Which of the following most accurately describes the organization of the passage?

Which of the following hypothetical projects most clearly exemplifies the method of classifying species that the author says is likely to be foiled by a polyphyletic group?

According to the passage, each of the following is true of Felimida EXCEPT:

It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following, if it were a polyphyletic group, would be LEAST likely to be identified as such?

Which of the choices most logically completes the following argument?

Mechanical Engineering Quarterly, though it remains the most prestigious academic journal dedicated to mechanical engineering, has recently experienced diminishing submissions for publication. A number of engineers interested in publication have been submitting their papers to another journal that, having lower editorial standards, accepts more papers for publication than Mechanical Engineering Quarterly, which has some of the highest editorial standards in the industry. In order to increase submissions and thus increase the likelihood of publishing interesting findings, Mechanical Engineering Quarterly’s board of directors has suggested radically increasing the number of papers published. However, this suggestion has a serious drawback, because _______.

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

Consumer perceptions that mail-in rebates, a sales practice in which a retailer reimburses customers for a portion of a product’s price at a later date, constitute significant savings are substantially skewed. Most of the rebates offered are never redeemed. Thus, the benefit to consumers on the whole is quite small, because _______.

The previous two years have witnessed a major proliferation of studies demonstrating the health benefits of egg consumption. During the same period, there has been a major decline in the number of eggs consumed by the public at large. Therefore, the majority of the public must be unaware of the findings of recent nutritional research.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously calls into question the explanation above?

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

When a group of individuals is incapable of passing on its genes, the theory of evolution predicts that the group will be unable to persist over a span of generations, being weeded out through genetic attrition. Therefore, if the theory of evolution is true, and given successful organisms’ tendency to reproduce at high rates, we should expect that _______.

Although there are multiple methods for teaching young children to read, phonics instruction can make it difficult to transition to reading more difficult texts in adolescence and adulthood. Hours spent learning to read in a way specifically geared toward children are hours spent not learning to process written language like an adult. Thus, children who spend the earliest years of their education subject to phonics instruction will be at a disadvantage as they age.

The argument depends on which of the following assumptions?

Humans living in areas where the population of parasitic flies is particularly dense are at risk of contracting myiasis. Flies reproduce by laying their eggs in animal tissue, but not every animal is an equally suitable host. For most animals, larval infestation is relatively rare, but domestic sheep are unusually prone to infection by parasitic flies. And sheep are especially common in proximity to human populations, in areas where they are kept as livestock.

The information in the passage most strongly supports which of the following?

According to the passage, when the authors began their study, they were aware that

According to the passage, the researchers’ test of auditory processing could be “a reliable indicator of”

The author of the passage is primarily concerned with

In comparing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), the author suggests that PPP is

Almost like separate species in their dissimilarity to each other, the dog breeds’ polymorphism makes them particularly difficult to categorize.

As part of a healthy diet, ancient grains now only account for less than 1 percent of calories consumed annually, but consumption is nearly expected to triple by the end of the decade, which would deliver nutrition to an additional 3 million families.

Most initiatives to prevent such man-made disasters like climate change and deforestation have focused either on the reduction of emissions or on limiting pollution through legislation.

The author of the passage would be most likely to make which of the following recommendations to practitioners of autoethnography?

The passage suggests that which of the following is true of a government’s deficits?

In the context of the passage as a whole, the second paragraph serves primarily to