Free Texas Initiative Assessment Components Questions and Answers

Question 1

In the first paragraph of the attached passage, the word "incessantly" most nearly means __________.

Accepted Answer

constantly, without interruption; going on and on

Question 2

Imagine that you have a short stick that measure 8.7 cm, and a long stick that measures 27.6 cm. How much longer does the short sick need to be so that the long stick is exactly three times longer?

Accepted Answer

0.5cm

Answer

If you want the long stick to be exactly three longer without changing its length of 27.6 cm, the short stick needs to be 27.6/3, or 9.2cm long. This is 0.5 cm longer than it is now, so the correct choice is A.

Question 3

Picasso expanded the artform by breaking figures into shapes and playing with shifting perspective in his paintings.
Expanding the artform, …. The next words will be?

Accepted Answer

Picasso broke figures into shapes and played

Answer

The sentence should be rewritten "Expanding the artform, Picasso broke figures into shapes and played with shifting and played with shifting perspectives in his paintings." The past-tense verb expanded is rewritten as the gerund, expanding. In order to retain the past-tense of the original sentence, the gerunds breaking and playing become broke and played. Choices A and C are are incorrect because they both result in sentence phrasing and changes the meaning of the original sentence.

Question 4

Instrumental and tree-ring records from the southern Andres show a strong warming trend during the last 50 years coupled with a decline in precipitation. With rising temperatures, glaciers in the North and South Patagonian icefields are receding up to 100 times faster than at any time since the Little Ice Age. These trends are projected to continue in the coming decades and lead to increased moisture deficits, further ice recession, tree mortality, and greater risk of fires.

Accepted Answer

measured by scientific instruments.

Answer

The sentence pairs "instrumental and tree-ring records" as evidence that show warming trends in the region of the Andes in a passages about climate science. So instrumental most likely refers to the scientific instruments that would help show measurements of this warming effect. C

Question 5

The area of a square is 169 square feet. What is the length of one of its diagonals?

Accepted Answer

13√2 feet

Answer

Let s be a side of the square. Then, s2 = 169, and taking the square root of both sides yields s = 13. Now, if D represents a diagonal of the square, using the Pythagorean theorem yields the following:





So, a diagonal has length  feet. Choice A is the length of a side, not the diagonal. Choice C is incorrect because the 2 and 13 should be interchanged. Choice D is incorrect because you made an arithmetic error involving radicals.

TSIA - Texas Success Initiative Assessment Practice Test

TSIA - Texas Success Initiative Assessment Practice Test

Free Texas Initiative Assessment Components Questions and Answers