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Local telephone companies have monopolies on telephone service within their areas. Cable television can be transmitted via the wires that are already in place and owned by the telephone companies. Cable television companies argue that if the telephone companies were to offer cable service, these telephone companies would have an unfair advantage, because their cable transmissions could be subsidized by the profits of their monopolies on telephone service.
Which of the following, if true, would ease the cable companies’ fear of unfair competition? In order to use existing telephone wire, telephone companies would need to modernize their operations, a process so expensive it would wipe out virtually all profit from their monopoly for the foreseeable future. If a telephone company were to offer cable service within a particular area, it would have a monopoly within that area. The cost of television service, whether provided by cable or telephone companies, scales; that is, the total cost of transmission rises only marginally as more homes are added to the network. Cable programming that offers more channels is already available through satellite dishes, but the initial cost of the dishes is extremely high. Cable television will never be able to compete with the burgeoning video rental industry, especially as more homes now have video cassette recorders than ever did before. |
In order to use existing telephone wire, telephone companies would need to modernize their operations, a process so expensive it would wipe out virtually all profit from their monopoly for the foreseeable future.
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Yes. If the telephone companies have to spend all their profits on modernizing to be able to offer cable service, they do not have an unfair advantage due to their high profits.
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The board of trustees was pleased to announce that among the speakers chosen for this year’s seminars there are a number of artists, including one that is an industrial designer.
among the speakers chosen for this year’s seminars there are a number of artists, including one that is an industrial designer. the speakers at this year’s seminars include a number of artists, one of whom is an industrial designer. the speakers at this year’s seminars include a number of artists, and one who is an industrial designer. among the speakers at this year’s seminars there are a number of artists, one who is an industrial designer. Among the speakers at this year’s seminars are a number of artists, including one which is an industrial designer. |
the speakers at this year’s seminars include a number of artists, one of whom is an industrial designer.
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Yes. “One of whom” correctly refers back to the artists. The correct answer is B.
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In 1987, an environmental action group reported a 65-percent response rate to a questionnaire sent to all of its members. The subject of the questionnaire was ocean dumping. On the basis of these results, the group expects a 65-to-70 percent response rate to its upcoming questionnaire on air pollution.
The environmental group’s expectation is based on which of the following assumptions? The group’s membership has not declined by more than 5 percent since 1987. The same number of surveys will be distributed as were distributed in 1987. People who are concerned about ocean dumping are even more concerned about air pollution. The response rate of one questionnaire can be predicted from that of another. The total amount of pollution today is the same as it was in 1987. |
The response rate of one questionnaire can be predicted from that of another.
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Yes. The environmental group expects one survey to generate a particular response based on the results of another survey.
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Three hundred guests is as many as even the most ambitious host or hostess should invite, and this number of guests is advisable only when circumstances actually demand it.
as many as even so many as even so many that even as many that even even so many that |
as many as even
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Yes. Idiom. “As many as” is the correct idiom; “even” is added for emphasis.
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During the 1980s it became clear that soliciting private funds was far more efficient for environmentalists who sought financial aid than to appeal to state or federal agencies for support.
that soliciting private funds was far more efficient for environmentalists who sought financial aid that, for environmentalists seeking financial aid, it was far more efficient to solicit private funds that for environmentalists seeking financial aid, private organizations were far more efficient to go to for environmentalists seeking financial aid, going to private organizations was far more efficient for environmentalists who sought financial aid private organizations were far more efficient |
that, for environmentalists seeking financial aid, it was far more efficient to solicit private funds
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Yes. Parallel construction. The sentence should read “to solicit” to match up with the second part of the list “to appeal.”
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Which of the following, if true, is most useful in determining the accuracy of the study described above?
Performance of business executives was shown to improve drastically after major alterations were made in their diets. Honors students, after altering their diets, maintained that they did not change their study habits. Students who participated in various fitness regimens found that their grades improved appreciably after they altered their exercise habits. High school students who previously had low grades found that after they altered their diets, their grades improved dramatically. All of the college students who volunteered for the study were either in their first or second year of college. |
High school students who previously had low grades found that after they altered their diets, their grades improved dramatically.
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Yes. This is also a study of how diet affects students’ grades and could be compared to the study mentioned in the argument.
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Suffering from depression and frightened by the extent of it, author William Styron’s despair turned into a harrowing yet illuminating novel about the disease.
