STAT Practice Questions - STAT Multiple Choice (Special Skills for Tertiary Admissions Test) Exam - STAT Practice Questions - STAT Multiple Choice (Special Skills for Tertiary Admissions Test) Exam

Question 1

Passage: 'Many people assume that working from home lowers productivity. Yet a two-year study of call-centre staff found that home workers handled 13% more calls than office-based colleagues, largely because they took fewer breaks and lost no commuting time.' Which statement is best supported by the passage?

Home workers in the study were less productive than office workers The study found home workers handled more calls than office workers Commuting time has no effect on productivity All workers are more productive at home

Correct Answer:

The study found home workers handled more calls than office workers

Question 2

Passage: 'The novelist refused to explain her endings. "A story that needs the author to defend it," she said, "has already failed on the page."' What does the novelist's remark most strongly imply?

She thinks her stories are failures A good story should stand on its own without explanation Authors should never speak in public Readers always misunderstand her work

Correct Answer:

A good story should stand on its own without explanation

Question 3

Argument: 'The new bridge must be safe, because it was designed by the same firm that built the harbour bridge, and the harbour bridge has never failed.' This argument depends most heavily on the assumption that:

The harbour bridge is very old A firm's past success guarantees the safety of its later work Bridges are usually unsafe The new bridge is longer than the harbour bridge

Correct Answer:

A firm's past success guarantees the safety of its later work

Question 4

Passage: 'Coral reefs cover less than one per cent of the ocean floor, yet they support roughly a quarter of all marine species. This concentration of life makes them, in the words of one biologist, the rainforests of the sea.' Why does the biologist call reefs 'the rainforests of the sea'?

Reefs are found near rainforests Reefs hold a large share of marine life in a small area Reefs and rainforests are the same colour Reefs cover most of the ocean floor

Correct Answer:

Reefs hold a large share of marine life in a small area

Question 5

A reviewer writes: 'The film is technically flawless and utterly forgettable - a beautiful machine with no heart.' The reviewer's overall attitude to the film is best described as:

Enthusiastic admiration Mixed but ultimately disappointed Complete confusion Indifferent and uninterested

Correct Answer:

Mixed but ultimately disappointed

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