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• Question 141:

  Although a village in a drouqht-stncken area may at first be resistant to using new agricultural techniques, if the village leaders are consulted beforehand and the benefits of the techniques are demonstrated clearly, the agricultural ministry can often effect a real and positive change in agricultural productivity and thus in economic security.

  A. a village in a drought-stricken area may at first be resistant to using new agricultural techniques, if the village leaders are consulted beforehand and the benefits of the techniques are demonstrated clearly,
  B. a village may be resistant to first using new agricultural techniques in a drought-stricken area, if they consult beforehand with village leaders and clearly demonstrates the techniques' benefits,
  C. at first in a drought-stricken area a village may resist the use of new agricultural techniques, if their leaders are consulted beforehand and their benefits are clearly demonstrated,
  D. at first a village in a drought-stricken area may be resistant to new agricultural techniques, if the leaders are consulted beforehand and one clearly demonstrates their benefits,
  E. a village in a drought-stricken area may first resist using new agricultural techniques if village leaders are consulted beforehand and the benefits of the techniques are clearly demonstrated,
  A. a village in a drought-stricken area may at first be resistant to using new agricultural techniques, if the village leaders are consulted beforehand and the benefits of the techniques are demonstrated clearly,

• Question 142:

  In the figure above, circular regions and represent sets of integers and every integer greater than 2 is in Mor A, or in both. Is the integer 11 in the shaded region?

  (1)

  Mrepresents the set of integers greater than 2 that are not prime.

  (2)

  Mrepresents the set of odd integers greater than 2.

  A. Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
  B. Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
  E. Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
  C. BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.

• Question 143:

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  25, 25

• Question 144:

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  Anouk worked In the sates department at MMC Cellular Phones from January through December. The graph shows Anouks sales volume from March through My. For each of the 4 months, February through May, Anouk's sales increased by a constant number of eel phones over the previous month.

  

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  12, 10

• Question 145:

  Having emerged as the United States' most popular tourist destination by mid-1997, Las Vegas was expecting to end that year hosting more than 32 million visitors, who were estimated to have spent in excess of $22.5 billion.

  A. Las Vegas was expecting to end that year hosting more than 32 million visitors, who were estimated to have
  B. Las Vegas was expected to end that year having served as host to more than 32 million visitors who, it was estimated, would have
  C. Las Vegas, expecting to end that year having been host to more than 32 million visitors, and It was estimated that they had
  D. It was estimated that Las Vegas would end that year having hosted more than 32 million visitors who had
  E. it was estimated that Las Vegas, having been host to more than 32 million visitors, who would have
  B. Las Vegas was expected to end that year having served as host to more than 32 million visitors who, it was estimated, would have

• Question 146:

  

  A. -4
  B. -2
  D. 1
  E. 4
  B. -2

• Question 147:

  HOTSPOT

  Two positive integers, A and B, each yield the same remainder when divided by 4. Furthermore, A is less than IS. In the table, select values for A and 5that are jointly consistent with the given information. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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• Question 148:

  Pharmaceutical manufacturer; In our Industry, the number of patents a company manages to obtain Is a good measure of the strength of the company's research and development efforts.

  Economist: I disagree. Simply counting patents means failing to distinguish between fruitful patents, which lead to successful new products or stimulate further advances in research, or both, and sterile patents, which do neither. Which of the following, if true, could best be used by the manufacturer to defend the manufacturer's position against the economist's objection?

  A. In the pharmaceutical Industry, patents that promise to prove fruitful are not infrequently rendered obsolete by a newly registered patent.
  B. In the pharmaceutical Industry, patents that prove fruitful are, as a proportion of all patents obtained, fairly constant from company to company.
  C. The Distinction between fruitful and sterile patents is Justified by clear instances of the two types, but many patents fall somewhere in between.
  D. In the pharmaceutical Industry, patents are typically awarded not to the people chiefly responsible for producing the work leading to the patent but Instead to those people's employers.
  E. There is often a considerable time lag between the completion of the work that produced a patentable innovation and the official award of the patent.
  B. In the pharmaceutical Industry, patents that prove fruitful are, as a proportion of all patents obtained, fairly constant from company to company.

• Question 149:

  In an economic downturn, companies tempted to take advantage of Job applicants as unemployment rates rise should reconsider, for such actions could hurt these companies when the economy recovers. Researchers surveyed employees about their experiences as applicants with their current employers. Those who felt they had been treated unfairly during hiring were twice as likely to respond that they were looking for jobs outside their company, even after five years. Among the actions applicants considered unfair were slow responses from employers and pressure to accept offers quickly.

  Which of the following would, if true, most strengthen the reasoning above?

  A. Recovery from an economic downturn usually affects company profits before it affects hiring practices.
  B. The unwillingness of a company to negotiate compensation levels is often considered unfair.
  C. During an economic downturn, the jobs available outside one's current company are usually limited.
  D. An economic recovery usually occurs less than five years after the start of an economic downturn.
  E. A rising unemployment rate is a widely accepted indication of an economic downturn.
  C. During an economic downturn, the jobs available outside one's current company are usually limited.

• Question 150:

  HOTSPOT

  For each of the following products, select Yes if the information provided indicates that a postpromotion dip in sales of the product occurred immediately following a sales promotion held during the six-month period. Otherwise, select No.

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