ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 417963 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.53
Score 0% 71%

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1
The programs and resources developed by the Education Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are designed to extend the museum experience in the fullest possible way to the widest possible audience, both present and future. These programs provide visitors of all ages with the opportunity to expand their experience with works of art in both the museum's permanent collection an d its special exhibitions.
According to this passage:
83% Answer Correctly
The learning experience provided by the museum can be enhanced through programs developed by the Education Department.
The Education Department of the County Museum o f Art targets its educational materials to children.
Educational opportunities are restricted to the museum’s permanent collection.
Retired teachers serve as program designers and instructors at the museum.

Solution
The passage states that the Education Department’s programs and resources are "designed to extend the museum experience."

2
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?
74% Answer Correctly
It is found primarily in Central America.
It prefers an urban habitat.
It prefers a wet habitat.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.

3
Ohio started the month of July with its pedal to the metal. The Buckeye State became the 34th state to adopt the 70 miles-an-hour speed limit. Drivers can now do up to 70 on more than 570 of Ohio's 1,332 miles of interstate highway. Congress repealed the 55 mph national limit in 1995. Despite predictions of calamity and carnage on the highways, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported in October 1998 that "the traffic death rate dropped to a record low level in 1997". That pattern has continued since then.
You can infer from this paragraph that higher speed limits _______________ the traffic death rate.
71% Answer Correctly
have no impact on
are not linked to
increase
reduce

Solution
The paragraph cites research that indicates a long term decrease in the traffic death rate since the national speed limit was repealed in 1995. This lends credence to the opinion that higher speed limits reduce the traffic death rate.

4
Conan of Aquilonia is a collection of four linked fantasy short stories written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The stories were originally published in Fantastic for August 1972, July 1973, July 1974, and February, 1975. The collected stories were intended for book publication by Lancer Books, but this edition never appeared due to Lancer's bankruptcy. The first book edition was issued in paperback by Ace Books in May 1977 and the first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.
Which publication did not publish content from this series of short stories?
78% Answer Correctly
Ace Books
Fantastic
Sphere Books
Lancer Books

Solution
The Lancer Books edition of Conan of Aquilonia never appeared due to Lancer's bankruptcy.

5
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:
47% Answer Correctly
The Bureau initiated its operation in 1989.
The crime lab is capable of performing all required forensic lab analysis.
The crime lab is the largest lab of its kind in the country.
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.