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NMAT Practice Set Parts 1 2 With Answer Key PDF
NMAT Practice Set Parts 1 2 With Answer Key PDF
Part I of the National Medical Admission Test consists of four subtests. Each
subtest contains multiple-choice items.
For each item, select your answer from the options given. On your answer
sheet, shade the circle marked with the letter of your chosen answer. For
example, if your answer to an item is option C, then completely shade the circle
marked C as shown below. Make sure your mark on the circle is dark. Your
mark is not dark enough if the letter inside the circle can still be read. Avoid
incorrect shading of circles as they may not be recognized as an answer.
Make sure you are marking the answer columns corresponding to the item
number you are on. Mark only one answer for each item. If you want to change
your answer, erase the first answer completely. Incomplete erasures will be
interpreted as another answer thereby producing multiple answers. Items with
multiple answers are automatically considered wrong.
Do not write anything on this test booklet.
scratch work.
Follow carefully the specific directions for each subtest or section. When you
finish a subtest, proceed to the next until you have completed the entire test.
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TEST A. VERBAL
6.
Section 1. Analogies
DIRECTIONS: Each item in this section
consists of a series of words. The first
word is related to the second in the same
way as the third word is related to a
fourth one which is missing. Select this
missing word from the given choices.
Example:
(A) cuff
(B) golf
7.
8.
(C) baby
(D) girl
(C) freedom
(D) justice
9.
(C) union
(D) chain
(C) interrogation
(D) recess
(C) obedience
(D) respect
(C) intelligent
(D) erudite
2.
3.
(C) tale
(D) romance
5.
(C) office
(D) appointee
4.
(C) intensity
(D) quantity
(C) rivet
(D) bore
(C) humility
(D) celibacy
(A) throw
(B) pierce
(C) kill
(D) hunt
(C) newscaster
(D) communication
(C) performance
(D) harmony
(C) scar
(D) cure
(C) number
(D) hand
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16. INDEMNITY : DAMAGE :: BOND :
(A) levy
(B) fine
(C) surety
(D) reparation
(C) schedule
(D) itinerary
(C) embassy
(D) consulate
(C) obligation
(D) guilt
(C) distillation
(D) pasteurization
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21. The statement "Thou canst not stir a
flower without troubling of a star"
means that
(A) one should not disturb things in
nature
(B) there exists a relationship between
living things and the universe
(C) plants should be treated carefully
(D) some life-forms are largely
unaffected by the heavenly bodies
22. Based on the selection, which of the
following statements is correct?
(A) Most forms of life have biological
rhythms which are permanent and
unchanging.
(B) Reactions to the seasonal cycle are
uniform in different communities.
(C) Of all the creatures in nature, man
alone is independent of its
revolving cycles.
(D) Many animals can alter their
diurnal or nocturnal patterns in
response to changing needs and
environment.
Selection 2
Gitanjali (1961-1977), terminally ill of
cancer at 16, wrote one hundred eleven
(111) poems in English, most of them about
death. Not wishing to alarm her mother,
she kept her poems. It was only several
months after her death that her mother,
Khushi Badruddin, discovered that her
daughter was India's Emily Dickinson.
The comparison with the American poet
is inevitable, since both women wrote
secretly about death, nature, and God.
Gitanjali likens death to an "honoured
guest," as Dickinson does in "Because I
Could Not Stop for Death."
Gitanjali's
grammatical lapses, in fact, recall those of
Dickinson's. But the similarities stop there,
because Gitanjali was actually facing death.
Although
love
of
life
sometimes
overpowers
her,
Gitanjali
repeatedly
welcomes death "with open arms." This is
not mere resignation. The poet feels that
with more time on earth, she may end up
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Selection 3
Television, radio, and stereo can be
vehicles for great drama, beautiful music, or
even redeeming words. But who can claim
that for the vast majority of people, these
devices are anything other than agents of
noise? They are not listened to; they are only
heard.
