Multiple‐Choice Questions — Select One or More Answer Choices
These questions are multiple‐choice questions that ask you to select one or more answer
choices from a list of choices. A question may or may not specify the number of choices to select.
Sample Questions
Directions: Select one or more answer choices according to the specific question
directions.
If the question does not specify how many answer choices to select,
select all that apply.
The correct answer may be just one of the choices or may be as
many as all of the choices, depending on the question.
No credit is given unless you select all of the correct choices and no
others.
If the question specifies how many answer choices to select, select
exactly that number of choices.
1. Each employee of a certain company is in either Department X or Department Y, and
there are more than twice as many employees in Department X as in Department Y. The average
(arithmetic mean) salary is $25,000 for the employees in Department X and is $35,000 for the
employees in Department Y. Which of the following amounts could be the average salary for all of
the employees in the company?
Indicate all such amounts.
A. $26,000
B. $28,000
C. $29,000
D. $30,000
E. $31,000
F. $32,000
G. $34,000
Answer: A ($26,000) and B ($28,000)
2. If f, g, and h are positive integers, f is a factor of g, and g is a factor of h, which of the
following statements must be true?
Indicate all such statements.
A. f is a factor of g squared.
B. f is a factor of gh.
C. f is a factor of h minus g.
Answer: A (f is a factor of g squared), B (f is a factor of gh.), and C (f is a factor of
h minus g)
Numeric Entry Questions
Questions of this type ask you either to enter the answer as an integer or a decimal in a
single answer box or to enter it as a fraction in two separate boxes — one for the numerator and
one for the denominator. In the computer‐administered test, the computer mouse and keyboard
are used to enter the answer.
Sample Questions
Directions: Enter your answer in the answer box(es) below the question.
Equivalent forms of the correct answer, such as 2.5 and 2.50, are all
correct. Fractions do not need to be reduced to lowest terms.
Enter the exact answer unless the question asks you to round your
answer.
1. If x = 10 to the power negative 1, what is the value of
open parenthesis, x + the fraction 1 over x, close parenthesis, times, open
parenthesis, 1 over x, close parenthesis?
Answer Box
Answer: 101
2. A university admitted 100 students who transferred from other institutions. Of these
students, 34 transferred from two‐year community colleges, 25 transferred from private
four‐year institutions, and the rest transferred from public four‐year institutions. If two different
students are to be selected at random from the 100 students, what is the probability that both
students selected will be students who transferred from two‐year community colleges?
Give your answer as a fraction.
Fraction answer boxes
Answer: 17 over 150 (or any equivalent fraction).
Quantitative Comparison Questions
Questions of this type ask the examinee to compare two quantities — Quantity A and
Quantity B — and then determine which of four statements describes the comparison.
Sample Questions
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using the additional information given,
if any. Select one of the following four answer choices.
A. Quantity A is greater.
B. Quantity B is greater.
C. The two quantities are equal.
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information
given.
A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same
meaning throughout the question.
1.
Quantity A: x squared + 1
Quantity B: 2x, minus 1
A. Quantity A is greater.
B. Quantity B is greater.
C. The two quantities are equal.
D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Answer: A (Quantity A is greater.)
