PREP07 Test 2 PREP08 Test 1
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The author cites which of the following as a disadvantage of methiocarb?
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PREP07 Test 2
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Are the integers z and f to the right of 0 on the number line? (1) The product of z and f is positive. (2) The sum of z and f is positive.
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PREP07 Test 2
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The function f is defined for all positive integers n by the following rule: f(n) is the number of positive integers each of which is less than n and has no positive factor in common with n other than 1. If p is any prime number then f(p) =
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PREP07 Test 2
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Using technology as new as space-age fabrics and as ordinary as common dry-cleaning chemicals, scientists and historians, in their attempt at cleaning and preserving the American flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore in 1814, are hoping that it will then last another 200 years.
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PREP07 Test 2
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The use of radar detectors in commercial vehicles was banned because commercial truck and bus drivers were using these devices to drive faster than the posted speed limit without fear of arrest. Since drivers of noncommercial vehicles also use radar detectors and since speeding decreases safety for any vehicle, use of radar detectors should also be banned in noncommercial vehicles to increase safety.Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the argument above?
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PREP07 Test 2
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The passage suggests that methiocarb and metaldehyde would be more effective as slug poisons if it were true that they
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PREP07 Test 2
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Some of the students enrolled at College T are part-time students and the rest are full-time students. By what percent did the number of full-time students enrolled at College T increase from the fall of 1999 to the fall of 2000 ? (1) There were 50 more full-time students enrolled at College T in the fall of 2000 than in the fall of 1999. (2) The total number of students enrolled at College T increased by 5 percent from the fall of 1999 to the fall of 2000.
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PREP07 Test 2
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A certain business produced x rakes each month from November through February and shipped $$\frac x 2$$ rakes at the beginning of each month from March through October. The business paid no storage costs for the rakes from November through February, but it paid storage costs of $0.10 per rake each month from March through October for the rakes that had not been shipped. In terms of x, what was the total storage cost, in dollars, that the business paid for the rakes for the 12 months from November through October?
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PREP07 Test 2
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Like those of the African white and black rhinos, the Sumatran rhino has two horns, but the front one is generally less than a foot long and the second is so small that it often appears to be missing.
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OG12 PREP07 Test 2
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Offshore oil-drilling operations entail an unavoidable risk of an oil spill, but importing oil on tankers presently entails an even greater such risk per barrel of oil. Therefore, if we are to reduce the risk of an oil spill without curtailing our use of oil, we must invest more in offshore operations and import less oil on tankers.Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
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PREP07 Test 2 PREP08 Test 2
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The primary purpose of the passage is to
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PREP07 Test 2
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If c and d are integers, is c even? (1) c(d + 1) is even. (2) (c + 2)(d + 4) is even.
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PREP07 Test 2
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The table shows the number of calls received by each of five operators during each of 4 one-hour periods. For which operator was the standard deviation of the numbers of calls received during these 4 periods the least?
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PREP07 Test 2
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As it is with traditional pharmacies, on-line drugstores rely on prescriptions to be successful, since it is primarily prescriptions that attract the customers, who then also buy other health-related items.
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PREP07 Test 2
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The imposition of quotas limiting imported steel will not help the big American steel mills. In fact, the quotas will help "mini-mills" flourish in the United States. Those small domestic mills will take more business from the big Americal steel mills than would have been taken by the foreign steel mills in the absence of quotas.Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the claim made in the last sentence above?
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PREP07 Test 2 PREP08 Test 2
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According to the passage, which of the following is true of northeasters?
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PREP07 Test 2
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If set S consists of the numbers 1, 5, -2, 8, and n, is 0 < n < 7 ? (1) The median of the numbers in S is less than 5. (2) The median of the numbers in S is greater than 1.
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PREP07 Test 2
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A certain company sold 1,000 blenders at $100 each and 10 stoves at $1,000 each. If the company's total cost for the blenders and stoves was $50,000, what was the company's total gross profit on these items?
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PREP07 Test 2
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According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively few founding members.
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OG12 OG15 PREP07 Test 2
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A recent report determined that although only 3 percent of drivers on Maryland highways equipped their vehicles with radar detectors, 33 percent of all vehicles ticketed for exceeding the speed limit were equipped with them. Clearly, drivers who equip their vehicles with radar detectors are more likely to exceed the speed limit regularly than are drivers who do not.The conclusion drawn above depends on which of the following assumptions?
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