Modern man begins his day with radio
noise to wake him up, he has a car radio or
CD player to carry him to his work, continues
with pipe-in music in the elevator and "on
hold" on the office telephone, relaxes by the
videoke at the bar, and concludes his day
with television chatter. Those who cannot
sleep in the silence that descends when the
TV is shut off resort to machines that
produce "white noise."
Silence has become a vacuum which
modern man abhors. It is no longer normal
or good in itself. It is understood only as
absence of noise. Before noise (B.N.), there
were sounds distinguishable from noise,
because sounds came out of silence. Silence
was the background for sounds.
City dwellers, awash in constant noise,
become nervous in the country because the
sounds of the country from the crickets,
birds, and animals are made against the
background of silence. There is also less talk
in the country because to interrupt the
silence, one must have something to say.
In the city, words are part of the general
noise one can say anything in order not to
stop talking and silence is always
interpreted as awkwardness. There seems to
be a fear that if the noise stops, the city will
collapse in silence.
Before the days of widespread TV, the
Swiss thinker, Max Picard, offered the notion
that people play the radio to make sure that
they are still there. This proposition neatly
reverses the old conundrum: If a tree falls in
a forest, does it make a sound if there is no
one there to hear it? This question presumes
man exists and asks if sound exists without
man's hearing it. The modern form of this
question, la Picard, would reverse these
Belief
Proposition
Riddle
Saying
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28. What are the effects of solitude and
silence on serious thoughts?
(A) They intensify self-examination.
(B) They purify the process of thought.
(C) They heighten loneliness and
isolation.
(D) They develop introspection.
29. Silence is the background for sounds.
This statement means that sounds
(A) are carefully listened to when there
is noise
(B) are heard more distinctly when
there is silence
(C) are easily produced when there is
silence
(D) cannot exist without silence
30. The author believes that
(A) there can never be silence
(B) man abhors and tends to avoid
solitude
(C) noise in itself produces silence
(D) questions are better-answered in
silence
Selection 4
When we talk today of the need for some
symbol to fuse us into a great people, we
seem to forget that all over the country, there
lies this wealth of a "usable past" of
symbols that have grown through and
through the soil of the land and the marrow
of its people.
But the past can become
"usable" only if we are willing to enter into its
spirit and to carry there a reasonably
hospitable mind. As long as we regard it with
hatred, contempt, and indignation, it will
remain hateful and closed to us.
And as long as we remain estranged from
it, we will remain a garish and uncouth and
upstart people, without graces because
without background. Towards our Spanish
past, especially, it is time we become more
friendly; bitterness but inhibits us.
everything
being
preordained,
preestablished men moved as in a trance,
without having to exercise their will, and
therefore, without creating history.
The
dreaminess thick in our nature, our
incapacity for decisive thought or action may,
if analyzed, be found to derive from our
failure so far to break loose completely from
primeval carryovers, from those submerged
longings for the tight, fixed web of tribal
obedience.
The prime work of Christianity for us has
been this awakening of the self, this release
and expansion of the consciousness, a work
undoubtedly still in progress, we being not
yet fully awake nor perfectly conscious;
immature Christians at best; Catholics but
not catholic; enclosed within the Faith as
within a sect; having still to realize that to
open oneself to this "one of the great,
conjoint, and so to term it necessary
products of the human mind . . . rich in the
world's experience," is to let in "a great tide of
that experience and to make, as it were, with
a single step, a great experience of one's own,
and with great consequent, increase to one's
sense of color, variety, and relief, in the
spectacle of men and things."
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31. The selection suggests that our lives can
have more meaning if we
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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34. Science is seen as an "unresting
endeavor" because
(A) man is never content with his
technological gains
(B) nature is blind
(C) scientists are too intelligent to stop
searching
(D) man will always seek the truth
about himself and nature
35. As used in the selection, the term
"ineffable" means
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
delightful
confusing
inexpressible
sacred
elevates
exceeds
ascends
escapes
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
In the example, the three diagrams at the left show a line increasing progressively in such a
way as to approach a closed figure. If another line is added, the resulting form would look
exactly like figure C at the right. Thus, the correct answer is C.
There are other principles involved in the items aside from that illustrated in the example.
