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The ACCUPLACER exam has 105 questions and runs 2 hours 30 minutes.
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Read the sentence below. The senator's remarks were measured, betraying none of the frustration her colleagues said she felt privately. As used in the sentence, "measured" most nearly means:
Correct answer: A - restrained
Read the passage below. Coastal towns have long relied on seawalls to hold back storm surge. But engineers in the Netherlands have begun doing something counterintuitive: deliberately breaching dikes to let water flood designated fields. The flooded land absorbs surge energy that would otherwise batter the barrier. Early results suggest this reduces peak water levels downstream more effectively than raising a seawall another meter. The author mentions the Dutch practice of breaching dikes primarily in order to:
Correct answer: B - introduce an alternative to conventional surge defense
Read the passage below. When public libraries began lending tools, seeds, and musical instruments, some critics called it mission drift. Circulation data suggests otherwise. Branches offering nontraditional lending report higher visit frequency across every category, including books. Patrons who come for a drill often leave with a novel. The lending of objects, it turns out, has become a pathway back to the lending of texts. Which choice best states the central idea of the passage?
Correct answer: A - Nontraditional lending has increased book circulation rather than displacing it.
Read the two passages below. Passage 1: Remote work has decoupled employment from geography. Workers no longer bound to a commute can choose a community based on cost, climate, or family - a freedom previous generations never had. Passage 2: The promise of location freedom assumes a worker whose job is portable and whose home has reliable broadband. For the roughly one-third of the workforce in hands-on occupations, and for households in underserved rural areas, remote work has changed nothing about where they must live. The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to the claim in Passage 1 by:
Correct answer: D - arguing that this freedom reaches a narrower group than implied
Read the passage below. Early studies suggested that the supplement improved memory in older adults. _____ larger trials that included control groups found no measurable effect. Which choice provides the most effective transition at the blank?
Correct answer: A - However,
Which choice best corrects the verb in the sentence below? The collection of manuscripts, along with several rare maps, are housed in the east wing.
Correct answer: B - is
A writer is drafting a paragraph explaining how urban tree canopy lowers summer street temperatures. The writer is considering deleting the following sentence: The city's parks department was established in 1897. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Correct answer: D - Deleted, because it does not support the paragraph's focus on temperature
Which choice best corrects the sentence below? Having reviewed the budget for three hours, the discrepancy finally became obvious to the auditor.
Correct answer: B - Having reviewed the budget for three hours, the auditor finally noticed the discrepancy.
What is 5/6 − 3/8?
Correct answer: C - 11/24
After a 20% discount, a jacket costs $68. What was the original price?
Correct answer: C - $85.00
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