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Q1: Which of the following sentences is written correctly?
Answer Choices:
A. The lizard has the ability to alter its coloration to blend in with the foliage.
B. The lizard has the ability to alter its coloration to blend in with the foliage.
C. The lizard has the ability to alter its coloration to blend in with the foliage.
D. The lizard has the ability to alter its coloration to blend in with the foliage.
Correct Answer: The lizard has the ability to alter its coloration to blend in with the foliage.
Rationale:
All four options are identical, but the final one is marked correctly. The sentence is grammatically correct, uses precise vocabulary, and follows standard punctuation. The subject-verb agreement and sentence structure are appropriate for formal writing.
Q2: Which of the following pieces of written communication requires a citation?
Answer Choices:
A. A manual providing instructions on how to maintain a small appliance.
B. A journal article including data on the number of grocery stores in the surrounding communities.
C. An email to your high school football coach detailing your college classes.
D. A short story that points out that the United States celebrated its bicentennial in the year 1976.
Correct Answer: A journal article including data on the number of grocery stores in the surrounding communities.
Rationale:
Any time you include specific data, statistics, or research findings that are not your own, a citation is required to give credit to the source. In this case, the journal article includes numerical data, which likely comes from a study or report and must be properly cited.
Q3: Which of the following is a step in the proofreading process?
Answer Choices:
A. Checking for proof of authorship
B. Checking secondary sources
C. Checking primary sources
D. Checking for spelling
Correct Answer: Checking for spelling
Rationale:
Proofreading involves reviewing a text for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and formatting before it’s finalized. It’s one of the last steps in the writing process and focuses on surface-level mistakes rather than content or source accuracy.
Q4: Which of following sentences demonstrates proper pronoun-antecedent agreement?
Answer Choices:
A. If people want to travel to the moon, he must get a job at a space technology station.
B. If people want to travel to the moon, you must get a job at a space technology station.
C. If a person wants to travel to the moon, you must get a job at a space technology station.
D. If a person wants to travel to the moon, she must get a job at a space technology station.
Correct Answer: If a person wants to travel to the moon, she must get a job at a space technology station.
Rationale:
This sentence maintains proper pronoun-antecedent agreement by using a singular antecedent (“a person”) and a singular pronoun (“she”). The pronoun matches both in number and clarity.
Q5: Which of the following best orders these sentences to form a well-organized paragraph?1) Initially, we constructed experiments that explored new relationships among six major systems of the human body: circulatory, digestive, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and respiratory. 2) We believe that this work will revolutionize our understanding of human behavior.3) Then, we discovered, through a series of curious events and calculations, that these systems were all intricately involved in a kind of psychic economy.4) Our experimental research project has focused on what we call the Psycho-Physical Performance Scale.5) Therefore, we ultimately chose to classify differed triggers of human actions and productions according to these new relationships.
Answer Choices:
A. 1, 4, 2, 3, 5
B. 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
C. 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
D. 2, 4, 1, 3,5
Correct Answer: 1, 4, 2, 3, 5
Rationale:
Explanation:
This sequence forms a logical and cohesive paragraph:
• (1) Introduces the experiment’s scope—relationships among major body systems.
• (4) Introduces the research project’s name (Psycho-Physical Performance Scale).
• (2) States the anticipated impact of the research.
• (3) Details an important discovery that links body systems to psychic processes.
• (5) Concludes by explaining how they used this insight to classify triggers of behavior.
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