last year, all of the medical waste at county hospital was sterilized by autoclaving, then shredded. This process generated a large quantity of unusable material that ended up in a landfill. In order to reduce its trash this year to half of last years total, the hospital has updated its waste removal practices. This year, it will autoclave all waste and then incinerate all non-plastic medical waste. This should decrease the number of tons of waste sent to the landfill by half.
Which of the following is required for the updated waste removal program to achieve its aim?
A. This year, the hospital will incinerate all possible materials.
B. The total quantity of medical waste generated at the hospital this year will be no greater than that generated last year.
C. The waste shredded this year will weigh no more than the waste shredded last year
d. Medical waste generated by county hospital will contain a larger proportion of non-plastic waste this year than it did last year.
E. Separating plastic from non-plastic waste will cost the hospital half of what it cost last year to send the waste to landfills.
In Brazil, side-by-side comparisons of Africanized honeybees and the native honeybees have shown that the Africanized bees are far superior honey producers. Therefore, there is no reason to fear that domestic commercial honey production will decline in the United States if local honeybees are displaced by Africanized honeybees. Each of the following, if true, would weaken the argument EXCEPT: (A) The honeybees native to Brazil are not of the same variety as those most frequently used in the commercial beekeeping industry in the United States. (B) Commercial honey production is far more complicated and expensive with Africanized honeybees than it is with the more docile honeybees common in the United States. (C) If Africanized honeybees replace local honeybees, certain types of ornamental trees will be less effectively pollinated. (D) In the United States a significant proportion of the commercial honey supply comes from hobby beekeepers, many of whom are likely to abandon beekeeping with the influx of Africanized bees. (E) The area of Brazil where the comparative study was done is far better suited to the foraging habits of the Africanized honeybees than are most areas of the United States.
ANS: C.....this option doesn't weaken the argument as pollination has not been mentioned in the topic...
Since the new movie studio's chief creative officer was hired, advertising for the studio's action movies has increased while advertising for the studio's documentaries has decreased. Previously, the studio spent the same amount of money promoting documentaries as it did promoting action movies. A leading movie blogger supported the shift in marketing priorities, claiming that the changes have enhanced the overall reputation of the studio as a notable brand. However, many newspaper film critics disagreed, arguing that the new studio chief creative officer has placed a higher priority on making the studio money than on telling important stories Which of the following is an assumption required by the newspaper critics' argument?
A.On average, action movies are viewed twice as often by the general public as documentaries. B.The brand awareness that comes from successful action movies often generates interest in the studio's documentaries. C.A studio can boost sales by promoting its top documentaries. D.The chief creative officer decides how advertising money is spent. E.Some of the actors in the studio's action films have also starred in successful documentaries.
last year, all of the medical waste at county hospital was sterilized by autoclaving, then shredded. This process generated a large quantity of unusable material that ended up in a landfill. In order to reduce its trash this year to half of last years total, the hospital has updated its waste removal practices. This year, it will autoclave all waste and then incinerate all non-plastic medical waste. This should decrease the number of tons of waste sent to the landfill by half.
Which of the following is required for the updated waste removal program to achieve its aim?
A. This year, the hospital will incinerate all possible materials.
B. The total quantity of medical waste generated at the hospital this year will be no greater than that generated last year.
C. The waste shredded this year will weigh no more than the waste shredded last year
d. Medical waste generated by county hospital will contain a larger proportion of non-plastic waste this year than it did last year.
E. Separating plastic from non-plastic waste will cost the hospital half of what it cost last year to send the waste to landfills.
The correct answer should be C. Because the first sentence in the question says "last year, all of the medical waste at county hospital was sterilized by autoclaving, then shredded." -- Obviously if the shredded waste is no more than that of last year because it is the shredded waste that is dumped not the actual Medical waste. -- Therefore this is a necessary condition to reduce the total waste dumped.
IMO ANS: A.... What is the OA?
The correct answer is D. Please read my earlier post for the reason.
last year, all of the medical waste at county hospital was sterilized by autoclaving, then shredded. This process generated a large quantity of unusable material that ended up in a landfill. In order to reduce its trash this year to half of last years total, the hospital has updated its waste removal practices. This year, it will autoclave all waste and then incinerate all non-plastic medical waste. This should decrease the number of tons of waste sent to the landfill by half. Which of the following is required for the updated waste removal program to achieve its aim? B. The total quantity of medical waste generated at the hospital this year will be no greater than that generated last year. OA is in bold!!
