ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 504115 Results

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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

	An organism that is endemic cannot have a cosmopolitan distribution.
	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 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.

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?

53% Answer Correctly

	The product tanker carries refined oil products while the crude tanker carries unrefined oil.
	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 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

	Educational opportunities are restricted to the museum’s permanent collection.
	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.
	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."

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

	Lancer Books
	Ace Books
	Sphere Books
	Fantastic

Solution

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

In linguistics, the comparative method is a technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with common descent from a shared ancestor, as opposed to the method of internal reconstruction, which analyzes the internal development of a single language over time.

Which of the following would be the most useful for someone using the comparative method in linguistics when studying a particular language?

66% Answer Correctly

	Two editions of the same text written one-hundred years apart.
	An ancient text written in the language.
	The same text written in two different dialects of the language.
	Old folk songs that have been passed down among generations of speakers of the language.

Solution

The wrong answers all provide insight into how a single language has changed over time while the text written in two different dialects offers an opportunity to compare languages that share a common ancestor.