Verbal Question of the Day Chat Group

CR Questions February - 8 :

Q1. Which of the following most logically completes the passage?

Most bicycle helmets provide good protection for the top and back of the head, but little or no protection for the temple regions on the sides of the head. A study of head injuries resulting from bicycle accidents showed that a large proportion were caused by blows to the temple area. Therefore, if bicycle helmets protected this area, the risk of serious head injury in bicycle accidents would be greatly reduced, especially since ________.

(A) among the bicyclists included in the study’s sample of head injuries, only a very small proportion had been wearing a helmet at the time of their accident

(B) even those bicyclists who regularly wear helmets have a poor understanding of the degree and kind of protection that helmets afford

(C) a helmet that included protection for the temples would have to be somewhat larger and heavier than current helmets

(D) the bone in the temple area is relatively thin and impacts in that area are thus very likely to cause brain injury

(E) bicyclists generally land on their arm or shoulder when they fall to the side, which reduces the likelihood of severe impacts on the side of the head

Q2. Crows, herring gulls, and sparrows all live on the island of Firsten. Crows feed on sparrow eggs and therefore pose a threat to the sparrow population. Although gulls are not nearly as good at finding sparrow nests as crows are, sparrows typically also lose some eggs to gull predation. Nevertheless, sparrows that nest near gull nests tend to lose fewer eggs to predators than sparrows nesting far away from gull nests, since ____

Which of the following most logically completes the argument?


A. the presence of gulls frightens away Crows
B. crows pose no threat to adult sparrows
C. gulls find sparrow nests by watching female sparrows enter the nest
D. there are far more crows on Firsten than there are sparrows
E. sparrows on Firsten typically hide their nests very carefully

SC Questions February - 9 :

Q1. To ensure the integrity of fossil evidence found at climatically unstable archeological sites, the immediate coating of newly exposed fossils with a specially formulated alkaline solution is as crucial, if not more crucial than, the prompt removal of the fossil from the site.


(A) crucial, if not more crucial than, the

(B) crucial as, if not more crucial than, the

(C) crucial as, if not more than the

(D) crucial, if not more crucial, than the

(E) crucial, if not more crucial, as the

Q2. Most states impose limitations on the authority of the legislature to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect taxpayers and the credit of the state government.

(A) to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect

(B) to borrow money, the objectives of which are the protecting of

(C) to borrow money, limitations intended to protect

(D) for borrowing money, of which the objective is protecting

(E) for borrowing money, limitations with the intent of protecting

Comparison is between Black and white moves and full over, why is there is a need to use are after full colour?


C


A

In this question, visual impressiveness is compared between two types of movies. In choice B, such comparison is missing. Ex - Black-and-white movies are as visually impressive as full-color movies are(visually impressive).......







SC Questions February - 10 :

Q1. The spending incurred by the Federal Reserve in the late 1990s led to prediction that the loss to the national treasury in the following decade more than doubled that of the 1970s and 1980s combined.

A. that the loss to the national treasury in the following decade more than doubled

B. that the loss to the national treasury in the following decade would more than double

C. of the loss to the national treasury in the following decade, that it would more than double

D. in the following decade of the loss to the national treasury that would be more than doubling

E. in the following decade that the loss to the national treasury, more than doubling

Q2. As mentioned by several characters in William Shakespeare’s plays, notably by Marc Antony in Julius Caesar directly after Caesar’s murder, “Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of confusion among the enemy.

(A) “Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos in order to causing of

(B) “Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directing the soldiers to pillage and invoke chaos, causing

(C) “Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages that directed the soldiers to pillage, invoke chaos, and cause

(D) “Havoc!,” a military signal used in the Middle Ages, directed soldiers to pillage, invoke chaos, and cause

(E) “Havoc!” was a military signal used in the Middle Ages to direct soldiers to pillage and to invoke chaos in order to cause

CR Questions February - 10 :

Q1. Extensive archaeological research has shown that male crusaders killed during battle in the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1287 AD) were buried on their backs with both their hands and their feet clasped. During archaeological excavations of a crusader burial ground three miles from the ancient city of Jerusalem, a skeleton of a woman was found buried on her back with both her hands and feet clasped. The archaeologist conducting the excavation hypothesized that this skeleton belonged to a female crusader killed in battle.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the archaeologist’s hypothesis?


