GRE Preparation Kit 8 - Section 2

[Samuel]

SECTION 2

1. CONCORD:
     (A) continuance
     (B) severance
     (C) dissension
     (D) complex relationship
     (E) unrealistic hypothesis

2. FRIABLE
     (A) Instantype is assigned lot 2 in block 700.
     (B) Instantype is assigned lot 3 in block 700.
     (C) Kleentek is assigned lot 1 in block 800.
     (D) Linostyle is assigned lot 3 in block 800.
     (E) Messagex is assigned lot 1 in block 800.

4. If Nanoware is assigned lot 2 in block 700, which  of the following is a pair of companies that must be assigned lots that are
    adjacent to each other?
    (A) Handicorp and Instantype
    (B) Handicorp and Messagex
    (C) Instantype and Kleentek
    (D) Kleentek and Nanoware
    (E) Messagex and Nanoware

5. If Kleentek is assigned lot 2 in block 800, which of the following can be true?
    (A) Handicorp is assigned a lot that is adjacent to the lot assigned to Instantype.
    (B) Messagex is assigned a lot that is adjacent to the lot assigned to Nanoware.
    (C) Instantype is assigned a lot on block 700.
    (D) Linostyle is assigned lot 1 on block 800.
    (E) Messagex is assigned lot 1 on block 700.

6. If Instantype and Handicorp are assigned lots 1 and 2, respectively, in block 700, which of the following must be true?
     (A) Kleentek is assigned lot 3 on block 700.
     (B) Linostyle is assigned lot 3 on block 700.
     (C) Messagex is assigned lot 1 on block 800.
     (D) Nanoware is assigned lot 3 on block 700.
     (E) Nanoware is assigned lot 1 on block 800.

7. If Linostyle and Kleentek are assigned lots that are on the same block as each other, which of the following must be true?
     (A) Handicorp is assigned lot 2 of one of the blocks.
     (B) Instantype is assigned lot 2 of one of the blocks.
     (C) Kleentek is assigned lot 1 of one of the blocks.
     (D) Linostyle is assigned lot 1 of one of the blocks.
     (E) Messagex is assigned lot 3 of one of the blocks.

8. Auditor from Acme Industries: Last week at Acme Bakery, about six percent of the pastries baked during the night shift
    were found to be imperfect, but no imperfect pastries were found among those baked during the day shift. Pastries
    are inspected during the same shift in which they are baked, so clearly the night-shift quality control inspectors were more
    alert, despite their nighttime work hours, than the dayshift quality control inspectors.
    The argument depends on the assumption that
    (A) at least some imperfect pastries were baked during the day shift at Acme Bakery last week
    (B) not all of the pastries that the night-shift quality control inspectors judged to be imperfect were in fact imperfect
    (C) the night-shift quality control inspectors received more training in quality control procedures than did the day-shift 
          quality control inspectors
    (D) in a normal week, fewer than six percent of the pastries baked during the night shift at Acme Bakery are found to be 
          imperfect
    (E) there are only two shifts per day at Acme Bakery, a day shift and a night shift

9. Spiders of many species change color to match the pigmentation of the flowers they sit on. The insects preyed on by those
    spiders, unlike human beings, possess color discrimination so acute that they can readily see the spiders despite the 
    seeming camouflage. Clearly, then, it must be in evading their own predators that the spiders' color changes are useful to
    them. Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
    (A) Among the animals that feed on colorchanging spiders are a few species of bat, which find their prey through sound
          echoes.
    (B) Certain animals that feed on color-changing spiders do so only sparingly in order to keep from ingesting harmful 
          amounts of spider venom.
    (C) Color-changing spiders possess color discrimination that is more acute than that of spiders that lack the ability to
          change color.
    (D) Color-changing spiders spin webs that are readily seen by the predators of those spiders.
    (E) The color discrimination of certain birds that feed on color-changing spiders is no more cute than that of human beings.

