Kaplan Practice Test 5

When the bell is lowered into seawater to a depth of 8 meters, L becomes 1 meter and the volume of air inside the bell is reduced by 45%. At this depth, what is the pressure of the air trapped inside the bell?

1.82 1/0.55 actually PRACTICE doing this math

What is the name of a given strucure. Has five carbon ring with ketone group and double bond connected to larger chain

3-methyl-2.....cyclopentane-2-en-1-one alkene should have lowest number possible (2) with ketone as obvious priority group. this means ring counted clockwise

If a light ray strikes an interference fringe (plane mirror) at a 35 degree angle with respect to the normal plane, the reflected angle with respect to the interference fringe will be

55 degrees reflected angle same as incident angle, so 55 with respect to interference fringe

Pyruvic acid is a weak acid. Which of the following is a likely pH for an aqueous solution of sodium pyruvate? A. 1.0 B. 6.0 C. 8.0 D. 14.0

8.0 14 too strong of a base

A hospital only has three volumetric pumps that are not in use. Based on the information in the passage, which patient should NOT get a pump?

A patient who presented having seizures and need phenobarbital to control possible epilepsy passage says pumps used for infusing drugs and give list of commonly infused drugs. this eliminates two answers and remaining answer to eliminate is a patient needing antidote for toxin being released into blood. needs infusion here because toxin released over time

A biologist wants to conduct a prevalence study of uric acid urolithiasis in Americans. Based on the information in the passage, which of the following would be the most appropriate locations to collect data?

A subway used by a large population to commute to work (should try to represent larger population and avoid groups with abnormally high or low risk)

The structure of lysine is shown below. Why is the Boc group an inappropriate group for the side chains of lysine residues? (Boc group is process of protection and then deprotection that leads to polypeptide growth)

After deprotection, the lysine chain can react with incoming amino acids, leading to unwanted side products side chains need protection to prevent unwanted reactions. reactive side chains need different kinds of protection

Which of the following individuals would experience the smallest amount of stress in response to the stressor used in this experiment?(auditory) A. An individual incapable of producing endolymph B. an individual with a collapsed Eustachian tube C. An individual with an infection causing swelling the semicircular canals D. an individual with a punctured tympanic membrane

An individual incapable of producing endolymph only answer that would cause deafness in both ears because endolymph bathes hair cells on organ of Corti

The researchers chose 36Cl because of its relative stability and half-life. 36Cl primarily decays by beta-minus decay. Which of the following is the primary product of 36Cl decay

Ar Beta minus decay is essentially the conversion of a neutron into a proton and a beta-minus particle. This means one higher atomic number

A patient suffered a T12 burst fracture and an incomplete spinal cord injury. Which of the following contributes to the CNS scarring process in this patient?

Astrocytes they fill the gaps for dead tissue and prevent infection of CNS. Not ependymal cells which is strictly for CSF

A student carries out the experimental procedure described in Paragraph 2. If he notices an IR peak at 2250 cm-1 but no peaks around 3300 cm-1, it is most likely that the student neglected to add

D-glyceraldehyde because no OH group and present nitrile group(didn't react)

The parietal cell membranes contain K+ channels activated by cAMP and Ca++. Activation of those channels hyperpolarizes the cells thereby facilitating which of the following processes?

Efflux of Cl- out of the cells a negatively charged ion will follow a positively charged ion out of the cell. K+ leaving makes cell negative and then makes unfavorable for Cl- to stay as well

Two purple plants with long pollen grains that are the members of the offspring of the dihybrid cross described in the passage are crossed. What is the likelihood that one of the offspring of this cross will have purple flowers and long pollen grains?

Greater than 9/16 purple and long are linked and with linked genes we expect a higher proportion of parental phenotypes than what is predicted by mendelian inheritance

A team leader tasked with making a difficult decision presents arguments to her group both for and against a course of action in an effort to induce bi polarization. This action would most help to quell which of the following within the group?

Groupthink NOT social loafing as they are trying to ensure that they reach a correct answer, rather than getting people involved

Passage shows negatively charged and deprotonated DTT reacting with SS to form two products A student uses DTT in an SDS-PAGE gel to analyze ursine insulin. Although previous studies have established the existence of disulfide bonds linking the two subunits of insulin, the student's results show only one band. Which of the following contaminants of the protein extract most likely accounts for this?