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In the example, the correct answer is figure C, because the arrows are all pointing downward,
whereas the arrows in each of the other figures are all pointing upward.
There are other principles involved in the items aside from that illustrated in the example.
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10
(A)
1
(B) 12
(C) 16
2.
(D) 14
(E) 13
(A) J
(B) L
(C) K
(D) H
(E) M
15
(A) 17
(B) 19
(C) 15
22. 3
(A) 22
(B) 17
(C)
7
23. X
17
(A) L
(B) N
(C) P
25. 31
26. A
17
34
22
GYJ
(D) VVW
(E) VYX
11
16
18
(A) 27
(B) 32
(C) 30
M
11
MN
(A) XW
(B) LM
(C) VW
QYT
23
26
(D) 29
(E) 31
E
(D) W
(E) X
26
16
31
22
37
(D) 52
(E) 28
FG
RS
IJ
(D) MN
(E) WX
(D) M
(E) O
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LYO
(A) VYZ
(B) VYY
(C) WYY
31. CD
34
(D) Q
(E) S
27. BYE
29. C
44
(D) 272
(E)
60
(A) P
(B) R
(C) O
28. 10
FH
(D) AC
(E) DA
(A) 29
(B) 30
(C) 33
(A) DB
(B) BD
(C) CA
30. 22
(D) 64
(E) 24
W
MK
(A) K
(B) M
(C) Y
(D) 18
(E) 21
4
PR
(A)
58
(B) 136
(C) 544
Examples:
1.
24. WU
16
32. 26
16
21
(A) 11
(B) 24
(C)
8
33. ABC
FAG
18
16
CFD
12
KLA
AOP
32
KNL
TAU
(A) 35
(B) 42
(C) 39
21
24
VU
38. 11
39. ETC
HI
PSQ
40. 18
18
(A) 72
(B) 33
(C) 39
MN
13
22
15
(D)
4
(E) 22
HRJ
QP
(D) SR
(E) LK
(A) XLV
(B) YLW
(C) VMX
(D) MPN
(E) MQO
15
37. CD
(A)
3
(B)
7
(C) 23
30
HKI
17
(A) KL
(B) RS
(C) KJ
(D) 36
(E) 90
(A) UXV
(B) LOM
(C) TWU
36. 8
10
(D) AXY
(E) XYA
(A) 28
(B) 60
(C) 32
35. FIG
18
(D) 10
(E) 25
(A) WXA
(B) AXW
(C) WAX
34. 9
12
OPM
RNT
(D) WLY
(E) YMW
27
24
12
36
(D)
18
(E) 108
32
(D) 40
(E) 36
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TEST C. QUANTITATIVE
7.
8.
6 2 4 =
1+
(C) 6
(D) 8
(A)
(B)
2.
9.
96 8 4 =
(C)
4
(D) 12
3.
4.
(C) 185
(D) 715
2(x y ) + 3 +
(A) x y + 1
(B) x + y + 1
5.
(B)
(x + 3
)2
x2 + 9
+ 3y ) 2(x + 1) =
(C) y + 1
(D) x + 1
(4 3 )(5 3 )
(C)
(D)
x2
(B)
(A)
(x
+ 9) x
(D)
2y 2 (y + 3x )
x 2
=
4
x2 4
x2 + 4
x2 + 2
(C) x + 4
(D) x + 2
(B)
(C)
25
26
(D) 0
( 3 n+3
3 n +1
1
3
n +1
1
3
1
5
n+2
=
(C)
3
8
(D)
1
3
11. 2 2(3 x ) + x =
9
6
+ 2 =
1 +
x
x
(A)
6.
(x
2y y 2 + 3x
2x
10. 3 n + 2 +
(C)
( 25-1 ) + ( 25-2 ) =
( 6250 )( 25-2 )
(C) 20,962
(D) 23,288
(A) 75
(B) 85
(A) 26
y )3 =
(B) 2x 2 (x + 3y )
x+
(A) 2
(B) 3
(x
Example:
(A) 3
(B) 4
(A) 2x x 2 + 3y 2
1.
