Unit 4 Test Practice

 Which of these is most strongly supported by Progress at Langley in the 1960s (Chapter 20)?

• Like other human computers, Dorothy Vaughan couldn’t keep up with the progress of technology.

•  During Dorothy Vaughan’s career at NASA, there was never an incorrect calculation made on a computing machine.

• During Vaughan’s time, computers were the most expensive machines ever produced.

• Dorothy Vaughan learned to harness the power of the machines that replaced her.

Which of these will be the main factor in determining the survival of the astronaut (Chapter 21, paragraphs 1-4)?

• Luck

•  the strength of the outer capsule

• the astronaut’s piloting ability

• math

Which of these is most strongly supported by Chapter 21’s America’s Astronaut (paragraphs 6-13)?

• The electronic computer worked more efficiently and accurately than the human computer, so John Glenn trusted the machine’s calculation.

•  The electronic computer stopped functioning just days before the planned launch of John Glenn’s mission.

• John Glenn didn’t trust the mathematicians to get him into orbit and back to Earth alive.

• John Glenn put his trust in human power over the power of a machine.

Which of these statements about the deaths of the astronauts is most strongly supported by Chapter 22 (The Next Generation, paragraphs 6-9)?

• The president posthumously awarded the astronauts the highest national honor.

• The accident helped put future astronauts on the moon.

• It was likely an incorrect calculation that was the main factor in the accident.

• NASA operations paused after the horrifying deaths.

Which of these is most strongly supported by Chapter 23 (paragraphs 1-3)?

• NASA was criticized for a lack of diversity.

• African Americans were proud of NASA’s Black mathematicians, but they still wanted Black astronauts in space.

• Americans knew that NASA was at the cutting edge of aerospace and promoting diversity.

• Funding for NASA would be cut in half in the decades following the missions to the moon.

"She had great faith in her abilities."

Definitions:

A) complete trust or confidence in someone or something.

B) strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.

• Definition A best helps the reader understand the meaning of faith in this sentence.

• Definition B best helps the reader understand the meaning of faith in this sentence.

• Both definitions best help the reader understand the meaning of faith in this sentence.

• The word is not used as an noun in the sentence, so neither definition is helpful

Katherine Johnson was a computer engineer. Which sentence from

the book support this portrayal?

• Years later, Katherine would say that working on the math that coordinated the orbiting of Apollo Command was the highlight of her career.

• For Katherine, doing her job meant quietly sharing the joy when missions went well.

• Katherine Johnson had confidence.

• Katherine Johnson programmed the computers at Langley to figure out the moon landing location.

Most biographies, stories of people's lives, are written in the informational text structure of order/sequence. Why is this?

• To clearly show the beginning to the end of their life and important dates.

• To compare the beginning of their life with their ending achievement.

• To celebrate one clear event in their life.

• To show a problem they had to resolve within their life.

"Before the advent of computers and modern technology, people communicating over long distances used traditional means such as letters and the telephone. Nowadays we have a vast array of communication tools which can complete this task, ranging from email to instant messaging and video calls. While the present and previous means of communication are similar in their general form, they differ in regard to their speed and the range of tools available."

What does the organizational pattern of this paragraph help the author to compare?

• The different ways a person can commicate.

• The differences between old and modern communication.

• Why computers are hurting modern communication.

• The benefits of writing a letter by hand.

"Many people loved the flexibility of the of the program. It allowed them to change their minds."

What word in this sentence helps us understand the term 'flexibility'.

• Loved

• Program

• Allowed

• Change