ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 719064 Results

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Questions 5 5
Correct 0 2.88
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1
The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (ACC) is one of the largest and most progressive animal control agencies in the United States. The ACC operates six animal shelters serving all unincorporated County areas and 50 contract cities. The ACC covers more than 3,200 square miles of cities, deserts, beaches, and mountains; from the Antelope Valley in the north to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the south; as far east as the border of San Bernardino County and west all the way to Thousand Oaks. The ACC provides animal control and rescue services 24 hours a day, seven days a week in our service area.
According to this passage:
34% Answer Correctly
Services are provided to any city or unincorporated area within the 3,200 miles covered by the Agency.
The ACC handles only domestic animals.
The ACC provides control and rescue services for some cities.
Animal Care and Control operates within and outside of Los Angeles County.
Solution
The passage states that the ACC serves 50 contract cities within Los Angeles County, not any city, and does not state that the ACC handles only domestic animals.
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.
County Board of Supervisors passed the Workforce Investment Act.
The Workforce Investment Act will put into practice the Workforce Investment Board.
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
"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.
It would be easy for someone who can see to become king in a land of people who cannot see.
Even someone with minor ability is considered special by those with no ability at all.
4
Six years ago, lawyer-banker-scholar Charles Morris wrote a prophetic book - 'Two-Trillion-Dollar Meltdown: Easy Money, High-Rollers and the Great Credit Crunch' - that foresaw the 2008 Great Recession before it clobbered America and the world. Now Morris has reversed course and sees good times ahead. His forthcoming book, 'Comeback,' predicts that surging U.S. energy independence will bring a buoyant rise in American manufacturing and jobs.
This passage implies that you should pay attention to Charles Morris because:
72% Answer Correctly
His predictions have come true once already.
He's a published author.
The U.S. is becoming more energy independent.
His first book was a best seller.
Solution
This passage implies that because Charles Morris foresaw the 2008 Great Recession that his opinions about future economic events are credible and should be paid attention to.
5
"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:
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homeless
foreign
alone
overflowing
Solution
In this quotation, "teeming" is closest in meaning to overflowing.