Health Occupations Readiness Test Prep - Question List

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1.

Which section of the following passage needs to be edited for incorrect spelling, incorrect grammar, inappropriate word choice or wordiness?

  1. The artichoke dip was the
  2. hit of the party, some people
  3. wondered how much butter
  4. had been mixed into it.
  5. The mediator used some
  6. light humor to try to
  7. diffuse the situation,
  8. but the tension remained.
  9. Tom's stylish friend paid him
  10. a great compliment, saying that
  11. his new jacket complimented
  12. his other clothes perfectly.
  13. All the students agreed that
  14. the calculus midterm exams
  15. were much harder then
  16. they had been expecting.
  17. 'Its not going to
  18. clean up its own mess,"
  19. the man said,
  20. pointing at his neighbor's dog.
2.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Many tourists fear terrorism and of being targeted by religious political parties.

  1. of being targeted
  2. of targets
  3. agendas
  4. attacks
3.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

At the center of the controversy is Jammu and Kashmir (a territory both nations claim).

  1. Kashmir (a territory both nations claim).
  2. Kashmir, (a territory both nations claim).
  3. Kashmir - (a territory both nations claim).
  4. Kashmir; (a territory both nations claim).
4.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Along with gold, silver, and platinum, palladium is a precious metal owned and traded by investors.

  1. palladium is a precious metal
  2. palladium and they are precious metals.
  3. palladium are a precious metal
  4. palladium are precious metals
5.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

Around 10 percent of the labor force work in agricultural production.

  1. work
  2. works
  3. has works
  4. had works

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