CBEST (Cliffs Test Prep)

CliffsTestPrep™ CBEST, 6th Edition......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 15
Study Guide Checklist......Page 16
General Description......Page 19
Questions Commonly Asked about the CBEST Examination......Page 22
The “Plus-Minus” System......Page 25
The “Avoiding Misreads” Method......Page 26
PART II: Analysis of Exam Areas......Page 29
Ability Tested......Page 31
General Procedure for Answering Reading Questions......Page 32
Preread the Questions......Page 33
Regular Passages......Page 34
Passages with Numbered Sentences......Page 44
Passages with Missing Words or Phrases......Page 46
Tables of Contents or Indexes......Page 50
What Are the Difficult or Unusual Words in the Passage?......Page 54
Arithmetic......Page 56
Graphs, Charts, and Tables......Page 57
Mark Key Words......Page 58
Identify the Facts Needed......Page 63
Recognize When Not Enough Information Is Given......Page 65
Work Backward from the Answers......Page 67
Plug in Simple Numbers......Page 69
Use 10 or 100......Page 71
Approximate......Page 72
Simplify the Problem......Page 73
Make Comparisons......Page 74
Mark Diagrams......Page 75
Draw a Diagram If None Is Given......Page 78
Try Some Possibilities......Page 81
Be Reasonable......Page 85
Glance at the Choices......Page 86
Read the Question First......Page 88
Review Information Carefully......Page 89
Watch for Missing Information......Page 91
Description......Page 94
Charts and Tables......Page 95
Bar Graphs......Page 97
Line Graphs......Page 100
Circle Graphs (Pie Charts)......Page 103
Directions......Page 109
Some General Tips......Page 110
Scoring the CBEST Essays......Page 111
Preparing to Write Using Clustering......Page 112
Proofreading......Page 113
A Specific Approach: The Story Formula......Page 114
Two Additional Finished Essays......Page 118
A Specific Approach: The Why Essay......Page 124
The Finished Analytical/Expository Essay......Page 126
One More Analytical/Expository Topic......Page 130
Two Well-Written Essays (With Comments)......Page 131
Important Terms Used in Essay Questions......Page 133
Compare and Contrast......Page 134
Topic 1......Page 136
Topic 2......Page 141
Topic 3......Page 146
Topic 4......Page 151
Topic 5......Page 156
Topic 6......Page 161
Topic 7......Page 166
Topic 8......Page 171
PART III: Assessment Mini-Test......Page 177
Answer Sheet for Mini-Test......Page 179
Section I: Reading......Page 181
Section II: Mathematics......Page 187
Section III: Writing......Page 191
Answer Key for the Mini-Test......Page 194
Analyzing Your Test Results......Page 195
Mini-Test Essay Checklist......Page 196
Section I: Reading......Page 197
Section II: Mathematics......Page 199
PART IV: Mathematics Review......Page 203
Common Math Symbols and Terms......Page 205
Math Formulas......Page 206
Important Equivalents......Page 207
Math Words and Phrases......Page 208
Some Properties (Axioms) of Addition......Page 209
A Property of Two Operations......Page 210
Basic Statistics......Page 211
Arithmetic Diagnostic Test......Page 212
Place Value......Page 214
Estimating Sums, Differences, Products, and Quotients......Page 215
Fractions......Page 216
Reducing Fractions......Page 217
Subtracting Fractions......Page 218
Multiplying Fractions......Page 219
Decimals......Page 220
Multiplying Decimals......Page 221
Changing Percents to Decimals......Page 222
Changing Decimals to Fractions......Page 223
Finding Percentage Increase or Percentage Decrease......Page 224
Squares......Page 225
Subtraction of Signed Numbers......Page 226
Order of Operations......Page 227
Arithmetic Mean or Average......Page 228
Probability......Page 229
Simple Permutations......Page 230
Answers......Page 231
Understood Multiplying......Page 232
Monomials and Polynomials......Page 233
Inequalities......Page 234
Questions......Page 235
Answers......Page 236
Measurement Systems......Page 237
Calculating Measurements of Basic Figures......Page 238
Volume......Page 240
Surface Area......Page 241
PART V: Practice-Review-Analyze-Practice ractice......Page 243
Answer Sheet for Practice Test 1......Page 245
Section I: Reading......Page 247
Section II: Mathematics......Page 261
Section III: Writing......Page 271
Answer Key for Practice Test 1......Page 277
Analyzing Your Test Results......Page 278
Essay Checklists......Page 279
Section I: Reading......Page 281
Section II: Mathematics......Page 285
Practice Test 2......Page 293
Answer Sheet for Practice Test 2......Page 295
Section I: Reading......Page 297
Section II: Mathematics......Page 313
Section III: Writing......Page 323
Answer Key for Practice Test 2......Page 329
Analyzing Your Test Results......Page 330
Essay Checklists......Page 331
Section I: Reading......Page 333
Section II: Mathematics......Page 337
Practice Test 3......Page 343
Answer Sheet for Practice Test 3......Page 345
Section I: Reading......Page 347
Section II: Mathematics......Page 363
Section III: Writing......Page 373
Answer Key for Practice Test 3......Page 379
Analyzing Your Test Results......Page 380
Essay Checklists......Page 381
Section I: Reading......Page 383
Section II: Mathematics......Page 387
Practice Test 4......Page 395
Answer Sheet for Practice Test 4......Page 397
Section I: Reading......Page 399
Section II: Mathematics......Page 414
Section III: Writing......Page 425
Answer Key for Practice Test 4......Page 431
Analyzing Your Test Results......Page 432
Essay Checklists......Page 433
Section I: Reading......Page 435
Section II: Mathematics......Page 439
PART VI: Final Preparation......Page 447
The Final Touches......Page 449