Direction: Correct the underlined part
The commission’s office of compliance, inspections, and investigations plans to intensify its scrutiny of stock analysts to investigate not only whether research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also whether conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or when they are paid for their work by a firm’s investment banking division.
A. to investigate not only whether research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also whether conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or when they are
B. to investigate not only whether research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also if conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or they are
C. to not only investigate whether or not research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also if conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or are
D. not only to investigate whether or not research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also whether conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or are
E. not only to investigate whether research is an independent function at brokerage firms, but also whether conflicts result when analysts own the stocks they write about or when
Kernland imposes a high tariff on the export of unprocessed cashew nuts in order to ensure that the nuts are sold to domestic processing plants. If the tariff were lifted and unprocessed cashews were sold at world market prices, more farmers could profit by growing cashews. However, since all the processing plants are in urban areas, removing the tariff would seriously hamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment over the next five years.
Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the argument?
A. Some of the by-products of processing cashews are used for manufacturing paints and plastics.
B. Other countries in which cashews are processed subsidize their processing plants.
C. More people in Kernland are engaged in farming cashews than in processing them.
D. Buying unprocessed cashews at lower than world market prices enables cashew processors in Kernland to sell processed nuts at competitive prices.
E. A lack of profitable crops is driving an increasing number of small farmers in Kernland off their land and into the cities.
Directions: In this problem, a question is followed by two statements containing certain data. You are to determine whether the data provided by the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Choose the correct answer based upon the statement’s data and your knowledge of mathematics.
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A. statement 1 alone is sufficient, but statement 2 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
B. statement 2 alone is sufficient, but statement 1 alone is not sufficient to answer the question
C. both statements taken together are sufficient to answer the question, but neither statement alone is sufficient
D. each statement alone is sufficient
E. statements 1 and 2 together are not sufficient, and additional data is needed to answer the question
On the x-y coordinate plane there is a square whose one side connect from (1,1) to (6,3). What is the area of the square?
A. 21 B. 23 C. 27 D. √29 E. 29
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To make an ideal parallel structure, a sentence should put similar expressions in the structure of ‘not only ~ but also ~’ in terms of the meaning and form. Except for A, all the answer choices are committing errors in that they are showing the expressions that can’t be parallel in the structure of ‘not only ~ but also ~’. So, the answer is A.
The statement is saying that lifting tariff will hamper the government’s effort to reduce urban unemployment because farmers can profit by growing cashews and exporting them at world market prices rather than selling them to domestic processing plants. In this context, if there are no profitable crops, the logical relation between ‘lifting tariff’ and ‘farmers’ profit made by growing cashews’ is apparently damaged. Therefore, the answer is E.
Condition 1) Because x+y is odd number, one of x and y is even number, the other is odd number. So this condition is sufficient to answer the question.
Condition 2) Because xy is even number, x3y=x2xy=(x2)even=even. So this condition is sufficient to answer the question. Therefore the correct answer is D.
On the x-y coordinate plane, the distance from (1,1) to (6,3) is a square root[(6-1)^2+(3-1)^2]=square root29. The area of the square is (square root29)^2=29. The best answer is E.