Hydrochloric acid since DTT breaks breaks disulfide bond, but results showed that they weren't broken, acidic conditions would likely protonate DTT and render reaction ineffective. DON'T PUT BASIC ANSWER IF RXN IN QUESTION IS BASIC

Molecules required for fatty acid biosynthesis include: I. acetyl coenzyme A II. malonyl coenzyme A III. NADPH

I, II, and III

Individualism and estates passage Which of the following would the author be most likely to consider an example of "enslaving the entire community" I. South Africa under apartheid, where rights of citizenship were denied to the Black majority and granted in full only to the White minority II. Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, where the urban population was forcibly deported to the countryside to perform agricultural labor alongside rural peasants III. Sweden under the Social Democrats, where all citizens were required to pay high taxes to support extensive social programs

II only only options where all parts of community affected(both rural and urban affected)

Bentham legal code passage Which of the following is NOT attributed by the author to Bentham's work on legal reform I. Making sure the punishment fits the crime II. Outlawing unjust and arbitrary penalties III. Legalization of capital punishment

III only penalties proportioned to offense is same as I

Which of the following is most likely to be true of gabapentine (inhibitory neurotransmitter)?

It acts as an analogue of GABA NOT agonist of glutamate channels. this would be the opposite(excitatory)

Which of the following best exemplifies a functionalist view of the Fairness/ Cheating foundation? A. it maintains social order by providing a foundation for believing that those in power are so because they deserve to be B. the exact definition of what is fair varies geographically from culture to culture C. the exact definition of what is fair changes over time as cultures and individuals alter their attitudes D. It helps to reduce conflict between individuals and promote cooperation, which encourages group cohesiveness

It helps to reduce conflict between individuals and promote cooperation, which encourages group cohesiveness functionalism says that social structures promote solidarity within society

Fraudulent medicine reading Doctors and scientists continue to debate whether certain types of alternative medicine are scientific or pseudoscientific. How is this information relevant to the passage?

It strengthens the claim that science and pseudoscience cannot always be distinguished NOT stregthens fundamental difference between them because debating what something is implies lack of clarity

The H+/K+ ATPase pump present in parietal cell membranes facing the lumen of the stomach consumes ATP while actively transporting H+ and K+. Which of the following is most likely to occur if ion channels are inserted into the parietal cell membrane allowing free flow of H+ and K+ into and out of the cells?

K+ will move out of the cells, H+ will move into the cells and the rate of ATP consumption will increase NOT decrease. more ATP consumption needed to reestablish proton gradient that was dissipated by the ion channels in the first place

If a heavy drinker were to give entirely unreliable accounts of his or her history and suffer from periods of a week or more in which he or she did not remember his or her actions, which of the following is the most likely diagnosis this person would receive?

Korsakoff's syndrome amnesia and confabulation with heavy drinking is blatantly this, NOT alzheimers

A scientist incubates Microbes R and S for 72 hours. The scientist then finds that Microbe S samples taken from the flask are no longer sensitive to Antibiotic Y. The most plausible explanation for these findings is that, before the incubation:

Microbe R contained a plasmid that confers resistance to Antibiotic Y. NOT microbe S because this is what happens after incubation, NOT before. Microbe S resistance required by conjugation

Pop music passage Which of the following, if true, would most challenge the author's contentions about what makes pop music unique?

Nineteenth century American youth often identified themselves by affiliation with their favorite songs NOT the technology allows for dissemination of music not available until twentieth century. probably true but not relevant to passage. author said pop music was unique because used for identification, thus different from music before the 50s

Which type of molecule most likely plays an important role in the formation of cellular aggregates? A. Lipids B. Nucleotides C. Oligosaccharides D. Water

Oligosaccharides the recognition of or binding to complex side chains of oligosaccharides that exist on the surface of cells implicates a role in guiding cell-cell interactions.

DNA analysis is also used to determine maternity and paternity. When looking only at chromosomal DNA, which of the following is true for a male child?