Hi -- The Official answer is C not B. I just googled and found the question on "Beat the GMAT" website" -- The most trusted website for GMAT.. have a look -- Last year, all of the medical waste
The price of babies' clothing has dropped in the last two months, due to the entrance of new foreign manufacturers into the market. However, in that time, sales of babies' clothing have decreased significantly when compared to sales in previous months.
Identify the paradox here.
(A) An article came out describing that some babies' clothing is more hypoallergenic than others. -- irrelvant.
(B) A new line of baby clothing has come out in the last month and is outselling all other companies' offerings. --- The question talks about drop in last 2 month ... not 1. A shell game option
(C) The number of babies born in the last month is slightly lower than the birth rate was in the month before that. -- Says slightly but the drop was significant...so this cannot be the option. (D) A general economic downturn has depressed sales in all sectors of clothing.
(E) There was an increase in the number of twins born in the last month as a proportion of the overall birth rate --talking in proportions and moreover this should have increased the sale. .
hey i edited last post OA is indeed C by mistake marked as B thanks for intimation.
No problem.. please reply to my last post (just replied to one of the question you posted) -- post the OA for that one please and the right one this time .. Ha ha 😃
Army General: Military experts have learned that positions held by units of up to 40 soldiers can now be held by only two soldiers equipped with new, superautomatic, maximum-velocity weapons. Likewise, larger areas can be held by remarkably few soldiers provided with, and trained in the use of, new triangulating cannons and short-distance rockets. Many of the features of warfare that have so far required hand-to-hand combat by large numbers of soldiers may well be pursued by small numbers of laser technicians at great distances. Upcoming research and testing should indicate how much progress we have to look forward to. The information above best supports which of the following conclusions? (A) Future soldiers may need considerably more training than the already lengthy and expensive training now given. (B) It is likely that, in the near future, wars can be fought without danger to humans. (C) There is increasing interest in superiority of weaponry and firepower in relation to prior interest in superiority of manpower. (D) The increased budget necessary for such research is clearly worthwhile and should be appropriated. (E) Military experts are becoming more interested in our soldiers' holding strategic weapons than in their holding strategic position
ans: C..in E the use of strategic positions creates the confusion.
The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scalethe seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance. Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?
A. Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals. B. No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatonic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite. C. The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears. D. Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale. E. The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.
The spacing of the four holes on a fragment of a bone flute excavated at a Neanderthal campsite is just what is required to play the third through sixth notes of the diatonic scalethe seven-note musical scale used in much of Western music since the Renaissance. Musicologists therefore hypothesize that the diatonic musical scale was developed and used thousands of years before it was adopted by Western musicians.
Which of the following, if true, most strongly supports the hypothesis?
A. Bone flutes were probably the only musical instrument made by Neanderthals. B. No musical instrument that is known to have used a diatonic scale is of an earlier date than the flute found at the Neanderthal campsite. C. The flute was made from a cave-bear bone and the campsite at which the flute fragment was excavated was in a cave that also contained skeletal remains of cave bears. D. Flutes are the simplest wind instrument that can be constructed to allow playing a diatonic scale. E. The cave-bear leg bone used to make the Neanderthal flute would have been long enough to make a flute capable of playing a complete diatonic scale.
is it E ) ? only E says that the bone flute was really used and developed.
While political discourse and the media in the United States have focused on the rise of job outsourcing, few have mentioned the sharp fall of talent insourcing, or the drop in enrollment of foreign-born graduate students since 2001, and its dire results. The decrease in such insourcing will hurt Americas competitiveness in basic research and applied technology, with serious consequences for years to come. The de-internationalization of graduate programs across the country will also negatively affect the global outlook and experience of the American students remaining in those programs; they will not have the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures directly from members of those cultures. What distinguishes the decline of talent insourcing from the rise of job outsourcing is that the former can be easily rectified by a policy change of the United States government.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the authors claim regarding the impact of decreased insourcing in America?
