ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 177448 Results

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In linguistics, the comparative method is a technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with common descent from a shared ancestor, as opposed to the method of internal reconstruction, which analyzes the internal development of a single language over time.
Which of the following would be the most useful for someone using the comparative method in linguistics when studying a particular language?
67% Answer Correctly
Old folk songs that have been passed down among generations of speakers of the language.
The same text written in two different dialects of the language.
Two editions of the same text written one-hundred years apart.
An ancient text written in the language.
Solution
The wrong answers all provide insight into how a single language has changed over time while the text written in two different dialects offers an opportunity to compare languages that share a common ancestor.
2
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. Short track speed skating takes place on a smaller rink, normally the size of an ice hockey rink. Distances are shorter than in long track racing, with the longest Olympic race being 3000 meters. Races are usually held as knockouts, with the best two in heats of four or five qualifying for the final race, where medals are awarded. Disqualifications and falls are not uncommon. The sport originates from pack-style events held in North America and was officially sanctioned in the 1970s, becoming an Olympic sport in 1992. Although this form of speed skating is newer, it is growing faster than long track speed skating, largely because short track can be done on an ice hockey rink rather than a long-track oval.
What does the author cite as the reason that short track speed skating is growing faster than long-track speed skating?
65% Answer Correctly
Short track speed skating can be played in a more accessible venue.
Short track speed skating is more exiting because of the shorter tracks and knockout race format.
Short track speed skating is newer and appeals to younger skaters.
Short track speed skating is more exiting due to frequent disqualifications and falls.
Solution
The author states that short track speed skating is growing faster than long track speed skating "largely because short track can be done on an ice hockey rink rather than a long-track oval" which implies that the ability to be played in a more accessible venue is fueling its growth.
3
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance; helping people outside the United States to understand American culture; and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
Which of the following activities would not fit the stated goals of the Peace Corps?
78% Answer Correctly
Organizing a protest against unfair labor laws in Bangladesh.
Organizing a foreign exchange program for an American high school.
Setting up a computer network for an elementary school in Taiwan.
Teaching English to local business owners in Croatia.
Solution
Engaging in local politics does not fit the stated mission of the Peace Corps.
4
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus
What does this proverb mean?
61% Answer Correctly
It is more advantageous to be able to see, even a little bit, than to be blind.
It would be easy for someone who can see to become king in a land of people who cannot see.
Someone who can see will be able to take advantage of others who cannot see.
Even someone with minor ability is considered special by those with no ability at all.
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The Marion County Board of Supervisors has appointed a newly established Workforce Investment Board (WIB) , which will implement the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. WIB’s mandate is to provide key policy decisions affecting the local workforce development system, and to identify and certify the areas within Marion County where WorkSource Texas Centers are located to be designated as Workforce Investment Areas.
According to this passage:
51% Answer Correctly
The Workforce Investment Act will put into practice the Workforce Investment Board.
WIB is chiefly responsible for providing decisions related to policy.
WorkSource Texas Centers are unique to areas within Marion County.
County Board of Supervisors passed the Workforce Investment Act.
Solution
The passage states that the WIB is mandated to "provide key policy decisions".