If the statements above are true, all of the fol- lowing statements about changes in W's work force between 1975 and 1982 could also be true
EXCEPT:
(A) The number of people in the work force increased, while the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs decreased.
(B) The number of people in the work force decreased, while the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs increased.
(C) Both the number of people in the work force and the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs increased.
(D) Both the number of people in the work force and the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs decreased.
(E) The number of people in the work force remained constant, while the number of people employed in manufacturing jobs decreased.
25. The excessive number of safety regulations that the federal government has placed on industry poses more serious hardships for big businesses than for small ones. Since large companies do everything on a more massive scale, they must alter more complex operations and spend much more money to meet governmental requirements.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
(A) Small companies are less likely than large companies to have the capital reserves for improvements.
(B) The operations of small companies fre- quently rely on the same technologies as the operations of large companies.
(C) Safety regulation codes are uniform, established without reference to size of company.
(D) Large companies typically have more of their profits invested in other businesses than do small companies.
(E) Large companies are in general more likely than small companies to diversify their markets and products.
No. 5-3 SECTION 6
Questions 1-4
Seats on a small plane are being assigned to six passengers-N, P, Q, R, S, and T. The eight seats on the plane are in four rows, numbered 1 through 4, and each row has two seats. Seat assignments are made according to the following conditions:
N must sit alone in a row.
P must sit in the same row as R.
Q cannot sit in the same row as S.
The rows with only one passenger must be row 1 and row 3.
1. Which of the following passengers could be assigned to sit in the same row as Q?
(A) N (B) P (C) R (D) S (E) T
2. If P and R are in row 2, which of the following must be true?
(A) N is in row 1. (B) Q is in row 1.
(C) Q is in row 4. (D) S is in row 3.
(E) T is in row 4.
3. Which of the following is the total number of passengers eligible to be the passenger assigned to sit in the same row as T?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
4. If Q and T are assigned to sit together in a row, which of the following passengers could be assigned to sit in row 3?
(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S (E) T
5. Public education suffers from what can be diag- nosed as the sickness of an overgoverned society. This sickness denies many parents control over the kind of education their children receive. The power once held by parents has gravitated to professional educators. The sickness has been aggravated by increasing centralization and bureaucratization of schools.
Which of the following, if true, would weaken the claim that there is continuing erosion of parents' control over their children's education?
(A) As a result of community pressure, growing numbers of school administrators follow recommendations made by parents.
(B) The number of professional educators has risen sharply over the last decade even though the number of students has declined.
(C) Parents' organizations that lobby for changes in school curriculums are gen- erally ineffectual.
(D) More members of school boards are ap- pointed by school administrators than are elected by the public.
(E) The use of state-wide curriculum programs increased in the United States during the past two decades.
6. From a certain farming region, trucks can carry vegetables to market in New Mexico in two days for a total cost of $300. A train will carry the vegetables there in four days for $200. If reducing time in transit is more important to the owner of the vegetables than is reducing the shipping bill, he or she will send the vegetables by truck.
Which of the following is an assumption made in the passage above?
(A) Vegetables can be sold more profitably when shipped by train than by truck.
(B) Other than speed and cost, there are no significant differences
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