(x + y )3
(A) 4 + 2x
(B) 3 + 2x
(C) 3x 4
(D) 4 x
(x + 3)2
x2
(A) 20 3
(B) 27
(C)
60
(D) 180
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p
x
(C) px
(B)
x
p
(D)
px
60
(C) 7x
(D) 8x
(C) 120 m 3
(B) 57 m 3
(D) 840 m 3
(C) 49
(D) 56
(C) 92
(D) 64
(C) 36
(D) 72
(C) 3x
(D) 8x
(C) 14 and 5
(D) 15 and 4
(C) 300
(D) 380
(C) p13.25
(D) p11.75
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2
(C) (18 2) in
(D) (13 2) in
(A) (18 ) in
(B) (13 ) in
2
2
1
3
(C)
1
2
(B)
5
12
(D)
2
3
Net Income
Tax Due
p250 + 3% of
excess over p50,000
p1,750 + 7% of
excess over p100,000
p8,750 + 11% of
excess over p200,000
(C) p210,317.50
(D) p205,500.00
2
of his
5
1
1
income for food,
for clothing,
for
10
4
1
housing,
for utilities, and deposits
20
the remainder in his savings account.
If he saves p4,500 a month, how much is
his monthly income?
(A) p45,000
(B) p22,500
(C) p20,000
(D) p18,000
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Number of Students
Mathematics
200
Physics
130
Biology/Zoology/Botany
560
Chemistry
180
Geology/Meteorology/Oceanography
25. Approximately what percent of the
Science majors are Chemistry majors?
(A) 10%
(B) 16%
(C) 18%
(D) 20%
Physics
Chemistry
Geology/Meteorology/Oceanography
Physics and Geology/Meteorology/
Oceanography combined
80
27. If the ratio of the students in Biology,
Zoology, and Botany is 4 : 3 : 1, how
many are Zoology majors?
(A)
80
(B) 187
(C) 210
(D) 280
1
4
(C)
1
2
(B)
1
3
(D)
2
3
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Registered Aliens by Nationality
1981 1985
Number of Registered Aliens
Nationality
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
39,233
24,826
24,509
23,796
2,466
7,823
5,203
5,144
4,916
2,831
Spanish
369
232
250
219
44
Hindu
832
649
738
657
781
British
1,421
685
522
432
384
German
264
100
75
60
228
Belgian
98
63
49
52
14
1,960
1,095
1,096
1,495
3,543
52,000
32,853
32,383
31,627
10,291
Chinese
American
Mixed Nationality
Total
(C) 75%
(D) 80%
(C) Hindu
(D) Chinese
1981 1982
1982 1983
1983 1984
1984 1985
(C) 28.0%
(D) 56.8%
Chinese
American
Spanish
British
Belgian
I and II only
I, III, and V only
I, II, and IV only
I, II, III, IV, and V
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The table below shows the participation of youth in the formal school system based on a survey.
Age Range
Level
In School
(Participating)
Out of School
(Nonparticipating)
Total
Nursery/
Kindergarten
Elementary
263,188
10,087,443
10,350,631
7,383,351
288,609
7,671,960
III. 13 16
Secondary
4,297,132
589,269
4,886,401
IV. 17 24
Postsecondary
1,588,719
7,252,343
8,841,062
13,532,390
18,217,664
31,750,054
I. 0 6
II. 7 12
Total
I, II, III, IV
II, III, IV, I
I, IV, III, II
II, IV, III, I
82.03%
74.28%
57.38%
42.62%
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Pie Chart of the Workforce in a Manufacturing Firm
(C) 105
(D) 421
(C) 150
(D) 171
(C) 50
(D) 15
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TEST D. PERCEPTUAL ACUITY
In the example, the correct answer is D, because it contains the simple figure at the left.
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Rx Laboratories,
275-D West Ave.,
Lansing, Turkey
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29. Vitamin K, the antihemorrhagic vitamin,
is necessary for production of
prothrombin in the liver.
(A) Vitamin K, the antihemorhagic
vitamin, is necessary for production
of prothrombin in the liver.
