ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 687721 Results

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Questions 5 5
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1
The Republican Party, also commonly called the GOP (for "Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, it dominated politics nationally for most of the period from 1860 to 1932. There have been 18 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, serving from 1861 to 1865, and the most recent being Donald Trump who began serving in 2017.
Based on this passage, which of the following statements is not true?
68% Answer Correctly
Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president.
The Republican Party was formed by people opposed to slavery.
The Democratic Party is a major political party in the United States.
The Republican Party lost national political influence after the Civil War.
Solution
The passage states that the Republican Party dominated politics nationally from 1860 to 1932 which includes the period after the Civil War.
2
Deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can safely carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew.
Which of the following does not go into the calculation of deadweight tonnage?
84% Answer Correctly
the weight of cargo
the weight of the ship
the weight of provisions
the weight of fuel
Solution
According to this passage, deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can carry and does not include the weight of the ship.
3
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.
4
The South Shore Estuary is an estuary located along the south shore of Long Island, between the mainland and the outer barrier islands, in eastern New York state. It stretches for over 70 miles (110 km) from West Bay in Nassau County to the Shinnecock Bay in Suffolk County.
According to this passage where is the South Shore Estuary located?
62% Answer Correctly
West Nassau County
Off the coast of Long Island
The south shore of Manhattan
Eastern New York state
5
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"?
44% Answer Correctly
The frequency of the observer compared to the source.
The speed of the observer compared to the source.
The hearing 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.