Suffering from depression and frightened by the extent of it, author William Styron’s despair turned into a harrowing yet illuminating novel about the disease. Suffering from depression and frightened by the extent of the depression, author Williams Styron’s despair was turned into a harrowing yet illuminating account of the disease. Suffering from depression and frightened by the extent of it, author William Styron turned his despair into a harrowing yet illuminating account of the disease. Author William Styron turned his despair into a harrowing yet illuminating account of the disease, depression, from which he suffered and whose extent frightened him. Author William Styron’s despair was turned into a harrowing yet illuminating account of depression, a disease from which he suffered and was frightened by. |
Suffering from depression and frightened by the extent of it, author William Styron turned his despair into a harrowing yet illuminating account of the disease.
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Yes. The initial modifier correctly applies to “William Styron.”
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Although fresh oats and corn are the most nutritious foods for cattle, historically, cattle ranchers have minimized purchases of these grains in order to minimize costs due to spoilage. This year, however, fresh oats and corn have become the best-selling food for cattle -- a clear sign that cattle ranchers are putting nutrition ahead of concerns about costs due to spoilage.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above? Last year, processed cattle feed outsold fresh oats and corn by a wide margin. No cattle ranchers have reported in surveys that they are attempting to purchase more nutritious fodder for their herds. Higher temperatures and increased rain this year have led to quicker spoilage of fresh oats and corn than in previous years when fresh oats and corn sold poorly to cattle ranchers. Because of crop failures, all types of cattle fodder -- including fresh oats and corn, processed cattle feed, and frozen nutritional supplements -- were more expensive this year than in previous years. Because of agricultural innovations, fresh oats and corn spoil much less quickly than in previous years, while costs for such fodder have remained constant. |
Because of agricultural innovations, fresh oats and corn spoil much less quickly than in previous years, while costs for such fodder have remained constant.
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Yes. Now that the corn and oats don’t spoil as quickly, the costs (related to spoilage) are lower. So buying the food doesn’t mean that ranchers value nutrition over costs; instead, it means the costs are no longer a barrier to buying better food.
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Attracting tourists interested in Paul Bunyan’s myth to the tiny town of Hackensack, Minnesota, the dedication on Sweetheart Day 1952 two decades after her legend began, the statue of Lucette Diana Kensack.
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Attracting tourists interested in Paul Bunyan’s myth to the tiny town of Hackensack, Minnesota, the dedication on Sweetheart Day 1952 two decades after her legend began, the statue of Lucette Diana Kensack.
Attracting tourists interested in Paul Bunyan’s myth to the tiny town of Hackensack, Minnesota two decades after the legend began on Sweetheart Day 1952, the dedication of the statue of Paul Bunyan’s sweetheart, Lucette Diana Kensack occurred. Dedicated two decades after her legend began on Sweetheart Day 1952, the statue of Paul Bunyan’s sweetheart, Lucette Diana Kensack, attracts tourists interested in Paul Bunyan’s myth to the tiny town of Hackensack, Minnesota. Dedicated on Sweetheart Day 1952, two decades after her legend began, the statue of Paul Bunyan’s sweetheart, Lucette Diana Kensack, attracts tourists interested in Paul Bunyan’s myth to the tiny town of Hackensack, Minnesota. Dedicated on Sweetheart Day 1952, two decades after the legend began, tourists were attracts to the tiny town of Hackensack, Minnesota to see the statue of Paul Bunyan’s sweetheart, Lucette Diana Kensack. |
Yes. This is a complete sentence and has a logical construction. The correct answer is D.
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Geological evidence relating to the so-called “Face on Mars” dates back to 8,500 B.C. and reveals that the humanoid inhabitants of Mars at that time were beings that were part of a rich and highly advanced civilization that was Sumerian-speaking.
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were beings that were part of a rich and highly advanced civilization that was Sumerian-speaking
had been part of a rich and highly advanced civilization of beings that were Sumerian-speaking were part of a rich and highly advanced civilization of Sumerian-speaking beings had been beings that were part of a rich and highly advanced civilization that was Sumerian-speaking were a group of beings which had been part of a rich, highly advanced Sumerian-speaking civilization |
Yes. You want the verb “were” because it is does not change the meaning. This answer is also short and concise. The correct answer is C.
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