Master gmat 2010 part 8 ppsx

ANSWER SHEET PRACTICE TEST 1: DIAGNOSTIC ANALYTICAL WRITING ASSESSMENT Analysis of an Issue ✁ answer sheet Chapter 3: Practice Test 1: Diagnostic 53 www.petersons.com ✁ 54 PART II: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses www.petersons.com Analysis of an Argument ✁ answer sheet Chapter 3: Practice Test 1: Diagnostic 55 www.petersons.com ✁ 56 PART II: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses www.petersons.com QUANTITATIVE SECTION 1. O A O B O C O D O E 2. O A O B O C O D O E 3. O A O B O C O D O E 4. O A O B O C O D O E 5. O A O B O C O D O E 6. O A O B O C O D O E 7. O A O B O C O D O E 8. O A O B O C O D O E 9. O A O B O C O D O E 10. O A O B O C O D O E 11. O A O B O C O D O E 12. O A O B O C O D O E 13. O A O B O C O D O E 14. O A O B O C O D O E 15. O A O B O C O D O E 16. O A O B O C O D O E 17. O A O B O C O D O E 18. O A O B O C O D O E 19. O A O B O C O D O E 20. O A O B O C O D O E 21. O A O B O C O D O E 22. O A O B O C O D O E 23. O A O B O C O D O E 24. O A O B O C O D O E 25. 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Use reasons and/or examples from your experience, observation, and/or reading to explain your viewpoint. practice test 1 59 Analysis of an Argument 1 QUESTION • 30 MINUTES Directions: Using a word processor, compose an essay for the following argument and directive. Do not use any spell-checking or grammar-checking functions. The following appeared as part of an article in a national business publication: “Workforce Systems, a consulting firm specializing in workplace productivity and efficiency, reports that nearly 70 percent of Maxtech’s employees who enrolled in Workforce Systems’ one-week seminar last year claim to be more content with their current jobs than prior to enrolling in the seminar. By requiring managers at all large corporations to enroll in the kinds of seminars that Workforce System offers, productivity in our economy’s private sector is certain to improve.” Discuss how well reasoned you find this argument. In your discussion, be sure to analyze the line of reasoning and the use of evidence in the argument. For example, you may need to consider what questionable assumptions underlie the thinking and what alternative explanations or counterexamples might weaken the conclusion. You can also discuss what sort of evidence would strengthen or refute the argument, what changes in the argument would make it more logically sound, and what, if anything, would help you better evaluate its conclusion. 60 PART II: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses www.petersons.com QUANTITATIVE SECTION 37 QUESTIONS • 75 MINUTES Directions for Problem Solving Questions: (These directions will appear on your screen before your first Problem Solving question.) Solve this problem and indicate the best of the answer choices given. Numbers: All numbers used are real numbers. Figures: A figure accompanying a Problem Solving question is intended to provide infor- mation useful in solving the problem. Figures are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that its figure is not drawn to scale. Straight lines may sometimes appear jagged. All figures lie on a plane unless otherwise indicated. To review these directions for subsequent questions of this type, click on HELP. Directions for Data Sufficiency Questions: (These directions will appear on your screen before your first Data Sufficiency question.) This Data Sufficiency problem consists of a question and two statements, labeled (1) and (2), in which certain data are given. You have to decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in the statements plus your knowledge of mathematics and everyday facts (such as the number of days in July or the meaning of counterclockwise), you must indicate whether: (A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked; (B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked; (C) BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient; (D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked; (E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed. Numbers: All numbers used are real numbers. Figures: A figure accompanying a Data Sufficiency problem will conform to the information given in the question, but will not necessarily conform to the additional information in statements (1) and (2). Lines shown as straight can be assumed to be straight and lines that appear jagged can also be assumed to be straight. You may assume that positions of points, angles, regions, etc., exist in the order shown and that angle measures are greater than zero. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated. Note: In Data Sufficiency problems that ask you for the value of a quantity, the data given in the statements are sufficient only when it is possible to determine exactly one numerical value for the quantity. To review these directions for subsequent questions of this type, click on HELP. diagnostic test Chapter 3: Practice Test 1: Diagnostic 61 www.petersons.com 1. 4 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 (A) 29 5 (B) 23 4 (C) 117 20 (D) 231 40 (E) 57 10 2. Lyle’s current age is 23 years, and Melanie’s current age is 15 years. How many years ago was Lyle’s age twice Melanie’s age? (A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 16 3. If x and y are integers, is x 1 y 2 1 divisible by 3? (1) When x is divided by 3, the remainder is 2. (2) When y is divided by 6, the remainder is 5. 4. Four knots—A, B, C, and D—appear in that order along a straight length of rope. Is the distance between B and D the same as the distance between A and B? (1) The distance between A and C is less than the distance between B and D. (2) Half the distance between A and D is the same as the distance between C and D. 5. Is x . y ? (1) x is the arithmetic mean of all two-digit prime numbers less than 23. (2) y is the sum of all factors of 60 that are greater than 21 but less than 6. 6. In a boat race between David and Jeff, when Jeff had covered half the 30-mile race distance, David was 2 miles ahead of Jeff. How long did it take David to travel the entire 30-mile distance? (1) David traveled the last 15 miles of the race’s distance in 40 minutes. (2) Jeff traveled the first 15 miles of the race’s distance in 45 minutes. 7. According to the chart shown above, during the year that Country X’s exports exceeded its own imports by the greatest dollar amount, Country Y’s imports exceeded Country X’s imports by approximately (A) $23 billion. (B) $75 billion. (C) $90 billion. (D) $110 billion. (E) $160 billion. 62 PART II: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses www.petersons.com . 54 PART II: Diagnosing Strengths and Weaknesses www.petersons.com Analysis of an Argument ✁ answer sheet Chapter 3: Practice Test 1: Diagnostic 55 www.petersons.com ✁ 56 PART. O A O B O C O D O E 4. O A O B O C O D O E 5. O A O B O C O D O E 6. O A O B O C O D O E 7. O A O B O C O D O E 8. O A O B O C O D O E 9. O A O B O C O D O E 10. O A O B O C O D O E 11. O A O B O C O D O E 12 O A O B O C O D O E 14. O A O B O C O D O E 15. O A O B O C O D O E 16. O A O B O C O D O E 17. 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