiration for comics lay a glaring yet largely unremarked contradiction: the cultural regeneration of the comic-book medium was made possible by the revamping of a key American fantasy figure, the superhero, even as that figure was being lauded for its realism"" and social relevance."" As the title of Braun's article suggests, in the early 1970s, "relevance" became a popular buzzword denoting a shift in comic-book content from oblique narrative metaphors for social problems toward direct representations of racism and sexism, urban blight, and political corruption.

In the first paragraph, the author of the passage develops his argument primarily by

Options:

A.

pointing out the limitations of earlier approaches

B.

citing evidence from a range of published sources

C.

refuting a generalization by appealing to an individual case

D.

tracing different examples of a trend to the influence of a single source

E.

highlighting the merits of a particular critical framework

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Questions 6

The inventory of confirmed planets outside our solar system is growing rapidly, although it is_________by the fact that it is easier to detect big planets than small ones and planets close to their parent stars than those farther away.

Options:

A.

encumbered

B.

reinforced

C.

belied

D.

biased

E.

distorted

F.

corroborated

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Questions 7

Which of die following is a reasoning error committed by the argument?

Options:

A.

It contuses being the first to discover a method of achieving a certain goal with being the first to publish that method.

B.

It treats a condition that is necessary* to achieve a certain goal as though it were sufficient to achieve that goal.

C.

It supposes that if something is essential to one way of achieving a certain goal, then it is essential to any way of achieving that goal.

D.

It fails to distinguish adequately between methods of achieving a certain goal available at one time and methods of achieving that goal available at another time.

E.

It claims that a person who did not originate a method for achieving a certain goal would not understand that method.

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Questions 8

Discussions of the collapse of the lowland Maya are not new. However, it might be better to say that Maya civilization as a whole did not collapse, although many zones did experience profound change. Because societies are not bounded, unitary entities. collapses are rarely total, and continuity is a normal pan of collapse At the end of the Classic period [200 900 C.E.]. the institution of divine kingship and many of the well-known markers of elite culture such as carved stelae [slabs erected for funerals or commemorative purposes] and hieroglyphic polychromes [multicolored artistic pottery) ended, but Maya civilization continued in modified form with many important features intact (e.g.. literacy, war. art. the production of fine ceramics). In some cases large buildings were constructed in the Postclassic period [900-1512 C.E.], but the transition to the Early Postclassic [900-1200 CXj era is distinctive for a decrease in elite goods and contexts. The variability in artifact changes during the Terminal Classic [800-900 C.E.] and into the Postclassic. even within artifact classes (e.g.. fine versus unslipped ceramics), suggests weaker centralized control than during the Classic period. Site abandonments in the Terminal Classic indicate the collapse of the functional ability of Maya states, but sites that survived show that Maya civilization continued albeit without divine kingship and much of the spectacle around it.

The passage suggests which of the following about Maya living after the Terminal Classic in "sites that survived"?

Options:

A.

Their customs were identical to those of their ancestors.

B.

Their pottery was totally utilitarian in nature.

C.

They no longer created caned stelae.

D.

They stopped erecting large buildings.

E.

They did not use written language.

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Questions 9

Though mathematics is________, like language, it has its roots in the mud of everyday embodied

experience: one such root is counting.

Options:

A.

essential

B.

indispensable

C.

abstract

D.

theoretical

E.

prescriptive

F.

functional

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Questions 10

According 10 the classical idea of space-time reality, two particles, identical or not, can be distinguished by tracing the motion of the particles along their trajectories. This idea is (1)________that the particles can be observed continuously, a belief that is (ii)________with respect to macroscopic bodies, but not with respect to free atoms. which (iii)________constant observation.

Options:

A.

based on the assumption

B.

incompatible with the view

C.

entailed by the fact

D.

fortuitous

E.

innovative

F.

tenable

G.

elude

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Questions 11

The unwillingness of either political party to surrender any ground on the issue makes compromise unlikely: both sides are too_________.

Options:

A.

entrenched

B.

pessimistic

C.

dispirited

D.

obdurate

E.

wary

F.

belligerent

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Questions 12

As an intellectual trying to navigate the world of politics. Madison's problem was not, as some claimed, that he was

loo (i)_________to respond lo shifting political realities; indeed, he was intellectually quite (ii)_________. adapting

to the demands of the moment.

Options:

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Questions 13

What accounts for the low-lying. Hat surface of Mars's north? On Earth's surface, higher- and lower-lying areas have different types of crust: one. thin and dense, is pulled toward Earth's center more strongly by gravity, and the planet's water naturally comes to sit over it. creating oceans. The processes that generate this oceanic crust drive plate tectonics.

