CAEC Practice Test 5

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1. A rectangular park is 40 m by 30 m. How long is the diagonal path from one corner to the opposite corner?

   1. 50 m
   2. 60 m
   3. 35 m
   4. 70 m

2. An annual salary of $52,000 is paid every two weeks (26 pays a year). What is each gross pay?

   1. $2,000
   2. $2,600
   3. $1,000
   4. $4,333.33

3. Which transition best introduces a writer's strongest final argument?

   1. On the contrary,
   2. Most importantly,
   3. Meanwhile,
   4. For instance,

4. Kai has $36 saved and adds $12 each week. After how many weeks will he have $120?

   1. 13
   2. 7
   3. 10
   4. 4

5. Let Our Libraries Lend More Than Books When the Riverside branch library began lending tools last spring, some councillors called it a gimmick. They were wrong. In its first six months, the library lent out drills, ladders and sewing machines more than 1,400 times, according to the library's own report. Think about what that means. A family that needs a ladder twice a year no longer has to buy one for $150 and store it in a crowded apartment. A student fixing a bike can borrow a wrench set instead of paying for a repair. Every tool lent is money that stays in a household budget. Critics say the city should not be in the hardware business. But libraries have always lent things people need and cannot easily afford. A century ago that meant books. Today it can also mean a stud finder. The program costs about $12,000 a year, less than one per cent of the library's budget. Council will vote on its future next month. I believe it should not only keep the program but expand it to every branch in the city. A library that lends a ladder is still doing what libraries do best: sharing.

   What is the writer's main purpose in the editorial about the library tool-lending program?

   1. To advertise tools for sale at a local store
   2. To persuade council to keep and expand the program
   3. To explain how to use a stud finder safely
   4. To report on the history of public libraries

6. A bag has 3 red, 5 blue and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of drawing a blue marble?

   1. 5/7
   2. 1/2
   3. 3/10
   4. 1/5

7. In what year did Confederation create the Dominion of Canada?

   1. 1812
   2. 1914
   3. 1867
   4. 1759

8. 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, what is the most likely reason Rosa thinks about driving home at lunch?

   1. She forgot her lunch and needs to get it
   2. She feels discouraged after a difficult morning
   3. Okafor told her to take the afternoon off
   4. Her shift ended earlier than expected

9. A researcher reports only the trials that supported her idea and leaves out the rest. What is this an example of?

   1. A controlled variable
   2. Random sampling
   3. Selective reporting
   4. Peer review

10. How many separate tests make up the CAEC?

    1. Six
    2. Four
    3. Three
    4. Five

11. Find the product of the decimals 6.4 × 0.5.

    1. 3.2
    2. 32
    3. 12.8
    4. 0.32

12. Public concern about a disease outbreak leads governments to fund more vaccine research. What does this show?

    1. Research topics are chosen at random
    2. Vaccines are developed without testing
    3. Science ignores what society needs
    4. Society can influence what scientists study

13. Canada's economy mixes private businesses with government services. What is this called?

    1. A mixed economy
    2. A pure command economy run by the state
    3. A traditional economy based only on custom
    4. A barter economy without any money

14. Why might two historians describe the same event differently?

    1. One of them must be lying on purpose
    2. They use different sources and perspectives
    3. Only one source exists for every event
    4. History never changes once it is written

15. Which ocean borders Canada to the north?

    1. The Atlantic Ocean
    2. The Pacific Ocean
    3. The Arctic Ocean
    4. The Indian Ocean

16. A student tests whether the temperature of water affects how fast sugar dissolves. She uses three beakers with 200 mL of water at 10 °C, 25 °C and 50 °C. In each, she stirs in 10 g of sugar at the same speed and times how long it takes to dissolve. Results: 10 °C: 95 s; 25 °C: 60 s; 50 °C: 28 s.

    In the sugar-dissolving experiment, what is the independent variable?

    1. Time to dissolve
    2. Volume of water
    3. Water temperature
    4. Amount of sugar

17. Which action is an example of environmental stewardship in a community?

    1. Paving a wetland to build a parking lot
    2. Planting trees along a creek to stop erosion
    3. Leaving lights on in empty buildings
    4. Dumping used oil into a storm drain

18. 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.

    How is the shift-schedule memo mainly organized?

    1. A problem followed by several possible solutions
    2. A comparison of two companies' schedules
    3. A story told in time order from past to present
    4. Announcement, details of the change, then what staff must do

19. How old must a Canadian citizen be to vote in a federal election?

    1. 19
    2. 16
    3. 18
    4. 21

20. Which sentence shows awareness of the issue's complexity?

    1. A four-day week may cost some overtime, but the gain in staff health outweighs it.
    2. A four-day week has no disadvantages at all for workers or for employers.
    3. A four-day week is the best idea that anyone in this company has ever had.
    4. Everyone in every workplace agrees that a four-day week is simply perfect.

21. 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.

    What is the most likely meaning of the last line of "Ice Road," "It says less every year"?

    1. People have stopped using the road completely
    2. The ice is getting thinner and lasting less time
    3. The speaker's hearing is getting worse with age
    4. The grandfather no longer tells stories about ice

22. Which sentence is spelled correctly?

    1. The government will receive the aplications in Febuary.
    2. The government will receive the applications in February.
    3. The government will recieve the applications in Febuary.
    4. The goverment will recieve the applications in February.

23. Which revision best combines the sentences? "The bus was late. It snowed heavily. Many workers arrived after nine."

    1. The bus was late it snowed heavily and many workers arrived after nine.
    2. Snowing heavily, many workers were late, the bus arrived after nine.
    3. It snowed heavily, the bus was late, many workers arrived after nine.
    4. Because it snowed heavily, the bus was late and many workers arrived after nine.

24. A sample has a mass of 2.5 kg. What is its mass in grams?

    1. 25 g
    2. 25 000 g
    3. 250 g
    4. 2 500 g

25. Which factor most often influences which research projects get done?

    1. The weather on the first day
    2. The researcher's birthday
    3. The colour of the laboratory
    4. Available funding