Paternity is easier to establish than maternity, though both can be determined NOT the opposite. Y has few chromosomes but testing isolated Y chromosome can still provide fast and necessary information

Two structures shown that are basically the same with the only difference being one N group represented dashed and one N group shown with dark line

R remember to look at chiral carbon (one attached to the group) and think about what the H would be. If H attached would be in front (black dash) then the whole configuration reversed

NATO passage To which of the following actions taken by NATO would the author most likely five the greatest support? A. admitting officially that NATO expansion is meant to contain the Russian threat B. Halting expansion once Poland has been absorbed into NATO C. Stating publicly that Poland will never be included in NATO's sphere of influence D. Reconsidering plans to expand into Eastern Europe

Reconsidering plans to expand into Eastern Europe public statement not enough for author likely. author want overall reconsideration

Which of the following pieces of information CANNT be inferred from the passage(electrical function of neuron)? A. Scientists have observed that changes in membrane potential occur in unison with ion channels opening and closing B. The amount of sodium that enters a neuron through voltage-gated channels is small compared to the concentrations in the cytoplasm C. Sodium ions flow through the patch clamp pipette to the amplifier during an action potential, signaling that channels are open D. Myelin is most likely held together by London dispersion forces, although other Van der Waals forces may also play a role

Sodium ions flow through the patch clamp pipette to the amplifier during an action potential, signaling that channels are open

Which of the following levels of protein structure can potentially be disrupted by DTT? (DTT disrupts disulfide bonds)

Tertiary and quaternary structures

NATO passage Judging from the passage, the "clear though implicit promises" made by the West to Russia in 1990-91 were promised that:

The West would not station troops in any Eastern European country NOT the West would withdraw its troops from East Germany following reunification. Russia promised this. the correct answer is the only one that isn't wrong

A researcher inadvertently leaves a bottle of trypsin in a 70 degree Celsius Water bath overnight before using it in an experiment to test the preferential aggregation of cells with cells of their own tissue type. What are the expected results?

The cells are found in tissue-specific aggregates but the experiment is invalid. the high heat would inactive trypsin, causing cells to not separate and be found in tissue-specific aggregates

Suppose a confederate is planted into a research group as described in the passage and told to argue vehemently for the less represented opinion in the group. If the confederate argues for a position which he doesn't personally support, which of the following is the most likely result?

The confederate's attitudes toward the opinion for which he is arguing will change to be more closely in line with that opinion. This is supported by cognitive dissonance studies. NOT that the rest of the group will perceive insincerity or he will cause group polarization because this is outside of scope of question

A student uses the methods outlined in the passage to synthesize an enzyme, but finds that it is catalytically ineffective. (Boc method) Which is the LEAST likely to be the source of error? A. The enzyme was missing zinc, an essential cofactor for its normal function B. The pH of his solution was outside the optimal range for the enzyme C. The student did not account for proper protein folding after synthesis D. The student did not purify the protein from other peptide side products

The student did not purify the protein from other peptide side products pH, cofactors, and protein folding is crucial to enzyme functioning

Why does the newly added amino acid need to be protected? (Boc protection passage) A. Side chains of the amino acids in the polypeptide chain may react with the amine of the newly added amino acid B. The unprotected amino acid could react with itself rather than with the resin-bound chain C. The Boc group protects the amino end of the amino acid, which makes the amino acid more reactive D. Unproteected amino acids are insoluble in the solvents used in solid-phase peptide synthesis

The unprotected amino acid could react with itself rather than with the resin-bound chain A wrong because side chains usually protected before synthesis use

Which of the following findings, if true, would best reinforce the hypothesis?(confidence dictates performance)

When a similar high reading group was given a similar word test using unfamiliar scientific words, their average score was approximately 12 NOT about giving low reading group instruction as this changes experiment to focus on instruction

Which of the following LEAST reflects a meritocratic system? A. the boss of a large company compares sales statistics for his salespeople to determine who should be promoted to a vacant management position B. A father excuses one of his children from chores every week based upon their behavior over the week C. a king selects his successor from amongst his sons based on their relative aptitude for the position D. of the 14 applicants for an office position, the applicant with the most relevant experience was hired

a king selects his successor from amongst his sons based on their relative aptitude for the position

