Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
NOVEMBER QUANT
Ans: 1hr 20mins
In 2007, Ramond had a collection of 48 stamps. Since then he has given away 13 stamps, purchased 17 new stamps and traded 6 of his stamps to Peter for 8 of Peter's stamps. Since 2007, what has been the net percent increase in Ramond's collection?
2007 48
given away 13
left 35
purchased 17
total 52
net Tradings 8-6=2
Total 54
Net increase= increase/actual*100
6/48*100=12.5%
Ans: 12.5 %
Two boats start at the same point. Boat X travels due north at 3 miles per hr and boat Y travels due east at a rate of 4 miles per hour.At what time will the 2 boats be 10 miles apart.?
Ans: 1hr 20mins
Apply pythagoras theorem to solve.
After 2 hrs the fisrt boat will travel 6miles north and the second one will travel 8miles south. Draw a diagram, the distance between them will be the hypotenuse, so (64+36)=100
X^2= 100
so x=10
THerefore time will be 2hrs or 120 minutes.
z=mod(28m+19p) , m and p are non zero then least value of z
Insufficient information:
Assumptions: m and p are integers
put m=19 and p=-28
z=mod(28*19+19*(-28))= 0
you can also put p=28 and m=-19
A circle with center O has two tangents at points B and C which intersect each other at point A. Angle BAC is given as 55 degrees
Find the value of angle BOC.
Col A Col B
BOC 110 degrees
Ans: A
.A maths teacher took two tests in her class. 25% of class passed both exams, 42% passed second. What is probability that
students who passed 1st exam also passed 2nd exam?
Ans: 1/4
. In 1966 the operative mortality rate at certain hospital was 8.1 per 100 cases.By 1974 the operative mortality rate has declined to
4.8 per 100 cases. If the rate decline by 20% from 1973 to 1974 then what is percentage in decline from 1966 to 1973?
. 400 students took certain examination. 60% of boys & 80% of girls had cleared the cut off in the examination. If total percentage
of the student qualifying is 65%,how many girls appeared in the exam?
Ans: 100
A set contains following no.'s a1,a2,a3.........a100
An= ((n+1)/n)+1) for n odd integer
An= -An-1 for n even integer
Find it's range...
. A group can charter a particular aircraft at a fixed total cost. If 36 people charter the aircraft rather than 40 people, then the
cost per person is greater by $12. What is the cost per person if 40 people charter the aircraft?
.There was a $25 discount on every purchase of $75 there was a 10% charge on shipping which was added before the discount
and 20% sales tax after the discount was added. If john paid total $300 what was the original amount of purchase if no sales tax
was added per $75.( This might be an comparision question....)
Given Principal amount P,rate of interest was r ,and the amount increase from 1990 to 1995 and 1995 to 2000 each time by r%. so
the total amount was (7/5)p at the end of 2 yrs .
Col A : r
Cola B: 20
. x-y =5, xy!=0
col A : 1/x-1/y
Col B : 1/5
Ans: D
If one number is chosen at random from the first 1000 positive integers, what is the probability that the number chosen is a
multiple of both 2 and 8?
. The number of numbers that can be formed by the digits 1,2,3,4,3,2,1. the odd digits are at odd places is given by
A) 430
B) 215
C) 93
D) 36
E) 18
Ans: E
. 2^(2n+1)- 2^2n = 2^1000 find n
A)500
B)1000
C)2000
Ans: A
-2<-1
Col a: 1/x3
Col b: 1/x
Ans:A
. A+B=1 and M+T=2
A and M are positive and B and T are negative
Cola :A^2 + B^2
Col b: M^2 +N^2
Ans: D
. n and k are positive no.'s
col a: (3^n/ 5^k)^2
colb: (n/k)^2
Ans: D
. Twice the sum of two integers x and y , when divided by 7 gives remainder =1. What is the remainder when x+y is divided by 7.
Ans: 4
. A telephone company has no.'s between 3000-3799. A Company called X uses the numbers from 3300-3499. Out of these
managers of Division1 level use numbers ending with 0 or 1. What percent of the telephone company numbers are used by
Managers of Division1 level of Comany X?
