Gre 2
Gre 2
Time  30 minutes 
30 Questions 
 
1.    2(8-7)            2(7-8) 
 
x + y = 2 
2.      x              y 
 
3.   
7
3
  + 
7
2
             1 
 
 
4.      x              5 
 
On  Elm  Street  there  are  6  houses  on  one  side  of  the 
street and 4 houses on the other. Each pair of houses on 
Elm Street is connected by exactly one telephone line. 
 
5. The total number of such        12 
    lines that connect houses   
    on opposite sides of Elm 
    Street 
 
 
6. The area of triangular    The area of triangular 
    region OPQ       region ORS 
 
7. (0.01)(0.07)(70)          0.49 
 
x < y < z 
8. 
3
z y x   + +
               z 
 
The three small rectangles have the same 
dimensions 
 
9.     
RS
PS
           
2
1
 
 
In a certain city, 20F was the average (arithmetic 
mean) of the low temperatures of xF, 25F, and 
 37F on three consecutive days. 
10.     x              0 
 
m= 4x + 4y, x = -y 
11.    
y x
m
+
2
            8 
 
 
 
ABCD is a rectangle with diagonals AC and DB. 
12      r + u + v          r + u + v + w 
 
n is a positive integer. 
13.    n
100
             100
n
 
 
f(t) = kt for all t, where k is a constant, and   
f(3) = 
2
1
 
14.     k              f(1) 
 
100x<y 
1,000x < 2y 
15.     1,100x            y 
 
 
 
 
16. Mr. Gifford wishes to put 372 eggs into cartons that 
can hold 12 eggs each. If he has 50 empty cartons 
and completely fills as many of them as possible 
with the 327 eggs, how many of the cartons will 
remain empty? 
(A) 12 
(B) 15 
(C) 19 
(D) 28 
(E) 31 
 
17. Which of the following numbers is greatest? 
(A) -0.225 
(B) -0.0225 
(C) -0.323 
(D) -0.0325 
(E) -0.3205 
 
18. If a certain automobile gets between 20 and 24 miles 
per gallon of gasoline, inclusive, what would be the 
maximum amount of gasoline, in gallons, this 
automobile would consume on a trip of 360 miles? 
(A)    20.0 
(B)    18.0 
(C)    16.4 
(D)    16.0 
(E)    15.0 
 
19. If y - x = 2 and y -z =3, which of the following best 
represents the relative positions of x, y, and z on the 
number line? (Note: The figures are drawn to scale.) 
(A)
   
(B) 
 
(C) 
 
(D) 
 
(E) 
 
 
20.Two beads are to be independently and randomly 
selected, one from each of two bags. If 
7
2
of the 
beads in one bag and 
7
3
of the beads in the other 
bag are yellow, what is the probability that both 
beads selected will be yellow? 
(A)
3
2
 
(B)
7
5
 
(C)
7
6
 
(D)
49
4
 
(E)
49
6
 
 
 
 
Questions 21-23 refer to the graph below. 
 
 
 
 
21. By what percent did the number of personal 
computers sold by Compaq increase from 1992 to 
1993? 
(A)    50%                                       
(B)    65%                                       
(C)    75% 
(D) 100% 
(E) 110% 
 
22. In 1992, Packard Bell accounted for what percent of 
the computers sold by the four companies listed? 
(A) 6% 
(B) 9%                               
(C) 10% 
(D) 12% 
(E) 14% 
 
23. If the ratio of the number of personal computers sold 
by IBM Compaq, and Tandy (not shown) in 1993 
was 6 to 4 to1, respectively, approximately how 
many personal computers were sold by Tandy in 
1993? 
(A) 350,000 
(B) 400,000 
(C) 450,000 
(D) 500,000 
(E) 550,000   
 
Questions 24-25 refer to the following table. 
 
24. For the categories given, which category accounts 
for approximately 
4
1
of the total number of 
graduates expected for each off the years shown? 
(A) High school diploma 
(B) Associate degree 
(C) Bachelor's degree 
(D) Master's degree 
(E) Doctoral degree 
 
25. The number of associate degrees expected to be 
granted in 2001 is most nearly what percent greater 
than the number of associate degrees expected to be 
granted in 1995? 
(A) 2% 
(B) 3% 
(C) 5% 
(D) 7% 
(E) 9% 
 
 
26. If the area of the shaded region of the square above 
is 20, what is the perimeter of the square? 
(A) 4 5    
(B) 8 5  
(C) 16 5  
(D) 80 
(E) 400 
 
 
 
 
 
27. If x = 
y
1
  and y = 
x  1
1
, them y = 
(A) 2 
(B) 
2
1
 
(C) -
2
1
 
(D) -1 
(E) -2 
 
28. If 720 is the product of the consecutive integers 
beginning with 2 and ending with n, what is the 
value of n-1? 
(A)    5 
(B)    6 
(C)    8 
(D)    11 
(E)    23 
 
29. When it was found that 150 more tickets for the 
school play were sold than the seating capacity of 
the auditorium. It was decided to have two 
performances. if the total number of tickets sold was 
equal to the total number who attended and if the 
auditorium was 
3
2
  full for each of the two 
performances, what is the seating capacity of the 
auditorium? 
(A)    100 
(B)    200 
(C)    225 
(D)    300 
(E)    450 
 
 
30. If n = pqr, where p, q, and r are three different 
positive prime numbers, how many different 
positive divisors does n have, including l and n? 
(A)    3 
(B)    5 
(C)    6 
(D)    7 
(E)    8 
SECTION 2 
Time 30 minutes 
38 Questions 
 
1. Though ---- to some degree, telling a small lie 
sometimes enables one to avoid ---- another's   
feelings. 
(A) necessary.. mollifying   
(B) regrettable.. harming   
(C) unfortunate.. exaggerating   
(D) attractive.. considering   
(E) difficult.. resisting   
 
2. Perhaps because scientists have been so intrigued by   
dogs' superior senses of smell and hearing, researchers 
have long ---- their eyesight, assuming that they   
inhabit a drab, black-and-white world, devoid of   
color.   
(A) studied   
(B) coveted   
(C) appreciated   
(D) resented   
(E) underestimated   
 
3. Despite a string of dismal earnings reports, the   
two-year-old strategy to return the company to   
profitability is beginning to ----. 
(A) falter   
(B) disappoint   
(C) compete   
(D) work   
(E) circulate   
 
4. The President reached a decision only after lengthy   
------, painstakingly weighing the ----opinions   
expressed by cabinet members.   
(A) deliberation.. divergent   
(B) confrontation.. unanimous   
(C) relegation.. consistent   
(D) speculation.. conciliatory   
(E) canvassing.. arbitrary   
 
5. Although just barely ---- as a writer of lucid prose,   
Jones was an extremely ---- editor who worked   
superbly with other writers in helping them improve   
the clarity of their writing.   
 
 
(A) deficient.. muddling   
(B) proficient.. contentious   
(C) adequate.. capable   
(D) appalling.. competent   
(E) engaging.. inept   
 
6. The accusations we bring against others should be 
---- ourselves; they should not ---- complacency   
and easy judgments on our part concerning our own   
moral conduct. 
(A) definitions of.. produce   
(B) instructions to.. equate   
(C) denigrations of.. exclude   
(D) warnings to.. justify   
(E) parodies of.. satirize   
 
7. Although the meanings of words may necessarily be   
liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicog- 
rapher is therefore unable to render spelling, in a   
great measure, ----. 
(A) arbitrary   
(B) superfluous   
(C) interesting   
(D) flexible   
(E) constant   
 
8. ELEGIAC: SORROW::   
(A) polemical: resolution   
(B) fictional: humor   
(C) devotional: reverence   
(D) didactic: inspiration   
(E) literary: emotion   
 
9. ROSTRUM: ORATOR:: 
(A) stage: audience   
(B) bench: judge   
(C) shelf: clerk   
(D) municipality: citizen   
(E) crosswalk: pedestrian   
 
10. MISUNDERSTOOD: CLARIFY 
(A) fanatical: espouse 
(B) popular: renounce   
(C) fantastic: shock 
(D) erroneous: retract   
(E) conspicuous: flaunt   
 
11. REFINERY: PETROLEUM:: 
(A) mill: grain 
(B) mine: ore   
(C) warehouse: merchandise   
(D) generator: electricity   
(E) forest: lumber   
 
12. TEDIOUS: ENERGY:: 
(A) avaricious: satisfaction   
(B) fractious: irritation   
(C) disturbing: composure 
(D) improbable: ambition   
(E) informed: intelligence   
 
13. GRACEFUL: MOVEMENT:: 
(A) euphonious: sound   
(B) forbidding: countenance   
(C) ephemeral: duration   
(D) melodramatic: emotion   
(E) vibrant: color   
 
