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A student group plans to donate school supplies for children in an orphanage. If notebooks that are normally 59 cents each are on sale two for 99 cents, how much can be saved by purchasing ten notebooks at the sale price?
a. $0.95 b. $1.05 c. $1.00 d. $0.85
Ms. Jackson borrowed $42,000 at 8.75% annual simple interest. If exactly 1 year later she was able to repay the loan without penalty, how much interest would she owe?
a. $45,675 b. $4000 c. $3325 d. $3675
Ephesians 2:8-9 states, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (King James Version). According to the Scripture, how does a person experience the gift of salvation? Group of answer choices
a. By giving the gift of your time and talents b. Grace through faith c. Love and Kindness d. Doing more good works than bad works
John C. Calhoun wrote the following in South Carolina Exposition and Protest: "If it be conceded, as it must be by everyone who is the least conversant with our institutions, that the sovereign powers delegated are divided between the General and State Governments...it would seem impossible to deny to the States the right of deciding on the infractions of their powers, and the proper remedy to be applied for their correction. The right of judging, in such cases, is an essential attribute of sovereignty, of which the States cannot be divested without losing their sovereignty itself, and being reduced to a subordinate corporate condition." Based on your evaluation of this statement, which of the following would most likely be Calhoun's view? Group of answer choices
a. Central government is the most likely to insure liberty. b. States should be allowed to nullify federal laws. c. The Federal government has the last word over states. d. Powers should never be divided.
A Boolean search allows researchers to refine search results by combining more than one key word with operators such as AND, OR, and NOT. When may this be ideal?
a. When you want to search for articles about a two-word subject, such as subjective assessment. b. When you want to search for articles which contain two or more separate keywords, such as college and assessment. c. When you want to search for articles about a one-word subject, such as assessment. d. When you want to search more than one database at once.
When applying a passage of Scripture, you note that the passage speaks to the kind of person you should be. This is the question of
a. character b. duty c. discernment d. goals
What is an important implication of being created in the image of God?
a. Every person must look inside of themselves to find their potential. b. Every person has a relationship with God. c. In general, every person looks physically like God. d. Every person shares in the dignity and status of being made by God.
While differing worldviews may approach the significance or vale of humanity from various perspectives, the view that best describes the biblical worldview is:
a. Humanity is just a higher or more evolved animal. b. Humans have greater value than animals because they can speak for themselves. c. Humanity was created in the "image" of God and has intrinsic value. d. God made all living creatures and thus they all have equal value and significance.
What makes a discipline scientific?
a. Its discounting of tradition and folklore b. Its valuing of scholarly opinions over laboratory tests c. Its focus on testing theories, beliefs, and assumptions d. Its emphasis on mental, as opposed to behavioral, processes
When studying Scripture, application asks the question:
a. What does it mean? b. What do I see? c. How does it connect? d. How should I respond?
Often, during difficult or challenging circumstances, people have the tendency to move closer to God or further away. What determines this type of reaction to these circumstances?
a. Whether or not they trust their parents b. Whether or not they can forgive others c. Their emotional state d. Their attachment style
A Christian's goal of the study of psychology is to help other Christians better know how to be _____ and ________in a broken, fallen world.
a. salt and light b. objective and thinking c. curious and skeptical d. politically correct and subjective
When a Christian presents statistical findings from a study in a peer reviewed publication, what is the most appropriate ethical standard to guide their communication of the results?
a. Christians are called to present the whole truth; thus, any summary or interpretation is inherently misleading and therefore unethical. b. Christians should confine themselves to facts since interpretations are always influenced by one's agenda, and let the audience determine their significance. c. Christians summarize and interpret the significance of their finding with integrity so that their audience is given an accurate understanding of their results rather than a misleading one. d. Christians need to make sure that their findings are presented in a way that supports biblical perspectives and promotes good causes.
The data set below represents the number of pencils each student has in Mrs. Jones's third grade class. Explain how you would find the median for this data set.9, 2, 5, 0, 1, 1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 3, 5, 2, 8, 10, 2, 4, 5, 1, 5
a. Find the middle number in the list of numbers. If there is an odd number of elements in the data set, the median is the middle number. If there is an even number of elements, the median is the average of the two middle numbers. b. The median is the number that appears most often in the data set. If every number appears only once, there is no median. c. Order the data set from least to greatest. If there is an odd number of elements in the data set, the median is the middle number. If there is an even number of elements, the median is the average of the two middle numbers. d. To find the median, add all the numbers of the data set and divide this result by the number of elements in the set.
Which statement about the doctrine of salvation is not true:
a. Jesus is the only way by which man can be saved. b. Every person born, except Jesus, needs to be saved from the wrath of God. c. Unless man is born again, he will not be saved. d. Because God is a God of love, all men will eventually be saved from God's wrath.
