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Question 1

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of intelligence according to Sternberg’s theory?

A : Analytical

B : Practical

C : Creative

D : Subjective

E : None of the above

Answer: D

Question 2

Jimmy looks at his homework and decides he had better do math first because it always takes him longest.Jimmy is

A : using metacognition

B : poor at math

C : probably better on verbal tests

D : using a recognition strategy

E : an unusually self-aware child

Answer: A

Question 3

A normal curve of distribution is a set of scores with

A : a high standard deviation

B : most scores near one end of the range

C : approximately equal numbers of scores from one end of the range to the other

D : most scores in the middle of the range

E : most scores at the high and low ends of the range

Answer: D

Question 4

All of the following statements regarding the relationship between age and poverty in the United States are true,EXCEPT

A : older persons are at a much greater risk of living in poverty than are children

B : older women are twice as likely to be poor as older men

C : older Latinos/as and African-Americans are much more likely to live below the poverty line than are non-Latino/a whites

D : about 46 percent of all African-American children under age 6 lived in poverty in 1993

E : children as a group are poorer now than they were at the beginning of the 1980s

Answer: A

Question 5

All of the following departments are headed by a secretary EXCEPT

A : Justice

B : State

C : Interior

D : Transportation

E : Energy

Answer: A

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