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20. Which of the following changes is needed in the

passage?

a. Part 8: Change its to it’s.

b. Part 6: Change their to its.

c. Part 6: Change than to then.

d. Part 5: Change researchers to researchers’.

21. Which of the following parts uses an adverb

incorrectly?

a. Part 2

b. Part 8

c. Part 6

d. Part 4

22. Which of the following numbered parts should

be revised to reduce unnecessary repetition?

a. Part 5

b. Part 6

c. Part 2

d. Part 8

Questions 23–25 are based on the following passage.

(1) Loud noises on buses not only irritate passengers

but also create unsafe situations. (2) They are pro￾hibited by law and by agency policy. (3) Therefore,

bus operators are expected to follow the procedures

outlined below.

(4) A passenger-created disturbance is by play￾ing excessively loud music or creating loud noises in

some other manner. (5) In the event a passenger

creates a disturbance, the bus operator will politely

ask the passenger to turn off the music or stop mak￾ing the loud noise. (6) If the passenger refuses to

comply, the bus operator will tell the passenger that

he or she is in violation of the law and bus policy and

will have to leave the bus if he or she will not com￾ply to the request. (7) If police assistance is

requested, the bus operator will stay at the location

from which the call to the Command Center was

placed or the silent alarm used. (8) The bus opera￾tor will wait there until the police arrive, will allow

passengers off the bus at this point, and no passen￾gers are allowed on until the situation is resolved.

23. Which of the following numbered parts contains

a sentence fragment?

a. Part 4

b. Part 7

c. Part 3

d. Part 6

24. Which of the following is the best revision of the

sentence numbered Part 8 in the passage?

a. Bus operators will wait there until the police

arrive, will allow passengers off the bus at this

point, and no passengers will be allowed on

until the situation is resolved.

b. Bus operators will wait there until the police

arrive, will allow passengers off the bus at this

point, and, until the situation is resolved, no

passengers are allowed on.

c. Bus operators will wait there until the police

arrive, will allow passengers off the bus at this

point, and will not allow passengers on until

the situation is resolved.

d. Bus operators will wait there until the police

arrive, will allow passengers off the bus at this

point, and no passengers will be allowed on

until the situation is resolved.

25. Which of the following numbered parts uses a

preposition incorrectly?

a. Part 2

b. Part 6

c. Part 3

d. Part 8

–THEA PRACTICE EXAM 1–

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