ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 600456 Results

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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:
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The need to be immunized is less important for un-immunized adults than it is for un-immunized children.
Specialized outreach services to populations in rural parts of the County are a valued service.
The County Immunization Program operates as an independent agency providing immunization services.
Children considered high risk are a special concern for the County Immunization Program.
Solution
The passage states that many Program activities are "specifically directed toward communities with children at high risk of under-immunization."
2
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:
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WIB is chiefly responsible for providing decisions related to policy.
The Workforce Investment Act will put into practice the Workforce Investment Board.
County Board of Supervisors passed the Workforce Investment Act.
WorkSource Texas Centers are unique to areas within Marion County.
Solution
The passage states that the WIB is mandated to "provide key policy decisions".
3
The Doppler effect (or Doppler shift), named after the Austrian physicist Christian Doppler, who proposed it in 1842 in Prague, is the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source. It is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes from an observer. The received frequency is higher (compared to the emitted frequency) during the approach, it is identical at the instant of passing by, and it is lower during the recession.
In this paragraph, what is "relative"?
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The hearing of the observer compared to the source.
The frequency of the observer compared to the source.
The speed of the observer compared to the source.
The position of the observer compared to the source.
Solution
According to this passage, the Doppler effect is the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave. This indicates a difference in the movement and therefore the position of the observer and source.
4
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." - Desiderius Erasmus
What does this proverb mean?
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Someone who can see will be able to take advantage of others who cannot see.
It is more advantageous to be able to see, even a little bit, than to be blind.
Even someone with minor ability is considered special by those with no ability at all.
It would be easy for someone who can see to become king in a land of people who cannot see.
5
On this date in 1776, rebellious colonials launched the first modern democracy, an experiment in government controlled by the people themselves. America succeeded so well that virtually the entire world later adopted democracy with its guarantee of personal rights.
Based on this paragraph, which of the following statements about the author's beliefs is false?
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America is the first modern democracy.
Democracy is the most noble form of government.
Democracy guarantees personal rights.
Virtually the entire world has adopted democracy.
Solution
This question is asking which of these statements is false given what the author states in the paragraph not whether or not the author is correct or incorrect in those beliefs or what additional beliefs he or she is likely to have. Although you might infer that the author thinks democracy is the most noble form of government, that was not specifically mentioned in the article.