WorksheetsPSAT 10 Practice Test #2 (1-11)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
forgetting
rejection
imitation
opinion
Shoppers can help keep money cycling within a community by making purchases at small local businesses instead of large retailers. Some cities are ________ programs to encourage this behavior, establishing reward points and other incentives for shopping at small businesses. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
instituting
occupying
underestimating
encountering
Economists often assert that countries looking to increase their reliance on solar energy should expand their capacity for storage; having an ample reserve of stored energy can mitigate the effects of solar energy collection caused by unpredictable shifts in cloud cover and haze. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
developments of
fluctuations in
calibrations with
incentives for
As discussed by scholar Anna Mladentseva, many artworks produced in the mid-1990s to the early 2000s exclusively for exhibition on the internet, such as Sinae Kim’s Genesis (2001), have become inaccessible because viewing them requires the use of ___ software (most notably Adobe Flash, discontinued in 2021). Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
defunct
arcane
ubiquitous
extraneous
As used in the text, what does the word “determine” most nearly mean?
Conclude
Dictate
Evaluate
Select
Which choice best states the purpose of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
It describes the effects of a process devised by researchers that increases the longevity of an object discussed in the text.
It details the circumstances that prompted the research discussed in the text.
It presents a reason why the phenomenon discussed in the text that the researchers wanted to avoid will inevitably occur.
It mentions a method discussed in the text that researchers intend to test in future experiments.
Which choice best states the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
It illustrates a change in Tule geese’s usual flight behavior.
It suggests an explanation for why Tule geese breed in Alaska.
It describes part of the Tule geese’s typical winter migration journey.
It compares Tule geese to other birds that migrate south for the winter.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
To discuss the benefits of studying mapmaking
To explain how travelers created maps
To describe a collection of medieval maps and how it was created
To compare medieval Arabic and Greek mapmaking techniques
Which choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
To describe a widely held belief and how a study’s results support that belief
To argue that researchers were surprised by the results of a certain study
To suggest ways to improve a certain study’s experimental design
To explain a study’s conclusion and how a research team arrived at that conclusion
According to the text, what is one way that Vargas differed from other ranchera singers?
She possessed a voice that was clear and polished.
She avoided singing songs written from a male point of view.
She disliked performing classic songs.
She altered classic songs by slowing them down.
Archaeologists have discovered a runestone in Norway that may contain the earliest example of written words in Scandinavia. Carbon dating at the discovery site revealed that the stone was likely carved between 1 and 250 CE. Runologist Kristel Zilmer believes the stone will be helpful in learning more about the use of runic alphabets in early Iron Age Scandinavia. Which choice best states the main topic of the text?
Battles of the Iron Age
A runestone found in Norway
A new method for dating rock samples
The research interests of Kristel Zilmer