Ans: 5%
. There was a $25 discount on every purchase of $75 there was a 10% charge on shipping which was added before the discount
and 20% sales tax after the discount was added. If john paid total $300 what was the original amount of purchase if no sales tax
was added.
. x^2 +2x -8=0
sum of 2 roots is n.
Col a: n
Col b:-2
Ans:C
. How many three digit numbers are there such that the 100's digit is twice 10's digit and 10's digit is twice units digit.
Ans:2
. A line 'l' passes through (3,-2) and cuts the coordinate axis.
Column A : x intercept of line l
Column B : y intercept of line l
Ans: D
. F(x)=x^2+1
Cola: f(x+1)
Colb: f(x) +f(1)
Ans:D
. A semicircle was given with area =2pie
find the perimeter of the semicircle
Ans: 2pie+4
. A company sold a product for x dollars in 1990. The price of the product would increase by 2.5% every year. Which of the
following expressions could be used to calculate the price of the product in the year 2000?
A. x * (25)^10
B. x * (0.25)^10
C. x * (1.25) ^ 10
D. x * (1.025)^10
E. x * (0.125) ^ 10
Ans: D
.Compare:
Col A: {[Sqrt(6) + Sqrt(7)] [Sqrt(6) - Sqrt(7)]} / Sqrt(6)
Col B: {[Sqrt(7) + Sqrt(6)] [Sqrt(7) - Sqrt(6)]} / Sqrt(7)
Ans:B
.(1/2 - 1/3) + (1/3 - 1/4) + (1/4 + 1/2) = ?
Ans: 1
A line intersects the Y-axis at (0,a) and X-axis at (a,0). If the line passes through the point (-3,-3), find the value of a.
Ans: -6
. Biologists working to estimate the population of foxes in small town captured and tagged 30 foxes on one night. The foxes were then released. The next night they captured 30 foxes and found that 6 of them had already been tagged. The best estimate for the fox population of the town would be
A. 30
B. 36
C. 60
D. 150
. In a group of people solicited by charity 25% contribute $20, 45% contributed $10 and the rest contributed $5. If the charity received a total of $750 from those who contributed $5, how much did they receive in total from those solicited?
A. $5,500
B. $5,250
C. $4,750
D. $2,500
E. $1,700
Ans: A
. What is the value of x, if 2^(2x + 1) = 8^(x - 3)
A. -4
B. -1
C. 4
D. 8
E. 10
Ans: E
. The point of intersection of lines 3x-5y=7 and 2x+10y=-3, lies in
A. On X-Axis
B. On Y-Axis
C. In Quadrant I
D. In Quadrant III
E. In Quadrant IV
Ans:E
. A ranch has horses and ponies. Five-sixths of the ponies have horseshoes. Half of the ponies with horseshoes are Icelandic. If there are three more horses than ponies, what is the minimum number of horses and ponies on the ranch?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 27
D. 48
E. 54
Ans: C
. x is an integer such that x > 3
Cola: number of even factors of 2x
Colb: number of odd factors of 3x
Ans: D
. Twice sum of integers when divided by 11 leaves remainder 4
what is the remainder when sum of numbers is divided by 11
Ans: 2
. x when divided by 7 leaves remainder 4.What is the remainder when 2x + 5 is divided by 7.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
Ans: E
. 4 points A,B,C,D on a straight line such that AD:AB = 9:1 and AD:AC = 4:1
points A,B,C,D are:-
A. -20 -8 -10 16
B. -20 -16 -11 16
C. -20 -16 -11 16
D. -20 -16 -11 7
E. -20 -10 -11 7
Ans: B
. A label of vertical width w is stick on a cylinderical vessel with area A(some number) and height 10 cm.
Cola: w
Colb: 4.5
Ans: D
. A telephone call charges at the rate x for first 1 minute, and y for the remaing time of the call. If the total charge for the call was $2.49, what was the call duration in terms of x and y.
Ans: ($2.49 - x)/y + 1
. What is the least possible product of 4 different integers, each of which has a value between –5 and 10, inclusive?
