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26. A pump installed on a well can pump at a maxi- mum rate of 100 gallons per minute. If the pump runs at 50% of its maximum rate for six hours a day, how much water is pumped in one day? a. 3.00 ϫ 10 2 gallons b. 1.80 ϫ 10 4 gallons c. 3.60 ϫ 10 2 gallons d. 7.20 ϫ 10 2 gallons 27. It costs $0.75 each to make color copies at a copy center. At this price, how many copies can be purchased with $60.00? a. 45 b. 60 c. 75 d. 80 Question 28 is based on the following diagram. DISTANCE TRAVELED FROM CHICAGO WITH RESPECT TO TIME TIME DISTANCE FROM (HOURS) CHICAGO (MILES) 160 2 120 3 180 4 240 28. A train moving at a constant speed leaves Chicago for Los Angeles at time t = 0. If Los Angeles is 2,000 miles from Chicago, which of the following equations describes the distance from Los Angeles at any time t? a. D(t) = 60t – 2,000 b. D(t) = 60t c. D(t) = 2,000 – 60t d. D(t) = –2,000 – 60t Use the table below to answer question 29. 29. According to the table, what is the starting time of period 3 and the ending time of period 8, respectively? a. 9:24, 1:43 b. 9:23, 1:44 c. 9:29, 1:59 d. 9:23, 1:43 e. 9:24, 1:44 30. Anne has two containers for water: a rectangular plastic box with a base of 16 square inches, and a cylindrical container with a radius of 2 inches and a height of 11 inches. If the rectangular box is filled with water 9 inches from the bottom, and Anne pours the water into the cylinder without spilling, which of the following will be true? a. The cylinder will overflow. b. The cylinder will be exactly full. c. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate level of 10 inches. d. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate level of 8 inches. Period Start Time End Time 1 7:55 8:35 2 8:39 9:19 3 10:03 4 10:07 10:47 5 10:51 11:31 6 11:35 12:15 7 12:19 12:59 8 1:03 9 1:47 2:27 Class Time Schedule – THEA PRACTICE EXAM 2– 215 31. Roger, Lucia, Mike, and Samantha are cousins. They all practice unique sports: One enjoys ski- ing, one enjoys fishing, one enjoys tennis, and one enjoys volleyball. I. The cousin who fishes is female. II. Roger and Lucia dislike sports with balls. III. Samantha is older than the cousin who fishes. Who likes to fish? a. Roger b. Mike c. Samantha d. Lucia 32. A triangle has sides that are consecutive even integers. The perimeter of the triangle is 24 inches. What is the length of the shortest side? a. 10 inches b. 8 inches c. 6 inches d. 4 inches 33. Use the pattern below to answer the question that follows. Z26 X23 V20 T17 ____ What is the next set in the sequence? a. R15 b. Q15 c. Q14 d. R14 34. Jamal drives 15 miles round trip to work on weekdays. On weekends, he drives an average of 20 miles per day. If Jamal gets 25 miles per gal- lon, and buys gas in whole gallon increments, how many gallons of gas does he have to buy in a week? a. 3 gallons b. 4 gallons c. 5 gallons d. 6 gallons 35. The Senior High School Band is washing cars to earn money. It takes three students 5 minutes to wash a car, 7 minutes to wash a truck, and 10 minutes to wash a van. If they charge $3.00 for a car, $4.00 for a truck, and $5.00 for a van, which vehicle will earn the band the most money for the time spent working? a. Cars b. Truc ks c. Van s d. There is no difference in the amount of money earned per time worked. 36. The length of a rectangle is equal to 4 inches more than twice the width. Three times the length plus two times the width is equal to 28 inches. What is the area of the rectangle? a. 8 square inches b. 16 square inches c. 24 square inches d. 28 square inches 37. A gardener on a large estate determines that the length of garden hose needed to reach from the water spigot to a particular patch of prize- winning dragonsnaps is 175 feet. If the available garden hoses are 45 feet long, how many sections of hose, when connected together, will it take to reach the dragonsnaps? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 38. Which number sentence is true? a. 4.3 < 0.43 b. 0.43 < 0.043 c. 0.043 > 0.0043 d. 0.0043 > 0.043 – THEA PRACTICE EXAM 2– 216 39. Which of the following means 5n + 7 = 17? a. 7 more than 5 times a number is 17 b. 5 more than 7 times a number is 17 c. 7 less than 5 times a number is 17 d. 12 times a number is 17 40. Which of these is equivalent to 35° C? F = ᎏ 9 5 ᎏ C + 32 a. 105° F b. 95° F c. 63° F d. 19° F 41. What is the value of y when x = 3 and y = 5 + 4x? a. 6 b. 9 c. 12 d. 17 42. The radius of a circle is 13. What is the approxi- mate area of the circle? a. 81.64 units squared b. 530.66 units squared c. 1,666.27 units squared d. 169 units squared 43. What is the volume of a pyramid that has a rec- tangular base 5 feet by 3 feet and a height of 8 feet? (V = ᎏ 1 3 ᎏ lwh) a. 16 feet b. 30 feet c. 40 feet d. 80 feet 44. Which of these angle measures form a right triangle? a. 45°, 50°, 85° b. 40°, 40°, 100° c. 40°, 50°, 90° d. 20°, 30°, 130° 45. What is another way to write 3͙12 ෆ ? a. 12͙3 ෆ b. 6͙3 ෆ c. 