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Date \/ Time Student Score Passing Score Result February 27, 2024
3:16 pm 25.92 10 Pass
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# Question Correct Answer
Student Answer Result Points
Awarded
1 According to the National Center for Education Statistics, what is the percentage of U.S. schools with no teachers of color on staff?
40% 60% Incorrect 0
2
Compared with White women, how likely are African American women in the U.S. to die during childbirth due to a lack of access to prenatal care, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality?
four times as likely
four times as likely Correct 10
3
According to a study by the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights, what percentage of physicians report witnessing a colleague giving reduced care or refusing care to lesbian, gay, or bisexual patients?
52% 72% Incorrect 0
4
In a 2007 study, UNICEF rated the treatment of children in the 23 wealthiest countries in the world based on 40 indicators of child well-being. Which two countries received the lowest ratings?
The United States and the U.K.
Mexico and South Africa Incorrect 0
5
According to a 2006 report from the American Civil Liberties Union, African Americans comprise more than 37% of people arrested for drug use, 59% of those convicted for drug use, and 74% of those sentenced to prison for drug use. African Americans comprise what percentage of U.S. drug users?
15% 30% Incorrect 0
6
The U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. How much higher is the U.S. military budget than that of China, the world\u2019s second biggest military spender?
7 times higher 1.5 times higher Incorrect 0
7
Compared with their U.S.-born peers, how likely are immigrant men in the U.S., ages 18-39, to be in jail or prison, according to a 2008 report from the Immigration Policy Center?
5 times less likely 5 times more likely Incorrect 0
8
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median annual income for U.S. white men, 25 years or older, who have earned graduate degrees, is $80,000. What are the median annual incomes for Latina and Native American women, 25 years or older, who have earned graduate degrees?
$50,000 and $40,000,
respectively
$70,000 and $68,000,
respectively Incorrect 0
9 According to UNICEF, the wealth of the three richest people in the world is roughly equal to the combined Gross Domestic Product of:
the 48 poorest countries
the 48 poorest countries Correct 10<\/p>\n
10
Powder cocaine (largely used by wealthy people) and crack cocaine (largely used by economically disadvantaged people) contain roughly the same amount of the drug per gram. Under federal law, how much of these substances must an individual be convicted of possessing to be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of five years in prison?
500 grams of powder or 5
grams of crack cocaine
50 grams of powder or 5
grams of crack cocaine
Incorrect 0
11
What percentage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender high school students report that their teachers \u201cnever\u201d or \u201crarely\u201d respond to homophobic remarks made by other students, according to a national study by GLSEN?
84.5% 37.8% Incorrect 0
12
Based on a 2007 report from the Economic Policy Institute, the annual earnings of the average full-time U.S. worker is roughly equal to:
the daily earnings of the average
CEO in the U.S.
the monthly earnings the
average CEO in the U.S.
Incorrect 0
13 What portion of the U.S. Government budget goes to welfare and Social Security?
less than 1% to welfare and 20% to Social Security
25% to welfare and 25% to Social
Security Incorrect 0
14
A Princeton study of elite universities in the U.S. found that legacy applicants\u2014people, usually white and wealthy, with a parent or grandparent who attended the institution\u2014are far more privileged by legacy status than applicants of color are by affirmative action policies. The study determined that legacy status was roughly equivalent to how much of a boost to an applicant\u2019s SAT score?
160 points 160 points Correct 10
15
In 1978 corporate CEOs in the United States earned, on average, 35 times more than the average worker. Today, they earn __ times more than the average worker.1 1. The State of Working America 2004\/2005 by Lawrence Mishel, Jared Bernstein, and Sylvia Allegretto, 2005, p. 214.
300 240 Incorrect 0
16 The majority of poor people in the U.S. live in rural areas rural areas Correct 10
17
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 33% of the U.S. workforce was unionized in 1962. What percentage is unionized today?
12.5% 50.8% Incorrect 0
18 Which of the following variables most closely predicts how high someone will score on the SAT test?
Family income Race Incorrect 0
19
How many children around the world die each day from hunger-related causes? 2 2. \u201cWhere and Why Are 10 Million Children Dying Every Year\u201d (2003) by Robert Black, Saul Morris, and Jennifer Bryce in The Lancet, 361.
16,000 16,000 Correct 10
20 The U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. By 2003, the U.S. military budget was roughly equal to that of:
the next 20 countries combined
the next 15 countries combined
Incorrect 0
21 What percentage of people around the world lives on less than $750 per year? 50% 33% Incorrect 0
22 How many people in the U.S. live in poverty according to the U.S. Census Bureau? 37 million 12 million Incorrect 0
23 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, how much more likely are African American and Latino mortgage applicants to be turned down
60% 15% Incorrect 0<\/p>\n
for a loan, even after controlling for employment, financial, and neighborhood factors?
24 According to a Catalyst study, what percentage of Fortune 500 CEOs are women? 1.2% 22.4% Incorrect 0
25 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, how many millionaires are there in the U.S.? roughly 3,500,000 roughly 500,000 Incorrect 0
26 Which of the following statements is consistent with research on poverty and education in the U.S.?
Wealthy students who attend high- poverty schools perform worse
than poor students who attend low-
poverty schools.
Wealthy students who attend high- poverty schools perform worse
than poor students who attend low-
poverty schools.
Correct 10
27
According to United for a Fair Economy, how much money did the U.S. government spend in 2005 on corporate welfare (economic incentives, often provided to support corporations\u2019 expansions into overseas markets)?
$125,000,000,000 $125,000,000,000 Correct 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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