Civil Service Reading Comprehension Practice Test Results

Question 1
63% answer correctly

The Urnero (Leptodactylus latinasus) is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, rural gardens, and ponds.


What can you conclude about the Urnero?

It`s found primarily in Central America.
It prefers a habitat with high altitude.
It prefers an urban habitat.
It prefers a wet habitat.
Question 2
83% answer correctly

A utility cooperative is a type of cooperative that is tasked with the delivery of a public utility such as electricity, water or telecommunications to its members. Profits are either reinvested for infrastructure or distributed to members in the form of `patronage` or `capital credits`, which are essentially dividends paid on a member`s investment into the cooperative.

Each customer is a member and owner of the business with an equal say as every other member of the cooperative, unlike investor-owned utilities where the amount of say is governed by the number of shares held.


A utility cooperative is most similar to which of the following types of organizations?

A partnership.
A military organization.
A monarchy.
A dictatorship.
Question 3
56% answer correctly

Ohio started the month of July with its pedal to the metal. The Buckeye State became the 34th state to adopt the 70 miles-an-hour speed limit. Drivers can now do up to 70 on more than 570 of Ohio`s 1,332 miles of interstate highway. Congress repealed the 55 mph national limit in 1995. Despite predictions of calamity and carnage on the highways, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported in October 1998 that `the traffic death rate dropped to a record low level in 1997`. That pattern has continued since then.


You can infer from this paragrah that higher speed limits _______________ the traffic death rate.

Have no effect on
Reduce
Are not linked to
Increase