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.
| commonplace | |
| trivial | |
| explicit | |
| divergent | |
| fundamental |
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