Berkeley Forum Recruitment
Fall 2014
Berkeley Forum
Recruitment
PRACTICE TEST
Important Information
This is a closed-book written activity that should take no more than 20 minutes.
If you are unable to answer a question, move on.
Applicants are not expected to answer all questions correctly.
NAME
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Joe
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Exercise 1. (4 minutes)
For each of the following, identify all errors. You may choose to explain why there is an error or
simply provide a correction instead. If a sentence has no errors, mark “No Error.”
1. A female alumni of the Berkeley Forum was the latest recipient of the Golden Bear Prize.
alumna
2. I joined a union while completing an MBA.
No Error
3. The Senator and me discussed healthcare policy.
I
4. One of the Forum’s members only wants to eat ice cream, which is made to order using a
rapid freezing liquid nitrogen cycle.
that
passersby
5. The passerby were in a state of anxiety; just a few hours ago, there had been a violent attack
on that very street.
Also accepted: “passerby was”
have
6. It’s easy to say that he should of in hindsight, when almost everyone was initially opposed to
him taking any action whatsoever.
protesting
7. The university’s student body was advocating against the university’s proposed policy to ban
soda dispensers on campus.
You “advocate for” and “protest against” a cause.
8. If re-elected, Obama’s main obstacle will be Republican obstructionism.
Dangling modifier: Obama, not the obstacle, is re-elected
9. It doesn't matter whom we invite because no one will be coming anyways.
“anyways” is not a word
fewer
10. There were less civilian casualties in 2007 than there were three years prior.
11. While organizational culture at the company is still very strong, no one will deny that the
atmosphere at the company is nothing like the old days.
that in
12. The Berkeley Forum is a very unique organization; it is the only student-run forum at the
University of California, Berkeley.
Something unique is one of a kind. There is no such thing as very “one of a kind.”
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Exercise 2. (4 minutes)
Complete the following analogies. Write your answers directly on the provided lines. Only one
answer will be accepted for each of the following problems.
BERKELEY
1. HARVARD : CAMBRIDGE :: BERKELEY : ____________________________________
DIANNE FEINSTEIN
2. BARBARA BOXER : JUNIOR :: ____________________________________
: SENIOR
BUSINESS
3. LSAT : LAW :: GMAT : ____________________________________
0
4. -273 : ____________________________________
:: C : K
NYT
5. MURDOCH : WSJ :: SCHULZENBERG : ____________________________________
BURMA
6. MYANMAR : ____________________________________
:: UNITED KINGDOM : BRITAIN
3
7. 2 : ____________________________________
:: 31 : 37
SPAIN
8. DALI : ____________________________________
:: VAN GOGH : NETHERLANDS
TWAIN
9. CLEMENS : ____________________________________
:: GALBRAITH : ROWLING
ANDROID
10. APPLE : GOOGLE :: iOS : ____________________________________
RESIDENCY
11. CLERKSHIP : ____________________________________
:: JUDGE : PHYSICIAN
SUGAR
12. SALT : HYPERTENSION :: ____________________________________
: DIABETES
BUSH
13. WASHINGTON : ADAMS :: ____________________________________
: CLINTON
MICROSOFT
14. TSLA : TESLA :: MFST : ____________________________________
(5,7,11)
15. (2,3,5) : 10 :: ____________________________________
: 23
ATHEIST
16. ____________________________________
: BELIEF :: INDIGENT : MONEY
EVEREST
17. KILIMANJARO : ____________________________________
:: AFRICA : ASIA
CHICAGO
18. LOS ANGELES : CALIFORNIA :: ____________________________________
: ILLINOIS
WALMART
19. ____________________________________
: BENTONVILLE :: VERIZON : NEW YORK
EDUCATION
20. REICH : LABOR :: DUNCAN : ____________________________________
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Exercise 3. (2 minutes)
Each of the following words is improperly spelled. Provide the proper spelling below each word.
Only one answer will be accepted for each.
questionaire
questionnaire
Pitsbourgh
sacrilegous
sacrilegious
acquiese
acquiesce
pyrhic
pyrrhic
diletante
absense
Pittsburgh
goverment
government
dilettante
absence
auxilary
auxiliary
feasability
feasibility
memonic
mnemonic
malestrom
maelstrom
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Exercise 4. (5 minutes)
For each of the following terms or definitions, identify the most logical answer.
