QUESTION: 133

Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the economist's argument?

Before the law requiring the contractor to get bank backing to insure all individual investments was passed, there was a lower rate of bankruptcy than there is now.
When the law did not insure buyers against the bankruptcies of building contractors, frequent bankruptcies occurred as result of depositors' fears of investing money in a newly built house.
Surveys show that a significant proportion of new home buyers are aware that their investments are protected by law.
There is an upper limit on the amount of an individual's investment for which a contractor is required by law to get bank backing, but very few individuals' investments exceed this limit.
The security of a contractor against bankruptcy depends on the percentage of its assets reinvested into the business.

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The best answer is B. The argument that bank backing is partially responsible for the high rate of bank failures would be weakened if the bank backing to insure all individual investments also prevented certain contractor bankruptcies. Choice B suggests that it does prevent some bankruptcies and is thus the best answer.

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QUESTION: 134

Between 1990 and 1998, occupancy in Branson Hospital averaged 79 percent of capacity, while admission rates remained constant, at an average of 9 admissions per 100 beds per year. Between 1998 and 2002, however, occupancy rates increased to an average of 85 percent of capacity, while admission rates declined to 8 per 100 beds per year.
Which of the following conclusions can be most properly drawn from the info given above?

The average stay for Branson Hospital residents rose between 1998 and 2002.
The proportion of children staying in Branson hospital was greater in 2002 than in 1990.
Hospital admission rates tend to decline whenever occupancy rates rise.
Hospitals built prior to 1998 generally had fewer beds than did hospitals built between 1998 and 2002.
The more beds a nursing home has, the higher its occupancy rate is likely to be.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The best answer is A. Choice A receives support from the fact stated above: between 1998 and 2002, Branson hospital occupancy rates rose though admission rats decline

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QUESTION: 135

American customers expect high quality. When the quality of a manufactured product is raised, it in turn raises customer expectations. A company that believes that the quality of its products is satisfactory will soon discover that its customers are not similarly satisfied. The goal of Sunnybrook Corporation is to meet or exceed customer expectations.

Which of the following must be true on the basis of the statements above?

Sunny brook’scompetitors will succeed in attracting customers only if those competitors adoptSunny brook’sgoal as their own.
A company that does not correctly forecast the expectations of its customers is certain to fail in advancing the quality of its products.
It is possible to meet the goal of Sunnybrook Corporation only if the quality of their products can be continually improved upon.
If a company becomes satisfied with the quality of the products it manufactures, then the quality is likely to decline.
Sunnybrook’s customers are currently satisfied with the quality of its products.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The best answer is C. Sunnybrook wishes to meet customer expectations; however, these expectations are always being raised. Whatever the quality of Sunny brook’sproducts, it will be possible to meet their goal only by continually improving their products.

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QUESTION: 136

According to a review of 38 studies of patients suffering from water retention, a large majority of the patients reported that fasting eased their suffering considerably. Yet fasting is not used to treat water retention even though the conventional medications often have serious side effects.
Which of the following, if true, best explains the fact that fasting is not used as a treatment for water retention?

For a small percentage of patients with water retention, fasting induces a temporary sense of nausea
Getting patients with water retention to fast regularly is more difficult than getting healthy patients to do so.
Fasting regularly over a long period of time can lead to temporary impairment of balance comparable to that induced by consuming several ounces of alcohol.
The dramatic shifts in water retention connected with fasting have not been traced to particular changes in brain chemistry.
The water retention returns in full force as soon as the fast is broken by even a small meal.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The best answer is A. In choice A, the words object and necessity, both singular, agree.

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