GACE

A money market account at the bank offers a 4% nominal interest rate, while inflation is expected to be 3%. What is the real interest rate for this account?

1%

Which of the following shows the proper way to distribute and simplify the above operation?

3x-7y+8

How long does puberty generally last?

4 years

Shelly is teaching her students how to divide fractions. She gives each student a square piece of paper. She asks them to cut the piece of paper into four equal parts. Some students cut four congruent squares while some students cut four congruent strips of paper. Each student now has four pieces of papers. She asks them to cut all of their papers into 12 of its current size. How many pieces of paper will each student have now?

8

In your classroom, you currently have a circle rug for students to sit on during Show and Tell. The rug is 10 feet in diameter. You are thinking about changing the rug to a square rug but want to keep the same area. How long would a side of the square rug have to be so that its area was equal to the current circular rug in your classroom? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

8.9 feet

Which one of the following is the best explanation of an economy?

A system of organizations and institutions that either help facilitate or play a role in the production and distribution of goods and services.

Mary works at a company where she does not need to be part of the union, but she still pays a fee to the union. What type of collective bargaining agreement is this?

Agency shop

What can result from directed cultural change?

All of the answers are correct.

Which of the following arguments is in favor of abolishing state standardized tests?

Eliminating standardized tests would reduce student anxiety.

Which rule first gave people in the United States the right to form unions?

Executive Order 10988

As a group of students works to figure out the effect of two elements mixed together, they decide to take a certain approach when creating their hypothesis about the matter. First they define the variables, then they formulate a hypothesis. After that they design an experiment, assign subjects, and measure the dependent variable. Which of the following processes is shown in this example?

Experimental design

What do twin studies generally reveal about the more complex human behaviors?

Genes and environment play a fairly equal role in influencing behavior.

Students have to map the following points on a graph: (5, -1). To do this, students should do which of the following?

Go to quadrant IV of the graph, find 5 along the xaxis and then -1 along the y axis

Which 19th century invention helped pave the way for automobiles, and which fuel source helped make it more practical?

It was the internal combustion engine, which was made more useful with the fuel source petroleum.

Which branch of government makes laws?

Legislative branch

What type of line is the Prime Meridian?

Line of longitude

Which one of the following is the best explanation of a production process?

Making goods

In which scenario would the woman solve her dilemma by relying on her cultural values?

She can't decide whether to cook a turkey or make a frozen pizza on the Thanksgiving holiday.

Which of the following can be described as a scarce resource?

Silver

A student at a high school football game can see that the football players and cheerleaders are both scattered around the field, but he can easily tell them apart and find them because of their uniforms. Which Gestalt principle is most helpful here?

Similarity

Which of the following is NOT automatically copyrighted?

Susan hums an original song that she hopes to eventually record.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a biome?

The Hoover Dam

Which situation BEST represents a reason why somebody may seek help from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)?

The employees of an auto maker have announced plans to go on strike due to a decrease in their health benefits, and management has threatened them with disciplinary action.

According to supply-side economists, how are taxes and economic growth related?

The higher taxes are, the less economic growth there will be.

According to Thomas, K.W., and R.H. Kilmann, what happens if the conflict style 'Avoiding' is used?

The manager avoids the issue

A struggling pharmaceutical company is attempting to increase its revenue through illegal business practices. It has started using cheaper materials which may have adverse effects on human health and has significantly increased its greenhouse gas emission during production. The company has also started falsely advertising that their diet pills reduce the risk of diabetes. Identify the issue in the above scenario that is within the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission:

The use of cheaper materials which may have an adverse impact on human health

What is the minimum frequency of muscle-strengthening activities required for regular exercise and physical activity in an adult aged 18-64?

Two days a week

Which of the following should _____ not _____ be done at a career fair?

Wear casual clothing

Which of these questions fits best in the study of Physical Anthropology?

Why do some people groups tend to suffer from cancer more than others?

According to the theory of kin selection, which of these people are you most likely to help?

Your brother

What is defined as the tracing of kinship through both parents' ancestral lines?

bilateral descent

The employees at a major retailer are at odds with management over low wages and lack of benefits.

boycott

Self-actualization is thought to be a key motivating factor in

humanistic psychology

McDonald's using Olympic athletes in its ads is classical conditioning because _____.

it links healthy athletes with fast food, planting the idea that fast food is healthy

A person who learns mathematics better when they physically work through a problem themselves instead of listening to a lecture utilizes _____.

kinesthetic intelligence

Going off of common Greco-Latin prefixes, it can be inferred that a thermophile, in the context of microbiology, is a microorganism which:

thrives in areas with high temperatures.

Automatic drawing is an approach to illustration in which the artist

unconsciously draws whatever comes to their mind at that moment.

Why was barter likely NOT the basis of the economy?

Barter requires a coincidence of wants

You live in a country where religion and conservative beliefs are highly important. The authority of your leader is often based upon hereditary claims and it rarely changes over time. There are deeply rooted inequalities in society that are preserved by the system. They prevent movement from one social class to another. People don't argue with the system because that's the way it has always been. Why is this an example of a traditional system?

Because cultural beliefs go unchanged out of respect for previously accepted practices.

Students are visiting their local science center and analyzing different types of fossils. The first exhibit shows different foot/paw prints of different species. Each of the fossils were created via imprints that were eventually covered by different rocks and soils. However, the imprint was preserved. Thus, the prints were preserved as or by which of the following?

Cast fossils

A person who failed a class but tells people he got an A is experiencing denial. Why is this an unproductive way of dealing with disappointment?

Denial is unproductive because it is a refusal to accept reality.

Which agency is responsible for preventing unions or employers from engaging in unlawful acts related to the employer-employee relationship?

National Labor Relations Board

Which of the following best describes collective bargaining?

Negotiating occurs between representatives of both the employer and the employee.

Jose's insurance allows him to go to any specialist without a referral, although it is less costly if he chooses from a specific pool of doctors. He most likely has a _____ insurance plan.

Preferred Provider Organization