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These 10 free MoGEA questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
Two high schools offered an optional Saturday algebra review. Their mean scores rose six points, while district averages elsewhere changed little. The superintendent concludes that requiring the review at every high school will produce the same gain. What most limits this inference?
Correct answer: C - Participating schools and students may differ from the district as a whole.
Town officials claim that restoring a wetland reduced downstream flood peaks. Select the evidence that best tests the claim.
Correct answer: A - A five-year record using the same calibrated gauges, matched storms, and a similar untreated watershed
Read the passage: "After months of delay, the council celebrated its 'decisive response' by voting to create a committee that would report the following year. Outside city hall, the same sinkhole remained behind barricades." The juxtaposition primarily creates:
Correct answer: D - Irony exposing the gap between claim and action
A formal report contains this sentence: "Neither the museum director nor the two curators was willing to explain why the loan agreement, along with its exhibits, were missing." Choose the version that follows Standard English agreement.
Correct answer: B - Neither the museum director nor the two curators were willing to explain why the loan agreement, along with its exhibits, was missing.
Facing a six-minute public briefing, an engineer must explain projected water-rate changes to residents with varied technical backgrounds. Her draft slides contain dense tables and unexplained abbreviations. How should she revise the presentation?
Correct answer: B - Define key terms, use a labeled graph, and disclose assumptions.
Last term, 48 of 80 participants completed a literacy program; this term, 63 of 90 completed it. A grant report must describe the change to the nearest tenth of a percent. The report can state accurately that:
Correct answer: D - Completion rose by 16.7%, a gain of 10.0 percentage points.
Inside a 24 m by 18 m rectangular garden, a path 2 m wide runs along all four edges. Ground cover for the remaining planting area comes in rolls that cover 18 square meters. Ignoring waste except that whole rolls must be purchased, how many rolls are needed?
Correct answer: A - 16 rolls
An assessment summary reports a mean of 82, a median of 76, a first quartile of 69, and a third quartile of 85. What do these statistics suggest?
Correct answer: C - The distribution is probably right-skewed, and the middle 50% lies between 69 and 85.
Shuttle A charges a $4 base fare plus $1.80 per mile. Shuttle B charges a $7 base fare plus $1.20 per mile. At what distance do the prices match, and which shuttle costs less beyond that point?
Correct answer: D - They cost the same at 5 miles, and Shuttle B is cheaper on longer trips.
During a chemistry laboratory activity, concentrated sodium hydroxide splashes into a student's eye. What should happen first?
Correct answer: A - Use the eyewash immediately and call for assistance.
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