ATI TEAS Practice B – Reading Exam
Questions With Verified Solutions.
As the year comes to a close, please consider nominating a coworker for the employee-of-the-year
award. This award is sponsored by the company and is intended to recognize an employee who has
exhibited consistent excellent performance throughout the year. Please keep the intended purpose in
mind when considering a nominee. Once all nominations have been received, a committee of managers
and employees will make the final selection.
Please submit your nominations no later than Friday, December 5th.
What is the main purpose of the memo?
To introduce a company-sponsored award for employees
To meet a specific deadline
To request nominations of potential candidates for an annual award
To describe the qualifications of the Employee of the Year - Answer **To request nominations of
potential candidates for an annual award
What is the logical conclusion based on the info given in the memo? - Answer Most of the employees
will be nominated for the award.
*****An employee will be selected from the nominee pool shortly after December 5th.
The company will continue this award for years to come.
The person who wins Employee of the Year will immediately receive a promotion.
Two weeks ago, I went fishing on the Kaw River with my grandfather. We found a secluded spot where
the fish were abundant. After a while, several police officers appeared on the opposite shore.
Grandfather hollered across and discovered that they were looking for a stolen car that had been
reportedly dumped in the Kaw. I suddenly had a large tug on my line, but I could not pull the fish in
without breaking my line. A police officer in scuba gear volunteered to help. After several moments, the
, diver surfaced and said, "You have a whopper, but he is in one of those old cars at the bottom. I would
have better luck helping you, but every time I approach him, he rolls up the window!"
What is the purpose of this paragraph - Answer To discuss
To inform
****To entertain
To express feeling
Which of the following sentences in the text could support the inference that it is common practice to
dispose of old vehicles in the Kaw River? - Answer "We found a secluded spot where the fish were
abundant."
"After a while, several police officers appeared on the opposite shore."
"Grandfather hollered across and discovered that they were looking for a stolen car that had been
reportedly dumped in the Kaw."
***"After several moments, the diver surfaced and said, 'You have a whopper, but he is in one of those
old cars at the bottom."
In fact, estimates for the number of sleepwalkers in the United States range into the millions.
This woman's feat may have been the most spectacular sleepwalking performance that June night, but it
was far from the only one.
****Despite the fact that sleepwalking, or noctambulation, occurs frequently, this odd ailment remains a
baffling, uncanny - if not frightening - phenomenon.
Reports have shown that sleepwalkers perform remarkable feats of memory; climb upon steep roofs;
write letters; solve intricate mathematical problems; play the piano or some other musical instrument;
compose music; and commit robbery, suicide, or murder. - Answer Which of the following sentences
from the passage presents the topic of the passage?
Which of the following is the main idea of the third paragraph? - Answer The tendency to sleepwalk
runs in families.
****Sleepwalking is a common phenomenon.
Questions With Verified Solutions.
As the year comes to a close, please consider nominating a coworker for the employee-of-the-year
award. This award is sponsored by the company and is intended to recognize an employee who has
exhibited consistent excellent performance throughout the year. Please keep the intended purpose in
mind when considering a nominee. Once all nominations have been received, a committee of managers
and employees will make the final selection.
Please submit your nominations no later than Friday, December 5th.
What is the main purpose of the memo?
To introduce a company-sponsored award for employees
To meet a specific deadline
To request nominations of potential candidates for an annual award
To describe the qualifications of the Employee of the Year - Answer **To request nominations of
potential candidates for an annual award
What is the logical conclusion based on the info given in the memo? - Answer Most of the employees
will be nominated for the award.
*****An employee will be selected from the nominee pool shortly after December 5th.
The company will continue this award for years to come.
The person who wins Employee of the Year will immediately receive a promotion.
Two weeks ago, I went fishing on the Kaw River with my grandfather. We found a secluded spot where
the fish were abundant. After a while, several police officers appeared on the opposite shore.
Grandfather hollered across and discovered that they were looking for a stolen car that had been
reportedly dumped in the Kaw. I suddenly had a large tug on my line, but I could not pull the fish in
without breaking my line. A police officer in scuba gear volunteered to help. After several moments, the
, diver surfaced and said, "You have a whopper, but he is in one of those old cars at the bottom. I would
have better luck helping you, but every time I approach him, he rolls up the window!"
What is the purpose of this paragraph - Answer To discuss
To inform
****To entertain
To express feeling
Which of the following sentences in the text could support the inference that it is common practice to
dispose of old vehicles in the Kaw River? - Answer "We found a secluded spot where the fish were
abundant."
"After a while, several police officers appeared on the opposite shore."
"Grandfather hollered across and discovered that they were looking for a stolen car that had been
reportedly dumped in the Kaw."
***"After several moments, the diver surfaced and said, 'You have a whopper, but he is in one of those
old cars at the bottom."
In fact, estimates for the number of sleepwalkers in the United States range into the millions.
This woman's feat may have been the most spectacular sleepwalking performance that June night, but it
was far from the only one.
****Despite the fact that sleepwalking, or noctambulation, occurs frequently, this odd ailment remains a
baffling, uncanny - if not frightening - phenomenon.
Reports have shown that sleepwalkers perform remarkable feats of memory; climb upon steep roofs;
write letters; solve intricate mathematical problems; play the piano or some other musical instrument;
compose music; and commit robbery, suicide, or murder. - Answer Which of the following sentences
from the passage presents the topic of the passage?
Which of the following is the main idea of the third paragraph? - Answer The tendency to sleepwalk
runs in families.
****Sleepwalking is a common phenomenon.