A What is the cost to reverse the trend of insourcing in America? B How does insourcing replace domestic jobs lost from outsourcing? C Since 2001, what has been the decrease in the number of foreign-born students in America? D What opportunities do American graduate students have to interact regularly with foreigners who are not students? E What effect would a government policy have on the number of foreign graduate students?
While political discourse and the media in the United States have focused on the rise of job outsourcing, few have mentioned the sharp fall of talent insourcing, or the drop in enrollment of foreign-born graduate students since 2001, and its dire results. The decrease in such insourcing will hurt Americas competitiveness in basic research and applied technology, with serious consequences for years to come. The de-internationalization of graduate programs across the country will also negatively affect the global outlook and experience of the American students remaining in those programs; they will not have the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures directly from members of those cultures. What distinguishes the decline of talent insourcing from the rise of job outsourcing is that the former can be easily rectified by a policy change of the United States government.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the authors claim regarding the impact of decreased insourcing in America?
A What is the cost to reverse the trend of insourcing in America? B How does insourcing replace domestic jobs lost from outsourcing? C Since 2001, what has been the decrease in the number of foreign-born students in America? D What opportunities do American graduate students have to interact regularly with foreigners who are not students? E What effect would a government policy have on the number of foreign graduate students?
two impacts :
decreased insourcing compromises america's competitiveness in research and applied technology
decreased insourcing is detrimental to the global outlook of American students because they won't be exposed to foreigners.
option D can be the answer as it answer these impacts
While political discourse and the media in the United States have focused on the rise of job outsourcing, few have mentioned the sharp fall of talent "insourcing," or the drop in enrollment of foreign-born graduate students since 2001, and its dire results. The decrease in such insourcing will hurt America's competitiveness in basic research and applied technology, with serious consequences for years to come. The de-internationalization of graduate programs across the country will also negatively affect the global outlook and experience of the American students remaining in those programs; they will not have the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures directly from members of those cultures. What distinguishes the decline of talent insourcing from the rise of job outsourcing is that the former can be easily rectified by a policy change of the United States government.
The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the author's claim regarding the impact of decreased insourcing in America?
A What is the cost to reverse the trend of insourcing in America? B How does insourcing replace domestic jobs lost from outsourcing? C Since 2001, what has been the decrease in the number of foreign-born students in America? D What opportunities do American graduate students have to interact regularly with foreigners who are not students? ...OA E What effect would a government policy have on the number of foreign graduate students?
the question evaluates the author's "claim regarding the IMPACT of decreased insourcing". there are 2 such claims: Decreased insourcing compromises america's competitiveness in research and technology and decreased insourcing is also detrimental to the global outlook of american students because they won't be exposed to foreigners. Only option D is concerned with the effect as mentioned above...
A survey recently revealed a high correlation between a household's level of education and its library. Specifically, the more years of college and graduate school education received by the household's members, the more books in the household's library. The survey also indicated that the higher the education level of the household, the greater the percentage of books that are not works of fiction in its library.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the survey results cited above?
a. People with a higher level of education prefer reading nonfiction to works of fiction. b. Households with low education levels generally own more works of fiction than do households with high education levels. c. Households with lower levels of education generally own more works of fiction than nonfiction. d. The higher the education level of a household, the fewer works of fiction owned by the household. e. Households with high education levels generally own more nonfiction books than do households with low education levels.
A survey recently revealed a high correlation between a household's level of education and its library. Specifically, the more years of college and graduate school education received by the household's members, the more books in the household's library. The survey also indicated that the higher the education level of the household, the greater the percentage of books that are not works of fiction in its library.
Which of the following can be properly inferred from the survey results cited above?
a. People with a higher level of education prefer reading nonfiction to works of fiction. b. Households with low education levels generally own more works of fiction than do households with high education levels. c. Households with lower levels of education generally own more works of fiction than nonfiction. d. The higher the education level of a household, the fewer works of fiction owned by the household. e. Households with high education levels generally own more nonfiction books than do households with low education levels.
A real tricky one ..
i would go with E
A : quiet obvious its wrong
B,C,D looks correct at first but when we actually calculate in percentage terms , it will be wrong
eg . say there are 100 books in highly educated family and 10 books in lower ones
high - 60 % non fiction 40 % fiction
low - 40 % non fiction 60 % fiction
number of fiction and non fiction books in high education are 40 and 60
number of fiction and non fiction books in low education are 6 and 4
