DIGITAL SAT

OCT A 2024

Reading & Writing – Module 1

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1. The following text is adapted from Mary 1
Seacole's 1857 autobiography
Wonderful As used in the text, what does the word "conceivable"
Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands. most nearly mean?
A. Persuasive
That journey across the Isthmus [of Panama),
B. Permanent
insignificant in distance as it was, was by no
C. Obvious
means an easy one. It seemed as if nature had
D. Imaginable
determined to throw every conceivable obstacle
in the way of those who should seek to join the
two great oceans of the world.

2. Whether the reign of a French monarch such as 2

Louis XII or Louis IV was historically Which choice completes the text with the most logical
consequential or relatively uneventful, its and precise word or phrase?
trajectory was shaped by questions of legitimacy A. assert
and therefore cannot be understood without a B. annotate
corollary understanding of the factors that allowed C. reciprocate
the monarch to _______ his right to hold the throne D. disengage
successfully.

3. Any effort to raise the toll that drivers must pay 3

to use the Ogdensburg-Prescott Bridge, which Which choice completes the text with the most logical
spans the Saint Lawrence River to connect New and precise word or phrase?
York State and Ontario, Canada, should explain A. contentious
why a higher toll is necessary; no amount of B. equivocal
justification, however, is likely to persuade some C. exorbitant
drivers who believe the current toll is ________. D. warranted
4. Often, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is given to 4
a single person, such as Frederick Sanger in 1958. Which choice completes the text with the most logical
But sometimes the Nobel Committee wants to and precise word or phrase?
reward work attributed to two or three individuals, A. ceremoniously
in which case, the award is given ______. For B. reluctantly
instance, in 2008, Roger Y. Tsien was among those C. jointly
awarded for "the discovery and development of the D. retroactively
green fluorescent protein, GFP."

5. The lion can run very fast—up to 81 kilometers 5

per hour (km/hr)—but it is significantly slower Which choice completes the text with the most logical
than the white-throated needletail swift, which can and precise word or phrase?
fly at speeds up to 169 km/hr. The difference A. a repudiation
between these speeds is largely _______ of the fact B. an explanation
that the features that make flight possible do less to C. an objective
limit top speeds than the features suitable for D. a consequence
running on land.

6. Though John Crowley, author of Flint and 6

Mirror, is perhaps not as well known as the most Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
commercially successful American writers of the A. To compare the work of a writer with the work
past fifty years, influential figures have of a poet who admired him
championed his work, including the poet John B. To present a reason why a literary critic is
Hollander and the literary critic Harold Bloom. In impressed by a certain novel
his afterword to Crowley's book Little, Big, Bloom C. To argue that all writing must be classified as
praises the novel's adroit blend of what playwright belonging to one of two categories
Friedrich Schiller termed the naive and sentimental D. To explain what inspired an author to write a
modes—while Schiller thought works could be particular work
classified as either naive (seeking to describe
reality) or sentimental (seeking to develop ideas),
Little, Big demonstrates that a work can be both.
7. Community science, which involves 7
professional scientists collaborating with amateur Which choice best describes the overall structure of the
science enthusiasts to study a topic, is often an text?
effective and engaging way to conduct research. It A. It describes the development of a type of
can allow people to assist with conservation efforts, scientific collaboration, shows how that type of
build youth confidence in the sciences, and collaboration has been used in a particular field of
increase the amount of data researchers can collect. study, and then suggests future collaborative
This approach was essential to the success of a projects.
study by biologist Abbigail Merrill and colleagues B. It identifies a particular approach to research,
of how butterfly color relates to flower choice, lists some benefits of that approach, and then
which included findings from hundreds of students mentions a study in which that approach was used.
and community members in northwestern C. It introduces the topic of a scientific study,
Arkansas. describes the study's importance, and then presents
the study's results.
D. It argues for a new approach to scientific
research, comments on the public's opinion about
the approach, and then describes how that
approach was applied in a certain study.
8. The following text is adapted from Jerome K. 8
Jerome's 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat (To Say Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
Nothing of the Dog). A. To address common traits that motivate many
people to choose to live in urban environments
We [people] are creatures of the sun. We love
B. To indicate that people sometimes experience
light and life. That is why we crowd into the
feelings of isolation in crowded areas
towns and cities, and the country grows more and
C. To illustrate the idea that most people tend to
more deserted every year. In the sunlight—in the
prefer hillsides in the country to certain aspects of
daytime, when Nature is alive and busy all
towns and cities
around us, we like the open hill-sides and the
D. To caution people not to be so quick to dismiss
deep woods well enough: but in the night, when
the natural beauty that can be found in rural areas
our Mother Earth has gone to sleep, and left us
waking, oh! the world seems so lonesome, and
we get frightened, like children in a silent house.
Then we sit and sob, and long for the gas-lit
streets, and the sound of human voices, and the
answering throb of human life.

