Question 1

An older dormitory on campus is notorious for its poorly maintained plumbing. In addition to other problems, sink and shower faucets in the dorm’s bathrooms seem to drip constantly. Equipped with small measuring cups, you and a number of friends who live in the dorm check each faucet in the dorm one night and measure how much water each leaky one dribbles out in a minute. You find 25 drippy faucets, and they leak an average of one tablespoon of water per minute (about one drip every second, incidentally). If the 25 drippy faucets are not repaired, how many gallons of water will they collectively waste during the next 30 days, assuming they all drip around the clock at a rate of one tablespoon per minute?

4,219 gallons

5,556 gallons

6,991 gallons

7,383 gallons

Question 2

After the third break-in this year at a ground-level computer lab in the university’s science building, campus security officials have announced that they will leave the lab’s lights on when the lab is not in use as part of an effort to deter additional burglaries. Several faculty members and students have denounced the plan as wasteful, considering the amount of electricity the lab’s lights will consume. The lab is lit by 40 fluorescent light fixtures, each containing two 40-watt tubes. The lab closes at 9 p.m. and reopens at 8 a.m. Monday through Friday. It is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. If the university pays 8.59 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity it uses, what will be the weekly cost in dollars of keeping the lab’s lights on during the hours the lab is closed?

$6.36

$15.56

$28.31

$34.75

Question 3

Each day, the campus library dumps all scrap paper generated in the building into a Dumpster measuring 12 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. Most of the scrap is from copy machines. Last semester, the library filled the Dumpster 20 times during the semester, or a little more than once a week. How many cubic feet of scrap paper did the library produce last semester?

4,515 cubic feet

5,671 cubic feet

6,395 cubic feet

7,680 cubic feet

Question 4

The 12-hour surgical procedure was performed by a team of ___ led by ___ Faulkner.

Drs., Doctor

doctors, Doctor

doctors, Dr.

Drs., Dr.

Question 5

The band's music is typical of the ___ era in American popular music.

pre Beatles

pre-Beatles

preBeatles

Pre Beatles

Question 6

The policy covers ___ medical conditions.

pre-existing

preexisting

pre existing

prexisting

Question 7

Feeling her way through the smoke and darkness, the firefighter crawled ___ the trapped, crying child.

toward

towards

Question 8

Which one of the following is a fragment?

There are things I won't miss about college once I graduate.

Things like staying up all night to study for a test.

I've done that far too many times.

Most of the time, I did it during final exams week.

Question 9

Which one of the following is a fragment?

A beach vacation is my favorite kind of vacation.

I love the warm sand and the crashing waves.

I especially enjoy walking along the beach in the early morning.

Especially during the last few minutes before the sun edges above the horizon.

Question 10

Which one of the following is a fragment?

When I glance at my watch after finishing a chapter and am startled by how much time has passed.

That's when I know I'm reading a good book.

I like stories that draw me in like that.

Mysteries are my favorites.