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8 Drug manufacturer: Although our company requires
that patients who use our new drug also pur-
chase from us nonreusable kits for weekly
blood testing, the expense of those kits is an
entirely necessary one: weekly blood testing
must be done to monitor the drug's potential
side effects, which can be very dangerous.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weak-
ens the manufacturer's argument?
(A) The expense of purchasing the blood-test kits
has not prevented any patients from obtaining
them or the drug.
(B) Medical laboratories can perform the blood test-
ing at a lower cost to patients or their insurers
than the price the manufacturer charges for the
kits.
(C) A one-year supply of the drug and the weekly
blood-test kits can cost patients or their
insurers over $10,000.
(D) Most government and other health insurance
programs will not reimburse patients for the
full cost of both the drug and the blood-test
kits.
(E) Patients who suffer one or more of the danger-
ous side effects of the drug can incur heavy
expenses for the treatment of those side effects.
9 Virginia and her brother William disagree over when
their father was born: Virginia claims it was in 1935
and William claims it was in 1933. The hospital
where their father was born has no records for 1933
but has complete records for 1935—records that do
not include a birth record for their father. Therefore,
he must have been born in 1933.
The argument depends on which of the following
assumptions?
(A) Either Virginia's claim or William's claim is
correct.
(B) The records of the hospital where their father
was born date back to 1933.
(C) Virginia and William know the day and the
month of their father's birth.
(D) There are urgent practical reasons why Virginia
and William must know the date of their
father's birth.
(E) None of their other relatives knows the year in
which Virginia and William's father was born.
10. RESULTS OF TWO SURVEYS OF OPINIONS
REGARDINGTHE EFFECTS OF SCIENCE OF
HUMAN SOCIETY
Responses August 1991 August 1992
Mostly beneficial 25% 81%
Equally harmful 37% 9%
and beneficial
Mostly harmful 20% 7%
No opinion 18% 3%
Which of the following, if true, contributes most to explaining the shift in opinions about the effects of science on human society?
(A) The surveys questioned people who regularly watch prime-time television, and an innovative weekly prime-time television series called "Wonders of Science"had been steadily winning viewers since its widely seen premiere in January 1992.
(B) The surveys questioned college-educated adults, and a report called "The State of the Nation's Schools," published in June 1992, noted an increase in students’ interest in science courses since 1982.
(C) The surveys were conducted in a suburban shopping area near a company that ceased operation in April 1992 as a result of lawsuits arising from unexpected toxic effects of the company's products.
(D) Both survey forms were mailed to equally large samples of the population; after returning the 1991 survey forms, respondents were sent discount coupons for food products, and after returning the 1992 survey forms, respondents were sent a pamphlet on recycling.
(E) The surveys questioned first-year college students across the country, and the people who did the questioning were all research scientists.
