Analysis of An Issue IndexThis list consists of 140 topics from which one topic will be chosen for you by the computer when you take your GMAT.
81. No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or get rich in business by conforming to conventional practices or ways of thinking.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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82. Business and government must do more, much more, to meet the needs and goals of women in the workplace.
What do you think of the opinion expressed above? In your discussion, be sure to use reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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83. We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.
Explain what you think this statement means and discuss the extent to which you do or do not agree with it. Support your views with reasons and/or specific examples from your experience, observations or reading.
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84. A business should not be held responsible for providing customers with complete information about its products or services. Customers should have the responsibility of gathering information about the products or services they may want to buy.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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85. Advertising is the most influential and therefore the most important artistic achievement of the twentieth century.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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86. Whether promoting a product, an event or a person, an advertising campaign is most effective when it appeals to emotion rather than to reason.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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87. As technologies and the demand for certain services change, many workers will lose their jobs. The responsibility for those people to adjust to such change should belong to the individual worker, not to government or to business.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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88. Each generation must accept blame not only for the hateful works and actions of some of its members but also for the failure of other members to speak out against those words and actions.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
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89. The study of history is largely a waste of time because it prevents us from focusing on the challenges of the present.
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
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90. People often complain that products are not made to last. They feel that making products that wear out fairly quickly wastes both natural and human resources. What they fail to see, however, is that such manufacturing practices keep costs down for the consumer and stimulate demand.
Which do you find more compelling : the complaint about products that do not last or the response to it? Explain your position using relevant reasons and/or examples drawn from your own experience, observations or reading.
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