14.IfGoldenandKovacsareassignedtoLandM, respectively, whichofthefollowingmustbetrue?
(A)FarrisassignedtoeitherPorT.
(B)InserraisassignedtoeitherPorT.
(C)PandTeachhavetwoworkersassignedtothem.
(D)HayakawaisassignedtoL.
(E)HayakawaisassignedtoT.
15.IfGolden, Hayakawa, andKovacsareamongtheworkersassignedtoembassiesinhumidclimayes, whichofthefollowingmustbetrue?
(A)Farrisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworkersisassigned.
(B)Goldenisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworkersisassigned.
(C)JonesisassignedtothesameembassyasGolden.
(D)HayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasGolden.
(E)HayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasKovacs.
Question16——19
Avolunteerusesatrucktopickupdonationsofunsoldfoodandclothingfromstoresandtodeliverthemtoloc ationswheretheycanbedistributed.Hedrivesonlyalongacertainnetworkofroads.
Inthenetworktherearetwo-wayroadsconnectingeachofthefollowingpairsofpoints:1with2, 1with3, 1with5, 2with6, 3with7, 5with6, and 6with7.Therearealsoone-wayroadsgoingfrom2to4, from3to2, andfrom4to3.Therearenootherroadsinthenetwork, andtheroadsint henetworkdonotintersect.
Tomakeatripinvolvingpickupsanddeliverirs, thevolunteeralwaystakesaroutethatforthewholetrippasse sthroughthefewestofthepoints1through7, countingapointtwiceifthevolunteerpassesthroughittwice.
Thevolunteer‘shomeisatpoint3.Donationscanbepickedupatasupermarketatpoint1, aclothingstoreatpoint5, andabak eryatpoint4.Deliveriescanbemadeasneededtoatutoringcenteratpoint2, adistributioncenteratpoint6, a ndashelteratpoint7.
16.Ifthevolunteerstartsatthesupermarketandnextistogototheshelter, thefirstintermediatepointhisrpute passesthroughmustbe
(A)2
(B)3
(C)5
(D)6
(E)7
17.If, startingfromhome, thevolunteernextistomakepickupsfortheshelteratthesupermarketandthebake ry(ineitherorder), thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute, beginningwiththefirst, mustbe
(A)1and2
(B)1and3
(C)2and1
(D)2and4
(E)4and2
18.If, startingfromtheclothingstore, thevolunteernextistopickupbreadateitherthesupermarketorthebak ery(whicheverstopmakeshisroutegothroughthefewestofthepoints)andthenistogototheshelter, thefirsttwopointshereachesaftertheclothingstore, beginningwiththefirst, m ustbe
(A)1and2
(B)1and3
(C)4and2
(D)6and2
(E)6and4
19.Ifthevolunteeristomakeatripstartingattheshelter, nextgoingtothebakeryforapickup, andthenending atthedistributioncenter, thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute, beginningwiththefirst, canbe
(A)3and1
(B)3and4
(C)4and2
(D)6and2
(E)6and5
Question20—22
Adeveloperisplanningtobuildahousingcomplexonanemptytractofland.Exactlysevendifferentstylesofh ouses—Q, R, S, T, W, X, andZ—willbebuildinthecomplex.Thecomplexwillcontainseveralblocks, andthedeveloperplanstoputhousesofa tleastthreedifferentstylesoneachblock.Thedeveloperwillbuildthecomplexaccordingtothefollowingrule s:
AnyblockthathasstyleZonitmustalsohavestyleWonit.
AnyblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleSandstyleXmusthaveonit
styleTandstyleZ.
NoblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleRandstyleZcanhaveonit
eitherstyleTorstyleW.
NoblockcanhaveonitbothstyleSandstyleQ.
20.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock?
(A)Q, R, S(B)Q, S, X(C)R, T, Z(D)S, W, Z(E)T, X, Z
21.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock?
(A)Q(B)R(C)S(D)W(E)X
22.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleforablockthatisadjacenttoexactlyon eblock, ifthatoneblockhasonitstyleS, T, W, andXonly?
(A)S, T, andX(B)T, X, andZ(C)R, S, X, andZ(D)S, T, W, andX(E)T, W, X, andZ
23.Whenanosprey(afish-eatinghawk)returnafromfishingtoitsnestingareawithafishlikeanalewife, apollack, orasmelt, otherospreyswillretracei tsflightpathinhopesofgoodfishing.Thereisseldomsucharesponseifthefirstbirdbringsbackawinterfloun der.Yetospreysfeedonwinterflounderjustasreadyasodanyotherfish.
Whichofthefollowing, iftrue, contributesmosttoanexplanationofthefishingbehaviorofospreysasitisdesc ribedabove?
(A)Ospreysareseldomabletocatchalewives, pollack, orsmelt.
(B)Alewives, pollack, andsmaltmoveinschools, butwinterflounderdonot.
(C)Winterflounderprefershallowerwatersthandoalewives, pollack, orsmelt.
(D)Winterflounderpreferandpollackexhibitprotectivecoloration, butalewivesandsmeltdonot.
(E)Ospreysthatliveinnestingareaareespeciallysuccessfulfishers.
24.Arecentstudyofaninsurancecompany‘sunderwritersindicatethatthosewhoworkedinpleasantphysicalsurroundingswere25percentmorepro ductivethantheirpeersinunpleasantphysicalsurroundings.Objectivecriteriaforevaluatingjobperform anceincludedcaseloadandcomplexityofcases.Thisshowsthatimprovingworkers’enviromentsincreasesthoseworkers‘productivity.
Whichofthefollowing, iftrue, mostseriouslyweakenstheconclusionabove?
(A)Onaverage, less-productiveemployeesspendnofewerhoursperdayat theirworkstationsthandotheirmore-productivepeers.
(B)Unpleasantsurroundingsgiveemployeeslessmotivationtoworkhardthan morepleasantsurroundingsdo.
(C)Themore-productiveemployeesaregenerallyrewardedwithpleasantoffice space.
(D)More-productiveemployeesdonotworkanymorehoursthantheir less-productivepeers.
(E)Peerpressurediscouragesemployeesincrowed, unpleasantsurroundings frommakingphonecallstotheirownfamilymembersduringworktime.
25.Inacertaincountry, individualtendtochangetheirpoliticalaffiliationreadilyfromonepoliticalpartyto another.InthepasttheUnionpartygrewlargerbecauseofthistendency, butalthoughmostofthosewho changetoanewpartyaffiliationchangetotheUnionparty, theUnionpartyhasremainedaboutthesame sizeinrecentyears.
Whichofthefollowing, iftrue, besthelpstoexplainthechangeinthegrowthpatternoftheUnionpartymen tionedabove?
(A)Theeconomyhasbeenprosperingrecently, andmanyofthosewhochange partyaffiliationareupwardlymobileandproperous.
(B)Inrecentyeasthosewhowerepreviouslynonaffiliatedhavetendedtojoin theUnionpartyiftheyjoinedanypartyatall.
(C)Thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhochangepoliticalpartyaffiliation eachyearhasremainedconstant, andthenumberofvoting-agecitizens hasremainedthesame.
(D)Thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhoareaffiliatedwithanypolitical partyhasincreasedoverthelasttenyears.
(E)ManymembersoftheUnipnpartyhaveabandonedallpoliticalparty affiliationinrecentyears.