9. "Cocoa" is an example of a loanword—that is, a 9

word that originated in one language and was later The author makes which point about the Spanish
adopted by another. The word came to English language?
indirectly from cacao, the Spanish word for the A. It adopted Nahuatl and Taíno words in
plant that chocolate is made from. Spanish had approximately equal numbers.
borrowed it from Nahuatl, an Indigenous language B. It has served as a medium through which
of Central Mexico, in which the word's original Indigenous languages have influenced English.
form is cacahuatl. "Maize" is also Indigenous in C. Its contribution to English vocabulary roughly
origin and entered English through Spanish. But in equals the collective contribution by Indigenous
this case, the original source was Taíno, a language languages.
of the Caribbean islands, in which the word for the D. It has borrowed words from Indigenous
corn plant is mahís. languages and contributed words to them.
10. In a study by Mika R. Moran, Daniel A. 10
Rodriguez, and colleagues, residents of Quito, Which choice best describes the main idea of the text?
Ecuador, and Lima, Peru, were surveyed about A. Even though the study found that parks in Lima
parks in their cities. Of the 618 respondents from are more likely to be close to other amenities than
Quito, 82.9% indicated that they use the city's parks in Quito are, Quito has more amenities
parks, and of the 663 respondents from Lima, overall than Lima does.
72.7% indicated using city parks. Given that the B. The study's findings suggest that an increase in
percentage of Quito respondents who reported the number of amenities near city parks would
having access to other desired amenities near parks likely increase park use in Quito but not in Lima.
was much lower than that reported by Lima C. The study's finding that a greater proportion of
respondents, the difference in park use can't be residents use parks in Quito than in Lima is partly
explained by Quito residents having more access to due to the greater prevalence of parks in Quito.
desired nonpark amenities near parks. D. Although the study found that a greater
proportion of residents use parks in Quito than in
Lima, that difference isn't due to greater access to
amenities near parks in Quito.
11. 11
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table
to complete the conclusion?
A. incubation duration and capacity for multiple
broods are more strongly associated with the use
of broken-wing display than the number of
parental incubators is.
B. among species with more than one parental
incubator, the use of broken-wing display is
In an extensive review of existing literature, Léna associated with greater incubation duration.
de Framond and team cataloged the prevalence of C. capacity for multiple broods, number of
broken-wing display—a defensive behavior parental incubators, and incubation duration are
observed in Charadrius semipalmatus equally associated with the use of broken-wing
(semipalmated plover) and many other species— display.
throughout the Aves class. Documentation of the D. broken-wing display is most often observed in
display in 285 species across 52 families suggests species with less opportunity to reproduce in a year
the behavior likely evolved independently multiple due to longer incubation periods.
times, prompting the team to consider ecological
and life-history characteristics with hypothesized
associations to the behavior's emergence, including
traits related to reproduction investment and future
reproduction potential. Based on their review of
those traits, the team concluded that_______
12. Water flowing around an obstruction creates 12
vortices (patterns of swirls) of varying size; by Which finding, if true, would most directly support the
detecting the vortices, fish can determine the size second research team's hypothesis?
and position of the obstruction. Testing by Yuzo R. A. A study using obstructions that created
Yanagisuru, Otar Akanyeti, and James C. Liao medium-sized vortices in low-visibility conditions
using models of three head shapes—narrow (low found that the bristlemouth (Chaetostoma
ratio of width to length), intermediate, and wide yurubiense), which has a relatively wide head,
(high ratio of width to length)—showed that for bumped into more than half of the obstructions.
medium-sized vortices, fish with wide heads would B. Astudy using obstructions that created medium-
be least able to distinguish between vortices and sized vortices in low-visibility Conditions found
general turbulence in the water. A second research that the wider-headed bristlemouth (Chaetostoma
team has therefore hypothesized that in low- yurubiense) bumped into obstructions more often
visibility conditions, wider-headed fish will be less than the narrower-headed dusky smooth-hound
likely than narrower-headed fish to detect (Mustelus canis) did.
obstructions. C. A study using obstructions that created medium-
sized vortices in low-visibility conditions found
that the narrower-headed dusky smooth-hound
(Mustelus canis) bumped into the obstructions just
as often as the wider-headed bristlemouth
(Chaetostoma yurubiense) did.
D. A study using obstructions that created
medium-sized vortices in low-visibility conditions
found that some specimens of dusky smooth-
hound (Mustelus canis), which has a relatively
narrow head, bumped into the obstructions more
often than other specimens of the same fish did.
13. Cane is a 1923 novel by Jean Toomer. In one 13
portion of the novel, Toomer establishes a contrast Which quotation from Cane most effectively illustrates
between the narrator's attitude toward life and the the claim?
attitude of the narrator's love interest, Avey, A. "[Avey would] smile appreciation, but it was an
writing, ______ impersonal smile, never for me."
B. "As time went on, [Avey's] indifference to
things began to pique me; I was ambitious. I left
[our small hometown] earlier than she did."
C. "I like to feel that something deep in me
responded to the trees, the young trees that
whinnied like colts impatient to be let free."
D. "Avey was as silent as those great trees whose
tops we looked down upon. She has always been
like that. At least, to me."
14. 14
Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph
to complete the student's conclusion?
A. cells for worker eggs are probably closer in size
to cells for drone eggs in the hives of the western
honeybee than in the hives of the dwarf honeybee
and the black dwarf honeybee.
B. both the western honeybee and the black dwarf
honeybee probably reserve eight-sided cells for
drone eggs, while the dwarf honeybee likely
deposits drone eggs in seven-sided cells.
C. the western honeybee probably relies on many
more geometrical shapes when constructing cells
than either the dwarf honeybee or the black dwarf
honeybee does.
D. the percentage of hexagonal cells is probably
slightly lower in the hives of the western honeybee
Honeybee hives consist mainly of hexagonal (six- than in the hives of the dwarf honeybee and the
sided) units called cells, in which queens lay eggs. black dwarf honeybee.
Hexagonal cells for eggs that develop into
nonreproductive workers are smaller than those for
eggs that develop into reproductive drones, though
the size difference varies by species. Difference in
cell size results in a construction problem—it's
hard to neatly connect sections of small cells to
sections of large cells—that worsens as the
difference increases. To fill in gaps between the
sections when building a hive, bees rely on cells
that have more or fewer than six sides. A student
studying beehive structure consults data on three
species, concluding that _______
15. Pigments give paints and dyes their color. 15
Ocher is a mineral-based pigment used to make Which choice most logically completes the text?
several colors, including red. Red ocher gets its A. the Natufian beadmakers used plant-based
color from iron oxide. Pigments can also be plant- pigments rather than ocher to decorate some of the
based; plant-based pigments contain a high level of beads examined in the study.
carbon. In a 2023 study, archaeologists tested the B. the Natufian beadmakers preferred to use plant-
red pigment on decorated beads made by members based pigments because they are much brighter
of the Natufian culture approximately 15,000 years than mineral-based pigments are.
ago. The test showed that the pigment found on C. the pigments used by the Natufian beadmakers
several beads contained no iron but had a high level likely came from plants because ocher was
of carbon. This finding led the researchers to difficult to find.
conclude that _______ D. the Natufian beads examined in the study are
the oldest surviving examples of the use of plant-
based pigments for decorating beads.