10. Which of the following most logically completes the argument below?
      Each year every employee of SAI Corporation must enroll in one of the two health insurance plans offered by SAI. One   
      plan requires a sizable monetary contribution from employees; the other plan is paid for entirely by SAI. Many SAI 
      employees enroll in the plan requiring employee contributions. This fact does not show that they feel that this plan's
      benefits are superior to those provided by the plan requiring no employee contribution since----.
     (A) the plan that requires an employee contribution costs and enrolled employee significantly less per year than do typical
           health insurance plans offered by corporations other than SAI
     (B) only SAI employees who have worked for SAI for at least fifteen years are eligible to enroll in the plan paid for
           entirely by SAI
     (C) the two health insurance plans currently offered by SAI are substantially the same plans SAI has offered for the past
           ten years
     (D) most of the SAI employees enrolled in the plan paid for entirely by SAI are under 50 years old
     (E) both plans offered by SAI provide benefits not only for employees of SAI but also for children and spouses of enrolled
           employees

Questions 11-17

Frank, Greg, Julia, Laura, Magda, and Nick will be the speakers at an all-day meeting of a local astronomy club. Each speaker will speak once, for one hour, with no other speakers in that hour. Three speakers will be scheduled to speak before lunch and three will be scheduled to speak after lunch. The following conditions must be observed in planning the schedule for the meeting:
Greg must speak before lunch.
There must be exactly one speaker scheduled to speak between Magda and Nick, whether or not Magda is earlier in the order of speakers than Nick, and whether or not lunch intervenes between Magda's and Nick's speeches.
Frank must speak either first or third.

11. Which of the following is an acceptable order of the speakers from first to last?
      1 2 3 4 5 6
     (A) Frank Greg Magda Nick Julia Laura
     (B) Frank Julia Greg Nick Magda Laura
     (C) Greg Julia Frank Nick Laura Magda
     (D) Julia Laura Frank Magda Greg Nick
     (E) Nick Julia Greg Frank Magda Laura

12. If Julia is the first speaker, which of the following must be the second speaker?
      (A) Frank
      (B) Greg
      (C) Laura
      (D) Magda
      (E) Nick

13. If Julia speaks fourth, the third speaker must be either
      (A) Frank or Greg
      (B) Frank or Magda
      (C) Greg or Laura
      (D) Laura or Nick
      (E) Magda or Nick

14. If Laura speaks in the morning and Magda is not the sixth speaker, which of the following must be the next speaker after
      Magda?
      (A) Frank
      (B) Greg
      (C) Julia
      (D) Laura
      (E) Nick

15. If lunch intervenes between Magda's and Nick's speeches, which of the following lists all the speakers who can be the 
      speaker scheduled between Magda and Nick?
     (A) Frank, Greg
     (B) Greg, Julia
     (C) Julia, Laura
     (D) Frank, Greg, Julia
     (E) Frank, Greg, Julia, Laura

16. If Julia is scheduled to speak at some time before Frank, in which of the following positions in the order of speakers can
      Nick be scheduled to speak?
      (A) First
      (B) Second
      (C) Third
      (D) Fourth
      (E) Fifth

17. If Laura is scheduled to be the next speaker after Julia, how many speakers in total must be scheduled to speak before
      Laura?
      (A) One
      (B) Two
      (C) Three
      (D) Four
      (E) Five

Questions 18-22

A kennel worker must both walk and groom each of three dogs — Lucky, Muffin, and Rover. The worker is scheduling these activities into exactly six time slots— slot 1 through slot 6. During each time slot, the worker will be scheduled to perform only one activity, either walking or grooming, with only one dog. The following conditions also apply to the schedule:
Neither Lucky nor Muffin can be walked until both of them have been groomed.
Rover must be walked at some time before being groomed.
The worker cannot perform the same activity, either walking or grooming, for more than two consecutive time slots.

18. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule for the first four time slots?
      Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4
      (A) Grooming Lucky Grooming Muffin Walking Lucky Grooming Rover
      (B) Grooming Lucky Walking Muffin Walking Lucky Grooming Muffin
      (C) Grooming Muffin Walking Rover Grooming Lucky Walking Rover
      (D) Grooming Muffin Walking Rover Grooming Lucky Walking Muffin
      (E) Walking Rover Grooming Muffin Groming Rover Grooming Lucky

19. The earliest time slot for which Muffin can be scheduled for walking is slot
     (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

20. If Rover is scheduled for walking in the time slot immediately before the time slot for which Muffin is scheduled for
      walking, then which of the following must be scheduled for slot 5?
     (A) Grooming Lucky
     (B) Grooming Rover
     (C) Walking Lucky
     (D) Walking Muffin
     (E) Walking Rover

21. If Lucky is scheduled for walking in the time slot immediately before the time slot for which Rover is scheduled for
      walking, then which of the following must be true?
      (A) Grooming is scheduled for slot 3.
      (B) Walking is scheduled for slot 2.
      (C) Walking is scheduled for slot 6.
      (D) Lucky is scheduled for grooming in slot 1.
      (E) Muffin is scheduled for walking in slot 4.

22. If Rover is scheduled for walking in slot 1, which of the following must be true?
     (A) Grooming is scheduled for slot 5.
     (B) Walking is scheduled for slot 2.
     (C) Walking is scheduled for slot 4.
     (D) Muffin is scheduled for grooming in slot 3.
     (E) Rover is scheduled for grooming in slot 6.

23. V-shaped walled structures in central Asia were used by prehistoric hunters who drove hoofed animals into an enclosure
     at the point of the V. The central Asians who built these structures probably learned this hunting technique from invaders
      from southwest Asia, because the arrival of invaders from a region in southwest Asia where similar structures had long
      been used coincides roughly with the building of the earliest of such structures in central Asia.
      Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?
      (A) Excavations in the central Asian region do not indicate whether invaders from southwest Asia settled permanently in
            central Asia.
      (B) The V-shaped structures in central Asia were roughly 70 meters long, whereas the similar structures in southwest Asia
            were usually over 300 meters long.
      (C) The walls of the structures in central Asia were made from earth, whereas the walls of the structures in southwest Asia
            were made of rock.
      (D) The earliest examples of V-shaped walled structures in central Asia were of an advanced design.
      (E) Some of the walled structures used for hunting in southwest Asia were built well after the earliest such structures were
            built in central Asia.

24. Which of the following most logically completes the argument? Virtually all respondents to a recent voter survey reported 
      allegiance to one of the two major political parties. But over a third of the voters from each party reported being so
      disenchanted with the governing philosophies  of both parties that they might join a third major party if one were formed. 
      Even if this  poll reflects general voter sentiment, however,there is no chance that a new party could attract a third of all
      voters, since----.
     (A) the current level of disenchantment with the governing philosophies of the two major parties is unprecedented
     (B) the disenchanted members of the two major parties are attracted to very different governing philosophies
     (C) most respondents overestimated the proportion of voters disenchanted with both parties, saving that the proportion
           was more than 50 percent
     (D) nearly half of all respondents reported that they would be more likely to cease voting altogether than to switch their
           party affiliation
     (E) any new party would be likely to inspire citizens who have not voted before to join and to become regular voters

25. When amphibians first appeared on Earth millions of years ago, the amount of ultraviolet radiation penetrating Earth's
      atmosphere was much greater than it is today. Therefore, current dramatic decreases in amphibian populations cannot be
      the result of recent increases in ultraviolet radiation penetrating Earth's atmosphere. Which of the following is an
      assumption on which the argument depends?
      (A) The eggs of modern amphibians are not significantly more vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation than the eggs of the first
            amphibians were.
      (B) Modern amphibians are not as likely as the first amphibians were to live in habitats that shield them from ultraviolet
            radiation.
      (C) Populations of modern amphibians are not able to adapt to changing levels of radiation as readily as populations of 
            early amphibians were.
      (D) The skin of amphibians is generally more sensitive to ultravio let radiation than the skin of other animals is.
      (E) The skin of amphibians is less sensitive to ultraviolet radiation than to other types of radiation.