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NEW QUESTION 15
Journal
The editor of Metathesis, a new academic journal of literature, manages the peer-review of articles submitted for publication. The journal accepts articles focusing on any of three general subject areas: comparative literature, modernist literature, and postcolonial literature.
When an article is submitted, the editor has the article peer-reviewed by exactly three experts, none of whom authored or coauthored the article. The table (see the Reviewers/Authors tab) consists of all the authors or coauthors who have recently submitted articles and all the experts who currently peer-review or have recently peer-reviewed those articles. It also lists the general subject areas for each of the authors and reviewers.
Each author of each submitted article specializes in the general subject area of the article. Moreover, each recently submitted article was peer-reviewed by experts listed in the table.
Review Rules
- A. Poundstone was a primary reviewer and Huang the secondary reviewer
- B. Nichols was a primary reviewer and Farkas the secondary reviewer.
- C. Poundstone was a primary reviewer and Kenyatta the secondary reviewer.
- D. Nichols was a primary reviewer and Kenyatta the secondary reviewer.
- E. Kenyatta was a primary reviewer and Nichols the secondary reviewer.
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 16
Some species of dolphins find their prey by echolocation; they emit clicking sounds and listen for echoes returning from distant objects in the water. Marine biologists have speculated that those same clicking sounds might have a second function: particularly loud clicks might be used by the dolphins to stun their prey at close range through sensory overload.
Which of the following, if discovered to be true, would cast the most serious doubt on the correctness of the speculation described above?
- A. If dolphins stun their prey, the effect is bound to be so temporary that stunning from far away, even if possible, would be ineffective.
- B. The more distant a dolphin's prey, the louder the echolocation clicks must be if they are to reveal the prey's presence to the hunting dolphin.
- C. Dolphins that use echolocation to locate distant prey also emit frequent clicks at intermediate distances as they close in on their prey.
- D. The usefulness of echolocation as a means of locating prey depends on the clicking sounds being of a type that the prey is incapable of perceiving, regardless of volume.
- E. Echolocation appears to give dolphins that use it information about the richness of a source of food as well as about its direction.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION 17
If A and flare events and the probability that A occurs is 0.4, what is the probability that B occurs?
(1) The probability that both of these events occur Is 0.1.
(2) The probability that at least 1 of these events occurs is 0.7.
- A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- B. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
- C. Statement (2) ALONE Is sufficient, but statement (1) atone Is not sufficient.
- D. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
- E. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 18
A manufacturer of men's dress socks sought to increase profits by increasing sales. The size of its customer pool was remaining steady, with the average customer buying twelve pairs of dress socks per year. The company's plan was to increase the number of promotional discount-sale periods to one every six months.
Which of the following, if it is a realistic possibility, casts the most serious doubt on the viability of the company's plan?
- A. New manufacturing capacity would not be required if the company were to increase the number of pairs of socks sold.
- B. The manufacturer's competitors would match its discounts during sale periods, and its customers would learn to wait for those times to make their purchases.
- C. Inventory stocks of merchandise ready for sale would be high preceding the increase in the number of discount-sale periods.
- D. New styles and colors would increase customers' consciousness of fashion in dress socks, but the customers' requirements for older styles and colors would not be reduced.
- E. The cost of the manufacturer's raw materials would remain steady, and its customers would have more disposable income.
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 19
In the aftermath of a worldwide stock-market crash, Country T claimed that the severity of the stock-market crash it experienced resulted from the accelerated process of denationalization many of its industries underwent shortly before the crash.
Which of the following, if it could be carried out, would be most useful in an evaluation of Country T's assessment of the causes of the severity of its stock-market crash?
- A. Comparing the total number of shares sold during the worst days of the crash in Country T to the total number of shares sold in Country T just prior to the crash
- B. Comparing the long-term effects of the crash on the purchasing power of the currency of Country T to the immediate, more severe short-term effects of the crash on the purchasing power of the currency of Country T
- C. Comparing the severity of the crash in Country T to the severity of the crash in countries otherwise economically similar to Country T that have not experienced recent denationalization
- D. Calculating the average loss experienced by individual traders in Country T during the crash
- E. Using economic theory to predict the most likely date of the next crash in Country T
Answer: C
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NEW QUESTION 20
The expansion of the influence of the Gregorian calendar system in non-European regions can be traced from European colonies such as India and Egypt, and the independent countries, replacing traditional calendars at least for official purposes.
- A. with
- B. in addition to
- C. and
- D. to
- E. and to
Answer: D
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The construction can be traced from x must be completed by to y, as in choice B.
NEW QUESTION 21
Y has been believed to cause Z.
A new report, noting that Y and Z are often observed to be preceded by X, suggests that X, not Y, may be the cause of Z.
Which of the following further observations would best support the new report's suggestion?
- A. In cases where Z occurs, it is usually preceded by X and Y.
