GMAT - Practice Exam Questions
In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United States today, **a
corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted**
within the scope of his or her authority and if the corporation benefited as a result. - Answer-a
corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted
In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices to block production of thromboxane, **which is
a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously interfering** with the production of
prostacyclin, which prevents clotting. - Answer-a substance that promotes blood clotting, but does not
seriously interfere
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, and compared with sport utility vehicles, most cost less,
get better gas mileage, **and make it easy for passengers to get in and out,** and have a smoother,
more car-like ride. - Answer-allow passengers to get in and out more easily,
Early in the twentieth century, Lake Konfa became very polluted. Recently fish populations have
recovered as release of industrial pollutants has declined and the lake's waters have become cleaner.
Fears are now being voiced that the planned construction of an oil pipeline across the lake's bottom
might revive pollution and cause the fish population to decline again. However, a technology for
preventing leaks is being installed. Therefore, provided this technology is effective, the fears are
groundless.
, Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? - Answer-The pipeline's
construction will disturb sediments at the bottom of the lake, dispersing into the water toxic pollutants
that have settled there.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the reasoning in the passage?
Kernland's government restricts the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure a low-cost
supply for domestic processing plants. Though the policy constrains farm income and limits the number
of farmers who can profitably grow cashews, the government defends it on the grounds that, since the
processing plants are in urban areas, removing the restrictions would hurt efforts to reduce urban
unemployment. However, the policy may actually have contributed to urban unemployment, since
__________. - Answer-a lack of profitable crops is driving many small cashew farmers in Kernland off
their land and into the cities
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the three best novels
ever written by **Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph
Ellison, author of Invisible Man.** - Answer-a Black American—the others being Richard Wright's Native
Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
The United States government has a long-standing policy of using federal funds to keep small business
viable. The Small Business Act of 1953 authorized the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into
contracts with government agencies having procurement powers and to arrange for fulfillment of these
contracts by awarding subcontracts to small businesses. In the mid-1960's, during the war on poverty
years, Congress hoped to encourage minority entrepreneurs by directing such funding to minority
businesses. At first this funding was directed toward minority entrepreneurs with very low incomes. A
1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act directed the SBA to pay special attention to
minority-owned businesses located in urban or rural areas characterized by high proportions of
unemployed or low-income individuals. Since then, the answer given to the fundamental question of
who the recipients should be—the most - Answer-Determining who should be the recipients of the
funding
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In many nations, criminal law does not apply to corporations, but in the United States today, **a
corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted**
within the scope of his or her authority and if the corporation benefited as a result. - Answer-a
corporation commits a crime whenever one of its employees commits a crime, if the employee acted
In laboratory rats, a low dose of aspirin usually suffices to block production of thromboxane, **which is
a substance that promotes blood clotting, but not seriously interfering** with the production of
prostacyclin, which prevents clotting. - Answer-a substance that promotes blood clotting, but does not
seriously interfere
Minivans carry as many as seven passengers, and compared with sport utility vehicles, most cost less,
get better gas mileage, **and make it easy for passengers to get in and out,** and have a smoother,
more car-like ride. - Answer-allow passengers to get in and out more easily,
Early in the twentieth century, Lake Konfa became very polluted. Recently fish populations have
recovered as release of industrial pollutants has declined and the lake's waters have become cleaner.
Fears are now being voiced that the planned construction of an oil pipeline across the lake's bottom
might revive pollution and cause the fish population to decline again. However, a technology for
preventing leaks is being installed. Therefore, provided this technology is effective, the fears are
groundless.
, Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument? - Answer-The pipeline's
construction will disturb sediments at the bottom of the lake, dispersing into the water toxic pollutants
that have settled there.
Which of the following, if true, most logically completes the reasoning in the passage?
Kernland's government restricts the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure a low-cost
supply for domestic processing plants. Though the policy constrains farm income and limits the number
of farmers who can profitably grow cashews, the government defends it on the grounds that, since the
processing plants are in urban areas, removing the restrictions would hurt efforts to reduce urban
unemployment. However, the policy may actually have contributed to urban unemployment, since
__________. - Answer-a lack of profitable crops is driving many small cashew farmers in Kernland off
their land and into the cities
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the three best novels
ever written by **Black Americans—the others being Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Ralph
Ellison, author of Invisible Man.** - Answer-a Black American—the others being Richard Wright's Native
Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man
The United States government has a long-standing policy of using federal funds to keep small business
viable. The Small Business Act of 1953 authorized the Small Business Administration (SBA) to enter into
contracts with government agencies having procurement powers and to arrange for fulfillment of these
contracts by awarding subcontracts to small businesses. In the mid-1960's, during the war on poverty
years, Congress hoped to encourage minority entrepreneurs by directing such funding to minority
businesses. At first this funding was directed toward minority entrepreneurs with very low incomes. A
1967 amendment to the Economic Opportunity Act directed the SBA to pay special attention to
minority-owned businesses located in urban or rural areas characterized by high proportions of
unemployed or low-income individuals. Since then, the answer given to the fundamental question of
who the recipients should be—the most - Answer-Determining who should be the recipients of the
funding
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