ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 629066 Results

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1
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 prefers a wet habitat.
It prefers an urban habitat.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
It is found primarily in Central America.
2
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. The stated mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance; helping people outside the United States to understand American culture; and helping Americans to understand the cultures of other countries.
Which of the following activities would not fit the stated goals of the Peace Corps?
78% Answer Correctly
Organizing a protest against unfair labor laws in Bangladesh.
Organizing a foreign exchange program for an American high school.
Setting up a computer network for an elementary school in Taiwan.
Teaching English to local business owners in Croatia.
Solution
Engaging in local politics does not fit the stated mission of the Peace Corps.
3
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door." - Emma Lazarus, inscription for the Statue of Liberty
In the context of this paragraph the word "teeming" means:
69% Answer Correctly
foreign
homeless
alone
overflowing
Solution
In this quotation, "teeming" is closest in meaning to overflowing.
4
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
form
territory
category
condition
Solution
Although each of these words are synonyms for "state", form is the most appropriate given the context of this paragraph.
5
Longtime Attorney General Darrell McGraw was a fierce enforcer of state consumer protection laws, winning billions from firms and fly-by-night outfits that committed consumer violations. For West Virginia illness and death caused by cigarettes, McGraw won two lawsuit settlements from 23 tobacco firms for $1.7 billion and $200 million. In 2002, McGraw won $56 million from 15 coal companies that used "independent contractors" to duck state workers' compensation obligations.
A company who has violated state consumer protection laws in West Virginia would likely have which of the following opinions of Mr. McGraw?
67% Answer Correctly
misleading
negative
inflammatory
neutral
Solution
This paragraph states the the Attorney General was a fierce enforcer of state consumer protection laws and cites lawsuit settlements that he won against companies that tried to avoid or break those laws. A company who has violated state consumer protection laws in West Virginia would likely have a negative opinion of Mr. McGraw.