Is Mars's north similarly characterized by a sort of crust different from other areas of the planet? Some researchers do see signs of tectonic activity surrounding the northern basin that suggest that it was created through the formation of new crust, like ocean basins on Earth. However. McGill points to northern bedrock structures that predate the features said to mark the start of the tectonic process. McGill instead believes that through some novel mechanism the ancient surface sank to its current depth as a single unit. This would explain why features around the basin's edge. which would have formed as the surface dropped, seem to be younger than structures at its floor.

The third possibility is that the northern lowlands result from impacts. Some researchers suggest they formed as a series of big overlapping impact craters. Others, arguing that the odds against such a pattern of impacts are large, postulate a single event—the impact of an object bigger than any asteroid the solar system now contains.

As presented in the passage. McGill's account of the formation of Mars's northern basin differs from the others mentioned in that it alone

Options:

A.

explains the formation of certain northern bedrock features

B.

does no! specify the force that caused the northern basin to be lower than its surroundings

C.

takes the northern basin to be a landform that is not analogous to any found on Earth

D.

denies that features around the northern basin are the result of tectonic activity

E.

attributes the creation of the northern lowlands to processes occurring within the planet

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Questions 14

In the age of new media technologies, the (i)_________an event and its recording appears to have been

(ii)_________: rather than referring to a concert in which both performers and audience members are (iii)M "live" is increasingly used to identify the way in which a performance was recorded or transmitted.

Options:

A.

revenue from

B.

distinction between

C.

quality of

D.

maximized

E.

erased

F.

misunderstood

G.

emotionally engaged

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Questions 15

One reason researchers have long believed that Mars never enjoyed an extensive period of warm and wet climate is that much of the surface not covered by wind-borne dust appears to be composed of unweathered material If water flowed for an extended period, researchers reasoned, it should have altered and weathered the volcanic minerals, creating clays or other oxidized, hydrated phases (minerals that incorporate water molecules in their crystal structure).

It turns out. though, that the scientists were not looking closely enough. New high-resolution mapping data and close-up surface studies have revealed clays and other hydrated minerals in many regions The clay deposits are scattered all over, in ancient volcanic surfaces and heavily cratered highland regions, some of which have apparently been exposed by erosion only recently.

It can be inferred from the passage that the author would agree with which of the following statements regarding the reasoning discussed in the highlighted sentence?

Options:

A.

It is based on an underestimation of the extent to which flowing water would alter volcanic materials on Mars

B.

It provides the basis for an explanation of why water on Mars has been difficult to find until recently

C It correctly identifies a consequence of water flowing on the Martian surface.

C.

It results in a new understanding of how water and volcanic materials interact on Mars.

D.

It fails to take into account the impact of wind-borne dust on the Martian surface

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Questions 16

Despite the general_________of Roman archaeological studies toward the major cities and their

monuments, archaeology has contributed much to a better understanding of rural developments in Roman territory.

Options:

A.

openness

B.

indifference

C.

hostility

D.

animus

E.

bias

F.

orientation

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Questions 17

Because most of the fish and waterfowl observed in the Arctic Ocean are (i)_________species, disruptive changes at all levels of the Arctic food chain that have resulted from rapid warning and loss of sea ice there will (ii)_________ ecosystems in more southerly habitats.

Options:

A.

adaptable

B.

have an impact upon

C.

endangered

D.

resemble those in

E.

migratory

F.

reveal the diversity of

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Questions 18

Unfortunately. most of the (i)_________suburbia comes from metropolitan critics who glimpse it only fleethigly. Accustomed to the more structured forms of the city, they see only visual (ii)_________. And failing to recognize the interactions customary in an urban setting in the social and community life of suburbanites, they see social (iii)_________and miss the real diversity and richness.

Options:

A.

appreciation of

B.

analysis of

C.

encroachment on

D.

chaos

E.

analogies

F.

enhancements

G.

development

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Questions 19

Like paleontologists who interpret timescales from fossil evidence, we infer the history of star formation in the Milks' Way galaxy from the heavy-element composition of its stars. According to the big bang theory of the origin of the universe, the first gas clouds—and the first generation of stars formed from them—were composed of pure hydrogen and helium; most heavier elements— iron and calcium, for example—came later, created by explosions of supernovas, massive stars in their death thaws. Loaded with heavy elements, material ejected from supernovas enriched the interstellar gas clouds from which the next generation of stars formed, the level of heavy elements increasing with succeeding generations. Because most stars live for many billions of years and because the Milky Way is thus composed of multiple stellar generations, comparing the number of stars of low heavy-element abundance with those of high heavy-element abundance enables astronomers to untangle the history of star formation in the Milky Way.

