Assessing Your College Readiness

What is the SAT?

• an exam to get a job

• an exam to get into military

• an exam to get into college

• an exam to get into high school

Which of the following statement is true about the difference between the SAT and ACT?

• Unlike the SAT, ACT deducts scores for wrong answers.

• The SAT has a science section, which is missing in the ACT.

• Unlike the ACT, the SAT has an optional essay writing section.

• The ACT questions are easier to understand than the SAT questions.

Mona is taking the ASVAB exam. In which section will she find the following question?

There are 110 males and 50 females working at a company. What percentage of the company’s workforce is male?

• Electronics Information

• Word Knowledge

• Arithmetic Reasoning

• General Science

Which of the following assessments uses computer-adaptive technology to provide questions?

• ACCUPLACER

• ACT

• SAT

• ASVAB

Joshua is taking the ACT. He is reading a passage about monarch butterflies. After the passage are three hypotheses by some researchers. The questions that follow them are about the hypotheses. Which section is he completing?

• Reading

• Science Reasoning

• English

• Mathematics

Which two sections does the ACCUPLACER exam include?

• Shop Information

• Sentence Skills

• ESL—Listening

• Critical Reading

• World Knowledge

Jason is preparing for the SAT. Which two types of questions should he practice to score well in the Critical Reading section?

• improving passages

• improving sentences

• sentence completion

• identifying grammar errors

• passage based reading

Select the true statement about the ACT exam.

• The ACT is a high school entrance exam. It is similar to the ASVAB examination. It consists of four main sections: English, Mathematics,

  Electronics Information, and Science Reasoning.

• The ACT is a college entrance exam. It is similar to the

  ACCUPLACER examination. It consists of four main sections: English, Mathematics, Assembling Objects, and Science Reasoning.

• The ACT is a college entrance exam. It is similar to the SAT examination. It consists of four main sections: English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science Reasoning.

• The ACT is a college

  entrance exam. It is similar to the SAT examination. It consists of four main sections: English, Mathematics,

  Assembling Objects, and Science Reasoning.

The __________ is a multiple choice examination that evaluates the skills of the applicants for enlistment in the US military.

• Accuplacer

• NFQT

• ASVAB

• SAT