Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

VERBA Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. !cean currents play a """" role in setting long#term climate"""""". A. B. &. (. $ital % date important % $ariations ma'or % patterns unusual % changes

Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. elect the lettered pair that best e!presses a relationship similar to that e!pressed in the original pair.
2. )*+)(, -.(RA+ )&S,, A. B. &. (. motion, dynamics /ater, hydroponics data, statistics music, eurythmics

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
0. P-.S)&A , A. B. &. (. 1odily mental material corporeal

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2o actual 1lac3 hole has yet 1een located or studied4 1ut the concept has pro$ided endless imaginati$e 5odder 5or science 5iction /riters and endless theoretical 5odder 5or physicists and astrophysicists. Blac3 holes are one o5 the more e6otic theoretical mani5estations o5 general relati$ity. The standard model 5or the 5ormation o5 a 1lac3 hole in$ol$es the collapse o5 a large star. 7or e6tremely massi$e stars that are 5our to 5i$e times the mass o5 our sun4 the e6clusion principle8the resistance 1et/een the molecular particles /ithin the star as they are compressed8/ill not 1e strong enough to o55set the gra$ity generated 1y the star9s o/n mass. The star9s increasing density /ill o$er/helm the e6clusion principle. :hat 5ollo/s is runa/ay gra$itational collapse. :ith no internal 5orce to stop it4 2 Sample Paper GAT A

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing the star /ill simply continue to collapse in on itsel54 until it reaches a point o5 in5inite density and ;ero $olume4 a phenomenon 3no/n as a singularity. The star no/ disappears 5rom the percei$a1le uni$erse4 li3e a cartoon character /ho 'umps into a hole and pulls the hole in a5ter him. :hat this process lea$es 1ehind is a di55erent 3ind o5 hole8a pro5ound distur1ance in spacetime4 a region /here gra$ity is so intense that nothing4 not e$en light4 can escape 5rom it. Any o1'ect 5alling /ithin the 1oundary o5 a 1lac3 hole /ill 1e suc3ed in and /ill disappear 5rom our uni$erse 5ore$er. :hat /ould happen to an o1'ect4 such as an astronaut4 as it $anished into the 1lac3 hole< Physicists ha$e 1een amusing themsel$es /ith this =uestion 5or years. >ost 1elie$e that the astronaut /ould 1e destroyed 1y the intense gra$itational 5orces /ithin the 1lac3 hole4 or /ould e6plode in a 5lash o5 gamma rays as he or she approached the singularity at the hole9s core. Theoretically4 an astronaut /ho managed to sur$i$e the passage /ould e6perience some $ery strange things4 including acute time distortion4 /hich /ould ena1le him or her to 3no/4 in a 5e/ 1rie5 seconds4 the entire 5uture o5 the uni$erse in all its detail. ?. The /ord @5odder@ is closest in meaning to A. B. &. (. material stories support pro1lems

A. The opposing 5orce 1et/een the molecular particles inside a star is called A. B. &. (. general relati$ity the e6clusion principle in5inite density a singularity

B. The /ord @o55set@ could 1est 1e replaced 1y A. B. &. (. carry arrange o$er5lo/ counteract

C. )t can 1e concluded 5rom paragraph 0 that light A. B. &. (. destroys a 1lac3 hole can 1arely re$eal a 1lac3 hole does not e6ist near a 1lac3 hole originates in spacetime

D. :hich o5 the 5ollo/ing is 2!T mentioned as the possi1le 5ate o5 an astronaut /ho 5alls into a 1lac3 hole< A. E6perience o5 amusement B. (eath 1y gamma rays &. Eno/ledge o5 the uni$erse Sample Paper GAT A

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing (. (estruction 1y gra$ity

F. )t can 1e in5erred 5rom the passage that 1lac3 holes are A. B. &. (. soon to 1e located and studied a scienti5ic impossi1ility the 3ey to the entire 5uture o5 the uni$erse a source o5 inspiration and entertainment

