Admission Tests Graduate Management Admission Test Sample Questions:

1. 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.

A) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
B) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
C) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
D) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
E) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.

2. How many of the Integers from 100 to 999, Inclusive, do NOT contain either the digit 2 or the digit 5 ?

A) 343
B) 448
C) 648
D) 700
E) 512

3. 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) Manufacturers who fear that gray marketing will tarnish their brand names sometimes subsidize advertising for authorized retailers, thereby narrowing the manufacturers' profit margins.
B) More consumers have become price-sensitive over the last ten years and this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.
C) 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.
D) 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.
E) Gray markets typically remain strong even in markets where authorized retailers have introduced service enhancements.

4. Is the integer N the square of a positive integer?
(1) N has an odd number of different positive integer divisors.
(2) Each of 9 and 25 is a divisor of N.

A) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) atone is not sufficient.
C) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) atone is not sufficient.
D) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.
F) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
G) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient but statement (2) alone Is not sufficient.
H) EACH statement ALONE b sufficient.
I) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient but statement (2) alone Is not sufficient.
J) EACH statement ALONE b sufficient.

5. Executive: For this year, our firm's advertising budget for Brand X is four times that for last year, but only half that for the year before last. For each year, for each of our brands, our advertising budget is 10 percent of the average (arithmetic mean) of two amounts: the brand's projected sales for the year and the brand's actual sales for the preceding year. Actual sales of Brand X last year were $5.23 million.
Statement A: Given the executive's statements, a journalist could infer what this year's advertising budget for Brand X is if she knew what the amount of was.
Statement B: Given the knowledge of this year's advertising budget for Brand X, if the reporter also knew Brand X's actual sales for the year before last, she could also infer :
Select for A and for 8 two different options that, if inserted in the blanks, create statements that are supported by the statements attributed to the executive. Make only two selections, one in each column.

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