(A) No written material depicting crusader-period battles mentions female crusaders fighting alongside the men.

(B) A coin found near the fingers of the skeleton portrays a relief of king Baldwin II of Jerusalem who died in 1131.

(C) When the female skeleton was examined more closely in a lab, an arrowhead was found within the rib cage.

(D) New research in physical sociology shows that women in peripheral parts of the mediaeval christian world sometimes fought alongside men as early as the fourteenth century.

(E) Numismatic and metallurgical research of metal artifacts found throughout the burial ground shows a strong indication of thirteenth century activity and signs of armed conflict nearby.

Q2. All 250 of the city’s Democratic ward leaders were polled about the number of registered Republicans who became registered Democrats during the year. From the reports of the 20 leaders who replied to the questionnaire, we know that altogether they received a total of 500 former Republicans into the Democratic party within the year. Projecting from this sample, we conclude that at least 6,000 Republicans became Democrats during the year.

Which one of the following statements, if true, most clearly undermines the conclusion?


(A) Several years ago, 5,000 members of the Republican party registered as Democrats.

(B) The more than 90 percent of ward leaders not replying had no former Republicans registering as Democrats.

(C) Because they were too busy, more than 90 percent of the ward leaders did not reply.

(D) A number of the newly registered Democrats returned to the Republican party at a later date.

(E) Similar figures can be produced from past years for registration changes from the Democratic party to the Republican party.

SC Questions February - 11 :

Q1. Just like the radio telegraph system, Guglielmo Marconi’s invention, eliminated the need to erect poles for wired communication, the modern wireless solutions simplify installation requirements more than the conventional wired networking and improve reliability and productivity.


A. Just like the radio telegraph system, Guglielmo Marconi’s invention, eliminated the need to erect poles for wired communication, the modern wireless solutions simplify installation requirements more than the conventional wired networking

B. Just as the radio telegraph system invented by Guglielmo Marconi, who eliminated the need to erect poles for wired communication, so the modern wireless solutions simplify installation requirements more than the conventional wired networking does

C. Like the radio telegraph system invented by Guglielmo Marconi eliminated the need to erect poles for wired communication, so the modern wireless solutions simplify installation requirements more than the conventional wired networking does

D. Just as the radio telegraph system, Guglielmo Marconi’s invention, eliminated the need to erect poles for wired communication, so the modern wireless solutions simplify installation requirements more than the conventional wired networking does

E. As the radio telegraph system that was invented by Guglielmo Marconi eliminated the need to erect poles for wired communication, so the modern wireless solutions simplify installation requirements more than the conventional wired networking

Q2. According to the National Science Foundation, in 2003 there were 198,113 female science and engineering graduate students, almost 42% of the graduate students in those fields, twice as much as 1981.

A. twice as much as 1981
B. twice as many as 1981
C. double the figure for 1981
D. double what it was in 1981
E. a number double that of 1981’s

SC Questions February - 12 :

Q1. In 2006, the university’s Student Union was occupied for eighteen hours by protesters demanding that cafeteria workers must be permitted to unionize.

A. That cafeteria workers must be permitted
B. Cafeteria workers are permitted
C. That cafeteria workers should be permitted
D. That cafeteria workers be permitted
E. The permission of cafeteria workers

Q2. While the media should present a neutral view of the news, with their aim to try to stir discussion and unsettle complacent thinkers.

(A) with their aim to stir
(B) it will also stir
(C) also trying to stir
(D) it should also try to stir
(E) its goal should also be the stirring of

CR Questions February - 12 :

Q1. The proportion of women among students enrolled in higher education programs has increased over the past decades. This is partly shown by the fact that in 1959, only 11 percent of the women between twenty and twenty-one were enrolled in college, while in 1981, 30 percent of the women between twenty and twenty-one were enrolled in college.

To evaluate the argument above, it would be most useful to compare 1959 and 1981 with regard to which of the following characteristics?


