63. some good cooks are gourmet cooks who pride themselves on always using extravagantly rich ingredients in elaborate recipes. some good cooks can be characterized as fast-food cooks. they may use rich ingredients as long as the recipes are easy to follow and take little time. other good cooks are health food enthusiasts, who are concerned primarily with the nutritional value of food. but even though not all good cooks are big eaters, they all enjoy preparing and serving food.
if the information in the passage is true, which one of the following cannot be true?
(a) most good cooks do not use extravagantly rich ingredients.
(b) everyone who enjoys preparing and serving food is a good cook.
(c) more good cooks who use extravagantly rich ingredients are big eaters than are good cooks who do not use such ingredients.
(d) there are fewer good cooks who enjoy serving and preparing food than there are good cooks who are big eaters.
(e) gourmet cooks, fast-food cooks, and cooks who are health food enthusiasts are all big eaters
questions 64-65
if the city council institutes new parking regulations, city revenues will surely increase, since studies have conclusively shown that, if such parking regulations are put into effect, there is an increase in parking violations, and an increase in parking violations will result in a greater number of parking fines collected.
64. if the statements in the passage are true, which one of the following must also be true?
(a) unless there is an increase in the number of parking violations in the city, city revenues will not increase.
(b) if the city council institutes new parking regulations, the council will fall from favor with the citizens.
(c) the city council will institute new parking regulations only if an increase in city revenues can be expected to result.
(d) if the city council's new regulations cause more parking violators to be ticketed, the city revenues will increase.
(e) unless the city institutes a complex system of parking regulations, the city cannot expect traffic violations to increase.
65. according to advertisements, the higher a SUNtan lotion's sun protection factor, or spe, the more protection from sunburn. in order for a suntan lotion to work, however, one has to remember to put it on before going in the sun, put on an adequate amount to cover the skin, and reapply it as needed. therefore, it really does not matter what spe a suntan lotion has.
which one of the following best identifies the error in reasoning made in the passage?
(a) it is unreasonable to assume that the only purpose of a suntan lotion is to provide protection from sunburn.
(b) BECause some people get sunburned more easily than other, the fact that there are different spes cannot be ignored.
(c) it cannot be concluded that the spes is not important just because there are requirements for the application of the suntan lotion.
(d) it is unreasonable to assume that all suntan lotions required the same application procedures in order to work effectively.
(e) there is no reason to assume that manufacturers are unaware that people sometimes forget to apply suntan lotion before going in the sun.
