ALCPT ALCPT Vocabulary in Academic Context 4

Question 1

A professor asks students to 'analyze' the poem. What should the students do?

Accepted Answer

Break it down and examine its parts carefully

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Read it aloud several times

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Copy it into their notebooks

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Translate it into another language

Question 2

Which sentence uses the word 'hypothesis' correctly?

Accepted Answer

The scientist formed a hypothesis before conducting the experiment.

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The hypothesis was proven with no further testing needed.

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A hypothesis is the final conclusion of a study.

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Students must memorize the hypothesis from the textbook.

Question 3

The report must be 'concise.' This means the report should be ___.

Accepted Answer

Brief and to the point

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Long and detailed

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Written by hand

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Submitted before the deadline

Question 4

Which word best completes the sentence? 'The scientist's findings were ___; other researchers could not reproduce the results.'

Accepted Answer

controversial

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reliable

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accurate

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conclusive

Question 5

A student says the essay topic is 'ambiguous.' What does the student mean?

Accepted Answer

The topic is unclear and open to more than one interpretation.

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The topic is very interesting.

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The topic is too long to cover in one essay.

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The topic has already been written about.

Question 6

Which sentence uses the word 'derive' correctly in an academic context?

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She derived the answer from the given data.

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He derived his lunch from the cafeteria.

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They derived the classroom rules by voting.

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The teacher derived the students for being late.

Question 7

The teacher told students to 'paraphrase' the paragraph. What should they do?

Accepted Answer

Rewrite the paragraph's meaning in their own words

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Copy the paragraph word for word

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Summarize the entire chapter

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Translate the paragraph into a simpler language