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<p>Against the Grain, a new carpentry company with a young workforce, has been putting all of its resources into filling custom cabinetry orders. This remains the company’s focus even though greater revenues can be generated by custom door orders, which take less time, than by custom cabinetry orders.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why Against the Grain has been focusing on the less profitable of the two courses of action mentioned above?p>
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<p>In order to promote plant growth, experts recommend that gardeners spread a generous amount of mulch around the plants to inhibit weed growth. Accordingly, the director of Sunlight Community Garden instructed volunteers to use plenty of mulch in their yearly landscaping, and the volunteers enthusiastically used up all of the available mulch. Nevertheless, plant productivity later fell somewhat.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain why acting on the experts’ recommendation failed to achieve its goal?p>
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<p>The man-made stone projection discovered at the center of a Neanderthal settlement exhibits every quality of a device capable of indicating the time of day with the shadows cast depending on position of the sun—perhaps the earliest sundial ever discovered. Thus, researchers at the site theorize that sundials were developed and used centuries earlier than expected.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?p>
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<p>Since the implementation of the president’s higher education subsidization policy at the beginning of this decade, the number of individuals entering the workforce with nothing but a high school diploma has decreased 5 percent. During that period, there has been a comparable increase in the number of individuals enrolled in four-year college programs. Clearly, the president’s policy has convinced and allowed many individuals to pursue higher education after earning their high school diplomas.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, casts the most serious doubt on the conclusion drawn above?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The Earth is composed of many layers, and if the iron in its core is moved the Earth’s magnetic field is changed, sometimes more significantly before scientists can predict.p>
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<p>Despite the fact that they are selling their microprocessors at a deficit, Computers North America will further lower their retail prices next month. The company expects the price drop to increase sales by twenty percent. Because the revenue from those additional sales will more than compensate for the revenues lost from the price drop, the company thinks that their microprocessors will turn a profit as soon as next year.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for Computers North America’s expectation of making a profit after further lowering the price of their microprocessors?p>
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<p>Vast areas of suburban sprawl, sustained and expanded when urban housing is too expensive, damage the environment. Analysts therefore urge real estate developers to construct denser, taller urban housing to increase its supply and lower its cost.p>
<p>To receive building permits in most major cities, real estate developers must show that the buildings they construct do not obstruct or transform existing city skylines.p>
<p>The statements above, if true, best support which of the following conclusions?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Although all new companies attempt various forms of alternative dispute resolution, a company’s emphasis on compromise and nondisclosure are the clearest predictor of whether a dispute will eventually end up in court.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">It is often mistaken for a continent, but icy Greenland is actually the largest island in the world, which belongs geologically to North America’s tectonic plate.p>
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<p>If  is an integer greater than zero, then (a+3) "a(a+1)(a+3)") isp>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">The town of Greenville witnessed a decline in butterfly population after rangers planted a new varieties of flowers in its public parks. Bee and songbird populations also experienced a drop. The town parks manager, however, maintains that the decline in wildlife has nothing to do with the new flower varieties.p>
<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the parks manager’s position?p>
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<p class="ng-scope">According to the passage, which of the following statements regarding challenges fishermen face is true?p>
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Sixty percent of the members of a study group are women, and 45 percent of those women are lawyers. If one member of the study group is to be selected at random, what is the probability that the member selected is a woman lawyer?
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<p>Forty percent of the animals adopted from a shelter are dogs, and 55 percent of those dogs are large dogs. If one animal adopted from the shelter is to be selected at random, what is the probability that the animal selected is a large dog?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Over the past decade, the average number of seats added to a manufacturer’s most popular model of jet was greater than what the jet manufacturing industry average did for this period, but their seat width and legroom area shrank faster than other manufacturers.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Recent evidence indicates that the stress of the American workplace may be so intense it diminishes the ability of some adults for maintaining consistent sleep cycles and healthy habits and, the product is, to handle the pressures of working life.p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Physicists, using extremely sophisticated instruments, have documented that the component particles of atoms—protons, neutrons, and electrons—comprise many smaller units called hadrons that are themselves composed of quarks, particles whose radii are 2,000 times smaller than a proton.p>
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<p>A group of students was asked to participate in a study on computer ethics. The students were exposed to a series of case-studies involving computer hacking, which were intended to illustrate both ethical and malicious hacks. Researchers found that engineering students consistently found no fault in the actions of ethical hacking. However, students in other fields frequently held that all hackers were unethical, regardless of details in the case. This shows that the general populace rejects the idea that a well-intentioned hacker can be ethical.p>
<p>Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion above?p>
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<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Ghai is an experienced filmmaker and the former head of India’s largest production house, the Indian Film Society. Clearly, he is an excellent choice to chair the new Council on Indian-Japanese Film Collaborations.p>
<p zoompage-fontsize="16">Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the conclusion above?p>
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<p>Avogadro's hypothesis of there being equal numbers of molecules in equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure is widely accepted today.p>
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