14. BRAVURA: PERFORMANCE:: 
(A) extravagant: expenditure   
(B) elaborate: oration   
(C) foreseeable: outcome   
(D) thorough: analysis   
(E) resplendent: appearance 
 
15. BADGER: BOTHER:: 
(A) persecute: injure 
(B) haunt: remember   
(C) belabor: mention   
(D) quibble: argue   
(E) censure: evaluate   
 
16. CONGRUENT: DIMENSIONS:: 
(A) convenient: time   
(B) coordinate: axis   
(C) conglomerate: parts   
(D) coincident: chance   
(E) coeval: age   
 
      It is possible for students to obtain advanced degrees in   
English while knowing little or nothing about traditional   
scholarly methods. The consequences of this neglect of   
 
 
traditional scholarship are particularly unfortunate for the   
(5) study of women writers. If the canonthe list of authors   
whose works are most widely taughtis ever to include   
more women, scholars must be well trained in historical   
scholarship and textual editing. Scholars who do not know   
how to read early manuscripts, locate rare books, establish   
(10)a sequence of editions, and so on are bereft of crucial tools   
for revising the canon. 
      To address such concerns, an experimental version of   
the traditional scholarly methods course was designed to   
raise students' consciousness about the usefulness of   
(15)traditional learning for any modern critic or theorist. To   
minimize the artificial aspects of the conventional course,   
the usual procedure of assigning a large number of small   
problems drawn from the entire range of historical periods   
was abandoned, though this procedure has the obvious   
(20)advantage of at least superficially familiarizing students   
with a wide range of reference sources. Instead students   
were engaged in a collective effort to do original work on   
a neglected eighteenth-century writer, Elizabeth Griffith, to 
give them an authentic experience of literary scholarship   
(25)and to inspire them to take responsibility for the quality of   
their own work. 
      Griffith's work presented a number of advantages for   
this particular pedagogical purpose. First, the body of   
extant scholarship on Griffith was so tiny that it could all   
(30)be read in a day; thus students spent little time and effort   
mastering the literature and had a clear field for their own   
discoveries. Griffith's play The Platonic Wife exists in three   
versions, enough to provide illustrations of editorial issues   
but not too many for beginning students to manage. In addi- 
(35)tion, because Griffith was successful in the eighteenth cen- 
tury, as her continued productivity and favorable reviews   
demonstrate, her exclusion from the canon and virtual dis- 
appearance from literary history also helped raise issues   
concerning the current canon. 
(40)      The range of Griffith's work meant that each student   
could become the world's leading authority on a particular   
Griffith text. For example, a student studying Griffith's   
Wife in the Right obtained a first edition of the play and   
studied it for some weeks. This student was suitably   
(45)shocked and outraged to find its title transformed into A 
Wife in the Night in Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica. Such   
experiences, inevitable and common in working on a writer   
to whom so little attention has been paid, serve to vaccinate   
the student ---I hope for a lifetimeagainst credulous use   
of reference sources.   
 
17.The author of the passage is primarily concerned with   
(A) revealing a commonly ignored deficiency 
(B) proposing a return to traditional terminology   
(C) describing an attempt to correct a shortcoming   
(D) assessing the success of a new pedagogical   
approach   
(E) predicting a change in a traditional teaching   
strategy   
 
18.It can be inferred that the author of the passage expects 
that the experience of the student mentioned as having   
studied Wife in the Right would have which of the fol- 
lowing effects? 
(A) It would lead the student to disregard information   
found in the Bibliotheca Britannica. 
(B) It would teach the student to question the accuracy   
of certain kinds of information sources when   
studying neglected authors.   
(C) It would teach the student to avoid the use of refer- 
ence sources in studying neglected authors.   
(D) It would help the student to understand the impor- 
tance of first editions in establishing the author- 
ship of plays.   
(E) It would enhance the student's appreciation of the   
works of authors not included in the canon. 
 
19. The author of the passage suggests that which of the   
following is a disadvantage of the strategy employed in 
the experimental scholarly methods course? 
(A) Students were not given an opportunity to study   
women writers outside the canon. 
(B) Students' original work would not be appreciated   
by recognized scholars. 
(C) Little scholarly work has been done on the work   
of Elizabeth Griffith. 
(D) Most of the students in the course had had little   
opportunity to study eighteenth-century literature. 
(E) Students were not given an opportunity to encoun- 
ter certain sources of information that could   
          prove useful in their future studies.   
 
20. Which of the following best states the "particular   
pedagogical purpose" mentioned in line 28? 
(A) To assist scholars in revising the canon of authors   
 
 
(B) To minimize the trivial aspects of the traditional   
scholarly methods course 
(C) To provide students with information about   
Griffith's work 
(D) To encourage scholarly rigor in students' own   
research 
(E) To reestablish Griffith's reputation as an author   
 
21. Which of the following best describes the function of 
  the last paragraph in relation to the passage as a   
  whole? 
(A) It summarizes the benefits that students can derive   
from the experimental scholarly methods course.   
(B) It provides additional reasons why Griffith's work   
raises issues having to do with the canon of   
authors.   
(C) It provides an illustration of the immediate nature   
of the experiences students can derive from the   
experimental scholarly methods course.   
(D) It contrasts the experience of a student in the   
experimental scholarly methods course with the   
experience of a student in the traditional course   
(E) It provides information that emphasizes the suita- 
bility of Griffith's work for inclusion in the   
canon of authors.   
 
22. It can be inferred that which of the following is most   
likely to be among the "issues" mentioned in line 38? 
(A) Why has the work of Griffith, a woman writer   
who was popular in her own century, been   
excluded from the canon? 
(B) In what ways did Griffith's work reflect the polit- 
ical climate of the eighteenth century? 
(C) How was Griffith's work received by literary   
critics during the eighteenth century? 
(D) How did the error in the title of Griffith's play   
come to be made? 
(E) How did critical reception of Griffith's work   
affect the quantity and quality of that work? 
 
23. It can be inferred that the author of the passage con- 
siders traditional scholarly methods courses to be   
(A) irrelevant to the work of most students   
(B) inconsequential because of their narrow focus   
(C) unconcerned about the accuracy of reference   
sources   
(D) too superficial to establish important facts about   
authors 
(E) too wide-ranging to approximate genuine scholarly   
activity   
 
    Experiments show that insects can function as pollinators 
of cycads, rare, palmlike tropical plants. Furthermore, cycads   
removed from their native habitatsand therefore from   
insects native to those habitatsare usually infertile. Nev- 
(5) ertheless, anecdotal reports of wind pollination in cycads   
cannot be ignored. The structure of cycads male cones is   
quite consistent with the wind dispersal of pollen, clouds   
of which are released from some of the larger cones. The   
male cone of Cycas circinalis, for example, sheds almost   
(10)100 cubic centimeters of pollen, most of which is probably   
dispersed by wind. Still, many male cycad cones are com- 
paratively small and thus produce far less pollen. Further- 
more, the structure of most female cycad cones seems incon- 
sistent with direct pollination by wind. Only in the Cycas   
(15)genus are the females' ovules accessible to airborne pollen,   
since only in this genus are the ovules surrounded by a   
loose aggregation of megasporophylls rather than by a tight   
cone. 
 
24.According to the passage, the size of a male cycad   
cone directly influences which of the following? 
(A) The arrangement of the male cone's structural   
elements 
(B) The mechanism by which pollen is released from   
the male cone. 
(C) The degree to which the ovules of female cycads   
are accessible to airborne pollen 
(D) The male cone's attractiveness to potential insect   
pollinators 
(E) The amount of pollen produced by the male cone   
 
25. The passage suggests that which of the following is   
true of the structure of cycad cones? 
(A) The structure of cycad cones provides conclusive   
evidence in favor of one particular explanation   
of cycad pollination.   
(B) The structure of cycad cones provides evidence   
concerning what triggers the first step in the   
pollination process. 
(C) An irresolvable discrepancy exists between what   
the structure of most male cycad cones suggests 
 
 
about cycad pollination and what the structure of   
most female cones suggests about that process. 
(D) The structure of male cycad cones rules out a   
possible mechanism for cycad pollination that is   
suggested by the structure of most female cycad   
cones.   
(E) The structure of male cycad cones is consistent   
with a certain means of cycad pollination, but   
that means is inconsistent with the structure of   
most female cycad cones.   
 