(A) - 5040
(B) - 3600
(C) - 720
(D) - 600
(E) - 120
Ans : B
. The reflection of a positive interger is obtained by reversing the digits. For example, 321 is the reflection of 123. The difference between a five-digit interger and its reflection must be divisible by which of the following?
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 9
Ans: E
. Probability of an event M, P(M) < 0.25
col A : Probability of M not occurring.
col B : 3/4
Ans: A
4The polygon has 27 diagonals. The no. of sides of the polygon is
Ans: 9
Prodct of 10 integers is odd -ve integer.
Col a: number of odd integers in product.
Col b: no of -ve integers.
Ans: D
.Given d is distance of a stone thrown from a building d=16t^2 , d was given as 200. What is the range of t?
A) 1 to 2
B) 2 to 3
C) 3 to 4
D) 4 to 5
E) 5 to 6
Ans: C
. 3,1,4,2,3,1,4,2......... is a series in which 3,1,4,2 are repeated for every 4 terms then wht is the product of the 67th,68th term?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. 3
Ans: D
in a triangle the three angles are given as X,X,Y. and the avg of two angles is 65, then wht is the possible value of Y in the below options?
A. 60
B. 65
C. 70
D. 75
E. 80
Ans: E
. Vertically Opposite angles. One was 75 and other was 2x+1 what's x ?
Ans: 52
. Machine A can produce a doll in 1+2/3 mins. Machine B can produce 3 dolls in 15 mins Whats time required to produce 30 dolls if the two work together
Ans: 37.5mins
.Bryan and Kathleen live 150 miles apart. They each drive toward the other's house along a straight road connecting the two,Bryan at a constant rate of 30 miles per hour and Kathleen at a constant rate of 50 miles per hour. If Bryan and Kathleen leave their houses at the same time, how many miles are they from Bryan's house when they meet?
A) 40
B) 51.5
C) 56.25
D) 75
E) 93.75
Ans: C
Given a square A of unknown sides, joining the midpoints , there is another square formed inside in it. The area of this inner square is....
Ans: 1/2 of area of square A
. x^2+2x-8=0
Col A:The sum of the roots
Col B:-2
Ans: C
. Points were given in the diagram as (0,u) and ( 3u,0)
Col A:Slope
Col B:-1/4
Ans:B
|x-2|>4 then which of the following is true with the above realation
A) -2
B) -4
C) -2
D) -6
Ans: A
Given numbers...(0.5)^-2 , (0.5)^-1 , (0.5)^0 , (0.5)^1 , (0.5)^2. Find the range of the above numbers.
Ans: 3.75
An equilateral pentagon and an equilateral triangle were given. The perimeter of pentagon is twice that of triangle.
Col A: Side of pentagon
Col B: Side of triangle
Ans: A
. On a street, there are four houses which are to be painted. There is a choice of three colors, and one house will be painted with a single color. In how many ways can the houses be painted?
A. 4
B. 24
C. 64
D. 81
E. 128
Ans:D
. ABCD is a rectangle with AC and BD being its diagonals. Point D lies on the circumference of a circle having radius 7 and centre at B.
Col A: Length of diagonal AC
Col B: Radius of circle
Ans. C
.There is a circular water fountain of Diameter 12m. The wall of the tank has a width of 2m. If the thickness of the fountain is 0.06m, what is the volume of the concrete used in constructing the tank?
Ans: 1.68pi cu.m.
. Given a square A of unknown sides, joining the midpoints , there is another square inside in it.
Col a: area of inner square
Col b: 1/3 of area of A
Ans:A
.Col a: 0, 5, 10, 25, 30.
Col b: 5, 10, 25, 30.
Which set's mean is greater?
Ans: B
. Probability that a number is a non prime out of 1 to 15 numbers?
Ans: 3/5
. f(x)=(2x-3)( 2x+3)=ax^ 2+bx+c
Col a: a+b+c
Col b: -5
Ans: C
. John's salary for a particular month is given by the equation: 1520 + 0.15x where x is the amount obtained from the sales made by John. In July 2000, John got $300 more than June 2000. By how much did John's sales increase in July 2000 as compared to June 2000?