- B. In cases where X occurs but Y does not, X is usually followed by Z.
- C. In cases where Y occurs but Z does not, Y is usually preceded by X.
- D. In cases where X occurs, followed by Y, Y is usually followed by Z.
- E. In cases where Y occurs but X does not, Y is usually followed by Z.
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 22
A certain store purchased grills for $50 each and lawn chairs for $5 each and then sold each grill and each chair. The store's gross profit on each grill was 30 percent of its purchase price, and the store's gross profit on each chair was 50 percent of Its purchase price. If the store sold 5 times as many chairs as grills and If the store's total gross profit on the grills and chairs was $550, what was the store's total revenue from the sale of the grills and chairs?
- A. $2,360
- B. $1,800
- C. $2,100
- D. $2,050
- E. $1,530
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 23
A study of marital relationships in which one partner's sleeping and waking cycles differ from those of the other partner reveals that such couples share fewer activities with each other and have more violent arguments than do couples in a relationship in which both partners follow the same sleeping and waking patterns. Thus, mismatched sleeping and waking cycles can seriously jeopardize a marriage.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
- A. The sleeping and waking cycles of individuals tend to vary from season to season.
- B. People in unhappy marriages have been found to express hostility by adopting a different sleeping and waking cycle from that of their spouses.
- C. According to a recent study, most people's sleeping and waking cycles can be controlled and modified easily.
- D. Married couples in which both spouses follow the same sleeping and waking patterns also occasionally have arguments than can jeopardize the couple's marriage.
- E. The individuals who have sleeping and waking cycles that differ significantly from those of their spouses tend to argue little with colleagues at work.
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 24
Continuous indoor fluorescent light benefits the health of hamsters with inherited heart disease. A group of them exposed to continuous fluorescent light survived twenty-five percent longer than a similar group exposed instead to equal periods of indoor fluorescent light and of darkness.
The method of the research described above is most likely to be applicable in addressing which of the following questions?
- A. What are the inherited illnesses to which hamsters are subject?
- B. Are there plants that require specific periods of darkness in order to bloom?
- C. Can hospital lighting be improved to promote the recovery of patients?
- D. Can industrial workers who need to see their work do so better by sunlight or by fluorescent light?
- E. How do deep-sea fish survive in total darkness?
Answer: C
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NEW QUESTION 25
Alexander Calder was one of the most innovative and original American artists of the twentieth century.
Calder arrived in Paris in 1926 and devoted himself to a innovative project comprised of animals made out of wire, scraps of cloth, wood, cork, labels, bits of scrap metal and pieces of rubber that he called the Circus. During his performances, Calder invented ways to simulate the flight of birds: "These are little bits of white paper, with a hole and slight weight on each one, which flutter down several variously coiled thin steel wires which I jiggle so that they flutter down like doves." The Circus was the laboratory of Calder's work; in it he experimented with new formulas and techniques. By 1930, Calder's Circus had developed into one of the real successes of the Montparnasse art world attracting the attention of such renowned artists as Fernand Leger and Joan Miro. Encouragement from the upper echelons of the Parisian art scene undoubtedly led him to try more serious experiments in wire sculptures. Calder eventually becoming interested in the movement of objects, some of which he motorized. In 1933, Calder completed Object with Red Discs, a sculpture he described as a two-meter rod with a heavy sphere, suspended from the apex of a wire, giving it a cantilever effect. It had five thin aluminum discs projected at right angels from five wires, held in position by a spherical counterweight. With this new creation, the idea of the mobile was born. In creating a work named Constellations in 1943, Calder explored the plastic possibilities of mobiles; he used small pieces of wood, which he shaped and sometimes painted. From this point on, Calder's ambition changed focus. He sought more challenging designs. One of Calder's objectives was to display objects in the air, giving the viewer the experience of finding new skies filled with moving and colored constellations.
Calder accomplished this in Acoustic Ceiling (1954). Calder's humor was evident in such works as Le Bougnat (1959) and The Pagoda (1963). Later, Calder cut fantastic animals from sheet metal, creating La Vache and Elephant (both 1970) and a mobile entitled Nervous Wreck (1976), which represents the red skeleton of a fish. Calder defined volume without mass and incorporated movement and time in art. His inventions, which redefined certain basic principles of sculpture, have established him as the most innovative sculptor of the twentieth century.
According to the passage, all of the following are characteristic of Calder's work EXCEPT
- A. Calder suspended glass from thin metal wires to create a cantilever effect
- B. Calder used materials such as metal, cloth, wood, rubber, cork
- C. Calder was known to infuse humor into some of his creation
- D. Calder motorized some of his creations
- E. Calder suspended objects from each other
Answer: A
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The passage makes no mention of glass as one of the materials Calder used.
NEW QUESTION 26
Division manager: I want to replace the Microton computers in my division with Vitech computers.