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

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

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

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

(E) The percentage of men who graduated from high school

Q2. A local medical software company suffers from understaffing; one cause is the high turnover rate among programmers, most of whom quit within their first two years of working for the company. The results of the last three annual employee satisfaction surveys have suggested that the programmers would stay longer with the company if they had more spacious offices and were better paid. Nevertheless, the company’s difficulty with understaffing would only be aggravated if the company took steps to improve programmer salaries and allot programmers more office space.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for the argument’s conclusion?

(A) The annual employee satisfaction surveys, which are optional, are more likely to be completed by employees who are unsatisfied with their jobs than by those who are satisfied.

(B) If the programmer positions became more attractive, then many of the company’s middle managers, a position which is particularly difficult to fill, would demote themselves to programmers.

(C) The company already pays its programmers five percent more, on average, than other medical software companies do.

(D) Most of the company’s programmers have to share an office with at least one other programmer, whereas the majority of programmers in the medical software industry have their own offices.

(E) Presently, the cost of providing training to new programmers is lower than the cost of providing larger offices and higher salaries to current programmers.



Difficulty - Hard

SC Questions February - 13 :

Q1. Policy initiatives to make students feel safe from attacks by peers in school, an aim the Clinton administration took very seriously, has significantly reduced the percentage of students reporting fearing attack in school.

(A) has significantly reduced the percentage of students reporting fearing

(B) has been significant in reducing the percentage of students reporting fearing

(C) has made a significant reduction in the percentage of students reporting fearing

(D) have significantly reduced the percentage of students that report fearing

(E) have been significant in yielding a reduction of the percentage of students that are reporting fearing

Q2. Until recently, athletes who had received remuneration for any activity that has a link to their athletic prowess is barred from the Olympics.

(A) that has a link to their athletic prowess is
(B) with links to their athletic prowess has been
(C) linked to their athletic prowess were
(D) linked to their athletic prowess was
(E) with a link to their athletic prowess is to be

CR Questions February - 13 :

Q1. Even though trading in ivory has been outlawed by international agreement, some piano makers still use ivory, often obtained illegally, to cover piano keys. Recently, experts have devised a synthetic ivory that, unlike earlier ivory substitutes, has found favor with concert pianists throughout the world. But piano development of the synthetic ivory will probably do little to help curb the killing of elephants, from whose tusks most natural ivory is obtained.

Which one of the following, if true, most helps to strengthen the argument?

(A) Most people who play the piano but are not concert pianists can nonetheless easily distinguish between the new synthetic ivory and inferior ivory substitutes.

(B) The new synthetic ivory can be manufactured to resemble in color and surface texture any of the various types of natural ivory that have commercial uses.

(C) Other natural products such as bone or tortoise shell have not proven to be acceptable substitutes for natural ivory in piano keys.

(D) The most common use for natural ivory is in ornamental carvings, which are prized not only for the quality of their workmanship but also for the authenticity of their materials.

(E) It costs significantly less to produce the new synthetic ivory than it does to produce any of the ivory substitutes that scientists had developed previously.

Q2. The government of Golado has recently increased the taxes imposed on the retail sale of all alcoholic beverages in Golado. While, by effectively increasing the cost of alcoholic beverages, the government expects the tax increase to result in significantly reduced consumption of alcohol in Golado, the government’s primary purpose in increasing the taxes is actually to reduce Golado’s government budget gap.

Which of the following, if true, provides evidence suggesting that increasing the taxes on sales of alcohol will result in the government’s achieving its goal?

(A) Alcohol consumption is second only to cigarette smoking in causing preventable health problems in citizens of Golado.

(B) In Golado, all the organizations involved in dealing with health problems resulting from the consumption of alcohol are funded by the government.

(C) Soon after increasing the taxes on sales of alcoholic beverages, the government of Golado also imposed a tax on retail sales of cigarettes.

(D) The reduced consumption of alcohol in Golado resulting from the tax increase is expected to result in a reduction in duties the government collects from importers of alcohol.

(E) Golado’s government budget gap is much smaller than it was before the government enacted austerity measures three years ago.

SC Questions February - 15 :

Q1. Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, ‘The Mona Lisa’, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, recovered in Florence inside an Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room, who while working at the Louvre had participated in the heist with a group of accomplices dressed as Louvre janitors on the morning of August 21, 1911.

