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NEW QUESTION 199
Economists use two competing models to describe the effects of commercial advertising-advertising as market competition and advertising as market power. The market competition model holds that the fundamental function of advertising is to provide information about products and brands. It is argued that information in ads permits greater marketplace efficiencies, such as lower prices and reduced monopoly power. In a similar vein, much discussion regarding political advertising has rested on its informational value Does political advertising provide political information and help voters make informed decisions'1 Nelson argues that promoting bars of soap in commercial ads is no different than promoting political ideas ideology from political candidates in political ads. on the grounds that information is being distributed m both cases.
Others, such as Ferguson and Jamieson, disagree with Nelson's proposition Ferguson, for example, pointed out that choosing a political candidate is more like buying an experience good (where the quality is hard to evaluate prior to purchase) rather than a search good (where the quality is easily evaluated before the purchase). According to Ferguson, claims in political ads do not have true informational value, because it is difficult for voters to draw inferences about the future deeds of a candidate from what the ads say Furthermore.
Jamieson argues that political ads reshape the public image of political candidates and change voters' feelings about the candidates with subtle emotional cues but without substantive information upon which to base a reasoned judgment Which of the following statements, if true, would most clearly weaken Nelson's argument as it is presented in the passage?
- A. Advertisements for familiar products, such as bars of soap, are evaluated more critically by audiences than are advertisements for less familiar products.
- B. Voter disappointment in the candidates that they elect is analogous to the disappointment consumers of familiar products sometimes experience.
- C. Political advertisements that make false claims are subject to rebuttal by political advertisements for opposing candidates.
- D. Most producers of political advertisements work directly for the political campaigns of the candidates the advertisements promote.
- E. Soap advertisements typically rely on evocative images that do not relate to the effectiveness of the product being advertised.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 200
SHUN : DISAPPROVAL ::
- A. study : studiousness
- B. give : greed
- C. envy : ambition
- D. lie : insecurity
- E. nap : relaxation
Answer: E
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This is a "symptom, sign, or manifestation" analogy. To SHUN is to avoid or ignore. One who expresses DISAPPROVAL of the behavior of another might show that disapproval by shunning the other person. So shunning is one possible sign of disapproval (but not a defining characteristic of it). Similarly, a nap a possible sign of relaxation (but not a defining characteristic of it).
NEW QUESTION 201
One of the most intriguing stories of the Russian Revolution concerns the identity of Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II. During his reign over Russia, the Czar had planned to revoke many of the harsh laws established by previous czars. Some workers and peasants, however, clamored for more rapid social reform. In 1918 a group of these people, known as Bolsheviks, overthrew the government. On July 17 or 18, they murdered the Czar and what was thought to be his entire family. Although witnesses vouched that all the members of the Czar's family had been executed, there were rumors suggesting that Anastasia had survived. Over the years, a number of women claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Perhaps the best - known claimant was Anastasia Tschaikovsky, who was also known as Anna Anderson.
In 1920, eighteen months after the Czar's execution, this terrified young woman was rescued from drowning in a Berlin river. She spent two years in a hospital, where she attempted to reclaim her health and shattered mind. The doctors and nurses thought that she resembled Anastasia and questioned heer about her background. She disclaimed any connection with the Czar's family. Eight years later, though, she claimed that she was Anastasia. She said that she had been rescued by two Russian soldiers after the Czar and the rest of her family had been killed. Two brothers named Tschaikovsky had carried her into Romania. She had married one of the brothers, who had taken her to Berlin and left her there, penniless and without a vocation. Unable to invoke the aid of her mother's family in Germany, she had tried to drown herself. During the next few years, scores of the Czar's relatives, exservants, and acquaintances interviewed her. Many of these people said that her looks and mannerisms were evocative of the Anastasia that they had known. Her grandmother and other relatives denied that she was the real Anastasia, however. Tried of being accused of fraud, Anastasia immigrated to the United States in 1928 and took the name Anna Anderson. She still wished to prove that she was Anastasia, though, and returned to Germany in 1933 to bring suit against her mother's family. There she declaimed to the court, asserting that she was indeed Anastasia and deserved her inheritance. In 1957, the court decided that it could neither confirm nor deny Anastasia's identity. Although we will probably never know whether this woman was the Grand Duchess Anastasia, her search to establish her identity has been the subject of numerous books, plays, and movies.
Some Russian peasants and workers ___ for social reform.
- A. cried out
- B. hoped
- C. longed
- D. thought much
- E. begged
Answer: A
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NEW QUESTION 202
Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the atom. Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women.
Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master's degree and doctorate in physics. Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in
1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish. espondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress. Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.
Her ____ began to fade when she returned to the Sorbonne to succeed her husband.
- A. misfortune
- B. wretchedness
- C. ambition
- D. anger
- E. disappointment
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 203
As an intellectual trying to navigate the world of politics. Madison's problem was not, as some claimed, that he was loo (i)_________to respond lo shifting political realities; indeed, he was intellectually quite (ii)_________.
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adapting
to the demands of the moment.