General manager: Why?
Division manager: It costs 28 percent less to train new staff on the Vitech.
General manager: But that is not a good enough reason. We can simply hire only people who already know how to use the Microton computer.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the general manager's objection to the replacement of Microton computers with Vitechs?
- A. The average productivity of employees in the general manager's company is below the average productivity of the employees of its competitors.
- B. Experienced users of Microton computers command much higher salaries than do prospective employees who have no experience in the use of computers.
- C. The high costs of replacement parts make Vitech computers more expensive to maintain than Microton computers.
- D. Once employees learn how to use a computer, they tend to change employers more readily than before.
- E. Currently all employees in the company are required to attend workshops on how to use Microton computers in new applications.
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 27 
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- B. Option
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- E. Option
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 28
A sociologist recently studied two sets of teenagers. The members of one set spent 10 or more hours per week watching violent television programs, and the members of the other set spent 2 hours or less per week watching violent television programs. A significantly greater proportion of the teenagers in the former group exhibited aggressive behavior during the period of the study. The sociologists reasoned that the prolonged exposure to television violence caused the aggressive behavior.
Which of the following, if true, of the teenagers in the study, provides the strongest challenge to the sociologist's conclusion?
- A. Some teenagers who watched more than 10 hours of violent television programming per week behaved less aggressively than others in the same group of teenagers.
- B. Some teenagers who watched 2 hours of violent television programming per week did not behave aggressively.
- C. Some teenagers voluntarily stopped watching violent television programs after being victims of violence.
- D. Many of the teenagers in the first group exhibited aggressive behavior before the study began.
- E. Some teenagers watched violent television programs alone, while others did so in groups.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION 29
As part of our program to halt the influx of illegal immigrants, the administration is proposing the creation of a national identity card. The card would be available only to U.S. citizens and to registered aliens, and all persons would be required to produce the card before they could be given a job. Of course, such a system holds the potential, however slight, for the abuse of civil liberties. Therefore, all personal information gathered through this system would be held strictly confidential, to be released only by authorized personnel under appropriate circumstances. Those who are in compliance with U.S. laws would have nothing to fear from the identity card system.
In evaluating the above proposal, a person concerned about the misuse of confidential information would be most interested in having the author clarify the meaning of which of the following phrases?
- A. "however slight" (line 7)
- B. "all persons" (line 5)
- C. "U.S. laws" (line 2)
- D. "civil liberties" (line 8)
- E. "appropriate circumstances" (line 11)
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 30
For each of the background colors, the graphic shows the average (arithmetic mean) of the maximum prices that the participants who viewed the item with that background reported that they were willing to pay for the item. Results are shown for bath the auction and the negotiation scenarios.
Assuming the researchers' hypothesized link between offers and aggression is correct, for each of the following background colors select More aggressive if, on average, participants in the negotiation group in the study behaved more aggressively when the product was displayed with that background color than the participants did when the product was displayed with a gray background.
Otherwise, select Not more aggressive.
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NEW QUESTION 31
Half of the subjects in an experiment - the experimental group - consumed large quantities of a popular artificial sweetener. Afterward, this group showed lower cognitive abilities than did the other half of the subjects - the control group - who did not consume the sweetener. The detrimental effects were attributed to an amino acid that is one of the sweetener's principal constituents.
Which of the following, if true, would best help explain how the sweetener might produce the observed effect?
- A. The government's analysis of the artificial sweetener determined that it was sold in relatively pure form.
- B. Because the sweetener is used primarily as a food additive, adverse reactions to it are rarely noticed by consumers.
- C. The amino acid that is a constituent of the sweetener is also sold separately as a dietary supplement.
- D. A high level of the amino acid in the blood inhibits the synthesis of a substance required for normal brain functioning.
- E. Subjects in the experiment did not know whether they were consuming the sweetener or a second, harmless substance.
Answer: D
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NEW QUESTION 32 
- A. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
- B. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) atone is not sufficient.
- C. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) atone is not sufficient.
- D. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
- E. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION 33
Last year a company gave bonuses to a number of employees, but only in the three amounts of $750, $1,500, and $7,350. If the total amount of the bonuses was $64,800 and each of the three amounts was given to at least one employee, what is the fewest number of bonuses that the company could have given to employees last year?
- A. 0
- B. 1
- C. 2
- D. 3
- E. 4
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 34
Beginning at noon yesterday, water was removed from a partially filled water tank at a constant rate of 300 liters per hour. When there were 600 liters of water left in the tank, no more water was removed from the tank.
Were there more than 1,000 liters of water in the tank at noon yesterday?
(1) There were 600 liters of water in the tank at 2:00 yesterday afternoon.
(2) There were more than 650 liters of water in the tank at 1:00 yesterday afternoon.
- A. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
- B. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
- C. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
- D. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
- E. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 35
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