Civil Service
Reading Comprehension
Practice Test

Question 2 of 3

Alaska is a state in the United States, situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with the international boundary with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait.

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area, the 4th least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska`s 731,449 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area.

Alaska`s economy is dominated by the oil, natural gas, and fishing industries; it has these resources in abundance.


According to this paragraph, which of these is false:

Alaska has an international boundary with Canada.
Alaska is the smallest state in the United States by population.
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area.
Alaska is a state in the United States.