A. it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, ‘The Mona Lisa’, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, recovered in Florence inside an Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room, who while working at the Louvre had participated

B. it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ was recovered in Florence inside the hotel room of an Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia, who had worked at the Louvre to participate

C. being stolen in Paris from the Louvre Museum, ‘The Mona Lisa’, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, was recovered inside an Italian waiter’s, Vincenzo Peruggia, hotel room in Florence, who by working at the Louvre participated

D. it was stolen in Paris from the Louvre Museum, ‘The Mona Lisa’, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, was recovered in Florence inside the hotel room of an Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia, who worked at the Louvre and participated

E. it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece ‘The Mona Lisa’ was recovered in Florence inside the hotel room of an Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia, who while working at the Louvre had participated

Q2. John Maynard Keynes, the British economist whose ideas shaped the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, influenced public opinion on critically important areas like monetary policy of the central bank and relative merits of public vs. private investment, thereby advocating a mixed economy.

(A) macroeconomics, influenced public opinion on critically important areas like monetary policy of the central bank and relative merits of public vs. private investment, thereby advocating

(B) macroeconomics and influenced public opinion on critically important areas such as monetary policy of the central bank and relative merits of public vs. private investment, thereby advocating

(C) macroeconomics, influenced public opinion on such critically important areas as monetary policy of the central bank and relative merits of public vs. private investment, thereby advocating

(D) macroeconomics, influenced public opinion on such critically important areas that monetary policy of the central bank and relative merits of public vs. private investment advocated

(E) macroeconomics, influencing public opinion on such critically important areas as monetary policy of the central bank and relative merits of public vs. private investment, thereby advocating

CR Questions February - 15 :

Q1. A local medical software company suffers from understaffing; one cause is the high turnover rate among programmers, most of whom quit within their first two years of working for the company. The results of the last three annual employee satisfaction surveys have suggested that the programmers would stay longer with the company if they had more spacious offices and were better paid. Nevertheless, the company’s difficulty with understaffing would only be aggravated if the company took steps to improve programmer salaries and allot programmers more office space.

Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for the argument’s conclusion?

(A) The annual employee satisfaction surveys, which are optional, are more likely to be completed by employees who are unsatisfied with their jobs than by those who are satisfied.

(B) If the programmer positions became more attractive, then many of the company’s middle managers, a position which is particularly difficult to fill, would demote themselves to programmers.

(C) The company already pays its programmers five percent more, on average, than other medical software companies do.

(D) Most of the company’s programmers have to share an office with at least one other programmer, whereas the majority of programmers in the medical software industry have their own offices.

(E) Presently, the cost of providing training to new programmers is lower than the cost of providing larger offices and higher salaries to current programmers.




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. An American manufacturer of racing bikes reported a 1996 second-quarter gross income of $18 million, compared with $11.5 million in the second quarter of 1995. This increase was realized despite a drop in U.S. sales of racing bikes in 1996 compared with 1995, which was partly attributable to the unusually high sales in 1995 as a result of the unprecedented success of an American cyclist in a high-profile international race.

Which of the following, if true, would contribute most to an explanation of the increase in the manufacturer’s gross income in 1996?

A. Foreign manufacturers of racing bikes announced increased sales of their products in Europe in 1996 compared with 1995.

B. In the first quarter of 1996, the American cyclist who won the high-profile international race in 1995 announced that he was switching to the racing bike made by the manufacturer in question.

C. In the first quarter of 1995, the manufacturer in question first began selling its top-of-the-line “Titanium Extreme” model.

D. In the second quarter of 1996, the manufacturer announced that it would begin production of skateboarding equipment in the following quarter.

E. Intense competition in the racing bike market forced a competitor of the manufacturer to go out of business in the fourth quarter of 1996.

SC Questions February - 16 :

Q1. The LSST, designed to study the evolution of the universe, can capture most of the changes occurring in the sky as established in the quality of its images and by the huge area covered by it per second as well as negligible downtime of its camera.


