CAEC Practice Test 1

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1. Which two areas are shared between the federal and provincial governments?

   1. Municipal recycling and local fire services
   2. Criminal law and national defence of Canada
   3. Foreign policy and printing of currency
   4. Agriculture and immigration

2. A 1.2 kg bag of rice costs $5.49 and a 750 g bag costs $3.99. Which is the better buy per kilogram?

   1. The 750 g bag, about $5.32/kg
   2. The 750 g bag, about $3.99/kg
   3. The 1.2 kg bag, about $4.58/kg
   4. Both cost the same per kilogram

3. Which sentence best connects a reason to its evidence?

   1. Bike lanes make roads safer; city data show fewer injuries on streets with protected lanes.
   2. Bike lanes exist. Some people ride bikes to work, and other people drive cars.
   3. Bike lanes are good. Our city has a large population and a great many streets.
   4. Bike lanes are safer, and also bicycles come in many different colours and sizes.

4. To: All warehouse staff From: Priya Nandakumar, Operations Manager Subject: New shift schedule starting March 3 Starting Monday, March 3, we are moving from two shifts to three so that orders can ship within 24 hours. Day shift: 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Evening shift: 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Night shift: 10:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. The 30-minute overlap between shifts is for handover. Outgoing team leads will brief incoming leads on unfinished orders and any equipment problems. Night-shift staff will receive a premium of $2.00 per hour on top of their regular wage. Shift choices will be offered by seniority. Please submit your first and second choices on the form in the break room by Friday, February 21. If you have child-care or transportation needs that affect your availability, please speak with Human Resources before February 21 so we can take them into account. Thank you for helping us serve our customers faster.

   According to the memo about the new shift schedule, why is the warehouse adding a third shift?

   1. So orders can ship within 24 hours
   2. Because equipment keeps breaking down
   3. So staff can work fewer hours each week
   4. Because the night shift pays more

5. Who are the Métis?

   1. Settlers who arrived from Britain after 1900
   2. The first French colonists of New France only
   3. A distinct people of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry
   4. A group of Inuit living only in Nunavut today

6. A map shows Canada's population density. Most people live in which part of the country?

   1. Spread evenly across the whole country
   2. In the centre of the Canadian Shield
   3. Within a few hundred kilometres of the U.S. border
   4. In the far North above the Arctic Circle

7. The night before her first day at the warehouse, Rosa laid out her clothes the way she used to lay out her children's school clothes: jeans, a grey sweatshirt, the steel-toed boots that still smelled of the store. She was forty-six. She had not had a paycheque of her own in nineteen years. At six-thirty the next morning, the supervisor, a tall man named Okafor, handed her a scanner the size of a brick. "Every box has a story," he said. "This tells you where it's going." Rosa nodded as if she understood. The scanner beeped at her like an impatient bird. By ten o'clock her feet ached and she had sent two boxes to the wrong bay. A young worker named Dylan, who could not have been older than her son, showed her how to tilt the scanner so the red line caught the label. "Took me a week," he said. She doubted that, but she was grateful he said it. At lunch she sat alone in her car and ate the sandwich she had made at five. Through the windshield she watched the trucks back up to the loading doors, one after another, patient as cattle. She thought about driving home. Instead, she went back inside. In the afternoon the scanner stopped sounding like a bird and started sounding like a yes. When the whistle blew at three, Okafor checked her numbers and raised his eyebrows. "Not bad for day one," he said. Rosa drove home with the window down, even though it was October.

   In the warehouse story, why does Rosa doubt Dylan's comment "Took me a week"?

   1. She thinks he is boasting about learning slowly
   2. She knows he started working only that morning
   3. She believes the scanner is impossible to learn
   4. She suspects he said it to make her feel better

8. Which item is a need rather than a want?

   1. A larger television for the living room
   2. A new video game console
   3. Tickets to a professional hockey game
   4. Safe housing

9. Jordan chooses to work an extra shift instead of attending a concert. What is the opportunity cost of his choice?

   1. The tax he will pay on his weekly pay
   2. The cost of a bus ticket to work that day
   3. The money he earned on the extra shift
   4. The concert he gave up

10. Find the range of these temperatures in °C: −4, 3, 7, −1, 10.

    1. 11
    2. 14
    3. 6
    4. 15

11. Which statement best describes how scientific knowledge develops?

    1. Only famous scientists can add new ideas
    2. Science is a list of facts to memorize
    3. Once published, a theory can never change
    4. Ideas can change when new evidence is found

