Sample Practice Test 5

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1. In order for the principle of "consent of the governed" to be meaningful, citizens must _____.

A.serve on juries

B.respect diversity

C.vote

D.attend school

Question 1 of 20

2. Which statement about life in the American colonies is an opinion?

A.Farmers in the southern American colonies grew tobacco.

B.Life was difficult for all settlers in the American colonies.

C.England imposed laws and taxes on the American colonists.

D.The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Question 2 of 20

3. Protection from being forced to testify against oneself is stated in the _____ Amendment.

A.Seventh

B.Sixth

C.Fourth

D.Fifth

Question 3 of 20

4. The Nineteenth Amendment _____.

A.provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators

B.extended voting rights to African Americans

C. extended voting rights to women

D.authorized Prohibition

Question 4 of 20

5. In what year did the English establish their first permanent North American settlement, in Jamestown, Virginia?

A.1483

B.1286

C.1803

D.1607

Question 5 of 20

6. If an object has a constant velocity, then it _______.

A.has an acceleration of zero

B.has a positive acceleration

C.is not moving

D.has a negative acceleration

Question 6 of 20

7. As you break your bicycle, your speed changes from 20 m/s to 10 m/s in 5 seconds. What is your acceleration?

A.-10 m/s²

B.10 m/s²

C.2 m/s²

D.-2 m/s²

Question 7 of 20

8. A piece of paper, motionless on top of your desk, experiences _______.

A.balanced force

B.no force

C.positive net force

D.unbalanced force

Question 8 of 20

9. The effect of friction is to convert kinetic energy to _______.

A.mechanical energy

B.thermal energy

C.elastic potential energy

D.potential energy

Question 9 of 20

10. The term “non-renewable” means that the resource

A.Is limited in supply

B.Replenishes itself naturally

C.Burns without pollution

D.Is easily controlled by humans

Question 10 of 20

11. Find the resultant force (F) developed by a speed boat engine, if the boat has a mass of 300 kg and can accelerate at a rate of 1.5 m/s².Use the formula:  F = m • a

a = 1.5 m/s²

m = 300 kg

A.450 kg

B.600 kg

C.600 N

D.450 N

Question 11 of 20

12. The price listed for \(40\) dinner plates at a home store is \(\$238.80\). What amount will Jane need to pay, if she decides to purchase \(100\) such dinner plates?

A.\(\$255\)

B.\(\$597\)

C.\(\$1024\)

Question 12 of 20

13. Unmanned Areal Vehicles. Northrup Grumman’s Global Hawk unmanned drone can fly at \(65,000\) feet, \(40,000\) feet higher than NASA’s Ikhana unmanned aircraft. How high can the Ikhana fly?

A.\(25,000\, feet\)

B.\(105,000\, feet\)

C.\(20,000\, feet\)

D.\(125,000\, feet\)

Question 13 of 20

14. Calculate the mean for the following data points:

\(95, 84, 31\)

A.\(70\)

B.\(65\)

C.\(24\)

D.\(12\)

Question 14 of 20

15. Which algebraic expression shows the average melting points of Magnesium, Silicon, Titanium, and Zirconium if M represents the melting point of Magnesium, S represents the melting point of Silicon, T represents Titanium and Z represents the melting point of Zirconium?

A.M+S+T+Z

B.\(\frac{M+S+T+Z}{4}\)

C.4(M+S+T+Z)

D.\(\frac{MSTZ}{4}\)

Question 15 of 20

16. Simplify:

\((10 - 8)^{2} - (7 - 5)^{3}\)

A.\(72\)

B.\(-64\)

C.\(-4\)

D.\(4\)

Question 16 of 20

17. When you paraphrase a text, you

A.use prior knowledge.

B.identify the rhyme scheme.

C.retell it in your own words.

D.summarize the main idea.

Question 17 of 20

18. When you analyze the cultural context, you

A.consider the customs, values, and beliefs of a group of people in order to better understand a text.

B.determine what statement the text is making about life and how it affects the culture in which it takes place.

C.determine the point of view of a text.

D.examine the time and place in which a text was written.

Question 18 of 20

19. Juxtaposition is a literary device in which sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas are repeated for emphasis.

A.It depends.

B.False

C.True

Question 19 of 20

20. Click on the letter of the word that means about the same as the underlined word.

That mountain is immense!

A.dangerous

B.huge

C.snowy

D.volcanic

Question 20 of 20

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Last Updated on November 17, 2024.