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Use the passage below to answer the questions that follow.

Large U.S.-based multinational corporations operate in many countries. For example, Ford manufactures in 57 locations in 28 countries and markets in over 200 countries. Similarly, foreign companies Honda and Toyota, for example build factories in the United States. Partnerships between multinational companies are on the rise as they look to compete in the global marketplace. For example, Toshiba and IBM have several joint ventures for research. Financial and service companies are also moving into international markets at an increasing rate.

1) In the late 20th century, developments described above were a major force behind U.S. efforts to: A. B. C. D. control the rate of inflation. enforce legislation relating to fair market competition. restrict the rate of growth of the federal deficit. reduce trade barriers.

2) The principle of due process in United States is exemplified by which of the following statements? A. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on income B. No states shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges...of citizens of the United States;nor deny to any person ... the equal protection of the law. C. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime ... convicted, shall exist within the United States D. A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Use the passage below about aquaculture in Asia to answer the question that follows.
Throughout Asia, people have long known the benefits of aquaculture. Pond farming techniques allow traditional mainland farmers to raise a rich source of dietary protein as well as produce an excellent natural fertilizer from harvested fish droppings. Inland-poor Japan,the shallow coastal areas become the pond. Today, Japanese farmers of the sea, or mariculturists, grow increasing amounts of the sea plants and shellfish that are a regular part of the Japanese diet.

3) The pattern of resource distribution and use described in the passage affects regional development mainly by: A. B. C. D. promoting investment by outside developers. reducing the labor in regional agriculture. encouraging economic over-dependence on a single resource. increasing the self-sufficiency of food suppliers.

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The Wood-Pile by Robert Frost (18741963) Out walking in the frozen swamp one grey day I paused and said, I will turn back from here. No, I will go on fartherand we shall see. The hard snow held me, save where now and then 5 One foot went down. The view was all in lines Straight up and down of tall slim trees Too much alike to mark or name a place by So as to say for certain I was here Or somewhere else: I was just far from home. 10 A small bird flew before me. He was careful To put a tree between us when he lighted, And say no word to tell me who he was Who was so foolish as to think what he thought. He thought that I was after him for a feather 15 The white one in his tail; like one who takes Everything said as personal to himself. One flight out sideways would have undeceived him. And then there was a pile of wood for which I forgot him and let his little fear 20 Carry him off the way I might have gone, Without so much as wishing him good-night He went behind it to make his last stand It was a cord of maple, cut and split And piledand measured, four by four by eight And not another like it could I se No runner tracks in this years snow looped near it And it was older sure than this years cutting Or even last years or the years before The wood was grey and the bark warping off it And the pile somewhat sunken. Clematis Had wound strings round and round it like a bundle. What held it though on one side was a tree Still growing, and on one a stake and prop, These latter about to fall. I thought that only Someone who lived in turning to fresh tasks Could so forget his handiwork on which He spent himself, the labour of his axe And leave it there far from a useful fireplace To warm the frozen swamp as best it could With the slow smokeless burning of decay.

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4) What is ironic about the winter setting of the poem? A. B. C. D. Animals could not really make use of the wood during hibernation. The wood could be providing warmth, but instead it rots in the swamp. The wood-pile would have been left unnoticed if the trees had not been bare. The person who cut the wood wanted to come back to it, but the snow hid his track.

5) Robert Frost wrote and published from 1894 until his death in 1963. What literary trend of Frosts era can be found in this poem? A. B. C. D. an attention to detail on everyday things. the use of intricate rhyme schemes and meter. various instances of dialogue. the importance of a dramatic ending.

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The velocity-versus-time graph above shows the velocity of a car traveling in a straight line, taken at one-second intervals over a period of nine seconds.

6) Which of the following methods could be used to estimate the car's acceleration between t = 3 and t = 5 seconds? A. B. C. D. Find the slope of the line connecting the velocities at t = 3 and t = 5 seconds. Find the average of the velocities at t = 3 and t = 5 seconds. Find the equation of the curve that best fits the data and evaluate it at t = 4 seconds. Find the length of the line connecting the velocities between t = 3 and t = 5 seconds.

7) The proportion of the shaded rectangles to all rectangles shown in the diagram above best represents which of the following decimals? A. 0.15 B. 0.16 C. 0.20 D. 0.25

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8) In the deciduous forests of upstate New York, hikers often encounter brightly colored shelf-like structures attached to the trunk of a dead tree. Which of the following is the best description of how these new life forms obtain matter and energy from the environment? A. B. C. D. They obtain energy, carbon and water from the wood of the dead tree. They obtain energy from the dead wood and absorb carbon dioxide and water vapor from the air. They obtain energy from sunlight, absorb carbon from the dead wood and obtain water vapor from the air. They obtain energy from sunlight and obtain carbon and water from the dead wood.

Use the following information to answer the two questions that follow.
An experiment is being conducted to determine whether temperature has an effect the successful hatching of chicken eggs. One hundred fertilized chicken eggs are divided into two groups of fifty eggs each and set inside two incubators set at different temperatures. The eggs are all about the same size, and were all laid and gathered from the same farm on the same day.

9) To ensure the validity of this experiment, it is important to consider which of the following elements in its design? I. The size of each group is large enough to reduce most of the natural variation across eggs. II. A control group is set up to correspond to each of the experimental groups. III. The eggs are chosen randomly from the original 100 for each of the experimental groups. IV. All conditions, except for temperature, are identical for each group of eggs. A. B. C. D. I and II only IV only II and III only I, III, and IV only

10) Which of the following data collected during this experiment will be most statistically reliable
to the investigator when making a conclusion about the effects of temperature on the length of incubation of chicken eggs? A. the average length of time between each egg hatching in each group. B. the number of days it takes for the first egg to hatch in each group. C. the number of eggs in each group that hatch in each group on each day. D. the number of days between the hatching of the first and last eggs in each group.
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11) In an advertising campaign, aside from the actual product, which of the following should have
the greatest influence on an what type of media an advertiser uses? A. B. C. D. depth and breadth of the advertising campaign lifestyles and interests of the target audience advertising techniques of students with competing ideas where and how the particular item would be sold.

12) Which of the following best describes the interaction of elements in this painted carved coconut shell? A. Unity is suggested by the curving elements matching the natural shape of the coconut. B. The strong and dramatic use of color value contrasts creates a 2D appearance. C. The flow of the design is broken by the repeated use of the pointed, toothlike pattern D. The variety of shapes and flourishes gives the coconut a scattered and unplanned appearance.

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1) D 2) B 3) C 4) B 5) A 6) A 7) C 8) C 9) D 10) C 11) B 12) A

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