Time——30minutes

25Questions

Question1——7

Inagame，exactlysixinvertedcupsstandsidebysideinastraightline，
andeachhasexactlyoneballhiddenunderit.Thecupsarenumberedcon
secutively1through6.
Eachoftheballsispaintedasinglesolidcolor.

Thecolorsoftheballsaregreen，magenta，orange，purple，red，andyellow.
Theballshavebeenhiddenynderthecupsinamannerthatconformsto the folowing conditions：

Thepurpleballmustbehiddenunderalower-numberedcupthantheorangeball.Theredballmustbehiddenunderacup
immediatelyadjacenttothec upunder

whichthemagentaballishidden.Thegreenballmustbehiddenundercup5.

1.Whichofthefollowingcouldbecoloroftheballsunderthecups，
inorderfrom1through6？

（A）Green，yellow，magenta，red，purple，orange

（B）Magenta，green，purple，red，orange，yellow

（C）Magenta，red，purple，yellow，green，orange

（D）Red，Purple，magenta，yellow，green，orange

（E）Red，purple，magenta，yellow，green，orange

2.Ifthemagentaballisundercup4，theredballmustbeundercup

（A）1（B）2（C）3（D）4（E）5

3.Aballofwhichoffollowingcolorscouldbeundercup6？

（A）Green（B）Magenta（C）Purple（D）Red（E）Yellow

4.Ifthepurpleballisundercup4，theorangeballmustbeundercup

（A）1（B）2（C）3（D）5（E）6

5.Whichofthefollowingmustbetrue？

（A）Thegreenballisunderalower-numberedcupthanthegreenball.

（B）Theorangeballisunderalower-numberedcupthanthegreenball.

（C）Thepurpleballisunderalower-numberedcupthanthegreenball.

（D）Thepurpleballisunderalower-numberedcupthantheredball.

（E）Theredballisunderalower-numberedcupthantheyellowball.

6.If the orange ballis under cup2，balls of which of the following colors could be under cupsimmediatelya djacenttoeachother？

（A）Greenandmagenta

（B）Greenandpurple

（C）Orangeandyellow

（D）Purpleandred

（E）Redandyellow

7.Ifthemagentaballisundercup1，ballsofwhichofthefollowingcolorsmustbeunder
cupsimmediatelyadja centtoeachother？

（A）Greenandorange

（B）Greenandyellow

（C）Purpleandred

（D）Purpleandyellow

（E）Redandyellow

8.Thecompanyshouldnotbeheldresponsibleforfailingtocorrectthecontrol-panelproblemthatcausedtheaccident.Althoughtheproblemhadbeenmentionedear
lierinasafetyinspe ctor ‘sreport，companiesreceivehundredsofreportsof
suchproblem，andIndustryStandardNo.42requiresa ctiononthoseproblemonly
whenanaccidentisforeseeable.

Ifthesecondsentenceintheparagraphaboveisfactuallycorrect，theanswertowhichof
thefollowingque stionsismostrelevantinhelpingtodeterminewhetherornot
thecompanyviolated
IndustryStandardNo.42w henitfailedtocorrectthecontrol-panelproblem？

（A）Wastheaccidentserious？

（B）Wasthecontrol-panelproblemofatypethatisknowntoincidentthatanaccidentislikely？

（C）Sincetheaccident，hasthecompanydoneaspecialsafetycheckonallcontrolpanels？

（D）Didthesafetyinspectormentionmorethanoneprobleminthesamereport？

（E）Howlongwasthecontrolpanelinusebeforetheproblemwasdiscovered？

9.Riothamus，afifth-centurykingoftheBritons，wasbetrayedbyanassociate，
foughtbravelyagainsttheGothsbutwasdefeated，anddisappearedmysteriously.

Riothamus，matchalmostexactlythoseattributedtoKingArthur.Therefore，
Riothamusmustbethehistoric almodelforthelegendaryKingArthur.

Theargumentaboverequiresatleastoneadditionalpremise.Whichofthefollowingcould
besucharequire dpremise？

（A）ModernhistorianshavedocumentedtheactivitiesofRiothamusbetter
thanthoseofany otherfifth-centuryking.

（B）ThestoriestoldaboutKingArthurarenotstrictlyfictitiousbutare
basedonahistorical personandhistorical events.

（C）Riothamus‘associatesweretheauthorsoftheoriginallegendsaboutKingArthur.

（D）Legentsaboutthefifthcenturyusuallyembellishandromanticizetheactual conditionsof thelivesoffifth-centurynobility.

（E）Posterityusuallyrememberslegendsbetterthanitremembers
the actual historical eventsonwhichtheyar ebased.

10.Aworldwidebanontheproductionofcertainozone-destroyingchemicals wouldprovideonlyanillusionofprotection.Quantitiesofsuch
chemicals，alreadyprod uced，existascoolantsinmillionsofrefrigerators.
Whentheyreachtheozone layerintheatmosphere，theirac tioncannotbehalted.Sothereisnowaytopreventthesechemicalsfrom
damagingtheozone
layerfurther.

