Chapter 16
Practice Test 1
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Directions:
You will be given a brief quotation that states or implies an issue of general interest and specific instructions
on how to respond to that issue. You will have 30 minutes to plan and compose a response in which you
develop a position on the issue according to the specific instructions. A response to any other issue will
receive a score of zero.
“Governments are justified in circumventing civil laws when doing so is vital to the protection of national
security.”
Write an essay in which you take a position on the statement above. In developing and supporting your
position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true.
SECTION 1: ISSUE TOPIC
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Directions:
You will be given a short passage that presents an argument, or an argument to be completed, and specific
instructions on how to respond to that passage. You will have 30 minutes to plan and compose a response in
which you analyze the passage according to the specific instructions. A response to any other argument will
receive a score of zero.
Note that you are NOT being asked to present your own views on the subject. Make sure that you respond
to the specific instructions and support your analysis with relevant reasons and/or examples.
The following is from a recent email by the Diord Corp. Human Resources Manager: “Tobor Technologies
found that mental health problems and mental illness were responsible for about 15 percent of employee sick
days. Tobor amended its employee insurance plan so that workers receive the same coverage for mental illness
as they do for physical illness. In addition, the company hired an on-site psychologist and created a system
that allows workers to schedule confidential counseling appointments. After one year, the number of sick days
used by employees declined by 10 percent. Diord Corp has had an increase in employee sick days over the
past two years, so we should introduce a similar insurance plan and counseling program. These measures will
surely reduce employee absenteeism and cause an increase in productivity.”
Write a response in which you examine the argument’s unstated assumptions, making sure to explain how the
argument depends on the assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.
SECTION 2: ARGUMENT TOPIC
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Questions 1 through 7 each consist of two quantities,
Quantity A and Quantity B. You are to compare the
two quantities and choose the appropriate answer. In
a question, information concerning one or both of
the quantities to be compared is centered above the
two columns. A symbol that appears in both columns
represents the same thing in Quantity A as it does in
Quantity B.
1 of 20
ABCD is a rectangle.
A
B (–2, 7) C (s, t)
D (8, –3)
0
Quantity A Quantity B
s t
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
2 of 20
A certain punch is created by mixing two parts
soda and three parts ice cream. The soda is 4 parts
sugar, 5 parts citric acid, and 11 parts other
ingredients. The ice cream is 3 parts sugar, 2 parts
citric acid, and 15 parts other ingredients.
Quantity A Quantity B
parts sugar in the punch
parts citric acid in
the punch
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
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The average (arithmetic mean) of a set of mean
daily temperatures for x days is 70 degrees. When
a mean daily temperature of 75 degrees is added to
this set, the average increases to 71 degrees.
Quantity A Quantity B
x 5
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
SECTION 3: QUANTITATIVE REASONING
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R
x7
4
Q S
QRS is an isosceles triangle
Quantity A Quantity B
perimeter of QRS 17
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
5 of 20
The scores for the 500 students who took Ms.
Johnson’s final exam had a normal distribution.
There were 80 students who scored at least 92
points out of a possible 100 total points and 10
students who scored at or below 56.
Quantity A Quantity B
The mean score on the final
exam 87
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
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A
B C
D
F
GE
�
�
AB is parallel to CD.
AD is parallel to BC.
2AD = EG
Quantity A Quantity B
The area of ABCD The area of EFG
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
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(3x – 4y)(3x + 4y) = 2
Quantity A Quantity B
9x2 – 16y2 4
d Quantity A is greater.
d Quantity B is greater.
d The two quantities are equal.
d The relationship cannot be determined from the
information given.
8 of 20
If 8a – 2 = 22, then 4a – 1 =
d 2
d
11
4
d 11
d 12
d 44
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9 of 20
Twenty percent of the sweaters in a store are white.
Of the remaining sweaters, 40 percent are brown, and
the rest are blue. If there are 200 sweaters in the
store, then how many more blue sweaters than white
sweaters are in the store?
Click on the answer box, then type in a number.
Backspace to erase.
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4 4
4
13 12
11
−
=
d 0
d 1
d 4
d 12
d 16
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SUBSCRIPTION TO NEWSMAGAZINE x, 1970–1985
Number of Subscriptions in
Thousands
Number of Subscriptions
as a Percent of
Nationwide Subscriptions
to Newsmagazines
Note: Drawn to scale
NATIONWIDE NEWSMAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS:
1972 TO 1984
Newsmagazine 1972 1984198119781975
x
y
z
Others
2,500
1,700
3,600
3,500
4,100
3,100
5,800
8,900
6,100
4,600
7,600
18,500
7,200
5,700
9,400
34,700
9,100
7,200
11,400
51,300
11 of 20
For the year in which Newsmagazine x accounted
for 14.6 percent of nationwide newsmagazine
subscriptions, what was the number of subscriptions
to Newsmagazine x ?
d 1,020
d 1,980
d 6,300
d 7,000
d 7,200
SECTION 3: QUANTITATIVE REASONING
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12 of 20
In which of the following years did subscriptions to
Newsmagazine z account for approximately
1
6
of the
total nationwide magazine subscriptions?