Ans : $2000
. Col A: (0.9/1.1) 2 +(1.1 /0.9)2
Col B: 2
Ans: A
. (x(x+5)+x(x-5)) / ((x+2)+(x-2))
Ans: x
.A company sold a product for x dollars in 1990. The price of the product would increase by 2.5% every year. Which of the following expressions could be used to calculate the price of the product in the year 2000?
A. x * (25)^10
B. x * (0.25)^10
C. x * (1.25) ^ 10
D. x * (1.025)^10
E. x * (0.125) ^ 10
Ans: D
.Consider circle with centre O. AB is a chord of the circle. AOB is a right angle. C is a point on the circumference of the circle such that angle BOC = 60 degrees. Compare:
Col A: Area of Triangle AOB
Col B: Area of sector BOC
.x^2 + y^2 =7
Col a:x+y
Col b:x-y
Ans: D
. x^2 +2x -8=0
product of 2 roots is n.
Col a: n
Col b:-2
. A rectangular aquarium base has dimensions 10*8 and height 10. Aquarium is filled upto the height of 6, a solid bar is immersed into it... there by increasing the water level to 7.
Col a:the bar dimensions
Col b:100 cubics
Ans:B
There are 5 black marbels and 3 red marbles, probability of getting exactly 1 black marble and 1 red marble
a)5/56
b)5/64
c)15/64
d)15/56
e)0.5
. Where will the point of intersection of the lines 3x + 5y = 7 and 2x - 10y = - 3 lie?
A. On X-Axis
B. On Y-Axis
C. In Quadrant I
D. In Quadrant III
E. In Quadrant IV
Ans:C
. Compare:
Col A: {[Sqrt(6) + Sqrt(7)] [Sqrt(6) - Sqrt(7)]} / Sqrt(6)
Col B: {[Sqrt(7) + Sqrt(6)] [Sqrt(7) - Sqrt(6)]} / Sqrt(7)
Ans:B
. On the number line, the co-ordinate of point P is -5 and the co-ordinate of point R is 10. The point Q is situated in between P and R such that the ratio of distance between P and Q to the distance between R and Q is 2 is to 3. What is the co-ordinate of point Q?
Col A: co-ordinate of point Q
Col B: 0
Ans: A
. There are 37 employees in a company X. The month of july has more number of birthdays (of employees) than any other month in the year.
Col A: Number of Birthdays in July
Col B: 3
(1/2 - 1/3) + (1/3 - 1/4) + (1/4 + 1/2) = ?
Ans:1
. A line 'l' passes through (3,-2) and cuts the coordinate axis. line 'm ' is perpendicular to line 'l' .
Column A : Slope of line m
Column B : 3/2
Ans:C
.A certain recipe makes enough batter for exactly 8 circular pancakes that are each 10 inches in diameter. How many circular pancakes, each 5 inches in diameter and of the same thickness as the 10-inch pancakes, should the recipe
make?
A) 4
B) 16
C) 24
D) 32
E) 40
. n is a +ve no... which of the following is an integer
a)((n+1)/2)^3x+2
b)((n-2)/2)^3x+2
c)(n+1/2)^3x+2
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
NOVEMBER WORDS AND ARGUMENT AND ISSUE TOPICS
1. Stench - A strong, foul odor; a stink; a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
2. Temper - To make or become less severe or extreme; temporary state of mind or feeling; person's customary manner of emotional response; angry outburst; tendency to become angry or irritable; prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude; angriness; bad mood; calmness; calm, moderate; harden
3. Protuberance - Something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling, that protrudes; unevenness or elevation on a surface; lump, outgrowth
4. Prescribe - To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin; to order the use of (a medicine or other treatment); establish rules, laws, or directions; to set forth expressly and authoritatively
5. Flashy - Cheap and showy; gaudy; giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance; flamboyant, in poor taste
6. Assuage - To make less severe or more bearable; soothe, relieve; reduce fear, excitement, pain, or disease
7. Venerate - To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference
8. Bogus - Counterfeit or fake; not genuine; fraudulently or deceptively imitative
9. Engrossed - Preoccupied; attentive to
10. Teem - To be full of things; abound or swarm; to be or become pregnant; bear young; give birth to; be abundantly filled or richly supplied
11. Decrepit - Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use; deteriorated, debilitated; showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
12. Hoary - Gray or white with or as if with age; covered with grayish hair or pubescence; old as to inspire veneration; ancient; elderly; trite
13. Sturdy - Having or showing rugged physical strength; substantially made or built; stout; marked by resoluteness or determination; firm; solid, durable; strong and hardy
14. Homely - Not attractive or good-looking; lacking elegance or refinement; of a simple or unpretentious nature; plain; characteristic of the home or of home life; not beautiful, ordinary; having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; without artificial refinement or elegance
15. Sober - Exercising moderation and self-restraint in appetites and behavior; having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are; full of or marked by dignity and seriousness; calm, peaceful; dull; not partaking of alcohol; having a serious attitude
