CBEST Reading Practice Test 2022 California Basic Educational Skills Test Reading Question Answers full-length test. There are a total of 50 multiple-choice questions. You can check your score at the end of the quiz.
CBEST Reading Practice Test 2022
Test Prep for | CBEST Test Prep |
CBEST®) stands for | California Basic Educational Skills Test™ |
Practice Test Content | CBEST Reading Practice Test 2 |
Total Questions | 50 (multiple-Choices) |
Number of passages | several |
Time allowed | 75 minutes |
Test Score | Yes, Can be checked at the end of the test. |
Printable PDF | Available soon |
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CBEST Reading Test 2
Total Questions: 50
Time Limit: 75 minutes
Directions: A question or number of questions follows each of the statements or passages in this section. Using only the stated or implied information given in the statement or passage, answer the question or questions by choosing the best answer from among the five choices given. Make sure to mark you answers for this section on the Reading section of the answer sheet.
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Question 1 of 50
1. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the two questions that follow.
Parallax is a range-finding technique used to measure the distance to some nearby stars from the annual, angular displacement of a nearby star against the background of more distant, relative, fixed stars. Behold parallax by noting the apparent position of a vertical pencil in front of your face with only your right eye; the pencil shifts across the background.
In order to make this passage clear to a general audience, the author can do which of the following?
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Question 2 of 50
2. Question
1 pointsParallax is a range-finding technique used to measure the distance to some nearby stars from the annual, angular displacement of a nearby star against the background of more distant, relative, fixed stars. Behold parallax by noting the apparent position of a vertical pencil in front of your face with only your right eye; the pencil shifts across the background.
In the second sentence, the author suggests which of the following?
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Question 3 of 50
3. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the two questions that follow.
At the outset of the Civil War, the North possessed a large population, a superior rail system, a greater industrial capacity, greater capital assets, and a larger food-production capability than did the South. Despite the North’s apparent economic superiority, the South did possess a few military advantages. Among them were fighting a defensive war on their home ground and an established military tradition. Most of the leaders of the preWar army were from the South, whereas the North had to train a new military leadership.
The final sentence of this passage functions in which of the following ways?
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Question 4 of 50
4. Question
1 pointsAt the outset of the Civil War, the North possessed a large population, a superior rail system, a greater industrial capacity, greater capital assets, and a larger food-production capability than did the South. Despite the North’s apparent economic superiority, the South did possess a few military advantages. Among them were fighting a defensive war on their home ground and an established military tradition. Most of the leaders of the preWar army were from the South, whereas the North had to train a new military leadership.
The author implies which of the following points in the passage?
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Question 5 of 50
5. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Few opticians have recognized the value of target practice for stimulating the eyes and improving vision. The value of a day on the rifle range surpasses that of a whole crop of fresh carrots.
The writer assumes that his or her readers are already convinced that
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Question 6 of 50
6. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the three questions that follow.
The author of the passage would agree with which of the following statements?
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Question 7 of 50
7. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements, if true, would most weaken the argument of the passage?
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Question 8 of 50
8. Question
1 pointsThe argument of the passage is best strengthened by which of the following statements?
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Question 9 of 50
9. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
All experts on testing and learning admit that multiple-choice tests measure knowledge only within limits. And yet the fact remains that multiple-choice tests are used, both in school and out of school, as significant indicators of intellectual ability and the capacity for learning.
The passage implies which of the following statements?
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Question 10 of 50
10. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the four questions that follow.
The passage equates taking candy away from a child with
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Question 11 of 50
11. Question
1 pointsThe passage does not do which of the following?
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Question 12 of 50
12. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following facts, if true, supports one of the author’s contentions about punishment?
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Question 13 of 50
13. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the five questions that follow.
Which of the following is a specific example supporting the point of the passage?
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Question 14 of 50
14. Question
1 pointsApplying the argument of the passage, one could define a political party as
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Question 15 of 50
15. Question
1 pointsWhen the author says that “reality” is a “hypothetical concept,” he or she means that
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Question 16 of 50
16. Question
1 pointsAccording to the passage, one difference between a scientist and a mystic is that
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Question 17 of 50
17. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following may be concluded from the last paragraph of the passage?
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Question 18 of 50
18. Question
1 pointsTo the question “How can we know what is ‘really’ real?” this author would probably answer in which of the following ways?
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Question 19 of 50
19. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the five questions that follow.
One major distinction in this passage is between
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Question 20 of 50
20. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following groups represents the type of person that the author calls an automaton?
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Question 21 of 50
21. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is an unstated assumption of the passage?
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Question 22 of 50
22. Question
1 pointsThe author would agree that a major benefit of letting the world choose your plan of life for you is
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Question 23 of 50
23. Question
1 pointsThe author would probably agree with each of the following statements except:
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Question 24 of 50
24. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the two questions that follow.
Charles Darwin was both a naturalist and a scientist. Darwin’s The Origin of Species (1859) was based on twenty-five years of research in testing and checking his theory of evolution. “Darwinism” had a profound effect on the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Churchmen who feared for the survival of religious institutions rushed to attack him. However, Darwin never attempted to apply his laws of evolution to human society. It was the social Darwinists who expanded the theory of evolution to include society as a whole. The social Darwinists viewed society as a “struggle for existence” with only the “fittest” members of society able to survive. They espoused basically a racist and elitist doctrine. Some people were naturally superior to others; it was in the “nature of things” for big business to take over “less fit,” smaller concerns.
