TEAS TEAS Certifications TEAS-SECTION-1 Questions & Answers

• Question 61:

  As the best-informed and most dispassionate of the panel members, Dr. Camila Torrez was the most ?of those offering views on fission technology.

  A. unsuspecting

  B. preposterous

  C. persuasive

  D. confusing

  E. temperamental

  Correct Answer: C

  The use of conjunction "as" (meaning because), shows that the second part of the sentence must logically follow from the first part. The missing word must therefore describe a person who is best-informed and most dispassionate. Among the choices, it is only the word "persuasive" that can describe such a person. So, the answer is "persuasive".

• Question 62:

  Although the colonist resented the new British laws, they __________ them as long as England did not __________ them too strenuously.

  A. rejected; define

  B. amended; follow

  C. tolerated; enforce

  D. defied; interpret

  E. welcomed; observe

  Correct Answer: C

  The use of the conjunction "although" indicates that there is a contradiction in means between the first and the second parts in the sentence. If the colonists resented (meaning hated) the new British laws, they must normally be expected to have protested against it. But because of the use of the conjunction "although" in the sentence, we must underhand that their action was the opposite of protested. The only choices for the first missing word which are the opposite of protested are "tolerated" and "well-fed." The pair word of "welcomed; observe" is not appropriate for the second mark because it was not British, but the colonists, who were expected to observe the new laws, while the role of the British, as the superior power, was to enforce the new laws. If the British did not enforce the new laws too strenuously, the colonists would not have minded tolerating them. So, it is "tolerated; enforce" the answer.

• Question 63:

  The discovery that interstellar __________ exist __________ the scientific hypothesis that the expanses between the stars are devoid of matter.

  A. galaxies; revived

  B. constellations; prompted

  C. molecules; demolished

  D. vastness; challenged

  E. vacuums; altered

  Correct Answer: C

  The word "interstellar" means the space between stars. The sentence speaks of "the scientific hypothesis that the expanses between the stars ate devoid of matter." A hypothesis can be either confirmed of falsified by any new discovery. So, among the choices for the second missing word, "demolished" is the only word, which has one of these meanings. The theory that the expanses between the stars are devoid of matter would certainly have been demolished, if it had been discovered that there are molecules in interstellar space. Thus, the word "molecules" is well to give a cogent meaning to the sentence. So, "molecules; demolished" is the answer.

• Question 64:

  Students who interpret the honor strictly find it __________ that some bright student's complete take-home examinations for less proficient friends.

  A. remedial

  B. irreproachable

  C. unconscionable

  D. irrelevant

  E. magnanimous

  Correct Answer: C

  The sentence seeks to contrast the attitudes of two sets of students ?those who interpret the honor code

  strictly, and those who answer the take-home examinations on behalf of other, less intelligent students.

  Obviously, those students who interpret the honor code strictly would hold that no student should attempt

  to answer the lake home examination for another student. They would, therefore, not consider the practice

  a brighter student answering the home examination of a less bright student as "remedial", or

  "irreproachable", or "irrelevant", or "magnanimous".

  They would certainly consider this practice as "unconscionable" (meaning against one's conscience). So,

  "unconscionable" is the answer.

• Question 65:

  The descriptions in these essays range widely, from the fanciful to the matter-of-fact, from the ____________ to the fatuous, from the objective to the ____________.

  A. witty; realistic

  B. meager; descriptive

  C. insightful; impressionistic

  D. inane; commonplace

  E. articulate; empirical

  Correct Answer: C

  One example of the wide range of description in the essays referred to in the given sentence is mentioned as "from the fanciful to the matter-of-fact." Since these are exact opposites. The other two phrases should also represent exact opposites so, the first missing must be the opposite of the word "fatuous" (meaning silly), and the second missing word must be the opposite of the word "objective" (meaning unemotional). Among the given choices, it is the pair "insightful; impressionistic" which are the opposites of "fatuous" and "subjective" respectively. So, "insightful; impressionistic" is the answer.

• Question 66:

  Fortunately, Ms. Mason has the unusual ability to transform a tedious legal contention into an account.

  A. arid

  B. erratic

  C. improbable

  D. absorbing

  E. interminable

  Correct Answer: D

  The use of the word "fortunately" shows that the unusual ability of Ms. Mason is a desirable one.

  So, the result of the transformation of the tedious legal contention must have been something more

  desirable.

  Among the choices, it is only the word "absorbing" that represents a desirable quality. So, "absorbing" is

  the answer.

• Question 67:

  Harrying the foe with artillery fire and ___________ them with fire ships, the English forced the Spanish to ___________ their invasion attempt.

  A. dispersing; abandon

  B. ramming; confirm

  C. restricting; rebuff

  D. helping; reconsider

  E. reinforcing; ignore

  Correct Answer: A

  The sentence obviously describes a war between the British and the Spanish, which was started by an attempt of the Spanish to invade Britain. If, in that attempt, the Spanish were harried (meaning harassed) by the British with artillery fire, what would be Spanish have been forced to do with their invasion attempt? "Abandon" is the best among the given choices for the second missing word. Its pair-word "dispersing" is also equally appropriate for the first missing blank. So, "dispersing; abandon" is the answer.

• Question 68:

  It is impossible for a serious scholar to condone this dismissal of respected theories.

  A. astute

  B. cavalier

  C. sagacious

  D. necessary

  E. commendable

  Correct Answer: B

  If the theories are respected ones, their dismissal by someone cannot be described as "astute" (meaning

  very intelligent), or "sagacious" (meaning wise), or "necessary", or "commendable" (meaning

  praiseworthy).

  It can only be described as "cavalier" (meaning arrogant or rash). So, "cavalier" is the answer.

• Question 69:

  Having turned out forty solo recordings, this hardworking harpsichordist can almost be classed as __________.

  A. a contradiction

  B. a sluggard

  C. an apprentice

  D. an event

  E. an industry

  Correct Answer: E

  The harpsichordist is a musician who plays the instrument harpsichord. Referred to in the sentence is described as hardworking, and is stated to have turned out as many as forty solo recordings. He can therefore not be classed as "a contradiction", or "a sluggard" (meaning a lazy person) or "an apprentice." Classifying him as "an event" is not as appropriate as classifying him as "an industry" by himself. So, "an industry" is the answer.

• Question 70:

  Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which graphically exposed the __________ of the indiscriminate use of pesticides, is widely credited with having __________ the modern environmental movement.

  A. advantages; inaugurated

  B. hazards; defused

  C. benefits; launched

  D. deaths; contained

  E. dangers; inspired

  Correct Answer: E

  The word "exposed", and the phrase "indiscriminate use of pesticides", imply that the first missing word must be one which stands for something bad that is associated with the use of pesticides. So, the choices "advantages" and "benefits" can be ruled out first. Since the phrase "deaths of the indiscriminate use of pesticides" does not make sense, the choice "deaths" can also be ruled out leaving "hazards" (meaning risks) and "dangers" as the only possible choices for the first missing word. If the pair "hazards; defused" is chosen, the sentence would mean that the exposure of the hazards of using pesticides defused for weakened the modern environmental movement, which is illogical. The pair "dangers; inspired" completes a cogent and logical sentence.