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GMAT-Test – Graduate Management Admission Test: Analytical Writing Assessment (AWA), Quantitative section, Verbal section

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Question 16 (Quantitative Reasoning)

If one of the numbers in list M is 30, is the range of the numbers in M greater than 12?

(1)

The greatest number in M is 50.

(2)

The least number in M is 25.

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    Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
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    Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
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    BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
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    EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
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    Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
Question 17 (Verbal Reasoning)

Incumbents in the United States House of Representatives who spend large amounts of money on a reelection campaign usually lose, whereas those who spend relatively little money usually win. Thus, heavy campaign spending is detrimental to an incumbent's reelection campaign.

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

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    In the most recent elections fa the House of Representatives, roughty hatf of the winners spent large amounts of money on their campaigns.
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    The incumbents who spend large amounts of money are the ones who know that they are politically vulnerable.
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    Incumbents raise most of their campaign money through contributions by large corporations.
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    Because their names are already known to the public, incumbents do not need to spend as much money to finance their campaigns as new candidates do.
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    Most incumbents who run for reelection win their reelection campaigns.
Question 18 (Verbal Reasoning)

It can be inferred from the passage that Sorenson and Audia's argument differs in part from the economic explanations mentioned in the highlighted text in that Sorenson and Audia claim that

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    lower failure rates in an industry are not necessarily a result of better performance
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    geographic concentration of production is a result of higher founding rates
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    access to scarce resources is less important for the success of a new organization than is proximity to consumers
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    structurally equivalent organizations compete with one another for consumers In the same market
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    certain geographical regions offer intrinsic advantages that can benefit a particular industry economically