26. The evidence in favor of insect pollination of cycads   
presented in lines 2-4 would be more convincing if   
which of the following were also true? 
(A) Only a small variety of cycad species can be   
successfully transplanted.   
(B) Cycads can sometimes be pollinated by means   
other than wind or insects.   
(C) Insects indigenous to regions to which cycads are   
transplanted sometimes feed on cycads.   
(D) Winds in the areas to which cycads are usually   
transplanted are similar to winds in cycads'   
native habitats.   
(E) The transplantation of cycads from one region to   
another usually involves the accidental removal   
and introduction of insects as well.   
 
27. The passage suggests that which of the following is   
true of scientific investigations of cycad pollination? 
(A) They have not yet produced any systematic evi- 
dence of wind pollination in cycads. 
(B) They have so far confirmed anecdotal reports con- 
cerning the wind pollination of cycads.   
(C) They have, until recently, produced little evidence   
in favor of insect pollination in cycads.   
(D) They have primarily been carried out using cycads   
transplanted from their native habitats.   
(E) They have usually concentrated on describing the   
physical characteristics of the cycad reproductive   
system.   
 
28. PROCRASTINATION: 
(A) diligence   
(B) complacence   
(C) reasonableness   
(D) allegiance   
(E) rehabilitation   
 
29. CIRCUITY 
(A) straightforwardness   
(B) inventiveness   
(C) authenticity   
(D) insightfulness   
(E) practicality   
 
30. CONCLUDE:   
(A) foster   
(B) frequent   
(C) emanate from   
(D) empower to   
(E) embark on   
 
31. RITE:   
(A) coherent interpretation   
(B) improvised act   
(C) deductive approach   
(D) casual observation   
(E) unnecessary addition   
 
32. BLATANT:   
(A) indecisive   
(B) perceptive   
(C) unobtrusive   
(D) involuntary   
(E) spontaneous   
 
33. PONTIFICATE:   
(A) request rudely   
(B) glance furtively 
(C) behave predictably   
(D) work efficiently   
(E) speak modestly   
 
34. POSIT:   
(A) deceive   
(B) begrudge   
(C) deny   
(D) consent   
(E) reinforce   
 
 
 
 
 
35. FETTER:   
(A) justify   
(B) comfort   
(C) intrude   
(D) liberate   
(E) optimize   
 
36. SYNERGIC:   
(A) natural in origin   
(B) fragile in structure   
(C) untainted   
(D) inessential   
(E) antagonistic 
 
37. DEPRIVATION:   
(A) sanity   
(B) awareness   
(C) surfeit   
(D) fecundity   
(E) health   
 
38. CORPOREAL:   
(A) unreliable   
(B) unscientific 
(C) indistinguishable   
(D) inanimate   
(E) immaterial   
SECTION 3 
Time 30 minutes 
25 Questions 
 
1. Armtech, a temporary-employment agency, previously 
gave its employees 2.5 paid vacation days after each   
700 hours worked. Armtech's new policy is to give   
its employees 5.0 paid vacation days after each 1,200   
hours worked. Therefore, this new policy is more   
generous to Armtech employees in giving them more   
vacation days per hour worked than the old policy did.   
 
Which of the following is an assumption on which   
the argument depends 
(A) Most current Armtech employees approve of the   
company's new vacation policy.   
(B) A few Armtech employees leave the company   
before having worked 700 hours. 
(C) Most Armtech employees were not aware that   
the company planned to change its vacation   
policy until after it had already done so.   
(D) A significant portion of Armtech employees stay   
with the company long enough to work for   
1,200 hours.   
(E) Armtech's new vacation policy closely matches   
the vacation policies of competing temporary   
employment agencies.   
 
2 The global population of frogs has declined in recent   
years while the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching   
the Earth has increased. Since the genetic material in   
frog eggs is harmed when exposed to ultraviolet radi- 
ation, and since the eggs themselves are not protected   
by shells or leathery coverings but are gelatinous, the   
frog population decline is probably due, at least in   
part, to the ultraviolet radiation increase.   
 
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest   
support for the argument 
(A) Even in those regions where there has been no   
significant increase in ultraviolet radiation, only   
a small proportion of the frog eggs that are laid   
ever hatch.   
(B) In areas where there has been the least decline   
in frog populations, populations of species of   
insects that frogs eat have decreased.   
 
 
(C) The eggs of frog species whose populations are   
declining tend to have higher concentrations of   
damaging pesticides than do the eggs of frog   
species whose populations have not declined.   
(D) In many places where turtles, which lay eggs   
with tough, leathery coverings, share habitats   
with frogs, turtle populations are also in decline.   
(E) Populations of frog species that hide their eggs   
beneath rocks or under sand have declined   
considerably less than have populations of frog   
species that do not cover their eggs.   
 
Questions 3-8 
 
A doctor is scheduling one appointment each with five   
patientsJ, K, L, M, and N. The five appointments will   
be consecutive and are numbered 1 through 5, from   
earliest to latest. The doctor must schedule at least four of 
the patients for appointments preferred by those patients   
and cannot schedule any patient for an appointment unac- 
ceptable to that patient. The following is a complete list   
of what the patients prefer and, if they do not receive   
their preferences, will accept 
 
J prefers an appointment earlier than appointment 3, but   
    will accept any appointment.   
K prefers appointment 2, but will accept any appoint- 
    ment except appointment 1.   
L prefers appointment 1, but will accept appointment 5.   
M prefers and will accept only an appointment later   
    than appointment 3.   
N prefers and will accept only appointment 3.   
 
3.Which of the following lists the patients in an order   
in which their scheduled appointments can occur,   
from appointment 1 through appointment 5   
(A) J, K, N, L, M   
(B) J, M, N, K, L   
(C) K, J, N, M, L   
(D) L, J, K, N, M   
(E) L, J, N, M, K 
 
4.If J is scheduled for appointment 2, which of the   
following can be true 
(A) K is scheduled for appointment 3.   
(B) K is scheduled for appointment 4.   
(C) L is scheduled for appointment 4.   
(D) L is scheduled for appointment 5.   
(E) M is scheduled for appointment 1.   
   
5.If L is scheduled for appointment 5, which of the   
following must be true   
(A) J is scheduled for appointment 1.   
(B) J is scheduled for appointment 2.   
(C) J is scheduled for appointment 4.   
(D) K is scheduled for appointment 4.   
(E) N is scheduled for appointment 5.   
   
6.Which of the following is a complete and accurate   
list of patients any one of whom can be the patient   
scheduled for appointment 2 
(A) K   
(B) J, K   
(C) J, M   
(D) J, K, L   
(E) K, L, M 
 
7.If M is scheduled for appointment 5, which of the   
following can be true of the scheduling 
(A) J's appointment is appointment 1.   
(B) N's appointment is appointment 1.   
(C) J's appointment is earlier than K's appointment.   
(D) K's appointment is earlier than L's appointment.   
(E) N's appointment is earlier than L's appointment.   
 
8.If K's appointment is scheduled for a time later than   
N's appointment, which of the following must be true 
(A) J is scheduled for appointment 4.   
(B) K is scheduled for appointment 5.   
(C) L is scheduled for appointment 1.   
(D) M is scheduled for appointment 4.   
(E) N is scheduled for appointment 2.   
 
 
 
Questions 9-10 are based on the following graph. 
 
In January of 1990 a certain country enacted a strict new law to deter people from drunken driving. The law imposes   
mandatory jail sentences for anyone convicted of drunken driving.   
 
9.Which of the following, if true about the years 1990   
through 1992, most helps to explain the data illus- 
trated in the graph 
(A) Most of the people arrested for and convicted of   
drunken driving were repeat offenders.   
(B) Many of the people arrested for and convicted of   
drunken driving participated in alcohol-education   
programs in order to reduce their jail sentences.   
(C) Juries in drunken driving cases became increas- 
ingly reluctant to convict people on whom   
mandatory jail sentences would be imposed.   
(D) Since the law was enacted, the number of deaths   
attributed to drunken driving has declined   
significantly.   
(E) The majority of the residents of the country   
supported the strict law to deter people from   
drunken driving.   
 
10.Which of the following, if true, strengthens the claim   
that the changes in the ratio of arrests to convictions   
since the beginning of 1990 are due to an increase in   
the number of people arrested for drunken driving   
who were not drunk 
(A) Before 1990 only people driving erratically were   
stopped by the police on suspicion of drunken   
driving, but since the beginning of 1990 police   
have been allowed to stop drivers randomly   
and to arrest any driver whom they suspect of   
having drunk any alcohol.   
(B) Since the beginning of 1990 new technology has   
enabled police who stop a driver to establish   
immediately whether the driver is drunk,   
whereas before 1990 police had to rely on   
observations of a driver's behavior to make a   
judgment about that driver's drunkenness.   
(C) After 1990 the number of police officers assigned   
to patrol for drunken drivers increased only   
very slightly compared to the number of police   
officers assigned to patrol for drunken drivers   
in the years 1985 through 1989.   
(D) In 1990 a greater number of drivers were igno- 
rant of the laws concerning drunken driving   
than were ignorant of the drunken driving laws   
in 1989.   
(E) After 1990 teenagers and young adults constituted   
a greater proportion of those arrested for drunken   
driving than in the years 1985 through 1989.   
 
