(C) Jane's criticism of Senator Brandon is motivated only by personal dislike

(D) Senator Brandon should be criticized for accepting gifts from lobbyists

(E) One or more politicians have accepted gifts from lobbyists

Questions 8 --9

Oscar: Emerging information technologies will soon make speed of information processing the single most important factor in the creation of individual, corporate, and national wealth. Consequently, the division of the world into northern countries ?in general rich ?and southern countries ?in general poor ?will soon be obsolete. Instead, there simply will be fast countries and slow countries, and thus a country's economic well-being will not be a function of its geographical position but just a matter of its relative success in incorporating those new technologies

Sylvia: But the poor countries of the south lack the economic resources to acquire those technologies and will therefore remain poor. The technologies will thus only widen the existing economic gap between north and south.

8. Sylvia's reasoning depends on the assumption that

(A) the prosperity of the rich countries of the north depends, at least in part,, on the natural resources of the poor countries of the south

(B) the emergence of new information technologies will not result in a significant net increase in the total amount of global wealth

(C) there are technologies other than information technologies whose development could help narrow the existing economic gap between north and south

(D) at least some of the rich countries of the north will be effective in incorporating new information technologies into their economies

(E) the speed at which information processing take place will continue to increase indefinitely

9. The reasoning that Oscar uses in supporting his prediction is vulnerable to criticism on the ground that it

(A) overlooks the possibility that the ability of countries to acquire new technologies at some time in the future will depend on factors other than those countries' present economic status

(B) fails to establish that the division of the world into rich countries and poor countries is the single most important problem that will confront the world economy in the future

(C) ignores the possibility that, in determining a country's future wealth, the country's incorporation of information-processing technologies might be outweighed by a combination of other factors

(D) provides no reason to believe that faster information processing will have only beneficial effects on countries that successfully incorporate new information technologies into their economies

(E) makes no distinction between those of the world's rich countries that are the wealthiest and those that are less wealthy

10. At the beginning of each month, companies report to the federal government their net loss or gain in jobs over the past month. These reports are then consolidated by the government and reported as the total gain or loss for the past month. Despite accurate reporting by companies and correct tallying by the government, the number of jobs lost was significantly underestimated in the recent recession.

Which one of the following, if true, contributes most to a resolution of the apparent discrepancy described?

(A) More jobs are lost in a recession than in a period of growth

(B) The expenses of collecting and reporting employment data have steadily increased

(C) Many people who lose their jobs start up their own businesses

(D) In the recent recession a large number of failing companies abruptly ceased all operations

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