ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 249519 Results

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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?
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The product tanker carries oil to refineries while the crude tanker carries oil from refineries.
The product tanker is small while the crude tanker is large.
The product tanker carries refined oil products while the crude tanker carries unrefined oil.
The product tanker carries consumer goods while the crude tanker carries industrial goods.
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The Urnero (Leptodactylus latinasus) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrub land, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and ponds.
What can you conclude about the Urnero?
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It prefers an urban habitat.
It is found primarily in Central America.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
It prefers a wet habitat.
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Reserve Deputy Probation Officers are deputized volunteers who have received special training in order to assist Probation staff in a wide range of supervised responsibilities, that include direct involvement with juvenile an d adult probationers. Reserve Deputies are highly motivated, skilled, and caring people who want to serve their community as a part of the Los Angeles County Probation Department. Reserve Deputies are not a replacement for or an alternative to paid staff, but are intended to be an enhancement to existing resources.
From the passage, it can be inferred that:
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Experienced Reserve Deputies supervise new volunteer Reserve Deputies.
Members of the community who become Reserve Deputie s have a desire to give back to the community.
Reserve Deputies are able to act independently on the job once they have successfully passed all training requirements.
Direct interaction with probationers is the primary Duty of a Reserve Deputy.
Solution
The passage states that Reserve Deputies are "people who want to serve their community."
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"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus
What does this proverb mean?
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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.
It would be easy for someone who can see to become king in a land of people who cannot see.
It is more advantageous to be able to see, even a little bit, than to be blind.
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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?
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Eastern New York state
Off the coast of Long Island
West Nassau County
The south shore of Manhattan