Posted on July 10, 2009 by mdavis2727
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Posted on July 10, 2009 by mdavis2727
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Posted on July 10, 2009 by mdavis2727
Which of the choices best improves the underlined portion of the sentence below? If the sentence is already correct, choose (A).
The members of the team coming from so far away, they wanted to make sure they saw the city after the big game.
A) The members of the team coming for so far away, they
B) Coming from so far away, the members of the team felt they
C) Having come from so far away, the members of the team
D) To come this far, the members of the team
E) The members of the team came this far, so that they
I don’t really think I need to give a grammar lesson on this one. Sometimes it’s just obvious that something’s wrong. This sentence is a mess, and you probably knew that right as you read it. What need is there to dissect it? If the sentence in its current state is obviously wrong just because it sounds wrong, the correct choice will probably sound correct. Now I’m not saying to avoid grammatical analysis. Often you will need to do that in order to get these kinds of questions correct. However, sometimes it’s good just to go with your intuition and recognize what’s right before you. Anyway, plug in each of the choices (except (A)) and see which sounds the best. The correct answer should stand out, especially if you’ve been doing a lot of reading. The answer is (C).
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Posted on July 9, 2009 by mdavis2727
Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence:
The manager tried hard to effectA a change in company policy, butB the owner, who steadfastly refused to compromiseC, overruledD him on every point. No errorE.
There is a good bit of confusion around the words “effect” and “affect.” Some simple rules apply: “effect” is a noun, “affect” is a verb. I have “an effect” on something. I “affect” something. Usually, the SAT tests your knowledge of this word by confusing one with the other. As a result, a question like the one above would be easy to fall for. Here, you see that the word “effect” is being used as a verb; it’s tempting to think that that is an error. However, here’s where the effect/affect thing gets just a little more complicated. More often than not, “effect” will be used as a noun. However, there is also the verb “to effect,” which means “to bring about, or to cause to happen.” In this sentence, “effect” is correctly used as a verb. Once you realize that (A) is actually ok, it should not be difficult for you to see that there are no problems with (B), (C), or (D). There are no errors in this sentence. The answer is (E).
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Posted on July 6, 2009 by mdavis2727
| If x is equal to y divided by z, which of the following is equal to y multiplied by z? |
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| A. xz3 |
| B. zx2 |
| C. xz |
| D. xz2 |
| E. xz3 |
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To get from y/z to y·z, we need to multiply it by z2. We would then multiply x by z2, in order to find thte answer. As you can see, that’s choice (D). The answer is (D).
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Posted on July 6, 2009 by mdavis2727
The truce turned out to be anything but _________ and in two days things were again _________.
a. amicable. . .unprecedented
b. congenial. . .conducive
c. cohesive. . .sanguinary
d. acrimonious. . .disarrayed
e. compromising. . .topsy-turvy
Clearly, this truce did not go well. The way this is worded, though, necessitates that the first blank has something to do with going well (the truce turned out anything but well). Choice (D) can be thrown out on this basis. The second blank will have to refer to the poor relationship that has been reestablished as a result of the ineffective truce. Choice (A) would not work; something cannot be “again unprecedented.” (B) would not work. “Conducive” to what?? (E) does not work because you wouldn’t want a truce to put you in a compromising position after having signed it. So the truce was anything but “cohesive”—it didn’t bring the parties together like a good truce should. Rather, things returned to a sanguinary, or bloody, state. The answer is (C).
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Posted on July 2, 2009 by mdavis2727
Determine the volume of a cylinder with a diameter of 9 inches and a height of 7 inches.
(A) 445.095 cubic inches
(B) 315 cubic inches
(C) 197.82 cubic inches
(D) 63 cubic inches
(E) 16 cubic inches
What’s the formula for the volume of a cylinder? Well, if you think about it, a cylinder is really a circle with height. So all you have to do is use the formula for the area of a circle, which is p · radius2, and then multiply it by the height of the cylinder. With that we get 4.5 x 4.5 x π x 7. The way the choices are expressed, we know that we have to use the numerical value of π, or 3.14. Multiplying all of that out, we get 445.095. The answer is (A).
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Posted on June 29, 2009 by mdavis2727
Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence.
After you have writtenA a definition in your vocabulary notebook, add a fewB ways to use the word orC a sentence to illustrate it’sD meaning. No errorE.
