ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test 911489 Results

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1
The programs and resources developed by the Education Department of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art are designed to extend the museum experience in the fullest possible way to the widest possible audience, both present and future. These programs provide visitors of all ages with the opportunity to expand their experience with works of art in both the museum's permanent collection an d its special exhibitions.
According to this passage:
83% Answer Correctly
Retired teachers serve as program designers and instructors at the museum.
Educational opportunities are restricted to the museum’s permanent collection.
The learning experience provided by the museum can be enhanced through programs developed by the Education Department.
The Education Department of the County Museum o f Art targets its educational materials to children.

Solution
The passage states that the Education Department’s programs and resources are "designed to extend the museum experience."

2
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 position of the observer compared to the source.
The hearing of the observer compared to the source.
The speed 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.

3
Water polo, or water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as "eggbeater kick"), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. "Man-up" (or "power play") situations occur frequently. Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball.
Which of the following is not a similarity between water polo and team handball?
64% Answer Correctly
Goals are scored by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie.
Both sports feature passing.
Both sports feature the "eggbeater kick".
Power play situations occur frequently.

Solution
The "eggbeater kick" is used in water polo when treading water. Treading water would not be necessary in the land-based game of team handball.

4
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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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.
WIB is chiefly responsible for providing decisions related to policy.

Solution
The passage states that the WIB is mandated to "provide key policy decisions".

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The Mayan languages form a language family spoken in Mesoamerica and northern Central America. Mayan languages are spoken by at least 6 million indigenous Maya, primarily in Guatemala, Mexico, Belize and Honduras. In 1996, Guatemala formally recognized 21 Mayan languages by name, and Mexico recognizes eight more. The Mayan language family is one of the best documented and most studied in the Americas. Modern Mayan languages descend from Proto-Mayan, a language thought to have been spoken at least 5,000 years ago.
Based on this passage, which of the following statements is true?
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Not much is known about the Mayan language family.
The Mayan language family is well documented.
Mayan languages are mainly spoken in South America.
Proto-Mayan is a modern variation of Mayan.