Whichofthefollowing，iftrue，mostseriouslyweakenstheargumentabove？

（A）Itisimpossibletomeasurewithaccuracythequantityofozone-
destroyingchemicalsthatexistascoolantsinrefrigerators.

（B）Inmodernsocieties，refrigerationoffoodisnecessarytoprevent
unhealthyandpotentiallylife-threateningconditions.

（C）Replacementchemicalsthatwillnotdestroyozonehavenotyetbeendeveloped
andwouldbemoreexpens ivethanthechemicalsnowusedascoolantsinrefrigerators.

（D）Evenifpeopleshouldgiveuptheuseofrefrigeration，thecoolantsalreadyin
existingrefrigerator sareathrea ttoatmosphericozone.

（E）Thecoolantsinrefrigeratorcanbefullyrecoveredattheendoftheusefullif
eoftherefrigerator sandreused.

Question11——15

Agovernmentisassigningeachofsixembassyofficeworkers——Farr，Golden，
Hayakawa，Inserra， Jones，andKovacs——toembassies.Therearefourembassies.
EmbassiesLandMarelocatedincountries
with dryclimates，wher easembassiesPandTarelocatedincountrieswith
humidclimates.The officeworkersmustbeassignedac cordingtothefollowingrules：

Eachembassymusthaveatleastoneoftheworkersassignedtoit.
Atleastoneembassy in a
humidclimatem usthaveatleasttwoworkersassignedtoit.
Goldencannotbeassignedto
thesameembassyasKovacs.
Inserramustbeassignedtanembassyina dryclimates.
Jonesmustbeassignedtoanembassyinahumidclimate.11.
Whichofthefollowingisanaccep tableassignmentoftheworkers to the embassies？

LMPT（A）Farr，GoldenInserra，KovacsHayakawaJones

（B）Golden，KovacsInserraJonesFarr，Hayakawa

（C）GoldenFarr，InserraKovacsJones，Hayakawa

（D）JonesGolden，InserraHayakawaFarr，Kovacs

（E）KovacsFarr，HayakawaInserraGolden，Jones

12.WhichofthefollowingmustbeassignedeithertoembassyLortoembassyM？

（A）Farr

（B）Golden

（C）Hayakawa

（D）Inserra

（E）Kovacs

13.WhichofthefollowingCANNOTbetrue？

（A）OneworkerisassignedtoL.

（B）TwoworkersisassignedtoP.

（C）TwoworkersareassignedtoL.

（D）ThreeworkersareassignedtoM.

（E）ThreeworkersareassignedtoT.

14.IfGoldenandKovacsareassignedtoLandM，respectively，
whichofthefollowingmustbetrue？

（A）FarrisassignedtoeitherPorT.

（B）InserraisassignedtoeitherPorT.

（C）PandTeachhavetwoworkersassignedtothem.

（D）HayakawaisassignedtoL.

（E）HayakawaisassignedtoT.

15.IfGolden，Hayakawa，andKovacsareamongtheworkersassignedtoembassiesinhumidclimayes，
whichofthefollowingmustbetrue？

（A）Farrisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfive
officeworkersisassigned.

（B）Goldenisassignedtoanembassytowhichnoneoftheotherfiveofficeworker
sisassigned.

（C）JonesisassignedtothesameembassyasGolden.

（D）HayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasGolden.

（E）HayakawaisassignedtothesameembassyasKovacs.

Question16——19

Avolunteerusesatrucktopickupdonationsofunsoldfoodandclothingfrom
storesandtodeliverthemtoloc ationswheretheycanbedistributed.Hedrivesonlyalongacertainnetworkofroads.

Inthenetworktherearetwo-wayroadsconnectingeachofthefollowingpairsofpoints：
1with2，1with3，
1with5，2with6，3with7，5with6，and 6with7.Therearealsoone-wayroadsgoingfrom2to4，
from3to2，andfrom4to3.Therearenootherroadsinthenetwork，
andtheroadsint henetworkdonotintersect.

Tomakeatripinvolvingpickupsanddeliverirs，
thevolunteeralwaystakesaroutethatforthewholetrippasse
sthroughthefewestofthepoints1through7，
countingapointtwiceifthevolunteerpassesthroughittwice.

Thevolunteer‘shomeisatpoint3.Donationscanbepickedupatasupermarketatpoint1，
aclothingstoreatpoint5，
andabak eryatpoint4.Deliveriescanbemadeasneededtoatutoringcenteratpoint2，
adistributioncenteratpoint6，a ndashelteratpoint7.