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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The super$isor o5 a commuter airline is scheduling pilots to 5ly the round# trip 5rom &ity G to &ity .. The trip ta3es only t/o hours4 and the airline has one round#trip 5light in the morning and one round#trip 5light in the a5ternoon4 each day4 >onday through 7riday. Pilots must 1e scheduled in accordance /ith the 5ollo/ing rules, !nly :4 G4 and . can 5ly the morning 5light. !nly V4 G4 and H can 5ly the a5ternoon 5light. 2o pilot may 5ly t/ice on the same day. 2o pilot may 5ly on t/o consecuti$e days. G must 5ly the :ednesday morning 5light. H must 5ly the Tuesday a5ternoon 5light. 1I.:hich o5 the 5ollo/ing must 1e true< A. B. &. (. E. : 5lies the >onday morning 5light G 5lies the >onday a5ternoon 5light . 5lies the Tuesday morning 5light : 5lies the Thursday morning 5light H 5lies the Thursday a5ternoon 5light

11.)5 G 5lies on 7riday morning4 /hich o5 the 5ollo/ing must 1e true< A. B. &. (. E. G does not 5ly on >onday a5ternoon V 5lies on 7riday a5ternoon : 5lies Thursday morning . 5lies Thursday morning 2either : nor . 5lies Thursday morning

12.)5 G 5lies only one morning 5light during the /ee34 /hich o5 the 5ollo/ing must 1e true< A. B. &. (. E. : 5lies e6actly t/o days during the /ee3 G 5lies e6actly three days during the /ee3 . 5lies only one day during the /ee3 H 5lies >onday a5ternoon and 7riday a5ternoon G 5lies more times during the /ee3 than V

10.)5 : is not scheduled to 5ly at all during the /ee34 all o5 the 5ollo/ing must 1e true EG&EPT A. B. &. (. E. G 5lies on >onday morning V 5lies on >onday a5ternoon . 5lies on Thursday morning H 5lies on 7riday a5ternoon G 5lies on 7riday morning

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing There are those /ho claim that reductions in the spending on and deployment o5 /eapons systems /ould result in a so#called @climate o5 peace4@ there1y diminishing the li3elihood o5 armed con5lict. The 5acts sho/ other/ise. These sel5#proclaimed paci5ists are either the $ictims or the propagators o5 a 5alse argument. 1?.:hich o5 the 5ollo/ing is an assumption underlying the conclusion o5 the passage a1o$e< A. B. &. (. E. >ilitary actions in$ol$ing our 5orces can 1e instigated 1y any num1er o5 di55erent 5actors !ur 1uildup o5 /eapons systems and com1at personnel has pre$ented our ad$ersaries 5rom increasing their o/n spending on de5ense The increased de5ense spending o5 the past 1I years has lessened the need 5or signi5icant military e6penditure in 5uture decades At the present time4 state#o5#the#art /eapons systems and the augmentation o5 com1at personnel are e=ually important to a nation9s de5ense An esta1lished correlation 1et/een greater spending on /eapons systems and a decreased incidence o5 con5lict /ill persist

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An o1edience school is e6perimenting /ith a ne/ training system. To test the system4 three trainers J u=man4 >ehreen4 and !mamaK and three dogs J assie4 >ugs4 and !ny6K are assigned to three di55erent rooms4 one trainer4 and one dog per room. The initial assignment is as 5ollo/s, Room 1, u=man and assie Room 2, >ehreen and >ugs Room 0, !mama and !ny6 The participants ha$e learned 5i$e di55erent commands4 each o5 /hich they /ill e6ecute as soon as the command is gi$en. &ommand : re=uires the trainer in Room 1 to mo$e to Room 24 the trainer in Room 2 to mo$e to Room 04 and the trainer in Room 0 to mo$e to Room 1. &ommand G re=uires the dogs in Rooms 1 and 2 to change places. &ommand . re=uires the dogs in Rooms 2 and 0 to change places. &ommand H re=uires the dogs in Rooms 0 and 1 to change places. &ommand A re=uires each o5 the dogs to go to the room containing the trainer it /as matched /ith in the initial assignment. 1A.)5 the participants in the initial assignment are gi$en e6actly one command4 &ommand :4 /hich o5 the 5ollo/ing /ill 1e true in the resulting arrangement< A. B. &. (. E. !mama and >ugs /ill 1e in the same room >ehreen /ill 1e in Room 0 >ehreen and assie /ill 1e in the same room u=man /ill 1e in Room 0 u=man and !ny6 /ill 1e in the same room 6

