Sample Practice Test 1

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1. On September 11, 2001, planes were flown into the World Trade Center towers and what other building?

A.White House

B.the Pentagon

C.the New York Police

D.all statements are correct

Question 1 of 20

2. Even if the Federal Government passes a law, the Supreme Court can overturn that law …

A. The Supreme Court can't change law.

B. When the president requests a second deliberation.

C.With a two-thirds majority vote.

D. If it goes against the Constitution.

Question 2 of 20

3. Read the text and answer the question.

Amendment IVThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. What’s true? Amendment four …

A.Requires that Police must have a warrant to search a house.

B.Restricts the government’s ability to take property and ensures that when it does take the property, it must pay for it.

C.According to this Amendment, the accused must be informed of the charges against them.

Question 3 of 20

4. Constitutions are economic documents as well as political documents. This is certainly true of the Constitution of the United States. Our nation’s founders believed that economic freedom as well as political freedom are essential for national prosperity and growth.Accordingly, they included numerous provisions in the Constitution that support and encourage the operation of a market economy. Which is NOT a characteristic of a Market Economy?

A.It depends

B.Buyers and sellers are free to enter or leave any market

C.Private Property. Most goods and services are privately-owned

D.State property. The state owns businesses on behalf of the workers

Question 4 of 20

5. Xylem carries water and nutrients from the soil, up into the leaves. The water is used to carry out photosynthesis, the products of which are sugar and oxygen.

If the xylem in a young tree is damaged, which process is first affected?

A.transporting sugar to the roots

B.transporting water to the leaves

C.absorbing water from the soil

D.performing photosynthesis

Question 5 of 20

6. What is the first step in the scientific method?

A.collect and analyze data

B.draw a conclusion based upon the observations

C.conduct the experiment

D.state the problem to be investigated

Question 6 of 20

7. In fruit flies, red eyes are dominant (E). White eyes are recessive (e).
If the female fly has white eyes and the male fly has homozygous dominant red eyes, what is the probability of offspring having red eyes?

Look at this Punnett square and answer the question.

A.75%

B. 100%

C.50%

D.0%

Question 7 of 20

8. A caterer charges $120 to cater a party for 15 people and $200 for 25 people. If a caterer graphed an equation representing cost per person, what would be the graph's slope?

A.8

B.10

C.15

D.25

Question 8 of 20

9. What is the slope of the line from the equation:

\(x - 2y=10?\)

A.\(-\frac{1} {2} \)

B.\(\frac{1} {2} \)

C.\(2\)

D.\(-2\)

Question 9 of 20

10. The perimeter of a college athletic field is 96 meters and the length is 16 meters more than the width. Let L represent the length and let W represent the width.

Which equation represents the length?

A.L = W + 16

B.L = W - 16

C.L = 16W

D.L = 16 - W

Question 10 of 20

11. Maria rents a gym for $150.00 for 30 students. Another time Maria rents the gym for $270.00 for 70 students. If Maria graphed an equation that would represent her cost per student, what would be the slope of the graph?

A.3

B.5

C.12

D.18

Question 11 of 20

12. Karen calculates the volume of cylinder A with a radius of 3 inches, and a height of 6 inches. The volume of this cylinder is 54π in³. Cylinder B also has a radius of 3 inches, but the height is doubled.

What is the relationship between the volumes of the two cylinders?

A.The volume of cylinder B is half the volume of cylinder A.

B. The volume of cylinder B is twice the volume of cylinder A.

C.The volume of cylinder B is 4 times the volume of cylinder A.

D. The volume of cylinder B is 8 times the volume of cylinder A.

Question 12 of 20

13. Julia took \(5\) practice tests before the final exam. She scored \(85, 89, 95, 81\: and\: 99\) points in these \(5\) exams. What was her average score?

A.\(107\)

B.\(126\)

C.\(92\)

D.\(89.8 \)

Question 13 of 20

14. Determine whether the given relation is a function.

A.Yes

B.No

C.It's not clear

Question 14 of 20

15. Choose the correct formal version.

A. We try to imagine the waves.

B. We try and imagine the waves.

C. We try imagining the waves.

D.We are trying imagining the waves.

Question 15 of 20

16. Choose the sentences that demonstrate faulty parallel construction.

A.We all need good nutrition and to exercise on a regular basis.

B.We all need good nutrition and regular exercise.

C.Both versions are incorrect.

D.Both versions are correct.

Question 16 of 20

17. Which sentence contains an incorrectly placed modifier?

A. By accessing it online, the revised manual may be viewed on the company website.

B.You may view the revised manual by accessing it online on the company website.

C.Both are correct.

D.Both are incorrect.

Question 17 of 20

18. What is an argument? 

A.I think Virginia Woolf is better than James Joyce.

B. Virginia Woolf is a more effective writer than James Joyce because she does not rely on elaborate language devices that ultimately confuse and alienate the reader.

C.It's not clear.

D.Both sentences.

Question 18 of 20

19. Use rules of exponents and rewrite this expression as a single exponent.

\(6^{9} \div 6^{3}\)

A.\(6^{6} \)

B.\(6^{18} \)

C.\(6^{11} \)

D.\(6^{27} \)

Question 19 of 20

20. In a forest ecosystem, about 12 percent of the 400 different animal species are birds. How many bird species are in this ecosystem

A.48

B.24

C.12

D.49

Question 20 of 20

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Last Updated on November 17, 2024.