TEAS TEST

In the fall, 425 students pass the math benchmark. In the spring, 680 students pass the same benchmark. What is the percentage increase in passing scores from fall to spring?

(680-425)/425 25/425=.6 60%

What is as a percent?

62.5%

A person with a mass of 80 kg travels to the moon, where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.62 m/s2. What will her mass be on the moon?

80 kg

What is the maximum value of the function f(x) = 3sin(x − 2) + 1?

This sine function has an amplitude of 3 and has been shifted up 1, so it has a maximum value of 4.

Which of the following best explains the Three-Fifths Compromise?

To account for a state's population size, a slave would count for three-fifths of a person.

-2x-6=0 x= -3

Which of the following is the vertical asymptote of the function ?

Which of the following would be considered a push factor for migration?

a new law in the home country requiring a religious practice

What can Congress do if the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional?

amend the Constitution

Which of the following is NOT a condition of natural selection?

competition between species

Which of the following cellular processes does NOT use ATP?

facilitated diffusion

Which of the following led to the French Revolution?

food shortages, heavy taxation, and Enlightenment thought

The result of meiosis and cytokinesis is

four haploid (1n) cells

A bike store is having a 30%-off sale, and one of the bikes is on sale for $385. What was the original price of this bike?

p= 0.3p= 385 p=385/.07= 550

Which of the following is the type of nonrandom mating that leads to changes in allele frequency?

sexual selection

Which of the following cell organelles are the site of lipid synthesis?

smooth er

John Locke's theory of a social contract is best reflected in which section of the Constitution?

the Preamble

Before the United States annexed Texas in 1845, what authority controlled Texas?

the Republic of Texas

Which of the following events is generally considered to mark the beginning of the movement for LGBT civil rights in the United States?

the Stonewall Riots in New York City

What was one reason for the Sino-Soviet Split?

the differences between the communist philosophies of China and the USSR

Which of the following processes uses the information stored in RNA to produce a protein?

translation

Which of the following is NOT a nucleobase of DNA?

uracil

Which measurement describes the distance between crests in a wave?

wavelength

What is the axis of symmetry for the given parabola? y=-2(x+3)^2 +5

x = -3

What is the value of z in the following system? z − 2x = 14 2z − 6x = 18

z-2x = 14 -> 2x=14 2z-6x= 18 2(2x+14)-6x= 18 x=5 z= 24

A theater has 180 rows of seats. The first row has 10 seats. Each row has 4 seats more than the row in front of it. How many seats are in the entire theater?

(180/2)[2(10)+(180-1)4]= 66240 seats

What was an important consequence of the War of 1812?

. The United States developed a sense of a strong national identity following its successful expulsion of the British and defense of its borders.

What are the real zero(s) of the following polynomial? 2n^2 + 2n -12=0

2(n^2 +n -6)=0 2(2+3)(n-2)=0 -3,2

If the pattern continues, what is the next number?{2, 5, 14, 41, 122, ...}

3(122)-1 = 365

What is the percent increase in an employee's salary if it is raised from $57,000 to $60,000?

3000/60000=.05 5%

How many electrons are included in the double bond between the two oxygen atoms in O2

4

What is the 30th term of the following sequence: 4,7,10,... ?

4+(30-1)3= 91

If a baseball thrown straight up in the air takes 5 seconds to reach its peak, how long will it need to fall back to the player's hand?

5 seconds

A fruit stand sells apples, bananas, and oranges at a ratio of 3:2:1. If the fruit stand sells 20 bananas, how many total pieces of fruit does the fruit stand sell?

60

7y − 42x + 7 = 0

7y − 42x + 7 = 07y − 42(0) + 7 = 0y = −1 The y-intercept is at (0, −1).

If a car uses 8 gallons of gas to travel 650 miles, how many miles can it travel using 12 gallons of gas?

975 miles

What was mercantilism?

A political-economic system that enriched Spain by providing it with valuable raw materials, especially gold and silver. Mercantilism enriched colonial powers at the expense of colonies, increasing their power relative to other European countries.

Which of the following is NOT a definition of an acid?

A substance that accepts protons.

10x + 10y = 10

A. Plug 0 in for y and solve for x. 10x + 10y = 10 10x + 10(0) = 10 x = 1 The x-intercept is at (1, 0).

The Calvin cycle produces one molecule of glucose from which of the following three molecules?

ATP, NADPH, and CO2

After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and its subsequent withdrawal, what happened in Afghanistan?

Afghanistan descended into a period of instability and civil war, making it vulnerable to extremist movements like the Taliban.

If a plant that is homozygous dominant (T) for a trait is crossed with a plant that is homozygous recessive (t) for the same trait, what will be the phenotype of the offspring if the trait follows Mendelian patterns of inheritance?

All offspring will show the dominant phenotype.

What was one reason for the election of Andrew Jackson to the presidency?

Allowing white men who did not own property to vote was a boon to Jackson, who was popular with the "common man."

Which group insisted on including the Bill of Rights in the Constitution in order to ratify it?

Anti-Federalists

Despite never making significant land gains in the Levant, Europe benefitted from the Crusades through which of the following ways?

