Question 1

On a map, 1.5 inches represent 24 miles. How many miles approximately is the distance if you measured 47 centimeters assuming that 1-inch is 2.54 centimeters?

Options :

A : 174.2

B : 212

C : 288.1

D : 296

E : 282.4

Answer: D

Question 2

The lobbyists argued that because there is no statistical evidence that breathing other people’s tobacco smoke increases the incidence of heart disease or lung cancer in healthy nonsmokers, legislation banning smoking in workplaces cannot be justified on health grounds. Of the following, which is the best criticism of the argument reported above?

Options :

A : It ignores causes of lung cancer other than smoking.

B : It neglects the damaging effects of smoke-filled air on nonsmokers who are not healthy

C : It fails to mention the roles played by diet, exercise, and heredity in the development of heart disease.

D : It does not consider the possibility that nonsmokers who breathe smoke-filled air at work may become more concerned about their health.

E : It does not acknowledge that nonsmokers, even those who breathe smoke-filled air at work, are in general healthier than smokers.

Answer: B

Question 3

From the starting point in a boat race, one competitor started to sail north at a speed of 1.6 Km/h, the other competitor started to sail west at a speed of 1.2 km/h. What is the distance in km between the two competitors after 5 hours?

Options :

A : 10

B : 12

C : 12.5

D : 14

E : 15.4

Answer: A

Question 4

Since the invention of digital readout, machine designers have rushed to replace conventional dials and gauges

with digital units. Yet the digital gauge has drawbacks in some situations. Since it presents an exact numeric

value, it must be decoded and analyzed by a human operator; its meaning cannot be read in an instantaneous

scanning. An analog dial or gauge can be marked with red to alert the operator when a value is entering a

danger zone; a digital gauge cannot. And it is difficult to tell whether a digital readout is increasing or decreasing

over time, while the up or down movement of a pointer on an analog gauge can be quickly and easily observed.

The author of the passage above would probably recommend the use of digital gauge in cases when

I. warning of a sudden rise or fall in value is needed

II. an operator must read and interpret several gauges within a few seconds

III. a precise numeric value is essential

Options :

A : I only

B : III only

C : I and III only

D : II and III only

E : I, II, and III

Answer: B

Question 5

When people predict that certain result will not take place unless a certain action is taken, they believe that they have learned that the prediction is correct when the action is taken and the result occurs. On reflection, however, it often becomes clear that the result admits of more than one interpretation. Which of the following, if true, best supports the claims above?

Options :

A : Judging the success of an action requires specifying the goal of the action

B : Judging which action to take after a prediction is made requires knowing about other actions that have been successful in similar past situations

C : Learning whether a certain predictive strategy is good requires knowing the result using that strategy through several trials.

D : Distinguishing a correct prediction and effective action from an incorrect prediction and ineffective action is often impossible.

E : Making a successful prediction requires knowing the facts about the context of that prediction.

Answer: D