WEST-B Practice Questions (2026) — Free Sample Questions with Answers

Answer: C

The airline's revenue on the route nearly doubled after the fare cut.: The passage says passengers nearly doubled, but revenue rose only slightly because each ticket earned less.

Lower fares always reduce an airline's total revenue on a route.: This overgeneralizes and contradicts the passage, where revenue actually rose slightly.

The fare cut may have lowered the route's profit even as ridership grew.: Correct. Revenue rose only slightly while costs rose, so profit (revenue minus costs) could have fallen; "may" keeps the claim within the evidence.

Travelers on the route preferred more frequent flights to lower fares.: The passage gives no information about what travelers preferred.

Combine related facts to see implications (slightly higher revenue plus higher costs can mean lower profit), and prefer appropriately qualified conclusions.

Answer: A

Volunteer counts give scientists long-term data no team could gather alone.: Correct. The passage describes who counts, why the century of repeated counts matters, and ends by noting no team could gather such data alone.

Most people who count birds each winter are retirees rather than students.: The passage lists retirees, families, and students without ranking them; this is a minor, distorted detail.

Several North American bird species have been declining for many decades.: Declines are one example of what the data can show, not the passage's central point.

Research teams should hire more scientists to count birds every winter.: The passage praises volunteer counts; it makes no recommendation to hire scientists.

The main idea ties together all the details; a statement about one example or one group is too narrow.

Answer: C

The Lopez's invited all of their neighbor's to the picnic.: Plurals do not take apostrophes: the family is "the Lopezes" and the guests are "neighbors."

The dog wagged it's tail when the children's bus arrived.: "It's" means "it is"; the possessive form is "its."

Both teams' coaches praised the players for their effort.: Correct. "Teams'" is a plural possessive (the coaches of both teams), formed with an apostrophe after the s.

The three girl's projects won awards at the science fair.: Three girls own the projects, so the plural possessive "girls'" is required.

Add 's for singular possessives, only an apostrophe for plurals ending in s, and never use an apostrophe for a simple plural or for possessive "its."

Answer: A

When you start a new job, you should ask questions early. You will learn the routines faster that way.: Correct. Every pronoun now uses the second person (you), so the point of view is consistent throughout.

When a person starts a new job, you should ask questions early. You will learn the routines faster that way.: This keeps the shift from third person (a person) to second person (you) in the first sentence.

When you start a new job, a person should ask questions early. They will learn the routines faster that way.: This moves the shift instead of fixing it, mixing you, a person, and they.

When a person starts a new job, they should ask questions early. You will learn the routines faster that way.: The first sentence is now consistent, but the second shifts to you.

Choose one point of view (first, second, or third person) and keep pronouns consistent across sentences.

Answer: D

86: This assumes the new score need only be 2 points above the target, ignoring that it must raise all six scores' average by 2.

92: This adds 2 points for each of the five earlier tests to 82 (82 + 10), skipping the target average itself.

96: This adds 12 to 84; the correct shortfall to make up is 5 × 2 = 10 points above 84.

94: Correct. Six tests averaging 84 total 504; the first five total 5 × 82 = 410; 504 − 410 = 94.

Work with totals: required total = target mean × number of values; subtract the current total to find the missing value.

Answer: C

44°: 44° is the smallest angle; the question asks for the largest.

66°: This splits the remaining 132° evenly, ignoring that one angle is twice the other.

88°: Correct. x + 2x + 48 = 180, so 3x = 132 and x = 44; the angles are 44°, 48°, and 88°.

96°: This doubles the given 48° angle, but the doubling relationship is between the other two angles.

The angles of any triangle sum to 180°; write an equation for the unknown angles and solve.