2͙10 ෆ d. 18 46. Third grade student Stephanie goes to the school nurse’s office, where her temperature is found to be 98° Fahrenheit. What is her temperature in degrees Celsius? C = ᎏ 5 9 ᎏ (F – 32) a. 35.8° C b. 36.7° C c. 37.6° C d. 31.1° C 47. Plattville is 80 miles west and 60 miles north of Quincy. How long is a direct route from Plattville to Quincy? a. 100 miles b. 110 miles c. 120 miles d. 140 miles 48. Each sprinkler head in a sprinkler system sprays water at an average of 16 gallons per minute. If 5 sprinkler heads are flowing at the same time, how many gallons of water will be released in 10 minutes? a. 80 b. 60 c. 320 d. 800 – THEA PRACTICE EXAM 2– 217  Section 3: Writing (Part A— Multiple-Choice) Questions 1–3 are based on the following passage. (1) Augustus Saint-Gaudens was born March 1, 1848, in Dublin, Ireland, to Bernard Saint-Gaudens, a French shoemaker, and Mary McGuinness, his Irish wife. (2) Six months later, the family immi- grated to New York City, where Augustus grew up. (3) Upon completion of school at age thirteen, he expressed strong interest in art as a career so his father apprenticed him to a cameo cutter. (4) While working days at his cameo lathe, Augustus also took art classes at the Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. (5) At 19, his apprenticeship completed, Augustus traveled to Paris where he studied under Francois Jouffry at the renown Ecole des Beaux- Arts. (6) In 1870, he left Paris for Rome, where for the next five years, he st udies classical art and archi- tecture, and worked on his first commissions. (7) In 1876, he received his first major commission—a monument to Civil War Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. (8) Unveiled in New York’s Madison Square in 1881, the monument was a tremendous success; its combination of realism and allegory was a departure from previous American sculpture. (9) Saint-Gaudens’ fame grew, and other commissions were quickly forthcoming. 1. Which of the following numbered parts requires a comma to separate two independent clauses? a. Part 9 b. Part 3 c. Part 7 d. Part 1 2. Which of the following words should replace the underlined word in Part 6? a. studied b. will study c. had been studying d. would have studied 3. Which of the following changes needs to be made to the passage? a. Part 2: Change where to when. b. Part 5: Change renown to renowned. c. Part 8: Change its to it’s. d. Part 3: Change expressed to impressed. Questions 4–6 are based on the following passage. (1) Everglades National Park is the largest remaining sub-tropical wilderness in the continental United States. (2) It is home to abundant wildlife; including alligators, crocodiles, manatees, and Florida pan- thers. (3) The climate of the Everglades are mild and pleasant from December through April, though rare cold fronts may create near freezing conditions. (4) Summers are hot and humid; in summer, the temperatures often soar to around 90 degrees and the humidity climbs to over 90 percent. (5) After- noon thunderstorms are common, and mosquitoes are abundant. (6) If you visit the Everglades, wear comfortable sportswear in winter; loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants, and insect repellent are recommended in the summer. (7) Walking and canoe trails, boat tours, and tram tours are excellent for viewing wildlife, includ- ing alligators and a multitude of tropical and tem- perate birds. (8) Camping, whether in the back country or at established campgrounds, offers the opportunity to enjoy what the park offers firsthand. (9) Year-round, ranger-led activities may help you to enjoy your visit even more; such activities are offered throughout the park in all seasons. – THEA PRACTICE EXAM 2– 218 4. Which of the following numbered parts contains a nonstandard use of a semicolon? a. Part 6 b. Part 2 c. Part 9 d. Part 4 5. Which of the following numbered parts needs to be revised to reduce unnecessary repetition? a. Part 4 b. Part 6 c. Part 9 d. Part 8 6. Which of the following changes is needed in the passage? a. Part 6: Remove the comma after Everglades. b. Part 2: Change It is to Its. c. Part 8: Remove the comma after campgrounds. d. Part 3: Change are to is. Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following passage. (1) On January 1, 1998, the Food and Drug Admin- istration (FDA) announced that lower-fat milk products had to follow the same set of criteria as most other foods labeled “low fat.” (2) This meant that such products as 2-percent milk, which contain about 5 grams of fat per serving, could no longer be labeled “low fat” because the fat content was more than 3 grams per serving, the upper limit permitted in food products labeled “low fat.” (3) The Surgeon General advised that low-fat and high-fiber diets help to improve the health of Americans and reduce medical costs to the country. (4) The FDA judged that the designation “2-percent fat” on reduced fat milk products was causing consumers to imply that such products were actually low in fat content. 