ASVAB PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION EXAM QUESTIONS

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ASVAB PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: According to Mark Twain, October is a particularly dangerous month to speculate in stock. Others include July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.What was Mark Twain's point?

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speculating in stocks is not a safe investment for your money

Question 2: Where is the organ of Corti located?

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the inner ear Question 3: 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 4: Weather radar is a great help to pilots in detecting thunderstorms . However pilots 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. Hail is somewhat porous and has an uneven structure, it tends to absorb 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

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its penetrable surface Question 5: The woman's flying training detachment was the brainchild of Jacqueline Cochran.Because of the overwhelming demand for qualified men to fly in combat during World War

• She was able to persuade the army to train women pilots to ferry military aircraft from

manufactures 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 2 was the

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unavailability of qualified men pilots Question 6: 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 7: 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 at approximately ten percent of crude oil consumption.The passage implies which of the following about the oil quota program?

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approximately ninety percent of crude oil needs were to be met domestically Question 8: 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 the 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 9: From Texas to Southern CA, 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 anticipate significant profits of this shallow rooted succulent. Removing cactus from state-owned land, however, is a felony, and if state lines are crossed, the 1900 Lacey Act makes this same crime a federal offense.From the passage, determine the sequence of events

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cactus popularity, transport of stolen cactus, cactus theft Question 10: 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 the 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 11: Your heart's mitral valve does an awfully big job. Letting blood from the left atrium of the heart into the left ventricle without losing a drop is one of the toughest tasks in the 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

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convince readers of the stress on the mitral valve