ASVAB PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION 2 EXAM

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ASVAB PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION #2 EXAM

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Question 1: It is a common assumption that city directories are prepared and published by the cities concerned. However, the directory business is as much a private business as is the publishing of dictionaries and encyclopedias. The companies financing the publication make their profits through the sales of the directories themselves and through the advertising in them. The paragraph best supports the statement that...

• the publication of a city directory is a commercial enterprise.
• the size of a city directory limits the space devoted to advertising.
• many city directories are published by dictionaries and encyclopedias concerned.
• city directories are sold at a cost to local residents and businesspeople.

Answer:

A; The business of publishing city directories is a private business operated for profit. As such, it is a commercial enterprise.Question 2: Most solids, like most liquids, expand when heated and contract when cooled. To allow for this, roads, sidewalks, and railroad tracks are constructed with spacing between sections so that they can expand during the hot weather. If roads, sidewalks, and railroad tracks were not constructed with spacing between sections...

• nothing would happen to them when the weather changed.

• they could not be constructed as easily as they are now.
• they would crack or break when the weather changed.
• they would not appear to be even.

Answer:

C; The spaces allow roads, sidewalks, and railroad tracks to expand in the summer and contract in winter without cracking or breaking.Question 3: When someone is released on "personal recognizance," this means that...

• the judge knows that he is innocent.
• he does not have to show up for a trial.
• he has a record of previous convictions.
• he does not have to pay bail.

Answer:

D; The passage states that one who can show that he is a stable citizen with a job and a family will be released on "personal recognizance" and can often avoid the detention system. The detention system involves being detained or paying bail.Question 4: The speed of a boat is measured in knots. One knot is equal to a speed of one nautical mile an hour. A nautical mile is equal to 6,080 feet, while an ordinary mile is 5,280 feet.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

• A nautical mile is longer than an ordinary mile.
• A speed of 2 knots is the same as 2 miles per hour.
• A knot is the same as a mile.
• The distance a boat travels is measured in knots.

Answer:

A; The last sentence states that a nautical mile equals 6,080 feet, whereas an ordinary mile is 5,280 feet. Accordingly, a nautical mile is longer than an ordinary mile.

Question 5: Twenty-five percent of all household burglaries can be attributed to unlocked windows or doors. Crime is the result of opportunity plus desire. To prevent crime, it is each individual's responsibility to...

• provide the desire.
• provide the opportunity.
• prevent the desire.
• prevent the opportunity.

Answer:

D; The second sentence states that crime is the result of opportunity plus desire. Accordingly, to prevent crime, it is each individual's responsibility to prevent the opportunity.Question 6: You can tell a frog from a toad by its skin. In general, a frog's skin is moist, smooth, and shiny while a toad's skin is dry, dull, and rough or covered with warts. Frogs are also better at jumping than toads. You can recognize a toad by its...

• great jumping ability.
• smooth, shiny skin.
• lack of warts.
• dry, rough, skin.

Answer:

D; The second sentence states that a toad's skin is both dry and rough.Question 7: There are only two grooves on a record-one on each side. The groove is cut in a spiral on the surface of the record. For stereophonic sound, a different sound is recorded in each wall of the groove. The pick-up produces two signals, one of which goes to the left-hand speaker and one to the right-hand speaker. Stereophonic sound is produced by...

• cutting extra grooves in a record.
• recording different sounds in each wall of the groove.
• sending the sound to two speakers.
• having left- and right-hand speakers.

Answer:

B; The third sentence states that for stereophonic sound, a different sound is recorded in each wall of the groove.Question 8: The passage says that the detention system works unfairly against people who are...

• rich.
• married.
• old.
• unemployed.

Answer:

D; The last sentence states that those who do wind up in detention tend to be the poor, the unemployed, the single, and the young.Question 9: A good or service has value only because people want it. Value is an extrinsic quality wholly created in the minds of people and is not intrinsic in the property itself.According to this passage, it is correct to say that an object will be valuable if it is...

• beautiful.
• not plentiful.
• sought after.
• useful.

Answer:

C; The first sentence states that a good or service has value only because people want it.Question 10: The prevention of accidents makes practice test 3 necessary not only that safety devices be used to guard exposed machinery but also that mechanics be instructed in safety rules that they must follow for their own protection. The passage best supports the statement that industrial accidents...

• are always avoidable.
• may be due to ignorance.
• usually result from inadequate machinery.