Question 1

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mutually assured destruction is
B)  the theory that a nuclear strike
C)  can be detoured by possessing
D)  one's own nuclear arsenal. C

Question 2

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
If the bill passes, it will be the first law in the United States that required GMO labeling.

Accepted Answer

A)  required
B)  requiring
C)  requires
D)  require C

Question 3

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Susan's primary criteria
B)  for choosing a new car
C)  is low gas mileage;
D)  she isn't interested in aesthetics. A

Question 4

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
If two or more nations which disagree on water rights or building projects, conflicts can emerge.

Accepted Answer

A)  If two or more nations which disagree
B)  If two or more nations, which disagree
C)  If two or more nations disagree
D)  If two or more nations that disagree

Question 5

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  During the arraignment
B)  the witness's bizarre speech
C)  and disassembling left us
D)  at a loss as to what had happened.

Question 6

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  The contribution to the national deficit by
B)  Medicare, Social Security,
C)  the Defense Department and numerous
D)  other expenditures worry some people.

Question 7

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
The novel affected great personal growth when I was a teenager; I have recommended it to a large number of teens since then.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change teenager to teen-ager.
B)  Change the semicolon to a comma.
C)  Change number to amount.
D)  Change affected to effected.

Question 8

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the US Senate, a simple majority
B)  of senators are able to pass a bill,
C)  but a supermajority is necessary
D)  to end a filibuster.

Question 9

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  The popularity of
B)  zombie movies, in which dead people
C)  raise from their graves,
D)  has surged in recent years.

Question 10

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
The Johnsons's family car was broken into, the window was shattered and the radio was stolen.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change Johnsons's to Johnsons'.
B)  Fix the parallel structure.
C)  Change the sentence to past perfect tense.
D)  Fix subject/verb agreement.

Question 11

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
Rainstorms are an every day occurrence in most of the Northwest US.

Accepted Answer

A)  Lowercase Northwest.
B)  Remove the dangling modifier.
C)  Change every day to everyday.
D)  Change rainstorms to rain storms.

Question 12

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
It is crucial for the Spanish government to show it has control over country.

Accepted Answer

A)  over country
B)  over the country
C)  over a country
D)  over an country

Question 13

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
During the primaries, all three Democratic candidates levied serious allegations against each other, only to retract them during the general election.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change retract to retrack.
B)  Change primaries to primarys.
C)  Change levied to leveled.
D)  Make this into two separate sentences.

Question 14

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
He does face opposition from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces since they have put limitations on the authority of the president and other elected officials.

Accepted Answer

A)  they have
B)  they has
C)  it have
D)  it has

Question 15

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
As a result, drinkable water has become a region of conflict that could eventually lead to greater hostilities between nations.

Accepted Answer

A)  region
B)  source
C)  place
D)  course

Question 16

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many people thought
B)  of the priest as kind and generous,
C)  and a few people thought
D)  of him as discrete.

Question 17

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
Along with gold, silver, and platinum, palladium is a precious metal owned and traded by investors.

Accepted Answer

A)  palladium is a precious metal
B)  palladium and they are precious metals.
C)  palladium are a precious metal
D)  palladium are precious metals

Question 18

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Having lain the toddler in his
B)  cradle, Margaret hoped that
C)  he would sleep long enough for
D)  her to get some work done.

Question 19

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.
At the center of the controversy is Jammu and Kashmir (a territory both nations claim).

Accepted Answer

A)  Kashmir (a territory both nations claim) .
B)  Kashmir, (a territory both nations claim) .
C)  Kashmir - (a territory both nations claim) .
D)  Kashmir; (a territory both nations claim) .

Question 20

Which course of action most improves the following sentence?
There is a huge amount of people flying in and out of Heathrow Airport every day.

Accepted Answer

A)  Change is to are.
B)  Lowercase Airport.
C)  Change amount to number.
D)  Change every day to everyday.

Exam 3: Act-Compass-Writing-Practice-Test

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. If the bill passes, it will be the first law in the United States that required GMO labeling.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. If two or more nations which disagree on water rights or building projects, conflicts can emerge.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Which course of action most improves the following sentence? The novel affected great personal growth when I was a teenager; I have recommended it to a large number of teens since then.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Which course of action most improves the following sentence? The Johnsons's family car was broken into, the window was shattered and the radio was stolen.

Which course of action most improves the following sentence? Rainstorms are an every day occurrence in most of the Northwest US.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. It is crucial for the Spanish government to show it has control over country.

Which course of action most improves the following sentence? During the primaries, all three Democratic candidates levied serious allegations against each other, only to retract them during the general election.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. He does face opposition from the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces since they have put limitations on the authority of the president and other elected officials.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. As a result, drinkable water has become a region of conflict that could eventually lead to greater hostilities between nations.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. Along with gold, silver, and platinum, palladium is a precious metal owned and traded by investors.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A. At the center of the controversy is Jammu and Kashmir (a territory both nations claim) .

Which course of action most improves the following sentence? There is a huge amount of people flying in and out of Heathrow Airport every day.