ASVAB MG PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION EXAM

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ASVAB MG (PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION) EXAM

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Question 1: 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 APPROXMIATELY 348 MERCURY YEARS.

ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, THE WAY TIME IS USUALLY MEASUED SHOWS THAT

TIME IS...

A. FLEXIBLE

B. RELATIVE

C. CYCLICAL

D. CALENDAR-BASED

Answer:

B. RELATIVE

Question 2: FROM TEXAS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOW-WATER MAINTENANCE

LANDSCAPING AND THE POPULARITY OF DESERT THEMES HAVE MADE CACTUS VERY

VALUABLE. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT CACTUS HAVE EXTREMELY SLOW GROWTH AND

REPRODUCTION RATES, RUSTLERS ANTICAIPATE SIGNIFICANTE PROFITS FOR THIS

SHALLOW ROOTED SUCCULENT. REMOVING CACTUS FROM STATE-OWNED LAND,

HOWEVER, IS A FELONG, AND IF STATE LINES ARE CROSSED, THE 1900 LACEY ACT MAKES

THIS SAME CRIMSE A FEDERAL OFFENSE.

FROM THE PASSAGE, DETERMINE THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS...

A. LACEY ACT PASSAGE, CACTUS PROPULARITY, CACTUS RUSTLING

B. CACTUS POPULARITY, TRANSPORT OF STOLEN CACTUS, CACTUS THEFT

C. CACTUS THEFT, LACEY ACT, CACTUS POPULARITY DIMINSHES

D. LACEY ACT PASSAGE, PROSECUTION, TRANSPORT OF STOLEN CACTUS

Answer:

B. CACTUS POPULARITY, TRANSPORT OF STOLEN CACTUS, CACTUS THEFT

Question 3: PHYSICAL SOUND ENERGY IS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE EXTERNAL EAR

(THE PINNA) 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?

A. BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL EAR AND THE MIDDLE EAR

B. BETWEEEN THE MIDDLE EAR AND THE INNER EAR

C. IN THE INNER EAR

D. IN THE MIDDLE EAR

Answer:

C. IN THE INNER EAR

Question 4: WEATHER RADAR IS A GREAT HELP TO PILOTS IN DETECTING

THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER, PIOLETS MUST BE AWARE THAT RADAR DOES NOT

RELIABLY DETECT HAIL. RADAR OPERATES BY TRANSMITTING A PULSE OF RADIO ENERGY

AND RECEIVING THE PULSE AGAIN AFTER IT IS REFLECTED BY A TARGET. LARGE

RAINDROPS, THE KIND FOUND IN INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS, ARE THE BEST RADAR

REFLECTORS AND WILL SHOW UP AS INTENSE TARGETS ON THE SCREEN. HAIL IS

SOMEWHAT POROUS AND HAS AN UNEVEN STRUCTOR; IT TENDS TO ASORB OR SCATTER

THE RADAR PULSE RATHER THAN REFLECT IT BACK TO THE ANTENNA.

ACCORDING TO THE PARAGRAPH, WEATHER RADAR DOES NOT RELIABLY DETECT HAIL

BECAUSE OF...

A. THE SIZE OF HAIL

B. ITS PENETRABLE SURFACE

C. FAULY PULSE TRANSMISSION BY THE RADAR.

D. PILET ERROR IN READING RADAR TRANSMISSIONS.

Answer:

C. FAULY PULSE TRANSMISSION BY THE RADAR.

Question 5: 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 DISTILLATE) AND HEAVY OR RESIDUAL FUEL OIL PRODUCTS.

THE QUOTA FOR CRUDE OIL IMPORTS WAS SET A APPROXMIATELY TEN PERCENT OF

CRUDE OIL CONSUMPTION.

THE PASSAGE IMPILES WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE OIL QUOTA PROGRAM?

A. JET FUEL WAS INCLUDED IN THE CRUDE OIL QUOTA.

B. APPROXMATELY NINETY PERCENT OF CRUDE OIL NEEDS WERRE TO BE MET

DOMESTICALLY.

C. THE QUOTA FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS WAS THE SAME AS FOR CRUDE OIL

PRODUCTS.

D. THE QUOTA FOR RESIDUAL FUEL OIL PRODUCTS WAS THE SAME AS FOR CRUDE OIL

PRODUCTS.

Answer:

D. THE QUOTA FOR RESIDUAL FUEL OIL PRODUCTS WAS THE SAME AS FOR CRUDE OIL

PRODUCTS.

Question 6: RIDING THE MAIL PLANE IS A LOW-BUDGET WAY TO VISIT AMERICA'S LARGEST

NATIONAL PARK - WRANGEL-ST. ELIAS - 13 MILLION ACRES OF SCENIC BEAUTY. COOPER

FIRST DREW PROSPECTORS TO THIS PARK OF ALASKA. FROM 1911 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 CORECT

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS?

A. COPPER DREW PROSPECORS, COPPER RAN OUT, TOWN ABANDONED, TOURIST

ATTRACTION

B. COOPER DREW PROSPECTORS, TOURSIT ATTRACTION, COPPER RAN OUT, TOWN

ABANDONED

C. COPPER DREW PROSPECTORS, COPPER RAN OUT, TOURIST ATTRACTION, TOWN

ABANDONED

D. COPPER DREW PROSPECTORS, TOURIST ATTRACTION, TOWN ABANDONED, COPPER

RAN OUT

Answer:

A. COPPER DREW PROSPECTORS, COPPER RAN OUT, TOWN ABANDONED, TOURIST

ATTRACTION

Question 7: YOUR HEART'S MITRAL VALVE DOES AN AWFULLY BIG JOB. LETTIGN BLOOD

FROM THE LEFT ATRIUM OF THE HEART INTO THE LEFT VENTRICLE WITHOUT LOSING A

DROP IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TAKS I NTHE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. IN FACT, IF THE

SYSTEM WAS SUDDENLY OPENED AT THAT POINT, THE FORCE OF THE VALVE CLOSING

WOULD SEND BLOOD FIVE FEET IN THE AIR.

IN THIS PASSAGE, THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE IS TO

A. DESCRIBE THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.

B. CONVINCE READERS OF THE STRESS ON THE MITRAL VALVE.

C. INFORM READERS OF DEFECTS IN THE MITRAL VALVE.

D. MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MITRAL VALVE.

Answer:

B. CONVINCE READERS OF THE STRESS ON THE MITRAL VALVE.

Question 8: 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 STICKINGTO UNIVERSAL PHENOMENA. SIMPLE QUESTIONS CANS BE

ANSWERED UNAMBIGUOUSLY BY CAREFUL OBSERVATION OF REPEATED EXPERIMENTS

AND BY THE LOGICAL THINKING.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IS MOST CLEARLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND

DISCUSSED I NTHE PARAGRAPH?

A. HOW CAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BE PREVENTED?

B. WHAT CAN PEOPLE DO TO LIVE HAPPIER LIVES?

C. HOW FAST DO STONES OF A PARTICULAR SIZE FALL?

D. HOW LARGE WAS TE METEORITE THAT WAS OBSERVED LAST NIGHT?

Answer: