FREE BMAT Assessment MCQ Questions and Answers

Question 1

Three components make up the price of a flight between two cities: the base price, taxes, and the booking fee.
For any flight last year, the base price and taxes were split three to two, and the booking fee was set at $50.
This year, taxes were raised by 10%, the booking fee was reduced by 50%, and the basic cost of a flight climbed by 20%.

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$349.80

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$374.80

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$407.80

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$344.20

Question 2

The bonds that link us together in society are in danger due to the rise of internet-connected smartphones and other such technologies. It is true that many people have easy access to a variety of information through these gadgets, and that this information helps them maintain their current interpersonal relationships and forge new ones. However, one of the most crucial connections of all—that between a young child and his or her caregivers—can be significantly hampered by the devices. Psychologists are growing more concerned about the potential "cyber impact" of parents and others focusing more of their attention away from the young children around as a result of the fact that many smartphone users check their devices hundreds of times each day. The social and emotional growth of young infants depends on eye contact and other aspects of face-to-face "real world" connection.
Which of the following, if true, supports the aforementioned claim the strongest?

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Instead of being encouraged to connect with others in their environment, more young children are now being amused by videos and other content on smartphones.

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Some persons who struggle with face-to-face contacts can function better in daily life thanks to internet-connected devices.

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Families all across the world tended to have more children in past generations.

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Around 100 years from now, many households in both wealthy and poor nations will be home to robots that can communicate with humans like real people.

Question 3

It always works. In the US Congress, neither political party is ever eager to cooperate unless they are coming up with truly terrible ideas. They work well together if they've discovered a new technique to stir up unrest, restrict freedom, or overall harm the welfare of the country. A sales tax on items purchased online, similar to the one now imposed on items purchased in physical stores, is this time's smart concept. It is not a good idea to charge consumers more if you want the economy to grow. There are a ton of individuals that shop online, and if the cost goes up, fewer people will shop online, which means fewer sales and lower earnings for businesses. As a result, net tax receipts will be lower, resulting in lower revenue collections for the states and the federal government, which would leave them with less money to spend on things like healthcare and education. This is why implementing an Internet sales tax is such a terrible idea.

Which of the following best captures the problem with the aforementioned argument?

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It disregards the potential that consumers who would have made online purchases will do so instead in physical stores.

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Instead than attacking the idea itself, it criticizes the people who came up with it.

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It is presumptive that if internet sales decline after the implementation of an internet sales tax, the introduction of the tax was the root of the problem.

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It operates incorrectly under the assumption that the economy will only suffer if sales decline.

Question 4

What added value does a specific new good or service make to our lives? Even if it's challenging to quantify, classical economics has given us a clever method for doing so: consider how much it costs. In a free market economy, the price at which something is sold tells us how much consumers are willing to spend on it. And a person's willingness to pay for something is a clear indication of how much they value it. The issue with this paradigm, which gauges value using the market price, is that it is beginning to lose validity as new technologies emerge. Popular apps and social media platforms are just a couple of the things we love most that are offered for free. Even while there can be a cost, like a loss of privacy, this is not a monetary expense.

Which of the following claims is most backed up by the excerpt above?

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If we wish to determine the value of a good or service, we must find methods other than cost.

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The genuine or real worth of a particular good or service does not exist.

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The true worth of any given good or service cannot be determined.

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There are more significant costs to take into account than only financial ones if we want to establish the true value of a good or service.

Question 5

In Italy, a cup of coffee costs on average €1 (or roughly £1), yet in the UK, prices can reach £4. Yet why? Without a doubt, the coffee does not represent the majority of the expense of serving a cup of coffee. Staff pay is the biggest expense, but that isn't the main distinction. The biggest factor influencing the price of a cup of coffee is the variance in consuming cultures: Italians order coffee at the bar and consume it while standing, but British coffee drinkers spend significantly longer on a cup of joe. As a result, Italian cafés can sell more products for the same overhead. Greece is at the other extreme, where individuals will spend hours savoring a single cup of coffee. Greece, despite having lower wages, has some of the most costly coffees in Europe.

Which of the following best captures the central thesis of the preceding argument?

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The biggest factor influencing the price of a cup of coffee is the variance in consuming cultures.

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Not the coffee but the staff's salary make up the majority of the cost of serving a cup of coffee.

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Italians who purchase coffee at the bar and sip it while standing up help the country's cafés sell more drinks for the same price.

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Greece has some of the most expensive coffees in Europe, despite having lower wages

Question 6

Words that convey a sense of scale, like "umpteen" and "zillion," seem to be particularly popular. These are known as "indefinite hyperbolic numbers" since they don't correspond to actual numbers and "hyperbolic" because they are used to suggest a higher size than what is actually the case. It's noteworthy that everyone can generally agree on the size that these ambiguous terms refer to, and that's because the terms are supported by language models that enable a common understanding of their meaning. For instance, the phrase "umpteen," which uses the linguistic model "-teen" from the two-digit digits thirteen to nineteen, is usually accepted to signify "large, but not bigger than a hundred." Additionally, the indefinite hyperbolics "gazillion" and "bazillion" suggest a number greater than a billion or even a zillion by adding the intensifiers "ga" and "ba" to the base word "zillion," which is itself an indefinite hyperbolic.

Which of the following conclusions could be inferred from the information presented above?

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Indefinite hyperbolic numbers are more rule-based than might be apparent at first sight.

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Indefinite hyperbolic numbers are not misunderstood by native speakers.

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Indefinite hyperbolic numbers use language models in unusual ways.

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Indefinite hyperbolic numbers encourage exaggeration and rhetoric.

Question 7

Three hundred British troops were shot by firing squad for desertion and violating orders during World War I (1914–1918). Later generations found these penalties to be so cruel that they started a movement to clear the individuals who were put to death. The UK government engaged in a protracted discussion regarding whether it was proper to grant a legal pardon. It was wisely determined that this was inappropriate. Too much time has passed for each case to be fairly assessed, and it would not be more reasonable to grant a general pardon without taking into account each person's unique situation. Social norms have altered so drastically that it is impossible to evaluate decisions made under the awful conditions of the war with any degree of accuracy.

Which of the following is an underlying premise of the argument presented above?

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During the war, there may have been certain executions that were more deserving than others.

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Crimes committed during a war are more serious than those committed during a peacetime.

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To keep order during the conflict, desertion and disobedience were punishable by death.

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Conclusions concerning any event that occurred more than a century ago are impossible.