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    The document is a sample test from the ASVAB Test Bank containing 5 multiple choice questions about various topics. The questions cover the calculation of deadweight tonnage, similarities between water polo and team handball, factors that will cause future growth in America's economy, the definition of the word "yielding" in context, and the order of different stream types from least to most time flowing per year. For each question, the correct answer is identified and a short explanation is provided.

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    Some key takeaways from the passage are that water polo involves swimming, passing a ball while being defended, and scoring goals by throwing the ball into a net. It also discusses the types of streams from those that flow the least to the most amount of time over a year.

    Both sports feature passing and 'power play' situations occurring frequently as similarities. However, a difference is that water polo uses an 'eggbeater kick' for treading water, which would be unnecessary in team handball played on land.

    According to the expert, America's future growth will be caused by cheap oil and natural gas prices.

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    ASVAB Paragraph Comprehension Practice Test

    Deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can safely carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew. Which of the following does NOT go into the calculation of deadweight tonnage?

    weight of crew

    weight of the ship

    weight of passengers

    weight of fresh water

    Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as 'eggbeater kick'), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. 'Man-up' (or 'power play') situations occur frequently. Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball. Which of the following is NOT a similarity between water polo and team handball?

    Power play situations occur frequently.

    Both sports feature passing.

    Both sports feature the 'eggbeater kick'.

    Goals are scored by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie.

    The expert predicted that America's gross domestic product will return to more than 3 percent yearly expansion. For example, Dow Chemical is investing $4 billion in Texas plastics production that will be operational by 2017. Such growth requires cheap oil and natural gas - and "by 2020 or so, the United States will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil output, and Russia in gas." He continued: "The big attraction is the low price of natural gas, the lowest-carbon fossil fuel, which can be produced profitably at about a third the price per unit of energy as other hydrocarbons. That is particularly attractive to chemical companies. It is the raw material for plastics, Styrofoam, tires, sealants, adhesives, films, liquid crystal screens, nylons, polyesters - nearly everything around us." In this passage, what's going to cause America's future growth?

    Surpassing Saudi Arabia in oil output, and Russia in gas

    Cheap oil and natural gas

    Increased plastics production

    Dow Chemical's $4 billion investment in Texas plastics production

    The 1980 New York Mets season was the 19th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Torre, the team had a 67-95 record, yielding a 5th place finish in the National League East. In this paragraph's context, the word 'yielding' most closely means:

    Giving way under pressure

    Complying with the requests or desires of others

    Being submissive or compiant

    Being flexible

    A perennial stream or perennial river is a stream or river (channel) that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall. 'Perennial' streams are contrasted with 'intermittent' streams which normally cease flowing for weeks or months each year, and with 'ephemeral' channels that flow only for hours or days following rainfall. Which of the following is the correct order of stream type from the least amount of time flowing to the most amount of time flowing over the course of a year?

    Ephemeral, intermittent, perennial.

    Ephemeral, perennial, intermittent.

    Perennial, intermittent, ephemeral.

    Perennial, ephemeral, intermittent.

    Solutions

    Deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can safely carry. It is the sum of the weights of cargo, fuel, fresh water, ballast water, provisions, passengers, and crew. Which of the following does NOT go into the calculation of deadweight tonnage?

    weight of crew

    weight of the ship

    weight of passengers

    weight of fresh water

    SOLUTION
    According to this passage, deadweight tonnage is a measure of how much weight a ship is carrying or can carry and does not include the weight of the ship.

    Water polo, or Water ball, is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores the most goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water (using a sort of kicking motion known as 'eggbeater kick'), players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie. 'Man-up' (or 'power play') situations occur frequently. Water polo, therefore, has strong similarities to the land-based game of team handball. Which of the following is NOT a similarity between water polo and team handball?

    Power play situations occur frequently.

    Both sports feature passing.

    Both sports feature the 'eggbeater kick'.

    Goals are scored by throwing the ball into a net defended by a goalie.

    SOLUTION
    The 'eggbeater kick' is used in water polo when treading water. Treading water would be unecessary in the land-based game of team handball.

    The expert predicted that America's gross domestic product will return to more than 3 percent yearly expansion. For example, Dow Chemical is investing $4 billion in Texas plastics production that will be operational by 2017. Such growth requires cheap oil and natural gas - and "by 2020 or so, the United States will surpass Saudi Arabia in oil output, and Russia in gas." He continued: "The big attraction is the low price of natural gas, the lowest-carbon fossil fuel, which can be produced profitably at about a third the price per unit of energy as other hydrocarbons. That is particularly attractive to chemical companies. It is the raw material for plastics, Styrofoam, tires, sealants, adhesives, films, liquid crystal screens, nylons, polyesters - nearly everything around us." In this passage, what's going to cause America's future growth?

    Surpassing Saudi Arabia in oil output, and Russia in gas

    Cheap oil and natural gas

    Increased plastics production

    Dow Chemical's $4 billion investment in Texas plastics production

    SOLUTION
    After predicting that America's gross domestic product will grow to more than 3 percent yearly expansion the expert states that "such growth requires cheap oil and natural gas".

    The 1980 New York Mets season was the 19th regular season for the Mets, who played home games at Shea Stadium. Led by manager Joe Torre, the team had a 67-95 record, yielding a 5th place finish in the National League East. In this paragraph's context, the word 'yielding' most closely means:

    Giving way under pressure

    Complying with the requests or desires of others

    Being submissive or compiant

    Being flexible

    SOLUTION
    In this context, yielding most closely means giving way under pressure.

    A perennial stream or perennial river is a stream or river (channel) that has continuous flow in parts of its stream bed all year round during years of normal rainfall. 'Perennial' streams are contrasted with 'intermittent' streams which normally cease flowing for weeks or months each year, and with 'ephemeral' channels that flow only for hours or days following rainfall. Which of the following is the correct order of stream type from the least amount of time flowing to the most amount of time flowing over the course of a year?

    Ephemeral, intermittent, perennial.

    Ephemeral, perennial, intermittent.

    Perennial, intermittent, ephemeral.

    Perennial, ephemeral, intermittent.

    SOLUTION
    Ephemeral streams flow for hours or days, intermittent streams flow for weeks or months, and perennial streams flow continuously throughout the year.

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