ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 73271 Results

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Balluta Bay is a bay on the northeast coast of Malta within St. Julian's. It is a popular recreation spot used for swimming, diving, and water sports, with a triangular pjazza surrounded by cafes and shaded by Judas trees.

Its skyline is dominated by the neo-gothic Carmelite Parish Church and the stunning art nouveau Balluta Buildings, which are apartment buildings on the eastern shore, as well as a cluster of terraced townhouses in the local variant of Georgian-style architecture. The south shore of Balluta Bay features Le Meridien St. Julian's Hotel, built on the grounds surrounding the 18th century Villa Cassar Torregiani.

In what type of publication would you be most likely to find the above passage?

72% Answer Correctly

	In a travel guide to Malta.
	In a real estate ad.
	In a magazine devoted to water sports.
	In a book about historic buildings in Malta.

Solution

Although this passage could be in any of these publications, the wide range of topics it covers makes it most likely that it's in a travel guide to Malta.

"Democracy's real test lies in its respect for minority opinions." - Ellery Sedgwick

Showing respect for a minority opinion _______________ democracy.

67% Answer Correctly

	challenges
	invalidates
	validates
	undermines

Solution

If democracy's test is whether or not it respects minority opinions then showing respect for a minority opinion is positive and validates democracy. Each of the other answers paints showing respect for minority opinion negatively.

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

	condition
	territory
	form
	category

Solution

Although each of these words are synonyms for "state", form is the most appropriate given the context of this paragraph.

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

	neutral
	negative
	misleading
	inflammatory

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.

"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

	alone
	foreign
	homeless
	overflowing

Solution

In this quotation, "teeming" is closest in meaning to overflowing.