WSC Weekly Practice Challenge #12

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WSC Weekly Practice Challenge #12 - 12/08/19

A 60 question practice challenge about most of the 2019 curriculum in the WSC. Scores are given upon completion for you to see your strengths and areas for improvement. Tune in next week at avansalpacaresources.weebly.com for the next Practice Challenge.

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John Keats would be most interested if we discovered...

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The secret to immortality

The ability to walk through walls

Ancient Urns

Atlantis

None of the above

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If time travel became possible, which of these Ancient Wonders would Emma Lazarus be most likely to visit?

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Great Pyramids of Giza

Lighthouse of Alexandria

Colossus of Rhodes

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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Which of these poems was included in "Songs of Experience and of Innocence"?

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The Tyger

Crusoe in England

The Raven

Those Who Do Not Dance

My Shoes

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Clayton Valli would be most opposed to...

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The removal of wheelchair-friendly ramps

The localisation of an online app for marginalised audiences

The removal of sign language from news channels

The inclusion of female scientists in the field of astronomy

Mismatched socks

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Robert Frost would be most interested in meeting which of the curriculum's literary authors?

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John Green

Libby Scott

Isaac Asimov

Shel Silverstein

Max Gladstone

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"Invisible Man" contains examples of which social phenomenon?

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Nepotism

Ageism

Counterculture

Internalised Oppression

Tuckman Model

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Based on her work, Madhuri Vijay would be most opposed to...

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The renaming of Indian colonial streets

The use of racial slurs in offices

Gun violence

The employment of children in jobs

None of the above

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What question can we take away from "The Bicentennial Man"?

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Will robots takeover the world?

Can humans ever become immortal?

Are robots all inherently evil?

What makes something human?

How old can we live to?

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"A composer creates, a dramaturge ________"

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Composes

Adapts

Recruits

Critiques

Funds

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Which of these poets would most likely allow a mystery to go unsolved?

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Edgar Allan Poe

William Stafford

Justin Hamm

Emma Lazarus

John Keats

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Intuition is mostly used in...

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The scientific method

Abductive Reasoning

Guesses

Inductive Reasoning

The Johari Window

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Grigori Perelman solved which of these Millennium Prize Problems?

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Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture

Poincare Conjecture

P versus NP problem

Riemann Hypothesis

Hodge Conjecture

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If something won the Loebner prize, then what would it have won it for?

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Conversing like a human to another human

Processing all the information in the world

Showcasing supernatural abilities

Proving a complex mathematical problem

Obeying all the laws of robotics consciously

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How were the pyramids built? Where is Atlantis? Does ______ exist?

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Area 51

The Terracotta Warriors

The Zuni Language

The Hanging Gardens

Stonehenge

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Assuming Japanese monks gave rise to the Zuni language, what question would prevent this theory from being accepted?

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"How did they reach America way back then?"

"How did they migrate on such a large scale?"

"Why did they go east instead of west?"

"How has the language not been corrupted by others?"

"Why didn't they spread it to other states?"

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Maria Reiche is most associated with which mystery?

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Monsieur Chouchani

Giant Spheres of Costa Rica

Disappearance of Dale Kerstetter

Identity of Lori Erica Ruff

Nazca Geoglyphs

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The Chicxulub crater is widely accepted as proof of...

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The Mayan Civilisation collapsing due to natural disasters

The Dinosaurs being wiped out

The formation of the Great Blue Hole

Aliens in Area 51

Atlantis existing

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"Timaeus" and "Critias" gave rise to what mystery?

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Land of Punt

Zuni Language

Atlantis

El Dorado

Fountain of Youth

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Which of these historical writers would be most interested in discovering El Dorado?

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Edgar Allan Poe

Shakespeare

Miguel de Cervantes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Mark Twain

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The Somerton Man was found on a beach in what country?

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England

Ireland

United States of America

New Zealand

Australia

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What argument could one make against "Office in a Small City" in the modern day?

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"Workplaces are becoming more and more social"

"Marginalised people are slowly gaining more employment opportunities"

"Offices are more likely to be found in large cities"

"Businesses are becoming more diverse than they used to be"

"It is the choice of the officer worker if he wants to be lonely"

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"Hiding in the City" is an artists' demonstration of what social studies concept?

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Internalised Oppression

Amity-Enmity Complex

Social Invisibility

Social Dominance Orientation

Nepotism

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"Open Border" would be best paired with what other artwork based on it's message?

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"Papilla Estelar"

"The Awakening Slave"

"Untitled (Cobweb/Crossings)

"Here we Are"

"The Potato Eaters"

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How might one best rename "Motorcycle Drive-By"?

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"Failed Love Affair"

"New York Move"

"Together Yet Alone"

"Lonely"

"Harley-Davidson Girl"

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What might someone criticise Bic Runga for in her song?

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"Singers get plenty of rest while they're on tour"

"You've ignored all the other staff who help the singer"

"The fans know how tired you are already"

"No singer would sing about her own plight"

"Not all singers love their fans that much"

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How might one best criticise Sophie Calle's work using one word?"

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Lowbrow

Counterculture

Intrusive

Reactionary

Controversial

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"Pacific":"Here We Are"

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Countries:Society

Flags:Race

Ants:Gouache

New:Old

History:Psychology

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Stevie Wonder would be most interested in which work from our literature selection?

