MEGA General Education 3

Question 1

A student solves: 3x − 7 = 14 and gets x = 7. Which step verifies the solution?

Accepted Answer

Substitute 7 for x: 3(7) − 7 = 21 − 7 = 14 ✓

Answer

Divide both sides by 3 first to get x = 7/3

Answer

Add 7 to 14 to get 21, then divide by 7

Answer

Multiply both sides by x to eliminate the variable

Question 2

Which literary device is used when an author gives human qualities to a non-human subject, as in 'The wind whispered through the trees'?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Simile

Answer

Alliteration

Answer

Hyperbole

Question 3

On a map with a scale of 1 inch = 50 miles, two cities are 3.5 inches apart. What is the actual distance?

Accepted Answer

175 miles

Answer

150 miles

Answer

200 miles

Answer

53.5 miles

Question 4

Which type of rock is formed from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Answer

Sedimentary

Answer

Metamorphic

Answer

Conglomerate

Question 5

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

The right to bear arms

Answer

Freedom of speech

Answer

Freedom of religion

Answer

Freedom of the press

Question 6

In music, what does the time signature 3/4 indicate?

Accepted Answer

Three quarter-note beats per measure

Answer

Three half-note beats per measure

Answer

Four beats, three of which are accented

Answer

A waltz in compound meter

Question 7

Which U.S. President is associated with the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the size of the United States and included present-day Missouri?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Answer

James Madison

Answer

John Adams

Answer

Andrew Jackson