ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 834773 Results

	Your Results	Global Average
Questions	5	5
Correct	0	2.85
Score	0%	57%

Review

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

	Animal Care and Control operates within and outside of Los Angeles County.
	The ACC provides control and rescue services for some cities.
	Services are provided to any city or unincorporated area within the 3,200 miles covered by the Agency.
	The ACC handles only domestic animals.

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.

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 foreign exchange program for an American high school.
	Teaching English to local business owners in Croatia.
	Setting up a computer network for an elementary school in Taiwan.
	Organizing a protest against unfair labor laws in Bangladesh.

Solution

Engaging in local politics does not fit the stated mission of the Peace Corps.

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 hearing of the observer compared to the source.
	The position of the observer compared to the source.
	The speed of the observer compared to the source.
	The frequency 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.

A perennial stream or perennial river is a stream or river (channel) that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall. "Perennial" streams are contrasted with "intermittent" streams which normally cease flowing for weeks or months each year, and with "ephemeral" channels that flow only for hours or days following rainfall.

Which of the following is the correct order of stream type from the least amount of time flowing to the most amount of time flowing over the course of a year?

57% Answer Correctly

	perennial, ephemeral, intermittent
	ephemeral, intermittent, perennial
	ephemeral, perennial, intermittent
	perennial, intermittent, ephemeral

Solution

Ephemeral streams flow for hours or days, intermittent streams flow for weeks or months, and perennial streams flow continuously throughout the year.

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?

71% Answer Correctly

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

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.