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

Test Prep CBEST-SECTION-1 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 71:

  Nationwide, in one year there were about 21,500 residential fires associated with furniture. Of these, 11,350 were caused by smoking materials. About what percent of the residential fires were smoking-related?

  A. 47%
  B. 49%
  C. 50%
  D. 51%
  E. 53%
  E. 53%

• Question 72:

  Which of these is equivalent to 35C? (F = 9/5 C + 32)

  A. 105 degrees F
  B. 95 degrees F
  C. 63 degrees F
  D. 19 degrees F
  E. 5.4 degrees F
  B. 95 degrees F

• Question 73:

  What is the value of y when x = 3 and y = 5 + 4x?

  A. 6
  B. 9
  C. 12
  D. 17
  E. 20
  D. 17

• Question 74:

  Use the diagram below to answer the question

  

  What is the perimeter of the figure shown above?

  A. 17
  B. 20
  C. 30
  D. 40
  E. 60
  C. 30

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• Question 75:

  A recipe serves four people and calls for 1_12 _ cups of broth. If you want to serve six people, how much broth do you need?

  

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

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• Question 76:

  To lower a fever of 105 degrees, ice packs are applied for 1 minute and then removed for 5 minutes before being applied again. Each application lowers the fever by half a degree. How long will it take to lower the fever to 99 degrees?

  A. 36 minutes
  B. 1 hour
  C. 1 hour and 12 minutes
  D. 1 hour and 15 minutes
  E. 1 hour and 30 minutes
  C. 1 hour and 12 minutes

• Question 77:

  Roger wants to know if he has enough money to purchase several items. He needs three heads of lettuce, which cost $.99 each, and two boxes of cereal, which cost $3.49 each. He uses the expression (3 $0.99) + (2 x $3.49) to calculate how much the items will cost.

  Which of the following expressions could also be used?

  

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

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• Question 78:

  City High School basketball coach Donna Green earns $26,000 a year. If she receives a 4.5% salary increase, how much will she earn?

  A. $26,110
  B. $26,450
  C. $27,170
  D. $27,260
  E. $29,200
  C. $27,170

• Question 79:

  Roger earned $24,355 this year, and $23,000 the year before. To the nearest $100, what did Roger earn in the past two years?

  A. $47,300
  B. $47,350
  C. $47,355
  D. $47,360
  E. $47,400
  E. $47,400

• Question 80:

  Triangles RST and MNO are similar.What is the length of line segment MO?

  

  A. 5 cm
  B. 10 cm
  C. 20 cm
  D. 32 cm
  E. 40 cm
  B. 10 cm

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