16.Ifthevolunteerstartsatthesupermarketandnextistogototheshelter，
thefirstintermediatepointhisrpute passesthroughmustbe

（A）2

（B）3

（C）5

（D）6

（E）7

17.If，startingfromhome，thevolunteernextistomakepickupsfortheshelte
ratthe supermarketandthebake ry（ineitherorder），thefirsttwointermediatepointsonhisroute，
beginningwiththefirst，mustbe

（A）1and2

（B）1and3

（C）2and1

（D）2and4

（E）4and2

18.If，startingfromtheclothingstore，thevolunteernextistopickupbreadateitherthesuper
marketorthebak ery（whicheverstopmakeshisroutegothroughthefewestof
the points）and thenistogototheshelter，thefirsttwopointshereachesaftertheclothingstore，
beginningwiththefirst，m ustbe

（A）1and2

（B）1and3

（C）4and2

（D）6and2

（E）6and4

19.Ifthevolunteeristomakeatripstartingattheshelter，nextgoingtothebakeryforapickup，
andthenending atthedistributioncenter，thefirsttwointermediate
pointsonhisroute，
beginningwiththefirst，canbe

（A）3and1

（B）3and4

（C）4and2

（D）6and2

（E）6and5

Question20——22

Adeveloperisplanningtobuildahousingcomplexonanemptytractofland.Exactlyseven
differentstylesofh ouses——Q，R，S，T，W，X，andZ——willbebuildinthecomplex.
Thecomplexwillcontainseveralblocks，andthedeveloperplanstoputhouse
sofa tleastthreedifferentstylesoneachblock.Thedeveloperwillbuildthecomplex
accordingtothe followingrule s：

AnyblockthathasstyleZonitmustalsohavestyleWonit.

AnyblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleSandstyleXmusthaveonit

styleTandstyleZ.

NoblockadjacenttoonethathasonitbothstyleRandstyleZcanhaveonit

eitherstyleTorstyleW.

NoblockcanhaveonitbothstyleSandstyleQ.

20.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock？

（A）Q，R，S（B）Q，S，X（C）R，T，Z（D）S，W，Z（E）T，X，Z

21.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestyleonablock？

（A）Q（B）R（C）S（D）W（E）X

22.Whichofthefollowingcanbethecompleteselectionofhousestylefor a block that
isadjacenttoexactlyon eblock，ifthatoneblockhasonitstyleS，T，W，andXonly？

（A）S，T，andX（B）T，X，andZ（C）R，S，X，andZ（D）S，T，W，andX（E）T，W，X，andZ

23.Whenanosprey（afish-eatinghawk）returnafromfishingtoitsnestingarea
withafishlikeanalewife，
apollack，orasmelt，otherospreyswillretracei tsflightpathinhopesofgoodfishing.Thereisseldomsucharesponseifthe
firstbirdbring
sbackawinterfloun der.Yetospreysfeedonwinterflounderjustasreadyasodanyotherfish.

Whichofthefollowing，iftrue，contributesmosttoanexplanationof the fishingbehavior
ofospreysasitisdesc ribedabove？

（A）Ospreysareseldomabletocatchalewives，pollack，orsmelt.

（B）Alewives，pollack，andsmaltmoveinschools，butwinterflounderdonot.

（C）Winterflounderprefershallowerwatersthandoalewives，pollack，orsmelt.

（D）Winterflounderpreferandpollackexhibitprotectivecoloration，
butalewivesandsmeltdonot.

（E）Ospreysthatliveinnestingareaareespeciallysuccessfulfishers.

24.Arecentstudyofaninsurancecompany‘sunderwritersindicate
thatthosewhoworkedinplea sant physical surroundings were 25percentmorepro ductivethantheirpeersinunpleasantphysicalsurroundings.
Objectivecriteriaforevaluatingjobperform anceincludedcaseloadandcomplexityofcases.Thisshowsthatimprovingworkers’
enviromentsincreasesthoseworkers‘productivity.

Whichofthefollowing，iftrue，mostseriouslyweakenstheconclusionabove？

（A）Onaverage，less-productiveemployeesspendnofewerhoursperdayat
theirworkstationsthandotheirmore-productivepeers.

（B）Unpleasantsurroundingsgiveemployeeslessmotivationtoworkhardthan
morepleasantsurroundingsdo.

（C）Themore-productiveemployeesaregenerallyrewardedwithpleasantoffice space.

（D）More-productiveemployeesdonotworkanymorehoursthantheir less-productivepeers.

（E）Peerpressurediscouragesemployeesincrowed，unpleasantsurroundings frommakingphonecallstotheirownfamilymembersduringworktime.

25.Inacertaincountry，individualtendtochangetheirpoliticalaffiliation readilyfrom
onepoliticalpartyto another.InthepasttheUnionpartygrewlargerbecauseofthistendency，
butalthoughmostofthosewho changetoanewpartyaffiliation change to the Unionparty，
theUnionpartyhasremainedaboutthesame sizeinrecentyears.

Whichofthefollowing，iftrue，besthelpstoexplainthechangeinthegrowth
patternoftheUnionpartymen tionedabove？

（A）Theeconomyhasbeenprosperingrecently，andmanyofthosewhochange
partyaffiliationareupwardlymobileandproperous.

（B）Inrecentyeasthosewhowerepreviouslynonaffiliatedhavetendedtojoin
theUnionpartyifthey joinedanypartyatall.

（C）Thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhochangepoliticalpartyaffiliation
eachyearhasremainedconstant，andthenumberofvoting-agecitizens hasremainedthesame.

（D）Thepercentageofvoting-agecitizenswhoareaffiliatedwithanypolitical
partyhasincreasedover thelasttenyears.

（E）ManymembersoftheUnipnpartyhaveabandonedallpoliticalparty
affiliationinrecentyears.