Prepare for the ACET!

Antonyms. Choose the word which is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word.

    
       1.  lax police officer

A. attentive
B. lenient
C. rational
D. virtuous

2. ameliorate the condition of the society

A. alleviate
B. improve
C. tolerate
D. worsen 

3.  hamper the demolition

A. allow
B. manage
C. prevent
D. restrict

4. adroit in handling money

A. adept
B. benevolent
C. incompetent
D. skillful  

5. mar the environment

A. beautify
B. bristle
C. damage
D. revere  
Solve.

1. The diagonals of a rhombus are 6m and 8m long. What is its perimeter?

A. 5m
B. 12m
C. 16m
D. 20m

2. A stack of balls has 15 rows. The top row contains 1 ball. Every row has 1 more ball than
      the row above it (for example, the 2nd row has 2 balls; the 3rd row has 3 balls). 
      How many balls are in the stack?

A. 100
B. 120
C. 128
D. 136

3. a, b, and c represent the units, tens, and hundreds digit of a three-digit number, respectively.
       The value of the number squared can be represented as:

A. a2 + 10ab + 100ac + 100b2 + 1000bc + 10000c2

B. a2 + 20ab + 200ac + 100b2 + 2000bc + 10000c2
C. 1000a2 + 100ab + 100ac + 100b2 + 10bc + c2
D. 1000a2 + 2000ab + 200ac + 100b2 + 20bc + c2

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3.   Find the 15th term of an arithmetic sequence whose 8th and 22th terms
      are 22 and 84, respectively.

A. 38
B. 42
C. 64
D. 72

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DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer.
   
      1. Which country hosted the World Cup in 2014 and will host the Olympics in 2016?
   
      A. Argentina
      B. Brazil
      C. Chile
      D. Peru

2. What is the smallest country in the world in terms of size?

A. Monaco
B. Nauru
C. San Marino
D. Vatican City

3. Who was the Dictator of Rome who was assassinated on the Ides of March?

A. Augustus
B. Caligula
C. Julius Caesar
D. Nero

4. Who was the first black president of South Africa and one of the recipients
        of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993?

A. Malcolm X
B. Thabo Mbeki
C. F. W. de Klerk
D. Nelson Mandela

5. How many senate seats are in the Senate of the Philippines?

 

     A. 12
     B. 20
     C. 22
     D. 24