ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 512592 Results

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Review

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.
	The same text written in two different dialects of the language.
	An ancient text written in 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.

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 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.

The Marion County Board of Supervisors has appointed a newly established Workforce Investment Board (WIB) , which will implement the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. WIB’s mandate is to provide key policy decisions affecting the local workforce development system, and to identify and certify the areas within Marion County where WorkSource Texas Centers are located to be designated as Workforce Investment Areas.

According to this passage:

51% Answer Correctly

	WIB is chiefly responsible for providing decisions related to policy.
	County Board of Supervisors passed the Workforce Investment Act.
	WorkSource Texas Centers are unique to areas within Marion County.
	The Workforce Investment Act will put into practice the Workforce Investment Board.

Solution

The passage states that the WIB is mandated to "provide key policy decisions".

The Los Angeles County Tobacco Control Program (TCP) is part of the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Department of Health Services. It was established as a result of the tobacco tax initiative of 1988, Proposition 99/AB75, in December of 1989. The goal of TCP is to establish policies, health services, public education, and media conditions that support the reduction of tobacco use in Los Angeles County and the associated disease, disability, and mortality.

From the passage, it can be inferred that:

49% Answer Correctly

	Television advertisements discussing health concerns related to smoking could be an example of a TCP initiative.
	The tobacco tax initiative was a measure to reduce taxes on tobacco products.
	Proposition 99/AB75 added more regulations to the tobacco tax initiative.
	The regulation of the production of tobacco products is covered by the TCP.

Solution

The passage states that the goal of TCP is to establish media conditions that support the reduction of tobacco use and associated disease, disability, and mortality.

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

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.