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• Question 271:

  A series of financial reports in recent months has portrayed an economy that is slowing sharply, thus raising expectations that the Federal Reserve v.ill be comp.. -xi to cut interest rates in order to avert a recession.

  A. that the Federal Reserve will be compelled to cut interest rates in order to avert a recession
  B. that averting a recession will compel the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates
  C. of averting a recession by the Federal Reserve being compelled to cut interest rates
  D. of the Federal Reserve's being compelled into cutting interest rates in order to avert a recession
  E. of compelling the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates in order that a recession is averted
  A. that the Federal Reserve will be compelled to cut interest rates in order to avert a recession

• Question 272:

  

  A box contains exactly 7 fuses, 3 of which are defective and 4 of which are not defective. In the bar graph above, the left and middle bars are the same height and the right bar is half this height. The heights are intended to represent, respectively, the probabilities of obtaining 0 defective fuses, exactly 1 defective fuse, and 2 defective fuses when 2 fuses are randomly selected without replacement from the box. However, 1 of the bar heights is incorrect. The correct height is and times the height shown. Which of the following choices for the bar and the value of k would result in an accurate representation of the labeled probabilities?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  E. Option E
  C. Option C

• Question 273:

  In spite of an Impressive presence of Greek women In undergraduate and graduate business programs both in Greece and In other countries over the last decade, negative stereotyping of women managers.persists id Greek culture and may explain, at least In part, the well documented fact that women are still under-represented h the Greek bus ness community.

  A. negative stereotyping of women managers persists in Greek culture
  B. Greek culture negatively stereotyping women managers persists,
  C. persistent negative stereotypes in Greek culture about women managers,
  D. there are still negative stereotypes about women managers In Greek culture.
  E. women managers are still subject to negative stereotyping in Greek culture,
  A. negative stereotyping of women managers persists in Greek culture

• Question 274:

  

  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.
  D. EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.

• Question 275:

  Which of the following statements concerning the valence model and the approach- withdrawal model most accurately reflects information provided in the passage?

  A. Each of the two models implicates both hemispheres of the human brain in the processing of emotion.
  B. Both models suggest that cognitive information is processed by only one brain hemisphere in humans.
  C. Each of the two models explains how emotional information affects the processing of cognitive information in the human brain.
  D. Both models seek primarily to describe how emotion is expressed in behavior.
  E. The assumptions of both models concerning the processing of visuospatial information are identical with those made by Karev.
  A. Each of the two models implicates both hemispheres of the human brain in the processing of emotion.

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  Explanation/Reference:

  Despite overall physiological bilateral symmetry, many species exhibit lateralized biases, i.e., preferences for right- or left-oriented behavior. When approaching prey, for example, some predator species favor their right eye; some prey species respond more quickly when their left eye detects a predator. Similar behavioral asymmetries occur in humans. Most notable is right- and lefthandedness; less notable is the tendency to turn right when entering a room. Paul Farnsworth found that more successful students tended to choose seats near the front, a little to the right. He argued that external factors such as teacher location might have affected this lateral bias. But it is now known that processing differences between the two brain hemispheres can also contribute to behavioral asymmetries. George Karev found that when presented with a movie theater seating diagram, right-handed people were more likely than left-handed people to choose a seat on the right, facing front. But he hypothesized that, since the right hemisphere processes visuospatial and emotional information, the people who chose right- side seats did so because that would put the screen in their left visual field, optimizing information flow to the right hemisphere. Although the right hemisphere is thought to be dominant in processing emotion, some evidence suggests that the left hemisphere plays a role. The valence model proposes that the left and right hemispheres process positive and negative emotion respectively, while the approach-withdrawal model posits that the left hemisphere processes emotion expressed in approach behavior and the right hemisphere processes emotion expressed in withdrawal behavior. Victoria Harms and colleagues suggested that since a paper seating plan was used in the theater-seating studies by Karev and others, the exhibited preference might be due simply to handedness: people choose the same side of the paper as their favored hand. Consequently, the Harms research was designed to study choices in an actual movie theater. Also, hoping to distinguish between various explanations, they studied seating choices for comedies (presumed to contain Positive emotional content), dramas (presumed to contain negative emotional content), and documentaries (presumed to have balanced emotional content).

• Question 276:

  Taking as her focus Bengali-language books of household advice, the author traces how colonialism gradually reconfigured daily domestic life, with the result that familial and domestic authority, once held by elder women, was replaced by that of the modern colonial husband.

  A. familial and domestic authority, once held by elder women, was
  B. elder women's authority was in familial and domestic matters
  C. authority over familial and domestic matters held by elder women was
  D. elder women, the authorities in familial and domestic matters, were
  E. the authority of elder women in familial and domestic matters was
  E. the authority of elder women in familial and domestic matters was

• Question 277:

  HOTSPOT

  An orchestra conductor ?planning the group's next concert. The orchestra will play a total of 3 pieces, and the conductor requires the total playing time of the 3 pieces to be at least 90 minutes but no more than 120 minutes. The pieces the conductor is considering are listed below with the approximate playing time.

