GMAT Sample Questions

GMAT Verbal Section : GMAT Sample Critical Reasoning Questions

Questions 91-92 are based on the following.

The fewer restrictions there are on the advertising of legal services, the more lawyers there are who advertise their services, and the lawyers who advertise a specific service usually charge less for that service than lawyers who do not advertise. Therefore, if the state removes any of its current restrictions, such as the one against advertisements that do not specify fee arrangements, overall consumer legal costs will be lower than if the state retains its current restrictions.

91. If the statements above are true, which of the following must be true?
    1. Some lawyers who now advertise will charge more for specific services if they do not have to specify fee arrangements in the advertisements.
    2. More consumers will use legal services if there are fewer restrictions on the advertising of legal services.
    3. If the restriction against advertisements that do not specify fee arrangements is removed, more lawyers will advertise their services.
    4. If more lawyers advertise lower prices for specific services, some lawyers who do not advertise will also charge less than they currently charge for those services.
    5. If the only restrictions on the advertising of legal services were those that apply to every type of advertising, most lawyers would advertise their services

    Answer : C

92. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the argument concerning overall consumer legal costs?
    1. The state has recently removed some other restrictions that had limited the advertising of legal services.
    2. The state is unlikely to remove all of the restrictions that apply solely to the advertising of legal services.
    3. Lawyers who do not advertise generally provide legal services of the same quality as those provided by lawyers who do advertise.
    4. Most lawyers who now specify fee arrangements in their advertisements would continue to do so even if the specification were not required.
    5. Most lawyers who advertise specific services do not lower their fees for those services when they begin to advertise.

    Answer : E

93. Opponents of laws that require automobile drivers and passengers to wear seat belts argue that in a free society people have the right to take risks as long as the people do not harm others as a result of taking the risks. As a result, they conclude that it should be each person's decision whether or not to wear a seat belt.

    Which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the conclusion drawn above?

    1. Many new cars are built with seat belts that automatically fasten when someone sits in the front seat.
    2. Automobile insurance rates for all automobile owners are higher because of the need to pay for the increased injuries or deaths of people not wearing seat belts.
    3. Passengers in airplanes are required to wear seat belts during takeoffs and landings.
    4. The rate of automobile fatalities in states that do not have mandatory seat-belt laws is greater than the rate of fatalities in states that do have such laws.
    5. In automobile accidents, a greater number of passengers who do not wear seat belts are injured than are passengers who do wear seat belts.

    Answer : B

94. The cost of producing radios in Country Q is ten percent less than the cost of producing radios in Country Y. Even after transportation fees and tariff charges are added, it is still cheaper for a company to import radios from Country Q to Country Y than to produce radios in Country Y.

    The statements above, if true, best support which of the following assertions?

    1. Labor costs in Country Q are ten percent below those in Country Y.
    2. Importing radios from Country Q to Country Y will eliminate ten percent of the manufacturing jobs in Country Y.
    3. The tariff on a radio imported from Country Q to Country Y is less than ten percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in Country Y.
    4. The fee for transporting a radio from Country Q to Country Y is more than ten percent of the cost of manufacturing the radio in Country Q.
    5. It takes ten percent less time to manufacture a radio in Country Q than it does in Country Y.

    Answer : C

95. During the Second World War, about 375,000 civilians died in the United States and about 408,000 members of the United States armed forces died overseas. On the basis of those figures, it can be concluded that it was not much more dangerous to be overseas in the armed forces during the Second World War than it was to stay at home as a civilian.

    Which of the following would reveal most clearly the absurdity of the conclusion drawn above?

    1. Counting deaths among members of the armed forces who served in the United States in addition to deaths among members of the armed forces serving overseas
    2. Expressing the difference between the numbers of deaths among civilians and members of the armed forces as a percentage of the total number of deaths
    3. Separating deaths caused by accidents during service in the armed forces from deaths caused by combat injuries
    4. Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than comparing total numbers of deaths
    5. Comparing deaths caused by accidents in the United States to deaths caused by combat in the armed forces.

    Answer : D