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<p>Carbon dioxide emissions are a concern for environmentalists, but another category, hydroflourocarbons (or HFCs), is among the lesser-known types of greenhouse gas. A study of refrigerant gases showed that HFCs decompose into harmless compounds relatively quickly. Therefore, if HFCs were banned, the level of greenhouse gas pollution would be greatly reduced, especially since _______.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Despite gloomy predictions, the reactions of participants in the Senate hearing represent an intensifying expectation that government regulators will avert the crisis onlookers had predicted previously and may perhaps bring about a period of sustained growth, succeeded by a safe and stable economic revival.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The manager demanded that the office must discard unnecessary clutter, redundant departments must be merged, and take advantage of talent in other projects.p>
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<p>Certain types of finished wood are coated in toxic termite repellent. Some types of termite, however, have developed a resistance to the toxin, and they retain the toxin in their bodies after ingesting the wood. When certain birds, such as sparrows, ingest the toxified termites, they die. Thus, by using toxic termite repellent, a homeowner puts the entire neighborhood sparrow population at risk.p>
<p>Which of the following would be most useful to determine in order to evaluate the argument?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Indonesian geologists have discovered evidence that indicates that the archipelago is formed from a volcanic sediment, and its land originally erupting as a result of major geological activity.p>
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<p>The population of the town of Carsonville is prone to anolymnia, a mild illness caused by tick bites. The population of Carsonville is expected to increase by 30 percent over the next three years. The local pharmacy intends to increase the purchase of anolymnia medication by only 10 percent during that time. The pharmacist predicts that this increase will be enough to ensure that the incidence of the disease does not increase. Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest evidence for the pharmacist’s prediction?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?p>
<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Too much fishing effort leads to excessively high catches, labeled “overfishing” when annual volumes exceed ecologically sustainable levels. In order to bring total catch down to an ecologically sustainable level, authorities propose to introduce Total Allowable Catches (TACs), a quota on the number of fish a boat can bring in. This proposal, however, is ill conceived, since _______.p>
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<p>The ability to adapt to high-altitude living appears to have genetic roots, since tribesmen from low altitude regions were found to experience increased difficulties breathing in mountainous regions.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The country of Ilina has always been desperately poor, but a recent increase in the affordability of growth-enhancing chemical fertilizers has made their use commonplace among struggling Ilinan farmers, which has in turn boosted crop yields significantly. As a result, the Ilinan production of food grains has tripled in the last three years; however, the country's production of vegetables has decreased by half over the same period.p>
<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Which of the following, if true, provides the best explanation of the contrast described above between production of food grains and production of vegetables?p>
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<p>That Buddha was born earlier than previously had been thought is not exactly proved by the recent discovery of a Buddhist shrine, but in ascribing design elements of the shrine to a factor other than an earlier existence of Buddha, the man's influence will have to be reconsidered.p>
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<p>That enthusiasts predicted that first-year sales of electric cars would be strong is no surprise that they were incorrect: the cars cost more than gasoline-fueled cars of similar performance.p>
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<p class="ng-scope">Galileo Galilei published his theory of the movement of planets in "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems," an attack on the Ptolemaic conception of the Sun's motion as well as an exposition of his new theory to replace it.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">A false positive result on a contamination test occurs when the test indicates that a contaminant is present in an uncontaminated substance; conversely, a false negative result indicates an absence of contaminant that is, in fact, present. To accurately detect mercury contamination in water supplies, researchers should use the laboratory test that has the lowest proportion of false positive results.p>
<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Which of the following, if true, gives the most support to the recommendation above?p>
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<p>Which of the following inequalities is an algebraic expression for the shaded part of the number line above?p>
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<p>According to the passage, which of the following is a consequence of the ruling on Lochner v. New York?p>
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<p>A study this year found that, among citizens of Tamalia whose tax reports were selected at random for an audit, 21 percent had prepared their taxes with the assistance of a tax accountant. However, among those whose audits uncovered indications of potential tax fraud, only 3 percent had prepared their taxes with the assistance of a tax accountant. Clearly, citizens of Tamalia who prepare their taxes without the assistance of a tax accountant are more likely to commit tax fraud.p>
<p>The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the following assumptions?p>
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<p>Callers to a customer help line frequently complained about the quality of service. Seventy percent of survey respondents cited the services agents' lack of knowledge of how to solve the problems they were calling about. To address the problem, management decided that each service agent should go through regular training. Each agent spent half a day each week in sessions covering how to respond to callers' problems. Nevertheless, after three months of training, the rate of caller complaints has not decreased.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why the training failed to achieve its goal?p>
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<p>Company A provides a business software for which companies pay an annual subscription fee, which includes help support provided by Company A's team of account managers. To reduce the cost of providing help support to half of last year's cost, Company A has redesigned its product offering to include two variants. To achieve this, Company A plans this year to move enough of its clients into a cheaper subscription that includes no access to help support to reduce the number of account managers to half of last year's number.p>
<p>Which of the following is required for the redesigned product offering to achieve its aim?p>
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<p>Springfield's city council wants to minimize the city's average yearly expenditures on its parking meters and so is considering replacing the coin-operated meters currently in use with roadside kiosks at which parking slips can be purchased via credit card. Since many of the coin-operated meters require replacement, the costs associated with the conversion to credit card kiosks would be minimal.p>
<p>Which of the following would it be most useful to know in determining whether switching to roadside kiosks would be likely to help minimize Springfield's yearly maintenance costs?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Communicative intent appears months before children develop the motor mechanisms required for speech, and scientists have conducted research into the physical gestures that function as a child’s primary form of communication for a portion of its infancy.p>
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