16. Topographical prominence is a measure of a 16

mountain's independence from other mountains. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
Having 11,486 feet of prominence, _____ the conventions of Standard English?
A. geographers have ranked Mount Hayes, a peak
in the United States, as the world's 51st most
prominent mountain.
B. Mount Hayes, a peak located in the United
States, is ranked by geographers as the world's 51st
most prominent mountain.
C. the list of mountains geographers rank as the
world's most prominent includes Mount Hayes, a
peak located in the United States, at number 51.
D. the ranking given by geographers to Mount
Hayes, a peak located in the United States, is 51st
most prominent mountain in the world.
17. Works by Luis Cruz Azaceta and Luis Jiménez 17
were featured in the Smithsonian American Art Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
Museum’s exhibition Our America: The Latino the conventions of Standard English?
Presence in American Art. This 2013 exhibition A. of,
celebrated the diverse achievements _____ artists B. of;
of Latin American descent. C. of:
D. of

18. Trade was vital to the Akkadian Empire, which 18

reigned in Mesopotamia from around 2334 BCE to Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
2154 BCE. Its people ______ wool, grain, and clay the conventions of Standard English?
to sell to neighboring societies. In exchange, they A. produce
received valuable items, such as wood, stone, and B. produced
copper. C. will produce
D. are producing

19. The Globe Theatre in London is a 19

reconstruction of the famed venue where many of Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
Shakespeare's plays were first performed. In 1613, the conventions of Standard English?
a prop cannon ________ during a performance and A. has malfunctioned
ignited the Globe's thatched roof. No one was hurt, B. malfunctioned
but in two hours the original Globe was gone. C. malfunctions
D. will malfunction

20. Many Farms Chapter, which covers 168,000 20

acres, is one of the 110 chapters of the Navajo Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
_________ Diné bizaad (the Navajo language), the the conventions of Standard English?
chapter is called Dá'ák'eh Halání. A. Nation, in
B. Nation. In
C. Nation and in
D. Nation in
21. As a leader of the National Woman Suffrage 21
Association in the late 1800s, Olympia Brown of Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
_______ an important role in the campaign to the conventions of Standard English?
secure voting rights for US women. A. Connecticut played
B. Connecticut; played
C. Connecticut: played
D. Connecticut. Played

22. Famous for its four-degree tilt, the leaning 22

Garisenda Tower is a popular attraction in Which choice completes the text with the most logical
Bologna's city center. However, measurements transition?
taken in 2023 showed that the tower was rotating A. In comparison,
in a concerning way. ______ city officials closed B. Similarly,
the area around the tower so experts could explore C. As a result,
solutions to stabilize the historical twelfth-century D. For example,
structure.

23. When languages are no longer spoken, they are 23

considered extinct. ______ the Umbrian language Which choice completes the text with the most logical
went extinct around the first century BCE, though transition?
it was once widely spoken in parts of central Italy. A. In conclusion,
B. Therefore,
C. Admittedly,
D. For example,

24. Scientists studying asteroid deflection have 24

focused on secondary objects such as S/2018 (2018 Which choice completes the text with the most logical
EB), a moonlet orbiting the near-Earth asteroid transition?
2018 EB. In 2022 NASA intentionally crashed a A. In addition,
probe into just such an object, the moonlet B. Specifically,
Dimorphos. _______ Dimorphos's orbital period C. Consequently,
around the near-Earth asteroid Didymos was D. In comparison,
permanently altered
25. While researching a topic, a student has taken 25
the following notes: The student wants to provide an example of a dinosaur
• Dinosaur fossil specimens can be found at fossil specimen's nickname. Which choice most
science museums all over the world. effectively uses relevant information from the notes to
• Many dinosaur fossil specimens are given accomplish this goal?
nicknames. A. A Tyrannosaurus fossil specimen from the Late
• The Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Cretaceous period, which ended more than 65
Saskatchewan, Canada, houses a dinosaur fossil million years ago, is housed at the Royal
specimen nicknamed Scotty. Saskatchewan Museum.
• Scotty lived in the Late Cretaceous period, B. Nicknames are given to many dinosaur fossil
which ended more than 65 million years ago. specimens, including one housed at a museum in
• It is a member of the genus Tyrannosaurus. Saskatchewan, Canada.
C. Scotty is the nickname of a Tyrannosaurus
fossil specimen housed at the Royal Saskatchewan
Museum in Saskatchewan, Canada.
D. Dinosaur fossil specimens can be found at
museums all over the world, and many of these
specimens are given nicknames.
26. While researching a topic, a student has taken 26
the following notes: The student wants to emphasize the order in which
• The A.M. Turing Award is a prestigious award Judea Pearl and Butler W. Lampson won the A.M.
given for "major contributions of lasting Turing Award. Which choice most effectively uses
importance to computing." relevant information from the notes to accomplish this
• Judea Pearl won the award in 2011 for goal?
developing a calculus for probabilistic reasoning. A. Butler W. Lampson won the A.M. Turing Award
• Butler W. Lampson won the award in 1992 for in 1992; Judea Pearl won it later, in 2011.
contributions to the development of personal B. It was in 1992 that Butler W. Lampson won the
computing environments. A.M. Turing Award.
C. Judea Pearl and Butler W. Lampson both won
the A.M. Turing Award, which is given for "major
contributions of lasting importance to computing."
D. In 2011, Judea Pearl won the A.M. Turing
Award for developing a calculus for probabilistic
reasoning.
27. While researching a topic, a student has taken 27
the following notes: The student wants to emphasize the order in which the
• Lighthouses send out crucial light signals to two lighthouse keepers began their careers. Which
help ships and other watercraft navigate at night. choice most effectively uses relevant information from
• Before automation, lighthouses were run by the notes to accomplish this goal?
lighthouse keepers. A. Before automation, lighthouse keepers like
• Elizabeth Riley was the lighthouse keeper at Elizabeth Riley and Laura J. Hecox were crucial to
North Point Light in Maryland. ensuring safe navigation for watercraft.
• She held this position from 1834 to 1857. B. Laura J. Hecox began her career as a lighthouse
• Laura J. Hecox was the lighthouse keeper at keeper years after Elizabeth Riley did.
Santa Cruz Light in California. C. Elizabeth Riley's career as a lighthouse keeper
• She held this position from 1883 to 1917. ended in 1857, whereas Laura J. Hecox's ended in
1917.
D. From 1834 to 1857, the nighttime waters of
Maryland were more navigable thanks to
lighthouse keepers Laura J. Hecox and Elizabeth
Riley.
 DIGITAL SAT
OCT A 2024

Reading & Writing – Module 2

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1. Text corpora such as the British National Corpus 1
are large collections of electronically stored texts Which choice completes the text with the most logical
that can be used to determine the frequency of and precise word or phrase?
_______ words. (Words used mainly in specialized A. trivial
or academic publications, on the other hand, tend B. conventional
to be poorly represented.) A corpus could reveal, C. profound
for example, that the word "world" is the eighth D. accidental
most commonly used noun in standard English.

