VSTEP Listening Mock Test 01

1. What is the lecture mainly about?

• A. A process for meeting human needs
• B. A system of classifying human needs
• C. A comparison of different approaches to human development
• D. Experiments testing a theory of human development

2. According to the professor, what did Maslow realize from studying monkeys?

• A. They are very genetically similar to humans
• B. They need very little other than food and water
• C. They placed meeting certain needs before meeting others
• D. They need the same things humans need

3. According to the professor, which of the following is a feature of self-actualized individuals?

• A. Having completed growth
• B. Being well-loved by all people
• C. Having a limited sense of humor
• D. Having a well-developed awareness of ethics

4. Why does the professor say “Get the idea”?

• A. To challenge students to explain what she meant
• B. To check the students’ understanding of the preceding levels
• C. To introduce the next idea in the lecture
• D. To see if students need additional examples

5. What would the professor be most likely to talk about next?

• A. How educators have applied Maslow’s ideas in classrooms
• B. What a person can do to attain self-actualization
• C. How Maslow’s ideas are challenged by experts
• D. Why certain people meet more of their needs than others

6. What is the lecture mainly about?

• A. The differences between salt and pepper.
• B. How pepper made it to our dinner table.
• C. The structure of the medieval European spice trade.
• D. The symbolic importance of spices in the Middle Ages.

7. According to the professor, Europeans probably did NOT ____.

• A. use salt and herbs to preserve food
• B. use pepper and spices to preserve food
• C. use salt and herbs to flavor food
• D. use pepper and spices to flavor food

8. According to the professor, why was salt so valuable to ancient people?

• A. It tasted better than pepper, cinnamon, or other spices.
• B. It could keep foods from spoiling.
• C. It had its origins in mysterious and distant lands.
• D. It is necessary to human health.

9. What does the professor suggest about medieval Europeans' attitudes toward pepper and salt?

• A. Pepper tasted better than salt.
• B. Salt had less symbolic value than pepper.
• C. Salt had become part of European culture but pepper had not.
• D. Pepper had less preservative value than salt.

10. Why does the professor mention that most Europeans in the Dark Ages only knew about the world within a ten-mile radius of their homes?

• A. To illustrate how common spices today could seem exotic to them
• B. To show students how the spice trade changed European social organization
• C. To emphasize their mistrust of outsiders and dependence on the Church
• D. To point out how spices were generally traded only short distances

11. Why does the student go to see her professor?

• A. To ask if the professor’s website is working properly
• B. To let the professor know she finds the online site very informative
• C. To request help with her computer
• D. To see why she’s the one having trouble understanding the course

12. The student assures the professor that she uses anti-virus software. What problem does the professor think the student is having with her computer?

• A. He doesn’t think she is using the software correctly.
• B. Her trouble could be caused by something other than a virus.
• C. The problem he was having with the website has been fixed.
• D. She’s been having difficulty with the website all along.

13. What problem is the student having?

• A. She can’t access the material on the website.
• B. She is having trouble with the class.
• C. The website seems to respond slowly to her input.
• D. When she talks, she hears her words shortly after she says them.

14. What does the professor think about the computer help desk?

• A. Its staff create a lot of nuisance programs.
• B. Its staff run an ethical business.
• C. Its staff often cause delays to computer systems.
• D. Its staff are professional and helpful.

15. What will the student probably do next?

• A. Go to the store to buy an anti-spyware program for her computer
• B. Get a second opinion from another professor
• C. Have her computer checked for adware and spyware problems
• D. Check with her classmates to see if any of them are having problems