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Question:

Multiple choice question

Expansion comes from the word expand which means to get bigger.

For example:

Balloons expand as you fill them with air.

My research study is not completely new. It is an expansion of a study that I did last year.


	making larger
	growing in size
	getting bigger
	moving around

Which answers are closest in meaning to expansion? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	moving around
	getting bigger
	making larger
	growing in size

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The examples below illustrate the meaning of expansion.


	watch a comedy series on TV
	watch the news on TV
	read more books
	search for information on the internet

Which answers are examples of things you can do to expand your general knowledge? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	watch the news on TV
	read more books
	watch a comedy series on TV
	search for information on the internet

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	reduced the number of products it sells.
	developed in additional directions.
	became larger.
	increased sales.

Which answers best complete the sentence? Choose the 3 correct answers.

If a new policy helped a company to expand, then the company...

Response:

	reduced the number of products it sells.
	became larger.
	increased sales.
	developed in additional directions.

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Political scientists researched the effects of democracy on a small country. These researchers discovered that people in small villages found the change to a democratic system very difficult in comparison to people in who live in cities.

How could these researchers expand their study in order to claim that their findings are true also in other countries?


	studying attitudes in villages and cities in other small countries which have also become democratic societies.
	increasing the size of the sample in the country where they did their first study.

Which answers below best complete this sentence? Choose the ONE correct answer.

The researchers could expand the scope of their research by...

Response:

	increasing the size of the sample in the country where they did their first study.
	studying attitudes in villages and cities in other small countries which have also become democratic societies.