Question 1

Choose the sentence that most closely matches the requirements of standard written English; i.e., pay

attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation.

Scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans, which are realistically depicted in the paintings of

Henry Ossawa Tanner.

A. Scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans, which are realistically depicted in the

paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner.

B. Scenes from the everyday lives of African Americans being realistically depicted in the paintings

of Henry Ossawa Tanner.

C. The paintings of Henry Ossawa Tanner realistically depict scenes from the everyday lives of

African Americans.

D. Henry Ossawa Tanner, in his realistic paintings, depicting scenes from the everyday lives of

African Americans.

Answer: C

Question 2

Choose the sentence that most closely matches the requirements of standard written English; i.e., pay

attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation.

Looking up from the base of the mountain, the trail seemed more treacherous than it really was.

A. While looking up

B. By looking up

C. Viewing

D. Viewed

Answer: D

Question 3:

Fill in the blanks:

Because King Philip's desire to make Spain the dominant power in sixteenth-century Europe ran counter

to Queen Elizabeth's insistence on autonomy for England, ------- was -------.

A. reconciliation . . assured

B. warfare . . avoidable

C. ruination . . impossible

D. conflict . . inevitable

Answer: D

Question 1

A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory.

There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in

the lottery 3 times; each junior's name, 2 times; and each sophomore's name, 1 time. What is the

probability that a senior's name will be chosen?

A. 1/8 B. 2/9 C. 2/7 D. 3/8

Answer: D

Question 2

The projected sales volume of a video game cartridge is given by the function ( )

where s is the

number of cartridges sold, in thousands; p is the price per cartridge, in dollars; and a is a constant. If

according to the projections, 100,000 cartridges are sold at $10 per cartridge, how many cartridges will

be sold at $20 per cartridge?

A. 20,000

B. 50,000

C. 60,000

D. 150,000

Answer: C

Question 3

The table above shows the temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, in a city in Hawaii over a one-week

period. If m represents the median temperature, f represents the temperature that occurs most often,

and a represents the average (arithmetic mean) of the seven temperatures, which of the following is the

correct order of m, f, and a?

A. a

B. businesses today do not understand their employees needs.

C. employees social values have changed over the past ten years.

D. career advancement is not important to today's business managers.

Answer: C

Question 3

Artist is to painting as senator is to:

A. attorney

B. law

C. politician

D. constituents

Answer: B