GMAT Practice Questions

An orchestra conductor « planning the group's next concert. The orchestra will play a total of 3 pieces, and the conductor requires the total playing time of the 3 pieces to be at least 90 minutes but no more than 120 minutes. The pieces the conductor is considering are listed below with the approximate playing time.

First the orchestra will play one of two preludes:

• Prelude A (10 minutes)

• Prelude 8 (28 minutes)

Next they will play one of two classical piano concertos:

• Concerto A (32 minutes)

• Concerto B (48 minutes)

Finally they will play one of two romantic symphonies:

• Symphony A (35 minutes)

• Symphony B (41 minutes)

Based on these approximate lengths, select for Piece X and for Piece K two different pieces so that Piece X will be played before Piece Y, and if the conductor chooses Piece X, then in of def to comply with the given time constraints, the conductor must also choose Piece Y. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Client: You've recommended that we use humor In our new radio advertising campaign. Why be funny on the radio when we haven't been funny in advertising campaigns for

other media?

Advertising director: Because humor on the radio is very engaging. Two other common approaches to radio advertising-using announcers and producing short catchy songs or jingles—are both so inherent In the existing radio programming that commercials using those two approaches often get tost in the programs. Humor, on the other hand, Is rare —so rare it stands out and engages completely.

The advertising director's argument depends on an assumption of cause and effect. Indicate by an appropriate selection which of the statements In the table most accurately describes the cause of such an effect, and which most accurately describes such an effect. Make only two selection one in each column.

Journal

The editor of Metathesis, a new academic journal of literature, manages the peer-review of articles submitted for publication. The journal accepts articles focusing on any of three general subject areas: comparative literature, modernist literature, and postcolonial literature.

When an article is submitted, the editor has the article peer-reviewed by exactly three experts, none of whom authored or coauthored the article. The table (see the Reviewers/Authors tab) consists of all the authors or coauthors who have recently submitted articles and all the experts who currently peer-review or have recently peer-reviewed those articles. It also lists the general subject areas for each of the authors and reviewers.

Each author of each submitted article specializes in the general subject area of the article. Moreover, each recently submitted article was peer-reviewed by experts listed in the table.

Review Rules

Suppose that Farkas and Kenyatta were both selected as reviewers for a certain recently submitted article. For each of the following statements, select YesM the statement must be true, based on this supposition and the Information provided. Otherwise, select No.

A quantity of solution that is 3% salt by volume was mixed with a quantity of solution that is 9% salt by volume to produce a quantity of solution that is 4% salt by volume. How many liters of the 9% solution were used?

(1) The quantity of 3% solution was 5 times the quantity of 9% solution.

(2) The quantity of 4% solution produced was 150 liters.

A lottery box contains 8,000 tickets, each of which is red or blue or green. The box contains twice as many blue tickets as red tickets. The number of green tickets is 20 more than the number of red and blue tickets combined. Which of the following Is the best approximation to the probability that the first ticket randomly drawn from the box will be blue?

A)

B)

C)

D)

E)

As shown in the diagram, Diagonal Drive, which is straight and level, connects A and

B.  

B.  

(1) Before Diagonal Drive was closed, driving on it from A to 5 at an average speed of 30 miles per hour took 20 minutes.

(2) The total distance drivers drive south on the detour is 4 miles less than the length of Diagonal Drive between A and

B.