Questions 1-6
The workweek in a small business in a five-day workweek running from Monday through Friday. In each workweek, activities L, M, N, O, and P must all be done. The work is subject to the following restrictions:
L must be done earlier in the week than O and earlier than P.
M must be done earlier in the week than N and earlier than O.
No more than one of the activities can ever be done on any one day.
1. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule of activities with the activities listed from left to right in the order from Monday through Friday?
(A) L, M, N, O, P
(B) M, N, O, N, M
(C) O, N, L,, P, M
(D) P, O, L, M, L
(E) P, O, L, M, N
2. Which of the following pairs of activities could be done on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, of some week?
(A) Land O
(B) M and L
(C) M and P
(D) N and O
(E) O and M
3. If P is earlier than M on the schedule for some week, which of the following must also be true of that schedule?
(A) L is earlier than M.
(B) N is earlier than M.
(C) N is earlier than O.
(D) O is earlier than L.
(E) O is earlier than P.
4. If P and N are done or Thursday and Friday, respectively, which of the following must be true?
(A) L is done on Tuesday.
(B) L is done on Wednesday.
(C) M is done on Monday.
(D) O is done on Tuesday.
(E) O is done on Wednesday.
5. Which of the following could appear on the schedule for some week?
(A) L on Friday
(B) M on Thursday
(C) N on Monday
(D) O on Monday
(E) P on Tuesday
6. The one day of the week for which any one of the five activities could be scheduled while still allowing the other four activities to be scheduled is
(A) Monday
(B) Tuesday
(C) Wednesday
(D) Thursday
(E) Friday
7. Weeds and trees illustrate extreme opposites of ecological adaptation. Weeds put most of their energy into production and dispersal of the season's seeds and then die. Trees put most of their energy into sustaining their own growth and competitive ability over a long life span, while each season's seed production is relatively moderate.
It can be inferred from the passage above that the author uses which of the following criteria in judging weeds and trees to be opposites?
(A) The time it takes weed seeds and tree seeds respectively to germinate
(B) The total number of seeds that weeds and trees scatter over a given area in their respective habitats
(C) The differential dependence of weeds and trees on climatic stability from growing season to glowing season
(D) The ratio between a season's seed production and overall life span for weeds and trees, respectively
(E) The ratio between seeds that are produced and seeds that develop into mature specimens
8. Buying on credit may induce many consumers to buy things they do not really want, but it also allows them to take advantage of bargains when they are short of cash. Anyone who takes advantage of this latter possibility saves money by buying on credit.
Which of the following is an assumption made in the passage above?
(A) Credit is available to everyone who wants it.
(B) The cost of credit does not exceed the savings on purchases that credit made possible.
(C) Consumers who use credit wisely buy only bargains with it.
(D) Most unnecessary purchases are made on credit.
(E) It is difficult to use credit with restraint if it is available to consumers at bargain rates.
9. When the chemical vianzone is applied to any clear solution containing sodium chlorate, the solution becomes cloudy, and when vianzone is applied to a clear solution containing potassium nitrate, the solution becomes cloudy. Vianzone does not alter the appearance of a clear solution containing benzene. In a certain experiment, vianone was applied to a clear solution, and the solution remained clear. It can be validly concluded that the clear solution used in the experiment contained
(A) potassium nitrate
(B) both sodium chlorate and benzene
(C) no benzene
(D) no sodium chlorate
(E) neither potassium nitrate nor benzene
Questions 10-16
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