Dragnet Verbal Reasoning Questions and Answers


Most countries generate radioactive waste, and everyone has a vested interest in high-level nuclear waste being stored safely. High-level nuclear waste, initially comprised of extremely hot spent fuel rods, is cooled down in temporary storage pods. These can then be stored indefinitely above- or below-ground in remote areas. Underground storage may seem to be a safer option. But is it a permanent solution for the thousands of years that are necessary? Associated questions also remain about the environmental impact of nuclear power generation. There is the risk of contaminating ground water if burial occurs in deep holes. Underground sites must have dry surroundings in order to reduce the risk of water seeping through rock and corroding radioactive waste containers. In the United States, the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility was to be located 1600 feet under the empty Nevada desert. Despite the government investing billions of dollars in the project, it was cancelled in 2009 due to public and political
opposition. The expense of finding and constructing suitable storage facilities is particularly acute for small countries. Many options have been considered, including burying waste under the ocean floor or under the polar ice. Each potential solution is problematic. Conducting the necessary monitoring beneath the sea floor, for example, would be very difficult


31)

Which two of these statements must be true?

(True) Wherever nuclear waste is buried needs to be monitored
This can be inferred from the last sentence; “necessary monitoring” refers to nuclear waste storage.

(Cannot say) Small countries are particularly acute in expense finding
This statement was never made in the passage. What the passage says is that “The expense of finding and constructing suitable storage facilities is particularly acute for small countries”

(True) Radioactive waste buried in deep holes can cause contamination
The passage states that There is the risk of contaminating ground water if burial occurs in deep holes

(Cannot say)Government subsidies have been used in underground storage construction
The passage tells us that the US government contributed towards the cost of the Yucca Mountain underground storage facility, but it does not tell us whether this was a subsidy to a private project or government-owned.

Sometimes called network marketing, multi-level marketing (MLM) is a form of sales whereby products are sold directly to customers using relationship referrals. In this hierarchical sales model, sales people receive a commission not only on their own sales, but also on the sales of those distributors they have recruited to the business. Multi-level marketing operations claim to be an easy way to generate a large income by selling products to family and friends. Does it sound too good to be true? It probably is. MLMs are the subject of controversy and numerous lawsuits: critics view them as pyramid schemes, which are illegal in most countries. A business dependant on its sales force continually finding more and more new recruits is inherently unsustainable. Even if the product is of a high quality, at some point the market will become saturated. Although a few distributors high up in the chain can earn large amounts, distributors further down in the hierarchy will rarely profit – losing much of their commission to their superiors. Furthermore, distributors are often required to invest heavily in stock and pay for expensive training courses or motivational materials. While MLMs are not illegal and not all network marketing organisations rely on the recruitment of distributors, any business designed to sell an opportunity rather than a product is both economically flawed and ethically questionable.


32)

Which two of these statements must be true?

(Cannot say) Multi-level marketing are morally dubious form of pyramid scheme
This is an opinion held by some, rather than a fact. And furthermore, not all MLMs continually recruit new distributors

(False) Another name for Multi-level marketing is Network marketing
This is not true because the passage states in the first line of the passage that Multi-level marketing is SOMETIMES called Network marketing

(True) Commission is usually beyond ones own sales
The third line states that sales people receive a commission not only on their own sales, but also on the sales of those distributors they have recruited to the business

(True) Not all network organisation rely on distributors
The last sentence in the second paragraph states that “not all network marketing organisations rely on the recruitment of distributors
33)

Which two of these statements must be true?

(Cannot say) Multi-level marketing exploits family and friends relationships
It is not specified whether this is one of the objections to MLMs

(True) Paying for expensive training courses are often required
The passage states in fourth sentence of the second paragraph that distributors are often required to invest heavily in stock and pay for expensive training courses

(True) Multi-level marketing are not illegal
The last sentence of the second paragraph states it emphatically that MLMs are not illegal.

(False) Multi-level marketing is actually sustainable
The first line of the second paragraph, tells us that a business of such nature is inherently
34)

Which two of these statements must be true?

(True) Exponential growing sales is incompatible to a finite customer
This paraphrases the first two sentence of the second paragraph

(False) Markets hardly get to its climax
The passage states that Even if the product is of a high quality, at some point the market will become saturated

(False) Multi-level marketing are flawed since nobody makes any money
The second paragraph states that a few distributor high up in the organisation can earn large amount of money. Therefore it is false to say that nobody makes any money

(True) Multi-level marketing are subject to lawsuits
The passage states that MLMs are the subject of controversy and numerous lawsuits
35)

Which two of these statements must be true?

(False) Early entrants to multi-level marketing are less likely to profit more
Although a few distributor high up the chain ca earn huge amount of money, distributors down
the hierarchy will rarely profit losing much of their commission to their superiors, hence early
entrants are more likely to profit than recruits

(Cannot say) Superiors usurp more authority
Nothing was said about usurping authority in the passage

(True) Distributors down the hierarchy will rarely profit
Very true – as see in line 12

(True) Sales people receives commission not only on their own sales
Very true – as seen in the third lie of the passage

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