ASVAB General Science Practice Test 573932 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.34
Score 0% 67%

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1

What prevents blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart?

72% Answer Correctly

platelets

atria

capillaries

valves


Solution

The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.


2

Which of these is not a component of blood?

81% Answer Correctly

white blood cells

marrow

plasma

red blood cells


Solution

Blood is created in bone marrow and is made up of cells suspended in liquid plasma. Red blood cells carry oxygen, white blood cells fight infection, and platelets are cell fragments that allow blood to clot.


3

The small intestine utilizes enzymes produced where?

65% Answer Correctly

pancreas

small intestine

liver

all of these are correct


Solution

The small intestine is where most digestion takes place. As food travels along the small intestine it gets broken down completely by enzymes secreted from the walls. These enzymes are produced in the small intestine as well as in the pancreas and liver. After the enzymes break down the food, the resulting substances are then absorbed into the blood via capillaries in the small intestine walls.


4

-40°F is how many °C?

40% Answer Correctly

\({40 \over 9}\)

-40

-8

\(-{40 \over 9}\)


Solution

The formula to convert from F° to C° is:

\(C° = {5 \over 9} (F° - 32)\)

plugging in our values gives:

\(C° = {5 \over 9} (-40 - 32)\)

\(C° = {5 \over 9} (-72) = {{-72 \times 5} \over 9}\)

\(C° = {-360 \over 9}\)

\(C° = -40\)


5

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, what kind of front is present?

75% Answer Correctly

cold

warm 

stationary

occluded


Solution

When two air masses meet and neither is displaced, a stationary front is created. Stationary fronts often cause persistent cloudy wet weather.