7. Which of the following numbered parts is least relevant to the passage? a. Part 4 b. Part 1 c. Part 3 d. Part 2 8. Which of the following changes needs to be made to the passage? a. Part 4: Change imply to infer. b. Part 2: Change contain to containing. c. Part 1: Change criteria to criterion. d. Part 4: Change designation to assignation. Questions 9–11 are based on the following passage. (1) Being able to type good is no longer a require- ment limited to secretaries and novelists; thanks to the computer, anyone who wants to enter the work- ing world needs to be a ccustomed to a keyboard. (2) Just knowing your way around a keyboard does not mean that you can use one efficiently, though; while you may have progressed beyond the “hunt-and- peck” method, you may never have learned to type quickly and accurately. (3) Doing so is a skill that will not only ensure that you pass a typing p roficiency exam, but one that is essential if you want to advance your career in any number of fields. (4) This chap- ter ass ures that you are familiar enough with a stan- dard keyboard to be able to use it without looking at the keys, which is the first step in learning to type, and that you are aware of the proper fi ngering. (5) The following information will help you to increase your speed and accuracy and to do our best when being tested on timed writing passages. 9. Which of the following numbered parts contains a nonstandard use of a modifier? a. Part 5 b. Part 2 c. Part 3 d. Part 1 – THEA PRACTICE EXAM 2– 219 10. Which of the following words, underlined in the passage, is misused in its context? a. assures b. proficiency c. fingering d. accustomed 11. Which of the following changes needs to be made in the passage? a. Part 3: Remove the comma after exam. b. Part 4: Insert a colon after that. c. Part 1: Change needs to needed. d. Part 5: Change our to your. Questions 12 and 13 are based on the following passage. (1) None of us knew my Uncle Elmer, not even my mother (he would have been ten years older than she) we had pictures of him in an ancient family album, a solemn, spindly baby, dressed in a white muslin shirt, ready for bed, or in a sailor suit, hold- ing a little drum. (2) In one photograph, he stands in front of a tall chiffonier, which looms behind him, massive and shadowy, like one of the Fates in a greek play. (3) There weren’t many such pictures, because photographs weren’t easy to come by in those days, and in the ones we did have, my uncle had a formal posed look, as if, even then, he knew he was bound for some unique destiny. (4) It was the summer I turned thirteen that I found out what happened to him, the summer Sister Mattie Fisher, one of Grandma’s evangelist friends, paid us a visit, sweeping in like a cleansing wind and telling the truth. 12. Which of the following changes needs to be made to the above passage? a. Part 4: Change friends to friend’s. b. Part 4: Change Sister to sister. c. Part 2: Change greek to Greek. d. Part 3: Change uncle to Uncle. 13. Which of the following numbered parts contains a nonstandard sentence? a. Part 3 b. Part 4 c. Part 1 d. Part 2 Questions 14–16 are based on the following passage. (1) O’Connell Street is the main thoroughfare of Dublin City. (2) Although it is not a particularly long street Dubliners will tell the visitor proudly that it is the widest street in all of Europe. (3) This claim usually meets with protests, especially from French tourists who claim the Champs Elysees of Paris as Europe’s widest street. (4) But the witty Dubliner will not e nsign bragging rights easily and will trump the French visitor with a fine distinc- tion: the Champs Elysees is the widest boulevard, but O’Connell is the widest street. (5) Divided by several important monuments running the length of its center, the street is named for Daniel O’Connell, an Irish patriot. (6) An impressive monument to him towers over the entrance of lower O’Connell Street and overlooking the Liffey River. (7) O’Connell stands high above the unhurried crowds of shoppers, business people, and students on a sturdy column; he is surrounded by four serene angels seated at each corner of the mon- ument’s base. 14. Which of the following words should replace the underlined word in Part 4 of the passage? a. require b. relinquish c. acquire d. assign – THEA PRACTICE EXAM 2– 220 . What is the approxi- mate area of the circle? a. 81 .64 units squared b. 530 .66 units squared c. 1 ,66 6.27 units squared d. 169 units squared 43. What is the volume of a pyramid that has a rec- tangular. describes the distance from Los Angeles at any time t? a. D(t) = 60 t – 2,000 b. D(t) = 60 t c. D(t) = 2,000 – 60 t d. D(t) = –2,000 – 60 t Use the table below to answer question 29. 29. According to. 95° F c. 63 ° F d. 19° F 41. What is the value of y when x = 3 and y = 5 + 4x? a. 6 b. 9 c. 12 d. 17 42. The radius of a circle is 13. What is the approxi- mate area of the circle? a. 81 .64 units