ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 346704 Results

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The Scientific Services Bureau operates one of the largest full-service crime laboratories in the United States. A staff of 198 members provides forensic science support to all Los Angeles County law enforcement agencies, except the Los Angeles Police Department. Approximately one half of the nearly 70,000 cases submitted annually to the Crime Lab is from Sheriff's Department investigators , while the remainder is from local, state, and federal agencies. Since 1989 the Scientific Services Bureau has been an accredited laboratory through the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB).
According to this passage:
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The crime lab is the largest lab of its kind in the country.
The Bureau initiated its operation in 1989.
The crime lab is capable of performing all required forensic lab analysis.
The number of cases the crime lab received increased after it received its accreditation.
Solution
The passage states that the Bureau operates a "full-service" crime lab.
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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 is found primarily in Central America.
It prefers an urban habitat.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
It prefers a wet habitat.
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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?
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form
territory
condition
category
Solution
Although each of these words are synonyms for "state", form is the most appropriate given the context of this paragraph.
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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?
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Organizing a foreign exchange program for an American high school.
Teaching English to local business owners in Croatia.
Organizing a protest against unfair labor laws in Bangladesh.
Setting up a computer network for an elementary school in Taiwan.
Solution
Engaging in local politics does not fit the stated mission of the Peace Corps.
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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 consumer goods while the crude tanker carries industrial goods.
The product tanker carries refined oil products while the crude tanker carries unrefined oil.