Praxis 5511
Question 1 of 5.
Extract:“The continuous use of the running muscles will produce more fatigue, aches, and pains than running at the same pace while taking walk breaks. If you walk before your running muscles start to get tired, you allow the muscle to recover instantly—increasing your capacity for exercise while reducing the chance of next-day soreness. The “method†part involves having a strategy. By using a ratio of running and walking you can manage your fatigue. Using this fatigue-reduction tool conserves resources and bestows mental confidence to cope with any challenges that can come later.†—Jeff Galloway, from Half-Marathon: You Can Do It
Which of the following sentences is best to include in a summary of the text?
A. Long-distance running involves arduous training plans that can result in soreness.
B. Walking intermittently during a run can reduce fatigue and increase performance.
C. It is important to have a strategy when training to run long distances.
D. Mental confidence helps to overcome challenges that come with running.
Explanation: The passage emphasizes that walk breaks during running reduce fatigue, soreness, and enhance exercise capacity, directly supporting choice B. Choice A is too general and doesn’t capture the walk-break strategy; C mentions strategy but lacks the specific focus on walking; D addresses mental confidence, a secondary point not central to the passage’s main idea.
Question 2 of 5.
Which of the following types of pathogens cause influenza in humans?
A. Bacterium
B. Virus
C. Fungus
D. Protozoan
Explanation: Influenza is caused by influenza viruses (family Orthomyxoviridae). Bacteria, fungi, and protozoa can cause other types of infections, but the flu is specifically a viral disease.
Question 3 of 5.
Which of the following articles will best help students understand the literary context of Langston Hughes’s poetry?
A. Technological Modernization and its Influence on Literary Forms
B. The Transcendentalists: Philosophical Beliefs Inspire a Literary Movement
C. How Economic Migration Contributed to an Artistic Revival
D. The Lost Generation: New Methods of Waging War Lead to New Approaches to Art
Explanation: Langston Hughes was a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance—a flourishing of Black art and literature in northern cities driven largely by the Great Migration of African Americans out of the rural South. An article on how economic migration spurred an artistic revival directly illuminates the social and cultural forces that shaped Hughes’s work.
Question 4 of 5.
The period of intense intellectual and artistic endeavor known as the Renaissance began in Italy in the mid-fourteenth century and centered on the ____.
A. recovery of classical learning and Christian theology
B. rejection of transferring pollen between the flowers of a plant
C. return to a medieval worldview of the primacy of the Church and the veneration of images in worship
D. revival of learning in Latin and Greek as well as the spread of writing in the vernacular
Explanation: The Renaissance—literally “rebirthâ€â€”marked a renewed interest in the literature, philosophy, and languages of ancient Greece and Rome. Scholars studied Latin and Greek texts and began writing serious works in their native tongues, breaking from the exclusively Church-centered medieval tradition.
Question 5 of 5.
A circular playground has an area of 314 square feet. Which of the following is the best estimate of the radius, in feet, of the playground?
A. 10 feet
B. 25 feet
C. 50 feet
D. 100 feet
Explanation: The area of a circle is given by A = πr². Given A = 314 ft², we approximate π ≈ 3.14, so r² ≈ 314 ÷ 3.14 ≈ 100, and r ≈ √100 = 10 feet. Choices B, C, and D yield areas far larger than 314 ft² when computed (e.g., r = 25 gives A ≈ 1962.5 ft²).
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