Assuming equivalent experimental volumes and tissue types, which of the following would most likely cause aggregation (as measured by a number of cells aggregating per minute) to occur more quickly? A. a higher pressure B. a lower pressure C. a larger quantity of dissociated cells D. a smaller quantity of dissociated cells

a larger quantity of dissociated cells Le Chatelier's principle here

The type of bond pictured below (disulfide) is responsible for hair's curliness or lack thereof. To change the curliness of someone's hair, a hairdresser must use:

a reducing agent (only thing that can change disulfide bond)

As mentioned in the passage, purified thalidomide was unsuccessful therapeutically. This is partially explained by the fact that thalidomide(shows electron withdrawing groups near hydrogens) a. acts as an acid b. undergoes mutarotation c. is vulnerable to enzymes d. is often contaminated

acts as an acid

Organogenesis consumes a large amount of ATP. Generating this ATP requires

an unequal contribution of gene products from maternal and paternal DNA NOT maternal only. mitochondria is from mother but ATP production comes from chromosomes from both mother and father

Researchers isolated a polypeptide from the brains of goldfish trained to avoid darkness. This goldfish scotophobin was 15 amino acids long and differed from rat scotophobin by one amino acid. The gene for goldfish scotophobin must differ from that of rat scotophobin by

at least one nucleotide NOT three because it may be three nucleotides on different codons and this could cause multiple codon changes instead of just one

Which of the following hypotheses could NOT be investigated if given the entire individual-by-individual results of both alcohol use and relationship habits? A. average users of alcohol are less willing to pursue relationships that are unlikely to become serious B. heavy users of alcohol tend to view similar length relationships as being more serious than their average drinking counterparts C. those who use alcohol in moderation spend more time in relationships despite entering into fewer relationships D. those who use alcohol heavily are more likely to enter into new relationships shortly after experiencing the end of another

average users of alcohol are less willing to pursue relationships that are unlikely to become serious

Based on the passage, which of the following strategies would best help to maximize satisfaction for a "fashion rebel" over multiple iterations of the matching pennies game?

choose heads or tails randomly, each with a 50% probability. only random, not pure answer and this strategy is also mentioned in passage

Which of the following theories is most commensurate with the reactions of both groups after the experiment? (social anxiety study)

cognitively analyzing the emotions of others can lead to worries about one's own behavior not other answers because physiological responses and preemptive rejection never mentioned. study only showed concern over perception, which is better shown by this answer(preemptive rejection is more of an assumption based on this so be careful and go general)

Which of the following concepts is LEAST likely to be involved in the explanation of the color phi (color of light change thing) phenomenon as described in the passage? A. parallel processing B. bottom up processing C. color constancy D. gestalt principles

color constancy this is that objects appear as same color despite environment. irrelevant. does actually count as bottom up, which is a kind of parallel processing

Where a cell membrane is myelinated, the capacitance of the membrane is

decreased because the myelin sheath increases the charge separation

Pop music passage It can reasonably be concluded from the passage that one similarity between popular and classical music is that both:

emphasize the feeling of time This was said as a feature of ALL music. Thus NOT give shape to inexpressible emotions as the author only used this to describe popular love songs, rather than music in general

Based on the passage, which of the following activities would be most likely to improve the performance of the low reading group on the word-oriented test? A. enjoyable verbal exercises that do not require complete understanding of vocabular B. remedial work to raise their reading performance to appropriate grade-level C. affiliation with high high school mentors who perform well in verbal-oriented academics D. an incentive-based competition among all takers of the word-oriented test

enjoyable verbal exercises that do not require complete understanding of vocabular best way to increase confidence nd cause attitude change towards words

A hotel attendant considers guests from one particular country rude due to their general aversion to small talk which he believes is not a trait typically shared by domestic individuals such as himself. The attendant is demonstrating

ethnocentrism NOT a fundamental attribution error because of the emphasis on ethnicity in bias and perception