2. Diadromous fish migrate between freshwater 2

and marine biomes during their life cycle. The Which choice completes the text with the most logical
migration's obligate nature is why diadromous fish and precise word or phrase?
can be _______ those that are merely euryhaline A. demarcated from
(able to tolerate high salinity): the euryhaline B. reconstituted as
blackchin tilapia can survive high salinity, but its C. derived from
life cycle does not involve relocation to a different D. conflated with
biome, as does that of the diadromous wild salmon.

3. In 2016, Gabriela González and team announced 3

that a chirping sound captured by Laser Which choice completes the text with the most logical
Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory and precise word or phrase?
antennas was direct evidence of gravitational A. discretion
waves, which skeptics had argued would be too B. ambiguity
faint for detection. Detailed statistical analysis C. probability
helped preclude claims of the event's ________, D. inconspicuousness
confirming the signal at a confidence level of over
99%.
4. Though John Crowley, author of Endless Things, 4
is not as well known as the most widely read Which choice best describes the overall structure of the
American writers of the past fifty years, his work text?
has had several influential champions, including A. It accounts for a writer's lack of popular appeal,
the poet James Merrill and the literary critic Harold cites a literary figure who appreciates that writer,
Bloom. In his afterword to Crowley's book Little, and summarizes the qualities that make the writer's
Big, Bloom argues that the novel adroitly blends work unique.
what playwright Friedrich Schiller termed the B. It describes a writer's successful career, presents
naive and sentimental modes—while Schiller two literary figures who were supporters of that
thought works could be classified as either naive writer's career, and explains why the writer was
(seeking to describe reality) or sentimental able to achieve what he did.
(seeking to develop ideas), Little, Big fuses both C. It mentions a writer whose work is not widely
modes of writing. known, presents two people who hold a positive
opinion of that writer, and gives a reason why one
of those people holds that opinion.
D. It identifies a writer whose work is regarded as
difficult to read, brings up two admirers of that
writer's work, and gives information that may
make the writer's work more accessible to new
readers.
5. Lisbon has high pedestrian traffic, but simply 5
replicating a feature of Lisbon associated with Which choice best describes the function of the
walkability—e.g., its high number of relatively references to "neighborhood type" and "individual
short blocks—may be insufficient to induce physical fitness" in the text as a whole?
increased walking in other cities. As urbanist A. They are examples of factors that studies
Mariela Alfonzo argues, our understanding of suggest are important in people's decision-making
individuals' decision-making about whether to about walking but that the text claims most people
walk is insufficiently robust: some studies rarely consider when making walking decisions.
emphasize the role of neighborhood type, others B. They represent factors that have been identified
the role of individual physical fitness, and so on, as important influences on walking decisions but
but walking decisions are made in complex that the text suggests are merely some of the many
contexts in which multiple conditions and needs factors that may contribute to people's decision-
inform individuals' choices. making about walking.
C. They illustrate factors that researchers believe
people consider when making walking decisions in
most contexts but that the text argues are unique to
walking decisions made by people in Lisbon.
D. They identify factors that Alfonzo argues have
been overemphasized in studies of decision-
making about walking but that the text asserts are
relevant to most people's walking decisions.
6. 6
Text 1 Based on the texts, the author of Text 1 would most
Isaac Asimov, author of The Naked Sun and The likely agree with the author of Text 2 on which point?
Gods Themselves, is highly regarded despite his A. The Naked Sun is more representative of
mediocre writing style. His prose is workmanlike; Asimov's writing style than Foundation is.
his characters are flat and discuss ideas rather than B. Asimov's writing style is often unfairly
emotions. That his work is enjoyable despite this is criticized.
a testament to his prodigious imagination—even if C. Asimov's characters can be concerned mainly
people read his books only for the ideas, they will with intellectual matters rather than emotions.
have plenty to consider. D. Asimov was correct to suggest that individual
humans have little influence over the course of
Text 2 human history.
Asimov is critiqued for his style, but it is wrong to
fault a writer for failing to do what he never
intended to do. For example, although most of his
novel Foundation consists of people discussing
science and politics and we find out little about his
characters' lives, Asimov wanted to convey the vast
sweep of human history over centuries, and one of
his points is that at such a timescale, individuals
don't matter. Thus his lack of characterization is
central to his thematic aims.
7. The following text is from George Eliot's 1857 7
short story "The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Barton." In the text, the narrator addresses the A. Although people seek to be viewed as virtuous,
reader directly and alludes to a discussion among the most insignificant setbacks will often inhibit
Rev. Amos Barton's neighbors. them from being so.
B. People tend to fixate more often than they
It was happy for the Rev. Amos Barton that he
should on whether their acquaintances think highly
did not, like us, overhear the conversation
of them.
recorded in the last chapter. Indeed, what mortal
C. People are better off not knowing about the
is there of us, who would find his satisfaction
discrepancy between their own self-image and
enhanced by an opportunity of comparing the
what others think of them.
picture he presents to himself of his own doings,
D. Although people appreciate the value of being
with the picture they make on the mental retina
truthful, they are generally unwilling to point out
of his neighbours? We are poor plants buoyed up
others' failings.
by the air-vessels of our own conceit: alas for us,
if we get a few pinches that empty us of that
windy self-subsistence! The very capacity for
good would go out of us.

