Free ASVAB Section 8: Paragraph comprehension Exam Braindumps
ASVAB Section Eight : Paragraph comprehension Questions 66–70 (page: 15)

We are focused so much on requiring diversity that we have lost sight of why diversity is a good thing. The good part about having different kinds of people working together is that they bring their various abilities and insights to help the organization accomplish their shared goals. The different parts of the whole are important because, when joined together, they make a stronger, more capable whole. It is the strengthened unity resulting from diversity that is important, not just diversity for its own sake.
What does the writer say about different kinds of people working together?

Specialized warships are relatively recent in origin. They have always been expensive to build and need to be manned by crews with specialized skills. Their construction and operation therefore requires a great deal of the ruler's wealth. The earliest form of fighting at sea was probably piratical as opposed to political; even a pirate needs resources to get his start. The first navies may or may not have been pirate hunters but navies, by definition, cost more than individual ships. Whatever perspective one takes, fighting on water has cost more than fighting on land from the beginnings.
According to this passage, navies ___________.

A noted communication researcher has found that 7 percent of our feelings and attitudes are communicated with words, 38 percent through tone of voice, and 55 percent with nonverbal expressions. These facts tell us that the communications channels over which we have the most control – and understand the best – have the least amount of impact, and that the channels over which we have the least control – and understand the least – have the most impact.
How much of our communication with other people is with words?

The process by which the Roman legions came to serve so far from the Roman army's birthplace began in earnest during the Punic wars with Carthage. The Phoenician colony first clashed with the Romans when Rome's success in subduing its Italian neighbors drew it south to Sicily, which Carthage regarded as within its sphere of influence. In 265 B.C., after Rome's expensive victory over Pyrrhus, Rome and Carthage found themselves at war over Sicily. The war rapidly extended by both land and sea until the Carthaginians had to admit defeat and allow the establishment of Roman control over the island. Rome soon after added Corsica and Sardinia to these beginnings of its overseas empire.
What area were the Romans and Carthaginians fighting over in 265 B.C.?

It is vitally important in strategic planning to select the "right" goals and objectives. Some experts maintain that this is the primary role and purpose of strategic planning. Planning also includes determining the best means of achieving objectives, facilitating effective communication, and reviewing results as the plan is executed. In order to select the truly "right" objectives, however, planners must keep in mind the overall mission of the organization.
How must strategic planners choose appropriate goals?