Online Study Resource

Sample questions are shown below for each of the ACCUPLACER tests. Questions presented cover only a few of the areas covered by each test. Download any of the following PDF documents to practice sample questions.

  • Sentence Skills - two excellent study helps for this section are found at the following,

    Please note any contact information at these sites are not for ACC    www.scf.edu/TitleIII/tests/sentenceSkills1_1.cfm

  • Arithmetic - an excellent study guide for all sections of the math Accuplacer is http://www.khanacademy.org 

  • Elementary Algebra this is for  MAT 121 College Algebra, 120 Liberal Arts, 135 Intro to Statistics, 155 Integrated Math, 123 Finite Math
  • College-Level Mathematics this is for students trying to get into MAT122 Trigonometry and MAT 201 Calculus I
  • Additional ACCUPLACER Study Guides
  • There is an I phone application created by Accuplacer with study questions for $1.99 that can be downloaded right to your phone. Can be purchased at I Tunes.
  • Biology Study Guides are available at www.sepbooks.com
    • The Ultimate Study Guide for Biology: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations
    • Anatomy & Physiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers with Explanations
    • Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers
    • Key facts for Anatomy and Physiology
    • Psychology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and answers with Explanations
    • The Ultimate Study Guide for the Registry Examination in Radiography: Key Review Questions and Answers
    • The Ultimate Study Guide for the National Certification Examination for Therapeutic Massage and Body: Key Review Question and Answers
      • Author: Patrick Leonardi 
      • Publisher: Silver Educational Publishing
    • Biology for Dummies

The College Board Accuplacer study guide can be found on their website, www.accuplacer.org .

  • A few sample questions are also covered in:

Reading Comprehension

Question 1: Narrative
Read the statement or passage and then choose the best answer to the question. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the statement or passage. There are two types of pottery that I do. There is production pottery-mugs, tableware, the kinds of things that sell easily. These pay for my time to do the other work, which is more creative and satisfies my needs as an artist. The author of the passage implies that:
A. artists have a tendency to waste valuable time
B. creativity and mass-production are incompatible
C. most people do not appreciate good art
D. pottery is not produced by creative artists

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Question 2: Sentence Relationships
Two bold sentences are followed by a question or statement about them. Read each pair of sentences and then choose the best answer to the question or the best completion of the statement. The Midwest is experiencing its worst drought in fifteen years.

Corn and soybean prices are expected to be very high this year. What does the second sentence do?
A. It restates the idea found in the first.
B. It states an effect.
C. It gives an example.
D. It analyzes the statement made in the first.

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