8. Some researchers have characterized the flora 8

and fauna of the South Pacific island of Grande Which statement about the view put forward by "some
Terre as members of clades that inhabited nearby researchers" is best supported by information in the
islands before Grande Terre completely emerged text?
37 million years ago. Thomas R. Buckley et al. A. The view could be true of Grande Terre's stick
found that the crown age (the age of the most recent insects but is not true of the island's flea beetles.
common ancestor of all living and extinct species B. The view has some empirical support but is
in the clade) of the clade of stick insects on Grande weakened by the findings of Buckley et al.
Terre is approximately 41.1 million years, while C. The view suggests that Grande Terre may have
Jesús Gómez-Zurita et al. found that the crown age emerged as early as 41.1 million years ago.
of the clade of flea beetles on Grande Terre is D. The view depends on inaccurate assumptions
approximately 12.8 million years. about the crown ages of the clades of stick insects
and flea beetles on Grande Terre.
9. Poetry in Classical Nahuatl, the language of the 9
Aztec Empire, relies on difrasismo, or a parallel Which statement about the difrasismo in cuauhtli in
noun construction that conventionally operates as a ocelotl is most strongly supported by the text?
single metaphor. For example, the common A. Its frequency in Classical Nahuatl poetry
difrasismo in cuauhtli in ocelotl (literally, "the confirms its intelligibility to the Aztec audience.
eagle, the jaguar") signifies "warrior." The device's B. Its unintelligibility may cause its formal
function is both formal—providing structure to function within a line of verse to go unnoticed by
lines of verse—and ritual: semantic relations present-day readers.
among the two nouns and the concept they signify C. Its apparent obscurity can be resolved when
can be tenuous, as in the previous example, such considered in the proper cultural context.
that difrasismos are often only intelligible D. Its metaphorical significance derives from the
according to the conceptual associations observed semantic equivalence of the two nouns constituting
in Aztec ceremonial culture. the difrasismo.
10. Vancouver, Canada, has installed engineered 10
structures along 75% of its shoreline to protect Which finding, if true, would most directly illustrate the
infrastructure from storm surges and other hazards, researchers' finding?
a practice known as shoreline hardening. To A. Waterbird communities at Curtis, a site with a
evaluate the responses of waterbirds to two types high percentage of shoreline consisting of
of hardening structures—riprap and bulkheads— bulkheads and riprap, had lower average IWCI
Diann Prosser et al. surveyed waterbird scores than did waterbird communities at
communities consisting of the mallard, the Onancock, a site with a low percentage of
common loon, and 62 other species at different shoreline consisting of bulkheads and riprap.
sites in the Chesapeake Bay on the US East Coast. B. The difference in average IWCI scores for
Utilizing the Index of Waterbird Community waterbird communities at Stony and Old Road,
Integrity (IWCI), on which a high score two sites with a higher percentage of shoreline
corresponds to high community integrity, the consisting of bulkheads than of riprap, was
researchers found that bulkheads are more strongly statistically insignificant.
negatively correlated with waterbird community C. Waterbird communities at Old Road, a site with
integrity than is riprap. a relatively high percentage of shoreline consisting
of bulkheads, had lower average IWCI scores than
did waterbird communities at Miles, a site with a
relatively high percentage of shoreline consisting
of riprap.
D. Waterbird communities at Curtis, a site with
equal percentages of shoreline consisting of
bulkheads and riprap, had higher average IWCI
scores than did waterbird communities at Miles, a
site with different percentages of shoreline
consisting of bulkheads and riprap.
11. 11
Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph
to complete the statement?
A. countries in Region 1 experienced a slower rate
of economic growth in the period from 2000 to
2014 than countries in Region 2 did, despite
increasing national government efficiency in
Region 1.
B. national governments of countries in Region 1
experienced declines in efficiency in the period
from 2000 to 2014, relative to the period from
1970 to 2000.
C. national governments of countries in Region 1
and in Region 2 generally became more efficient
in the period from 2000 to 2014 than they had been
in the period from 1970 to 2000, but at different
In a study of urban physical expansion, Richa rates.
Mahtta et al. conducted a meta-analysis of more D. national governments of most countries in
than 300 cities worldwide to determine whether Region 2 became more efficient in the period from
urban land expansion (ULE) was more strongly 2000 to 2014 than they had been in the period from
influenced by urban population growth or by 1970 to 2000, but those of several countries in this
growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per region did not.
capita, a measure of economic activity. Because
efficient national government is necessary to
provide urban services and infrastructure that
attract economic investment, Mahtta et al. propose
that absent other factors, the importance of GDP
per capita growth to ULE would likely increase
relative to the importance of population growth as
governments become more efficient. If true, this
suggests the possibility that ________
12. Designed by Young Projects, Six Square House 12
demonstrates the increasing focus among architects Which choice most logically completes the text?
on developing eco-conscious and sustainable A. biophilic design considerations are exercised
buildings. One way to accomplish this goal is during both the conception and execution of a new
through biophilic design, which incorporates project.
elements that establish a coherent physical and B. architecture firms like Young Projects typically
emotional relationship among nature, human work with large crews in order to expedite the time
biology, and the building. Architects dedicated to it takes to build a new project.
this approach carefully contemplate every aspect of C. architecture firms like Young Projects aim to
their projects from location characteristics and use unique building materials for each project that
initial materials selection to ultimate interior they design.
design choices and building installation. Thus, D. biophilic design prioritizes the emotional
_______ effects on inhabitants rather than the physical state
of the natural surroundings.
13. The morphological novelty of echinoderms— 13
marine invertebrates with radial symmetry, usually Which choice most logically completes the text?
starlike, around a central point—impedes A. despite the greater prevalence of anterior genes
comparisons with most other animals, in which in sea stars' genetic makeup, posterior genes active
bilateral symmetry on an anterior-posterior (head at the body's perimeter are primarily responsible
to tail) axis through a trunk is typical. Particularly for the starlike layout that distinguishes sea stars'
puzzling are sea stars, thought to have evolved a radial symmetry from that of other echinoderms.
headless layout from a known bilateral origin. B. although the two species are closely related,
Applying genomic knowledge of Saccoglossus there is only minimal correspondence in the
kowalevskii acorn worms (close relatives of sea genetic markers for head, tail, and trunk region
stars, and thus expected to have similar markers for development in P. miniata sea stars and S.
corresponding anatomical regions) to the body kowalevskii acorn worms.
patterning genes of Patiria miniata sea stars, C. rather than undergoing changes resulting in the
Laurent Formery et al. observed activity only in eventual elimination of a head region in their radial
anterior genes across P. miniata's entire body and body plan, as previously assumed, sea stars'
some posterior genes limited to the edges, morphology evolved to completely lack a trunk
suggesting that ______ and consist primarily of a head region.
D. contrary to the belief that they evolved from
early ancestors with the bilateral form typical of
many other animals, sea stars instead originated
with an atypical body layout that was neither
bilaterally nor radially symmetrical.
14. As computer engineer Sanaz Bahargam can 14
explain, deep learning (DL) and trustworthy Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
machine learning (TML) take divergent the conventions of Standard English?
approaches in the development of Al technologies. A. are pertaining
DL pertains to the training of computers to process B. pertains
data in the same way a human brain would, and C. have pertained
TML _______ to the training of computer D. pertain
algorithms to be accurate, safe, and fair.

15. Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has a 15

population of 556,723, which accounts for 18.83 Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
percent of the country's total population. Having the conventions of Standard English?
proportionally large populations _______ common A. are
for national capitals. B. is
C. were
D. have been

16. The Proto-Uralic language, common ancestor 16

of thirty-seven Eurasian languages with similar Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
linguistic properties, _____ like all protolanguages, the conventions of Standard English?
hypothetical: there's no direct evidence these A. are,
ancestral languages actually existed. B. were,
C. have been,
D. is,
17. Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass first appeared 17
in 1855 as a slim collection of twelve poems, but Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
Whitman would revise and expand it substantially the conventions of Standard English?
over the next four decades. These extensive ______ A. changes would include
the addition of hundreds of new poems, the B. changes, include
removal of some existing ones, and the insertion of C. changes included
prefatory material, reflected the poet's evolving D. changes, including
literary perspective and experience of the US Civil
War.

18. Though he's performed on many respected 18

albums, including While the Gate Is Open by Gary Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
Thomas, drummer Dennis Chambers may be best the conventions of Standard English?
known for his time as house drummer for the hip- A. however. He
hop label Sugar Hill Records. He did not play B. however and he
drums on the label's classic song "Rapper's C. however, he
Delight," ______ joined the label after the song's D. however he
release.

19. With the development of new technologies that 19

use natural resources more efficiently, the overall Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
consumption of those resources might be expected the conventions of Standard English?
to decrease. Economists have observed that A. conservation; though
improvements in efficiency often correlate B. conservation, though,
negatively with resource ________ efficiency C. conservation, though
gains, lowering the cost of use, may increase D. conservation, though;
demand to the extent that resource consumption
ultimately rises.
20. On September 18, 2006, American astronomers 20
detected a supernova (the explosion of a massive Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
star) in the constellation Perseus, 240 million light- the conventions of Standard English?
years from Earth. The powerful blast _________ A. results
from the collapse of the star's core under the force B. resulting
of its own gravity ejected particles at speeds of C. had resulted
thousands of miles per second. D. resulted

21. The Madison is a type of line dance that 21

involves neat rows of dancers performing a Which choice completes the text with the most logical
repeated sequence of steps in unison. _______ transition?
many other dances are also defined by order, A. Of course,
repetition, and synchronicity, but the Madison is B. However,
distinguished by its extreme uniformity; when an C. Specifically,
auditorium full of dancers performs the Madison, D. Moreover,
one almost gets the impression of a military march.

22. On June 10, 1991, Gulf War veterans were 22

recognized with a ticker-tape parade in New York Which choice completes the text with the most logical
City. This was just one of a number of military- transition?
related parades over the years. ______ between A. Hence,
1886 and 2022, there were twenty-nine ticker-tape B. In other words,
parades held in New York to honor US war C. Nevertheless,
veterans. D. In sum,

23. In 2015, geologist Peter Rogerson calculated 23

that the geographic center of Georgia was a point Which choice completes the text with the most logical
17.7 miles southeast of the municipality of Macon. transition?
Rogerson's calculation was more accurate than the A. Of course,
one from 1920 by the US Geological Survey. B. Ultimately,
______ this earlier calculation was made using far C. Likewise,
more rudimentary equipment—only cardboard and D. To that end,
string.
24. The Beatrice, an offshore wind farm located off 24
the coast of Scotland, produces about 588 Which choice completes the text with the most logical
megawatts (MW) of electricity per year. _______ transition?
England's Hornsea Project One offshore wind A. For instance,
farm, which generates the most power of any single B. As a result,
offshore farm, produces 1,218 MW of electricity. C. That is,
D. By comparison,

25. While researching a topic, a student has taken 25

the following notes: The student wants to emphasize a similarity between
• Generally, an object will heat up when twisted. EPDM rubber and single-ply NiTi wire fibers. Which
• The twisting of an object is known as torsion. choice most effectively uses relevant information from
• A 2019 study led by Zunfeng Liu and Ray the notes to accomplish this goal?
Baughman tested the torsional heating of various A. Both EPDM rubber and single-ply NiTi wire
fibers. fibers heat up when twisted, according to a 2019
• When a sample of ethylene propylene diene study.
monomer (EPDM) rubber fiber was twisted, its B. Researchers determined that when the fibers
average surface temperature increased by 12°C. were twisted, the average surface temperature of
• When a sample of single-ply nickel-titanium single-ply NiTi wire increased more than that of
(NiTi) wire was twisted, its average surface EPDM rubber.
temperature increased by 21.3°C. C. In 2019, two research teams observed the
effects of torsional heating on various fibers,
including EPDM rubber and single-ply NiTi wire.
D. Twisting an object will generally cause its
temperature to increase, a process known as
torsional heating.
26. While researching a topic, a student has taken 26
the following notes: The student wants to emphasize the order in which the
• Merle Oberon (1911-1979) was an actress born two films were released. Which choice most effectively
in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), India. uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish
• She was of Indian, Maori, and Irish heritage. this goal?
• She was the first Indian-born actress to be A. Merle Oberon was famous for her roles in films
nominated for an Academy Award. like Strange Evidence (1933) and The Price of
• Early in her career, she played many nameless, Fear (1956).
uncredited roles, such as her role in Strange B. Strange Evidence (1933) was released early in
Evidence (1933). Merle Oberon's career, whereas The Price of Fear
• Later, she played many named, credited roles, (1956) came out years later.
such as Jessica Warren in The Price of Fear C. In Strange Evidence (1933), actress Merle
(1956). Oberon played a nameless, uncredited role;
however, in The Price of Fear (1956), she played
a credited role—that of Jessica Warren.
D. Early in her career, Merle Oberon wasn't listed
in some film credits, such as the credits for the film
Strange Evidence, where she played a nameless,
uncredited role.
27. While researching a topic, a student has taken 27
the following notes: The student wants to contrast intaglio and relief
• Sheepshead Bay is a 1935 color relief print by printing. Which choice most effectively uses relevant
Japanese American artist Isami Doi. information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
• It features boats approaching a dock. A. Relief printing is intaglio's reverse: the ink is
• Intaglio and relief are printmaking techniques applied not to the carved grooves of the printing
in which an image is carved onto a printing block but to its raised, uncarved portions.
block, covered in ink, and stamped onto paper. B. Relief printing, rather than intaglio, is the
• In intaglio printing, ink is applied to the technique Doi used to depict boats approaching a
grooved, carved portions of the block. dock in the 1935 work Sheepshead Bay.
• In relief printing, ink is applied to the raised, C. In contrast to relief printing, in which ink is
uncarved portions of the block. applied to the uncarved portions of the block,
intaglio printing uses the printing block to stamp
the image onto paper.
D. In both relief printing and intaglio, an image is
carved onto a printing block, leaving grooves onto
which ink is applied.
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Which expression is equivalent to 8(𝑥 2 + 6)?
A. 8𝑥 2 + 48
B. 8𝑥 2 + 14
C. 8𝑥 2 + 6
D. 8𝑥 2 + 2
The table summarizes members of a local
organization by age and whether they live north or
south of Center St. If a member of the organization
is selected at random, what is the probability that
the selected member is at least 45 years old?
25
A. 135
35
B. 135
100
C. 135
110
D. 135

