ASVAB-SECTION-8 Online Practice Questions and Answers

The U.S. Congress consists of 100 senators and 435 representatives. Two senators are elected from each state. The number of representatives from each state is based on population, although each state has at least one representative. Senators serve six-year terms and representatives serve two-year terms.

According to this passage, ___________.

A. there are an equal number of senators and representatives

B. the number of representatives from each state is decided by a lottery

C. it's possible for a state to have no representatives

D. senators and representatives have different term lengths

Many criminal-law statutes permit more severe punishment of a person convicted of a crime if he or she intended to harm another person. For example, voluntary manslaughter carries a heavier penalty than involuntary manslaughter in most states. Planned crimes are also punished more severely than spur-ofthe-moment crimes. The problem is that juries find it difficult to know what the intent of a person was at the time he or she committed a crime. Many defendants will deny that they intended to harm the other person and claim that any harm that occurred was “accidental.” The law asks too much of juries when it expects them to determine what a person was thinking. Juries should only be asked to weigh objective evidence.

The author of this passage would agree that ___________.

A. laws should not punish people based on intention

B. juries aren't intelligent enough to weigh evidence

C. more laws should distinguish between crimes committed with intent and crimes committed on the spur of the moment

D. lawyers will lie about anything

Linewatch operations are conducted near international boundaries and coastlines in areas of Border Patrol jurisdiction to prevent the illegal entry and smuggling of aliens into the United States and to intercept those who do enter illegally before they can escape from border areas. Signcutting is the detection and the interpretation of any disturbances in natural terrain conditions that indicate the presence or passage of people, animals, or vehicles.

The operation that's designed to detect changes in the natural environment, which may indicate passage of illegal aliens is called __________.

A. Linewatching

B. Signcutting

C. Border Patrol Operations D. Terrain Observation

The fierce and warlike tribe, called the Huns, who’d driven the Goths to seek new homes, came from Asia into Southeastern Europe and took possession of a large territory lying north of the River Danube. During the first half of the fifth century, the Huns had a famous king named Attila. He was only 21 years old when he became their king. But although he was young, he was very brave and ambitious, and he wanted to be a great and powerful king. As soon as his army was ready, he marched with it into countries, which belonged to Rome. He defeated the Romans in several great battles and captured many of their cities. The Roman Emperor Theodosius had to ask for terms of peace. Attila agreed that there should be peace, but soon afterwards he found out that Theodosius had formed a plot to murder him. He was so enraged at this that he again began war. He plundered and burned cities wherever he went, and at last the emperor had to give him a large sum of money and a portion of the country south of the Danube.

After terms of peace were offered, Attila resumed the war against Rome because __________.

A. he discovered the Emperor wanted to assassinate him

B. he wanted to further expand his kingdom

C. the Emperor of Rome offered too little money in the peace terms

D. Danube, his second-in-charge, advised him not to accept the peace terms

We are focused so much on requiring diversity that we have lost sight of why diversity is a good thing. The good part about having different kinds of people working together is that they bring their various abilities and insights to help the organization accomplish their shared goals. The different parts of the whole are important because, when joined together, they make a stronger, more capable whole. It is the strengthened unity resulting from diversity that is important, not just diversity for its own sake.

What does the writer say about different kinds of people working together?

A. Working together is important for its own sake.

B. Working together is too difficult to be important.

C. Having different types of people working together is important because it strengthens the entire organization or group.

D. Working together makes people lose their focus on their individual goals.

When is a book unreadable? Well, when nobody knows the language in which it is written, this might be the case. In 1912, the Voynich Manuscript was found at a library in Rome. Among the 240 pages were pictures, accompanied by text written in an unknown language. Efforts by the most noted language experts failed and some people wrote off the 500-year-old manuscript as a hoax. As our methods of language analysis have improved, however, it has been determined that the mystery language does indeed have a working language pattern and structure. Various experts are now claiming to be able to decode a few words within this mysterious text.

From the above passage, the reader can infer that the Voynich Manuscript is believed to have originated around __________.

A. 1812

B. 1912

C. 1412

D. 500

What is the best title for this passage?

Geologists in Rome have a new venture. Underneath the city's streets and architecture lies a system of quarries and tunnels. It is believed that these passages were formed in the early days of the ancient city. The main concern for geologists is that the city may sink into the below-ground areas. These professionals hope their studies of the tunnels will help prevent that occurrence.

A. "Geologists Use Tunnels"

B. "Studying Tunnels to Avoid Disasters"

C. "Rome's Ancient Tunnels"

D. "Mapping Rome's Tunnels"

Every four years, athletes from all over the world gather in a different place for the Summer Olympic Games. In 2012, the site was London, England, where 10,500 participants gathered. They represented 204 countries and territories and earned 302 medals in 26 different sports.

According to the above passage, all of these are years of the Summer Olympics, except __________.

A. 2016

B. 2009

C. 2000

D. 2012

Although carjacking has become more common in the past 10 years, there are several preventative measures that drivers can take. The first way to prevent carjacking is to never walk alone to your car at night. Another means of prevention is always driving with the windows rolled up and the doors locked. Also, driving on well-lit and often traveled roads is another preventative measure that drivers can take to ensure their safety from carjacking.

Which of the following is not mentioned as a preventative measure against carjacking?

A. Driving with windows rolled up.

B. Never walking to your car alone at night.

C. Carrying pepper spray.

D. Driving on well-lit roads.

Some pollutants that render air unsafe to breathe cannot be seen or smelted. Nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and radon gas are examples. Other pollutants, such as formaldehyde, can be smelted at high levels only but are still unsafe to breathe even at lower levels.

You can conclude from the paragraph that formaldehyde __________.

A. is safer to breathe than nitric oxide

B. can never be seen or smelted

C. cannot be smelted at lower levels

D. is not one of the pollutants that renders air unsafe to breathe