SECTION2 Time——30minutes 25Questions Question1——7 Inagame,exactlysixinvertedcupsstandsidebysideinastraightline,andeachhasexactlyoneballhidden underit.Thecupsarenumberedconsecutively1through6.Eachoftheballsispaintedasinglesolidcolor. Thecolorsoftheballsaregreen,magenta,orange,purple,red,andyellow.Theballshavebeenhiddeny nderthecupsinamannerthatconformstothefolowingconditions: Thepurpleballmustbehiddenunderalower-numberedcupthantheorangeball.Theredballmustbehiddenunderacupimmediatelyadjacenttothec upunder whichthemagentaballishidden.Thegreenballmustbehiddenundercup5. 1.Whichofthefollowingcouldbecoloroftheballsunderthecups,inorderfrom1through6? (A)Green,yellow,magenta,red,purple,orange (B)Magenta,green,purple,red,orange,yellow (C)Magenta,red,purple,yellow,green,orange (D)Red,Purple,magenta,yellow,green,orange (E)Red,purple,magenta,yellow,green,orange 2.Ifthemagentaballisundercup4,theredballmustbeundercup (A)1(B)2(C)3(D)4(E)5 3.Aballofwhichoffollowingcolorscouldbeundercup6? (A)Green(B)Magenta(C)Purple(D)Red(E)Yellow 4.Ifthepurpleballisundercup4,theorangeballmustbeundercup (A)1(B)2(C)3(D)5(E)6 5.Whichofthefollowingmustbetrue? (A)Thegreenballisunderalower-numberedcupthanthegreenball. (B)Theorangeballisunderalower-numberedcupthanthegreenball. (C)Thepurpleballisunderalower-numberedcupthanthegreenball. (D)Thepurpleballisunderalower-numberedcupthantheredball. (E)Theredballisunderalower-numberedcupthantheyellowball. 6.Iftheorangeballisundercup2,ballsofwhichofthefollowingcolorscouldbeundercupsimmediatelya djacenttoeachother? (A)Greenandmagenta (B)Greenandpurple (C)Orangeandyellow (D)Purpleandred (E)Redandyellow 7.Ifthemagentaballisundercup1,ballsofwhichofthefollowingcolorsmustbeundercupsimmediatelyadja centtoeachother? (A)Greenandorange (B)Greenandyellow (C)Purpleandred (D)Purpleandyellow (E)Redandyellow 8.Thecompanyshouldnotbeheldresponsibleforfailingtocorrectthecontrol-panelproblemthatcausedtheaccident.Althoughtheproblemhadbeenmentionedearlierinasafetyinspe ctor‘sreport,companiesreceivehundredsofreportsofsuchproblem,andIndustryStandardNo.42requiresa ctiononthoseproblemonlywhenanaccidentisforeseeable. Ifthesecondsentenceintheparagraphaboveisfactuallycorrect,theanswertowhichofthefollowingque stionsismostrelevantinhelpingtodeterminewhetherornotthecompanyviolatedIndustryStandardNo.42w henitfailedtocorrectthecontrol-panelproblem? (A)Wastheaccidentserious? (B)Wasthecontrol-panelproblemofatypethatisknowntoincidentthatanaccidentislikely? (C)Sincetheaccident,hasthecompanydoneaspecialsafetycheckonallcontrolpanels? (D)Didthesafetyinspectormentionmorethanoneprobleminthesamereport? (E)Howlongwasthecontrolpanelinusebeforetheproblemwasdiscovered? 9.Riothamus,afifth-centurykingoftheBritons,wasbetrayedbyanassociate,foughtbravelyagainsttheGothsbutwasdefeated,anddisappearedmysteriously. Riothamus,matchalmostexactlythoseattributedtoKingArthur.Therefore,Riothamusmustbethehistoric almodelforthelegendaryKingArthur. Theargumentaboverequiresatleastoneadditionalpremise.Whichofthefollowingcouldbesucharequire dpremise? (A)ModernhistorianshavedocumentedtheactivitiesofRiothamusbetterthanthoseofanyotherfifth-centuryking. (B)ThestoriestoldaboutKingArthurarenotstrictlyfictitiousbutarebasedonahistoricalpersonandhistorical events. (C)Riothamus‘associatesweretheauthorsoftheoriginallegendsaboutKingArthur. (D)Legentsaboutthefifthcenturyusuallyembellishandromanticizetheactualconditionsofthelivesoffifth-centurynobility. (E)Posterityusuallyrememberslegendsbetterthanitrememberstheactualhistoricaleventsonwhichtheyar ebased. 10.Aworldwidebanontheproductionofcertainozone-destroyingchemicalswouldprovideonlyanillusionofprotection.Quantitiesofsuchchemicals,alreadyprod uced,existascoolantsinmillionsofrefrigerators.Whentheyreachtheozonelayerintheatmosphere,theirac tioncannotbehalted.Sothereisnowaytopreventthesechemicalsfromdamagingtheozonelayerfurther. Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,mostseriouslyweakenstheargumentabove? (A)Itisimpossibletomeasurewithaccuracythequantityofozone-destroyingchemicalsthatexistascoolantsinrefrigerators. (B)Inmodernsocieties,refrigerationoffoodisnecessarytopreventunhealthyandpotentiallylife-threateningconditions. (C)Replacementchemicalsthatwillnotdestroyozonehavenotyetbeendevelopedandwouldbemoreexpens ivethanthechemicalsnowusedascoolantsinrefrigerators. (D)Evenifpeopleshouldgiveuptheuseofrefrigeration,thecoolantsalreadyinexistingrefrigeratorsareathrea ttoatmosphericozone. (E)Thecoolantsinrefrigeratorcanbefullyrecoveredattheendoftheusefullifeoftherefrigeratorsandreused#p# Question11——15 Agovernmentisassigningeachofsixembassyofficeworkers——Farr,Golden,Hayakawa,Inserra,Jones,andKovacs——toembassies.Therearefourembassies.EmbassiesLandMarelocatedincountrieswithdryclimates,wher easembassiesPandTarelocatedincountrieswithhumidclimates.Theofficeworkersmustbeassignedac cordingtothefollowingrules: Eachembassymusthaveatleastoneoftheworkersassignedtoit.Atleastoneembassyinahumidclimatem usthaveatleasttwoworkersassigned toit.GoldencannotbeassignedtothesameembassyasKovacs.Inserramustbeassignedtanembassyina dryclimates.Jonesmustbeassignedtoanembassyinahumidclimate.11.Whichofthefollowingisanaccep tableassignmentoftheworkerstotheembassies? LMPT(A)Farr,GoldenInserra,KovacsHayakawaJones (B)Golden,KovacsInserraJonesFarr,Hayakawa (C)GoldenFarr,InserraKovacsJones,Hayakawa (D)JonesGolden,InserraHayakawaFarr,Kovacs (E)KovacsFarr,HayakawaInserraGolden,Jones 12.WhichofthefollowingmustbeassignedeithertoembassyLortoembassyM? (A)Farr (B)Golden (C)Hayakawa (D)Inserra (E)Kovacs 13.WhichofthefollowingCANNOTbetrue? (A)OneworkerisassignedtoL. (B)TwoworkersisassignedtoP. (C)TwoworkersareassignedtoL. (D)ThreeworkersareassignedtoM. (E)ThreeworkersareassignedtoT. 14.IfGoldenandKovacsareassignedtoLandM,respectively,whichofthefollowingmustbetrue? (A)FarrisassignedtoeitherPorT. (B)InserraisassignedtoeitherPorT. (C)PandTeachhavetwoworkersassignedtothem. (D)HayakawaisassignedtoL. (E)HayakawaisassignedtoT. 15.IfGolden,Hayakawa,andKovacsareamongtheworkersassignedtoembassiesinhumidclimayes,whichofthefollowingmustbetrue? (A)Farrisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworkersisassigned. (B)Goldenisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworkersisassigned. (C)JonesisassignedtothesameembassyasGolden. (D)HayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasGolden. (E)HayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasKovacs. Question16——19 Avolunteerusesatrucktopickupdonationsofunsoldfoodandclothingfromstoresandtodeliverthemtoloc ationswheretheycanbedistributed.Hedrivesonlyalongacertainnetworkofroads. Inthenetworktherearetwo-wayroadsconnectingeachofthefollowingpairsofpoints:1with2,1with3,1with5,2with6,3with7,5with6,and 6with7.Therearealsoone-wayroadsgoingfrom2to4,from3to2,andfrom4to3.Therearenootherroadsinthenetwork,andtheroadsint henetworkdonotintersect. Tomakeatripinvolvingpickupsanddeliverirs,thevolunteeralwaystakesaroutethatforthewholetrippasse sthroughthefewestofthepoints1through7,countingapointtwiceifthevolunteerpassesthroughittwice. Thevolunteer‘shomeisatpoint3.Donationscanbepickedupatasupermarketatpoint1,aclothingstoreatpoint5,andabak eryatpoint4.Deliveriescanbemadeasneededtoatutoringcenteratpoint2,adistributioncenteratpoint6,a ndashelteratpoint7. 16.Ifthevolunteerstartsatthesupermarketandnextistogototheshelter,thefirstintermediatepointhisrpute passesthroughmustbe (A)2 (B)3 (C)5 (D)6 (E)7 17.If,startingfromhome,thevolunteernextistomakepickupsfortheshelteratthesupermarketandthebake ry(ineitherorder),thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute,beginningwiththefirst,mustbe (A)1and2 (B)1and3 (C)2and1 (D)2and4 (E)4and2 18.If,startingfromtheclothingstore,thevolunteernextistopickupbreadateitherthesupermarketorthebak ery(whicheverstopmakeshisroutegothroughthefewestofthepoints)andthenistogototheshelter,thefirsttwopointshereachesaftertheclothingstore,beginningwiththefirst,m ustbe (A)1and2 (B)1and3 (C)4and2 (D)6and2 (E)6and4 19.Ifthevolunteeristomakeatripstartingattheshelter,nextgoingtothebakeryforapickup,andthenending atthedistributioncenter,thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute,beginningwiththefirst,canbe (A)3and1 (B)3and4 (C)4and2 (D)6and2 (E)6and5 Question20——22 Adeveloperisplanningtobuildahousingcomplexonanemptytractofland.Exactlysevendifferentstylesofh ouses——Q,R,S,T,W,X,andZ——willbebuildinthecomplex.Thecomplexwillcontainseveralblocks,andthedeveloperplanstoputhousesofa tleastthreedifferentstylesoneachblock.Thedeveloperwillbuildthecomplexaccordingtothefollowingrule s: AnyblockthathasstyleZonitmustalsohavestyleWonit. AnyblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleSandstyleXmusthaveonit styleTandstyleZ. NoblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleRandstyleZcanhaveonit eitherstyleTorstyleW. NoblockcanhaveonitbothstyleSandstyleQ. 20.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock? (A)Q,R,S(B)Q,S,X(C)R,T,Z(D)S,W,Z(E)T,X,Z 21.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock? (A)Q(B)R(C)S(D)W(E)X 22.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleforablockthatisadjacenttoexactlyon eblock,ifthatoneblockhasonitstyleS,T,W,andXonly? (A)S,T,andX(B)T,X,andZ(C)R,S,X,andZ(D)S,T,W,andX(E)T,W,X,andZ 23.Whenanosprey(afish-eatinghawk)returnafromfishingtoitsnestingareawithafishlikeanalewife,apollack,orasmelt,otherospreyswillretracei tsflightpathinhopesofgoodfishing.Thereisseldomsucharesponseifthefirstbirdbringsbackawinterfloun der.Yetospreysfeedonwinterflounderjustasreadyasodanyotherfish. Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,contributesmosttoanexplanationofthefishingbehaviorofospreysasitisdesc ribedabove? (A)Ospreysareseldomabletocatchalewives,pollack,orsmelt. (B)Alewives,pollack,andsmaltmoveinschools,butwinterflounderdonot. (C)Winterflounderprefershallowerwatersthandoalewives,pollack,orsmelt. (D)Winterflounderpreferandpollackexhibitprotectivecoloration,butalewivesandsmeltdonot. (E)Ospreysthatliveinnestingareaareespeciallysuccessfulfishers. 24.Arecentstudyofaninsurancecompany‘sunderwritersindicatethatthosewhoworkedinpleasantphysicalsurroundingswere25percentmorepro ductivethantheirpeersinunpleasantphysicalsurroundings.Objectivecriteriaforevaluatingjobperform anceincludedcaseloadandcomplexityofcases.Thisshowsthatimprovingworkers’enviromentsincreasesthoseworkers‘productivity. Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,mostseriouslyweakenstheconclusionabove? (A)Onaverage,less-productiveemployeesspendnofewerhoursperdayat theirworkstationsthandotheirmore-productivepeers. (B)Unpleasantsurroundingsgiveemployeeslessmotivationtoworkhardthan morepleasantsurroundingsdo. (C)Themore-productiveemployeesaregenerallyrewardedwithpleasantoffice space. (D)More-productiveemployeesdonotworkanymorehoursthantheir less-productivepeers. (E)Peerpressurediscouragesemployeesincrowed,unpleasantsurroundings frommakingphonecallstotheirownfamilymembersduringworktime. 25.Inacertaincountry,individualtendtochangetheirpoliticalaffiliationreadilyfromonepoliticalpartyto another.InthepasttheUnionpartygrewlargerbecauseofthistendency,butalthoughmostofthosewho changetoanewpartyaffiliationchangetotheUnionparty,theUnionpartyhasremainedaboutthesame sizeinrecentyears. Whichofthefollowing,iftrue,besthelpstoexplainthechangeinthegrowthpatternoftheUnionpartymen tionedabove? (A)Theeconomyhasbeenprosperingrecently,andmanyofthosewhochange partyaffiliationareupwardlymobileandproperous. (B)Inrecentyeasthosewhowerepreviouslynonaffiliatedhavetendedtojoin theUnionpartyiftheyjoinedanypartyatall. (C)Thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhochangepoliticalpartyaffiliation eachyearhasremainedconstant,andthenumberofvoting-agecitizens hasremainedthesame. (D)Thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhoareaffiliatedwithanypolitical partyhasincreasedoverthelasttenyears. (E)ManymembersoftheUnipnpartyhaveabandonedallpoliticalparty affiliationinrecentyears |