Notice that (D) says “it’s,” which is a contraction for “it is.” If you substitute “it is,” the sentence will make no sense. We need to use the possessive form of “it,” which is “its.” It’s not unusual for people to make this mistake, because we are so used to using apostrophes to indicate possession. This is a case in which you leave the apostrophe out. The answer is (D).
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by mdavis2727
The driver needs to ________ his anger before someone becomes a victim of road rage.
(a) ameliorate
(b) protract
(c) embrace
(d) venerate
(e) escalate
Here again we have a sentence completion question that is doing nothing other than testing your vocabulary. We know we’re looking for a word that has something to do with easing or lessening. If you know the definitions of these words, it’s an easy question. If you don’t, it’s not. If you go to a dictionary, you’ll see that (A) is the only choice that fits. I’ll let you l0ok up these words on your own! The answer is (A).
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by mdavis2727
Three years ago men made up two out of every three internet users in America. Today the ratio of male to female users is about 1 to 1. In that time the number of American females using the internet has grown by 30,000,000, while the number of males who use the internet has grown by 100%. By how much has the total internet-user population increased in America in the past three years?
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50,000,000 |
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60,000,000 |
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80,000,000 |
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100,000,000 |
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200,000,000 |
Let x = the number of female internet users three years ago.
Since two out of three users back then were men, we know that for every female user, there were two male users. Therefore, the number of male users three years ago would be 2x.
The percent of male users has increased by 100%. Therefore the number of male users now would be 4x. The number of female users has increased by 30,000,000; therefore the number of current female users would be x + 30,000,000.
The ratio of male to female users is now 1:1. We can therefore solve for x as follows:
4x = x + 30,000,000
3x = 30,000,000
x = 10,000,000.
This means that three years ago there were 10,000,000 (x) female users, and 20,000,000 (2x) male users. This is a total of 30,000,000 users. Today, there are 40,000,000 (4x) male users and 40,000,000 (x + 30,000,000) female users, for a total of 80,000,000 users. This is an increase of 50,000,000 users. The answer is (A).
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Posted on June 24, 2009 by mdavis2727
The passage deals with the rampant spread of aggressive marketing world over.
“What is that women really want?” this universally popular
question was asked by Dr Sigmund Freud after almost three
decades of clinical psychoanalytic practice and analyzing the
ramifications of the female mind. The answer is, as most men
5 would guess, still elusive, but Harvard Business School
experts believe that, in some small little way, they have been
able to identify the brainwaves that tell women to “buy, buy
now”; as also the negative “fight/fight” rejection waves that
compel her to say, “No, I will come again sometime.” The
10 Business School team worked with the university’s
Psychology dean, applying a modern method known as
Positron Emission Tomography (PET). It is often said about
Harvard experts, “You can always tell them in any crowd,
but you can not tell them much.” When it comes to shopping,
15 say the researchers, it is because of an unconscious
process that whatever the consumer thinks and says is quite
different from what he does. Some giant names in the
corporate world today and multi-million dollar MNCs
are said to be sponsoring a hush-hush research and have reported
20 some success in the advanced trials they have made with
the new techniques. In the 21st century, these corporations
hope to rake millions and billions by the proposed paradigm
shift in the market strategy. The late David Ogilvy used
to caution his copywriters that “the customer is not a moron—
25 she is your wife.” The new marketing hypnosis will
greatly help the giant companies to create new products,
retail outlets and advertising so as to subconsciously
stimulate similar brainwaves, egging people to buy. Previous
market surveys went off the mark because they based their
30 probes on the conscious mind; the trick is to trick the
subconscious and the “sublimely subliminal” is music to the
ears of sales people, jaded with sameness and a sense of déjà
vu. Commentator Clive James once said, “The last stage of
fitting the product to the market is to fit the market to the
35 product.” Critics have called the subliminal research
“sinister” and charged big companies with unfair trade
practices, where the people’s preferences are manipulated
and emotions of customers are crudely played with. In their
eagerness to assess facts, a car company reports a 30 per cent
40 spurt in sales, while shoe-designers in Britain said the
Feng Shui way of rearranging their outlet had made a
difference. Perhaps even India’s Vastu Shastra hides another
feel good component!