(B) Vitamin K, the antihemorrhagic
vitamin, is necessary for production
of prothrombon in the liver.
(C) Vitamin K, the antihemorrhagic
vitamin, is necessary for
production of prothrombin on the
liver.
(D) Vitamin K, the antihemorrhagic
vitamin, is necessary for production
of prothrombin in the liver.
(E) Vitamin K, the antihemorrhagic
vitamin is necessary for production
of prothrombin in the liver.
30. Yucuanseh Drug, Inc.
284 Dasmarias Street
P.O. Box 1761
Manila, Philippines
(A) Yucuanseh Drug, Inc.
284 Dasmarias St.
P.O. Box 1761
Manila, Philippines
(B) Yucuanseh Drug, Inc.
284 Dasmarias Street
P.O. Box 1671
Manila, Philippines
(C) Yucuanseh Drug, Inc.
284 Dasmarias Street
P.O. Box 1761
Manila, Phillipines
(D) Yucuanseh Drug, Inc.
284 Dasmarias Street
P.O. Box 1761
Maynila, Philippines
(E) Yucuanseh Drug, Inc.
284 Dasmarias Street
P.O. Box 1761
Manila, Philippines
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33. Books on China Rare & O/P. Also
Japan & SE Asia. Latest catalogue from
Oxus Books, 121 Astonville St., London
SW 18.
(A) Books on China Rare & O/P. Also
Japan & SE Asia. Latest catalogoe
from Oxus Books, 121 Astonville
St., London SW 18.
(B) Books on China Rare & O/P. Also
Japan & SE Asia. Latest catalogue
from Oxus Books, 121 Astonvilla
St., London SW 18.
(C) Books on China Rare & O/P. Also
Japan & SE Asia. Latest catalogue
from Onus Books, 121 Astonville
St., London SW 18.
(D) Books on China Rare & O/P. Also
Japan & SE Asia. Latest catalogue
from Oxus Book, 121 Astonville
St., London SW 18.
(E) Books on China Rare & O/P. Also
Japan & SE Asia. Latest catalogue
from Oxus Books, 121 Astonville
St., London SW 18.
34. Isolation and antimicrobial therapy are
essential to abort epidemic infantile
diarrhea.
(A) Isolation and antimicrobial therapy
are essential to abort epidemic
infantile diarhea.
(B) Isolation and antimicrobial therapy
are essential to abort epidemic
infantile diarrhea.
(C) Isolation and antimicorbial therapy
are essential to abort epidemic
infantile diarrhea.
(D) Isolation and antimicrobial therapy
are esential to abort epidemic
infantile diarrhea.
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37. The end product of glycolysis is pyruvic
acid, an important source of energy in
all aerobic cells.
(A) The end product of glycolyses is
pyruvic acid, an important source
of energy in all aerobic cells.
(B) The end product of glycolysis is
pyruvic acid, an important source
of energy in all airobic cells.
(C) The end product of glycolysis is
pryuvic acid, an important source
of energy in all aerobic cells.
(D) The end product of glycolysis is
pyruvic acid, an important source
of energy in all aerobic cells.
(E) The end products of glycolysis is
pyruvic acid, an important source
of energy in all aerobic cells.
38. Ku Choi Tong Chinese Drug Store
Cubao Branch No. 3
2369 Aurora Blvd., Q.C.
(A) Ku Chai Tong Chinese Drug Store
Cubao Branch No. 3
2369 Aurora Blvd., Q.C.
(B) Ku Choi Tong Chinese Drug Store
Cubao Branch No. 3
2396 Aurora Blvd., Q.C.
(C) Ku Choi Tong Chinese Drug Store
Cubao Branch No. 3
2369 Aurora Blvd, Q.C.
STOP!
WAIT FOR FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS.
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GENERAL DIRECTIONS
Part II of the National Medical Admission Test consists of four subtests. Each
subtest contains multiple-choice items.
For each item, select your answer from the options given. On your answer
sheet, shade the circle marked with the letter of your chosen answer. For
example, if your answer to an item is option C, then completely shade the circle
marked C as shown below. Make sure your mark on the circle is dark. Your
mark is not dark enough if the letter inside the circle can still be read. Avoid
incorrect shading of circles as they may not be recognized as an answer.
