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GMAT - Critical Reasoning - Test 46

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Read the passage and choose the option that best answer the question.

1. A nature conservancy expert found little support for his campaign to protect toads. He suggested that, even thought the campaign highlighted the vital role the toads played in the ecology of the region, people were unenthusiastic about saving toads as these animals are perceived as unpleasant creatures, and people seldom feel passionate about animals with which they have no positive feelings.

The expert?s opinion would be most strengthened by which of the following observations?

A. Ecological conservation is an increasingly important concern in the region.
B. A recent campaign to save bats achieved a measure of success only after a cartoon bat was adopted as the mascot of the local football team.
C. Snakes and lizards also need protection in this region as a result of human activity.
D. The campaign to protect toads has been in existence for over five years and yet the toad population continues to decline.
E. The children in the local schools were found to have a greater aversion to toads than to snakes.

2. Alba: I don't intend to vote for Senator Frank in the next election. She is not a strong supporter of the war against crime. Tam: But Senator Frank sponsored the latest anticrime law passed by the Senate. Alba: If Senator Frank sponsored it, it can't be a very strong anticrime law. Which of the following identifies the most serious logical flaw in Alba's reasoning?

A. The facts she presents do not support her conclusion that Senator Frank is soft on crime.
B. She assumes without proof that crime is the most important issue in the upcoming election.
C. She argues in a circle, using an unsupported assertion to dismiss conflicting evidence.
D. She attacks Senator Frank on personal grounds rather than on he merit as a political leader.
E. In deciding not to vote for Senator Frank, she fails to consider issues other than crime.

3. The people who are least likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service this year are those who have been audited since 1985 and who were found to have made no mistakes in filing their returns during that audit. Of the following people, who is MOST likely to be audited by the IRS?

A. A person who was audited in 1986 but was not found to have made any mistakes in filing his return.
B. A person who was audited in 1986 and whose lawyer corrected several mistakes in the tax return prior to the filing deadline.
C. A person whose spouse was convicted of tax fraud in 1987, who was then audited and found to have made no mistakes.
D. A person who was last audited in 1984, and had no mistakes uncovered by the IRS during that audit.
E. A person who was audited in each of the past five years, but was found to have made no mistakes in any of the filings.

4. Which of the following best completes the passage below? When a project is failing and should be terminated, plan to bring in a new manager. New managers are more likely to terminate the project than are the original managers because______

A. the project may have failed for reasons that the original manager could not have foreseen
B. organizations tend to reward managers who can overcome problems
C. managerial decisions to terminate a project should depend on the likelihood of the project's eventual success
D. the original managers were not necessarily able to overcome problems caused by external events over which they had no control
E. the new managers have no need to justify the earlier decision to maintain the project

5. On the basis of a decrease in the college-age population, many colleges now anticipate increasingly smaller freshman classes each year. Surprised by a 40 percent increase in qualified applicants over the previous year, however, administrators at Nice College now plan to hire more faculty for courses taken by all freshmen. Which of the following statements about Nice College's current qualified applicants, if true, would strongly suggest that the administrators' plan is flawed?

A. A substantially higher percentage than usual plan to study for advanced degrees after graduation from college.
B. According to their applications, their level of participation in extracurricular activities and varsity sports is unusually high.
C. According to their applications, none of them lives in a foreign country.
D. A substantially lower percentage than usual rate Nice College as their first choice among the colleges to which they are applying.
E. A substantially lower percentage than usual list mathematics as their intended major.