1. A . Without the VEAH systems, the energy resulted from the halting of the mentioned vehicle could be lost completely.
2. B . Mishaps at 50m have the highest insurance cost per case than any other mishaps, therefore, increase the 50m performance could lead to higher of insurance cost.
3. C . Between A & C, I choose C because it talks about the coverage field, of which is concerned in the premises
4. B . The manufacturing capacity is at peak , lowering the currency could bring up the demand but the supply is limited, hence the export can be achieved.
5. E. A is attempting but price is not what the premises care about. E presents the customers' preference hence by providing the option to rent out apartments, the website makes it possible for customers to switch from booking a hotel to booking an apartment. That's absolutely the website fault.
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. Vehicle Energy Harvesting Systems
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An energy harvesting system is one that harvests energy that otherwise cannot be utilized in any useful way. Vehicle energy harvesting systems (VEAH) comprise of a set of plates suspended on the road as speed breakers that the vehicle must go over to generate energy. Since they slow the vehicle down they harvest energy that is useful and otherwise could have been utilized. Hence they are not true energy harvesting systems.
Which of the above cast doubts on the claim made by the author?
A.The vehicle energy harvesting systems are deployed in areas such as gas stations, drive through lanes, traffic lights etc. where the vehicle is slowing down and needs to come to halt.
B.The vehicle energy harvesting systems while deriving energy from vehicles ensure that the vehicle's engine is in the most efficient mode of operation.
C.The extra energy expensed by the vehicle would be so less that most people would not even notice it on their monthly gasoline bill.
D.Vehicle energy harvesting systems could be used to provide power to areas where it’s extremely inefficient to supply power through traditional means.
E.A research report by the DOE has proven that VEAH systems are more efficient than most renewable energy systems such as hydro-electric and wind power.
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Cirque De Soleil
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Acrobatic acts account for 20% of the stage time yet cause 30% of mishaps for Cirque de Soleil amounting to 40% of show’s insurance cost. The most daring of these acrobatic acts performed at a height of 50 meters however had a 6 times lower mishap rate than the acrobatic acts performed at 20 meters and 10 meters. Therefore, Cirque de Soleil can lower its overall insurance costs by requiring that all the acrobats perform their acts at 50 meters.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. It is unlikely that the total stage times for acrobatic acts will reduce in the near future.
B. Most mishaps at 10 meters cost much higher than does the average mishap does for Cirque de Soleil but 15 percent lower than the average mishap cost at 50 meters
C. Only Cirque de Soleil’s best acrobats, those who have mastered the most demanding moves are currently allowed to perform at 50 meters.
D. The overall mishap rate for acrobats in Cirque de Soleil has only improved slightly over the past 2 years.
E. Most acrobatic mishaps result in serious injuries that take months to heal
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TOI and IHT
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The problem with launching an edition of International Herald Tribune (IHT) in India is that Times of India (TOI), a national daily, can be bought for one third of the proposed price of IHT, and the TOI, which is just as reliable, covers more national news than international news. Even through IHT has wider coverage of international events, most people in India are still more interested to know what is happening around them than what is happening in some other part of the world, which they have not even heard of. Thus a sufficient market for Indian edition of IHT may not exist in any part of the country the near future
Which of the following if true will weaken the author’s claim that a sufficient market for IHT does not exist in any part of the country in the near future?
A.The hyper growth of the Indian economy has been and will continue to bring a large influx of foreigners and expatriates to major metros .
B.Businesses in India have been constantly demanding for consulting services from IHT to help them expand globally.
C.Over the last two years, IHT has expanded its coverage of events in India, especially those related to Indian businesses and politics.
D.Other international newspapers who have tried to compete on price with TOI have had limited success in some pockets of the country.
E.Most people in India subscribe to only one daily newspaper.
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Pundra
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Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there were extended periods when the Darfir Republic’s currency, the pundra, was weak: its value was unusually low relative to the world’s most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir’s manufactured products a bargain on world markets, and Darfir’s exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, in order to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the government should allow the pundra to become weak again
Which of the following, if true, provides the government with the strongest grounds to doubt that the politicians’ recommendation, if followed, will achieve its aim?
A.Several of the politicians now recommending that the pundra be allowed to become weak made that same recommendation before each of the last two periods of currency weakness.
B.After several decades of operating well below peak capacity, Darfir’s manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels.
C.The economy of a country experiencing a rise in exports will become healthier only if the country’s currency is strong or the rise in exports is significant.
D.Those countries whose manufactured products compete with Darfir’s on the world market all currently have stable currencies.
E.A sharp improvement in the efficiency of Darfir’s manufacturing plants would make Darfir’s products a bargain on world markets even without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.”
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Miami (Causal)
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Hotel bookings in Miami are only done through travel websites. In 2011, there were 50,000 fewer hotel room night bookings then there were in 2010. Hotel owners are blaming the apartment renting service by new website Miami@50 that not only sells hotel room bookings at bargain prices but also allows people to rent out their houses. The website owners dispute the charge stating that they only rented out only 8,000 apartments through their website. They claim that the down economy and not their website is responsible for majority of the decline in hotel room bookings.
Which of the following if true most seriously weakens the Miami@50 owners claim?
A.Miami@50 rents apartments at a much lower price then it rents hotel rooms.
B.Miami@50 rented out at least 8 times as many hotel room nights bookings as apartments.
C.Most apartments in that Miami@50 rented out were rented out multiple times.
D.Miami@50’s profit from renting out apartments was higher than it was for renting out hotel rooms.
E.Most of Miami@50’s customers preferred renting an apartment to renting a hotel room
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