ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 1.
How should you answer paired-passage questions?
ANSWER
Read both passages before comparing them.
Question 2.
What is synthesis?
ANSWER
Combining ideas from multiple passages.
Question 3.
What is the best overall test strategy?
ANSWER
Read carefully, eliminate wrong answers, and choose the answer with the strongest evidence.
Question 4.
What is context?
ANSWER
The surrounding words and sentences.
Question 5.
What is an antonym clue?
ANSWER
A nearby word with the opposite meaning.
, Question 6.
What is the goal of ACCUPLACER Reading?
ANSWER
Show that you understand, analyze, and interpret written passages.
Question 7.
What is subjective writing?
ANSWER
Writing based on opinions or feelings.
Question 8.
Why do test makers include distractors?
ANSWER
To look correct but lack evidence.
Question 9.
What is problem and solution?
ANSWER
A structure showing a problem and how it was solved.
Question 10.
What is rhetoric?
ANSWER
How authors use language to influence readers.
Question 11.
What is explicit information?
ANSWER
Information directly stated in the passage.
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question 1.
How should you answer paired-passage questions?
ANSWER
Read both passages before comparing them.
Question 2.
What is synthesis?
ANSWER
Combining ideas from multiple passages.
Question 3.
What is the best overall test strategy?
ANSWER
Read carefully, eliminate wrong answers, and choose the answer with the strongest evidence.
Question 4.
What is context?
ANSWER
The surrounding words and sentences.
Question 5.
What is an antonym clue?
ANSWER
A nearby word with the opposite meaning.
, Question 6.
What is the goal of ACCUPLACER Reading?
ANSWER
Show that you understand, analyze, and interpret written passages.
Question 7.
What is subjective writing?
ANSWER
Writing based on opinions or feelings.
Question 8.
Why do test makers include distractors?
ANSWER
To look correct but lack evidence.
Question 9.
What is problem and solution?
ANSWER
A structure showing a problem and how it was solved.
Question 10.
What is rhetoric?
ANSWER
How authors use language to influence readers.
Question 11.
What is explicit information?
ANSWER
Information directly stated in the passage.