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Question 1 of 20
1. Question
A group of five friends are planning a weekend trip. They have a budget of $1000. They plan to stay for two nights and go sightseeing during the day. They are considering two options for accommodation: a hotel that costs $150 per night, or a hostel that costs $50 per night. Which option should they choose?
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Question 2 of 20
2. Question
“The War of the Worlds”, by H. G. Wells
Every moment I expected the fire of some hidden battery to spring upon
him; but the evening calm was unbroken. The figure of the Martian grew
smaller as he receded, and presently the mist and the gathering night
had swallowed him up. By a common impulse we clambered higher. Towards
Sunbury was a dark appearance, as though a conical hill had suddenly
come into being there, hiding our view of the farther country; and
then, remoter across the river, over Walton, we saw another such
summit. These hill-like forms grew lower and broader even as we stared.
What did the narrator and the others see in the distance while watching the Martian?
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Question 3 of 20
3. Question
Please choose the correct sentence below.
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Question 4 of 20
4. Question
A company’s profits increased significantly after it implemented a new advertising campaign. Therefore, the advertising campaign caused the increase in profits. Is this a valid conclusion?
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Question 5 of 20
5. Question
Please choose the correct sentence below.
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Question 6 of 20
6. Question
We _____ the match if we’d had a few more minutes.
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Question 7 of 20
7. Question
“Can I borrow your car for this evening?” “Yes, but Mom’s using it right now. If she _____ it back in time, you’re welcome to borrow it.”
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Question 8 of 20
8. Question
His comments were the most decisive. The word “decisive” mostly closely means:
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Question 9 of 20
9. Question
Had I known the contractor was going to take a week to show up, I _____ what I needed and done the work myself. It would have been finished by now.
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Question 10 of 20
10. Question
Choose the most correct sentence.
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Question 11 of 20
11. Question
We have rewritten the following sentence for clarity.
Good money managers control their present expenses, and they invest surplus dollars to meet their future needs.
Please choose the most clear sentence below.
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Question 12 of 20
12. Question
Please replace the underlined text with the best choice.
Working at my first job taught me to handle customer complaints, answering the telephone, and how to maintain a database.
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Question 13 of 20
13. Question
The storm caused the obliteration of his home town. The italicized word most nearly means:
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Question 14 of 20
14. Question
“I write you in your capacity as the school board chairperson.” The word “capacity” as used here most nearly means:
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Question 15 of 20
15. Question
“How utterly farcical. How Impossible!” What sentence below cannot be used in place of these sentences?
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Question 16 of 20
16. Question
Which word is not a synonym for superfluous?
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Question 17 of 20
17. Question
We have rewritten the following sentence omitting “you.”
In a large city, you may have massive traffic jams on your daily commute to work.Please choose the correct sentence.
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Question 18 of 20
18. Question
If I can learn German, I _____ next year studying in Berlin.
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Question 19 of 20
19. Question
Read the following excerpt and answer the question(s) below
Excerpt from NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
“Privacy and cybersecurity have a strong connection. An organization’s cybersecurity activities also can create risks to privacy and civil liberties when personal information is used, collected, processed, maintained, or disclosed. Some examples include: cybersecurity activities that result in the over-collection or over-retention of personal information; disclosure or use of personal information unrelated to cybersecurity activities; and cybersecurity mitigation activities that result in denial of service or other similar potentially adverse impacts, including some types of incident detection or monitoring that may inhibit freedom of expression or association.
The government and its agents have a responsibility to protect civil liberties arising from cybersecurity activities. As referenced in the methodology below, government or its agents that own or operate critical infrastructure should have a process in place to support compliance of cybersecurity activities with applicable privacy laws, regulations, and Constitutional requirements.”
What is an example of the strong connection that the author provides when noting ‘Privacy and cybersecurity have a strong connection?’
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Question 20 of 20
20. Question
Read the following excerpt and answer the question(s) below
Excerpt from NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
“The development of cybersecurity performance metrics is evolving. Organizations should be thoughtful, creative, and careful about the ways in which they employ measurements to optimize use, while avoiding reliance on artificial indicators of current state and progress in improving cybersecurity risk management. Judging cyber risk requires discipline and should be revisited periodically. Any time measurements are employed as part of the Framework process, organizations are encouraged to clearly identify and know why these measurements are important and how they will contribute to the overall management of cybersecurity risk. They also should be clear about the limitations of measurements that are used.
For example, tracking security measures and business outcomes may provide meaningful insight as to how changes in granular security controls affect the completion of organizational objectives. Verifying achievement of some organizational objectives requires analyzing the data only after that objective was to have been achieved. This type of lagging measure is more absolute. However, it is often more valuable to predict whether a cybersecurity risk may occur, and the impact it might have, using a leading measure.”
NIST states that ‘Organizations should be thoughtful, creative, and careful’ What is one way that the author describes that could be considered thoughtful?