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In highlight text, the author of the passage raises the possibility that taller people achieved greater success most probably in order to
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PREP07 Test 1
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Malik's recipe for 4 servings of a certain dish requires 1.5 cups of pasta. According to this recipe, what is the number of cups of pasta that Malik will use the next time he prepares this dish?(1) The next time he prepares this dish, Malik will make half as many servings as he did the last time he prepared the dish.(2) Malik used 6 cups of pasta the last time he prepared this dish.
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Many are confused that the Atkins Diet, which permits such seeming less healthy foods as bacon, forbids bread.
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A survey of men from ages 18 to 30 revealed homosexual experiences in 30 percent of them and they ranged from an isolated incident to a permanent lifestyle.
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At school, Miruko is antisocial and sullen, but in her home she is a bubbly, even-tempered child.
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A high school student fanatically devoted to modern art, Fanny has toured five museums, perhaps most remarkably the enormous Museum of Modern Art.
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Experts believe that senior citizens with higher than average cholesterol and their families develop a predisposition to cardiovascular disease are more likely to die at an age below that of their life expectancy.
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Investing in fishing-boats could be very profitable at this time. A survey made by "Hook, Line and Sinker" magazine shows that 75 percent of the magazine's readers want to buy a new fishing-boat during the summer. However, fishing-boat manufacturers can only produce enough boats to satisfy 30% of total potential buyers.Which of the following, if true, reveals a weakness in the evidence cited above?
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Although we manufacture one hundred types of mobile phones, we currently limit our stock to only the ten best-selling models. Our plan is to increase the number of mobile phones we sell by expanding our stock to contain the twelve most popular types.Which of the following, if true, points out a major weakness in the plan above?
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In a certain socialist country, party members earn twice as much as non-party members do. But party members happen to work in the businesses that generally have higher wages. Non-party members who also work in these particular businesses earn about as much as party members. Therefore, higher incomes do not necessarily result from the connection with the party.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
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Countries that legalized the drug X twenty years ago, because a significant percentage of the population had been using X on a daily basis without any apparent harm to the community at large, reset the benchmark for what is appropriate and proper behavior among their citizens. Since X's legalization, there has been an increase in manic depression, suicide and certain kinds of cancer. In order for Andovia, a country that has not yet legalized X,to avoid the development of such undesirable tendencies and prevent the social problems stemming from broad usage of drug X, it should close its borders and not issue visas to any tourists from countries where drug X is legal.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
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A private bus company wanted to increase profits. For twenty years it worked to make its buses more economical and faster by reducing the number of bus stops. Although the company was in some measure successful, the economy grew worse, and the industry almost went bankrupt. Assumptions and realities were vastly different. The real problem came not from passengers who wanted faster transport but from the number of passengers who stopped using the bus service because of the limited number of bus stops.Which of the actions below would most likely lead to a solution to the problem faced by the bus company, as it is analyzed above?
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An independent analyst asserts that the new Pokia digital camera for mobile phones is more precise, of higher quality and costs less than any of the popular competing models. As a result, Pokia will become the more desirable, low-priced alternative to currently existing models of digital cameras.Which of the following, if true, would most challenge the argument above?
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In 1999, America Mart, which previously only sold through retail outlets, began selling on the internet while keeping its retail stores open. Total sales increased in 1999, but profits were less than in 1998.Which of the following, if true, contributes most to explaining why America Mart's profits were more in 1998 than in 1999?
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An electric piano designed to have perfect frequency for each note would sound different than the best Baldwin or Steinbach Grand Piano currently available. To professional pianists, a piano that sounds different from the best Grand Pianos sounds less like a piano and therefore worse than the best-sounding existing pianos. Professional pianists are the only accepted judges of the quality of pianos.Which of the following would be best supported by these statements?
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John, an expert in game theory, predicts that negotiations cannot be resolved unless one party is willing to concede a symbolic step. He also believes that when a symbolic step of concession is taken, negotiations will be resolved. Other game theory experts, however, believe that these results do not take other variables into account.Which of the following, if true, best supports the contention in the last sentence?
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GWD
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When a major fire occurs in the city of Springfield, the number of media reports about fires increases, a fear-factor response that often lasts many months after the original incident. These media sources also include discussions about fire safety. Emergency response officials in Springfield claim that the fear frenzy whipped up by the media is responsible for the increased number of reports that appear in the city's media outlets, rather than an increase in the number of actual fires causing the reports.Which of the following, if true, would seriously weaken the claim of the emergency response officials?
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During the harvest season a farmer collects 45 kilos of apples per week from his orchard. The farmer claims that he sorts his crop and rejects 10 kilos from this quantity to ensure the same quality of apples every week.Of the following, the best criticism of the farmer's plan is that the plan assumes that:
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The value of v is given by the formula v = 13u. If u is an integer greater than 35 and less than 41, then which of the following is the value of v?
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American children perform more poorly in athletic tests of speed, strength, and endurance than do their European contemporaries.
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