Admission Tests Graduate Management Admission Test Sample Questions:

1. The passage is primarily concerned with doing which of the following?

A) Describing an instance in which one kind of organism exploits the behavior of another kind of organism in order to protect itself from a predator
B) Describing an instance in which one kind of organism defends itself from predators by mimicking the behavior of another kind of organism
C) Providing an example of farmers' current use of one insect to prey on another that damages their crops
D) Surveying the different mechanisms that plants adopt to defend themselves from predators
E) Citing an experiment that explains why a certain kind of organism has difficulty in locating its prey

2.
Select from the drop-down menus the options that create the statement that te most clearly supported by the Information In the graph.

3.
A box contains exactly 7 fuses, 3 of which are defective and 4 of which are not defective. In the bar graph above, the left and middle bars are the same height and the right bar is half this height. The heights are intended to represent, respectively, the probabilities of obtaining 0 defective fuses, exactly 1 defective fuse, and 2 defective fuses when 2 fuses are randomly selected without replacement from the box. However, 1 of the bar heights is incorrect. The correct height is & times the height shown. Which of the following choices for the bar and the value of k would result in an accurate representation of the labeled probabilities?
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A) Option
B) Option
C) Option
D) Option
E) Option

4. By understanding the fundamental nature of human immune response, scientists can both study ways to reduce excessive activity of the immune system. such as occur in autoimmune diseases like diabetes, and to amplify the immune response, as a new way of fighting diseases like cancer.

A) both study ways of reducing excessive activity of the immune system, like occurs
B) study ways both of reducing excessive activity of the immune system, like occur
C) both study ways to reduce excessive activity of the immune system, such as occur
D) study ways both to reduce excessive activity of the immune system, such as occurs
E) study both ways to reduce excessive activity of the immune system, such as occurs

5. Which of the following, if true, would most undermine the reasoning offered for the claim that gray markets can in certain conditions lead to increased profits among authorized retailers?

A) Gray markets typically remain strong even in markets where authorized retailers have introduced service enhancements.
B) More consumers have become price-sensitive over the last ten years and this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.
C) Price wars among authorized retailers, triggered by the appearance of gray markets when few, if any, consumers are price-insensitive, lead to a cycle of increasing price reductions that severely narrow profit margins.
D) Manufacturers who fear that gray marketing will tarnish their brand names sometimes subsidize advertising for authorized retailers, thereby narrowing the manufacturers' profit margins.
E) Authorized retailers who are competing for the business of price-insensitive consumers often become involved in a cycle of expensive service enhancements that significantly narrow profit margins.

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