Question 1

In a recent survey, Q people were asked whether they eat after 22:00 o’clock. 25 percent of the people answered positively and 40 percent of the rest were asked, at what time do they get up in the morning. Which of the following expressions represents the number of people who do not eat after 22:00 and were not asked about the time they get up in the morning?

Options :

A : 3Q/20

B : Q/10

C : 5Q/9

D : 3Q/10

E : 9Q/20

Answer: A

Question 2

"Tires R' us" have 4 times more tires for sale than any regular tire shop. If "Tires R' Us" Sells 122 tires, they will have only three times more tires than the rest. How many more tires do "Tires R' us" have than the regular tire shop?

Options :

A : 488

B : 388

C : 366

D : 299

E : 188

Answer: C

Question 3

The proportion of women among students enrolled in higher education programs has increased over the past decades. This is partly shown by the fact that in 1959, only 11 percent of the women between twenty and twenty-one were enrolled in college, while in 1981, 30 percent of the women between twenty and twenty-one were enrolled in college. To evaluate the argument above, it would be most useful to compare 1959 and 1981 with regard to which of the following characteristics?

Options :

A : The percentage of women between twenty and twenty-one who were not enrolled in college

B : The percentage of women between twenty and twenty-five who graduated from college

C : The percentage of women who, after attending college, entered highly paid professions

D : The percentage of men between twenty and twenty-one who were enrolled in college

E : The percentage of men who graduated from high school

Answer: D

Question 4

Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In today’s pluralistic society, textbook publishers find themselves in an increasingly uncomfortable position. Since the schools are regarded as a repository of society’s moral and cultural values, each group within society wishes to prevent any material that offends its own values from appearing in textbooks. As a result, stance on an issue is certain to run afoul of one group or another. And since textbook publishers must rely on community goodwill to sell their books, it is inevitable that______

Options :

A : fewer and fewer publishers will be willing to enter the financially uncertain textbook industry

B : the ethical and moral content of textbooks will become increasingly neutral and bland

C : more and more pressure groups will arise that seek to influence the content of textbooks

D : the government will be forced to intervene in the increasingly rancorous debate over the content of textbooks

E : school boards, teachers, and principals will find it nearly impossible to choose among the variety of textbooks being offered

Answer: B

Question 5

In Spartans territory, archaeologists discovered charred bone fragments dating back 1 million years. Analysis of the fragments, which came from a variety of animals, showed that they had been heated to temperatures no higher than those produced in experimental campfires made from branches of white stinkwood, the most common tree around Spartans. Which of the following, if true, would, together with the information above, provide the best basis for the claim that the charred bone fragments are evidence of the use of fire by early hominids?

Options :

A : The white stinkwood tree is used for building material by the present-day inhabitants of Swartkans

B : Forest fires can heat wood to a range of temperatures that occur in campfires.

C : The bone fragments were fitted together by the archaeologists to form the complete skeletons of several animals.

D : Apart from the Swartkans discovery, there is reliable evidence that early hominids used fire as many as 500 thousand years ago.

E : The bone fragments were found in several distinct layers of limestone that contained primitive cutting tools known to have been used by early hominids.

Answer: D

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