Make sure you are marking the answer columns corresponding to the item
number you are on. Mark only one answer for each item. If you want to change
your answer, erase the first answer completely. Incomplete erasures will be
interpreted as another answer thereby producing multiple answers. Items with
multiple answers are automatically considered wrong.
Do not write anything on this test booklet.
scratch work.
When you finish a subtest, proceed to the next until you have completed the
entire test.
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TEST A. BIOLOGY
1.
2.
3.
adrenaline
choline
noradrenaline
acetylcholine
6.
5.
8.
It
It
It
It
Glycolysis
Fermentation
Aerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration
4.
reproduction
respiration
metabolism
transpiration
7.
9.
tRNA
nRNA
mRNA
nucleic acid
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11. Which activity does NOT require cellular
energy?
(A) Synthesis of hormones
(B) Contraction of muscles
(C) Coordination of electrochemical
impulses
(D) Diffusion of sodium chloride
through blood plasma
12. Which feature is present in eukaryotic
cells but NOT in prokaryotic cells?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Chromosome
Cytoplasmic membrane
Nuclear membrane
Nucleolus
fibrin
thrombin
thromboplastin
thrombin
++
Ca
glycolysis
transamination
beta-oxidation
pentose phosphate pathway
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20. Which of the following cellular
structures is related to protein
synthesis?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Lysosome
Nucleolus
Mitochondrion
Golgi apparatus
Medulla
Cerebrum
Inferior pons
Superior pons
thigmotropism
thermotropism
heliotropism
geotropism
Rosana pinuta
Archips fervidiana
Pinuta archips
Fervidiana rosana
Ether
Nicotine
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
secretion of enzymes
primary carbohydrates digestion
fats and protein digestion
conversion of food into smaller
pieces
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In items 29 and 30, refer to the following
setups:
(C) III
(D) IV
(C) III
(D) IV
Renal vein
Pulmonary vein
Pulmonary artery
Hepatic portal vein
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36. All of the following are features of plants
adapted to dry, desert conditions
EXCEPT
(A) reduced leaf surface area
(B) extensive root system
(C) large number of stomata on the leaf
surface
(D) pores sunken into the leaf surface
37. In which two periods of the human life
cycle do the greatest physical changes
take place?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(C) microsere
(D) biomes
(C) Desert
(D) Rainforest
(C) Neritic
(D) Pelagic
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45. In any season, competition for light is
most intense among the plants of a
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
tropical rainforest
tropical deciduous forest
coniferous forest
woodland
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
a community
an ecology
a kingdom
a phylum
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TEST B. PHYSICS
1.
2.
5.
(A) 30
(B) 45
6.
7.
4.
galvanometer
generator
transformer
rectifier
(C) 60
(D) 90
3.
(C) 60%
(D) 80%
(C) 3.5 m
(D) 4.0 m
potential energy
kinetic energy
acceleration
velocity
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8.
(C) 4 m/s2
(D) 0 m/s2
(C) 25 cal
(D) 10 cal
9.
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II, and III
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14. A 1,200-watt heater is used for raising
the temperature of 1 liter of water to
boiling point. How long will it take for
the water to boil if the initial
temperature of water is 20C?
(1 cal = 4.19 joules)
(A) 28 s
(B) 70 s
(C) 279 s
(D) 349 s
air
soil
grass
cloud
Substance
Specific Heat
( cal/g C )
Water
Aluminum
Copper
Iron
1.000
0.215
0.0924
0.107
Thermal
Conductivity
( W / m C )
.6
238
397
79.5
Water
Iron
Aluminum
Copper
kWh
kWh
kWh
kWh
(A) 4.60 10
(B) 3.90 10
(C) 4.00 10
(D) 2.62 10
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21. A metal cube is heated over a Bunsen
flame and then dropped into an
insulated beaker containing water. The
masses of the water, the beaker, and
the cube, the initial and final
temperatures of the water, and the
specific heat capacities of the water and
the beaker are known. Without further
measurements, which of the following
can be calculated?