  First the orchestra will play one of two preludes:

  1. Prelude A (10 minutes)

  2. Prelude 8 (28 minutes)

  Next they will play one of two classical piano concertos:

  1. Concerto A (32 minutes)

  2. Concerto B (48 minutes)

  Finally they will play one of two romantic symphonies:

  1. Symphony A (35 minutes)

  2. Symphony B (41 minutes)

  Based on these approximate lengths, select for Piece X and for Piece K two different pieces so that Piece X will be played before Piece Y, and if the conductor chooses Piece X, then in of def to comply with the given time constraints, the conductor must also choose Piece Y. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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• Question 278:

  HOTSPOT

  Public health professional: The Shoreville Department of Environmental Services (OES) has Inspected area beaches for pathogenic bacteria for more than 20 years. Currently, DES monitors 50 freshwater beaches and 10 coastal beaches on a weekly basis. Program participation by owners of beaches that are open to the public is voluntary. Owners of beaches who choose not to participate in the Program are allowing the public to recreate on entirety unmonitored beaches. The DES now proposes adoption of the Adopt-a-Beach Program, designed to promote health and environmental education as well as public involvement in the protecting of public beaches. The program would require DES to collect biological data from all area beaches. It will also help reduce the number of beach advisories, whereby the public must be warned of dangerous conditions on certain beaches.

  On the basis of the pubic heath professional's statement, indicate which of the following is most likely True of the Adopt-a-Beach program at the time of writing, and indicate which of the following is most likely False (A the program at the time of writing. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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• Question 279:

  Sales promotions can involve selling a product at a relatively low price or selling the product with a free (or seemingly free) unit of the product, as in "buy one, get one free" campaigns. Research shows that immediately following month-long sales promotions, a postpromotion dip may occur, i.e., sales for the following calendar month may be less than sales for the calendar month preceding the sales promotion.

  To increase sales, Storex, a department store, held month-long sales campaigns to promote four of its products. A sales promotion was considered successful if unit sales of the product were at least 10% higher in each of the 2 calendar months immediately following the promotion than In the month preceding it.

  Experts have offered explanations for postpromotion dip:

  I: Many consumers stockpile the product at relatively low cost during the sales promotion. II:";Buy one, get one fre"; promotions cause some consumers to undervalue the product, making them less likely to buy it following the sales promotion. HI: Many consumers who missed a";buy one, get one fre"; opportunity may, as a result, develop so-called inaction inertia, i.e., become less likely to buy the product at either the regular or even at a discount price than if the sales promotion had not occurred.

  

  Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the sales data, given the other Information provided?

  A. The April sales promotion for Product B was ineffective, unnecessary, or both.
  B. Consumers sought to stockpile Product B immediately following the April sales promotion.
  C. No postpromotion dip in Product B sales resulted from a sales promotion held in the six- month period.
  D. Sales of Product B would have increased in May and June even if there had been no sales promotion.
  E. There had been a largely ineffective sales promotion of Product B in the preceding December.
  D. Sales of Product B would have increased in May and June even if there had been no sales promotion.

• Question 280:

  The color red has been shown to induce greater aggression in people than the color blue. Researchers conducted a study to determine whether such colorinduced aggression could influence the amount that consumers were willing to pay for an identical product in online auction and online negotiation scenarios.

  The researchers photographed a single item against each of four background colors: blue, gray, white, and red. Using a computer, each participant in the study viewed the item against exactly one of the four background colors. Half of the participants were told the item was up for auction and were asked to submit their highest bid for the item. The other half of the participants were told to negotiate a price with the seller and were asked to offer the highest amount that they would be willing to pay for the item.

  The researchers expected that participants who viewed the red background would typically behave more aggressively than those who viewed the blue background, Among the auction group, the researchers hypothesized that more aggressive participants would submit higher bids as they tried to beat other potential bidders, Among the negotiation group, the researchers hypothesized that more aggressive participants would make lower offers as they tried to compete against the seller to get the best deal.

  Which of the following statements most accurately describes the relationship between the study's results and the researchers' hypotheses?

  A. The results in both the auction and negotiation scenarios contradicted the researchers' hypotheses.
  B. The results in the auction scenario were consistent with the researchers' hypotheses, but the results in the negotiation scenario contradicted the researchers' hypotheses,
  C. The results in the negotiation scenario were consistent with the researchers' hypotheses, but the results in the auction scenario contradicted the researchers! hypotheses.
  D. The results in both the auction and negotiation scenarios were consistent with the researchers' hypotheses.
  E. Neither the results in the auction nor the negotiation scenarios are relevant to the researchers' hypotheses.
  B. The results in the auction scenario were consistent with the researchers' hypotheses, but the results in the negotiation scenario contradicted the researchers' hypotheses,