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Question 49

Despite the fact that the seeds of certain tropical trees fall mostly around the parent tree, the seeds that land farther from the parent trees of these species have the greatest chance of germinating. One hypothesis is that the effect is caused by rodents eating a larger number of seeds beside the parent tree than seeds in places farther away, but studies have shown that this is not so.

Which of the following, If true, would most help explain the effect described above?

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Tree sprouts from seeds must compete for moisture and nutrients with some of the plant life in their immediate vicinity.

Some tropical trees have winged seeds that tend to prevent them landing beside the parent trees.

Certain tropical tree species are preferentially colonized by some types of mammals.

Soil microbes that prey on seeds and other biological material from trees of the tropical species in question tend to be densest near those trees.

Some plants emit chemicals that are harmful to nearby seeds of other species.

Question 50

It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following occurs when a salesperson employs the top-down sales tactic and does not occur when the bottom-up sales tactic is employed?

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The customer tends to question the honesty and credibility of the salesperson.

The customer uses decision heuristics to simplify the information-rich decision task.

The salesperson suggests that the more expensive item is actually a better value.

The salesperson focuses on the sacrifices Involved in moving to lower-priced models in the product line.

The salesperson presents a particular model as a reference point from which the customer must adjust to yield a final decision.

Question 51

The ornithologist interpreted the ravens' behavior as indicating that they were looking for another bird's food cache of which it did not know its exact location.

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of which it did not know its exact location

that they did not know exactly where it was

the exact location of which was unknown to them

and it did not know exactly where it was

which the exact location was unknown to them

Question 52

In 90 percent of the commercial airline accidents last year, one or another of a group consisting of only 18 percent of the world's commercial airlines was involved. Since the other 82 percent of airlines were generally flying the same types of airplanes as the accident-prone airlines, significant differences in safety procedures must have been responsible for these differences In safety records.

Which of the following, if true about the world's commercial airlines last year, most seriously weakens the argument above?

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Fifteen percent of the airlines were responsible for 97 percent of all air miles flown, and those airlines were involved in 87 percent of the accidents.

The accident-prone airlines were cited by their governments for a significantly higher number of safety violations than were the other airlines.

After an airline is involved in a serious accident, many of its regular customers switch to another airline, and some flights are canceled.

Twenty percent of the airlines employ personnel currently serving in their country's armed forces.

Twenty-four percent of the airplanes in regular service are over fifteen years old.

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