ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 249080 Results

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1
The Agricultural Commissioner/Weights & Measures Department routinely conducts price verification inspections at retail locations to confirm that prices charged to consumers are the same as those posted or advertised. On a typical visit to a store, the inspector will select up to 15 items and then take them to the check stand for payment. When the items’ bar codes are scanned at the register, the price showing at the register must match what is posted on the shelf or advertised. If the prices do not match, the store will receive a notice of violation and the case may be turned over to the District Attorney’s Office or local city attorney for prosecution.
According to this passage:
77% Answer Correctly
An item costing less than the announced price will no t be considered a violation.
An inspector will usually find a pricing error when 15 items are being purchased.
A store receives a violation when the shelf or advertised price does not match the charged price.
Price violation cases are automatically turned over to the appropriate jurisdiction’s attorney office.

Solution
The passage states that a store will receive a violation if the price showing at the register does not "match what is posted on the shelf or advertised."

2
A perennial stream or perennial river is a stream or river (channel) that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall. "Perennial" streams are contrasted with "intermittent" streams which normally cease flowing for weeks or months each year, and with "ephemeral" channels that flow only for hours or days following rainfall.
Which of the following is the correct order of stream type from the least amount of time flowing to the most amount of time flowing over the course of a year?
57% Answer Correctly
ephemeral, intermittent, perennial
ephemeral, perennial, intermittent
perennial, intermittent, ephemeral
perennial, ephemeral, intermittent

Solution
Ephemeral streams flow for hours or days, intermittent streams flow for weeks or months, and perennial streams flow continuously throughout the year.

3
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus
What does this proverb mean?
61% Answer Correctly
Someone who can see will be able to take advantage of others who cannot see.
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.
Even someone with minor ability is considered special by those with no ability at all.

4
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
Eastern New York state
The south shore of Manhattan
Off the coast of Long Island
West Nassau County

5
Los Angeles County Immunization Program efforts are targeted primarily toward pediatric and adolescent immunizations , with some adult immunization activities. Although this Program serves the entire County population, many activities are specifically directed toward communities with children at high risk of under-immunization. The Immunization Program partners with other organizations to provide outreach and immunization services in pockets of need areas , which are defined as those areas with large numbers of un-immunized and under-immunized children.
According to this passage:
62% Answer Correctly
Children considered high risk are a special concern for the County Immunization Program.
The need to be immunized is less important for un-immunized adults than it is for un-immunized children.
The County Immunization Program operates as an independent agency providing immunization services.
Specialized outreach services to populations in rural parts of the County are a valued service.

Solution
The passage states that many Program activities are "specifically directed toward communities with children at high risk of under-immunization."