GMAT Verbal - 10 questions

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Quiz Questions

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  A) Logging operations in the 1920s are widely held responsible for the near extinction of other species that lived in the same area.
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  B) A boom in new home construction in the early 1920s led congress to open federal lands to logging operations.
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  C) A 5-year drought in the early 1920s severely reduced the output of sap in trees in northwestern America.
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  D) Numbers of sightings of sap-eating gray bats fell to their lowest numbers in 1926.
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  E) Sightings of sap-eating gray bats in Europe stayed roughly the same during the same period.
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  A) The publicity surrounding airline accidents is largely limited to the country in which the crash occurred.
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  B) Airline accidents tend to occur far more often during certain peak travel months.
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  C) Media organizations do not have any guidelines to help them decide how severe an accident must be for it to receive coverage.
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  D) Airplane accidents receive coverage by news sources only when the news sources find it advantageous to do so.
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  E) Studies by government regulators show that the number of airplane flight miles remains relatively constant from month to month.
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  A) Refute the idea that change is bad for a corporation’s long-term health.
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  B) Describe how long-term planning, despite some potential pitfalls, can help a corporation to grow.
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  C) Compare and contrast two styles of corporate planning.
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  D) Evaluate the strategic planning goals of corporate America today.
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  E) Defend a methodology that has come under attack.
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  A) Put forth an opposing view on strategic plans which is later refuted.
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  B) Illustrate that strategic planning can produce uninspiring results.
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  C) Give a concrete example of why strategic planning did not work during the 1980s.
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  D) Support the contention that strategic planning can be very successful when done correctly.
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  E) Give supporting data to prove that many companies have implemented strategic plans.
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  A) They believe that strategic planning is the key to weathering the rapid changes of the marketplace.
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  B) They are working to understand and anticipate market developments that are two years ahead.
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  C) Their study of markets has led them to question the reliability of short-term planning strategies.
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  D) They might not agree with the author that one way to anticipate rapidly changing market conditions comes from long- range planning.
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  E) They consider the mobility of capital to be a necessary condition for the growth of new technology.
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  A) The village was actually conquered by a rival tribe of bushmen, the Walutu, who didn't believe in evil spirits.
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  B) Drawings on the pouches showed men fighting against monsters and ghosts.
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  C) The pouches were found in the cooking areas of the houses, not in the sleeping areas, indicating the salt was used for preparing food.
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  D) The pouches were smaller than those usually found in Montussi villages.
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  E) Today, the Montussi bushmen no longer believe in evil spirits.
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  A) Dr Olaf Gustavson, the inventor of the Strictman diet, was obese.
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  B) Many doctors recommend the Strictman diet to their patients.
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  C) When deprived of sugar, the human body starts to store fat, which results in weigh increases.
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  D) Three people died last month after following the Strictman diet.
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  E) On average, people who followed the Strictman diet lost twenty-two pounds during the first week of the diet.
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  A) By all accounts, the trial of General Ramirez was conducted according to the internationally accepted standards of criminal justice.
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  B) General Ramirez was a brutal dictator, but a kind man at heart, and the judge took this fact into consideration when handing down the sentence.
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  C) Some of the political opponents killed had blood on their hands themselves, having participated in a guerrilla war against government forces.
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  D) The judge who presided over General Ramirez's trial, Judge Lopez, was under-secretary of the ministry of justice when General Ramirez was in power.
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  E) The fact that General Ramirez was tried at all is a very big step forward for justice, and a harsh sentence would have just seemed like an act of vengeance on the part of the judiciary.
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  A) Discuss the economic basis of the medieval practice of exchanging prisoners for ransom.
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  B) Examine the history of the treatment of prisoners of war.
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  C) Emphasize the importance of a warrior’s code of honor during the Middle Ages.
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  D) Explore a way of reducing the costs of ransom.
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  E) Demonstrate why warriors of the Middle Ages looked forward to battles.
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  A) Was less likely to kill captured members of opposing armies than was a soldier of the Roman Empire.
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  B) Operated on a basically independent level and was motivated solely by economic incentives.
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  C) Had few economic options and chose to fight because it was the only way to earn an adequate living.
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  D) Was motivated to spare prisoners’ lives by humanitarian rather than economic ideals.
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  E) Had no respect for his captured enemies since captives were typically regarded as weak.

Quiz Outcomes

1.
Niveau Débutant
Vous avez encore une large marge de progression. Pour parvenir à un score de GMAT supérieur à 655, il vous faudra environ 20 h de cours de Verbal.
2.
Niveau Intermédiaire
Vous avez encore une certaine marge de progression. Pour parvenir à un score de GMAT supérieur à 655, il vous faudra environ 15 h de cours de Verbal.
3.
Niveau Avancé
Il vous reste une marge de progression mais vous êtes en bonne voie. Pour parvenir à un score de GMAT supérieur à 655, il vous faudra environ 10 h de cours de Verbal.
4.
Perfect score !
Vous êtes à niveau ! Pour parvenir à un score de GMAT supérieur à 655, il vous faudra environ 5 h de cours de Verbal.

GMAT Verbal - 10 questions

Evaluation GMAT Focus Edition Verbal : 10 questions. Prevoyez 20 minutes pour compléter cette évaluation. N'oubliez pas de noter votre résultat et le nombre d'heures recommandées à la fin du test.

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