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 Advertisement: Today's 'customers expect high quality. Every advance in the quality of manufactured products raises customer expectations. The company that is satisfied with the current quality of its products will soon find that its customers are not. At MegaCorp, meeting or exceeding customer expectations is our goal.

Which of the following must be true on the basis of the statements in the advertisement above?


A) MegaCorp's competitors will succeed in attracting customers only if those competitors adopt MegaCorp's goal as their own.

B) A company that does not correctly anticipate the expectations of its customers is certain to fail in advancing the quality of its products.

C) MegaCorp s goal is possible to meet only if continuing advances in product quality are possible.

D) If a company becomes satisfied with the quality of its products, then the quality of its products is sure to decline.



7.

 The Eurasian ruffe, a fish species inadvertently introduced into North America's Great Lakes in recent years, feeds on the eggs of lake whitefish, a native species, thus threatening the lakes' natural ecosystem. To help track the ruffe's spread, government agencies have produced wallet-sized cards about the ruffe. The cards contain pictures. of the ruffe and explain the danger they pose; the cards also request anglers to report any ruffe they catch.

Which of the following, if true, would provide most support for the prediction that the agencies' action will have its intended effect?


A) Ruffe generally feed at night, but most recreational fishing on the Great Lakes is done during daytime hours.

B) Most people who fish recreationally on the Great Lakes are interested in the preservation of the lake whitefish because it is a highly prized game fi

C) The ruffe is one of several nonnative species in the Great Lakes whose existence threatens the survival of lake whitefish populations there.

D) The bait that most people use when fishing for whitefish on the Great Lakesis not attractive to ruffe.



8.

 A drug that is highly effective in treating many types of infection can, at present be obtained only from the bark of the ibora, a tree that is quite rare in the wild. It takes the bark of 5,000 trees to make one kilogram of the drug. It follows, therefore, that continued production of the drug must inevitably lead to the ibora's extinction. Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?


A) The drug made from ibora bark is dispensed to doctors from a central authority.

B) The leaves of the ibora are used in a number of medical products.

C) The ibora can he propagated from cuttings and grown under cultivation.

D) The ibora generally grows in largely inaccessible places.



9.

 Physician: The hormone melatonin has shown promise as a medication for sleep disorders when taken in synthesized form. Because the long-term side effects of synthetic melatonin are unknown, however, I cannot recommend its use at this time. Patient: Your position is inconsistent with your usual practice. You prescribe many medications that you know have serious side effects, so concern about side effects cannot be the real reason you will not prescribe melatonin.

The patient's argument is flawed because it fails to consider that


A) The side effects of synthetic melatonin might be different from those of naturally produced melatonin

B) Sleep disorders, if left untreated, might lead to serious medical complications

C) The side effects of a medication can take some time to manifest themselves

D) Known risks can be weighed against known benefits, but unknown risks cannot



10.

 In an attempt to abate the destructive decline in Micro Chip's revenue brought about by shrinking demand that is accompanying an economic recession, Micro Chip is offering customers a 50% discount for the next three months on all purchases fully paid for within 15 days.

Which of the following assumptions most underlies the chip maker's offer of a discount?


A) Micro Chip expects this discount to help the company retain existing customers and gain new ones, enabling the firm to survive in the long-term.

B) The government will provide massive technology tax credits to businesses, spurring them to purchase chips and other related products.

C) The government will not pursue Micro Chip if in fact its behavior in offering a deep discount amounts to a violation of predatory pricing laws.

D) The decrease in revenue brought about by the reduction in price will be smaller than the anticipated increase in revenue brought about by the increase



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