Practice Test 12 - PSAT Reading & Writing

20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.

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1. What main idea does Iqbal advance?
2. Which choice most effectively uses data from the line graph to complete the text?
3. Which choice most logically completes the text?
4. Text 1
   In hiring, "culture fit" interviews are defended as a way to build cohesive teams, but the concept often disguises bias. When interviewers reward candidates who share their hobbies, speech patterns, or educational background, they confuse comfort with competence. Companies then hire people who resemble current employees and wonder why innovation stalls. A better approach is to evaluate "culture add": whether a candidate brings perspectives the team lacks. Cohesion should come from shared goals, not shared tastes.
   Text 2
   Bias can hide inside culture fit, but abandoning the idea entirely creates its own risk. Teams do need members who can handle disagreement productively and follow norms that protect collaboration, such as giving credit and meeting deadlines. Those behaviors are cultural, even if they are not about hobbies or personality. The solution is to define culture in observable practices and assess them with structured questions, not to replace one vague slogan with another. "Culture add" is useful only when the existing culture is clearly articulated and healthy.
   
   Based on Text 2, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1's proposal to replace "culture fit" with "culture add"?
5. Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the text?
6. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
7. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
8. Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
9. Which sentence from the passage most convincingly supports the claim that programmable thermostats can save money without sacrificing comfort?
10. Which inference about driver supply during rain is best supported by Khan's analysis?
11. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text?
12. Which assertion about exoplanet research would BOTH authors likely accept?
13. Which statement best expresses Rodriguez's main point in the passage?
14. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
15. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text?
16. Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
17. What inference about community gardens is best supported by Tan's observation?
18. What function does the phrase "on the other hand" serve in this sentence?
19. Which choice most logically completes the text?
20. The student wants to explain how Leonardo's technique contributes to the painting's visual effect. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

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