Two part Analysis

Q.1
Joseph: Health insurance premiums are growing at an alarming rate. This is, in part, because
many hospitals and clinics bill for unnecessary diagnostics and tests that inflate the subsequent
amount that insurers pay out to them. These expenses are then passed on to consumers in the
form of increased insurance premiums. Therefore, reducing the number of unnecessary tests
performed by health care providers will be effective in controlling growing health insurance
premiums.
Ronald: Often times, the unnecessary diagnostics that you speak of are the result of decisions
made by doctors on behalf of their patients. Doctors will often choose the diagnostics that will
allow them to bill insurers for more money, but may not be necessarily benefit the patient in a
meaningful way or influence the course of treatment chosen. As a result, in order to succeed in
reducing the snumber of unnecessary tests, we should allow the patient to decide which course of
diagnostics they would like to undergo.
In the table below, identify the assumptions upon which each person's argument depends. Make
only one selection in each column, one for Joseph and one for Ronald.
Joseph

Q.2
Client: Our newest line of mini-computer, the JS-780, is not gaining traction with our customers.
Although it is a better product than our main competitor's SS-600 and has a faster processor, and
a more sophisticated graphics card, the product has not sold as many units as the SS-600. Our JS780 is priced higher than the SS-600. We would like to figure out how to convince potential

customers to pay more for our product as opposed to purchasing our competitor's product.
Marketing Consultant: Our research shows that many people do not understand the benefits of
having a mini-computer with a faster processor and more sophisticated graphic card. I
recommend that you run a television commercial featuring a well-known celebrity who will
educate the public about the benefits of having such features in a mini-computer. People are
generally trusting of well-known celebrities and find commercials featuring those celebrities
persuasive. Therefore I recommend that you undertake such a television commercials.
In for the Marketing Consultant's suggestion to have the client's desired effect, it depends upon a
cause and effect relationship. Choose the cause and subsequent effect in the columns below upon
which the Marketing Consultant's suggestion depends. Choose only one for each column.
Cause

Q.3
Set 1: Red, Blue, Yellow
Set 2: Pink, Turquoise, Orange
Set 3: Purple, Green, Brown
Set 4: Black, White, Silver
A certain company is launching three new products. Color schemes for the packaging are to be
selected from colors in the four sets above. Four different colors are needed for each product. For
each color scheme, not more than two colors can be selected from one set and colors from not
more than three sets can be used.
The first three colors selected for each of the products are
Product 1

Product 2

Product 3

Yellow
Pink
Silver

Blue
White
Red

Green
Silver
Turquoise

Select a color that could be used for the fourth color for all three products. Select a color
that could not be used as the fourth color for any of the products.
Could not be used

Could be used
Orange
White
Yellow
Purple
Green
Brown

Q.4
In recent years, bee populations have been dropping rapidly, partly due to a phenomenon known
as Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists also fear pesticides are destroying bee populations, but it
is not clear how they are causing damage.
In the first of the Science studies, a University of Stirling team exposed developing colonies of
bumblebees to low levels of a chemical pesticide called imidacloprid, and then placed the
colonies in an enclosed field site where the bees could fly around collecting pollen under natural
conditions for six weeks. A control group was not exposed to imidacloprid.
At the beginning and end of the experiment, the researchers weighed each of the bumblebee
nests - which included the bees, wax, honey, bee grubs and pollen - to see how much the colony
had grown. Compared to control colonies not exposed to imidacloprid, the researchers found the
treated colonies gained less weight, suggesting less food was coming in. The treated colonies
were on average eight to 12 percent smaller than the control colonies at the end of the
experiment, and also produced about 85 percent fewer queens - a finding that is key because
queens produce the next generation of bees.
From the previous paragraph, which of the following changes to the bee can be inferred to have
happened, and which can be inferred to NOT have happened. Make only two selections, one in
each column.

Happened

Did Not
Happen

Imidaclorid slowed down the

bee's physical movement

Bee's immune system adapted to

the Imidaclorid

Imidaclorid inhibited the bee's

ability to pollinate flowers

Imidaclorid increased the bee

fertility rate

Imidaclorid affected the bee's

ability to bring home food

Q.5
A Web 2.0 symposium is looking to Silicon Valley for some tech developers to talk about the
latest disruptions in our technology-based world today. There will be a morning session and an
afternoon session. Each session will have 5 developers. To reflect the diverse changing world of
programming, the majority of the developers in one of these sessions will be developers who are
not web developers. In the other session, at least 4 of the developers will be women. Neither
session should have more than two developers from the same company.
Morning

Afternoon

Mark (male, web developer, Facebook)

Mike (male, web developer, Google)
Jeff (male, web developer, Amazon)
Jessica(female, iOS developer, Facebook)
Jenny (female, Android developer, Google) Patricia (female, Android developer, Facebook)
Jack (male, Android developer, Amazon) Michelle (female, web developer, Amazon)

Either Session

Neither Session

Steve (male, Android, Google)

Jeremy (male, Java developer, Cisco)

Michelle (female, Android developer, Yahoo)

