• Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:

    The government of an island nation is in the process of deciding how to spend its limited income. It has $7 million left in its budget and eight programs to choose among. There is no provision in the constitution to have a surplus, and each program has requested the minimum amount they need; in other words, no program may be partially funded. The programs and their funding requests are:

    * Hurricane preparedness: $2.5 million
    * Harbor improvements: $1 million
    * School music program: $0.5 million
    * Senate office building remodeling: $1.5 million
    * Agricultural subsidy program: $2 million
    * National radio: $0.5 million
    * Small business loan program: $3 million
    * International airport: $4 million

    1. Senators from urban areas are very concerned about assuring that there will be funding for a new international airport. Senators from rural areas refuse to fund anything until money for agricultural subsidies is appropriated. If the legislature funds these two programs, on which of the following could they spend the rest of the money?

    A. the school music program and national radio
    B. hurricane preparedness
    C. harbor improvements and the school music program
    D. small business loan program
    E. national radio and senate office building remodeling

    2. If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, what two other programs could they fund?

    A. harbor improvements and international airport
    B. harbor improvements and school music program
    C. hurricane preparedness and school music program
    D. hurricane preparedness and international airport
    E. harbor improvements and hurricane preparedness

    3. If the legislature decides to fund the agricultural subsidy program, national radio, and the small business loan program, the only other single program that can be funded is

    A. hurricane preparedness.
    B. harbor improvements.
    C. school music program.
    D. senate office building remodeling.
    E. international airport.

    Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:

    At a small company, parking spaces are reserved for the top executives: CEO, president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer with the spaces lined up in that order. The parking lot guard can tell at a glance if the cars are parked correctly by looking at the color of the cars. The cars are yellow, green, purple, red, and blue, and the executives names are Alice, Bert, Cheryl, David, and Enid.

    * The car in the first space is red.
    * A blue car is parked between the red car and the green car.
    * The car in the last space is purple.
    * The secretary drives a yellow car.
    * Alice's car is parked next to David's.
    * Enid drives a green car.
    * Bert's car is parked between Cheryl's and Enid's.
    * David's car is parked in the last space.

    4. Who is the secretary?

    A. Enid
    B. David
    C. Cheryl
    D. Bert
    E. Alice

    5. Who is the CEO ?

    A. Alice
    B. Bert
    C. Cheryl
    D. David
    E. Enid

    6. What color is the vice president's car?

    A. green
    B. yellow
    C. blue
    D. purple
    E. red

    Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:

    Five cities all got more rain than usual this year. The five cities are: Last Stand, Mile City, New Town, Olliopolis, and Polberg. The cities are located in five different areas of the country: the mountains, the forest, the coast, the desert, and in a valley. The rainfall amounts were: 12 inches, 27 inches, 32 inches, 44 inches, and 65 inches.

    * The city in the desert got the least rain; the city in the forest got the most rain.
    * New Town is in the mountains.
    * Last Stand got more rain than Olliopolis.
    * Mile City got more rain than Polberg, but less rain than New Town.
    * Olliopolis got 44 inches of rain.
    * The city in the mountains got 32 inches of rain; the city on the coast got 27 inches of rain.

    7. Which city got the most rain?

    A. Last Stand
    B. Mile City
    C. New Town
    D. Olliopolis
    E. Polberg

    8. How much rain did Mile City get?

    A. 12 inches
    B. 27 inches
    C. 32 inches
    D. 44 inches
    E. 65 inches

    9. Which city is in the desert ?

    A. Last Stand
    B. Mile City
    C. New Town
    D. Olliopolis
    E. Polberg

    10. Where is Olliopolis located?

    A. the mountains
    B. the coast
    C. in a valley
    D. the desert
    E. the forest

    Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:

    Five roommates Randy, Sally, Terry, Uma, and Vernon each do one housekeeping task mopping, sweeping, laundry, vacuuming, or dusting one day a week, Monday through Friday.

    * Vernon does not vacuum and does not do his task on Tuesday.
    * Sally does the dusting, and does not do it on Monday or Friday.
    * The mopping is done on Thursday.
    * Terry does his task, which is not vacuuming, on Wednesday.
    * The laundry is done on Friday, and not by Uma.
    * Randy does his task on Monday.

    11. What task does Terry do on Wednesday?

    A. vacuuming
    B. dusting
    C. mopping
    D. sweeping
    E. laundry

    12. What day does Uma do her task?

    A. Monday
    B. Tuesday
    C. Wednesday
    D. Thursday
    E. Friday

    13. What task does Vernon do?

    A. vacuuming
    B. dusting
    C. mopping
    D. sweeping
    E. laundry

    14. What day is the vacuuming done?

    A. Friday
    B. Monday
    C. Tuesday
    D. Wednesday
    E. Thursday
     

  • Answers and Explanations Down

    1.   A

    2.   B

    3.   D

    4.   E

    5.   C

    6.   A

    7.   A

    8.   B

    9.   E

    10. C

    11. D

    12. D

    13. E

    14. B