ASVAB General Science Practice Test 529722 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	3.22
Score	0%	64%

Review

Saturated fats can __________ LDL ("bad") cholesterol while unsaturated fats can __________ it.

78% Answer Correctly

	stabilize, raise
	decrease, raise
	decrease, stabilize
	raise, decrease

Solution

Saturated fats can raise LDL ("bad") cholesterol while unsaturated fats can decrease it.

Within DNA, a variety of a particular gene is called a(n):

55% Answer Correctly

	allele
	heterozygous
	homozygous
	chromosome

Solution

The gene is the base unit of inheritance and is contained within DNA. A gene may come in several varieties (alleles) and there are a pair of alleles for every gene. If the alleles are alike, a person is homozygous for that gene. If the alleles are different, heterozygous.

Which of the following represents the largest value?

61% Answer Correctly

	1 cL
	1 mL
	1 ML
	1 kL

Solution

Mega (M) is 10⁶, kilo (k) is 10³, centi (c) is 10^-2, milli (m) is 10^-3 so 1 ML represents the largest value.

Examples of primary consumers include:

54% Answer Correctly

	cows
	all of these
	rats
	fish

Solution

Primary consumers (herbivores) subsist on producers like plants and fungus. Examples are grasshoppers, cows, and plankton.

Which of these is not a phase in cell division?

62% Answer Correctly

	interphase
	anaphase
	megaphase
	cytokinesis

Solution

Cell division is the process by which cells replicate genetic material in the nucleus and consists of several phases, beginning with interphase and ending with cytokinesis.