The passage implies that if a star contains calcium, then the

Options:

A.

star does not belong to the first generation of stars

B.

star does not contain any hydrogen or helium

C.

calcium was not formed by the explosion of a supernova

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Questions 20

Other company insiders have recently offered testimony that_________several of the more lurid anecdotes found in

Belmer's account, though that testimony hardly minimizes the company's culture of malfeasance and mismanagement.

Options:

A.

tempers

B.

corroborates

C.

outdoes

D.

exploits

E.

foreshadows

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Questions 21

Economists use two competing models to describe the effects of commercial advertising—advertising as market competition and advertising as market power. The market competition model holds that the fundamental function of advertising is lo provide information about products and brands. It is argued that information in ads permits greater marketplace efficiencies, such as lower prices and reduced monopoly power. In a similar vein, much discussion regarding political advertising has rested on its informational value. Does political advertising provide political information and help voters make informed decisions'1 Nelson argues that promoting bars of soap in commercial ads is no different than promoting political ideas ideology from political candidates in political ads. on the grounds that information is being distributed m both cases. Others, such as Ferguson and Jamieson, disagree with Nelson's proposition. Ferguson, for example, pointed out that choosing a political candidate is more like buying an experience good (where the quality is hard to evaluate prior to purchase) rather than a search good (where the quality is easily evaluated before the purchase). According to Ferguson, claims in political ads do not have true informational value, because it is difficult for voters to draw inferences about the future deeds of a candidate from what the ads say Furthermore. Jamieson argues that political ads reshape the public image of political candidates and change voters feelings about the candidates with subtle emotional cues but without substantive information upon which to base a reasoned judgment.

In the context of the passage as a whole, the highlighted sentence serves primarily to

Options:

A.

present an objection to Nelsons soap-bar analogy

B.

illustrate the distinction between experience goods and search goods

C.

describe the consensus among economists about the informational value of political speech

D.

make a claim about the predictability of voter behavior

E.

indicate the basis for Ferguson s characterization of the process of choosing a political candidate

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Questions 22

GRE Question 22

Options:

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.

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Questions 23

GRE Question 23

Options:

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.

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Questions 24

GRE Question 24

Options:

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.

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Questions 25

GRE Question 25

The tick marks shown on the number line are evenly spaced. Points D and £ have coordinates of GRE Question 25 respectively. The point that has a coordinate of GRE Question 25 is

Options:

A.

point A

B.

between points A and B

C.

between points B and C

D.

point C

E.

between points C and D

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Questions 26

In a survey of 150 computer owners, 98 owned a primer. 72 owned a digital camera, and all of them owned either a printer or a digital camera or both.

GRE Question 26

Options:

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.

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Questions 27

GRE Question 27

Options:

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.

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Questions 28

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GRE Question 28

B)

GRE Question 28

C)

GRE Question 28

D)

GRE Question 28

E)

GRE Question 28

Options:

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

E.

Option E

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Questions 29

A rancher is planning to build an enclosed pen for horses on level ground. The pen will be rectangular with a length that is 2 times the width. If the perimeter of the pen will be P meters, which of the following represents the area, in square meters, of the pen in terms of P ?

A)

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B)

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C)

GRE Question 29

D)

GRE Question 29

E

GRE Question 29

Options:

A.

Option

B.

Option

C.

Option

D.

Option

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Questions 30

GRE Question 30

Options:

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.

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Questions 31

A total of S72.000 was invested for one month in a new money market account that paid simple annual interest at the rate of r percent- If the investment earned $360 in interest for the month, what is the value of r?

Options:

A.

5.0

B.

6.0

C.

6.5

D.

7.0

E.

7.5

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Questions 32

If set 5 consists of the squares of the integers from -5 to 5. inclusive, how many elements are in set S ?

Options:

A.

5

B.

6

C.

10

D.

11

E.

25

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Questions 33

GRE Question 33

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B)

GRE Question 33

C)

GRE Question 33

D)

GRE Question 33

E)

GRE Question 33

Options:

A.

Option A

B.

Option B

C.

Option C

D.

Option D

E.

Option E

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Questions 34

GRE Question 34

Region A accounted for GRE Question 34 of the amount spent on advertising in Country P in 2013. and the percent spent on television advertising in

8 Region A in 2012 was the same as the percent spent on television advertising in Country P in 2013. Approximately how much was spent on

television advertising in Region A in 2012?

Options:

A.

$58 million

B.

$62 million

C.

$66 million

D.

$70 million

E.

$S74 million

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Questions 35

GRE Question 35

Options:

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.

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Questions 36

GRE Question 36

The number A* of television viewers who watched Show A" on May 2 is approximately what percent greater, or less, than the number n of television viewers who watched Show A'on May 1 ?