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About what did David Ogilvy caution his copywriters and why? |
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The fight/fight syndrome in his lady shoppers |
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He was oblivious to the subconscious process at work among his customer’s mind |
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To encourage the sales force and to avoid repetition |
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To caution his sales force to be wary of Harvard professors |
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He did not want his sales force to indulge in unfair trade practices |
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Why are critics against subliminal research? |
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It revolves around the subconscious and not the conscious |
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It is in favor of those companies who can afford to sponsor million dollar researches and not of “shop around the corner” stores |
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It plays with customers’ emotions only for achieving high profit margins of the corporate giants. |
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It adversely affects the customer as he is tricked into buying what is of no constructive use to him |
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It will have no end and push the companies into an even more ominous research about the customer’s subconscious |
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Why did the earlier market surveys not fetch the desired results? |
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It emphasized on female customers only |
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The present day techniques of conducting a survey were not available then |
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Due importance was not given to the study of market trends |
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Research on marketing went off the tangent |
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It did not take the subconscious mind into account |
_________________
- Ogilvy wanted his copywriters to pursuade women to buy products. The fight/fight syndrome would yield exactly the opposite results of what he was hoping for. The answer is (A).
- Critics believe this practice is unfair and manipulative to costumers. It plays with their minds. The answer is (C).
- Lines 30 and 31 clearly answer this question. The old marketers were not aware of the role of the unconscious mind in the buying habits of customers.The answer is (E).
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Posted on June 19, 2009 by mdavis2727
| Two-fifths of the caps in a box are red, one-fourth are blue, and the rest are green. What is the ratio of the green caps to the blue caps? |
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| A. 5:8 |
| B. 5:7 |
| C. 7:8 |
| D. 8:7 |
| E. 7:5 |
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We first need to figure out what fraction of the caps are green. If 2/5 of them are red, and 1/4 of them are blue, then we know that 13/20 are either red or blue (I’m sure you remember how to add fractions with different denominators, right!?). Therefore, 7/20 of the caps are green. The question is asking for the ratio of green to blue caps. We know that 7/20 are green, and 1/4 (or 5/20) are blue. The ratio would then be 7:5. The answer is (E).
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Posted on June 18, 2009 by mdavis2727
Which choice best improves the underlined portion of the sentence below?
The reason we stopped fishing was because the fish had already stopped biting.
A. because the fish had already stopped biting
B. because the fish had all ready stopped biting
C. that the fish had already stopped biting
D. that the fish had all ready stopped biting
E. because the fish had stopped biting already
You do not say “the reason is because. . .” This is redundant. The word “reason” already implies “because.” “Because” needs to be omitted here. That leaves us with (C) and (D). (D) will not work because of “all ready.” The answer is (C).
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Posted on June 16, 2009 by mdavis2727
Which of the following choices will most improve this sentence? If the sentence is ok, choose (A).
To judge the Tidy City contest, we picked an uninterested party.
(A.) picked an uninterested party.
(B.) picked an interested party!
(C.) picked a disinterested party.
(D.) are in the process of picking an uninterested party.
(E.) picked an disinterested party.
This question has one purpose: to see if you know the difference between “uninterested” and “disinterested.” If I am uninterested in something, I am apathetic toward it. Whenever a new Adam Sandler movie comes out, for example, I am uninterested in it, because I know beforehand that it is going to be awful (with the exception of Punch Drunk Love !). On the other hand, if I am disinterested in something, it means that I am impartial. If I took someone to court, I would want a disinterested judge to hear the case—a judge who was not playing favorites. The judge for the Tidy City contest needs to be disinterested. An uninterested judge would just choose anything without any kind of deliberation. A disinterested judge would consider all of the entries fairly and equally, and only make a decision after careful deliberation. That said, we know we can eliminate (A) and (D). What about (B)? (B) would be ok on its own; but we want a choice that improves the sentence. (B) doesn’t really improve it. The fact that a judge is interested in participating does not guarantee his/her impartiality. That leaves (C) and (E). (E) is wrong because it says “an disinterested party.” I don’t need to explain why that’s wrong, do I? The answer is (C).
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Posted on June 12, 2009 by mdavis2727
Line l contains the points (3,1) and (4,4).
If line m is a different line, parallel to line l in the same coordinate plane, which of the following could be the equation of line m?
A. y = 3x – 8
B. y = 1/3x – 3
C. y = -3x – 8
D. y = 3x + 1
E. y = -8x + 3
Knowing the slope formula will help tremendously here. We can determine the slope of line l by plugging in the coordinates of the two points given:
(4-1)/(4-3), which equals 3.
The equation of a line is y = mx + b, in which m is the slope. We know, then, that either (A) or (D) has to be correct. We also know that line m is a different line from line l. If you plug in the the coordinates for the equation in choice (A), you’ll see that this is the exact equation for line l. The equation for line m must therefore be the one in choice (D). The answer is (D).
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