16. Melodious - Of, relating to, or containing a pleasing succession of sounds; tuneful; agreeable to hear; containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
17. Trademark - A name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer; distinctive characteristic by which a person or thing comes to be known; label (a product) with proprietary identification; register (something) as a trademark
18. Scepter (sceptre) - A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority; ruling power or authority; sovereignty; invest with royal authority; a king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority
19. Monarch - One who reigns over a state or territory, usually for life and by hereditary right, especially; sovereign, such as a king or empress, often with constitutionally limited authority; sole and absolute ruler
20. Signatory - Bound by signed agreement; one that has signed a treaty or other document; someone who signs and is bound by a document
21. Seal - A device for impressing characteristic marks into a soft surface, often to indicate ownership. Seals may be in the form of stamps or cylinder seals; authentication; stamp; ensure, finalize; make airtight; affix a seal to in order to prove authenticity or attest to accuracy, legal weight, quality, or another standard
22. Palliate - To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; make less severe or intense; mitigate; relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder; loss over; cover up
23. Concord - Harmonious mutual understanding; formal, usually written settlement between nations; pleasing agreement, as of musical sounds; agreement, treaty; unity, harmony
24. Cascade - A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks; something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material; succession of stages, processes, operations, or units; series of components or networks, the output of each of which serves as the input for the next; to fall or cause to fall in or as if in a cascade
25. Fabrication - The making or construction of something; act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; that which is fabricated; a falsehood; lie
26. Melancholy - Sadness or depression of the spirits; gloom; affected with or marked by depression of the spirits; sad; pensive; thoughtful
27. Divulge - To make known (something private or secret); to proclaim publicly; disclose in a breach of confidence; confess
28. Unsubstantial - Lacking material substance; insubstantial; lacking firmness or strength; flimsy; lacking basis in fact; lacking material form or substance; unreal
29. Oscillate - To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; to waver, as between conflicting opinions or courses of action; vacillate; vary between alternate extremes, usually within a definable period of time; change back and forth; move rhythmically back and forth suspended or as if suspended from above
30. Untactful - Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others; lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others
31. Palpable - Capable of being handled, touched, or felt; tangible; obvious; concrete, real
32. Pomp - Dignified or magnificent display; splendor; vain or ostentatious display
33. Willowy - Slender and graceful; planted with or abounding in willows
34. Uncanny - Peculiarly unsettling, as if of supernatural origin or nature; so keen and perceptive as to seem preternatural; of a mysteriously strange and usually frightening nature; very strange, unusual
35. Insouciant - Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant; easygoing, casual
36. Puckish - Mischievous; impish; naughtily or annoyingly playful
37. Assiduous - Constant in application or attention; diligent; unceasing; persistent; hard-working
38. Hapless - Luckless; unfortunate; involving or undergoing chance misfortune
39. Pillory - A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment; to expose to ridicule and abuse; a wooden framework in which an offender is fastened to boards for punishment and is exposed to public scorn
40. Canyon - A narrow chasm with steep cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge; gulf in mountain area; long, narrow valley with high cliffs on each side
41. Gully - A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour; to wear a deep ditch or channel in; deep ditch cut by running water
42. Illicit - Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful; not legal; forbidden
43. Pacify - To ease the anger or agitation of; to end war, fighting, or violence in; establish peace in; appease
44. Infuriate - To make furious, enrage; make very angry
45. Ripen - To make or become ripe or riper; mature
46. Modicum - A small, moderate, or token amount
47. Derogate - To take away; detract; to deviate from a standard or expectation; go astray; to disparage; belittle; to think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant
48. Prodigal - Rashly or wastefully extravagant; giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse; wasteful; a recklessly extravagant consumer