NEW QUESTION 204
Fifteen buoys, numbered 1 to 15, are positioned equidistantly along a straight path for a sailboat race. The race begins at buoy 1, and 45 minutes into the race the fastest boat reaches buoy 10. At the same average speed, how many minutes will it take the boat to race from buoy 10 to buoy 15?
- A. 0
- B. 22.5
- C. 1
- D. 32.5
- E. 2
Answer: C
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In 45 minutes, the boat traveled 9 (not 10) segments (from one buoy to the next). That means it takes the boat 5 minutes to travel the length of 1 segment. At buoy 10, 5 additional segments remain ahead. Since
the boat's average speed is the same before and after buoy 10, it takes the boat minutes to travel from buoy 10 to buoy 15.
NEW QUESTION 205
ACCLAIM:
- A. disbelieve
- B. disapprove
- C. forbid
- D. controvert
- E. betray
Answer: B
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To ACCLAIM is to approve enthusiastically, just the opposite of disapprove. As for choice (B), to controvert is to oppose or argue against; a person who controverts might also disapprove, but opposing is not the same as disapproving.
NEW QUESTION 206 
- A. Quantity B is greater.
- B. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
- C. The two quantities are equal.
- D. Quantity A is greater.
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 207
The highly dispersed nature of Panzaleo pottery throughout present-day Ecuador has led archaeologists to speculate about the pottery's origins and significance. Jijon y Caamano attributed the pottery's distribution to trade, and based on the large quantities of pottery recovered in the Ambato-Latacunga region of the central Ecuadorian highlands, he proposed that region as the probable locus of production. However. Porras suggests that inhabitants of the subtropical eastern Andean slopes, or montaria. were the original producers of Panzaleo.
Ponas" theory involves the forced migration of the montaria population from then homeland in the Quijos River valley into the Ecuadorian highlands. The gradual exodus and ensuing dispersal of the makers of this ware could account for the diffuse distribution of the materials.
It can be inferred from the passage that Jijon y Caamano would probably agree with which of the following statements about the distribution of Panzaleo pottery throughout Ecuador?
- A. This distribution indicates that the Ambato-Latacunga region was known primarily as a trading center
- B. This distribution originally took place over a relatively short period of time.
- C. This distribution is not primarily the result of the relocation of the original makers of the pottery
- D. This distribution could not have occurred without the forced migration of certain peoples
- E. This distribution was largely limited to the Ambato-Latacunga region.
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 208
The arithmetic mean (average) of two numbers is . If the first number is Q, which of the following Expressions represents the other number?
- A. Option A
- B. Option C
- C. Options D
- D. Option E
- E. Option B
Answer: A
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Apply the formula for determining arithmetic mean (called AM below), or simple average. Letting x equal the other number, solve for x:
NEW QUESTION 209
A company has assets worth SI50.000 and liabilities worth S70.000. giving it an asset-to-liability ratio of approximately 2.1. The company will borrow x dollars, and the amount borrowed will be added to both the assets and the liabilities. If the asset-to-liability ratio is to be greater than 1.2 after the money is borrowed, which of the following could be the value of x ?
Indicate all such values.
- A. 360.000
- B. 300.000
- C. 340.000
- D. 320.000
Answer: B,D
NEW QUESTION 210
Robert Philip argues that the advent of recorded music has directed performance style into a search for greater precision and perfection, with a consequent loss of spontaneity and warmth. Various expressive devices once common in classical music have been almost outlawed, including portamento (sliding from one note to another on a stringed instrument), playing the piano with the hands not quite synchronized, and flexibility of tempo.
Philip fully documents these changes. However, other forces independent of recording were also at work. For example, the freedom of tempo so valued by Philip was. in its time, both a necessary expedient and disastrously abused. Recording alone did not cause the reaction against it. although hearing a particularly unintelligent use of it on disc may have reinforced the prejudice.
Hie author would most likely agree with which of the following statements about the "devices"?
- A. Increases in the technical proficiency of performers have made their use superfluous.
- B. The advent of recorded music had little or no effect on their popularity.
- C. Their use cannot usually be detected in a recording, even when they were used in the recorded performance.
- D. They are not useful tools for musical expressivity.
- E. At least some of them have been used inappropriately in the past.
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 211
The politician's record while in office, though (i)_________- hardly accounts for her high standing three decades later
-a standing all the more (it)_________because of continuing assaults on her reputation during those years.
- A. unusual regrettable
- B. bewildering
- C. unappreciated
- D. admirable
- E. persistent
Answer: A,D
NEW QUESTION 212
The _______ that computers are _______ educational tools has led many parents to believe that children don't need to be monitored when using the computer, as they do when watching television.
- A. argument . . effective
- B. misconception . . benign
- C. myth . . inimical
- D. belief . . sophisticated
- E. hypothesis . . powerful
Answer: B
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The missing words should suggest a belief about computers that would lead parents to let their children use the devices without being watched. Only choice B works, because only benign (harmless) is sufficiently positive to suggest that idea.