11 To improve productivity, manufacturing companies   
have recently begun restructuring work to produce   
more goods with fewer assembly-line workers, and   
the companies have laid off many workers as a   
consequence. The workers laid off have been those   
with the least seniority(time on the job), generally   
the younger workers.   
 
The statements above, if true, most strongly support   
which of the following as a conclusion 
(A) The products manufactured by the companies are   
not undergoing design changes while the   
manufacturing jobs are being restructured.   
(B) When assembly-line workers have made sug- 
gestions for improvements in manufacturing   
processes, some suggestions have been   
Thousand
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implemented, but many have not.   
(C) Assembly-line workers now need increased   
reading and mathematical skills to do their   
jobs.   
(D) Some of the innovations in assembly-line   
processes and procedures that were made to   
increase productivity have instead proved to be   
counterproductive.   
(E) The manufacturing companies are increasing the   
average age of their assembly-line workforce   
while still seeking to increase production.   
 
12.During the nineteenth century, Britain's urban popu- 
lation increased as its rural population diminished. A   
historian theorizes that, rather than industrialization's   
being the cause, this change resulted from a series   
of migrations to urban areas, each occasioned by a   
depression in the agrarian economy. To test this hypoth- 
esis, the historian will compare economic data with   
population census data.   
 
The historian's hypothesis would be most strongly   
supported if which of the following were found to be   
true 
(A) The periods of greatest growth in the industrial   
economy were associated with a relatively   
rapid decline in the rural population.   
(B) The periods of greatest weakness in the agrarian   
economy were associated with relatively slow   
growth in the population as a whole.   
(C) Periods when the agrarian economy was compar- 
atively strong and the industrial economy com- 
paratively weak were associated with a particu- 
larly rapid decline in the rural population.   
(D) Periods when the agrarian and industrial econo- 
mies were both strong were associated with   
particularly rapid growth in the urban popula- 
tion.   
(E) The periods of greatest strength in the agrarian   
economy were associated with relatively slow   
growth in the urban population.   
   
Questions 13-16 
 
On each of the three consecutive days Monday through   
Wednesday, exactly two employees are to staff a com- 
pany's information booth. The three available employees 
Feng, Gmez, and Hullwill staff the booth in   
accordance with the following conditions 
 
Gmez and Hull must each staff the booth on at least   
    one of the days, but Feng must staff it on at least two   
    the days.   
The booth cannot be staffed by the same two employees   
    on any two consecutive days.   
If Hull staffs the booth on Monday, Gmez must be the   
    other employee staffing the booth on Monday.   
 
13.Which of the following can be the schedule of   
employees staffing the booth on the three days 
        Monday                  Tuesday              Wednesday 
(A) Feng,Gmez      Feng,Gmez    Feng,Hull   
(B) Feng,Gmez    Feng,Hul      Gmez,Hull   
(C) Feng,Hull    Feng,Gmez    Gmez,Hull   
(D) Gmez,Hull    Feng,Gmez    Gmez,Hull   
(E) Gmez,Hull    Feng,Hull      Feng,Hull 
 
14.If Gmez staffs the booth on Monday and Tuesday,   
which of the following must be true 
(A) Feng staffs the booth on Monday.   
(B) Feng staffs the booth on Tuesday.   
(C) Feng staffs the booth on Wednesday.   
(D) Hull staffs the booth on Monday.   
(E) Hull staffs the booth on Tuesday.   
   
15.If Hull staffs the booth on Monday and Wednesday,   
which of the following must be true 
(A) Feng and Gmez staff the booth on Tuesday.   
(B) Feng and Hull staff the booth on Monday.   
(C) Feng and Hull staff the booth on Tuesday.   
(D) Gmez and Hull staff the booth on Tuesday.   
(E) Gmez and Hull staff the booth on Wednesday.   
 
16.If Hull staffs the booth on only one of the days,   
which of the following can be true 
(A) Feng and Hull staff the booth on Monday.   
(B) Feng and Hull staff the booth on Wednesday.   
(C) Gmez and Hull staff the booth on Monday.   
(D) Gmez and Hull staff the booth on Tuesday.   
(E) Gmez and Hull staff the booth on Wednesday. 
 
 
 
 
Questions 17-22 
 
A science teacher is selecting projects for each of two   
classes from a group of exactly seven projectsR, S,   
T, V, X, Y, and Z. The teacher will assign projects to   
Class 1 and Class 2 according to the following   
conditions 
Each project must be assigned to exactly one class.   
Four of the projects must be assigned to Class 1 and   
    three to Class 2.   
R must be assigned to Class 2.   
The class to which V is assigned cannot be the same   
    class as the one to which Y is assigned.   
If V is assigned to Class 1, X must be assigned   
    to Class 1.   
If Z is assigned to Class 2, Y must be assigned to   
    Class 1.   
 
17.Which of the following could be the projects assigned   
to the two classes   
      Class 1            Class 2 
(A) R, V, X, Y        S, T, Z   
(B) S, T, V, Z          R, X, Y   
(C) S, T, X, Y        R, V, Z   
(D) S, T, X, Z        R, V, Y   
(E) S, V, X, Y        R, T, Z   
 
18.If X is assigned to Class 2, which of the following   
must be true 
(A) R is assigned to Class 1.   
(B) S is assigned to Class 2.   
(C) T is assigned to Class 2.   
(D) Y is assigned to Class 1.   
(E) Z is assigned to Class 2.   
 
19.If Z is assigned to Class 2, which of the following   
must be true 
(A) S is assigned to Class 2.   
(B) T is assigned to Class 2.   
(C) V is assigned to Class 1.   
(D) X is assigned to Class 1.   
(E) Y is assigned to Class 2.   
 
20.If Y is assigned to Class 2, any of the following   
could be assigned together to one of the classes   
EXCEPT 
(A) R and T   
(B) S and T 
(C) S and Y   
(D) T and Z 
(E) X and Z   
 
21.If T is assigned to the same class as V, which of the   
following must be assigned to the same class as each   
other 
(A) R and T   
(B) S and X   
(C) S and Y   
(D) X and Y 
(E) Y and Z   
 
22.If V is assigned to a different class from Z, which of   
the following must be true 
(A) S is assigned to Class 1.   
(B) S is assigned to Class 2.   
(C) T is assigned to Class 2.   
(D) V is assigned to Class 2.   
(E) X is assigned to Class 1.   
 
23 PoliticianEach year, small businesses create more   
jobs than do large established businesses.   
Therefore, in order to reduce unemploy- 
ment in the long term, we should provide   
incentives for starting small businesses   
rather than for expanding established large   
businesses.   
 
Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt   
on the politician's argument 
(A) In general, people employed by small businesses   
report higher job satisfaction than do people   
employed by large businesses.   
(B) Among the currently unemployed are many   
people with sufficient job skills to perform the   
jobs that small businesses would create.   
(C) Providing an effective incentive for starting a   
business generally costs significantly less than   
providing an effective incentive for expanding   
a large business.   
(D) A high proportion of small businesses fail within   
three years of starting because of their owners'   
inexperience.   
 
 
(E) The average large business contributes more   
money to politicians campaign funds than the   
average small business does.   
 
24 In the workplace, influenza is typically spread by   
infected individuals to others with whom they work   
in close quarters. A new medication that suppresses   
the symptoms of influenza therefore will actually   
increase the number of influenza cases, because this   
medication will allow people who would otherwise be   
home in bed to return to work while infected.   
 
Which of the following, if true, most seriously chal- 
lenges the prediction 
(A) Coughing, a symptom of influenza that the new   
medication suppresses, is a primary mechanism   
in the spread of this illness.   
(B) Some medications that are used to suppress   
symptoms of influenza are also used by many   
people to treat symptoms that are caused not   
by influenza but by other illnesses.   
(C) Many workers who now remain at home when   
infected with influenza do so because the   
symptoms of influenza prevent them from per- 
forming their jobs effectively.   
(D) Most adults who are immunized against influ- 
enza in order to avoid being infected are over   
65 years old and retired and thus do not work   
outside the home.   
(E) Symptoms of an illness are often the body's   
means of curing itself of the illness, and there- 
fore suppression of symptoms can prolong the   
illness that causes them.   
 