49. Prevaricate - Misleading or equivocate
50. Bungle - To work or act ineptly or inefficiently; handle badly; botch; clumsy or inept performance; proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner; blunder, mess up
51. Ossified - Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues; rigid, unimaginative convention; process of becoming set in a rigidly conventional pattern, as of behavior, habits, or beliefs
52. Pantry - A small room or closet, usually off a kitchen, where food, tableware, linens, and similar items are stored; small room used for the preparation of cold foods; small room off a kitchen where dishes, food, etc are stored; room for preparing refreshments, not complete meals; serving room between kitchen and dining space
53. Toil - To labor continuously; exhausting labor or effort; something that binds, snares, or entangles one; an entrapment; hard work; walk heavily, slowly, and with difficulty; to exert one's mental or physical powers, usually under difficulty and to the point of exhaustion
54. Zealot - excessive enthusiasm or u can say excessive zeal; or fanatic
55. Persecutor - One who persecutes, or harasses
56. Nebulous - Cloudy, misty, or hazy; lacking definite form or limits; vague; liable to more than one interpretation; confused, obscure
57. Gall - The quality or state of feeling bitter; the state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident; to make (the skin) raw by or as if by friction; to trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations
58. Aberrant - Deviating from the proper or expected course; deviating from what is normal; untrue to type; not being normal
59. Ephemeral - Lasting for a markedly brief time
60. Obdurate - Stubborn and unfeeling
61. Relinquish - To retire from; give up or abandon; put aside or desist from (something practiced, professed, or intended); to let go; surrender; to cease holding physically; release; give up a possession, claim, or right
62. Unsubstantiated - Unsupported by other evidence
63. Whet - To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone; make more keen; stimulate; sharpen; arouse; excite
64. Witless - Lacking intelligence or wit; foolish; (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
65. Succor - Assistance in time of distress; relief; one that affords assistance or relief; to give assistance to in time of want, difficulty, or distress
66. Testy - Irritated, impatient, or exasperated; peevish; touchy; easily annoyed
ANALOGIES
1). engrossed:occupied
2). furniture:sofa
3). stench:nose
4). fingerprint:identification
5). trademark:manufacturer
6). rescue:save
7). tilt:level
8). punish:pillory
9). canyon:gully
10). illicit:permission
11). pacify:infuriate
12). ripen:mature
13). drain:empty
14). amorphous:structure
15). abridge:length
ISSUE TOPICS:
1. Both parents and communities must be involved in the local schools. Education is too important to leave solely to a group of professional educators
2. Most people recognize the benefits of individuality, but the fact is that personal economic success requires conformity
3. The function of science is to reassure; the purpose of art is to upset. Therein lies the value of each
4. Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural traditions are preserved and generated
5. Although innovations such as video, computers, and the Internet seem to offer schools improved methods for instructing students, these technologies all too often distract from real learning
6. There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer's expectations or desires
ARGUMENT TOPICS:
1. The vice president for human resources at Climpson Industries sent the following recommendation to the company's president.
"In an effort to improve our employees' productivity, we should implement electronic monitoring of employees' Internet use from their workstations. Employees who use the Internet from their workstations need to be identified and punished if we are to reduce the number of work hours spent on personal or recreational activities, such as shopping or playing games. By installing software to detect employees' Internet use on company computers, we can prevent employees from wasting time, foster a better work ethic at Climpson, and improve our overall profits."
2. The following appeared in a letter to the school board in the town of
"All students should be required to take the driver's education course at
3. The following appeared as part of an article in a health and beauty magazine.
"A group of volunteers participated in a study of consumer responses to the new XXX face cream. Every morning for a month, they washed their faces with mild soap and then applied XXX. At the end of that month, most volunteers reported a marked improvement in the way their skin looked and felt. Thus it appears that XXX is truly effective in improving the condition of facial skin."
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