QUESTION: 65

LLC stands for "Limited Liability Corporation," meaning the business owners' liability is limited. Without the idea of "limited liability," the owners of a business can be held personally responsible for the debts of their business. The idea of "limited liability" originated in Germany in the late 19th century. By the 1940s, the idea had taken hold in 17 countries, but not the United States. In 1977, Wyoming became the first U.S. state to pass an LLC law modeled after the German statute. Many other states eventually passed their own version, though most of them have variations from other states.
Why is the idea of limited liability helpful to business owners?

Because it can limit their personal financial risk.
Because it is a tradition dating back to the 19th century.
Because it is now legal in all 50 states.
Because it holds them personally responsible for their business' debts.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The idea of a limited liability company or LLC is helpful to business owners because it can limit the financial risk to them personally, rather than making business owners personally responsible for the debts of their business. This idea is expressed in the first two sentences of the passage; it is left for the reader to understand that decreased personal financial risk is better, but that's a conclusion most people would easily reach on their own.

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QUESTION: 66

We are focused so much on requiring diversity that we have lost sight of why diversity is a good thing. The good part about having different kinds of people working together is that they bring their various abilities and insights to help the organization accomplish their shared goals. The different parts of the whole are important because, when joined together, they make a stronger, more capable whole. It is the strengthened unity resulting from diversity that is important, not just diversity for its own sake.
What does the writer say about different kinds of people working together?

Working together is important for its own sake.
Working together is too difficult to be important.
Having different types of people working together is important because it strengthens the entire organization or group.
Working together makes people lose their focus on their individual goals.

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Having different types of people working together is important because it strengthens the entire organization or group. The writer of this passage is trying to get across the idea that the advantage of diversity is the increased strength and capability that the diverse group has over the non-diverse group, not that diversity itself is the only goal.

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QUESTION: 67

Specialized warships are relatively recent in origin. They have always been expensive to build and need to be manned by crews with specialized skills. Their construction and operation therefore requires a great deal of the ruler's wealth. The earliest form of fighting at sea was probably piratical as opposed to political; even a pirate needs resources to get his start. The first navies may or may not have been pirate hunters but navies, by definition, cost more than individual ships. Whatever perspective one takes, fighting on water has cost more than fighting on land from the beginnings.
According to this passage, navies ___________.

all started out as pirates
are more expensive to have and maintain than individual ships
normally cooperate with pirates to avoid attack
are suitable to be built by specialists

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

According to this passage, navies are more expensive to have and maintain than individual ships. The passage states that, "navies, by definition, cost more than individual ships."

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QUESTION: 68

A noted communication researcher has found that 7 percent of our feelings and attitudes are communicated with words, 38 percent through tone of voice, and 55 percent with nonverbal expressions. These facts tell us that the communications channels over which we have the most control – and understand the best – have the least amount of impact, and that the channels over which we have the least control – and understand the least – have the most impact.
How much of our communication with other people is with words?

7 percent
38 percent
55 percent
Depends upon which communication channel it goes through.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

According to the passage, only 7 percent of our feelings and attitudes are communicated with words.

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