GMAT Practice Exam 1: Verbal
Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money
and extend companies' service areas, the merger of the nation's leading gas [and electric company is
intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening] their
utility markets to competition. - Answer-E) company and leading electric company is intended to create
a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
TrueSave's shipping manager is proposing that customer orders be packed with newer, more expensive
materials that eliminate damage during shipping. The manager argues that overall costs would
essentially remain unaffected, since the cost of new materials equals the current costs of replacing
damaged products. Which of the following would be most important to ascertain in determining
whether the proposal would have the argued-for effect on costs? - Answer-C) Whether a sizable portion
of returned items are returned because of damage already present when those items were packed for
shipping
Complete the passage: Taken in large quantities medicinal substances found in lakes could have serious
health effects, but they are present in quantities far too low to cause any physiological response in
people who drink or bathe in the water. Nevertheless, medical experts contend that eliminating these
trace amounts from the water will have public health benefits, since _________. - Answer-E) disease-
causing bacteria exposed to low concentrations of certain medicinal substances can become resistant to
them.
Unlike most other mergers in the utility industry, which have been driven by the need to save money
and extend companies' service areas, the merger of the nation's leading gas [and electric company is
intended to create a huge marketing network for the utilities in question with states opening] their
utility markets to competition. - Answer-E) company and leading electric company is intended to create
a huge network for marketing the utilities in question as states open
TrueSave's shipping manager is proposing that customer orders be packed with newer, more expensive
materials that eliminate damage during shipping. The manager argues that overall costs would
essentially remain unaffected, since the cost of new materials equals the current costs of replacing
damaged products. Which of the following would be most important to ascertain in determining
whether the proposal would have the argued-for effect on costs? - Answer-C) Whether a sizable portion
of returned items are returned because of damage already present when those items were packed for
shipping
Complete the passage: Taken in large quantities medicinal substances found in lakes could have serious
health effects, but they are present in quantities far too low to cause any physiological response in
people who drink or bathe in the water. Nevertheless, medical experts contend that eliminating these
trace amounts from the water will have public health benefits, since _________. - Answer-E) disease-
causing bacteria exposed to low concentrations of certain medicinal substances can become resistant to
them.
