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Third, a minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often run the danger of becoming – and remaining – dependent. Even in the best of circumstances, fierce competition from larger, more establsihed companies makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases : when such firms have nearly guaranteed orders from a single corporate benefactor, they may truly have to struggle against complacency arising from their current success.
6) The primary purpose of the passage is to ....
(A) Present a common place and its inaccuracies
(B) Describe a situation and its potential drawbacks
(C) Propose a temporary solution to a problem
(D) Analyze a frequent source of disagreement
(E) Explore the implications of a finding
7) The passage supplies information that would answer which of the following questions?
(A) What federal agencies have set percentage goals for the use of minority-owned businesses in public works contracts?
(B) To which government agencies must businesses awarded federal contracts report their efforts to find minority subcontractors?
(C) How widespread is the use of minority-owned concerns as “fronts” by White backers seeking to obtain subcontracts?
(D) How many more minority-owned businesses were ther in 1977 than in 1972
(E) What is one set of conditions under which a small business might find itself financially over extended?
8) According to the passage, civil rights activists maintain that one disadvantage under which minority-owned businesses have traditionally had to labor is that they have ....
(A) Been especially vulnerable to governmental mismanagement of the economy
(B) Been denied bank loans at rates comparable to those afforded larger competitors
(C) Not had sufficient opportunity to secure busniess created by large corporations
(D) Not been able to advertise in those media that reach large numbers of potential customers
(E) Not had adequate representation in the centers of government power
9) The passage suggests that the failure of a large business to have its bids for subcontracts result quickly in orders might cause it to ....
