List of practice Questions

The primary role of the media should be to inform the public rather than to entertain. Write a response in which you discuss your views on the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing this idea and explain how these consequences shape your position.

Governments should invest more in public transportation than in road infrastructure for private vehicles. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider multiple perspectives and provide examples.

True leadership is determined more by character than by intelligence. Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to address the most compelling reasons and/or examples that could be used to challenge your position.

A tank can be filled by Pipe A in 4 hours and by Pipe B in 6 hours. If both pipes are opened together, how long will it take to fill the tank?

The following data represent the scores of 7 students in a test: 12, 18, 22, 26, 30, 30, 32. What is the median of the scores?

Select the correct words to complete the passage: "While early astronomers believed that planets orbited the Earth, modern observations have _________ this theory, demonstrating that planets actually revolve around the Sun."

Educational institutions should actively encourage their students to choose fields of study that will prepare them for lucrative careers.
Write a response in which you discuss your views on the policy and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider the possible consequences of implementing the policy and explain how these consequences shape your position.

True innovation in any field is more often the result of collaboration than individual genius.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the claim. In developing and supporting your position, be sure to consider multiple perspectives and provide examples.

Although she was a highly accomplished scientist, her public lectures were often so _________ that even a well-educated audience struggled to understand her main points.

The novelist was known for her _________ prose, which, though admired by literary critics, often left casual readers confused and disengaged.

A shopkeeper buys a product for $120 and marks it up by 25%. He then gives a 10% discount on the marked price. What is his final selling price?

The following data represent the scores of 7 students in a test: 12, 18, 22, 26, 30, 30, 32. What is the median of the scores?

Technological advancements have done more to divide society than to unite it.
Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

If \(x^2 - 5x + 6<0\), then which of the following is a possible value of x?

A tank can be filled by Pipe A in 4 hours and by Pipe B in 6 hours. If both pipes are opened together, how long will it take to fill the tank?

The researchers ________ the data for three years before publishing their findings.

Which sentence correctly follows parallel structure?

Select the correct words to complete the passage: "While early astronomers believed that planets orbited the Earth, modern observations have ________ this theory, demonstrating that planets actually revolve around the Sun."

Working alone at its constant rate, machine A produces k liters of a chemical in 10 minutes. Working alone at its constant rate, machine B produces k liters of the chemical in 15 minutes. How many minutes does it take machines A and B, working simultaneously at their respective constant rates, to produce k liters of the chemical?

Which of the following could be the units digit of \(57^n\), where n is a positive integer?
Indicate {all such digits.}

Rectangle R has length 30 and width 10, and square S has length 5. The perimeter of S is what fraction of the perimeter of R?

Which of the following integers are multiples of both 2 and 3?
Indicate {all such integers.}

Each employee of a certain company is in either Department X or Department Y, and there are more than twice as many employees in Department X as in Department Y. The average (arithmetic mean) salary is $25,000 for the employees in Department X and $35,000 for the employees in Department Y. Which of the following amounts could be the average salary for all of the employees of the company?
Indicate {all such amounts.}