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"What Kind of Asian Are You?"

"White Boy Time Machine: Override"

"The Bicentennial Man"

"The New Colossus"

"Crusoe in England"

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What is one key difference in the Isleworth Mona Lisa that suggests it's painter was more skilled than the original?

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The detail on the face

The details in the background

The incomplete clothing at the bottom

The lack of any signature

A hidden motif behind the sky

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Karl Holz may have heard which of these pieces before it was finished?

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Unfinished Symphony

Trying to Get the Feeling Again

Three Romances for Violin and Piano

Requiem in D Minor

Symphony No. 10

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"Learn from Experience" best applies to the educational system of which society?

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Han Dynasty China

Victorian England

The !Kung

Ancient Egypt

Sparta

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Private Education truly began to evolve in...

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Ancient Rome

Ancient Egypt

Tang Dynasty China

Ancient Greece

Colonial America

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Completing the Krypteia meant that you were...

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Ready to survive on your own

Able to serve as a soldier

Capable of finding a suitable partner for life

Born into this world

Certain of your place in the tribe

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Which of these rites of passage is not some sort of test?

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Okuyi

"Vision Quests"

Temporary Mobility

Kahs-wan

Krypteia

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Aisin Gioro Puyi was a child ruler of which country?

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Japan

South Korea

China

Burma

Mongolia

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In which of these countries would domestic labour be the least-rewarding job?

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France

United States of America

South Africa

Mexico

Saudi Arabia

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Historically speaking, which of these domestic positions was most attached to their employing family?

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Nanny

Butler

Amah

Au Par

Governess

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Slavery in Sub-Saharan Africa most commonly took the form of...

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Pawnship

Chattel Slavery

Military Slavery

Debt Bondage

Indentured Servitude

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The Ottoman Empire was renowned for what key feature of it's slavery system?

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They were allowed to occupy elite political positions

Slaves were raised to be loyal to the sultan

They funded huge "organised enslavement operations"

The slave market was one of the richest in the world

All of the above

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Indentured Servitude was most common in...

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The 13 colonies

Sub-Saharan Africa

The Chinese Qing Dynasty

Victorian England

Nazi Germany

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At which stage of the Tuckman Model can a leader move from dictating to delegating?

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Norming

Storming

Forming

Adjourning

Performing

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George Homans created the Homans' Theory along with...

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Social Domination Orientation

The Crutchfield Situation

Social Exchange Theory

Amity-Enmity Complex

Herd Mentality

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Self-Categorisation is most similar to which other concept?

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Dominant Culture

Social Comparison

Power structures

Informational Conformity

Lowbrow

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"They are the same, we are different". This is an example of...

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The Black Sheep Effect

Trait Ascription Bias

Intergroup Oppression

Outgroup Homogeneity

Social Invisibility

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How might one criticise the findings of the Stanford Prison Experiment?

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"The conditions were not realistic enough"

"The rewards were not stimulating enough"

"None of the prison guards had been trained"

"The experiment was never finished"

"It was too short term to be of any substantial meaning"

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Hegemony is most similar to which other form of social dominance?

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Slavery

Racism

Elitism

Rankism

Xenophobia

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Robert Neil Butler coined which term?

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Elitism

Ageism

Nepotism

Endogamy

Rankism

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The Gini Index measures...

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Wealth Distribution

Quality of Living over time

Poverty Gap

National charity efficiency

Income average per capita

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"They deserved that". This line most likely indicates the presence of...

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Redlining

The Davis-Moore Hypothesis

Low Social Exchange Benefit

The Just-World Fallacy

Discrimination

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Ethnocentrism places what at the center of all comparisons and beliefs?

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Ancestral heritage

Culture

Xenophobia

Race

Economic Power

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Early vacuum cleaners were operated using...

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A hand crank

An electric plug

Hairdryers

Mop brushes

All of the above

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Denis Papin was an early innovator for the...

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Toaster

Juicer

Washing Machine

Pressure Cooker

Convection Oven

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Which of these inventions allowed the hearing aid to finally function properly?

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Magnetron

Vacuum Tube

Carbon Transmitter

Telephone

Ear Trumpets

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The key difference between a Zimmer frame and a walker is...

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Their intended age group

The material they are made out of

The addition of wheels

The use of motorised support

Their structure

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If your friend was a paraplegic, which of the following would you recommend them getting?

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Hearing Aid

Prosthetic Arm

Eyeglasses

Wheelchair

Walker

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"Audrey" was an early prototype of a...

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Home robot

Speech Recognition Program

Racing Wheelchair

Microwave

Adaptive Eating Device

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The Optophone was cut out of production mainly due to...

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Low customer ratings

The rarity of materials

The high price

The inefficient reading rate

The time taken to produce it

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Seokheun Choi is someone innovating with what product?

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Lab-meat Burgers

Self-operating robots

Sign language to speech conversion program

Localization software

Paper batteries

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You would most likely be paying with ______ if a QR code is involved

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A Phone

Chip and Pin Card

Magstripe card

Contactless Credit Cards

EFTPOS

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Which of these apps is an example of localisation?

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Youtube

LINE

Kakaotalk

Wechat

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