1. Michelle Obama, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor went to school here
(A) Harvard
(B) Princeton
(C) Occidental
(D) Perdue
2. Suspended for anti-gay remarks, then re-instated
(A) Paula Deen
(B) Phil Robertson
(C) Alec Baldwin
(D) Jesse Jackson
3. Fraudulently labelled by European meat companies as beef
(A) Lamb
(B) Horse
(C) Pork
(D) Whale
4. Sat in the lobby of the Museum of Modern Art for 736 hours
(A) Bruce Nauman
(B) Valie Export
(C) Marina Abramovic
(D) Gina Pane
5. TIME Person of the Year
(A) Miley Cyrus
(B) Edward Snowden (C) Vladimir Putin
(D) Pope Francis
6. Carlos Danger
(A) Anthony Weiner (B) Charles Schumer
(C) Rob Ford
(D) Mark Zuckerberg
7. Eponymous album released December 13, 2013 with little fanfare
(A) Beyoncé
(B) Rihanna
(C) Knowles
(D) 5
8. What did PFC Manning ask to be called?
(A) Brad
(B) Chelsea
(C) Brian
(D) Susan
(B) Anthony Weiner
(C) Eliot Spitzer
(D) Eric Holder
(B) DHS
(C) HHS
(D) DOE
9. Admitted to smoking crack cocaine
(A) Rob Ford
10. Kathleen Sebelius
(A) DOI
11. Became the first probe to exit the solar system
(A) Voyager 1
(B) New Horizons
(C) Curiosity
(D) Galileo
(C) U.S. government
(D) Vatican
(C) Operating system
(D) Scientific unit
12. Closed for 16 days in October 2013
(A) Chick-fil-A
(B) Target
13. BTC
(A) Digital currency (B) Sansung phone
14. Security breach of around 40 million credit and debit cards
(A) Apple
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(B) Walmart
(C) T.J. Maxx
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15.Location of Westgate shopping mall attack
(A) Cairo
(B) Nairobi
(C) Cape Town
(D) Harare
(B) 17
(C) 47
(D) 87
(B) Ecuador
(C) Dominican Republic
(D) Brazil
16.Four score and seven
(A) 11
17. Pope Francis
(A) Argentina
18. Drank water after the State of the Union address
(A) Ted Cruz
(B) Marco Rubio
(C) Anthony Kennedy
(D) Michelle Obama
19.Turned down $3 billion acquisition offer
(A) Snapchat
(B) Instagram
(C) SolarCity
(D) Solyndra
20.Read Dr. Seuss and quoted Duck Dynasty in 21-hour filibuster
(A) Ted Cruz
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(B) Marco Rubio
(C) Wendy Davis
(D) John Boehner
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Exercise 5. (5 minutes)
For each of the following questions, identify the correct answer.
1. Which of the following literary prizes was, until recently, awarded to the best original fulllength novel, written in the English language by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations,
the Republic of Ireland, or Zimbabwe?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Man Booker Prize
John Newberry Medal
Pulitzer Prize
Hugo Award
National Book Award
2. How tall is One World Trade Center, and what is the postal code of the state where you
would find the highest mountain in the US?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
1,660 ft, NY
1,776 ft, AK
1,788 ft, AL
1,822 ft, AL
1,960 ft, CA
3. Which religion has the second-greatest number of adherents?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
4. What’s special about the phone number (510)-555-2412?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
It’s the office phone number of the Berkeley Forum
It’s divisible by 7
It was the first 10-digit phone number, tested at Bell Labs in 1961
It’s the central hotline for the University of California, Berkeley
It’s not a real phone number
5. Where will the 2016, 2018, and 2020 Olympics be held, respectively?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Madrid, Munich, Tokyo
Rio de Janeiro, Pyeongchang, Tokyo
Rio de Janeiro, Nagano, Istanbul
Rio de Janeiro, Oslo, Seoul
Madrid, Pyeongchang, Istanbul
6. Which of the following political controversies did not occur during the Obama presidency?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
The Department of Justice’s subpoenaing of Associated Press phone records
ATF gun-walking operation “Fast and Furious”
IRS targeting of political groups based on their names or political themes
The DOE’s approval of a loan to a now failed solar start-up
The unprecedented midterm dismissal of U.S. attorneys
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7. Which of the following prizes is awarded for excellence in live Broadway theatre?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Emmy Award
The Oscars
Academy Award
Tony Award
Grammy Award
8. How many Google searches were performed on an average day in 2012?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
51,340,000
513,400,000
1,340,000,000
5,134,000,000
13,400,000,000
9. Estimate the passenger count for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
3 million
11 million
24 million
71 million
125 million
10. Which of the following countries has a negative population growth rate?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
France
Japan
Oman
United Arab Emirates
United States
11. Identify the place
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Dharavi slum, Mumbai
Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong
Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro
Tondo District, Manila, Philippines
Tin Shui Wai New Town, Hong Kong
12. Identify the place
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Beijing
London
New York
Seoul
Tokyo
13. Identify the place
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Panthéon, Paris
Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank, New York
New York City Hall
New York Stock Exchange
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14. Identify the place
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Abu Dhabi
Bora Bora
Dubai
Miami
Honolulu
15. Identify the place
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Burj Khalifa, Dubai
Bank of China Building, Hong Kong
One Raffles Place, Singapore
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Taipei 101, Taipei
16. Identify the place
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Brooklyn Bridge
Milau Bridge
Rialto Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Tower Bridge
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