Free Praxis 5001 Content Knowledge Questions and Answers

Question 1

Which of the following is a responsibility of the executive branch of government?

Accepted Answer

Enforcing laws

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Making laws

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Interpreting laws

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Reviewing laws

Question 2

What is the process by which water changes from liquid to gas at the surface of a body of water?

Accepted Answer

Evaporation

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Condensation

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Sublimation

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Precipitation

Question 3

Who wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet"?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

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Jane Austen

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Charles Dickens

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Mark Twain

Question 4

Which literary device is used in the following sentence: "The stars danced playfully in the night sky"?

Accepted Answer

Personification

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Simile

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Metaphor

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Hyperbole

Question 5

What is the value of √64?

Accepted Answer

8

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6

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10

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12

Question 6

Who was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

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Malcolm X

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Rosa Parks

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a physical change?

Accepted Answer

Melting ice

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Burning wood

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Rusting iron

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Digesting food