(A) The LSST, designed to study the evolution of the universe, can capture most of the changes occurring in the sky as established in the quality of its images and by the huge area covered by it per second as well as

(B) Establishing that the LSST, which was designed to study the evolution of the universe, will capture most of the changes occurring in the sky are the quality of its images and the huge area covered by it per second, and also the

(C) That the LSST, designed to study the evolution of the universe, can capture most of the changes occurring in the sky is established by the quality of its images and the huge area covered by it per second, as well as by the

(D) The LSST, which has been designed to study the evolution of the universe, captures most of the changes occurring in the sky, as establishes the quality of its images and the huge area covered by it per second, as well as the

(E) The LSST, designed to study the evolution of the universe, probably will be able to capture most of the changes occurring in the sky, was established by the quality of its images, the huge area covered by it per second, and the

Q2. Researchers looking over Martian satellite images reported that tireless searching for the lost rover would continue to persist because they received faint transmission post landing from the solar arrays of the rover that had settled quite gently on the Martian terrain before “disappearing”.

A. tireless searching for the lost rover would continue to persist because they

B. tireless search for the lost rover will be persisted because they had

C. the search for the lost rover would persist tireless because they had

D. the lost rover will be persistently and tirelessly searched for because they

E. tireless search for the lost rover would persist because they had

C.....(damn, this one is a tough one.)


E.

CR Questions February - 16 :

Q1. To save time and money on water and maintenance, many homeowners are opting for the use of synthetic potted plants, instead of real plants, for the decoration of the interiors of their homes. The synthetic plants being sold today are very realistic in their details and often quite beautiful. Since most homeowners welcome ways to reduce expenses, synthetic plants are increasing in popularity. Because of these benefits, homeowners should replace their live indoor plants with synthetic plants.

The answer to which of the following would be most useful in evaluating the argument?


A. Are synthetic plants replicas of real live plant species, or are they original designs based on common plant forms?

B. Can the efficiency of the photosynthesis of a live indoor plant be affected by the behavior of humans in its surroundings?

C. Do homeowners with live plants spend more than 5% of their overall home expenses on the maintenance of such plants?

D. Are the organic gaseous exchanges of a live plant advantageous to its immediate surrounding environment?

E. What percentage of homeowners are interested in cutting down the costs associated with general home maintenance?

Q2. Concerns of over-population in country XYZ led to government funded birth-control initiatives that proved ineffective in curbing population growth. It has been suggested that these initiatives failed due to the traditionally high value placed on male children within the culture of XYZ.

Which of the following best explains the reasoning behind the suggestion described in the second sentence?

A. The population of country XYZ believes that birth control increases the probability of conceiving females.
B. Since every parent wishes to produce a male child, they will avoid birth control until they conceive a male.
C. Birth Control initiatives are typically only successful in female dominated cultures.
D. Cultures that place high values on male children do not respond well to government funded initiatives.
E. The citizens of country XYZ are not concerned with the possibility of over-population.

C seems the only reasonable option


Should be E

SC Questions February - 17 :

Q1. While hiring decisions for most types of jobs are based strictly on resumes and interviews, job applicants for computer programming jobs are at times asked to demonstrate their programming skills on the spot.


(A) job applicants for computer programming jobs are at times

(B) some job applicants for computer programming jobs are

(C) for some computer programming jobs, job applicants are at times

(D) in some cases some applicants for computer programming jobs are

(E) applicants for computer programming jobs are sometimes

Q2. A pluralistic democracy, in greater degree than any system of government, diffuses power away from a center.

(A) in greater degree than any
(B) which more than any
(C) to a greater extent than any
(D) as opposed to any other
(E) more than any other

C. (Isn’t this an official OG question? I solved this one just a day ago?)


E.

CR Questions February - 17 :

Q1. Renting cars from dealerships is less expensive than renting cars from national rental firms. But to take advantage of dealership rates, tourists must determine which local dealerships offer rentals, and then pay for long taxi rides between the airport and those dealerships. So renting from dealerships rather than national rental firms is generally more worthwhile for local residents than for tourists. Each of the following, if true, strengthens the argument EXCEPT:

(A) To encourage future business, many car dealerships drop off and pick up rental cars for local residents at no charge.

(B) Tourists renting cars from national rental firms almost never need to pay for taxi rides to or from the airport.

