ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 846711 Results

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1
USS Gilliam (APA-57), named for Gilliam County in Oregon, was the lead ship in the her class of attack transports serving in the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched 28 March 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California; sponsored by Mrs. A. O. Williams of Wilmington; acquired 31 July 1944; and commissioned 1 August 1944, Comdr. H. B. Olsen in command.
The best title for this selection is:
53% Answer Correctly
A short history of the USS Gilliam
H. B. Olsen's first command
The pride of Gilliam County Oregon
The launch of the USS Gilliam
Solution
Although each of these titles might be true, the main focus of the passage is a short account of the launch of the USS Gilliam.
2
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
The south shore of Manhattan
West Nassau County
Off the coast of Long Island
Eastern New York state
3
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 an urban habitat.
It is found primarily in Central America.
It prefers a wet habitat.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
4
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 speed of the observer compared to the source.
The position of the observer compared to the source.
The hearing 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.
5
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
Fantastic
Lancer Books
Ace Books
Sphere Books
Solution
The Lancer Books edition of Conan of Aquilonia never appeared due to Lancer's bankruptcy.