Xiao (female, Android developer, Facebook)

Kylie (female, web developer, Amazon)

Maria (female, web developer, Facebook)

Q.6
Brand Manager:
The decline in sales for MangoBerry apparel has various causes. One contributing factor is the
rise of competitor PeachPlay, which has recently reduced its prices by 20%. PeachPlay
previously received unwanted press from a consumer reports website due to a customer
complaint. PeachPlay then incurred expenses to improve its public image surrounding this
complaint. PeachPlay subsequently released a catchy video that went viral and boosted positive
visibility for PeachPlay - units sold subsequently doubled.
Indicate in the table which cause-and-effect sequence would most likely, according to the brand
manager, result in a decline in sales for MangoBerry. Make only two selections, one in each
column

Cause

Effect

Lowering PeachPlay prices by 20%

Raising PeachPlay prices by 20%

Growth in sales and visibility for

PeachPlay

Decline in sales and visibility for

PeachPlay

Release of a viral video

Q.7
Vendor: In Country X, there are several prominent C/N/S fabric manufacturers.
Each of these fabric manufacturers develops fabrics in unique combinations in
order to product differentiate. The combinations vary in percentages but usually
include varying ratios of cotton, nylon, and spandex (C/N/S).
We can therefore be able to determine, on the basis of compositional analysis,
where the next piece of clothing that we buy from our supplier originally came
from. Once we figure that out, we can cut out the supplier and source directly
from the original manufacturer.
Indicate two different statements as follows: one statement identifies an
assumption required by the antique expert's argument and the other identifies a
possible fact that, if true, would provide significant logical support for the
required assumption.

Assumptio Possible
n Required Fact

Other pieces of clothing have already been purchased from the supplier,
all of which were made of the fabrics cotton, nylon, and/or spandex
(C/N/S).

Some of the pieces of clothing purchased from the supplier were not made
of cotton, nylon, or spandex.

Fabric manufacturers often tried to enter into each other's markets and
experimented in producing batches of fabric in ratios of cotton, nylon, and
spandex (C/N/S) that directly competed with the other manufacturers in
Country X.

There was considerable overlap in product selection offered by the various

fabric manufacturers.

The next piece of clothing to be purchased from the supplier will likely be
made of only cotton, nylon, and/or spandex (C/N/S).

Most fabric in Country X was made at one of the several manufacturers.

Q.8
Cardiac Surgeon: Although fast foods, processed snacks, and microwave meal replacements
better fit the needs of working professionals who have little time and are always on the go, such
"convenient" foods are harmful to the body's cardiovascular system as excess consumption of
omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower lead to chronic inflammation of blood
vessels. We can therefore make predictions about a person's cardiovascular health on the basis of
a lifestyle characteristic of the person.
The cardiac surgeon suggests that a certain type of prediction about a person can be made on the
basis of the person having a certain lifestyle characteristic. Indicate in the table the
possible characteristic and prediction that most strongly conform to the cardiac surgeon's
suggestion. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Characteristic Prediction

The person is a busy worker,

traveling from meeting to
meeting and often has no
time.

The person has not

exercised frequently
enough.

The person eats more potato

chips, snacks, candies than
he does fruits and
vegetables.

The person runs often and

has clean arteries in his
system.

The person is at risk for

heart attacks due to chronic
inflammation of the blood
vessels.

Q.9
Naturalist: The decline of coral reefs has various causes. One contributing factor is predation on
coral by organisms such as the crown-of-thorns sea star, whose preferred food source is coral

polyps. Human fishing practices have decreased the sea star's predators, such as the harlequin
shrimp. It is also possible that runoff containing nutrients for phytoplankton has resulted in larger
phytoplankton blooms: the crown-of-thorns sea star gladly eats phytoplankton.
Indicate in the table which cause-and-effect sequence would most likely, according to the
naturalist, result in coral reef decline. Make only two selections, one in each column.

Cause

Effect

An increase in phytoplankton

A decrease in phytoplankton

An increase in crown-of-thorns
sea stars

A decrease in crown-of-thorns
sea stars

An increase in harlequin shrimp

Q.10
Archaeologist: There were several porcelain-production centers in 18th-century Britain, among
them Bristol, Plymouth, and New Hall. Each center developed a unique recipe for its porcelain
that might include flint glass, soapstone, bone ash, clay, quartz, and so on. We will therefore be
able to determine, on the basis of compositional analysis, where the next cup we recover from
this archaeological site was made.

Indicate two different statements as follows: one statement identifies an assumption required by
the archaeologist's argument and the other identifies a possible fact that, if true, would, provide
significant logical support for the required assumption.

Assumption Possible
required
fact

Other cups have been recovered

from the archaeological site, all
of which were made of
porcelain.

Some of the cups recovered

from the archaeological site
were not made of porcelain.

The next cup to be recovered

from the site will likely be maid
of porcelain.

Porcelain makers often traveled

between centers, experimenting
with one another's recipes.

There was considerable overlap

of materials in the recipes used
by the various centers.

Most porcelain in 18th century

Britain was made at one of the

several centers.