ACCUPLACER ACTUAL TEST QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● The graph of which of the following equations is a straight line
parallel to the graph of y = 2x ?
A. 4x - y = 4
B. 2x - 2y = 2
C. 2x - y = 4
D. 2x + y = 2
E. x - 2y = 4
Answer: C
●● An equation of the line that contains the origin and the point (1, 2) is
A. y = 2x
B. 2y = x
C. y = x -1
D. y = 2x +1
E. y/2 = x - 1
Answer: A
●● An apartment building contains 12 units consisting of one- and two-
bedroom apartments that rent for $360 and $450 per month, respectively.
,When all units are rented, the total monthly rental is $4,950. What is the
number of two-bedroom apartments?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
Answer: E
●● If θ is an acute angle and sin θ = 1/2, then cos θ =
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1/2
D. √3/2
E. 2
Answer: D
●● 5y(2y - 3) + (2y - 3) =
A. (5y + 1) (2y + 3)
B. (5y + 1) (2y - 3)
C. (5y - 1) (2y + 3)
,D. (5y -1) (2y - 3)
E. 10y (2y - 3)
Answer: B
●● One ordering of the letters T, U, V and W from left to right is
UTVW. What is the total number of orderings of these letters from left
to right, including UTVW?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
E. 24
Answer: E
●● From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be
chosen to work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees
can be chosen?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
E. 15
Answer: D
, ●● Writing a best seller had earned the author a sum of money and had
freed him from the necessity of selling his pen for the political purposes
of others.
Rewrite, beginning with
"The author was not obliged..."
The new sentence will include
A) consequently he earned
B) because he had earned
C) by earning
D) as a means of earning
Answer: (B) The author was not obligated to sell his peen for the
political purposes of others BECAUSE HE HAD EARNED a sum of
money by writing a best seller.
●● In the modern world, groups of people living thousands of miles
apart may still be dependent on each other politically, culturally, and
economically.
Change PEOPLE LIVING to PEOPLE MAY LIVE.
WITH COMPLETE ANSWER KEY
●● The graph of which of the following equations is a straight line
parallel to the graph of y = 2x ?
A. 4x - y = 4
B. 2x - 2y = 2
C. 2x - y = 4
D. 2x + y = 2
E. x - 2y = 4
Answer: C
●● An equation of the line that contains the origin and the point (1, 2) is
A. y = 2x
B. 2y = x
C. y = x -1
D. y = 2x +1
E. y/2 = x - 1
Answer: A
●● An apartment building contains 12 units consisting of one- and two-
bedroom apartments that rent for $360 and $450 per month, respectively.
,When all units are rented, the total monthly rental is $4,950. What is the
number of two-bedroom apartments?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
Answer: E
●● If θ is an acute angle and sin θ = 1/2, then cos θ =
A. -1
B. 0
C. 1/2
D. √3/2
E. 2
Answer: D
●● 5y(2y - 3) + (2y - 3) =
A. (5y + 1) (2y + 3)
B. (5y + 1) (2y - 3)
C. (5y - 1) (2y + 3)
,D. (5y -1) (2y - 3)
E. 10y (2y - 3)
Answer: B
●● One ordering of the letters T, U, V and W from left to right is
UTVW. What is the total number of orderings of these letters from left
to right, including UTVW?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
E. 24
Answer: E
●● From 5 employees at a company, a group of 3 employees will be
chosen to work on a project. How many different groups of 3 employees
can be chosen?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
E. 15
Answer: D
, ●● Writing a best seller had earned the author a sum of money and had
freed him from the necessity of selling his pen for the political purposes
of others.
Rewrite, beginning with
"The author was not obliged..."
The new sentence will include
A) consequently he earned
B) because he had earned
C) by earning
D) as a means of earning
Answer: (B) The author was not obligated to sell his peen for the
political purposes of others BECAUSE HE HAD EARNED a sum of
money by writing a best seller.
●● In the modern world, groups of people living thousands of miles
apart may still be dependent on each other politically, culturally, and
economically.
Change PEOPLE LIVING to PEOPLE MAY LIVE.
