Daily Drill: SAT® Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Question

Also Great Practice for ACT® English

Today’s drill is a mock SAT® Subject-Verb Agreement question. It follows the digital SAT format but is also great practice for ACT English.

For effective time management on test day, you should aim to answer this question correctly in a maximum of 30 seconds.

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Free SAT® Practice Question

In his 2015 book The Digital Mind: Computing and Consciousness, philosopher James Chen first explored at length his theory of "computational psychology"—the idea that the various algorithmic and mathematical principles a computer has encoded (binary, logic gates, parallel processing, etc.) ______ each cognitive function a computer performs within a task.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A. determines

B. is determining

C. determine

D. has been determining

(Strategy Brief and Answer Explanations Below)

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Answer Explanations and Strategy Brief