Dadaism, the avant-garde European artistic movement of the early twentieth century, a phenomenon in which the postwar economic and moral sentiments gave birth to art that appeared to reject logic and embrace chaos.

Developed over roughly a millennium and containing 24 books, the Masoretic Text, commonly called the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible and is recognized by Rabbinic Judaism as authoritative.

Nationside, an insurance company, is considering issuing a new policy to insure automobile drivers who are elderly and have a record of car accidents. If premiums for the new policy are inappropriately high for a potential customer, that customer will not opt for the new policy. Therefore, Nationside is concerned that the income from the policies would not be sufficient to pay for the claims that would be made.

Which of the following strategies would be most likely to maximize Nationside's profit margins from the new policy?

Studies indicate that potential buyers of an expensive product are more likely to go through with their purchase if they have first made a purchase of a related product, such as a less expensive product sold by the same company in the same place. Psychologists attribute this behavior to commitment bias, in which people's present actions are influenced by a desire to act consistently with their past actions. A company that sells expensive products will increase sales of these items by first inducing customers to buy less expensive, easy-to-sell items.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the recommendation above?

Astrology is considered by many a false science, but it is in fact a true field of science because it uses scientific methods such as the analysis of cause and effect and careful documentation of observations over time by many individuals.

The conclusion above is properly drawn if which of the following is assumed?

The more incentives there are for financial institutions to provide home mortgages, the more mortgage options financial institutions will provide to cater to different circumstances, and the odds that a potential home buyer is able to purchase a home are increased when more mortgage options are available. Therefore, by increasing incentives to financial institutions to provide home mortgages, the government can create circumstances that are more helpful for home buyers.

If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?

State government manager:  By removing the fax machines in our state government offices, we will save costs and also avoid the hassle of maintaining and replacing or repairing fax machines. We all have access to computers in our offices and we can make sure those computers are equipped with electronic faxing accounts. Therefore, the fax machines in our offices can be eliminated without any loss of efficiency in how we do our work.

Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the claim that the proposal, if carried out, will have the announced effect?

In troubled economic times, there is a shift in business from mainstream retail stores to discount retail stores as consumers aim to reduce their total monthly spending. For local discount stores, when unemployment rises or effective wages decline due to inflation or another cause, sales go up. By contrast, however, during periods of extreme economic hardship, business at discount stores stops improving and may even suffer.

Which of the following, if true, does most to explain the contrast described above?

At a given school, the number of students enrolled in neither an accounting nor a finance course is how much greater than the number of students enrolled in both?

1. There are 250 students enrolled in an accounting course.
2. There are 280 students enrolled in a finance course.

What is the area of the circle above with center O?

1. The area of $\Delta OAB$ is 50.
2. The length of arc ACB is $15\pi$.

The cost of production of a certain item increases, though not proportionally, with the number of units produced. Is the cost of production of 4,800 units less than $40,000?

1. The cost of producing 4,600 units is more than $30,000.
2. The cost of producing 4,700 units is more than $50,000.

If Set R = {223, 225, 227, 229, 231, 233, 235, 237}, and Set S is formed such that it contains exactly 6 distinct numbers that are members of Set R, what is the standard deviation of the numbers in Set S?

1. The average (arithmetic mean) of the numbers that are members of Set S is equal to the average of the numbers that are members of Set R.
2. Set S does not contain 223.

Are all of the numbers in a certain list of 20 numbers equal?

1. The sum of all the numbers in the list is 100.
2. The sum of any 5 numbers in the list is 25.

If AB is a diameter of the circle above, what is the area of the circle?

1. $BD=3$
2. $AC=\frac{2\sqrt{3}}{3}BD$

A regional shipping facility has received a cars, each of which must be distributed to one of b dealerships in the region. If $3<b<7$ and $a>7$, is it possible to distribute the a cars to the b dealerships such that each dealership receives the same number of cars?

1. It would be possible to distribute 3a cars that each dealership receives the same number of cars.
2. It would be possible to distribute 7a cars that each dealership receives the same number of cars.

In 2009, Marcos placed a total of $26,000 in 23 different investments. In 2010, he placed additional funds  into two new investments. For all 25 investments, is the average (arithmetic mean) amount of money per investment less than $1,200?

1. Each investment added in 2010 contained more than $1,000.
2. Each investment added in 2010 contained less than $1,500.

The numbers t, u, v, w, and x are five consecutive even integers in increasing order. What is the average (arithmetic mean) of these five numbers?

1. The average (arithmetic mean) of u and v is 121.
2. $u+w=244$

Can a circular manhole cover fit exactly into the circular recessed area of the street?

1. The recessed area of street measures 24 inches from one side to the other through its center point.
2. The area of the surface of the manhole cover is $144\pi$ inches squared.

At a store, a is the range of the prices of the items in Group A, and b is the range of the prices of the items in Group B. If each of the items in Group A is also in Group B, is b greater than a?

1. Group A contains 21 items.
2. Group B contains 22 items.