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The principal of a public elementary school complained bitterly when his school was included on a list of the fifty most academically troubled in the state. "Look around," he told reporters. "There's no graffiti in the hallways; no one is selling drugs; and math and reading scores have been going up for every grade except the fifth. Everyone on the staff here thinks it's very unfair, especially when you consider that this school didn't even have the lowest fifth-grade achievement scores in the city."Based on the passage above, the principal most likely believes which one of the following?
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Homeowner: Recent drops in the value of our homes are due to the undesirability of living near the recently opened 24-hour bus depot.Transportation official: The police, not the bus depot, are at fault. Survey data shows that most prospective homeowners avoid the community because of its high crime rate.Which of the following, if true, would be the most effective rebuttal that the homeowner could make to the argument put forward by the transportation official?
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Zoologists have determined that the size of the litters produced by mating pairs of Beringer sloths is largely determined by the parent animals' diet. Sloths that feed primarily on catalpa trees tend to produce smaller numbers of offspring than do those that feed primarily on tulip trees. A new theory posits that the parent sloths choose their diet to achieve optimal population size for a given year, producing fewer offspring in dry years when food scarcity would threaten a large population.Which of the following, if true, would provide the strongest support for the theory that Beringer sloths choose their diets to suit the conditions of a given year?
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Statistics show that although consumption of low-calorie, alternative sweeteners has gone up in each of the past five years, so has the percentage of the population that is obese. According to sugar manufacturers, this shows that the low-calorie, alternative sweeteners are not effective weight loss aids.Which of the following assertions, if true, would most weaken the sugar manufacturers' conclusion?
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PREP07 Test 1
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In the second paragraph, the author is primarily concerned with
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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PREP07 Test 1 PREP08 Test 1
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage would be most likely to agree that modern views of the freedoms of speech and press are
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PREP07 Test 1 PREP08 Test 2
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According to the passage, the development of archival research and the critical editing of collections of documents had which of the following effects?
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PREP07 Test 1 PREP08 Test 1
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According to the passage, which of the following is true of comparable worth as a policy?
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PREP07 Test 1 PREP08 Test 2
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Which of the following, if true, would provide the most support for the author's view about intervening on the supply side of health care?
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PREP07 Test 1 PREP08 Test 2
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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PREP07 Test 2
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The passage suggests which of the following about the blue butterfly mentioned in the highlighted text?
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PREP07 Test 2
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Which of the following best describes the overall content of the second paragraph of the passage?
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PREP07 Test 2
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According to the passage, Newhouse's view of the social welfare efficiency of nonprofit hospitals differs from Weisbrod's view in that Newhouse
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PREP07 Test 2 PREP08 Test 2
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The passage suggests which of the following about the managers mentioned in the highlighted text?
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PREP07 Test 2 PREP08 Test 2
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According to the passage, Faue's study and Gabin's study agree in that both
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PREP07 Test 2
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The passage is primarily concerned with
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PREP07 Test 2
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The passage suggests which of the following about the empirical study of small firms' role?
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PREP07 Test 2
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According to the passage, an important contribution of small firms to industrial markets is that small firms
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KMFRC
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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