d 1984
d 1981
d 1978
d 1975
d 1972
13 of 20
What was the approximate percent increase in
nationwide subscriptions to newsmagazines between
1970 and 1971?
d 4%
d 11%
d 26%
d 51%
d 73%
14 of 20
In 1973, what was the approximate number of
subscriptions to newsmagazines nationwide?
d 3,000
d 13,000
d 16,000
d 20,000
d 67,000
15 of 20
If a = (27)(3–2) and x = (6)(3–1), then which of the
following is equivalent to (12)(3–x) × (15)(2–a) ?
d –2245 × 320 × 5
d
2
5
d
5
2
d 24 × 38 × 5
d 2245 × 320 × 5
16 of 20
Sandy has a husband and 2 children. She brings at
least 1 member of her family to a diner for lunch
every day. The diner offers 10 lunch specials. If no
one orders the same thing, how many different orders
can Sandy’s family make for lunch?
Indicate all possible values.
W 45
W 90
W 120
W 210
W 720
W 5,040
Click on your choice(s).
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A
D
B
C
In the figure above, if ABCD is a rectangle, what is
the sum of the marked angles?
degrees
Click on the answer box, then type in a number.
Backspace to erase.
18 of 20
If the probability of choosing 2 red marbles without
replacement from a bag of only red and blue marbles
is
3
55
and there are 3 red marbles in the bag, what
is the total number of marbles in the bag?
d 10
d 11
d 55
d 110
d 165
19 of 20
All first-year students at Red State University must
take calculus, English composition, or both. If half of
the 2,400 first-year students at Red State University
take calculus and half do not, and one-third of those
who take calculus also take English composition, how
many students take English composition?
d 400
d 800
d 1,200
d 1,600
d 2,000
20 of 20
If
15
3
!
m is an integer, what is the greatest possible
value of m ?
d 4
d 5
d 6
d 7
d 8
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For questions 1 through 4, select one entry for each
blank from the corresponding column of choices. Fill
all blanks in the way that best completes the text.
1 of 20
Since a large number of the ores frequently located in
riverbeds are (i)____________ on the earth’s surface,
where the processing of chemicals is less costly,
recovery of underwater ores is not likely to become a
(ii)____________ procedure.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
scanty valuable
abundant cost-effective
preserved rejected
Question 2 of 20
It would be (i)____________ for our leaders,
given their responsibilities as democratically
elected officials, to neglect to do everything
they could to (ii)____________ an entirely
(iii)____________ problem.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
irresponsible forestall benign
thoughtful sustain unimportant
intuitive cultivate avoidable
3 of 20
Despite her mentor’s advice that she attempt to
sound consistently ____________ , the graduate
student often resorted to using slang when presenting
significant parts of her thesis, her habitual speech
patterns overriding her years of learning.
lucid
didactic
panegyrical
erudite
rational
4 of 20
Although she felt Steve (i)____________ the
subtlety of the delicious stew recipe with his
addition of the sweet potato, she thought the
pungent onion (ii)____________ the otherwise
(iii)____________ taste combination.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
depleted exaggerated delicate
masticated overwhelmed zesty
augmented satiated detestable
SECTION 4: VERBAL REASONING
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For questions 5 through 6, select one entry for each
blank from the corresponding column of choices. Fill
all blanks in the way that best completes the text.
5 of 20
At first, a still-life painting can appear quite
(i)____________ , its focus on such everyday objects
as flowers or fruits apparently uninspired. In the
hands of (ii)____________ painter, however, careful
attention to slight shifts of color and texture can lead
to a truly (iii)____________ and exemplary painting.
Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
vital a gauche unstinting
luxuriant an adept sublime
banal an ascetic prosaic
6 of 20
The leaders of Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution” were
a study in contrasts. At the center of the political
storm stood Viktor Yushchenko, his once-handsome
face turned into a hideous, (i)____________ mask by
dioxin poisoning; but, at his side, no one could miss
the (ii)____________ Yulia Tymoshenko, soon to
become the world’s only prime minister to adorn the
covers of fashion magazines.
Blank (i) Blank (ii)
limpid bonny
fatuous decorous
teratoid felicitous
SECTION 4: VERBAL REASONING
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Questions 7 through 9 are based on the following
reading passage.
In analyzing the poetry of Mona Feather, we are
confronted with three different yardsticks by which
to measure her work. We could consider her poems
as the product of a twentieth-century artist in the
tradition of James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and Wallace
Stevens. However, to do so would be to ignore a
facet of her that informs every word she writes and
that stems from her identity as a woman. Yet, to
characterize her solely as a woman poet is to deny
her cultural heritage, for Mona Feather is also the
first modern poet of stature who is also an American
Indian.
Stanley Wilson has argued compellingly that
the huge popularity Feather enjoys among the Indian
reservation school population of the United States is
creating a whole new generation of poetry enthusiasts
in an age when the reading of poetry is on the wane.
