Reading Comprehension Question Types
The information in the passage can most clearly and directly be used to answer which one of the following?
BROAD/VAGUE DETAIL (no research clues)
Which of the following does the author mention in the passage?
BROAD/VAGUE DETAIL (no research clues)
Which of the following does the author state in the passage?
BROAD/VAGUE DETAIL (no research clues)
Which of the following does the passage mention?
BROAD/VAGUE DETAIL (no research clues)
Which of the following is cited by the passage?
BROAD/VAGUE DETAIL (no research clues)
It can be inferred that the authors of the two passages would be most likely to agree on which one of the following statements?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
It can be inferred that the authors of the two passages would be most likely to disagree on which one of the following statements?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
The information in the passage most strongly suggests which one of the following?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
The information in the passage most strongly supports which one of the following?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
The passage most strongly supports which one of the following inferences?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
The passage offers the strongest evidence that the author would agree with which one of the following statements?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
Which of the following is most strongly suggested by the passage?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
Which of the following is most strongly supported by the passage?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
Which of the following would the author most likely agree with?
BROAD/VAGUE INFERENCE (no research clues)
The author discusses the skill of synthesis in the third paragraph primarily in order to
FUNCTION
The author mentions the civil rights movement primarily to
FUNCTION
The author mentions the creation of blobs of different temperatures in the Earth's outer core (lines 34-38) primarily in order to
FUNCTION
The author refers to the fact that adult Harris sparrows are usually dark throated (lines 31-32), in order to do which one of the following?
FUNCTION
The author's mention of the fact that some field geologists suggested calling Jeffreys' work An Earth (line 45) serves to
FUNCTION
The explanation of how a Koch curve is generated (lines 10-20) serves primarily to
FUNCTION
The function of paragraph two can best be described as which one of the following?
FUNCTION
Which of the following best summarizes the function of paragraph three?
FUNCTION
Which one of the following best expresses the main point of the passage?
GLOBAL - MAIN POINT
Which one of the following most accurately states the central idea of the passage?
GLOBAL - MAIN POINT
Which one of the following most accurately summarizes the main idea of the passage?
GLOBAL - MAIN POINT
Which one of the following most completely and accurately expresses the main point of the passage?
GLOBAL - MAIN POINT
Which one of the following titles most accurately expresses the main idea of the passage?
GLOBAL - MAIN POINT
Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?
GLOBAL - ORGANIZATION
Which one of the following most accurately describes the contents of the passage?
GLOBAL - ORGANIZATION
Which one of the following most accurately describes the organization of the material in the passage as a whole?
GLOBAL - ORGANIZATION
In the passage, the author's primary concern is to
GLOBAL - PURPOSE
The author's primary purpose in writing the passage it to
GLOBAL - PURPOSE
The main purpose of the passage is to
GLOBAL - PURPOSE
The passage is primarily concerned with which one of the following?
GLOBAL - PURPOSE
Which one of the following is most similar to the relationship described in the passage between the new methods of the building industry and pre- twentieth-century construction?
LOGICAL REASONING
Which one of the following principles most likely governs the author's evaluation of Jacobs's narrative?
LOGICAL REASONING
Which one of the following, if true, would most weaken the position of the critics mentioned line 23?
LOGICAL REASONING
Which one of the following, if true, would provide the most support for Alpers' argument about Claudius Civilis?
LOGICAL REASONING
According to the author, steady-state economists believe that unlimited economic growth is dangerous because it
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
According to the fourth paragraph of the passage, what specifically does Bentham characterize as preference of ignorance to knowledge?
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
According to the passage, after the 1956 meeting the Oneida resolved to
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
According to the passage, many lay people believe which one of the following about risk communication?
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
According to the text, which one of the following distinguished the de futuro contract from the de praesenti contract?
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
The author indicates that all politicians agree about the
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
Which one of the following is cited by the text as a primary cause of the misunderstanding between biologists and physicists?
SPECIFIC/NARROW DETAIL (research clues)
Suppose that pesticide X drastically slows the reproductive rate of cyclamen mites and has no other direct effect on cyclamen mites or Typhlodromus. Based on the information in the passage, which one of the following would most likely have occurred if, in the experiments mentioned in the passage, pesticide X had been used instead of parathion, with all other conditions affecting the experiments remaining the same?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
The author's attitude toward eighteenth-century lawyers can best be described as
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
The passage implies that the colonials discussed in the passage would have considered which one of the following to be a source of their debates with England?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
Which one of the following can be inferred from the passage about the average annual temperature of the air over Northern Hemisphere landmasses before 1945?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
Which one of the following inferences about the portrait of Fuller does the passage most strongly support?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
Which one of the following is most clearly an example of the kind of risk perception discussed in the "studies" mentioned in line 8?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
Which one of the following phrases best describes the meaning of "re-constitute" as that word is used in line 54 of the passage?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
Which one of the following statements about Zirkel and Schoenfeld can be inferred from the passage?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
Which one of the following would be most consistent with the policy of readjustment described in the passage?
SPECIFIC/NARROW INFERENCE (research clues)