NEW QUESTION 213
INTERLOPER : MEDDLE ::
- A. advocate : espouse
- B. rogue : repent
- C. ombudsman : refine
- D. misanthrope : usurp
- E. dilettante : proselytize
Answer: A
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This is a "defining characteristic" analogy. An INTERLOPER seeks to MEDDLE (interfere) in the affairs of another. An advocate (ally) will espouse (support or defend) a particular viewpoint or cause. In both cases, the second word describes the inherent objective of the first.
NEW QUESTION 214 
In each of the years after year A", the Alden family budgeted S200 more for savings than it budgeted for savings the previous year. What is the total amount that the Alden family budgeted for savings over the 10 years beginning with year A"?
- A. $32,000
- B. $36,000
- C. $30,000
- D. $39.000
- E. $42,000
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 215
"Old woman," grumbled the burly white man who had just heard Sojourner Truth speak, "do you think your talk about slavery does any good? I don't care any more for your talk than I do for the bite of a flea." The tall, imposing black woman turned her piercing eyes on him. "Perhaps not," she answered, "but I'll keep you scratching." The little incident of the 1840s sums up all that Sojourner Truth was: utterly dedicated to spreading her message, afraid of no one, forceful and witty in speech. Yet forty years earlier, who could have suspected that a spindly slave girl growing up in a damp cellar in upstate New York would become one of the most remarkable women in American history? Her name then was Isabella (many slaves had no last names), and by the time she was fourteen she had seen both parents die of cold and hunger. She herself had been sold several times. By 1827, when New York freed its slaves, she had married and borne five children. The first hint of Isabella's fighting spirit came soon afterwards, when her youngest son was illegally seized and sold. She marched to the courthouse and badgered officials until her son was returned to her. In 1843, inspired by religion, she changed her name to Sojourner (meaning "one who stays briefly") Truth, and, with only pennies in her purse, set out to preach against slavery. From New England to Minnesota she trekked, gaining a reputation for her plain but powerful and moving words. Incredibly, despite being black and female (only white males were expected to be public speakers), she drew thousands to town halls, tents, and churches to hear her powerful, deep-voiced pleas on equality for blacks-and for women. Often she had to face threatening hoodlums. Once she stood before armed bullies and sang a hymn to them. Awed by her courage and her commanding presence, they sheepishly retreated. During the Civil War she cared for homeless ex-slaves in Washington. President Lincoln invited her to the White House to bestow praise on her. Later, she petitioned Congress to help former slaves get land in the West. Even in her old age, she forced the city of Washington to integrate its trolley cars so that black and white could ride together. Shortly before her death at eighty-six, she was asked what kept her going. "I think of the great things," replied Sojourner.
She preached against ...
- A. smoking
- B. women having no rights
- C. hoodlums
- D. alcohol
- E. slavery
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 216
The 35-millimeter (mm) format became the standard for movie production around 1913. The mid-1920s through the mid-1930s, however, saw a resurgence of wide-film (55-mm to 70-mm) formats. Development then slackened until the 1950s, when widescreen film-making came back in direct response to the erosion of box office receipts resulting from the rising popularity of television. This new era saw another flurry of specialized formats, including Cinema- Scope and, in 1956, Camera 65, which Panavision developed for MGM Studios and which was first used to film Raintree Country. Panavision soon contributed another key technical advance, spherical 65mm lenses, which eliminated the "fat faces" syndrome that had plagued CinemaScope films.
Though many films were made in widescreen formats during this period, these formats floundered because of expense, unwieldy cameras, and slow film stocks and lenses. After the invention of a set of 35- mm anamorphic lenses, which could be used to squeeze a widescreen image onto theatrical screens, film technology improved to the point where quality 70-mm prints could be enlarged from 35-mm negatives.
It can be inferred from the passage that wide-film formats were
- A. not used after 1956
- B. more widely used for sometypes of movies than for others
- C. more widely used during the1920s than during the 1930s
- D. not used during the 1940s
- E. in use before 1913
Answer: E
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The passage refers to the establishment of a 35-mm standard around 1913, followed by a "resurgence" of wide-film formats (in the mid-1920s to the mid-1930s). This resurgence suggests that wide-film formats were not new because they had been used before the 35-mm standard was established; that is, before
1913.
NEW QUESTION 217 
- A. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
- B. The two quantities are equal.
- C. Quantity A is greater.
- D. Quantity B is greater.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION 218
The inventory of confirmed planets outside our solar system is growing rapidly, although it is_________by the fact that it is easier to detect big planets than small ones and planets close to their parent stars than those farther away.
- A. belied
- B. reinforced
- C. distorted
- D. corroborated
- E. biased
- F. encumbered
Answer: C,F
NEW QUESTION 219
WATERMARK : PAPER ::
- A. envelope : stamp
- B. signature : author
- C. badge : employee
- D. character : novel
- E. landmark : monument
Answer: C
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This is a "function or purpose" analogy. A WATERMARK is a faint design embedded in PAPER in order to identify the paper's maker. A badge is worn by an employee to identify both that employee and the employer - the "maker" of the employee.
NEW QUESTION 220
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