While this is undoubtedly true, Mr. Wilson’s praise
gives the impression that Feather’s readership is
limited to her own culture—an impression which hints
that Mr. Wilson is himself only measuring her by one
criterion. Radical feminist writers have long found in
Feather’s poetry a sense of self-pride which struck a
chord with their own more political philosophies. Her
imagery, which always made use of the early Native
American traditions in which the woman had an
important role, was seen as the awakened sensibility
of a kindred spirit.
Yet for all the “feminist” touches in her writing,
it would be a disservice to consign Feather to the
ranks of politicized writers, for her message is deeper
than that. The despair that characterized twentieth-
century modern poets is to be found in Mona
Feather’s work as well; she writes of the American
Indians of the 1930s confined to ever-shrinking
reservations and finds in that a metaphor for all of
modern mankind trapped on a shrinking earth of
limited resources.
7 of 20
The primary purpose of the passage is to
d describe the work of Mona Feather
d compare Feather with Joyce, Eliot, and Stevens
d show Feather’s roots in her Native American
heritage
d argue that Mona Feather’s work can be looked at
in several different ways
d discuss the women’s movement in America
8 of 20
The passage implies that the author believes Stanley
Wilson’s view of Feather is
d a compelling and complete assessment of her
work
d focused too much on her status as a Native
American poet
d meant to disguise his opinion of Feather as a
poet lacking in talent
d critical of Native American children’s literary
judgment
d based on all major themes and images in her
poetry
9 of 20
The author mentions James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and
Wallace Stevens in order to
d compare the political messages in Feather’s work
to those in the work of other authors
d highlight the radical differences between male and
female poets in the twentieth century
d contrast Feather’s thematic choices with those of
her contemporaries
d enumerate a list of artists whose sensibilities
made them Feather’s kindred spirits
d describe a critical context in which Feather’s
work can be analyzed
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Questions 10 through 11 are based on the following
reading passage.
Among the more interesting elements of
etymology is the attempt to derive the meaning of
seemingly nonsensical expressions. Take, for instance,
the increasingly archaic rural phrase “to buy a pig
in a poke.” For centuries, the expression has been
used to signify the purchase of an item without
full knowledge of its condition, and it relates to the
common Renaissance practice of securing suckling pigs
for transport to market in a poke, or drawstring bag.
Unscrupulous sellers would sometimes attempt to dupe
purchasers by replacing the suckling pig with a cat,
considered worthless at market. An unsuspecting or
naïve buyer might fail to confirm the bag’s contents;
a more urbane buyer, though, would be sure to check
and—should the seller be dishonest—“let the cat out
of the bag.”
10 of 20
Consider each of the choices separately and select all
that apply.
Which of the following phrases from the passage
would help the reader infer the meaning of the word
urbane as used in context?
W “increasingly archaic rural phrase”
W “without full knowledge”
W “unsuspecting or naïve buyer”
11 of 20
Select a sentence in which the author makes
deliberate use of a seemingly nonsensical expression.
For questions 12 through 15, select the two answer
choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit
the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce
completed sentences that are alike in meaning.
12 of 20
Although she was such a bad-mannered child that she
was sent to a boarding school, as an adult she is the
very model of ____________ .
W friendliness
W diffidence
W propriety
W reticence
W decorum
W brashness
13 of 20
Politicians sometimes appear to act in a manner that
is almost ____________ ; however, when all the
information is released after the fact, it is apparent
that they were acting according to a deliberate plan.
W pithy
W conventional
W conformist
W whimsical
W flawless
W capricious
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14 of 20
Forced to take an alternate road when a massive oil
spill closed the highway, the two-hour detour made
their already arduous trip even more ____________ .
W irksome
W onerous
W facile
W glib
W implacable
W immutable
15 of 20
Though many of her contemporaries found her
odd, Ella Wilkins is now much admired for
her ____________ spirit, especially her willingness
to reject prevailing feminine roles and to travel to
foreign lands alone.
W forlorn
W magnanimous
W adventurous
W bellicose
W desolate
W doughty
16 of 20
Microfiber synthetics have been taking the place of
natural fibers in an ever-increasing number of clothes
because they provide the same durability and deplete
fewer natural resources. A shirt made of microfiber
synthetics is, however, three times as expensive
to produce as a natural-fiber shirt. It follows that
the substitution of microfiber synthetic clothes for
natural-fiber clothes is, at this time, not recommended
from a financial standpoint.
Which of the following statements, if true, most
seriously weakens the argument?
d A microfiber synthetic shirt costs one-half the
price of a natural-fiber shirt to maintain.
d The production of microfiber synthetic clothes
necessitates garment factories to renovate obsolete
machinery and to hire extra workers to operate
the new machines.
d The upkeep of natural-fiber shirts is far less
expensive than the upkeep of any other natural-
fiber garment in current production.
d While producers anticipate that the cost of
microfiber synthetics will remain stable, they
recognize that the advent of recycling programs
for natural fibers should bring down the costs of
natural fibers.
d The cost of providing stain guards for microfiber
synthetic shirts would probably be greater than
what garment producers now spend on stain
guards for natural-fiber shirts.
SECTION 4: VERBAL REASONING
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