|
GWD
|
Socially and environmentally responsible investing is on the rise: last year in the United States, over $2 trillion was invested in funds that screen companies according to a variety of criteria such as adherence to labor standards, protection of the environment, and observance of human rights.
|
|
GWD PREP2012
|
Frobisher, a sixteenth-century English explorer, had soil samples from Canada's Kodlunarn Island examined for gold content. Because high gold content was reported, Elizabeth I funded two mining expeditions. Neither expedition found any gold there. Modern analysis of the island's soil indicates a very low gold content. Thus the methods used to determine the gold content of Frobisher's samples must have been inaccurate.Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
|
|
GWD
|
The passage suggests that the author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the use of biocontrol agents?
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 2
|
Since 1975 so many people have been moving to Utah such that Mormons who were once 75 percent of the population are now only accounting for half of it.
|
|
OG12 OG15 OG16 OG17 GWD PREP08 Test 1 OG18 OG19 OG20 OG2022
|
Heavy commitment by an executive to a course of action, especially if it has worked well in the past, makes it likely to miss signs of incipient trouble or misinterpret them when they do appear.
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 2
|
TrueSave is a mail-order company that ships electronic products from its warehouses to customers worldwide. The company's shipping manager is proposing that customer orders be packed with newer, more expensive packing materials that virtually eliminate damage during shipping. The manager argues that overall costs would essentially remain unaffected, since the extra cost of the new packing materials roughly equals the current cost of replacing products returned by customers because they arrived in damaged condition.Which of the following would it be most important to ascertain in determining whether implementing the shipping manager's proposal would have the argued-for effect on costs?
|
|
GWD
|
Which of the following is mentioned in the passage as an indirect effect of using a biocontrol agent?
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 2
|
As a large corporation in a small country, Hachnut wants its managers to have international experience, so each year it sponsors management education abroad for its management trainees. Hachnut has found, however, that the attrition rate of graduates from this program is very high, with many of them leaving Hachnut to join competing firms soon after completing the program. Hachnut does use performance during the program as a criterion in deciding among candidates for management positions, but both this function and the goal of providing international experience could be achieved in other ways. Therefore, if the attrition problem cannot be successfully addressed, Hachnut should discontinue the sponsorship program.In the argument given, the two boldfaced portions play which of the following roles?
|
|
GWD
|
The example presented by the author in highlight text most clearly serves to illustrate
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 1
|
Approved April 24, 1800, the act of Congress that made provision for the removal of the government of the United States to the new federal city, Washington, D .C ., also established the Library of Congress.
|
|
GWD
|
Aroca City currently funds its public schools through taxes on property. In place of this system, the city plans to introduce a sales tax of three percent on all retail sales in the city. Critics protest that three percent of current retail sales falls short of the amount raised for schools by property taxes. The critics are correct on this point. Nevertheless, implementing the plan will probably not reduce the money going to Aroca's schools. Several large retailers have selected Aroca City as the site for huge new stores, and these are certain to draw large numbers of shoppers from neighboring municipalities, where sales are taxed at rates of six percent and more. In consequence, retail sales in Aroca City are bound to increase substantially.In the argument given, the two potions in boldface play which of the following roles?
|
|
GWD PREP07 Test 2
|
According to the passage, which of the following is a concern that arises with biocontrol agents but not with chemical pesticides?
|
|
GWD
|
After more than four decades of research and development, a new type of jet engine is being tested that could eventually propel aircraft anywhere in the world within two hours or help boost cargoes into space at significantly lower costs than current methods permit.
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 1
|
The passage suggests that the high inflation in the United States and many European countries in the 1980's differed from inflation elsewhere in which of the following ways?
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 2
|
The violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents) in Meadowbrook is 60 percent higher now than it was four years ago. The corresponding increase for Parkdale is only 10 percent. These figures support the conclusion that residents of Meadowbrook are more likely to become victims of violent crime than are residents of Parkdale.The argument above is flawed because it fails to take into account
|
|
GWD
|
Some scientists contend that many species of dinosaur had a metabolism more like a warm-blooded mammal's than a cold-blooded reptile's.
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 1
|
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen The author's conclusion about the use of wage and price controls?
|
|
GWD PREP2012
|
The OLEX Petroleum Company has recently determined that it could cut its refining costs by closing its Grenville refinery and consolidating all refining at its Tasberg refinery. Closing the Grenville refinery, however, would mean the immediate loss of about 1,200 jobs in the Grenville area. Eventually the lives of more than 10,000 people would be seriously disrupted. Therefore, OLEX's decision, announced yesterday, to keep Grenville open shows that at OLEX social concerns sometimes outweigh the desire for higher profits.Which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines the argument given?
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 1
|
According to public health officials, in 1998 Massachusetts became the first state in which more babies were born to women over the age of thirty than under it.
|
|
GWD PREP08 Test 1
|
The primary purpose of the passage is to
|