Test Prep CBEST-SECTION-1 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep CBEST-SECTION-1 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 51:

  Which of the following is between1/3 and 1/4?

  A. 1/2
  B. 1/5
  C. 2/3
  D. 2/5
  E. 2/7
  A. 1/2

• Question 52:

  If a population of yeast cells grows from 10 to 320 in a period of 5 hours, what is the rate of growth?

  A. It doubles its numbers every half hour.
  B. It doubles its numbers every hour.
  C. It triples its numbers every hour.
  D. It doubles its numbers every two hours.
  E. It triples its numbers every two hours.
  B. It doubles its numbers every hour.

• Question 53:

  Use the diagram below to answer the question

  

  A train moving at a constant speed leaves Chicago for Los Angeles at time t = 0. If Los Angeles is 2,000 miles from Chicago, which of the following equations describes the distance from Los Angeles at any time t?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  E. Option E
  C. Option C

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• Question 54:

  About how many liters of water will a 5-gallon container hold? (1 liter = 1.06 quarts)

  A. 5
  B. 11
  C. 19
  D. 20
  E. 21
  C. 19

• Question 55:

  Which of the following brands is the least expensive?

  

  A. W
  B. X
  C. Y
  D. Z
  E. They are equal in price.
  C. Y

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• Question 56:

  A recipe calls for 1 1/4cups of flour. If Larry wants to make 2 1/2times the recipe, how much flour does he need?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  E. Option E
  B. Option B

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• Question 57:

  Rosa finds the average of her three most recent golf scores by using the following expression, where a, b, and c are the three scores:

  

  Which of the following would also determine the average of her scores?

  

  A. Option A
  B. Option B
  C. Option C
  D. Option D
  E. Option E
  A. Option A

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• Question 58:

  Anne has two containers for water: a rectangular plastic box with a base of 16 square inches, and a cylindrical container with a radius of 2 inches and a height of 9 inches. If the rectangular box is filled with water 9 inches from the bottom, and Anne pours the water into the cylinder without spilling, which of the following will be true?

  A. The cylinder will overflow.
  B. The cylinder will be exactly full.
  C. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate level of 10 inches.
  D. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate level of 8 inches
  E. The cylinder will be filled to an approximate level of 6 inches.
  A. The cylinder will overflow.

• Question 59:

  A salesman drives 2,052 miles in 6 days, stopping at 2 towns each day. How many miles does he average between stops?

  A. 171
  B. 342
  C. 513
  D. 684
  E. 1,026
  A. 171

• Question 60:

  What is the result of multiplying 11 by 0.032?

  A. 0.032
  B. 0.0352
  C. 0.32
  D. 0.352
  E. 3.20
  D. 0.352