PELLET B Practice Questions 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which word means the same as 'corroborate'?
- Confirm (Correct answer)
- Deny
- Question
- Ignore
Correct answer: Confirm
'Corroborate' means to support or confirm with evidence.
Question 2: A patrol car's fuel tank holds 16 gallons and is 1/4 full. How many gallons are needed to fill it?
- 4 gallons
- 8 gallons
- 12 gallons (Correct answer)
- 16 gallons
Correct answer: 12 gallons
1/4 full means 4 gallons present, so 16 − 4 = 12 gallons are needed.
Question 3: Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.
- The witness, however refused to talk.
- The witness however, refused to talk.
- The witness, however, refused to talk. (Correct answer)
- The witness however refused to talk.
Correct answer: The witness, however, refused to talk.
An interrupting 'however' is set off by commas on both sides.
Question 4: Which word is closest in meaning to 'deter'?
- Encourage
- Discourage (Correct answer)
- Detain
- Decide
Correct answer: Discourage
'Deter' means to discourage or prevent an action.
Question 5: An officer reads license plate 7BXK429 in a mirror. Reversed, which character order would appear?
- 924KXB7 (Correct answer)
- 7BXK429
- 429KXB7
- 9XKB247
Correct answer: 924KXB7
A mirror reverses the order, so 7BXK429 reads right-to-left as 924KXB7.
Question 6: If 30% of 200 calls were burglary reports, how many burglary reports were there?
- 30
- 60 (Correct answer)
- 66
- 70
Correct answer: 60
30% of 200 equals 0.30 × 200 = 60.
Question 7: Identify the run-on sentence.
- The alarm sounded, and the officers responded.
- The alarm sounded the officers responded. (Correct answer)
- When the alarm sounded, the officers responded.
- The alarm sounded; the officers responded.
Correct answer: The alarm sounded the officers responded.
Two independent clauses joined without punctuation or a conjunction form a run-on.
PELLET B Practice Questions 3
Which word means the same as 'corroborate'?