Directions: The questions in this section are based on the reasoning contained in brief statements or passages. For some questions, more than one of the choices could conceivably answer the question. However, you are to choose the best answer, that is, the response that most accurately and completely answers the question. You should not make assumptions that are by commonsense standards implausible, superfluous, or incompatible with the passage. After you have chosen the best answer, blacken the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
1. Everyone sitting in the waiting room of the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock had just registered for a beginners tennis clinic. John, Mary, and Teresa were all sitting in the waiting room this morning at nice o clock. No accomplished tennis player would register for a beginners tennis clinic.
If the statements above are true, which one of the following must also be true on the basis of them?
(A) None of the people sitting in the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock had ever played tennis. (B) Everyone sitting in the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock registered only for a beginners tennis clinic. (C) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people who registered for a beginners tennis clinic this morning. (D) John, Mary, and Teresa were the only people sitting in the waiting room of the school s athletic office this morning at nine o clock (E) Neither John nor Teresa is an accomplished tennis player.
2. Most people who ride bicycles for pleasure do not ride until the warm weather of spring and summer arrives. Yet it is probably more effective to advertise bicycles earlier in the year. Most bicycles are purchased in the spring, but once shoppers are ready to shop for a bicycle, they usually have already decided which brand and model of bicycle they will purchase. By then it is generally too late to induce them to change their minds.
The main point of the argument is that
(A) bicycle advertisements are probably more effective if they appear before the arrival of warm spring weather (B) most bicycle purchasers decide on the brand and model of bicycle that they will buy before beginning to shop for a bicycle (C) more bicycles are purchassed in the spring than at any other time of year. (D) in general, once a bicycle purchaser has decided which bicycle he or she intends to purchase, it is difficult to bring about a change in that decision (E) spring and summer are the time of year in which bicycle riding as a leisure activity is most popular
3. During 1991 the number of people in the town of Bayburg who received municipal food assistance doubled, even though the number of people in Bayburg whose incomes were low enough to qualify for such assistance remained unchanged.
Which one of the following, if true, most helps to resove the apparent discrepancy in the information above?
(A) In 1990 the Bayburg Town Council debated whether or not to alter the eligibility requirements for the food assistance program but ultimately decided not to change them. (B) In 1990 the Bayburg social service department estimated the number of people in Bayburg who might be eligible for the food assistance program and then informed the Bayburg Town Council of the total amount of assistance likely to be needed. (C) During 1991 many residents of a nearby city lost their jobs and moved to Bayburg in search of work. (D) During 1991 the number of applicants for food assistance in Bayburg who were rejected on the basis that their incomes were above the maximum allowable limit was approximately the same as it had been in 1990. (E) During 1991 Bayburg s program of rent assistance for low-income tenants advertised widely and then informed all applicants about other assistance programs for which they would be qualified.
4. Campaigning for election to provincial or state office frequently requires that a candidate spend much time and energy catering to the interests of national party officials who can help the candidate to win office. The elected officials who campaign for reelection while they are in office thus often fail to serve the interests of their local constituencies.
Which one of the following is an assumption made-by the argument?
(A) Catering to the interests of national party officials sometimes conflicts with serving the interests of a provincial or state official s local constituencies. (B) Only by catering to the interests of national party officials can those who hold provincial or state office win reelection. (C) The interests of iocal constituencies are well served only by elected officials who do not cater to the interests of national party officials. (D) Officials elected to provincial or state office are obligated to serve only the interests of constituents who beling to the same party as do the officials. (E) All elected officials are likely to seek reelection to those offices that are not limited to one term.
5. Since Professor Smythe has been head of the deparment the most distinguished member of the faculty has resigned, fewer new courses have been developed, student has 0dropped, and the reputation of the department has gone down. These facts provide conclusive evidence that Professor Smythe was appointed to undermine the department.
The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argumetn
(A) overlooks the fact that something can have the reputation for being of poor quality without being of poor quality (B) bases a general claim on a few exceptional instances (C) assumes that because an action was followed by a change, the action was undertaken to bring about that change. (D) fails to distinguish between a decline in quantity and a decline in quality (E) presupposes what it purports to establish
6. Books about architectural works. unless they are not intended for a general audience, ought to include discussions of both the utility and the aesthetic appeal of each of the buildings they consider. If they do not, they are flawed. Morton s book on Italian Baroque palaces describes these palaces functional aspects, but fails to mention that the main hall of a palace he discusses at length has a ceiling that is one of the truly breathtaking masterpieces of Western art.
If the statements above are true, it would be necessary to establish which one of the following in order to conclude that Morton s book is flawed?
(A) Morton s deseription of the palaces utility is inaccurate (B) Morton s book does not discuss aspects of the palaces other than utility and aesthetic appeal (C) Morton s book is intended for a general audience. (D) The passage discussing the palace plays a very important role in helping to establish the overall argument of Morton s book. (E) The palace discussed at length is one of the most aesthetically important of those treated in Morton s book.