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1. Whenever Derek sings, Jenny gets a headache and Karen groans. If Karen is not groaning, which of the following statements must be true?

(A)  Derek is singing and Jenny has a headache.
(B)  Jenny has a headache but Derek is not necessarily singing.
(C)  Derek is singing, but Jenny does not necessarily have a headache.
(D)  Derek has been singing and Jenny is beginning to get a headache.
(E)  Derek is not singing.


2.   John will eat the apple if Danny does not cook.

Based only on the information above, which of the following must be true?

(A)  John will not eat the apple if Danny cooks.
(B)  If John did not eat the apple, Danny did cook.
(C)  If John eats the apple, then Danny did not cook.
(D)  If Danny does not cook, John will not eat the apple.
(E)  If John did not eat the apple, Danny did not cook.


3.   A jury reaches a verdict when all of its members have come to a unanimous agreement. In one recent well-publicized trial, the judge thought that the jury had reached a verdict. Eventually, it was learned that one juror had never been able to agree with the others. The proceeding was ultimately declared a mistrial by the judge.

Based only on the information above, which of the following statements is a valid conclusion?

(A)  The jury never actually reached a verdict.
(B)  The jury had reached a verdict but had been disrupted by a single juror.
(C)  There have been other trials in which the jury failed to reach a verdict.
(D)   Only trials in which the jury fails to reach a verdict are declared mistrials.
(E)  The judge's role is not as important as that of the individual jurors.


4.   The maximum time a member is allowed to run on a treadmill at the gym is 30 minutes. Ben has been running on a treadmill for at least 45 minutes.

Based only on the information above, which of the following statements is a valid conclusion?

(A)  The time limit has been established to give every member a chance to run.
(B)  If Ben is not violating the gym rules, then he is not running at the gym
(C)  If Ben is running at the gym, he will have his membership revoked.
(D)   Ben will be getting off the treadmill as soon as possible.
(E)   Ben is not running on a treadmill at the gym


5.   In the 1940's, people diagnosed with disease X were not expected to live beyond six months to a year. Now many people diagnosed with disease X are able to survive for five years and even longer if they receive early treatment.

According to the information above, which of the following must be true?

(A)   Modern medicine is now capable of curing disease X.
(B)  Most people no longer die from disease X.
(C)  Disease X is more easily cured than other serious diseases.
(D)   Progress has been made in the treatment of disease X.
(E)   The worst outbreak of disease X was in the 1940s.


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