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AQL Academic and Quantitative Literacy VIP Practice Exam
AQL — The AQL (Academic and Quantitative Literacy) test is one of the two National Benchmark Tests (NBTs) administered by the Centre for Educational Testing for Access and Placement (CETAP) at the University of Cape Town, used by South African universities for undergraduate placement decisions. The real AQL runs approximately 3 hours with roughly 70 multiple-choice questions split across Academic Literacy and Quantitative Literacy domains; scores are reported as Proficient, Intermediate, or Basic rather than a single pass mark, but institutions commonly set placement thresholds near the 70th percentile.
30
Questions
180m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
Read the following passage and answer the question below. "The proliferation of misinformation on social media platforms has prompted researchers to examine not only how false content spreads, but also why individuals share it in the first place. A 2023 study found that emotional arousal—particularly outrage—significantly increased the likelihood of sharing, regardless of whether the content had been verified. Paradoxically, users who reported high confidence in their own media literacy skills were among the most susceptible to sharing inaccurate posts, apparently because their confidence reduced the effort they invested in verification." Which of the following best describes the central paradox identified in the passage?
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