FIB Practice Set 31

Question 1: As Juanita argued, this new code of conduct is laughable; its principles are either ____, offering no wisdom but the obvious, or are so devoid of specific advice as to make almost any action ____.

	irresolute.. unlikely
	corroborative..redundant
	platitudinous..justifiable
	homogeneous..impartial
	labyrinthine..unacceptable

Question 2: Histocompatibility antigens that attack foreign tissue in the body cannot have been ___ through evolution expressly to ____organ transplantation; on the contrary, they have been found to facilitate many essential biological functions.

	designed..retain
	produced..aid
	developed..enhance
	selected..promote
	conserved..foil

Question 3: Their air of cheerful self-sacrifice and endless complaisance won them undeserved praise, for their seeming gallantry was wholly motivated by a ____wish to avoid conflict of any sort.

	poignant
	sincere
	plaintive
	laudable
	craven

Question 4: By idiosyncratically refusing to dismiss an insub¬ordinate member of his staff, the manager not only ___ established policy, but he also___ his heretofore good chances for promotion.

	instituted..bettered
	recognized..protected
	contravened..jeopardized
	reiterated...computed
	delimited..restricted

Question 5: Congress is having great difficulty developing a consensus on energy policy, primarily because the policy objectives of various members of Congress rest on such ____assumptions.