25 Editorial   
Critics of nuclear power complain about the allegedly   
serious harm that might result from continued operation   
of existing nuclear power plants. But such concerns do   
not justify closing these plantsafter all, their operation   
has caused no more harm than that caused by pollution   
generated by coal-and oil-burning power plants, the   
most important other sources of energy.   
 
Which of the following is an assumption on which the   
argument depends 
(A) Existing nuclear power plants should be closed only 
if it can be conclusively demonstrated that their   
continued operation is likely to cause harm more   
serious than the harm their operation has already   
caused.   
(B) Closing existing nuclear power plants would require   
greatly increased reliance on coal-and oil-burning   
power plants.   
(C) The harm that has resulted from operation of   
existing coal-and oil-burning power plants has   
been significant.   
(D) The harm that a nuclear power plant is likely to   
cause as it continues to operate can be reliably   
predicted from the past history of nuclear power   
plants.   
(E) The only harm that has resulted from operation of   
existing coal-and oil-burning power plants has   
resulted from the pollution generated by these   
plants.   
   
 
 
SECTION 4 
Time 30 minutes 
25 Questions 
 
Questions 1-7 
 
A museum will display seven statuesP, Q, R, S, T, U,   
and Win two of its galleries, gallery 1 and gallery 2.   
Exactly four of the statues will be displayed in gallery 1   
and exactly three of the statues will be displayed in   
gallery 2. The statues will be displayed according to the   
following conditions: 
 
  U cannot be displayed in a gallery with W   
  Neither S nor T can be displayed in a gallery with R.   
 
1.If U is displayed in gallery 2, which of the following   
must be true? 
(A) P is displayed in gallery 1.   
(B) R is displayed in gallery 2.   
(C) S is displayed in gallery 1.   
(D) T is displayed in gallery 2.   
(E) W is displayed in gallery 1. 
 
2.If S is displayed in gallery 2, the other two statues   
displayed in gallery 2 can be   
(A) P and Q 
(B) P and T 
(C) Q and T   
(D) T and W 
(E) U and W   
 
3.If P is displayed in gallery 1 and W is displayed in   
gallery 2, then the display in gallery 1 can include   
any of the following pairs of statues EXCEPT 
(A) Q and R   
(B) Q and T   
(C) Q and U 
(D) R and U   
(E) S and T   
 
4.If P and Q are displayed in gallery 1, which of the   
following is a statue that must also be displayed in   
gallery 1?   
(A) R   
(B) S   
(C) T   
(D) U   
(E) W 
 
5.If S is displayed in gallery 1, which of the following   
must be true? 
(A) P is displayed in gallery 1.   
(B) Q is displayed in gallery 1.   
(C) R and U are displayed in the same gallery as   
each other.   
(D) P and Q are not displayed in the same gallery as   
each other.   
(E) Q and R are not displayed in the same gallery as   
each other.   
 
6.If T is displayed in gallery 2, which of the following   
is a pair of statues that CANNOT be displayed in the   
same gallery as each other? 
(A) P and S   
(B) Q and R   
(C) Q and W   
(D) R and U   
(E) T and W   
 
7.If Q is displayed in the same gallery as S. Which of   
the following must be true? 
(A) P is displayed in gallery 1. 
(B) R is displayed in gallery 2. 
(C) Q and S are displayed in gallery 2. 
(D) P is displayed in the same gallery as W. 
(E) R is displayed in the same gallery as U. 
 
8 Drug manufacturer: Although our company requires   
that patients who use our new drug also pur- 
chase from us nonreusable kits for weekly   
blood testing, the expense of those kits is an   
entirely necessary one: weekly blood testing   
must be done to monitor the drug's potential   
side effects, which can be very dangerous.   
 
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weak- 
ens the manufacturer's argument? 
(A) The expense of purchasing the blood-test kits   
has not prevented any patients from obtaining   
them or the drug. 
(B) Medical laboratories can perform the blood test- 
 
 
ing at a lower cost to patients or their insurers   
than the price the manufacturer charges for the   
kits.   
(C) A one-year supply of the drug and the weekly   
blood-test kits can cost patients or their   
insurers over $10,000. 
(D) Most government and other health insurance   
programs will not reimburse patients for the   
full cost of both the drug and the blood-test   
kits. 
(E) Patients who suffer one or more of the danger- 
ous side effects of the drug can incur heavy   
expenses for the treatment of those side effects.   
 
9 Virginia and her brother William disagree over when   
their father was born: Virginia claims it was in 1935   
and William claims it was in 1933. The hospital   
where their father was born has no records for 1933   
but has complete records for 1935records that do   
not include a birth record for their father. Therefore, 
he must have been born in 1933. 
 
The argument depends on which of the following   
assumptions? 
(A) Either Virginia's claim or William's claim is   
correct.   
(B) The records of the hospital where their father   
was born date back to 1933.   
(C) Virginia and William know the day and the   
month of their father's birth.   
(D) There are urgent practical reasons why Virginia   
and William must know the date of their   
father's birth.   
(E) None of their other relatives knows the year in   
which Virginia and William's father was born.   
 
10. RESULTS OF TWO SURVEYS OF OPINIONS     
REGARDINGTHE EFFECTS OF SCIENCE OF     
HUMAN SOCIETY 
 
Responses      August 1991    August 1992   
 
Mostly beneficial      25%  81% 
 
Equally harmful    37%           9% 
  and beneficial   
 
Mostly harmful      20%       7% 
 
No opinion                18%        3% 
 
Which of the following, if true, contributes most to 
explaining the shift in opinions about the effects of science 
on human society?   
(A) The surveys questioned people who regularly watch 
prime-time television, and an innovative weekly 
prime-time television series called "Wonders of 
Science"had been steadily winning viewers since its 
widely seen premiere in January 1992.   
(B) The surveys questioned college-educated adults, and a 
report called "The State of the Nation's Schools," 
published in June 1992, noted an increase in students 
interest in science courses since 1982. 
(C) The surveys were conducted in a suburban shopping 
area near a company that ceased operation in April 
1992 as a result of lawsuits arising from unexpected 
toxic effects of the company's products.   
(D) Both survey forms were mailed to equally large 
samples of the population; after returning the 1991 
survey forms, respondents were sent discount 
coupons for food products, and after returning the 
1992 survey forms, respondents were sent a pamphlet 
on recycling.   
(E) The surveys questioned first-year college students 
across the country, and the people who did the 
questioning were all research scientists. 
 
Questions 11-17 
A science reporter will make a trip to visit exactly six   
archaeological sitesQuin, Ram, Sud, Tunin, Vara, and   
Xilat. The reporter must visit the sites one at a time in   
accordance with the following conditions:   
 
The reporter visits each site exactly once.   
The reporter's trip begins at Quin or else at Xilat.   
The reporter's trip ends at Vara or else at Xilat. 
The reporter visits Vara immediately after visiting Sud. 
The reporter visits Sud at some time after visiting Ram. 
 
11.Which of the following is a list of the sites in an   
order in which the reporter can visit them, from the   
first site visited to the last site visited? 
 
 
(A) Quin, Ram, Sud, Vara, Xilat, Tunin   
(B) Quin, Sud, Vara, Tunin, Ram, Xilat   
(C) Ram, Sud, Vara, Tunin, Quin, Xilat 
(D) Xilat, Ram, Sud, Tunin, Quin, Vara   
(E) Xilat, Tunin, Ram, Quin, Sud, Vara   
 
12.If Sud is visited immediately after Quin is visited,   
which of the following can be the second site visited?   
(A) Quin   
(B) Sud   
(C) Tunin   
(D) Vara   
(E) Xilat   
 
13.If Tunin is visited as late in the trip as possible,   
which of the following must be the third site visited? 
(A) Quin   
(B) Ram   
(C) Sud   
(D) Vara   
(E) Xilat   
 
14.If Tunin is visited before Xilat is visited and if   
exactly one site is visited between the visit to Tunin   
and the visit to Xilat, which of the following must be   
true?   
(A) Quin is visited second.   
(B) Ram is visited third.   
(C) Sud is visited fourth. 
(D) Vara is visited fifth.   
(E) Xilat is visited sixth. 
 
15.If Xilat is visited immediately after Ram is visited.   
Which of the following must be true? 
(A) Quin is visited at some time after Tunin is   
visited.   
(B) Ram is visited at some time after Quin is visited.   
(C) Tunin is visited at some time after Ram is   
visited.   
(D) Tunin is visited at some time after Sud is   
visited.   
(E) Xilat is visited at some time after Sud is visited.   
 
16.If Ram is the fourth site visited, which of the follow- 
ing must be true? 
(A) Quin is the first site visited.   
(B) Tunin is the second site visited. 
(C) Tunin is the third site visited.   
(D) Vara is the sixth site visited.   
(E) Xilat is the sixth site visited.   
 
