Passage C

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Practice for the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Test
Passage C

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

22. Which sentence best states the main idea of this passage?

A. Web services make it possible for businessmen and consumers to utilize the capabilities of the Internet more cheaply and efficiently.

B. Web services are the best way to utilize the resources of the Internet.

C. Businesses can acquire software from Web services to fit their needs without having to create it themselves.

D. Consumers can use Web services through their own cell phones or laptops.

23. Calin Uioreanu and other businessmen who use Web services believe

A. they have failed to create the necessary features needed for a productive Web site, so they must pay Web services to provide them.

B. they are the catalysts for changing the way the public uses Web sites.

C. they are responsible for informing the public about issues connected with using Web services.

D. they have sophisticated services at their fingertips which easily allow them to operate their own individual Web sites just as very large companies do.

24. The primary purpose of this passage is to

A. give the history of Web services.

B. detail the significance of Web services.

C. analyze the importance of Web services in bringing about change.

D. describe theories held by researchers about Web services.

25. Identify the relationship between these sentences from paragraph 3.

"For the consumer, Web services will make it possible to purchase, integrate, and personalize software services over the Web using any of a variety of devices from cell phones to laptop computers. For instance, a consumer with a mobile laptop could reserve a car ..."

A. time order

B. addition

C. comparison/contrast

D. example

26. Identify the relationship between the parts of this sentence from paragraph 2.

"Instead of hiring a firm to build an entire e-commerce order entry and inventory database for your firm, Web services allow you to obtain e-commerce software services over the Web that will seamlessly integrate with your firm's other programs."

A. statement and clarification

B. contrast

C. cause and effect

D. concession

27. As used in line 17, the word seamlessly most nearly means

A. harmfully.

B. without a flaw.

C. expensively.

D. bafflingly.

28. The tone of this passage is

A. humorous.

B. clinical.

C. instructional.

D. critical

29. For the most part, the authors of this passage show bias in favor of

A. regulating the control and pricing of Web services.

B. using Web services like a utility company.

C. the positive advantages of Web services.

D. restricting the use of Web services.

30. One conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is

A. no one person can operate a Web site single-handedly without Web services.

B. more and more people will be taking advantage of Web services.

C. creating customized software is too expensive for single business owners.

D. Web services should be controlled because it will soon have a monopoly on Internet services.