Which statement best expresses a central theme of the poem?

Carrying on an inherited task means acting without certainty and letting time judge the results.

Nature’s indifference makes human labor pointless, so grief is the only fitting response to loss.

A child honors a parent most fully by preserving the parent’s methods exactly as they were taught.

Memories of a lost parent fade with the seasons until only the parent’s tools remain to recall them.

Which revision of sentence 4 is most appropriate for the letter’s audience and purpose?

Before the project, the lot was strewn with debris, and most residents avoided it.

Honestly, the old lot was really disgusting, and pretty much everyone stayed away.

Before the project, the lot’s total grossness kept nearly all residents far away.

The old lot, which was super gross, was a place residents honestly tried to avoid.

Month J F M A M J J A S O N D Avg. temp. (°C) 10 11 13 15 19 23 26 26 23 18 14 11 Precip. (mm) 90 80 70 60 30 10 2 5 20 70 110 100 Which climate type and location best fit the climograph data?

Mediterranean climate on the west side of a Northern Hemisphere continent

Humid subtropical climate on the east side of a Northern Hemisphere continent

Marine west coast climate in the Southern Hemisphere with cool summers

Tropical savanna climate near the equator with a long summer wet season

Which statement best describes how the two poems treat a family member’s work?

Both portray the work through its traces and effects rather than by showing the work itself.

Both celebrate the quiet pride a family member took in a long and respected career in a single industry.

Both criticize employers who required family members to work long hours in dangerous places.

Both describe a speaker who has decided to take up the same occupation as the older relative.

The writer’s primary purpose in the draft is to

inform families about the program’s origins, operation, and results

explain the industrial process by which plastics are recycled

persuade the principal to expand the program by adding composting

entertain readers with a humorous story about a group of students

Praxis Fundamental Subjects Content Knowledge (5511)

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Sections covered on the exam: English and Language Usage, Mathematics, Citizenship and Social Science, Science.