Samson vs Adam and eve story passage the primary purpose f this passage is to A. compare Samson's role in Samson Agonistes to Adam's in Paradise Lost B. examine the motivations and actions of a sometimes oversimplified character C. advocate a feminist reading of the character of Dalila in Samson Agonistes D. compare and contrast Milton's version of the Samson and Dalila story with that found in the Bible's Book of Judges

examine the motivations and actions of a sometimes oversimplified character

A student attempts to calculate a drug's rate of metabolism. Every 15 minutes, she draws 50 mL of blood, dilutes it to 500 mL, performs a redox titration for the drug, and interpolates the patient's blood concentration from the curve. The experimental design would NOT be flawed if the student failed to account for the: A. removal of a certain volume of the patient's blood B. fact that the drug may have multiple metabolites C. fact that the patient may be excreting the drug D. natural changes in the patient's blood volume

fact that the drug may have multiple metabolites measuring drug, not metabolites. all other answers affect drug concentration in blood

Which of the following experimental errors would yield the electrophoresis gel shown below? (all same lengths of distance)

failing to add restriction enzyme. this is because of uniform lengths of DNA causing results. NOT porous medium because this causes blank slate. also a short hybridization probe would cause a cluttered field.

A skydiver jumps from a plane, begins to approach a constant terminal velocity and then hits the ground. Which figure best represents the magnitude of his acceleration plotted against time?

figure that is mostly constant and then dips down, with a sudden sharp increase after acceleration should be constant and approach 0 as terminal velocity approached, then suddenly increase when ground touched

Press bad for politics passage The author claims that press exposees of the private thoughts of foreign officials do NOT result in US leaders having a better grasp of foreign affairs because

foreign officials begin to view their American counterparts as untrustworthy. NOT foreign officials do not reveal their secrets to the press because this was not the point of the passage. point was that they're afraid of sharing w US leaders

A biomedical engineer attempts to recharge a Ni-Cd hearing aid battery using a Zn-HgO cell. If the reduction potential at the anode of the Zn-HgO cell is -0.762 V, and the fully-charged Ni-Cd battery has a voltage of 1.4 V, the reduction potential at the cathode must be

greater than 0.638 V. cathode - anode is the formula for this

Which of the following factors would most likely be associated with an increase in left ventricular musculature (hypertrophy)? A. high systemic blood pressure B. low systemic blood pressure C. high pulmonary blood pressure D. low pulmonary blood pressure

high systemic blood pressure

School tracking passage According to the arguments made in the passage, students may fall into a particular track because of any of the following conditions EXCEPT: A. high grades B. learning difficulties C. standardized test scores D. how talkative and energetic they are

how talkative and energetic they are grades and academic ability includes a, b, and c

Diabetes melitus, a disorder that prevents the uptake of blood glucose into cells, often presents with glucosuria, or sugar in the urine. This is due to:

inability of the nephron to actively reabsorb all glucose passively filtered into the Bowman's capsule too much glucose in filtrate overwhelms active transport mechanism. NOT anything about distal convoluted tube

A scientists uses a diving bell to study ATP synthase in aerobic bacteria. As the bell is lowered, ATP synthase activity is likely to:

increase, due to an increasing partial pressure of oxygen partial pressure of oxygen would increase at greater depths

Which of the following can be concluded on the basis of the information in the passage? (polarization reading)

informational influence will typically only produce a single extreme consensus within a group this is directly concluded and mentioned in passage as not causing bipolarization. thus only one direction. other answers refuted or not confirmed, so be sure to read well in this section

A molecular biologist attempts to use PCR primers derived from the DNA sequence of the bovine apoEgene to amplify the corresponding gene from within a sample of human DNA. The experiment fails, and no amplified product is observed. In order for this experiment to amplify the human version of the gene, the scientist should:

lower the annealing temperature in the cycle, in order to enable interspecies DNA hybridization promotes hybridization NOT preventing it

immiscible means

not mixed with others. For "no supporting evidence" questions you must check over the reading again for where no evidence used

With some pain conditions there is an increase in the sensory area associated with the painful area. In occipital neuralgia this would present as remapping of what brain region? A. frontal lobe B. parietal lobe C. cerebellum D. brainstem

parietal lobe brain remapping would occur in area receiving sensory information, which is primary somatosensory cortex. not answer, put this is in parietal lobe. NOt brainstem, which does live sustaining functions

The author cites which one of the following in support of the the argument that popular music creates identity? A. pop songs are unpopular with older age groups B. love songs shape people's everyday language C. pop songs become personalized like other cultural forms D. popular music combines public and private experience

popular music combines public and private experience NOT pop songs become personalized like other cultural forms because pop music is unique in this way and not similar to other cultural forms