12. Bay Road Bridge to Close for Repairs The Bay Road bridge over Mill Creek will close to all traffic from May 5 to August 29 while crews replace its deck, the county announced Tuesday. The bridge, built in 1964, carries about 6,000 vehicles a day. A county inspection last fall found that salt and freeze-thaw cycles had cracked the concrete deck. "The bridge is safe today, but it will not stay safe without this work," said county engineer Hana Sato. During the closure, drivers will be detoured along Route 9 and Pine Street, adding about seven minutes to a typical trip. A temporary footbridge will let pedestrians and cyclists continue to cross. Some business owners on Bay Road are worried. "Summer is our busiest season," said Luis Ortega, who runs a bakery near the bridge. "If people can't drive past, they won't stop." The county says it chose the summer because concrete cures best in warm weather. The $3.2-million project is funded jointly by the county and the province.

    In the Bay Road bridge article, why is the quotation from Hana Sato included?

    1. To describe the bakery's summer sales
    2. To explain why the repair is needed now
    3. To announce the detour route for drivers
    4. To show that the bridge is already unsafe

13. A city plans a dam for hydroelectric power. Which pair correctly matches a benefit and a risk?

    1. Benefit: higher water bills for residents; risk: clean energy
    2. Benefit: fewer fish in the river; risk: more electricity for homes
    3. Benefit: low-emission electricity; risk: flooding of land and habitats
    4. Benefit: more flooding of the river valley; risk: cheaper power

14. Choose the correct revision of the words in capitals: "The box of old photos WERE stored in the attic."

    1. was
    2. are being
    3. were
    4. have been

15. One pound is about 0.4536 kg. To the nearest kilogram, what is the mass of a 150-pound person?

    1. 150 kg
    2. 60 kg
    3. 68 kg
    4. 331 kg

16. An experiment shows that seeds sprout faster in warm soil. How could a gardener use this result?

    1. Wait until the soil warms up before planting seeds
    2. Plant the seeds in frozen soil in order to save time
    3. Plant the seeds only on cloudy and cool spring days
    4. Water the seeds with ice cubes to help them sprout

17. A plumber charges a $40 call-out fee plus $15 per half-hour. The bill is $115. How many half-hours did she work?

    1. 10
    2. 7.7
    3. 5
    4. 3

18. Which is one of Ontario's eligibility rules for the CAEC?

    1. You must have finished Grade 10
    2. You must be registered in a high school
    3. You must be a Canadian citizen
    4. You must be at least 18 years old

19. Ice Road Each February my grandfather drove the ice road across the lake to the far shore, the truck groaning, the whole white world holding its breath beneath the tires. He said the ice talks if you listen: a long crack like a door far off, a hum that settles in your teeth. Most people hear danger. He heard a map. I rode beside him once, nine years old, my mittens pressed against the dashboard, counting the orange flags that marked the safe path until the far trees grew from a pencil line into pines with snow on their shoulders. Now the winters come late and leave early. The road opens for weeks, not months. I still listen to ice. It says less every year.

    In the poem "Ice Road," what marked the safe path across the lake?

    1. Cracks in the ice
    2. A pencil line
    3. Pine trees
    4. Orange flags

20. Figure 1 uses 4 toothpicks, figure 2 uses 7 and figure 3 uses 10. How many toothpicks are in figure 6?

    1. 16
    2. 22
    3. 19
    4. 24

21. Which two provinces together are home to more than half of Canada's population?

    1. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the sea
    2. Ontario and Quebec
    3. Manitoba and Saskatchewan on the Prairies
    4. Alberta and British Columbia on the west side

22. Work out the quotient 7.2 ÷ 0.04 by moving decimal points.

    1. 18
    2. 180
    3. 1.8
    4. 0.288

23. Source: A 1918 poster reads: "Women of Canada! Fill the empty places at the factory. Every shell you make brings the boys home sooner."

    What was the main purpose of the 1918 poster?

    1. To ask men to return to the farms
    2. To recruit women for war production
    3. To announce the end of the war
    4. To advertise a new brand of clothing

24. Which sentence uses commas correctly?

    1. My sister, who lives in Halifax is a nurse.
    2. My sister who lives in Halifax, is a nurse.
    3. My sister, who lives in Halifax, is a nurse.
    4. My sister who, lives in Halifax, is a nurse.

25. A new pesticide protects crops but also harms bees that pollinate them. What is the harm to bees an example of?

    1. An intended benefit
    2. An unintended consequence
    3. A controlled variable
    4. A testable hypothesis