ASVAB review

1. An important stage of personal time management is to take control of appointments. Determined by external obligation, appointments constitute interaction with other people and an agreed-on interface between your activities and those of others. Start with a simple appointment diary. List all appointments, including regular and recurring ones. Now, be ruthless and eliminate the unnecessary. There may be committees where you can’t productively contribute or where a subordinate may be able to participate. Eliminate the waste of your time.

1. Effectively managing your appointments allows you to

• spend more time with your subordinates.

• delegate responsibility to subordinates.

• make more efficient use of your time.

• attend only the most important meetings.

2. The U.S. Congress consists of 100 senators and 435 representatives. Two senators are elected from each state. The number of representatives from each state is based on population, although each state has at least one representative. Senators serve six-year terms, and representatives serve two-year terms.

2. According to this passage,

• there are equal numbers of senators and representatives.

• the number of representatives from each state is decided by a lottery.

• it's possible for a state to have no representatives.

• senators and representatives have different term lengths.

Answer explanation

The passage gives the numbers of senators and representatives, so Choice (A) is incorrect. The passage states that each state’s population determines the number of representatives a state has, so Choice (B) is incorrect. As the passage states, each state has at least one representative, so Choice (C) is incorrect.

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6. Cloud seeding is accomplished by dropping particles of dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) from a plane onto super-cooled clouds. This process encourages condensation of water droplets in the clouds, which usually, but not always, results in rain or snow.

6.. From this passage, it's reasonable to assume that

• cloud seeding could be used to end a drought.

• cloud seeding is prohibitively expensive.

• cloud seeding is rarely used.

• cloud seeding can be accomplished by using regular ice.

Answer explanation

The passage specifies that dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) is used; regular ice (solid water) is a different substance, so Choice (D) is wrong.

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13. Due process, the guarantee of fairness in the administration of justice, is part of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment further requires states to abide by due process. After this amendment was enacted, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many state laws that infringed on the civil rights guaranteed to citizens in the Bill of Rights.

13. According to the above passage, due process

• is an outdated concept.

• guarantees fairness in the justice system.

• never became part of the U.S. Constitution.

• is the process by which winning lottery tickets are selected.

Answer explanation

Nothing in the paragraph supports Choice (A), which is incorrect. When an amendment is passed, it becomes part of the Constitution, so Choice (C) is incorrect. The passage doesn’t support Choice (D), because the passage doesn’t mention anything related to lottery tickets. The passage defines due process as “ the guarantee of fairness in the administration of justice,” so (B) is correct

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14. Due process, the guarantee of fairness in the administration of justice, is part of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment further requires states to abide by due process. After this amendment was enacted, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many state laws that infringed on the civil rights guaranteed to citizens in the Bill of Rights.

14. According to the above passage, it’s reasonable to assume that the 5th Amendment

• (A) is about taxes.

• (B) guarantees due process in all criminal and civil cases

• C) guarantees due process in federal law

• (D) should never have become part of the Bill of Rights

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15. Due process, the guarantee of fairness in the administration of justice, is part of the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment further requires states to abide by due process. After this amendment was enacted, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down many state laws that infringed on the civil rights guaranteed to citizens in the Bill of Rights.

15. The author of the above passage would agree that

• (A) without the passage of the 14th Amendment, many laws restricting civil rights would still exist in various states.

• (B) the Supreme Court overstepped its jurisdiction when it struck down laws infringing on citizens’ civil rights.

• (C) the Supreme Court had every right to strike down state laws before the passage of the 14th Amendment.

• (D) the 14th Amendment was opposed by all states.

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11. High school and college graduates attempting to find jobs should participate in mock job interviews. These mock interviews help students prepare for the types of questions they’ll be asked, make them more comfortable with common interview formats, and help them critique their performance before facing a real interviewer. Because they’re such a valuable aid, schools should organize mock job interviews for all of their graduating students.

11. The above passage states that mock job interviews

• (A) frighten the students.

• (A) should be offered to the best students.

• (C) help prepare students for real job interviews.

• (D) should be organized by students.

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12. High school and college graduates attempting to find jobs should participate in mock job interviews. These mock interviews help students prepare for the types of questions they’ll be asked, make them more comfortable with common interview formats, and help them critique their performance before facing a real interviewer. Because they’re such a valuable aid, schools should organize mock job interviews for all of their graduating students.

12. From the above passage, it is reasonable to assume that

• (A) mock interviews can increase a student’s confidence when he or she goes into a real job interview.

• (B) mock interviews are expensive to organize.

• (C) few students are interested in mock interviews.

• (D) students don’t need job interview preparation.

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3. Indo-European languages consist of those languages spoken by most of Europe and in those parts of the world that Europeans have colonized since the 16th century (such as the United States). Indo-European languages are also spoken in India, Iran, parts of western Afghanistan, and in some areas of Asia.

3. The author of this passage would agree that

• (A) Indo-European languages are spoken in areas all over the world.

• (B) Indo-European languages include all the languages spoken in the world

• (C) only Europeans speak Indo-European languages

• (D) Indo-European language speakers can easily understand one another.

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4. In privatization, the government relies on the private sector to provide a service. However, the government divests itself of the entire process, including all assets. With privatized functions, the government may specify quality, quantity, and timeliness requirements, but it has no control over the operations of the activity. Also, the government may not be the only customer. Whoever the government chooses to provide the services would likely provide the same services to others

4. This paragraph best supports the statement that

• (A) the government must closely supervise privatized functions.

• (B) privatized functions consist of a mixture of government employees, military personnel, and private contractors.

• (C) privatized functions are those institutions that provide services only to a government agency

• (D) privatized functions provide essential services to the government.

Answer explanation

Privatized functions operate independently of the government, making Choices (A) and (B) incorrect. The passage states that privatized functions may sell goods and services to other customers as well as the government, so Choice (C) is a

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