17.Which of the following can be true? 
(A) Quin is the fifth site visited   
(B) Ram is the fifth site visited.   
(C) Sud is the second site visited. 
(D) Xilat is the second site visited.   
(E) Xilat is the fifth site visited.   
 
Questions 18-22 
Eight representativesGold, Herrera, Jones, Karami,   
Lowell, Nakamura, Orson, and Porterwill be scheduled   
to present information at four project meetings: W, X, Y   
and Z. Each representative will be scheduled for exactly   
one meeting, and at least one representative will be   
scheduled for each meeting. The meetings will be held   
one at a time, one after another. The order of the meet- 
ings and the schedule of representatives for the meetings   
must meet the following conditions: 
 
  Meeting W is held first, and exactly three representa- 
      tives are scheduled for it. 
  Meeting X is held at some time before meeting Y. 
  Gold and Herrera are both scheduled for meeting X. 
  Karami is scheduled for meeting Z. 
  Orson is scheduled for the same meeting as Porter.   
 
18.If the meetings are scheduled in the order W, X, Y,   
Z, which of the following can be the schedule of   
representatives for the meetings? 
      W        X          Y              Z 
(A) Gold    lowell        Orson          Karami   
      Herrera      Nakamura    Porter           
      Jones 
(B) Jones    Gold      Orson          Karami   
      Lowell    Herrera      Porter          Nakamura   
(C) Jones    Gold      Nakamura    Orson   
      Loweil    Herrera        Porter          Karami   
(D) Jones    Gold      Orson          Karami   
      Lowell    Herrera      Porter          Nakamura   
(E) Jones    Gold      Orson          Karami   
      Lowell    Herrera        Porter          Nakamura   
 
 
 
19.If Orson is scheduled for meeting Y, which of the   
following can be true? 
(A) Gold is scheduled for the same meeting as   
Jones.   
(B) Herrera is scheduled for the same meeting as   
Lowell. 
(C) Jones is scheduled for the second meeting. 
(D) Karami is scheduled for the third meeting.   
(E) Lowell is scheduled for the fourth meeting. 
 
20.If Gold and Jones are both scheduled for the third   
meeting, which of the following must be true? 
(A) Herrera is scheduled for the first meeting.   
(B) Lowell is scheduled for the first meeting.   
(C) Porter is scheduled for the first meeting.   
(D) Karami is scheduled for the same meeting as   
Nakamura. 
(E) Lowell is scheduled for the same meeting as   
Nakamura. 
 
21.If Nakamura is scheduled for the third meeting and   
Karami is scheduled for the fourth meeting, which of   
the following must be true?   
(A) Herrera is scheduled for the second meeting.   
(B) Jones is scheduled for the second meeting.   
(C) Lowell is scheduled for meeting Y.   
(D) Nakamura is scheduled for meeting Z.   
(E) Porter is scheduled for meeting Y. 
 
22.If no other representative is scheduled for the meeting   
for which Jones is scheduled, any of the following   
can be true EXCEPT: 
(A) Jones is scheduled for the third meeting.   
(B) Lowell is scheduled for the second meeting.   
(C) Nakamura is schedule for the fourth meeting.   
(D) Lowell is scheduled for meeting Z.   
(E) Nakamura is scheduled for meeting Y.   
 
23 The town of San Leonardo has recently enacted a law   
banning smoking in all restaurants within town limits.   
Since many smokers who normally dine in San   
Leonardo's restaurants will not want to refrain from   
smoking during their meals, San Leonardo's restau- 
rants will undoubtedly lose many patrons and con- 
siderable income. 
 
Which of the following, if true, most helps to   
strengthen the argument above? 
(A) Most residents of San Leonardo who eat in res- 
taurants are not smokers.   
(B) Most smokers who dine in the company of non- 
smokers are willing to refrain from smoking   
during their meals.   
(C) If the law banning smoking in restaurants had   
not been enacted, it is likely that a more   
stringent law banning smoking in all public   
places in San Leonardo would have been   
enacted instead. 
(D) Prior to the enactment of the law banning   
smoking in San Leonardo's restaurant, the   
town had a law that required most restaurants   
to have nonsmoking sections. 
(E) None of the other communities adjacent to San   
Leonardo, which have restaurants comparable   
to those of San Leonardo, has enacted and   
enforces any antismoking legislation. 
 
24. Children whose biological parents both have Tic   
Syndrome Z (TSZ), which is characterized by the   
involuntary contraction of certain muscles, are about   
four times more likely to develop such contractions   
than are children whose biological parents do not   
have TSZ, It is likely, therefore, that predisposition   
to TSZ is an inherited trait. 
 
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen   
the conclusion above? 
(A) Children whose parents have TSZ are more   
likely to develop TSZ if they are under unusual   
stress at school or at home than if they are not   
under such stress. 
(B) Children whose biological parents do not have   
TSZ are more likely to develop TSZ if they are   
raised by adoptive parents with TSZ than if   
they are raised by their biological parents.   
(C) Children whose biological parents have TSZ are   
as likely to develop TSZ if they are raised by   
adoptive parents who do not have TSZ as if   
they are raised by their biological parents.   
(D) Children whose biological parents have TSZ and   
who develop TSZ usually avoid developing a   
severe form of the syndrome if they seek   
 
 
treatment for TSZ shortly after developing the   
first signs of it.   
(E) Children with TSZ whose biological parents do   
not have TSZ are less likely to have the syn- 
drome diagnosed when symptoms first appear   
than are children with TSZ whose biological   
            parents have TSZ. 
 
25.Playing eighteenth-century music on the instruments of   
that period provides valuable information about how the   
music originally sounded. Eighteenth-century instruments   
cannot be played without being restored, however, and   
restoring such an instrument destroys all of the information   
that researchers could obtain from it about eighteenth- 
century instrument-making techniques. 
 
If the statements above are true, which of the following   
must be true on the basis of them? 
(A) Eighteenth-century instruments cannot be used to   
provide information about the original techniques   
used in playing such instruments if they have   
been restored.   
(B) Eighteenth-century instruments that have been   
restored can provide information only about how   
eighteenth-century music originally sounded   
(C) Eighteenth-century instruments are the only source   
of information about the instrument-making tech- 
niques of that period.   
(D) An eighteenth-century instrument that has not been   
restored can provide more information than can   
one that has been restored.   
(E) An eighteenth-century instrument cannot serve as a   
source of new information about eighteenth-century 
instrument-making techniques once it can be played 
 
SECTION 5 
Time 30 minutes 
30 Questions 
To the nearest hundredth,  t = 3.14 and  10 = 3.16 
1.    t
2
          10 
 
A marble is to be drawn at random from a bag that 
contains 2 yellow marbles, 4 blue marbles, 6 green 
marbles, and no other marbles. 
2. The probability that the     The probability that the 
    marble drawn will be    marble drawn will be 
    green            yellow or blue 
 
3.   
3
1
250
           
2
1
250
 
 
x + y + n = 15 
x + y + k = 9 
4.    n  k             6 
 
In the rectangular coordinate system, line k passes 
through the points (0,0) and (4,8); line m passes through 
the points (0,1) and (4,9). 
5. The slope of line k      The slope of line m 
 
    The vertices of an equilateral triangle are on a circle. 
6. The length of a side      The diameter of 
    of the triangle        the circle 
7.   
11
1
              0.09 
 
XQY and ZYR are equilateral triangles, and the ratio of ZR 
to PR is 1 to 4. 
8. The perimeter of  XQY        The perimeter   
              of parallelogram PXYZ 
 
 
9.      x + y           2(x + y) 
 
In a certain store, computer X costs 30 percent more 
than computer Y, and computer Y costs 30 percent 
more than computer Z. 
10. The cost of computer X       The cost of computer Y 
  minus the cost of    minus the cost of 
  computer Y.      computer Z. 
 
        x
2
y < 0 
11.      xy            0 
 
 
12.      y              4x 
 
m is a positive integer less than 4. 
 
