Budgeting
PSAT
ETS
Questions from PSAT
Pop Culture
100

Define budget

A budget is simply a plan used to decide the amount of money that can be spent- and how it will be spent. A budget involves managing your money by tracking your income and your spending, and living within your means. 

100
What grade levels can you take the PSAT and what level do you need to take it by to qualify for the NMSQT?

9th-11th grade. Needs to be taken by the 11th grade to qualify for NMSQT.

100

Where is the ETS office located 

University of Guam, Calvo Field House 2nd Floor.

100

What is 10% of 470? 

A) 37

B) 47 

C) 423 

D) 460

B) 47

100

A museum in Paris will redo a celebrity wax figure due to backlash from the public. Who was that celebrity?

The Rock (Dwayne Johnson)

200

50% is to what, 30% is to what, & 20% is to what in budgeting rules. 

50% needs, 30% wants, & 20% savings

200

What does PSAT stand for?

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test

200

What are the dates for 9th and 10th grade student's ETS Winter Workshop?

9th grade: December 18 & 22

10th grade: December 19 & 22


200

In his 1963 exhibition Exposition of Music—Electronic Television, Korean American artist Nam June Paik showed how television images could be manipulated to express an artist’s perspective. Today, Paik _______ considered the first video artist. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? 

A) will be 

B) had been 

C) was 

D) is

D) is

200

Which celebrity recently released a Memoir titled "The Woman in Me?"

Britney Spears 

300

Name three tools we discussed we can use to keep track of our budget?

Pen & paper, online spreadsheets (Google sheets, Excel), and Apps (Mint, PocketGuard, Goodbudget).

300

Name the scholarship students qualify for if they take the PSAT by the end of their junior year. 

National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT)

300

Name 3 Nucleus courses offered by ETS.

Entrepreneurship, Coding & Robotics, Financial Literacy, Stocks, Cryptocurrency, Real Estate, Personal Finance, and Social Emotional Learning.

300

The function g is defined by g x x = + 9 2 ( ) . For which value of x is g(x) = 25 ? 

A) 4 

B) 5 

C) 9 

D) 13

A) 4

300

Who is the artist that has these lyrics, "And it's new, the shape of your body it's blue, the feeling I've got and it's ooh, whoah-oh, It's a cruel summer 

Taylor Swift

400

List four (4) fixed expenses. 

ETS Staff will decide if it is correct. 

400

How long is the testing time for the PSAT?

2 hours and 45 minutes

400

Name 2 online services ETS can provide to their students

Nucleus, PhotoStudy, Zoom Meetings (high school course planning, students' needs, ETS orientations)

400

Circle A has a radius of 3n and circle B has a radius of 129n, where n is a positive constant. The area of circle B is how many times the area of circle A? 

A) 43 

B) 86 

C) 129 

D) 1,849

D) 1,849

400

What is the TikTok dance trend that has gone viral from an artist from South Africa? 

Tyla's "Water" Dance

500

We covered six () financial responsibilities, name at least five (5) of those financial responsibilities. 

Categorize your expenses, fixed or flexible expenses, budget for each expense category, track your expenses, review your budget, and balance your budget. 

500

List the 4 of the 6 subjects covered in the PSAT. 

Algebra, Advanced Math, Problem Solving & Data Analysis, and Geometry & Trigonometry

500

Name the ETS Advisors and the grade level they service.

Ms. Bri 8th-9th grade

Ms. Mary 10th grade

Mr. Erickson 11th-12th grade

500

A printer produces posters at a constant rate of 42 posters per minute. At what rate, in posters per hour, does the printer produce the posters?

2,520

500

Based on this synopsis, what movie is this? "The main character is faced with an existential crisis while dealing with the societal pressures of the patriarchy?"

Barbie