id,question,A,B,C,D,E,solution
1,"According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice in socioeconomically deprived areas. ",minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than are other graduates in planning to practice ,minority graduates are nearly four times more likely than other graduates who plan on practicing ,minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practicing ,it is nearly four times more likely that minority graduates rather than other graduates will plan to practice ,it is nearly four times as likely for minority graduates than other graduates to plan to practice ,C
2,"More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. ","More than 300 rivers drain into Siberia's Lake Baikal, which holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. ","With 20 percent of the world's fresh water, that is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal has more than 300 rivers that drain into it. ","Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, it holds more of the world's fresh water than all that of the North American Great Lakes combined, 20 percent. ","While more than 300 rivers drain into it, Siberia's Lake Baikal holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water, which is more than all the North American Great Lakes combined. ","More than all the North American Great Lakes combined, Siberia's Lake Baikal, with more than 300 rivers draining into it, holds 20 percent of the world's fresh water. ",A
3,"As a result of a supernova explosion, every human being on Earth was bombarded on February 23, 1987, by about 100 billion neutrinos; fortunately, neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that interact very weakly with matter. ",neutrinos are harmless elementary particles that are produced in nuclear reactions and that ,"neutrinos, which are harmless, are elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which ",neutrinos are harmless elementary particles produced in nuclear reactions and which ,"these harmless elementary particles are produced in nuclear reactions, and neutrinos ","these elementary particles, harmless products of nuclear reactions, are neutrinos that ",A
4,"Many entomologists say that campaigns to eradicate the fire ant in the United States have failed because the chemicals that were used were effective only in wiping out the ant's natural enemies, which made it easier for them to spread. ",which made it easier for them ,which makes it easier for it ,thus making it easier for them ,thus making it easier for the ant ,"thereby, it was made easier for the ant ",C
5,"A circular jogging track forms the edge of a circular lake that has a diameter of 2 miles. Johanna walked once around the track at the average rate of 3 miles per hour. If t represents the number of hours it took Johanna to walk completely around the lake, which of the following is a correct statement? ",0.5 < t < 0.75  ,1.75 < t < 2.0  ,2.0 < t < 2.5 ,2.5 < t < 3.0 ,3 < t < 3.5 ,C
6,The number 75 can be written as the sum of the squares of 3 different positive integers. What is the sum of these 3 integers? ,17 ,16 ,15 ,14 ,13 ,E
7,"Six machines, each working at the same constant rate, together can complete a certain job in 12 days. How many additional machines, each working at the same constant rate, will be needed to complete the job in 8 days? ",2 ,3 ,4 ,6 ,8 ,B
8,"A certain office supply store stocks 2 sizes of self-stick notepads, each in 4 colors: blue, green, yellow, or pink. The store packs the notepads in packages that contain either 3 notepads of the same size and the same color or 3 notepads of the same size and of 3 different colors. If the order in which the colors are packed is not considered, how many different packages of the types described above are possible? ",6 ,8 ,16 ,24 ,32 ,C
9,What is the greatest prime factor of 417 – 228 ? ,2 ,3 ,5 ,7 ,11 ,D
10,"If the operation ∆ is one of the four arithmetic operations addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, is (6 ∆ 2) ∆ 4 = 6 ∆ (2 ∆ 4) ? 
 
(1) 3 ∆ 2 > 3 
(2) 3 ∆ 1 = 3 ","Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient. ","Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient. ","BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient. ",EACH statement ALONE is sufficient. ,Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient. ,A
11,"Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused dramatic increases in the price of cotton on the world market. Knowing that cotton plants mature quickly, many soybean growers in Ortovia plan to cease growing soybeans, the price of which has long been stable, and to begin raising cotton instead, thereby taking advantage of the high price of cotton to increase their income significantly at least over the next several years. ",The cost of raising soybeans has increased significantly over the past several years and is expected to continue to climb. ,"Tests of a newly developed, inexpensive pesticide have shown it to be both environmentally safe and effective against the insects that have infected cotton crops. ",In the past several years there has been no sharp increase in the demand for cotton and for goods made out of cotton. ,Many consumers consider cotton cloth a necessity rather than a luxury and would be willing to pay significantly higher prices for cotton goods than they currently pay. ,The species of insect that has infested cotton plants has never been known to attack soybean plants. ,B
12," In many corporations, employees are being replaced by automated equipment in order to save money. However, many workers who lose their jobs to automation will need government assistance to survive, and the same corporations that are laying people off will eventually pay for that assistance through increased taxes and unemployment insurance payments. 
 
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the author's argument? ",Many workers who have already lost their jobs to automation have been unable to find new jobs. ,Many corporations that have failed to automate have seen their profits decline. ,Taxes and unemployment insurance are paid also by corporations that are not automating. ,Most of the new jobs created by automation pay less than the jobs eliminated by automation did. ,The initial investment in machinery for automation is often greater than the short-term savings in labor costs. ,A
13,"The violent crime rate (number of violent crimes per 1,000 residents) in Meadowbrook is 60 percent higher now than it was four years ago. The corresponding increase for Parkdale is only 10 percent. These figures support the conclusion that residents of Meadowbrook are more likely to become victims of violent crime than are residents of Parkdale. 
 
The argument above is flawed because it fails to take into account ",changes in the population density of both Parkdale and Meadowbrook over the past four years ,how the rate of population growth in Meadowbrook over the past four years compares to the corresponding rate for Parkdale ,the ratio of violent to nonviolent crimes committed during the past four years in Meadowbrook and Parkdale ,the violent crime rates in Meadowbrook and Parkdale four years ago ,how Meadowbrook's expenditures for crime prevention over the past four years compare to Parkdale's expenditures ,D
14,"In Kravonia, the average salary for jobs requiring a college degree has always been higher than the average salary for jobs that do not require a degree. Over the last few years, the number of Kravonians enrolled in college has been growing steadily. Therefore, the number of Kravonians entering the job market who have at least the qualification of a college degree will eventually be significantly higher than it has been over the last few years. 
 
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? ","Kravonians with more than one college degree earn little more, on average, than do Kravonians with only one college degree. ",The average number of years Kravonian college students remain enrolled before completing a degree has been increasing over the past several years. ,"Despite the increase in the number of Kravonians attending college, the percentage of the population attending college is lower in Kravonia than in most other countries. ","In recent years, employers have been requiring college degrees for workers in jobs that were previously performed successfully by Kravonians who did not have college degrees. ","For many years, employers in Kravonia have had difficulty finding enough college graduates to fill the high-paying jobs that were available. ",B
15,"Despite recent increases in sales and cash flow that have propelled automobile companies' common stocks to new highs, several industry analysts expect automakers, in order to conserve cash, to set dividends more conservatively than they were. ",to set dividends more conservatively than they were ,to set dividends more conservatively than they have been ,to be more conservative than they have been in setting dividends ,that they will be more conservative than they were in setting dividends ,that they will be more conservative than they have been to set dividends ,C
16,"In a stack of boards at a lumber yard, the 20th board counting from the top of the stack is immediately below the 16th board counting from the bottom of the stack. How many boards are in the stack? ",38 ,36 ,35 ,34 ,32 ,D
17,"Three grades of milk are 1 percent, 2 percent, and 3 percent fat by volume. If x gallons of the 1 percent grade, y gallons of the 2 percent grade, and z gallons of the 3 percent grade are mixed to give x + y + z gallons of a 1.5 percent grade, what is x in terms of y and z ? ",y + 3z ,(y + z) / 4 ,2y + 3z ,3y + z ,3y + 4.5z ,A