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing 1B.:hich o5 the 5ollo/ing commands or series o5 commands /ill yield a 5inal arrangement in /hich !ny6 is in Room 2< A. B. &. (. E. !ne call o5 : T/o calls o5 G T/o calls o5 : 5ollo/ed 1y one call o5 A T/o calls o5 : 5ollo/ed 1y one call o5 H T/o calls o5 G 5ollo/ed 1y one call o5 H

1C.:hich o5 the 5ollo/ing se=uences o5 commands /ill yield a 5inal arrangement in /hich !mama and assie are in Room 2< A. B. &. (. E. G4 .4 : G4 :4 : H4 :4 A G4 .4 A4 : H4:4 :4 G

1D.:hich o5 the 5ollo/ing se=uences o5 commands could result in a 5inal arrangement in /hich >ehreen and !ny6 are in Room 14 !mama and >ugs are in Room 2 and u=man and assie are in Room 0< A. B. &. (. E. H4 :4 G :4 .4 H :4 A4 .4 : :4 H4 :4 G G4 H4 :4 :

Should present trends continue4 /ithin 5i$e years it /ill 1e cheaper 5or audio enthusiasts to 1uild their stereo systems around sets o5 separate4 high =uality tuners and ampli5iers4 rather than around integrated tuners and ampli5iers4 3no/n as recei$ers. :hile recei$ers ha$e 1een considered the necessary compromise 5or those /ith 1udget restrictions4 recent trends in retail pricing seem destined to change that perception. The a$erage retail price o5 a high#=uality tuner has declined at a rate o5 2I percent each o5 the last t/o years4 and the a$erage retail price o5 a high# =uality ampli5ier has declined at the rate o5 0A percent 5or each o5 those years. At the same time4 the a$erage retail price o5 integrated recei$ers has declined only 12 percent. 1F.)n e$aluating the claim made in the passage a1o$e4 in5ormation a1out /hich o5 the 5ollo/ing /ould 1e most use5ul< A. B. &. (. the a$erage li5e e6pectancy o5 stereo tuners as compared to the a$erage li5e e6pectancy o5 stereo ampli5iers the num1er o5 integrated recei$ers sold each year and the num1er o5 sets o5 separate tuners and ampli5iers sold each year the present a$erage retail price o5 an integrated recei$er and the present a$erage retail price o5 a tuner and ampli5ier set the num1er o5 separate tuner and ampli5ier sets e6pected to 1e purchased o$er the ne6t 5i$e years and the num1er o5 inte# grated recei$ers e6pected to 1e purchased o$er the ne6t 5i$e years the percentage o5 audio enthusiasts /ho pre5er separate tuner and ampli5ier sets to integrated recei$ers 7

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing 2B.:hich o5 the 5ollo/ing is closest to the s=uare root o5 A. I.2A B. I.A &. I.B (.I.C E. I.D 2C.The sum o5 5i$e odd num1ers is al/ays, A. e$en B. di$isi1le 1y three &. di$isi1le 1y 5i$e (.a prime num1er E. none o5 the a1o$e 2D.)5 0m Q ?D and 2m R 2?4 then m could e=ual /hich o5 the 5ollo/ing< A. 1I B. 12 &. 1? (.1B E. 1D 2F.The area o5 a 2#5oot#/ide /al3 around a garden that is 0I 5eet long and 2I 5eet /ide is A. 1I? s=. 5t. B. 21B s=. 5t. &. BDI s=. 5t. (.CI? s=. 5t. E. 1?1B s=. 5t.

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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