Options:

A.

k is 2.5 percent less than n.

B.

k is 5 percent less than n.

C.

k is 5 percent greater than N.

D.

k is 18 percent greater than n.

E.

k is 22 percent greater than n.

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Questions 37

GRE Question 37

In each of the years after year A", the Alden family budgeted S200 more for savings than it budgeted for savings the previous year. What is the total amount that the Alden family budgeted for savings over the 10 years beginning with year A"?

Options:

A.

$30,000

B.

$32,000

C.

$36,000

D.

$39.000

E.

$42,000

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Questions 38

GRE Question 38

Options:

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.

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Questions 39

The five points C, D, E, F, and G lie on the number line, in that order from left to right, so that CD = 1.5 (EF) and DE = 1.5 (FG).

GRE Question 39

Options:

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.

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Questions 40

Exhibit.

GRE Question 40

In 2017, if 19 percent of the maize production that was used for feed was used for dairy cows, approximately how many tonnes of the maize production was feed used for dairy cows'1

Options:

A.

27 million

B.

70 million

C.

145 million

D.

181 million

E.

215 million

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Questions 41

For the five days shown, the median daily number of television viewers, in millions, was closest to which of the following?

Options:

A.

78

B.

79

C.

80

D.

82

E.

85

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Questions 42

GRE Question 42

In the figure shown, what is the length of line segment BD ?

GRE Question 42

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Questions 43

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a Batavia newspaper

"The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. Dunne this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from SI.50 to over S3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of milk, the Batavia government should begin to regulate retail milk prices Such regulation is necessary to ensure fair prices for consumers."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation

Options:

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Questions 44

The following appeared in a letter from the owner of the Sunnyside Towers apartment complex to its manager.

"Last week, all the showerheads in the first three buildings of the Sunnyside Towers complex were modified to restrict maximum water flow to one-third of what it used to be. Although actual readings of water usage before and after the adjustment are not yet available, the change will obviously result in a considerable savings for Sunnyside Corporation, since the corporation must pay for water each month. Except for a few complaints about low water pressure, no problems with showers have been reported since the adjustment. Clearly, modifying showerheads to restrict water flow throughout all twelve buildings in the Sunnyside Towers complex will increase our profits further."

Write a response in which you examine the stated and or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

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Questions 45

Colleges and universities should require their students to spend at least one semester studying in a foreign country.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with (lie claim. In developing and supporting your position- be sure to address the most compelling reasons and or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

Options:

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Questions 46

The following appeared in a letter to the editor of a Batavia newspaper

"The department of agriculture in Batavia reports that the number of dairy farms throughout the country is now 25 percent greater than it was 10 years ago. During this same time period, however, the price of milk at the local Excello Food Market has increased from SI.50 to over $3.00 per gallon. To prevent farmers from continuing to receive excessive profits on an apparently increased supply of milk, the Batavia government should begin to regulate retail milk prices Such regulation is necessary to ensure fair prices for consumers."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation

Options:

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Questions 47

No act is done purely for the benefit of

Claim: others

All actions—even those that seem to be done

for other people—are based on self-interest.

Reason-

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

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Questions 48

The following appeared as a letter to the editor from the owner of a skate shop in Central Plaza.

"Two years ago the city council voted to prohibit skateboarding in Central Plaza. They claimed that skateboard users were responsible for litter and vandalism that were keeping other visitors from coming to the plaza. In the past two years, however, there has been only a small increase in the number of visitors to Central Plaza. and litter and vandalism are still problematic. Skateboarding is permitted in Monroe Park, however, and there is no problem with litter or vandalism there. In order to restore Central Plaza to its former glory, then, we recommend that the city lift its prohibition on skateboarding in the plaza."

Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation and the argument on which it is based are reasonable. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.

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Questions 49

Claim: Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive.

Reason: It is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated.

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim and the reason on which that claim is based.

Options:

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Questions 50

The following appeared in a memo from the president of Bower Builders, a company that constructs new homes.

"A nationwide survey reveals that the two most-desired home features are a large family room and a large, well-appointed kitchen. A number of homes in our area built by our competitor Domus Construction have such features and have sold much faster and at significantly higher prices than the national average. To boost sales and profits, we should increase the size of the family rooms and kitchens in all the homes we build and should make state-of-the-art kitchens a standard feature. Moreover, our larger family rooms and kitchens can come at the expense of the dining room, since many of our recent buyers say they do not need a separate dining room for family meals."

Write a response in which you examine the stated and or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on these assumptions and what the implications are for the argument if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

Options:

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Exam Code: GRE
Exam Name: GRE General Test
Last Update: Dec 1, 2024
Questions: 407

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