ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 394637 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	2.92
Score	0%	58%

Review

Volunteer hosts went to the airport, picked up assigned students, fed them dinner, took them to the opening lecture at the Clay Center, put them in spare bedrooms for the night, then fed them breakfast this morning and will deliver the outstanding teens to buses that convey them to the mountain retreat where they undergo a month of intensive science training and outdoor fun.

Luckily, this year, enough local families volunteered to host all the brilliant youths. In the past, the number of guest homes sometimes fell short, and some of the visitors slept on cots and sleeping bags at local churches. They're adventurous teens and don't mind this makeshift camp-in but it's better if friendly hosts give them a more personal welcome for their stay.

Which of the following topics would the next paragraph in this passage most likely cover?

60% Answer Correctly

	Instructions for how local families can enroll their children in a similar program.
	Instructions for how local families can volunteer to become hosts.
	The story of a time when one of the students stole from his host family.
	An overview of what the student's science training will cover.

Solution

The author of this passage is painting a positive picture of the students and outlining their need for local host families. Although the next paragraph could be about the student's training, history of crime, or how local children can attend camps overseas the most likely next topic would be instructions for how local families can volunteer to become hosts.

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

	territory
	category
	condition
	form

Solution

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

A rule change was enacted before the 1974 National Football League (NFL) season to add one sudden death overtime period (15 minutes) to all preseason and regular season games. If no team scored in this period, the game would result in a tie. This rule was enacted to decrease the number of tie games. The first ever regular season overtime, a September 22 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos, ended in a 35-35 draw. It was not until November 10, when the New York Jets defeated the New York Giants, 26-20, that an overtime game would produce a winner.

Based on this information, which of the following statements is accurate?

50% Answer Correctly

	The number of ties have been reduced after this rule change.
	There's not enough information to determine if this rule change impacted the number of ties.
	The number of ties have stayed the same after this rule change.
	The number of ties have increased after this rule change.

Solution

Without knowing how many ties occurred in pre-1974 NFL seasons we can't determine if the number of ties in 1974 was more than, less than, or the same as in past years.

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution.

Based on this passage, which of the following statements is false?

47% Answer Correctly

	Endemism requires an organism be unique to a defined geographic location.
	An organism that is indigenous to Australia can be found in India.
	An organism that is endemic cannot have a cosmopolitan distribution.
	An organism that is endemic to Australia can be found in India.

Solution

You don't necessarily need to know the definitions of the words in a paragraph to figure out the correct answer. Just go through the answers one by one and logically compare the answer to the the paragraph and eliminate the answers that aren't supported by the facts.

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

	The County Immunization Program operates as an independent agency providing immunization services.
	The need to be immunized is less important for un-immunized adults than it is for un-immunized children.
	Children considered high risk are a special concern for the County Immunization Program.
	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."