PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION ASVAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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PARAGRAPH COMPREHENSION (ASVAB) EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Many experiments on the efforts of alcohol consumption show that alcohol decreases alertness and efficiency. It decreases self-consciousness and at the same time increases confidence and feelings of ease and relaxation. It impairs attention and judgement. It destroys fear of consequences. Usual cautions are thrown to the winds.Drivers who use alcohol tend to disregard their usual safety practices. Their reaction time slows down; normally quick reactions are not possible for them. They cannot judge the speed of their car or any other car. They become highway menaces.QUESTION: It is reasonable to assume that drivers many overcome the bad effects of drinking by

• relying on their good driving habits to a greater extent than normally
• waiting for the alcohol to wear off before driving
• watching the road more carefully
• being more cautious

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ANSWER: (B) Drinking alcohol causes harmful effects of the driver. The implication is that these effects do not last forever but wear off in time.Question 2: Both the high school and the college should take responsibility for preparing the student to get a job. Because the ability to write a good application letter is one of the first steps toward this goal, every teacher should be willing to do what he or she can to help the student learn to write such letters.

QUESTION: The paragraph best supports the statement that

• inability to write a good letter often reduces one's job prospects
• the major responsibility of the school is to obtain jobs for its students
• success is largely a matter of the kind of every work the student applies for first
• every teacher should teach a course in the writing of application letters

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ANSWER: (A) Step one in job application process is often the application letter. If the letter is not effective, the applicant will not move on to the next step, and job prospects will be greatly lessened.Question 3: ANSWER: (D) this question is not in the book

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" - Eleanor Roosevelt

QUESTION: What did Eleanor Roosevelt mean?

• Other have power over our feelings if we allow it

• No one should allow others power over one's own feelings

• Allow everyone the power to feel the way others feel

• You have the power over the feelings of others

Question 4: Few drivers realized that steel is used to keep the road surface flat despite the weight of buses and trucks. Steel bars, deeply embedded in the concrete, are sinews to take the stresses so that the stresses cannot crack the slab or make it wavy.

QUESTION: The passage best supports the statement that a concrete road

• is expensive to build
• usually cracks under heavy weights
• looks like any other road
• is reinforced with other material

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ANSWER: (D) The first three options are not supported by the passage. The second sentence in the passage states that steel bars, deeply embedded in the concrete, are sinews (a source of strength) to take the stresses.

Question 5: ANSWER: (C) this question is not in the book

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Elephants produce a huge amount of dung every day. Since elephant only digest 45% of their food, and the waste product is mostly fiber, elephant dung can easily be made into paper. Amazingly, and elephant can generate enough dung to make 115 of paper everyday.

QUESTION: According to the paragraph, elephant dung is?

• Serviceable

• Negligible

• Essential

• Indispensable

Question 6: In large organizations, some standardized, simple, inexpensive method of giving employees information about company policies and rules, as well as specific instructions regarding their duties is practically essential. This is the purpose of all office manuals of whatever type.

QUESTION: The paragraph best supports the statement that office manuals

• are all about the same
• should be simple enough for the average employee to understand
• are necessary to large organizations
• act as constant reminders to the employee of his or her duties

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ANSWER: (C) The passage states that office manuals are a necessity in large organizations Question 7: Arsonists are persons who set fires deliberately. They don't look like criminals, but they cost the nation millions of dollars in property loss and sometimes loss of life. Arsonists set fires for many different reasons. Sometimes a shopkeeper sees no way out if losing his business and sets fire to it to collect the insurance. Another type of arsonist wants revenge and sets fire to the home or shop of someone he feels has treated him unfairly. Some arsonists just like the excitement of seeing the fire burn and watching the firefighters at work; arsonists of this type have even been known to help fight the fire.

QUESTION: According to the previous passage, an arsonists is a person who

• Intentionally sets a fire
• enjoys watching fires

• wants revenge
• needs money

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Richard James, inventor and naval engineer, wanted to create a spring to help stabilize equipment on boats in rough waters. The springs ability to move seemingly on its own ended up being more interesting for play than its intended use becoming the prototype for the slinky in 1943.

QUSTION: The author implies all of the following EXCEPT?

• The slinky was accidentally inspired before being developed as a toy.

• The first slinky prototype was invented in 1943

• The first slinky prototype was originally meant to be used on boats

• The slinky is also used to help stabilize boat equipment in rough waters.

Question 8: Blood pressure, the force that blood exerts against the walls of vessels through which it flows, is commonly meant to be the pressure in the arteries. The pressure in the arteries varies with the contraction (work period) and the relaxation (rest period) of the heart.When the heart contracts, the blood in the arteries is at its greatest, or systolic, pressure. When the heart relaxes, the blood in the arteries is at is lowest, or diastolic, pressure. The difference between theses pressures is called the pulse pressure.QUESTION: According to the passage, which one of the following statements is most accurate?

• The blood in the arteries is at its greatest pressure during contraction.
• Systolic pressure measures the blood in the arteries when the heart is relaxed.
• The difference between systolic and diastolic pressure determines the blood pressure.
• Pulse pressure is the same as blood pressure

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ANSWER: (A) The third sentence in the passage states that when the heart contracts , the blood in the arteries is at its greatest pressure.Question 9: The X-ray has gone into business. Developed primarily to aid in diagnosing human ills, the machine now works in packing plants, foundries, and service stations and in a dozen ways contributes to precision and accuracy in industry.

QUESTION: The X- ray

• was first developed to aid business