CAEC Practice Test 8

All 25 questions in this test

Every question and its answer choices. The correct answers and explanations appear when you take the test above.

1. A paint mix uses 3 parts blue to 4 parts white. How many litres of blue are needed with 20 L of white?

   1. 12 L
   2. 80 L
   3. 15 L
   4. 26.7 L

2. Lena's salary is $52,000 a year. About 22% goes to deductions. What is her take-home pay for the year?

   1. $50,856
   2. $40,560
   3. $63,440
   4. $11,440

3. A fish tank is 50 cm long, 30 cm wide and 20 cm high. How many litres does it hold? (1 L = 1 000 cm³)

   1. 100 L
   2. 300 L
   3. 30 L
   4. 3 L

4. 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.

   How does the tool-lending editorial respond to critics who say the city should not be in the hardware business?

   1. It ignores the criticism completely and changes the subject
   2. It says the critics have probably never visited a public library
   3. It agrees with them and suggests selling the tools to residents instead
   4. It argues that lending useful things has always been a library's role

5. What is the most effective way to handle an opposing view in a persuasive essay?

   1. Insult the people who hold that view so they seem less credible
   2. Agree with it in the conclusion so that the writer seems fair
   3. State it fairly, then explain why your position is stronger
   4. Ignore it completely so that the reader does not think about it

6. A thermometer in an experiment always reads 2 °C higher than the true temperature. What kind of error is this?

   1. A controlled variable
   2. A random error
   3. A systematic error
   4. A placebo effect

7. Which institution sets Canada's key policy interest rate?

   1. The largest private bank in each province
   2. The Senate of Canada in its yearly session
   3. The Bank of Canada
   4. Each provincial finance ministry separately

8. What share of the CAEC Math score comes from Part I, the no-calculator part?

   1. 75%
   2. 50%
   3. 10%
   4. 25%

9. Which factor most often pulls immigrants to large Canadian cities?

   1. Colder winters than in rural areas
   2. Fewer schools and hospitals nearby
   3. Lower housing costs than small towns
   4. Job opportunities

10. Which responsibility belongs mainly to the provinces?

    1. Health care
    2. Printing currency and minting coins
    3. Citizenship and the issuing of passports
    4. Foreign policy and treaties with other nations

11. Which four provinces formed Canada at Confederation in 1867?

    1. Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland
    2. Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba on the Prairies
    3. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
    4. Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia together

12. An essay is addressed to a city council. Which sentence has the most suitable tone?

    1. Council totally needs to get it together on buses, seriously.
    2. Anyone who disagrees with me about buses is clueless.
    3. We respectfully ask council to fund more evening bus routes.
    4. Buses are kind of whatever, but maybe add some?

13. Which tool measures the angle between two lines in a diagram?

    1. A balance
    2. A protractor
    3. A ruler
    4. A stopwatch

14. How are members of the Senate chosen?

    1. Appointed on the Prime Minister's advice
    2. Selected by a national lottery of all citizens
    3. Chosen by the provincial premiers for one term
    4. Elected by voters in each province every four years

15. 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 "Ice Road," what does the image of the far trees changing "from a pencil line / into pines" show?

    1. The truck getting closer to the far shore
    2. The trees growing taller over many years
    3. A drawing the child made on the trip
    4. Snow falling heavily on the trees

16. In a drug trial, some patients get a sugar pill instead of the real drug. What is the sugar pill called?

    1. A placebo
    2. A sample
    3. A hypothesis
    4. A variable

17. How many 300 g servings are in a 2.4 kg bag of oats?

    1. 0.8
    2. 12
    3. 8
    4. 80

18. Use P = 2(l + w) to find the perimeter of a rectangle 14 m long and 9 m wide.

    1. 46 m
    2. 126 m
    3. 23 m
    4. 32 m

19. Choose the correct revision: "Neither the forms nor the receipt WERE in the folder."

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

20. A student notes, "The leaves on the plant are yellow." What kind of statement is this?

    1. A theory
    2. An inference
    3. A hypothesis
    4. An observation

21. Ana's first three test marks are 78, 84 and 90. What mark does she need on the fourth test for a mean of 85?

    1. 88
    2. 92
    3. 85
    4. 84

22. How many questions are on the CAEC Reading test, and how long do you have?

    1. 35 questions in 90 minutes
    2. 40 questions in 90 minutes
    3. 42 questions in 120 minutes
    4. 50 questions in 75 minutes

23. Subtract 35% from 100% and write the result as a decimal.

    1. 0.35
    2. 65.0
    3. 0.65
    4. 6.5

24. Solve the equation x + 4 + 3 = 10 for x.

    1. x = 3
    2. x = 7
    3. x = 17
    4. x = 6

25. A data set's mean is 20. Every value is increased by 5. What is the new mean?

    1. 25
    2. 20
    3. 4
    4. 100