ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 175320 Results

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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door." - Emma Lazarus, inscription for the Statue of Liberty

In the context of this paragraph the word "teeming" means:

69% Answer Correctly

	alone
	foreign
	overflowing
	homeless

Solution

In this quotation, "teeming" is closest in meaning to overflowing.

An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a merchant ship designed for the bulk transport of oil. There are two basic types of oil tankers: the crude tanker and the product tanker. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined crude oil from its point of extraction to refineries. Product tankers, generally much smaller, are designed to move petrochemicals from refineries to points near consuming markets.

What is the primary difference between crude tankers and product tankers?

53% Answer Correctly

	The product tanker is small while the crude tanker is large.
	The product tanker carries consumer goods while the crude tanker carries industrial goods.
	The product tanker carries oil to refineries while the crude tanker carries oil from refineries.
	The product tanker carries refined oil products while the crude tanker carries unrefined oil.

The South Shore Estuary is an estuary located along the south shore of Long Island, between the mainland and the outer barrier islands, in eastern New York state. It stretches for over 70 miles (110 km) from West Bay in Nassau County to the Shinnecock Bay in Suffolk County.

According to this passage where is the South Shore Estuary located?

61% Answer Correctly

	Off the coast of Long Island
	The south shore of Manhattan
	Eastern New York state
	West Nassau County

Plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and gas). Heating a gas may ionize its molecules or atoms (reducing or increasing the number of electrons in them), thus turning it into a plasma, which contains charged particles: positive ions and negative electrons or ions.

What does the word "state" most closely mean in the context of this paragraph?

73% Answer Correctly

	category
	condition
	form
	territory

Solution

Although each of these words are synonyms for "state", form is the most appropriate given the context of this paragraph.

Balluta Bay is a bay on the northeast coast of Malta within St. Julian's. It is a popular recreation spot used for swimming, diving, and water sports, with a triangular pjazza surrounded by cafes and shaded by Judas trees.

Its skyline is dominated by the neo-gothic Carmelite Parish Church and the stunning art nouveau Balluta Buildings, which are apartment buildings on the eastern shore, as well as a cluster of terraced townhouses in the local variant of Georgian-style architecture. The south shore of Balluta Bay features Le Meridien St. Julian's Hotel, built on the grounds surrounding the 18th century Villa Cassar Torregiani.

In what type of publication would you be most likely to find the above passage?

71% Answer Correctly

	In a book about historic buildings in Malta.
	In a magazine devoted to water sports.
	In a real estate ad.
	In a travel guide to Malta.

Solution

Although this passage could be in any of these publications, the wide range of topics it covers makes it most likely that it's in a travel guide to Malta.