GRE General Test Review Flashcards

Flashcards covering quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, reading comprehension, and analytical writing content based on the GRE practice test.

What is the core topic of the Section 1 Issue Essay prompt?

Whether a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards to be an effective leader.

In an aquarium of 54 fish with $\frac{2}{3}$ multicolored and $\frac{1}{3}$ single-colored, $\frac{2}{3}$ long tail fin and $\frac{1}{3}$ short tail fin, and $\frac{2}{3}$ of multicolored fish having long tail fins, how does the number of multicolored fish with long tail fins compare to the number of single-colored fish with long tail fins?

The two quantities are equal.

For a rectangular region Q with integer length and width, perimeter 38, and one side length being a multiple of 7, how does the greatest possible area of Q compare to 76?

The greatest possible area of Q (Quantity A) is greater than 76 (Quantity B).

If 240 department responses on an educational software survey represent an 80 percent return rate, how many departments were sent the questionnaire?

300 departments.

If a department uses exactly 2 of the 6 available software package types, how many different pairs of software types are possible?

15 different pairs.

In a survey of 240 departments where 48% use exploratory software and 15% use symbolic manipulation software, what is the greatest possible number of departments using both?

36 departments.

What effect on area does increasing a rectangular garden's length by 10 percent and decreasing its width by 10 percent have?

It decreases the area by 1 percent.

What is the graph solution set for the inequality $|x - 5| \le 2$?

The closed interval from 3 to 7 on the number line ($3 \le x \le 7$).

On line segment AE, D is the midpoint of AE, B is the midpoint of AD, and C is the midpoint of BD. If the length of CE is 22.5, what is the length of AC?

13.5.

Which word best completes the description of Saturn's ring system as having an end-to-end dimension equivalent to circling Earth seven times but a vertical height about that of a house?

flattest.

According to the passage, why did performer Ethel Waters never quite achieve iconic status as a singer?

She did not impose a signature style on her singing, her singing fame predated the LP era, and her life story lacked a tragic denouement.

What is the core principle of the law of superposition in lunar geology?

Younger rocks and geological features visibly overlie older rocks and features.

According to lunar geological superposition, which event occurred first among the features in the Imbrium-Copernicus region?

The formation of the Imbrium basin.

On a $50,000 loan with interest charged at $d$ dollars per $1,000 for month 1 and $n$ dollars per $1,000 for each remaining month, how does the total interest charged for the first 4 months compare to $50(d + 3n)$ dollars?

The two quantities are equal.

In a 266-page document where odd-numbered pages have the author's name printed at the top, how many page numbers are multiples of 5 AND have the author's name printed at the top?

27 pages.

If $x \neq 0$ and $x^{-1} + x^{-2} = 2(x^{-2})$, what is the value of $x$?

-2.

What is the sum of all integers between -90 and 95, inclusive?

465.

Ken has four bills worth $1, $5, $10, and $20 in his wallet. How many different sums of money are possible using one or more of these bills?

15.

If a triangle in the xy-plane with vertices (0, 3), (b, 3), and (0, 3b) has an area of 18, what is a possible value of constant $b$?

-3.

In color vision testing, Group G has 96.5% normal vision, Group H has 93.5%, and combined they have 96%. If Group G has 36,000 more people than Group H, how many people are in Group G?

45,000.

If the point $(3p, 5p - 1)$ lies on the line $y = -x - \frac{5}{3}$, what is the value of $p$?

$-\frac{4}{39}$.

If regular prices are reduced by 15 percent during a one-day sale, by what percent (to the nearest whole percent) is an unsold item's regular price greater than its reduced price?

18%.

How many plant species were introduced into North America over the past 400 years, and how many indigenous extinctions resulted from competition with them?

4,000 plant species were introduced, and 0 indigenous plant extinctions were caused by competition from them.

What aspect of village communities in the 1830s and 1840s was typically depicted in village sketches written by women, which Buell's study ignored?

The diversity, plurality of experiences, and dynamic nature of actual village communities.

According to the passage on water management, what incentive is suggested to promote both wastewater treatment/reuse and improved irrigation efficiency?

Revised pricing of water.