HiSet Practice Test

HiSet Practice Test Writing Test FPT6A Question 1: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - B. Dear Mr. Garcia: Reason: A colon should be used after the salutation in a formal business letter Question 4: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - B. courses. He Reason: Adding a period after "courses" and starting a new sentence with "He" is the only correct way given to fix the run-on sentence Question 5: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - A. No change Question 10: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - B. Yet they certainly did exist, Reason: It uses the plural pronoun "they" (rather than the singular "it") to agree with the antecedent "people" in the previous sentence and also provides the most clear and precise wording Question 13: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - C. scientist, inventor, lawyer, and mathematician Reason: The words in the list of occupations are parallel in structure; they are all nouns Question 15: The writer wants to add an introductory sentence to paragraph 4. Which of the following would be the best choice? - D Reason: It would introduce the main idea of the paragraph (that Newton and Leibniz both claimed to have invented calculus) and would also flow logically into the following sentence Question 16: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - D Reason: It best eliminates the repetition of "unsigned review" that occurs in the marked phrase and states the idea in the most clear, precise way Question 17: The writer wants to use a more precise word here. Which choice would best accomplish her goal? - C Reason: The word "innovation" (meaning "something that is new") replaces the marked word "thing" for the most precise meaning within the sentence Question 18: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - D Reason: It corrects the awkward wording of the marked phrase and also provides language that is more appropriate in meaning and tone throughout the rest of the passage Question 20: Which of the following would be the best choice for the marked text? - B Reason: The word "anatomy" completes the parallel structure of the list of classes: "...art, photography, and anatomy"; they are all nouns Social Studies Test FPT2 Question 2: Which of the following facts about a country would best indicate that it was becoming highly industrialized? - D. Coal, oil, and gas have become its major sources of energy Question 5: "I'm sure you all read Dr. Weaver's editorial in Sunday's paper. She is leading a campaign to provide more laboratory time for science classes at the university. Clearly, it is the opinion of an award-winning scientist that lab work is essential to science