3 4
For the linear function f, the graph of y = f(x) in the The function f is defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 7 + √𝑥. What is
1
xy-plane has a slope of and passes through the the value of f(36)?
3

point (0, 7). Which equation defines f?

1
A. 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 𝑥 + 7
1 1
B. 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 𝑥 + 7
1 7
C. 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 𝑥 − 3
1
D. 𝑓 (𝑥) = 3 𝑥 − 7
 5 6
5x – 4y = –60 A geologist estimates that the volume of a boulder is
For the given equation, which table gives three greater than 14.6 cubic feet but less than 18.6 cubic feet.
values of x and their corresponding values of y? The geologist also estimates that the boulder weighs 160
pounds per cubic foot of volume. Which inequality
represents this situation, where x represents the
estimated total weight, in pounds, of the boulder?
A. A. 160 − 18.6 < 𝑥 < 160 − 14.6
B. 160 + 14.6 < 𝑥 < 160 + 18.6
C. 160(14.6) < 𝑥 < 160(18.6)
160 160
D. 18.6 < 𝑥 < 14.6
B.

C.

D.

7 8
A rectangular region of land is divided into 88 If 48 = 18 + 2(x – 9), what is the value of 2(x – 9)?
square lots of equal area R, in square units. The A. 18
length of the region is 5.5 times the width of the B. 24
region. If the width of the region is 𝑥 √𝑅 units, what C. 30
is the value of x? D. 39
 9 10
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 1.3 In triangle ABC, the measure of angle A is 53°, the
𝑦 = 1.3 − 𝑥 measure of angle B is 90°, and the measure of angle C
Which graph represents the given system of 𝑘 °
is (2 ) . What is the value of k?
equations?
A. 37
B. 45
C. 74
D. 106

A.

B.

C.
 D.

11 12
The scatterplot shows the relationship between two The expression 54𝑦 5 − 36𝑦 4 is equivalent to 𝑟𝑦 4 (9𝑦 −
variables, x and y. A line of best fit is also shown. 6), where r is a constant. What is the value of r?

Which of the following is closest to the slope of this

line of best fit?
A. –4.5
B. –1.1
C. 1.1
D. 4.5
13 14
y = 0.25x2 – 7.5x + 77.25 The total mass, in kilograms, of r identical objects is t.
The equation gives the estimated stock price y, in Which expression represents the total mass, in
dollars, for a certain company x days after the kilograms, of 112r of these objects?
company went public, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 20. Which A. 112 – t
statement is the best interpretation of (x, y) = (1, B. 112 + t
70) in this context? 𝑡
C. 112
A. The company's estimated stock price
D. 112t
increased $70 every day after the company
went public.
B. The company's estimated stock price
increased $1 every 70 days after the company
went public.
C. 1 day after the company went public, the
company's estimated stock price is $70.
D. 70 days after the company went public, the
company's estimated stock price is $1.

15 16

If
48
= 6𝑥, what is the value of 6𝑥 2 ? w(t) = 600 – 3t
𝑥
The function w models the volume of water, in
A. 6
milliliters, in a container t seconds after it begins
B. 8
draining from a hole at the bottom. According to the
C. 48
model, what is the predicted volume, in milliliters,
D. 288
draining from the container each second?
A. 3
B. 200
C. 597
D. 600
17 18
9(𝑣−273.15)
The equation ℎ= + 32 gives the
5

corresponding temperature h, in degrees Fahrenheit, of

any substance that has a temperature of v kelvins, where
v > 0. If a substance has a temperature of 539.33 degrees
Fahrenheit, what is the corresponding temperature, in
kelvins, of this substance?

Line k is shown in the xy-plane. Line j (not shown)

is perpendicular to line k. What is the slope of line
j?