Given that 19 th century Unitarians rejected the doctrine of original sin (that man is born a sinner), their drive for social reform was largely from a belief that:
a. Man is a sinner but can perform good works to achieve salvation. b. Man is born in sin but can reach near perfection in this life through the atonement of Christ. c. Man is a sinner and not perfectible. d. Man is basically good and therefore perfectible.
Read the following passage found in Leviticus 19:15 and then answer the question below. "You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord." Which of the following governmental principles can be inferred from this passage?
a. Preferential treatment should be administered to the poor. b. Law should be administered fairly by granting preferential treatment to the great and wealthy, after all, they fund most of the operations of the government through taxes. c. Law should be administered without respect of persons. d. Legal protection should be rendered partially, and with respect to one's social and economic status.
What can we infer from Scripture about the idea of a nation-state?
a. The Church should govern all humans in the New Covenant, not nation-states. b. There is no role of government whatsoever in the New Covenant with Christ. c. Nation-states are a product of a sinful world and must be replaced with a one-world government which will assist in ushering in the eschaton described in Revelation. d. Nation-states can be a way of protecting the identity and rights of unique people, but political power centralized in sinful leaders can also undermine the inherent rights of liberty.
In humanities research, students are advised to avoid the Reductive Fallacy--that is, for example, the use of words or phrases that limit historical causation to one thing. Which of the following would best illustrate this fallacy?
a. The French and Indian war was a widespread conflict both in American and Europe. b. The Vietnam War was hard to win due in part to the growing lack of support from the American public. c. The Civil War had a diversity of causes including economic, political, and social. d. The American Revolution came about because of the Stamp Act.
Which describes a biblical perspective on the role of the State in society?
a. The State should not exist under the New Covenant in Christ. b. The State is called to meet the material needs of citizens. c. The State is called to punish crimes, i.e. violations of the inalienable rights of citizens. d. The State is called to ensure that all citizens are Christians.
Read the following passage found in Daniel 4: 28-32, and then answer the question below.All this happened to Nebuchadnezzar the king. Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon. The king reflected and said, 'Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?' While the word was in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven, saying, 'King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: sovereignty has been removed from you, and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes. 'Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. Which of the following governmental principles can be inferred from this passage?
a. The governmental principle of lawful civil disobedience b. The governmental principle that all civil rulers are ultimately accountable to God c. The civil principle of unlimited civil jurisdiction d. The civil principle that governing authorities can rule lawfully as tyrants and despots
Evaluate the following statement and determine which answer describes the validity of the statement. "Being aware and culturally sensitive to other people, the Christian believer sees the dire need for a lost world to come to a knowledge of Christ's redeeming work. This also compels the Christian believer in literally everything they do."
a. The statement is true. b. The statement is misguided. c. The statement is false. d. The statement is mostly true.
Which of the following describes how a person's worldview operates?
a. What a person believes about God (or lack thereof) determines what a person believes about truth, values, and who we are as human beings. Cultural norms and influences also influence these key beliefs/presuppositions. b. A person's worldview is solely the product of his/her interactions with their particular culture, social groups, etc. c. People rely solely upon the rules of logic to construct their worldviews. d. Because people are not rational, but rather are inconsistent and emotional, it is not possible to provide a logical explanation for how a person's worldview operates.
Your _________ is an example of a liquid asset.
a. checking account b. car c. home d. charge account
Organizational behavior knowledge ________________________________.
a. helps us understand, predict, and influence the behaviors of others in organizational settings b. is important only for the managers of an organization c. is more appropriate for people who work in computer science than in marketing d. accurately predicts how anyone will behave in any situation
The rhetorical situation requires the speaker/writer to size up the audience/setting (the rhetorical situation) into which he/she will speak for the purpose of determining what he/she should say and how he/she should say it in order to maximize the likelihood of realizing one's specific purpose in making the presentation. The rhetorical situation is the context for communicating—the context a writer/speaker enters into in order to shape a message that can address a problem and ________________.
a. purposely deflect from the real meaning of the conveyed content b. reach a broad audience with no intent beyond conveyance of information c. reach an intended audience to change an attitude, action, or opinion d. ponder the eternal contradictions of rationality
One aspect of quantitative research is the idea that numerical data about a representative sample of the population can be used to ______________ the findings to the population at large.
a. research b. discover c. disseminate d. generalize
Identify which underlined word or phrase is used incorrectly in the following sentence. Heather and Allen want to create a safe home for a barn owl family in there backyard.
a. there b. to create c. Heather and Allen d. for a barn owl family