(A) The density of the cube
(B) The specific heat capacity of the
cube
(C) The thermal conductivity of the
cube
(D) The specific latent heat of the cube
22. In hydroelectric plants, electric energy is
generated by
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(1,200) (110)
amp
(B)
(C)
1,200
amp
110
(D)
1,200
110
(C) 48.0 W
(D)
4.8 W
amp
5
(B) 2
(A)
(C) 3
(D) 5
(C)
10 amp
(D) 200 amp
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30. What happens when a dielectric
material is placed in an electric field?
(A) The material becomes a conductor.
(B) The material becomes polarized.
(C) The material undergoes
electrolysis.
(D) The material remains electrically
inert.
Amplitude
Wavelength
Energy
Mass
(C) 8
(D) Infinite
at 2F
at 3F
beyond 4F
between F and the lens
shorter
longer
just as long
not measurable
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39. When waves are refracted, which
property changes?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Frequency
Period
Speed
Amplitude
(B)
2
3
1
18
10
18
(B) 4.098 10
18
(A) 4.000 10
(A)
(C)
(D)
2
2
(C) 4.098 10
(D) 4.000 10
He
He
13
C
7
13
B
6
a neutron
an alpha particle
a beta particle
a gamma particle
(C) C
(D) D
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48. Which of the following statements is
NOT true of protons and electrons?
(A) Protons and electrons have equal
masses.
(B) All protons have the same charge.
(C) Protons and electrons have charges
equal in magnitude although
opposite in sign.
(D) The positive charge in an atomic
nucleus is due to the protons it
contains.
235
92 U
+ 01n
140
54 Xe
94
38 Sr
+ (?)01n + energy
(C) 3
(D) 4
1
Io
3
(C)
(D)
1
Io
6
1
Io
9
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TEST C. SOCIAL SCIENCE
1.
4.
3.
be refined
act as people
love one another
talk, act, and think in
acceptable ways
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
5.
value system
political processes
legal processes
value origins
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
6.
I and IV only
I, II, and III only
II, III, and IV only
I, II, III, and IV
Values
Norms
Mores
Folkways
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7.
8.
9.
deviant act
diffusion
innovation
invention
charismatic authority
traditional authority
legal authority
functional authority
norm
value
mores
folkway
institution
kinship
subculture
community
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16. According to Pepinsky, which of the
following is the most effective form of
social control among Chinese
communists?
(A) Group manipulation of guilt
and shame
(B) Surveillance system
(C) Party directives
(D) Written laws
17. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of bureaucracy?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Specialization
Chain of command
Informality and autonomy
Merit appointment and job tenure
modifying
preserving
replacing
reordering
more complex
less rigid
more rigid
less ranked
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24. Which of the following is true of
stereotypes?
(A) They usually give an accurate
account of the personal behavior of
members of a group.
(B) Knowledge of stereotypes leads to
more effective responses.
(C) They are always based on
empirical research.
(D) Many people interact initially with
the stereotype rather than with the
true person.
25. Which of the following descriptions
refer(s) to discovery?
(A) Combining known elements to
produce something new
(B) Spread of cultural elements from
one individual or group to another
(C) Initial awareness of existing but
unobserved elements of nature
(D) All of these
clairvoyance
psychokinesis
precognition
telepathy
fixation
identification
repression
regression
illusion
hallucination
auditory imagery
eidetic imagery
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
affective disorder
generalized anxiety
panic reaction
schizophrenia
Dopamine
Epinephrine
Enkephalin
Thorazine
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32. The minimum intensity that a stimulus
must achieve before it can be perceived
is known as
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
minima
subliminal
percept
threshold
operational level
sensorimotor level
preoperational level
formal operational level
Proximity
Continuation
Differentiation
Closure
Sex
Aggression
Independence
Self-assertion
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I and II only
III and IV only
I and III only
II and IV only
subliminal threshold
sensory adaptation
selective attention
just-noticeable difference
negative transfer
spontaneous recovery
operant conditioning
stimulus generalization
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41. According to the behaviorists, phobias
are learned through
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
desensitization
modeling
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
Phase
II
Task 1
Task 2
Task 1
Task 2
Task 1
Task 2
Group
Demand characteristics
The Hawthorne effect
The halo effect
Random assignment
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I and IV only
II and III only
I, II, and III only
I, II, III, and IV
III
Test for
Task 1
Test for
Task 2
Test for
Task 1
Test for
Task 2
contrast
habituation
intensity
repetition
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48. Learning may be more difficult for deaf
children because
(A) the hearing area in the brain is
connected to the comprehension
area
(B) they cannot imitate information
immediately
(C) they learn a private language which
affects real language
(D) they have to learn with a reduced
level of feedback
suppression
repression
regression
projection
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TEST D. CHEMISTRY
1.