The final sentence of the passage beginning “Some people . . .” is the author’s attempt to
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Question 25 of 50
25. Question
1 pointsCharles Darwin was both a naturalist and a scientist. Darwin’s The Origin of Species (1859) was based on twenty-five years of research in testing and checking his theory of evolution. “Darwinism” had a profound effect on the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. Churchmen who feared for the survival of religious institutions rushed to attack him. However, Darwin never attempted to apply his laws of evolution to human society. It was the social Darwinists who expanded the theory of evolution to include society as a whole. The social Darwinists viewed society as a “struggle for existence” with only the “fittest” members of society able to survive. They espoused basically a racist and elitist doctrine. Some people were naturally superior to others; it was in the “nature of things” for big business to take over “less fit,” smaller concerns.
The author’s primary purpose in this passage is to
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Question 26 of 50
26. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Current evidence suggests that there is a marked tendency for children with superior IQs to be more mature both socially and physically than children of average ability. Also, educational research shows that gifted children also appear superior in moral or trait tests to children of average IQ.
In the preceding passage, the author is using gifted children to mean children
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Question 27 of 50
27. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Prior to the 1960s, educational psychologists were primarily concerned with specific social, motivational, and attitudinal aspects of learning. The intellectual structure of class activities, in addition to curriculum problems, has been comprehensively studied only in the last two decades.
One of the author’s points in this passage is that
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Question 28 of 50
28. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the two questions that follow.
A lesson plan is basically a tool for effective teaching. Its primary importance is to present objectives and content in a logical and systematic manner; as such, it is an integral part of the instructional process.
Which of the following is an unstated assumption made by the author of the passage?
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Question 29 of 50
29. Question
1 pointsA lesson plan is basically a tool for effective teaching. Its primary importance is to present objectives and content in a logical and systematic manner; as such, it is an integral part of the instructional process.
The author uses integral to mean?
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Question 30 of 50
30. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the four questions that follow.
Which words, if inserted in order in the blank spaces in the first and second paragraphs, would help the reader understand the sequence of the writer’s ideas?
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Question 31 of 50
31. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following is the best definition of the word shelf-life, as it appears in the second paragraph of the passage?
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Question 32 of 50
32. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following numbered sentences is least relevant to the main idea of the second paragraph and could most easily be omitted?
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Question 33 of 50
33. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following can you infer from the passage needs most to be improved by American tomato growers?
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Question 34 of 50
34. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Rewards tend to be more effective than punishment in controlling student behavior. Negative reinforcement often is accompanied by emotional side effects that may cause continued learning disabilities.
The author implies which of the following?
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Question 35 of 50
35. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Teacher salaries account for approximately 70 percent of a school budget. Any major proposal designed to reduce educational expenditures will ultimately necessitate a cut in teaching staff.
Neighborhood High School is staffed by 50 teachers, and its administration has just ordered a reduction in educational expenditures. According to the preceding passage, which of the following will be one result of the reduction?
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Question 36 of 50
36. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the four questions that follow.
Which of the following is the best definition of the word migratory in the first paragraph?
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Question 37 of 50
37. Question
1 pointsAccording to information presented in the passage, which of the following do butterflies use to help them find their way when they migrate?
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Question 38 of 50
38. Question
1 pointsOf the following general statements, which one is best supported by the contents of this passage?
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Question 39 of 50
39. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following numbered sentences in the third paragraph expresses an opinion rather than a fact?
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Question 40 of 50
40. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Graduate students who expect to specialize in The Teaching of Writing must take English 600, either English 500 (Advanced Composition) or English 504 (Writing of Criticism), at least three literature courses concentrating on the same single century only, English 740 (Teaching of Writing), English 741 (Classical Rhetoric), and English 742 (Modern Rhetorical Theory).
According to the preceding statement, which of the following schedules does not belong to a specialist in The Teaching of Writing?
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Question 41 of 50
41. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the six questions that follow.
If this passage were divided into two paragraphs, the second paragraph would begin with
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Question 42 of 50
42. Question
1 pointsThe passage implies that one significant contrast between the Morrill Act and Dewey’s theories was
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Question 43 of 50
43. Question
1 pointsThe word also in sentence 6 does which of the following?
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Question 44 of 50
44. Question
1 pointsWhich of the following statements, if true, would best support sentences 7 and 8?
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Question 45 of 50
45. Question
1 pointsThis passage would be least likely to appear in which of the following?
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Question 46 of 50
46. Question
1 pointsThe passage allows us to conclude which of the following?
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Question 47 of 50
47. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Psychology is often considered a science of the mind. As a science, it aims to generate comprehensive theories to explain behavior. Despite its status as a science, the “methods” of psychology sometimes seem more mystical than rational and analytical.
Which of the following functions does the second sentence perform?
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Question 48 of 50
48. Question
1 pointsRead the passage below and answer the question that follows.
Twenty years ago, most television programs were shown in black-and-white. These days, the brightly colored clothes most of us wear signal that the medium has changed.
The author implies which of the following in the preceding passage?
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Question 49 of 50
49. Question
1 pointsUse the chart above to answer the question that follows
Which of the following can be derived from the information in the preceding chart?
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Question 50 of 50
50. Question
1 pointsRead the following passage and answer the question that follows.
The political party is a voluntary association of voters whose purpose in a democracy is to control the policies of government by electing to public office persons of its membership.
The preceding passage would be most likely to appear in which of the following?
See also:
- CBEST Practice Test 2023
- CBEST Reading Practice Test 1 (50 Questions)
- CBEST Reading Practice Test 2 (50 Questions)
- CBEST Math Practice Test 1 (50 Questions)
- CBEST Math Practice Test 2 (50 Questions)