Crusaders returned to Europe with knowledge of Arab-Islamic technology, navigation, and science, eventually contributing to the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, and the colonial era

How were European empires affected by nationalism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

Given the nature of empire—consolidated rule over an extended region home to diverse peoples—nationalism threatened empire as ethnic groups began to advocate for their own independent states

Which of the following is a monomer used to build carbohydrates?

Glucose

What was the relevance of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?

It authorized the president to take military action against North Vietnamese forces.

Why was the Louisiana Purchase controversial?

Many people were concerned about federal overreach, given the scope of the purchase.

Thermal conductors are substances that easily absorb and release heat. Diamond is a good thermal conductor, as are many metals. Thermal insulators do not absorb or release heat easily and are used to prevent heat transfer. Air, for example, is a good insulator. Materials that trap air, such as feathers and foams, are commonly used as insulators. A rubber ball, a metal ball, and a wooden ball are placed in the same pot of boiling water. Which ball will have the highest temperature?

Metal

50 shares of a financial stock and 10 shares of an auto stock are valued at $1,300. If 10 shares of the financial stock and 10 shares of the auto stock are valued at $500, what is the value of 50 shares of the auto stock?

Set up a system of equations and solve using elimination. f = the cost of a financial stock a = the cost of an auto stock 50f + 10a = 1300 10f + 10a = 500 50*3= 1500

Which of the following illustrated the problems with the Articles of Confederation?

Shays' Rebellion

How did political stability or instability impact trade along the Silk Road?

Stable imperial rule allowed for easier trade and travel, as roads were safe.

Why does adding a catalyst not affect the balance of reactants and products in a chemical reaction equilibrium?

The catalyst only affects the rate of the reaction and not the balance of reactants and products

What contributed to the declining power of political parties in the twentieth century?

The increase in direct primaries allowed candidates to bypass political machines, decreasing their importance in the overall system.

Which of the following describes what will happen when positive work is done on an object?

The object will gain energy.

Which of the following is an accurate example of checks and balances?

The president signs treaties, and the Senate ratifies them

If the following reaction is at equilibrium, what will happen if the pressure of the reaction is decreased?

The reactions will shift toward the reactants

A balloon is filled with 1 liter of helium. If the temperature of the air inside the balloon goes down, what will happen to the balloon?

The volume of the helium will not change, and the balloon will stay the same size.

How did the Lincoln-Douglas Debates impact the nation before the 1860 presidential election?

They reflected the national mood: that the country was deeply divided over the question of slavery and whether states had the right to determine its legality

Which of the following is a safeguard against federal overreach built into the US Constitution?

a system of checks and balances, in which the three branches of government—executive, legislative, and judicial—are able to limit each other

How do the two major parties officially select their nominees for the presidency?

at nominating conventions

In the nineteenth century, Scotch-Irish families moved to Chicago, aided by glowing letters from family and friends who had migrated earlier. This is an example of which kind of migration?

chain migration

Type AB blood—the expression of both A and B antigens on a red blood cell surface—occurs as the result of which of the following?

codominance

A man is pushing against a heavy rock sitting on a flat plane, and the rock is not moving. The force that holds the rock in place is

friction

On the map, what kind of boundary separates the United States and Canada?

geometric political

Which of the following is caused by geothermal heat?

geysers

Which of the following holds the largest percentage of earth's freshwater?

glaciers and ice caps

Which of the following is NOT a principle of the pure market?

government safety net

NAFTA accomplished which of the following?

initiated free trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada, facilitating and strengthening trade between these three countries

What is the term for the top layer of the earth's surface?

lithosphere

Which of the following is a measure of the inertia of an object?

mass

A grocery store sold 30% of its pears and had 455 pears remaining. How many pears did the grocery store start with?

p-.30 =455 p=455/.07 =650

Which of the following is a solution to the given function? cos x − sin x = −1

plug each value in to find answer

Who does the cabinet report to?

president

Which of the following organisms generate their own food through photosynthesis and make up the first level of the energy pyramid?

producers

The information stored in DNA is used to make which of the following molecules?

proteins

The diagram shows the path of blood through the human circulatory system. Which chamber of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs?

right ventricle

The average speed of cars on a highway (s) is inversely proportional to the number of cars on the road (n). If a car drives at 65 mph when there are 250 cars on the road, how fast will a car drive when there are 325 cars on the road?

sn = k 65*250 = k 16,250 = k s*35 = 16250 s= 50

What was Apartheid?

strict racial segregation associated with South Africa

Which two properties are used to classify climate zones?

temperature and precipitation

Which of the following is an example of a legislative check on another branch?

the 1999 Senate rejection of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

What is the greatest number of complex roots a 17th degree polynomial can have

the number of possible complex solutions is the greatest even number equal to or less than the power of the polynomial. A 17th degree polynomial can have at most 16 complex roots.

A chemist needs to determine the concentration of a sample of hydrochloric acid by performing an acid-base titration reaction. To perform this reaction, he adds a known volume and concentration of strong base to the acid while measuring the pH of the combined acid and base. Once a neutral pH is obtained, the reaction is complete and the concentration of the acid may be calculated.

the original volume of acid

What is the role of the Federal Reserve?

to stabilize prices in order to prevent inflation and keep the economy strong.

After the president proposes the budget, where must it go next?

to the House of Representatives

What is the purpose of antitrust laws

to transition monopolies and oligopolies into perfectly competitive markets