Assessment

VERBAL REASONING

It has been suggested that long-term prisoners, on release from jail, be given a reasonable state pension to reduce the likelihood of their resorting to crime. Most people instinctively reject the suggestion as they feel it would be like rewarding criminal activity.

The supporters of the prisoners' pension scheme have criticized those who reject this possibility, by claiming that for the critics...
Which of the following is the most logical completion of the sentence above?

Most scientists agree that new lines of interdisciplinary research are the need of the hour. Even government committees on science have stressed the need for more interdisciplinary projects. Yet, of ten proposals for new interdisciplinary projects last year, only one was successfully funded. Some have suggested that this means that as yet researchers are not coming up with sufficiently persuasive projects, or that their proposals are not of high enough quality, or even that the reputations of these researchers is not high enough. However, the real reason probably lies in the way funding is organized. Funding is still allocated according to the old categories and there are no funds specifically for research that overlaps different subject areas.

The two parts in bold-face are related to each other in which of the following ways?

The committee on sexual discrimination in the workplace has highlighted Crest Company as a chief offender. Of the twenty senior executives in the firm, only one is female. And of the forty junior executives, only five are female. 

Crest could best defend itself against the charges by showing that:

French cuisine is highly regarded all over the world. Yet in Paris there are more American restaurants selling burgers and fries (which many people now class as junk food) than there are in any other European capital city. Obviously the French are very fond of junk food, and are not too proud to eat it. 

Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s contention?

Daniel has twenty years of typing experience behind him; therefore, if you are looking for an efficient typist to enter your data into the new system, you need look no further. 

The speaker assumes that:

CORPULENT

STRINGENT

FORAY

INDICT

ABJECT

EXTRICATE

TRANSIENT

REPEAL

SALACITY

HARBINGER

ENORMOUS

QUIESCENT

FLAGITIOUS

GREGARIOUS

HIRSUTE

NADIR

PERTINENT

SACROSANCT

INSIPID

REPRESS