PSAT Assessment

How long is the PSAT?

• 30 Minutes

• 2 Hours and 45 Minutes

• 6 Hours

• 2 Days

True or False: There is a penalty for guessing or leaving blank responses.

• True

• False

The skills tested on the PSAT are:

• Reading

• Writing and Language

• Math

• All of the Above

Tags

CCSS.W.9-10.1

The contents of the Reading Test includes the following (select all that apply):

• 5 Reading Passages

• 47 Passage-Based Questions

• All Multiple Choice

• No Mathematical Computation

The contents of the Writing and Language Test include (select all that apply):

• 4 Passages

• 44 Passage Based Questions

• All Questions are Multiple Choice

• No Mathematical Computation is Required

The contents of the Math Test include (select all that apply):

• 2 Test Sections

• 48 Questions

• 40 Multiple Choice, 8 Grid-ins Questions

• Math Test - Calculator and Math Test - No Calculator

True or False: The PSAT serves as an entry point to over $235 million in scholarships for qualified students with financial needs.

• True

• False

Read the following passage:

[...] The coming decades will likely see more intense clustering of jobs, innovation, and productivity in a smaller number of bigger cities and city-regions. Some regions could end up bloated beyond the capacity of their infrastructure, while others struggle, their promise stymied by inadequate human or other resources.

The underlined word "intense" most nearly means:

• emotional.

• concentrated.

• brilliant.

• determined.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the following passage:

[...] As Kingman developed as a painter, his works were often compared to paintings by Chinese landscape artists dating back to CE 960, a time when a strong tradition of landscape painting emerged in Chinese art. Kingman, however, vacated from the tradition in a number of ways, most notably in that he chose to focus not on natural landscapes, such as mountains and rivers, but on cities. [...]

The underlined word "vacated" most nearly means:

• NO CHANGE

• evacuated

• departed

• retired

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Calculator Permitted

Aaron is staying at a hotel that charges $99.95 per night plus tax for a room. A tax of 8% is applied to the room rate, and an additional one-time untaxed fee of $5.00 is charged by the hotel. Which of the following represents Aaron's total charge, in dollars, for staying x nights?

• (99.95 + 0.08x) + 5

• 1.08(99.95x) + 5

• 1.08(99.95x + 5)

• 1.08(99.95 + 5)x