The figure is the molecular structure of caffeine. Caffeine is most properly categorized as an: (pyrimidine ring of N and carbonyl fused to imidazole ring(5 point ring w nitrogens and double bonds)

purine instincts may say different options, but this DOES fit all criteria for purine sir

whats wrong with American business model passage Adopting the author's views as presented in the passage would most likely mean acknowledging that:

regaining a competitive position in the world market would be a worthwhile goal for American businesses "the major blunder of American businesses was to..." is too extreme. it was one of the blunders but never said to be major. the correct answer is the only one that isn't too extreme

Which of the following types of mutations would be the easiest to detect using electrophoresis? A. restriction fragment length polymorphisms B. single nucleotide polymorphisms C. frameshift addition mutations D. silent mutations

restriction fragment length polymorphisms reading said that food for southern blot and electrophoresis is an early step for this

A teenager who, until recently, has always behaved as his parents wished, begins experimenting with manners of dress and self-expression that rebel against the norms established by his parents. According to Erikson, which of the following is this teen attempting to avoid at this stage of his life?

role confusion Erikson showed that teens experience identity vs role confusion, as they create role separate from parents. NOT lack of autonomy, as this is in children age 1-3

Which of the following the following tissues shares the same embryonic origin as the organ (fetal heart) described in the passage?

scapula heart is mesodermal tissue. muscles (heart) AND bones in mesodermal layer. glands and eye in ectoderm. lungs is endoderm

Which of the following observations, if true, would most significantly challenge the researchers' hypothesis? (student word pair results) A. the low reading group left more questions blank B. several of the correct word-pairs were synonyms C. the order of testing was randomized D. the scores from the high reading group were polarized

several of the correct word-pairs were synonyms only answers that shows reason for higher scores other than confidence

Animal studies have shown that certain lesions to the ectodermal embryonic primary germ layer may stimulate the development of a common human birth defect known as spina bifide, a congenital fissure in the vertebrae. Besides the spinal column, what other structures would most likely be affected by such lesions?

skin and hair NOT BONES

The amide nitrogen of metaclopramide is: NH group attached by 2 carbons

sp2 hybridized and planar 3 sigma bonds and a lone pair that participates in resonance

The subcategories of MFT are examples of which of the following? (aspects of social interaction that are not physical)

symbolic culture NOT social institutions , which is a well established structure like family or religion

The passage states that individuals were told to "arrive with an appetite". the lack of specificity in these instructions is likely to lead to A. the fundamental attribution error B. numerical error C. type I error D. systematic error

systematic error

If the hematopoietic stem cells described in Paragraph 3 were collected and lysed, with which of the following characteristics would they be associated?

telomerase activity. stem cells display an indefinite replicative capacity as a result of their continuing ability to produce and use telomerase. NOT lack of nucleus or chromosome because because this is a mature blood cell feature rather than a stem cell trait

In a plant research laboratory, it was discovered that all of the plants grown in a certain type of fertilizer display tall height (a dominant trait), regardless of the parent generation phenotypes. Which of the following best explains this outcome? A. the recessive trait (short height) is always supressed B. the fertilizer contains the product of the gene for tall plants C. all of the plants contain at least one dominant tall allele D. the parents were heterozygous for height

the fertilizer contains the product of the gene for tall plants when results differ from mendel, the dom trait is suprressed or recessive trait masked by environment

Deoxynucleoside triphosphates are the source of bases that the polymerase chain reaction uses to synthesize DNA. Which of the following is a likely characteristic of these molecules? A. the charge of the molecule as a whole is positive B. the free energy of their hydrolysis is much greater than zero C. the free energy of their hydrolysis is much less than zero D. the nucleoside can be uracil or guanine but never cytosine

the free energy of their hydrolysis is much less than zero pay attention to question first and try not to overthink

Which of the following scenarios would be most likely to engender social loafing? A. each member of a group is given a strictly defined role which has little to no overlap with others B. each member of a group is compensated on the basis of how much work the group as a whole accomplishes C. the group is given a task that would require each member to excel in order to be completed D. the group is given a task that has each member doing work that will be anonymously aggregated

the group is given a task that has each member doing work that will be anonymously aggregated

