West B Test General 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A student writes: 'Each of the candidates have submitted their application.' Which revision is grammatically correct?
- Each of the candidates has submitted their application. (Correct answer)
- Each of the candidates have submitted his application.
- Each of the candidates has submitted its application.
- Each of the candidates had submitted their applications.
Correct answer: Each of the candidates has submitted their application.
'Each' is an indefinite pronoun that takes a singular verb, so 'has' is correct; 'their' is acceptable as a gender-neutral singular pronoun.
Question 2: On a number line, which fraction is between 3/5 and 4/5?
- 5/8
- 7/10
- 13/20
- All of the above (Correct answer)
Correct answer: All of the above
3/5 = 0.60 and 4/5 = 0.80; 5/8=0.625, 7/10=0.70, 13/20=0.65 are all between these values.
Question 3: A passage uses the phrase 'the lion's share' to describe one company's market dominance. This is an example of which literary device?
- Simile
- Personification
- Idiom (Correct answer)
- Hyperbole
Correct answer: Idiom
An idiom is a phrase whose meaning differs from the literal meanings of its individual words.
Question 4: A store marks up wholesale prices by 40%. If a shirt costs the store $25 wholesale, what is its retail price?
- $30
- $35 (Correct answer)
- $40
- $45
Correct answer: $35
Markup = 40% × $25 = $10; Retail price = $25 + $10 = $35.
Question 5: Which organizational structure is used in an essay that explains how a drought caused crop failure, which caused economic hardship, which caused migration?
- Compare and contrast
- Problem and solution
- Cause and effect (Correct answer)
- Chronological order
Correct answer: Cause and effect
When events are linked in a chain where each causes the next, the structure is cause and effect.
Question 6: What is the value of the expression 4! (4 factorial)?
- 8
- 12
- 16
- 24 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 24
4! = 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24.
Question 7: Which revision most effectively combines these two sentences into one: 'Maria studied diligently. She passed her exam with the highest score in the class.'?
- Maria studied diligently, she passed her exam with the highest score in the class.
- Because Maria studied diligently, she passed her exam with the highest score in the class. (Correct answer)
- Maria studied diligently; and passed her exam with the highest score in the class.
- Maria studied diligently but she passed her exam with the highest score in the class.
Correct answer: Because Maria studied diligently, she passed her exam with the highest score in the class.
Using 'because' establishes a logical causal relationship between studying and achieving the top score.
West B Test General 4
A student writes: 'Each of the candidates have submitted their application.' Which revision is grammatically correct?