COOP Cooperative Admissions Exam 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is 15% of 200?
- 25
- 30 (Correct answer)
- 35
- 40
Correct answer: 30
15% of 200 = 0.15 × 200 = 30.
Question 2: Choose the word that does NOT belong: oak, maple, rose, pine.
- Oak
- Maple
- Rose (Correct answer)
- Pine
Correct answer: Rose
Oak, maple, and pine are trees; rose is a flowering shrub.
Question 3: AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to:
- Concert
- Orchestra
- Symphony (Correct answer)
- Musician
Correct answer: Symphony
An author creates a novel; a composer creates a symphony.
Question 4: What is the perimeter of a square with sides of 9 inches?
- 18 inches
- 27 inches
- 36 inches (Correct answer)
- 81 inches
Correct answer: 36 inches
Perimeter of a square = 4 × side; 4 × 9 = 36 inches.
Question 5: Which sentence contains a punctuation error?
- She ran to the store, and bought milk. (Correct answer)
- He finished his homework before dinner.
- The cat sat on the mat.
- They arrived early for the concert.
Correct answer: She ran to the store, and bought milk.
A comma before 'and' is incorrect when joining a compound predicate (single subject, two verbs).
Question 6: A bag has 3 red marbles, 5 blue marbles, and 2 green marbles. What is the probability of picking a blue marble?
- 1/2
- 3/10
- 1/5
- 5/10 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 5/10
There are 5 blue out of 10 total marbles: 5/10 = 1/2, but 5/10 is the unreduced form listed.
Question 7: Continue the pattern: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ___
- 35
- 36
- 37 (Correct answer)
- 38
Correct answer: 37
The differences are 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — adding 11 to 26 gives 37.
