1. Passage Reading
2. Verbal Logic
3. Non Verbal Logic
4. Numerical Logic
5. Data Interpretation
6. Reasoning
7. Analytical Ability
8. Quantitative Aptitude
Passage Reading and English Comprehension
(a) reexamining a political position and defending its validity
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(b) examining a management decision and defending its necessity
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(c) analyzing a scholarly study and pointing out a central weakness
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(d) explaining a trend in automation and warning about its dangers
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148. According to information in the passage, the term “de-skilling” refers to the
(a) loss of skills to industry when skilled workers are replaced by unskilled laborers
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(b) substitution of mechanized processes for labor formerly performed by skilled workers
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(c) labor theory that automation is technologically comparable to skilled labor
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(d) process by which skilled machinists “teach” machines to perform certain tasks
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149. Which of the following best characterizes the function of the second paragraph of the passage?
(a) It develops a topic introduced in the first paragraph.
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(b) It provides evidence to refute a claim presented in the first paragraph.
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(c) It gives examples of a phenomenon mentioned in the first paragraph.
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(d) It presents a generalization about examples given in the first paragraph.
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150. The passage suggests which of the following about N/C automation in the machine-tool industry?
(a) It displaced fewer skilled workers than R/P automation did.
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(b) It could have been implemented either by experienced machinists or by computer engineers.
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(c) It was designed without the active involvement skilled machinists.
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(d) It was more difficult to design than R/P automation was.
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151. Which of the following phrases most clearly reveals the attitude of the author of the passage toward Noble’s central argument?
(a) “conspired against”
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(b) “intolerable to management”
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(c) “impressive when he applies the Marxist concept”
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(d) “only evidence of conspiracy”
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152. The author of the passage commends Noble’s book for which of the following?
(a) Concentrating on skilled as opposed to unskilled workers in its discussion of the machine-tool industry
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(b) Offering a generalization about the motives behind the machine-tool industry’s decision to automate
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(c) Applying the concept of de-skilling to the machine tool industry
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(d) Making an essential distinction between two kinds of technology employed in the machine-tool industry
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153. Which of the following best characterizes Forces of Production as it is described in the passage?
(a) A comparison of two interpretations of how a particular industry evolved
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(b) An examination of the origin of a particular concept in industrial economics
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(c) A study that points out the weakness of a particular interpretation of an industrial phenomenon
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(d) A history of a particular industry from an ideological point of view
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Passage Reading
Verbal Logic
Non Verbal Logic
Numerical Logic
Data Interpretation
Reasoning
Analytical Ability
Basic Numeracy
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