13.    (m + 2)
m
            m
2 + m
 
 
1
1
x
x
  = 
x
1
 
x= 1 
14.      x              -
2
1
 
 
The median of 10, 15, x, and y is 18.5, and x<y. 
15.      x              22 
 
16. The cost, is dollars, for and appliance repair at a certain 
company is 1.2p + 20h, where p is the wholesale price of 
the parts, in dollars, and h is the number of hours it takes 
to repair the appliance. What is the cost of repairing an 
appliance if the wholesale price of the parts is $15 and it 
takes 2 hours to repair it? 
(A) $12 
(B) $18 
(C) $20 
(D) $40 
(E) $58 
 
17. For what value of x will 8 + (x -3)
2
  have the least 
value? 
(A) 3 
(B) 0 
(C) 3 
(D) 5 
(E) 8 
 
18. How many integers from 3 to 30, inclusive, are odd? 
(A) 13 
(B) 14 
(C) 15 
(D) 16 
(E) 17 
 
 
 
19. In the figure above, ABCE is a square. What are the 
coordinates of point B? 
(A) (-4,2) 
(B) (-2,4) 
(C) (-2,6) 
(D) (4, -6) 
(E) (6,-2) 
 
20. 3.7(10
7
) = 
(A) 370,000 
(B) 3,700,000 
(C) 37,000,000 
(D) 370,000,000 
(E) 3,700,000,000 
 
 
 
Questions 21-25 refer to the following graph. 
 
 
21. For how many of the years shown after 1950 was there a 
decrease from the previous year in the number of 
registered cars? 
(A) Nine 
(B) Eight 
(C) Seven 
(D) Six 
(E) Five 
 
22. The ratio of the population per registered car in 1985 to 
that in 1975 was most nearly 
(A) 0.55 
(B) 0.65 
(C) 0.75 
(D) 0.85 
(E) 0.95 
 
23. From 1972 to 1985, the percent increase in the number 
of registered cars was most nearly 
(A) 60% 
(B) 50% 
(C) 45% 
(D) 35% 
(E) 15% 
 
24. From 1950 to 1985, the population of Country X 
increased by approximately how many million people? 
(A) 45 
(B) 80 
(C) 165 
(D) 200 
(E) It cannot be determined from the information given. 
 
25. If the number of registered cars were to increase yearly 
through the year 2000 at the same average annual rate 
shown for the period 1981-1985, for which of the 
following years would the number of registered cars be 
closest to 76 million? 
(A) 1995 
(B) 1996 
(C) 1997 
(D) 1998 
(E) 1999 
 
26. A rectangular field is 400 feet long and 300 feet wide. If 
a square field has, the same perimeter as the rectangular 
field, what is the length, in feet, of each side of the square 
field? 
(A) 175 
(B) 350 
(C)  2 200  
(D)  2 350  
(E)  3 100  
 
 
 
27. The expressions in the table above give the distance of 
each of two trains from Centerville at t hours after 12:00 
noon. At what time will the trains be equidistant from 
Centerville? 
 
 
 
(A) 1:30 p.m. 
(B) 3:30 p.m. 
(C) 5:10 p.m. 
(D) 8:50 p.m. 
(E) 11:30 p.m. 
 
28. In 1982, if the 1.8 billion dollars collected as child 
support payments was only 10 percent of the total 
court-ordered payments due, approximately how many 
billion dollars of court-ordered payments for child 
support were not collected? 
(A) 1.6 
(B) 14.4 
(C) 16.2 
(D) 17.2 
(E) 18.0 
 
 
 
29. If each shaded circular region in the figure above has 
radius 5, then the total area of the shaded regions is what 
fraction of the area of the square region? 
(A) 
12
t
 
(B) 
36
t
 
(C) 
60
t
 
(D) 
6
1
 
(E) 
3
1
 
30. If 
x 4
1
+
y
1
=
3
1
\
|
x
1
+
  |
|
.
|
y
1
, what is the ratio of x to y? 
(A) 3 to 4 
(B) 2 to 3 
(C) 1 to 2 
(D) 1 to 8 
(E) 1 to 9s 
SECTION 6 
Time 30 minutes 
38 Questions 
 
1. Some activists believe that because the health-care   
system has become increasingly---- to those it   
serves, individuals must ---- bureaucratic impedi- 
ments in order to develop and promote new therapies.   
(A) attuned.. avoid   
(B) inimical.. utilize   
(C) unresponsive ..circumvent   
(D) indifferent.. supplement   
(E) sensitized.. forsake   
 
2. The acts of vandalism that these pranksters had   
actually ---- were insignificant compared with those   
they had ---- but had not attempted.   
(A) hidden .. renounced   
(B) advocated .. meditated   
(C) inflicted .. dismissed   
(D) committed .. effected   
(E) perpetrated .. contemplated   
 
3. Though one cannot say that Michelangelo was an   
impractical designer, he was, of all nonprofessional   
architects known, the most ---- in that he was the   
least constrained by tradition or precedent.   
(A) pragmatic   
(B) adventurous 
(C) empirical   
(D) skilled   
(E) learned   
 
4. Before adapting to changes in values, many prefer to   
----, to ---- the universally agreed-on principles   
that have been upheld for centuries.   
(A) innovate .. protect   
(B) resist ..defend   
(C) ponder .. subvert   
(D) vacillate ..publicize   
(E) revert .. ignore   
 
5. Although the records of colonial New England are   
---- in comparison with those available in France   
or England, the records of other English colonies in   
America are even more ----.   
 
 
(A) sporadic.. irrefutable   
(B) sparse.. incontrovertible   
(C) ambiguous.. authoritative   
(D) sketchy.. fragmentary   
(E) puzzling .. unquestionable   
 
6. High software prices are frequently said to -------   
widespread illegal copying, although the opposite 
--- that high prices are the cause of the copying -- is   
equally plausible. 
(A) contribute to   
(B) result from   
(C) correlate with   
(D) explain   
(E) precede   
 
7. Because early United States writers thought that the   
mark of great literature was grandiosity and elegance   
not to be found in common speech, they ---- the   
vernacular.   
(A) dissected   
(B) avoided   
(C) misunderstood   
(D) investigated   
(E) exploited   
 
8. OBSTRUCT: PROGRESS:: 
(A) reveal: information   
(B) polish: illumination   
(C) implicate: guilt   
(D) inspire: artistry   
(E) stunt: growth   
 
9. INTERVIEW: APPLICANT:: 
(A) recital: pianist   
(B) exercise: athlete   
(C) audition: actor   
(D) manuscript: writer   
(E) flight plan: pilot   
 
10. COMBUSTIBLE: IGNITE:: 
(A) impermeable: saturate   
(B) impenetrable: pierce   
(C) malleable: shape   
(D) rigid: stretch 
(E) sterile: extract   
 
11. SLACKEN: TENSION:: 
(A) rarefy: expansion   
(B) blunt: sharpness   
(C) obscure: cloudiness   
(D) quicken: animation   
(E) oscillate: rotation   
 
12. BIGOT: TOLERANCE:: 
(A) scoundrel: misdeed 
(B) liar: honesty   
(C) brat: annoyance   
(D) outcast: respect   
(E) snitch: information   
 
13. IMPROVEMENTS: MASTERY:: 
(A) efforts: exertion   
(B) savings: wealth   
(C) performance: talent   
(D) practice: intention   
(E) diversification: proficiency   
 
14. DILETTANTE: SUPERFICIALITY:: 
(A) partisan: bias   
(B) crusader: passivity   
(C) libertarian: authority   
(D) champion: restlessness   
(E) sage: argumentativeness   
 
15. WINNOW: CHAFF::   
(A) ferment: alcohol 
(B) skim: cream   
(C) pare: fruit   
(D) refine: oil 
(E) filter: impurities   
 
16. STANZA: LINE:: 
(A) essay: theme   
(B) scene: monologue   
(C) play: vignette   
(D) volume: issue   
(E) concert: program   
 
 
 
 
 
 
(This passage is adapted from an article published in 1981.) 
 
