SAT College Board Practice Passage Test 5 Passage 4

Over the course of the passage, the main focus shifts from a discussion of an experiment and its results to

• an explanation of the practical application of the results
• a consideration of the questions prompted by the results
• an analysis of the defects undermining the results
• a conversation with a scientist who disputes the results

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

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The author of the passage suggests that crowds may be more effective at

• creating controversy than examining an issue in depth
• reinforcing members' ideas than challenging those ideas
• arriving at accurate quantitative answers than producing valid qualitative judgments 
• ranking others opinions than developing genuinely original positions

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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Which choice provides the best answer to the previous question?

• Line 9 ("Sometimes...you")
• Lines 11-14 ("Your...number")
• Lines 17-20 ("According...value)
• Lines 25-28 ("To test...opinions")

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which choice best supports the view of the "skeptics" (line 20) 

• Lines 55-58 ("Comments...reports")
• Lines 58-60 ("And...them")
• Lines 63-65 ("The ratings...them")
• Lines 76-79 ("He...manipulated")

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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Which action would best address a question Watts raises about the study?

• Providing fewer fake positive comments
• Using multiple websites to collect ratings
• Requiring users to register on the website before voting
• Informing users that voting data are being analyzed

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

As used in line 85, "boost" most nearly means

• increase
• accelerate
• promote
• protect

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CCSS.L.9-10.4A

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

As used in line 86,  "scale" most nearly means 

• level
• wage
• interval
• scheme

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CCSS.L.9-10.4A

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

In the figure, which category of news has an artificially up-voted mean score of 2.5?

• Business
• Politics
• Fun
• General news

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

According to the figure, which category of news showed the smallest difference in mean score between artificially up-voted comments and control comments?

• Culture and society
• information technology
• fun 
• general news

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

Data presented in the figure most directly supports which idea from the passage?

• The mean score of artificially down-voted comments is similar to that of the control 
• The patterns observed in the experiment suggest that people are suspicious of negative social influence
• The positive bias observed in users of the news site may not apply to human behavior in other contexts.
• The type of story being commented on has an impact on the degree to which people can be influenced

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

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