Fraudulent medicine reading Suppose that in order to demonstrate the legitimacy of his work, a faith healer compiles a book of interviews with people who swear that he has cured them just by blessing them. The author would most likely respond by asserting that: A. eyewitness testimony of emotional events tends to be unreliable B. the interviewees would probably have gotten better without the healer's intervention. C. the ability to cure people does not justify shameless self-promotion D. the interviewees have been deluded into thinking that they have improved when they have not

the interviewees would probably have gotten better without the healer's intervention. A, C, and D are either not mentioned or weakly supported. plus the "probably" in B makes it a general and even better answer. medical fakers bad

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which of the following would most likely cause an individual in a group as, described in the study to use central route processing when listening to an argument presented by a group number? (polarization reading)

the listener is interested in the subject of the argument central route processing is when motivation and ability to process message are high. NOT that the listener is unconcerned with the attractiveness of the arguer because this is an effect, rather than a cause of central route processing

A man on Earth weighing 200 pounds floats with 1/10th of his body above water. This man would NOT float on a planet whose gravitational pull is:

the man would always float because g is in both gravitational force and buoyancy formula

Press bad for politics According to the passage, when the media now challenge the actions of a public official, the public assumes that:

the media may be wrong NOT both official and media wrong. public doesn't believe either, but reading never says that they believe both are wrong simultaneously wrong. This answer is also the only one with MAY BE wrong. This lack of definitiveness makes the answer general and the best out of the options

The researchers examined the results regarding purple flowers and long pollen grains shown in Table 1. What could they reasonably infer about recombinant frequency of those two alleles, and what technique should they use to more precisely quantify the frequency?

the recombinant frequency is less than 50%, so a test cross should be performed differs from 9 : 3: 3 : 1 expected frequency so smaller recombinant frequency. NOT western blot though. silly guy, use your head. always test cross with genetics

Morphine and hydromorphone both have

the same emperical formula, NOT molecular formula. pay attention to presence of double bonds and hydrogens because only change here was movement of double bond. This means same empirical formula

A researcher considers experimenting with raising body temperature as a treatment for occipital neuralgia. To do so, he warms the tissue surrounding the occipital nerves. What effect is this likely to have on the symptoms?

they would increase as a result of membrane transport and permeability changes increase in transmission would increase symptoms. NOT they would decrease as the myelin sheath is broken down and resorbed because myelin sheath wont degrade from temperature that body can withstand

Bentham legal code passage Assuming the author's analysis of Livingstone is accurate, one of the guiding motivations for Livingston's development of a penal code was likely:

to decrease the possibility of judicial misinterpretation of laws "leave as little to judicial creativity" in passage. so this answer is better than "to protect certain freedoms and civil rights of defendants"

Identifying the color, shape, and motion of an object in one's visual field in order to mentally establish what is being viewed is NOT a function of:

top-down processing this is an example of bottom-up processing. If both bottom up and top down are options, likely that it is between the two

A human epithelial cell is undergoing mitosis. During anaphase, the genetic material in the cell is best characterized as:

two sets, each consisting of 46 chromosomes-each chromosome distinct, being pulled to opposite sides of the cell. MITOSIS. so parent cells duplicated then separated

A subject waiting to be tested observes others leaving the testing room with expressions of confusion. The subject then concludes that the test is going to be challenging. The subject is:

using a heuristic this counts as a mental shortcut to make a judgement, thus heuristic. NOT retrieval cues which recalls previous memories

Knowledge of which of the following would be most likely to disrupt a balanced homeostatic negative feedback loop? A. very limited but presently available food will be the only available sustenance for the foreseeable future B. less desirable food of higher nutritional value is available now, but more desirable food of lower nutritional value will be available soon C. foods which are regularly consumed are less likely to cause internal distress than foods a person eats irregularly D. limited amounts of undesirable food are available presently and more desirable food may or may not become available shortly

very limited but presently available food will be the only available sustenance for the foreseeable future to disrupt homeostatic negative feedback would be to significantly increase or decrease urge to eat

more negative cathode is

anode