(C) Travel agents generally are unable to inform tourists of which local car dealerships offer rentals.

(D) Many local residents know of local car dealerships that offer low-priced rentals.

(E) For local residents, taxi rides to car dealerships from their homes or workplaces are usually no less expensive than taxi rides to national rental firms.




Difficulty - Hard

Q2. Spokesperson: Although the highway that circles the downtown region of the city is carrying twice as much traffic as was originally anticipated, congestion is not a problem for most of its users. Upwards of half a million vehicles a day use the road, and for 90 percent of the time they do so without delays.

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the conclusion reached by the spokesperson?

(A) Highway usage is projected to double again within the next 5 years
(B) The high usage rates for the highway have led to a need for twice as many repairs than were originally planned
(C) The highway is mainly used be commuters during the limited time span of the morning and evening rush hours, when delays are very common.
(D) The highway receives traffic from several other roads and highways
(E) The highway’s design forces both drivers who wish to travel to and those who wish to avoid downtown to travel on it for at least part of their journey

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SC Questions February - 17 :

Q1. The candidate spent a significant time in the South, preaching a strong message of family values, lest he lose the vote in those states.


A. preaching a strong message of family values, lest he lose

B. preached a strong message about family values, lest he loses

C. preaching a strong message for family values, instead of losing

D. preached a strong message of family values, unless he loses

E. preaching a strong message about family values, and he won’t lose

Q2. The media researcher Jonathan Gray advocates a comprehensive methodological approach, trying to combine audience research, industry studies, and textual analysis, similar to the methodology Julie D’Acci used in her book Defining Women: Television and the Case of Cagney & Lacey.

A. trying to combine
B. which does combine
C. one that combines
D. ones that combine
E. one that has a combination of

SC Questions February - 18 :

Q1. The media researcher Jonathan Gray advocates a comprehensive methodological approach, trying to combine audience research, industry studies, and textual analysis, similar to the methodology Julie D’Acci used in her book Defining Women: Television and the Case of Cagney & Lacey.

A. trying to combine
B. which does combine
C. one that combines
D. ones that combine
E. one that has a combination of

Q2. The candidate spent a significant time in the South, preaching a strong message of family values, lest he lose the vote in those states.


A. preaching a strong message of family values, lest he lose

B. preached a strong message about family values, lest he loses

C. preaching a strong message for family values, instead of losing

D. preached a strong message of family values, unless he loses

E. preaching a strong message about family values, and he won’t lose

CR Questions February - 18 :

Q1. Letter to the editor: Proposition Q, a controversial measure on this year’s ballot, would prohibit the ownership of handguns within the city’s limits. Under the plan, gun owners would have a 90-day grace period to turn in their weapons to authorities. Proponents of the proposition argue that fewer handguns on the streets would lead to less violent crime, making the city safer for all of its citizens. Unfortunately, the ban would actually have the opposite effect. Since only law abiding citizens would honor the ban, armed criminals would not only keep their weapons but would also have the confidence to act with impunity on a population that could no longer defend itself.

In the letter to the editor, the two portions in boldface play which of the following roles?


(A) The first is an observation that the author uses to support a particular position; the second is that position.

(B) The first is a pattern of cause and effect that the author believes to be true; the second offers evidence to contradict this pattern.

(C) The first is a position that the author argues will not hold in this case; the second is the author’s position.

(D) The first is a prediction that the author believes to be untrue. The second is a statement of fact that undermines the author’s position.

(E) The first is a direct relationship that the author believes will not hold in this case; the second offers evidence in support of the author’s position.



Difficulty - Hard

Q2. The average age of university presidents in a large sample of universities is 62. The average age of university presidents in those same universities 25 years ago was approximately eight years younger. On the basis of those data, it can be concluded that university presidents, including those at online universities, in general tend to be older now.

Which of the following casts the most doubt on the conclusion drawn above?

(A) The dates when the university presidents assumed their current positions have not been specified.
(B) No information is given concerning the average number of years that university presidents remain in office.
(C) The information is based only on universities that have been operating for at least 25 years.
(D) Information concerning the exact number of universities in the sample has not been given.
(E) None of the answers provided cast doubt on the conclusion drawn above.



Difficulty - Hard