ASVAB CONFIRMATION TEST: PARAGRAPH

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ASVAB CONFIRMATION TEST: PARAGRAPH

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Question 1: physical sound energy is transmitted through the external ear and the middle ear to the inner ear where it creates pressure waves in the fluid of the cochlea. There, hairs on the organ of Corti are moved by the pressure waves. The movement of the hairs starts the process by which nerve impulses are generated.Where is the organ of Corti located?

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In the inner ear Question 2: Roosevelt made a conscious use of the media from the moment he entered the White House . His press conferences served to educate news paper writers, and through them the nation, about the complex, novel measures he was advocating.It can be inferred from the passage that Roosevelt?

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Was a president who recognized the power of the press Question 3: Riding the mail plane is a low-budget way to visit America's largest national park - Wrangell St. Elias - 13 million acres of scenic beauty. Copper first drew prospectors to this part of Alaska. From 1991 to 1938, the Kennicott mine produced 200 million tons of it. Now a mecca for tourists, the town of Kennicott was abandoned to the ghosts when the copper ran out.According to the passage, which of the following illustrates the correct sequence of events?

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Copper drew prospectors, copper ran out, town abandoned, tourist attraction

Question 4: A period of time is usually measured by comparing it with another period of time.For example, a year on Mercury is equal to 88 Earth days. A year on Uranus is approximately 348 Mercury years.According to the passage, the way time is usually measures shows that time is

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relative Question 5: Physicists seek out those features of nature that are simple and universal. The secret of their success is not so much a matter of finding answers as it is asking the right questions. The trick is keeping the questions simple and sticking to universal phenomena.Simple questions can be answered unambiguously by careful observation of repeated experiments and by logical thinking.Which of the following questions is most clearly an example of the kind discussed in the paragraph?

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How fast do stones of a particular size fall?Question 6: An analysis of the mandatory oil quota program shows that separate quotas were established for crude oil and for petroleum products. Petroleum products were divided into light products mostly gasoline jet fuel and desolate and heavy or residual fuel oil products. The quota for crude oil imports was set at approximately 10% of crude oil consumption the passage implies which of the following about the oil quota program?

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The quota for residual fuel oil products was the same as for crude oil products Question 7: An allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that are essentially harmless. For as yet poorly understood reasons, the immune system malfunctions and marshals up an army of antibodies to fight these substances. For many allergies, this malfunction causes a large amount of histamine to flood into the bloodstream. It is overabundance of histamine that causes allergic symptoms such as headaches, rashes, and sneezing.The passage states all of the following about allergies EXCEPT?

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An allergic reaction is the result of a false alarm in the body's immune system Question 8: According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stocks....What was Mark Twain's point?

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Speculating in stock is not safe in investment for your money

Question 9: Weather radar is a great help to pilots in detecting thunderstorms. However, pilots must be aware that radar does not reliably detect hail....According to the paragraph, weather radar does not reliably detect hail because of

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Faulty pulse transmission by the radar Question 10: The Women's Flying Training Detachment was the brainchild of Jacqueline Cochran, the famous flyer. Because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during World War II, she was able to persuade the Army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from manufacturers to embarkation points for later shipment overseas.The author implies that the primary motivation for establishing a training program for women pilots during World War II was the?

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Unavailability of qualified male pilots