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Q No.1 of 4

Excessive amounts of mercury in drinking water, associated with certain types of industrial pollution, have been shown to cause Hobson's disease. Island R. has an economy based entirely on subsistence-level agriculture; modern industry of any kind is unknown. The inhabitants of Island R. have an unusually high incidence of Hobson's disease.

Which of the following can be validly inferred from the above statements?

I. Mercury in drinking water is actually perfectly safe.

II. Mercury in drinking water must have sources other than industrial pollution.

III. Hobson's disease must have causes other than mercury in drinking water.

Option 1

II only

Option 2

I and II only

Option 3

III only

Option 4

II and III only

Option 5

I and III only

Q No.2 of 4

Those who oppose the new water project claim to have the best interests of this community at heart. Yet they me the some people who, only three years ago, opposed the building of the new state highway, which now provides half a million commuters with fast, easy motoring every day. What could be a better argument in favor of the water project?

Which of the following statements is most like the argument above?

Option 1

We must fight the proposed antipornography. Statute, for its principal sponsors have voted against every major piece of women's rights legislation introduced in the last twenty years.

Option 2

The so-called tax reform bill now before the state senate must be defeated; its only true beneficiaries would be the wealthy corporations, which already pay too little in taxes.

Option 3

The polls show that over 60% of the concerned parents in the state favor the school bond issue; cast your vote with the concerned majority on election day.

Option 4

The new gun control law is a misguided and dangerous proposal, which has been denounced by every sportsman’s club and gun-owner's association in the state.

Option 5

Those who oppose nuclear power are unable or simply unwilling to recognize the fact that the nuclear energy industry has a safety record unparalleled by that of any other industry.

Q No.3 of 4

Leeza: I want to stay out of Prof. John's classes if I can. I've heard he's very strict when it comes to giving out the grades.

Joe: That's not true. My friend Phil took his class year, and he gave him an A.

From the conversation above, it can be inferred that Joe interpreted Leeza 's statement to mean that Prof. John

Option 1

gives out fewer good grades than most teachers in the department

Option 2

never gives out grades of A

Option 3

makes unfair demands on his students

Option 4

only gives good grades to a few favored students

Option 5

has become increasingly strict in his grading over the past year

Q No.4 of 4

The nursing shortage in this country is a phony one, caused by the concentration of nurses in the geographical regions with the highest paid and most generous fringe benefits for nurses. In addition, the League of American Nurses has artifically worsened the shortage by encouraging nursing schools to keep enrollments low in order to boost nurses' salaries to even higher levels.

All of the following statements, if true, would tend to WEAKEN the argument above except.

Option 1

Nationwide, the salaries of nurses have risen at a slower rate than inflation over the last ten years.

Option 2

The number of students who earned degrees in nursing last year was almost double the number six years ago.

Option 3

Although nurses are paid less in Texas than in Connecticut, there are 35% more nurses in Texas than in Connecticut.

Option 4

The League of American Nurses has almost no influence on the policies of American nursing schools.

Option 5

Those areas of the country with the highest pay for nurses also have correspondingly higher living costs.