QUESTION: 193

In an experiment, two different types of recorded music were played for neonates in adjacent nurseries in a hospital. In nursery A, classical music was played; in nursery B, rock music was played. After two weeks, it was found that the babies in nursery A cried less, suffered fewer minor ailments, and gained more weight than did the babies in nursery B.

In evaluating the validity of the conclusion suggested by the experiment above, it would be most important to know which of the following?

The musical preferences of the parents of the two groups of newborns
Whether the newborns in both nurseries were equally healthy and happy at the start of the experiment
Whether loud rock music can damage the hearing of newborns
What the average weight of the neonates was before and after the experiment
Whether the music was played in the nurseries at all times or only at certain times

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 194

In an experiment, two different types of recorded music were played for neonates in adjacent nurseries in a hospital. In nursery A, classical music was played; in nursery B, rock music was played. After two weeks, it was found that the babies in nursery A cried less, suffered fewer minor ailments, and gained more weight than did the babies in nursery B.

Which of the following additional experimental data would support the hypothesis that classical music is beneficial to the development of newborn?

The neonates in a nursery where no music was played fared better than those in nursery B.
Nursery A contained 15 percent more premature babies than nursery
The newborns in nursery A cried less, suffered fewer minor ailments, and gained more weight than did newborns in a nursery with no music.
The music played in nursery A was louder than that played in nursery B.
The ratio of nurses to newborns in nursery B was 1 to 4; in nursery A, it was 1 to 6.

Answer(s): C

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QUESTION: 195

The ancient city of Cephesa was not buried by an eruption of Mt. Amnos in A.D. 310, as some believe. The eruption in the year 310 damaged the city, but it did not destroy it. Cephesa survived for another century before it finally met its destruction in another eruption around A.D. 415.

Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the author’s claim that the city of Cephesa was not buried by the eruption of Mt. Amnos in A.D. 310?

The city of Cephesa is mentioned in a historical work known to have been written in D. 400.
Coins bearing the image of an emperor who lived around A.D. 410 have been discovered in the ruins of Cephesa, which were preserved by the cinders and ashes that buried the city.
Geological evidence shows that the eruption of Mt. Amnos in A.D. 415 deposited a 10-foot-thick layer of lava on the city of Cephesa.
Artworks from the city of Cephesa have been found in the ruins of another city known to have been destroyed in A. 420.
A historical work written in A.D. 430 refers to the eruption of Mt. Amnos in A.D. 415.

Answer(s): B

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QUESTION: 196

June is taller than Kristin. Letty is taller than Maria. Maria is shorter than Nancy.
Kristin and Nancy are exactly the same height.
If the information above is true, which of the following must also be true?

Letty is taller than Nancy.
Letty is taller than June.
Kristin is shorter than Letty.
June is taller than Maria.
Kristin is shorter than Maria.

Answer(s): D

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