Question 1 · English and Language Usage
Which statement best expresses a central theme of the poem?
- A.Nature’s indifference makes human labor pointless, so grief is the only fitting response to loss.
- B.A child honors a parent most fully by preserving the parent’s methods exactly as they were taught.
- C.Memories of a lost parent fade with the seasons until only the parent’s tools remain to recall them.
- D.Carrying on an inherited task means acting without certainty and letting time judge the results.
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Answer: D. Carrying on an inherited task means acting without certainty and letting time judge the results.
The speaker admits “I do not know the cuts” but makes them “anyway” and waits for spring “to tell me which were wrong,” so the poem centers on “carrying on an inherited task” without certainty and letting time judge. The bleak imagery of lines 5–7 tempts readers toward “nature’s indifference makes human labor pointless,” but the turn at “Still” and the speaker’s decision to act contradict that reading.
Question 2 · English and Language Usage
Which revision of sentence 4 is most appropriate for the letter’s audience and purpose?
- A.Honestly, the old lot was really disgusting, and pretty much everyone stayed away.
- B.Before the project, the lot was strewn with debris, and most residents avoided it.
- C.Before the project, the lot’s total grossness kept nearly all residents far away.
- D.The old lot, which was super gross, was a place residents honestly tried to avoid.
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. Before the project, the lot was strewn with debris, and most residents avoided it.
A letter to a city council calls for a formal, specific register: “strewn with debris” replaces the vague slang “super gross,” and “most residents avoided it” drops the conversational “Honestly.” The option with “Before the project” and “grossness” fixes the opening but keeps informal diction, so it does not suit the audience.
Question 3 · Mathematics
A swimming pool is 10 m long and 4 m wide. Its bottom slopes evenly so that the water is 1 m deep at the shallow end and 2 m deep at the deep end. What volume of water does the pool hold when full?
- A.60 m³
- B.40 m³
- C.80 m³
- D.120 m³
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Answer: A. 60 m³
The side view is a trapezoid with area ½(1 + 2)(10) = 15 m², and multiplying by the 4 m width gives 60 m³ (equivalently, the average depth of 1.5 m × 10 × 4). Using the 2 m maximum depth throughout gives 80 m³; using the 1 m minimum gives 40 m³; adding the depths without halving gives 120 m³.
Question 4 · Citizenship and Social Science
Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Avg. temp. (°C) 10 11 13 15 19 23 26 26 23 18 14 11
Precip. (mm) 90 80 70 60 30 10 2 5 20 70 110 100
Which climate type and location best fit the climograph data?
- A.Humid subtropical climate on the east side of a Northern Hemisphere continent
- B.Marine west coast climate in the Southern Hemisphere with cool summers
- C.Mediterranean climate on the west side of a Northern Hemisphere continent
- D.Tropical savanna climate near the equator with a long summer wet season
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Mediterranean climate on the west side of a Northern Hemisphere continent
Warmest months in July and August place the station in the Northern Hemisphere, and the pattern of hot, nearly rainless summers with mild, wet winters defines a Mediterranean climate, found on west coasts near 30°–40° latitude. A humid subtropical climate also has hot summers, but its summers are wet, not dry.
Question 5 · Science
A car traveling in a straight line speeds up uniformly from 4 m/s to 22 m/s in 6 s. What is the car's acceleration?
- A.3.0 m/s²
- B.108 m/s²
- C.4.3 m/s²
- D.3.7 m/s²
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Answer: A. 3.0 m/s²
Acceleration = change in velocity ÷ time = (22 − 4) ÷ 6 = 18 ÷ 6 = 3.0 m/s². Dividing the final speed alone by the time gives 3.7 m/s², which ignores the initial speed. Adding the speeds gives 26 ÷ 6 ≈ 4.3 m/s², and multiplying the change by the time gives 108, which confuses acceleration with a product of velocity and time.
Question 6 · English and Language Usage
Which statement best describes how the two poems treat a family member’s work?
- A.Both celebrate the quiet pride a family member took in a long and respected career in a single industry.
- B.Both criticize employers who required family members to work long hours in dangerous places.
- C.Both portray the work through its traces and effects rather than by showing the work itself.
- D.Both describe a speaker who has decided to take up the same occupation as the older relative.
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Answer: C. Both portray the work through its traces and effects rather than by showing the work itself.
Neither poem shows the hospital ward or the looms; the mother’s coat “still holding the hospital’s cold” and the grandfather’s scarred hands present work through “its traces and effects,” as does the dye-colored river. Poem 2’s injuries may suggest criticism of employers, but no employer appears in either poem.
Question 7 · English and Language Usage
The writer’s primary purpose in the draft is to
- A.inform families about the program’s origins, operation, and results
- B.explain the industrial process by which plastics are recycled
- C.persuade the principal to expand the program by adding composting
- D.entertain readers with a humorous story about a group of students
Show answer and explanation
Answer: A. inform families about the program’s origins, operation, and results
The draft reports how the program began, how it runs, and what it has achieved for a family audience, so its purpose is to “inform families about the program’s origins, operation, and results.” Composting appears only as a future hope in sentence 9, and the newsletter addresses families, not the principal.
Question 8 · Mathematics
A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 10 feet and a height of 12 feet. A pump fills it at 50 gallons per minute. About how long does it take to fill the empty tank? (1 ft³ ≈ 7.48 gallons)
- A.About 564 minutes
- B.About 141 minutes
- C.About 45 minutes
- D.About 19 minutes
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Answer: B. About 141 minutes
V = πr²h = π(5)²(12) ≈ 942.5 ft³, which is 942.5 × 7.48 ≈ 7,050 gallons; 7,050 ÷ 50 ≈ 141 minutes . About 19 minutes divides cubic feet by the gallon rate without converting; about 45 minutes omits π; about 564 minutes uses the 10 ft diameter as the radius.
Question 9 · Citizenship and Social Science
Earth rotates 15° of longitude per hour. When it is 12:00 noon solar time at 75° W, what is the solar time at 45° E?
- A.4:00 a.m.
- B.8:00 p.m.
- C.6:00 p.m.
- D.2:00 p.m.
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Answer: B. 8:00 p.m.
The places are 75° + 45° = 120° apart because they lie on opposite sides of the prime meridian; 120° ÷ 15° = 8 hours, and places to the east are later, so 12:00 + 8 = 8:00 p.m. Subtracting the longitudes (75° − 45° = 30°) gives 2 hours and the incorrect 2:00 p.m.
Question 10 · Science
A 2.0 kg ball is released from rest 5.0 m above the floor. Ignoring air resistance and using g = 9.8 m/s², what is the ball's kinetic energy when it is 2.0 m above the floor?
- A.58.8 J
- B.98.0 J
- C.39.2 J
- D.19.6 J
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Answer: A. 58.8 J
The total mechanical energy equals the starting potential energy, mgh = 2.0 × 9.8 × 5.0 = 98.0 J. At 2.0 m the remaining potential energy is 2.0 × 9.8 × 2.0 = 39.2 J, so the kinetic energy is 98.0 − 39.2 = 58.8 J (equivalently, mg × 3.0 m of fall). The value 39.2 J is the potential energy left at that height, and 98.0 J is the kinetic energy only at the instant before the ball reaches the floor.

Month	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Avg. temp. (°C)	10	11	13	15	19	23	26	26	23	18	14	11
Precip. (mm)	90	80	70	60	30	10	2	5	20	70	110	100

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