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PAPA VIP Pre-service Academic Performance Assessment Practice Exam
PAPA — The PAPA (Pre-service Academic Performance Assessment) is a Pennsylvania teacher certification test administered by Pearson, consisting of three separate modules — Reading (Module 1), Mathematics (Module 2), and Writing (Module 3) — each 85–90 minutes, scored on a 100–300 scale with a passing score of 220 per module; this practice exam covers all three domains in a single combined set.
30
Questions
120m
Time Limit
73.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
Read the following passage and answer the question below. "For decades, urban planners have assumed that wider roads reduce congestion. Yet a growing body of research challenges this assumption. When a city widens a road or adds lanes, the short-term effect is indeed a reduction in travel times. However, within a few years, those improved conditions attract more drivers who previously avoided the route, and congestion returns to its original level — sometimes worse. This phenomenon, known as induced demand, suggests that building capacity does not solve congestion; it merely accommodates more of it." Which of the following best states the central argument of the passage?
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