      The term "remote sensing" refers to the techniques of   
measurement and interpretation of phenomena from a dis- 
tance. Prior to the mid-1960's the interpretation of film   
images was the primary means for remote sensing of the   
(5) Earth's geologic features. With the development of the   
optomechanical scanner, scientists began to construct digital   
multispectral images using data beyond the sensitivity range   
of visible light photography. These images are constructed   
by mechanically aligning pictorial representations of such   
(10)phenomena as the reflection of light waves outside the vis- 
ible spectrum, the refraction of radio waves, and the daily   
changes in temperature in areas on the Earth's surface.   
Digital multispectral imaging has now become the basic   
tool in geologic remote sensing from satellites.   
(15) The advantage of digital over photographic imaging is   
evident: the resulting numerical data are precisely known,   
and digital data are not subject to the vagaries of difficult- 
to-control chemical processing. With digital processing, it is   
possible to combine a large number of spectral images. The   
(20)acquisition of the first multispectral digital data set from   
the multispectral scanner (MSS) aboard the satellite   
Landsat in 1972 consequently attracted the attention of the   
entire geologic community. Landsat MSS data are now   
being applied to a variety of geologic problems that are   
(25)difficult to solve by conventional methods alone. These   
include specific problems in mineral and energy resource   
exploration and the charting of glaciers and shallow seas. 
      A more fundamental application of remote sensing is to   
augment conventional methods for geologic mapping of   
(30)large areas. Regional maps present compositional, struc- 
tural, and chronological information for reconstructing   
geologic evolution. Such reconstructions have important   
practical applications because the conditions under which   
rock units and other structural features are formed influence   
(35)the occurrence of ore and petroleum deposits and affect the   
thickness and integrity of the geologic media in which the   
deposits are found. 
      Geologic maps incorporate a large, varied body of spe- 
cific field and laboratory measurements, but the maps must   
(40)be interpretative because field measurements are always   
limited by rock exposure, accessibility and labor resources.   
With remote-sensing techniques it is possible to obtain   
much geologic information more efficiently than it can be   
obtained on the ground. These techniques also facilitate   
(45)overall interpretation. Since detailed geologic mapping is   
generally conducted in small areas, the continuity of   
regional features that have intermittent and variable expres- 
sions is often not recognized, but in the comprehensive   
views of Landsat images these continuities are apparent.   
(50)However, some critical information cannot be obtained   
through remote sensing, and several characteristics of the   
Landsat MSS impose limitations on the acquisition of diag- 
nostic data. Some of these limitations can be overcome by   
designing satellite systems specifically for geologic pur- 
(55)poses; but, to be most effective, remote-sensing data must   
still be combined with data from field surveys and labora- 
tory tests, the techniques of the earlier twentieth century. 
 
17.By using the word "interpretative"in line 40, the   
author is indicating which of the following? 
(A) Some maps are based more on data from aerial   
photography than on data from field operations.   
(B) Some maps are based almost exclusively on labor- 
atory measurements. 
(C) Some maps are based on incomplete data from   
field observations.   
(D) Some maps show only large geologic features.   
(E) Some maps can be three-dimensional.   
 
18. With which of the following statements about geologic   
mapping would the author be most likely to agree? 
(A) Geologic mapping is basically an art and not a   
science.   
(B) Geologic mapping has not changed significantly   
since the early 1960's. 
(C) Geologic mapping will have limited practical   
applications until remote-sensing systems are   
perfected.   
(D) A developmental milestone in geologic mapping   
was reached in 1972. 
(E) Without the present variety of remote-sensing   
techniques, geologic mapping could not be done. 
 
19. According to the passage, measurements of which of   
the following can be provided by the optomechanical   
scanner but not by visible-light photography?   
(A) The amount of visible light reflected from oceans   
(B) The density of foliage in remote areas on the   
Earth's surface 
(C) Daily temperature changes of areas on the Earth's   
 
 
surface.   
(D) The degree of radioactivity emitted by exposed   
rocks on the Earth's surface.   
(E) Atmospheric conditions over large landmasses   
 
20. It can be inferred from the passage that a major disad- 
vantage of photographic imaging in geologic mapping   
is that such photography   
(A) cannot be used at night   
(B) cannot focus on the details of a geologic area   
(C) must be chemically processed   
(D) is always enhanced by digital reconstruction   
(E) cannot reflect changes over extended periods of time 
 
21. It can be inferred from the passage that Landsat images   
differ from conventional geologic maps in that Landsat   
images 
(A) reveal the exact size of petroleum deposits and ore   
deposits   
(B) indicate the continuity of features that might not   
otherwise be interpreted as continuous   
(C) predict the movements of glaciers   
(D) provide highly accurate data about the occurrence   
of mineral deposits   
(E) reveal the integrity of the media in which petro- 
leum deposits and ore deposits are found   
 
22. The passage provides information about each of the   
following topics EXCEPT   
(A) the principal method of geologic remote sensing   
prior to the mid-1960's 
(B) some of the phenomena measured by digital multi- 
spectral images in remote sensing   
(C) some of the practical uses of regional geologic   
maps   
(D) the kinds of problems that are difficult to solve   
solely through conventional methods of geologic   
mapping   
(E) the specific limitations of the Landsat multi- 
spectral scanner   
 
23. The passage suggests which of the following about the   
"conventional methods" mentioned in line 29? 
(A) They consist primarily of field surveys and   
laboratory measurements. 
(B) They are not useful in providing information   
necessary for reconstructing geologic evolution   
(C) They have rarely been used by geologists since   
1972. 
(D) They are used primarily to gather compositional   
information about geologic features.   
(E) They are limited primarily because of difficulties   
involved in interpreting film images.   
 
      Although the development of new infrastructure (such 
public facilities as power plants, schools, and bridges ) is   
usually determined by governmental planning, sometimes   
this development can be planned more flexibly and realis- 
(5) tically by private investors who anticipate profit from the   
collection of user fees. Such profits can contribute to the   
financing of more infrastructure if demand proves great   
enough, whereas the reluctance of developers to invest in   
such projects can signal that additional infrastructure is not   
(10)needed. During the economic boom of the 1980's, for   
example, the state of Virginia authorized private developers   
to build a $300 million toll road. These developers obtained   
the needed right-of- way from property owners, but by 1993   
they still had not raised the necessary financing. The unwill- 
(15)ingness of investors to finance this project does not negate   
the viability of privately financed roads; rather, it illustrates   
a virtue of private financing. If a road appears unlikely to   
attract enough future traffic to pay for the road, then it   
should not be built.   
   
24.The primary purpose of the passage is to   
(A) build a case for increasing the development of   
new infrastructure   
(B) advocate an alternative to government financing of   
infrastructure   
(C) explain the failure of a privately financed venture   
(D) suggest the types of infrastructure most appro- 
priate for private financing   
(E) argue against government restrictions on devel- 
oping new infrastructure   
 
25. The passage implies that the governmental planning  
mentioned in line 3 may lead to which of the following   
problems? 
(A) Improper use of profits derived from user fees   
(B) Unduly slow development of necessary new   
infrastructure   
(C) Unrealistic decisions about developing new   
 
 
infrastructure   
(D) Incorrect predictions about profits to be gained   
from user fees   
(E) Obstruction of private financing for the devel- 
opment of new infrastructure   
 
26. According to the passage, which of the following is   
true of the toll road mentioned in line 12? 
(A) After it was built, it attracted too little traffic to   
pay for its construction.   
(B) It was partially financed by the state of Virginia.   
(C) Its development was authorized during an eco- 
nomic boom.   
(D) Its construction was controversial among local   
residents.   
(E) Its developers were discouraged by governmental   
restrictions on acquiring the necessary land.   
 
27. The passage suggests that which of the following   
would occur if a privately financed bridge that proved   
to be profitable failed after a number of years to meet   
the demands of traffic? 
(A) Private developers who financed the bridge would   
rely on governmental authorities to develop new   
infrastructure.   
(B) User fees would be increased so that usage would   
become more costly.   
(C) Governmental authorities would be reluctant to   
rely on private contractors to develop a new   
bridge.   
(D) The success of the project would be jeopardized   
by public dissatisfaction with the project's   
adequacy.   
(E) Profits generated by user fees would be used to   
help finance the construction of new infrastruc- 
ture to alleviate the traffic problem.   
 
28. EVOKE: 
(A) try to hinder   
(B) fail to elicit   
(C) refuse to implore   
(D) pretend to agree   
(E) attempt to calm   
 
29. OSTENTATION:   
(A) austerity   
(B) wisdom 
(C) illumination   
(D) superficiality   
(E) agitation   
 
30. BRISTLE: 
(A) cower   
(B) feint   
(C) equivocate   
(D) coerce   
(E) apprise   
 
31. AGGRANDIZE:   
(A) conciliate   
(B) undermine   
(C) relegate   
(D) remain unapologetic   
(E) remain inexplicit   
 
32. ENDEMIC:   
(A) undeniable   
(B) intermittent   
(C) anomalous   
(D) foreign   
(E) unexpected   
   
33. BELLICOSE:   
(A) enervated   
(B) disloyal   
(C) honest   
(D) likely to be generous   
(E) inclined to make peace   
 
34. ABJURE:   
(A) affirm   
(B) cajole   
(C) insist   
(D) pronounce   
(E) shout   
 
35. SALUTARY 
(A) unexpected   
(B) transitory   
(C) unhealthy   
(D) disoriented   
(E) dilapidated   
 
 
 
36. LUGUBRIOUSNESS:   
(A) orderliness   
(B) shallowness   
(C) believability   
(D) cheerfulness   
(E) dedication   
 
37. PRESCIENCE:   
(A) acuity   
(B) myopia   
(C) vacillation   
(D) tardiness   
(E) inhibition   
 
38. INVETERATE:   
(A) arbitrary   
(B) occasional   
(C) obvious   
(D) progressive   
(E) compelling