Verbal
Synonym — Which word means most nearly the same as ABUNDANT?
(A) Scarce (B) Plentiful (C) Modern (D) Hidden
What is (B) Plentiful
Quantitative:
What number comes next in the Roman numeral sequence:
(A) XVIII
(B) XX
(C) XXII
(D) XXIV
What is (B) XX
Vocabulary in Context — In the phrase "The rain was relentless, pounding on the roof without pause for hours," what does relentless mean?
(A) Gentle (B) Unceasing (C) Silent (D) Welcome
What is (B) unceasing.
Basic Operations — Solve:
144 / 12 + (5 X 3)
(A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 36 (D) 51
What is B) 27.
12 + 15
Capitalization — Identify the word that needs capitalization: "Last tuesday, we visited museum in Chicago."
(A) tuesday (B) museum (C) visited (D) in
What is (A) tuesday.
Antonym — Which word is the exact opposite of DILIGENT?
(A) Lazy (B) Careful (C) Quick (D) Clever
What is (A) Lazy
Geometric Comparison — Square A has a side length of 4cm. Square B has a side length of 8cm. How many times greater is the area of Square B than Square A?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
What is (B) 4
Main Idea — Read: "Honeybees transfer pollen between flowers while gathering nectar. Without this process, many fruits and vegetables could not reproduce." What is the main idea?
(A) Honeybees make delicious honey.
(B) Bees are essential for plant pollination.
(C) Flowers produce pollen.
(D) Fruits grow on plants.
What is (B) Bees are essential for plant pollination.
Fractions/Percentages — Convert 3/5 into a percentage.
(A) 35% (B) 50% (C) 60% (D) 75%
Punctuation — Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
(A) I brought apples bananas and oranges.
(B) I brought apples, bananas, and oranges.
(C) I brought apples, bananas and, oranges.
(D) I brought, apples, bananas, and oranges.
What is (B) I brought apples, bananas, and oranges.
Analogy — Bark is to Tree as Peel is to ____.
(A) Core (B) Apple (C) Slice (D) Juice
What is (B) Apple
(Bark is the outer layer of a tree; peel is the outer layer of an apple)
Sequence: What are the next 2 numbers in the sequence
2,3,5,8,12,17__, __
A) 23, 29
B) 22, 28
C) 11, 4
D) 23, 30
What is D) 23, 30
Inference — Read: "Maria grabbed her umbrella and pulled her rain coat tight as the gray clouds gathered above." What can you infer?
(A) Maria is going swimming.
(B) It is about to rain.
(C) It is a sunny morning.
(D) Maria lost her shoes.
What is (B) It is about to rain.
Algebraic Expressions — Solve for x: 4x - 7 = 21
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 9
What is (A) 7.
Subject-Verb Agreement — Choose the correct verb: "Neither of the girls ____ present at the meeting."
(A) were (B) are (C) was (D) stay
What is (C) was.
Neither- is a singular indefinite pronoun and takes a singular verb.
Classification: Which word does not belong with the others?
(A) Benevolent (B) Compassionate (C) Malicious (D) Generous)
What is (C) Malicious
Computation: What number is 6 more than 15% of 80?
A) 10
B) 18
C) 21
D) 46
What is (B) 18
Vocabulary: an amassed fortune
A) extra
B) necessary
C) collected
D) small
What is C) collected
Geometry (Perimeter/Area) — A rectangle has a perimeter of 36cm and a length of 10cm. What is its width?
(A) 8 cm (B) 10 cm (C) 16 cm (D) 26 cm
Spelling: Which of the following words is spelled incorrectly?
(A) Accommodate
(B) Receive
(C) Definitely
(D) Seperate
What is (D) seperate.
Separate
Logic: Karla's diamond is bigger than Kim's diamond.
Colleen's diamond is bigger than Kim's diamond.
Colleen's diamond is bigger than Karla's diamond.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is:
(A) True
(B) False
(C) Uncertain
What is (C) Uncertain
Explanation:
Statement 1: Karla > Kim
Statement 2: Colleen > Kim
Both Karla and Colleen have diamonds larger than Kim's, but the statements give no direct comparison between Karla and Colleen. Colleen's diamond could be larger than Karla's, smaller than Karla's, or equal in size to Karla's—all while still being larger than Kim's.
Because we do not have enough information to determine whether Colleen's diamond is bigger than Karla's, the third statement is uncertain.
Quantitative Comparison — Compare Value A and Value B:
Value A: 3/4 of 80
Value B: 60% of 110
(A) Value A is greater (B) Value B is greater (C) Values are equal (D) Cannot be determined)
What is (B) Value B is greater (Value A = 60, Value B = 66)
A) bad
B) beneficial
C) liquid
D) secretive
What is B) beneficial
Lucrative means to produce profit.
Word Problem / Rates — A train travels at a constant speed of 60mph. How long will it take to travel 210 miles?
(A) 3 hours (B) 4.5 hours (C) 4 hours (D) 3.5 hours
What is (D) 3.5 hours.
Sentence Structure / Errors — Identify the sentence error: "Running down the street, my hat fell off."
(A) Run-on sentence
(B) Dangling modifier
(C) Fragment
(D) Incorrect tense
What is (B) dangling modifier.
The introductory phrase implies the hat was running down the street. Correction: "As I was running down the street, my hat fell off."