ANALYTICAL REASONING
Questions 6-8
A baker must bake exactly five bakery items in his bakery. The bakery items must be baked consecutively, the baking of one being completed before the baking of the next begins. The five bakery items to be baked are Apple Pie, Bread, Cookies, Donuts and Egg Pastries.
Cookies must be baked before Egg Pastries.
Bread must be baked immediately after Apple Pie.
Donuts must not be baked first.
6. Which of the following is an acceptable order for the baking of the five bakery items?
A. Donuts, Cookies, Egg Pastries, Apple Pie, Bread
B. Apple Pie, Donuts, Egg Pastries, Bread, Cookies
C. Bread, Cookies, Apple Pie, Donuts, Egg Pastries
D. Apple Pie, Bread, Egg Pastries, Donuts, Cookies
E. Cookies, Donuts, Apple Pie, Bread, Egg Pastries
7. If Cookies are the fourth item baked, which of the following must be false?
A. Cookies are baked immediately after Bread.
B. Apple Pie is the first item baked.
C. Donuts are baked immediately after Bread.
D. Exactly one bakery item is baked between Donuts and Egg Pastries.
E. Egg Pastries are the last item baked.
8. If Donuts are the second item baked, Apple Pie must be which of the following?
A. the first or the third item baked
B. the first or the fourth item baked
C. the third or the fifth item baked
D. the fourth or the fifth item baked
E. the third or the fourth item baked
Although air pollution was previously thought to exist almost exclusively in our nation’s cities, the recent increase in the number of persons suffering from illnesses attributed to excessive air pollution leaves us no choice but to conclude that ether, non-urban areas are now affected.
9. Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the conclusion of the argument above?
A. The nation’s cities have seen a marked decrease in their levels of air pollution.
B. The nation has experienced a sharp decrease in the number of people moving out of its cities.
C. Illnesses due to air pollution are among the least common causes of death to urban dwellers.
D. Many illnesses previously thought unrelated to air pollution are now considered to be caused by it.
E. As a result of the problems in urban areas, non-urban areas have passed strict pollution control measures