19 20
A circle in the xy-plane has its center at (19, 16) and
has a radius of 8k. Which equation represents this
circle?
A. (𝑥 − 19)2 + (𝑦 − 16)2 = 64𝑘
B. (𝑥 − 19)2 + (𝑦 − 16)2 = 64𝑘 2
C. (𝑥 − 19)2 + (𝑦 − 16)2 = 8𝑘
D. (𝑥 − 19)2 + (𝑦 − 16)2 = 8𝑘 2

In the triangle shown, 𝑅𝑆 = √167. What is the value of

𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑅?
21 22
Parallelogram ABCD is similar to parallelogram r(t) = 53t – 2t2
PQRS. The length of each side of parallelogram The function r is defined by the given equation. The
PQRS is 2 times the length of its corresponding function s is defined by s(t) = r(t) + 1. Which expression
side of parallelogram ABCD. The area of represents the maximum value of s(t)?
parallelogram ABCD is 30 square centimeters. 53 2
A. 1 − ( 2 )
What is the area, in square centimeters, of
53 2
parallelogram PQRS? B. 1 − 2 ( 4 )
A. 32 53 2
C. 1 + 2 ( 4 )
B. 60
53 2
C. 120 D. 1 + ( 2 )
D. 900
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The value of y is 49 more than twice the value of x. To purchase a used car at a total price of 14,000 dollars,
Which equation represents y in terms of x? a onetime down payment is required, and then fixed
A. y = 2x + 49 monthly payments are made for the remaining amount
B. y = 49x + 2 owed for the car. The equation 14,000 = 2,800 + 200t
C. y = 51x + 2 represents this situation, where t is the number of fixed
D. y = 51x + 49 monthly payments that are made. Which of the
following is the best interpretation of 200 in this
context?
A. The amount, in dollars, of the down payment
B. The amount, in dollars, of each fixed monthly
payment
C. The total amount, in dollars, paid for the car
after t fixed monthly payments
D. The total number of fixed monthly payments

3 4
How many solutions does the equation 5x + 3 = 5x A model predicts that the population of a certain town
have? was 3,000 in 2007. The model also predicts that each
A. Zero year for the next 5 years, the population p increased by
B. Exactly one 8% of the previous year's population. Which equation
C. Exactly two best represents this model, where x is the number of
D. Infinitely many years after 2007, for x ≤ 5?
A. 𝑝 = 0.92(3,000) 𝑥
B. 𝑝 = 1.08(3,000)𝑥
C. 𝑝 = 3,000(0.92)𝑥
D. 𝑝 = 3,000(1.08)𝑥

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A park rents beach umbrellas to visitors. The park x2 – 2x – 18 = 0
earns revenue of $16 for each beach umbrella they One solution to the given equation can be written as
rent for the day. On Wednesday, the park earned 1 + √𝑘, where k is a constant. What is the value of k?
$400 in profit from renting beach umbrellas after A. 17
paying daily expenses of $144. How many beach B. 19
umbrellas did the park rent on Wednesday? C. 38
(Profit = total revenue – total expenses) D. 76
A. 16
B. 25
C. 32
D. 34

7 8

𝑟 = √5𝑤 − 3 A hemisphere is half of a sphere. If a hemisphere has a

The given equation relates the real numbers r and radius of 70 inches, which of the following is closest to

w, where 𝑤 > . Which equation correctly the volume, in cubic inches, of this hemisphere?
3
5
A. 10,300
expresses w in terms of r?
B. 41,100
A. 𝑤 = √−3𝑟 + 5
C. 538,800
B. 𝑤 = √5𝑟 − 3
D. 718,400
𝑟2 3
C. 𝑤 = +5
5
𝑟2
D. 𝑤 = +3
5

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For a certain type of rope, the equation y = 900ax², The function h is defined by
where a is a constant, gives the estimated breaking h(x) = (x + p)(x – 2)(2x – 12), where p is a constant. In
strength y, in pounds, of a rope with a the xy-plane, the graph of y = h(x) passes through the
circumference of x inches. Based on this equation, point (–3, 0). What is the value of h(0)?
if a rope of this type has a circumference of 2.75 A. –36
inches, it has an estimated breaking strength of B. –3
9,528.75 pounds. What is the estimated breaking C. 5
strength, in pounds, of a rope of this type that has a D. 72
circumference of 7.50 inches?

11 12
If x ≥ –6 represents all solutions to the inequality 5(8x) + 4(6y) = 12
ax – 27 ≤ 15, where a is a constant, what is the –5(8x) + 4(6y) = 12
greatest possible value of a? The solution to the given system of equations is (x, y).
What is the value of 8x + 6y?
A. 0.5
B. 0.6
C. 3
D. 12

13 14
For the positive quantities h, j, and k, 27% of h is The function f is defined by f(x) = 30x. For what value
equivalent to 24% of j, and j is equivalent to 45% of x is f(x) = 180?
of k. What percentage of k is h? (Disregard the %
sign when entering your answer. For example, if
your answer is 39%, enter 39)

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4x2 + 21 = 48x + r For the function f, for every increase of 2 in the value of
In the given equation, r is a constant. The equation x, the value of f(x) increases by a factor of c, where c is
has exactly one real solution. What is the value of a constant. Which of the following equivalent forms of
r? function f displays the value of c as the base or the
coefficient?
A. 𝑓(𝑥) = 26(2)6𝑥
B. 𝑓(𝑥) = 26(8)2𝑥
C. 𝑓(𝑥) = 26(64)𝑥
𝑥
D. 𝑓(𝑥) = 26(4,096)2

17 18

In the figure shown, 𝐴𝐵 = √89 units, 𝐴𝐶 = 8

units, and 𝐶𝐸 = 24 units. What is the area, in
square units, of triangle ADE?

The graph of line g is shown in the xy-plane. Line k is

defined by 165x + py = w, where p and w are constants.
If line k is graphed in this xy-plane, resulting in the
graph of a system of two linear equations, the system of
two linear equations will have infinitely many solutions.
What is the value of p + w?

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Each of the following frequency tables represents a 6x + 3y = 5
data set. Which of these frequency tables represents The given equation is one equation in a system of two
the data set with the smallest standard deviation? linear equations. If the system of equations has at least
A. one solution, which of the following equations could be
the other equation in the system?
I. 9x + 4.5y = 7.5
II. 9x – 4.5y = 7.5
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
B. D. Neither I nor II

C.
Value Frequency

3 15

4 15

5 15

6 15

7 15

D.
Value Frequency

3 11

4 12

5 13

6 12

7 11

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The function f is defined by f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, An object's speed is increasing at a rate of 1.1 meters per
where a, b, and c are constants. The graph of y = second squared. What is this rate, in miles per minute
f(x) in the xy-plane passes through the points (10,0) squared, rounded to the nearest tenth? (Use 1 mile =
and (–5, 0). If a is an integer greater than 1, which 1,609 meters.)
of the following could be the value of a + b? A. 0
A. –8 B. 2.5
B. –4 C. 29.5
C. 5 D. 1,462.7
D. 6

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