2.
(C) X2O3
(D) XO2
7.
unsaturated
saturated
supersaturated
diluted and unsaturated
6 N H3PO4
4 N Ca(OH)2
8 N HC2H3O2
2 N NH4OH
Element
K
Cl
H
O
C
N
8.
Electronegativity
0.8
3.0
2.1
3.5
2.5
3.0
9.
(C)
10.7 liters
(D) 107.0 liters
(C) F
(D) O
4.
(C) oxidant
(D) indicator
3.
6.
(C) CH4
(D) H2O
Carbohydrates
Minerals
Proteins
Fats
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10. A 100-mL solution contains 4 grams of
NaOH. If 50 mL of water is added to
this solution, which of the following will
remain unchanged?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Carbon dioxide
Calcium oxide
Barium oxide
Magnesium oxide
(C) covalent
(D) ionic
(C) 0.1827 N
(D) 0.1274 N
Substance
Mass
(g)
Volume
(mL)
K
L
M
N
10
20
5
20
20
10
1
5
(C) M
(D) N
(C) 24.3
(D) 22.4
Sample
Weight of A
(g)
Weight of B
(g)
T
V
W
R
S
7
28
25
14
14
12.5
25.0
14.0
37.5
25.0
(C) W and R
(D) T and S
(C) 28C
(D) 25C
g/mole
g/mole
g/mole
g/mole
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19. Gas A and Gas B contain the same
number of molecules and are at the
same temperature. The external
pressure on Gas A is twice that of
Gas B. When compared to Gas B, the
volume of Gas A is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
precipitation
neutralization
hydrolysis
ionization
(C) 20 mL
(D) 25 mL
(C) 285.48 g
(D) 258.45 g
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28. If 40 mL of 0.100 M KMnO4 (acidified) is
diluted with 160 mL of water, then the
normality of the resulting solution
will be
(A) 0.0200 N
(B) 0.0250 N
(C) 0.1000 N
(D) 0.1250 N
(C) urethane
(D) benzopyrene
Substance
K
L
M
N
Soluble in
Water Ethanol
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Combustible
Melting
Point
Yes
No
No
Yes
10C
300C
50C
300C
(C) M
(D) N
(C) B3H9
(D) B2H5
(C) O2
(D) H2O
(C) KCl
(D) NaNO2
(C)
40 g
(D) 200 g
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39. Nitration of phenol with dilute HNO3
yields o-nitrophenol and p-nitrophenol.
Which of the following explains this
result?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
HCN
HNO2
C6H5COOH
C6H5NH3OH
4.0
4.5
6.0
4.6
III
IV
II
I
> II
>I
> III
> IV
>
>
>
>
IV
III
IV
III
>
>
>
>
I
II
I
II
H 2O
(C) R COOH
(D) R COOR
10
10
4
10
5
10
10
10
R Mg Br + CO2
Ki
Acid/Base
(A) Imine
(B) Imide
(C) Enamine
(D) Amine
H3C
42. What configuration is exhibited by
the structural formula of 2-butene
shown above?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
cis configuration
trans configuration
Gauche configuration
Eclipsed configuration
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43. Which of the following technical grade
laboratory solvents are most likely to
contain an appreciable amount of water
due to hydrogen bonding?
(C) CH3CH2COOH
(D) CH3COCH3
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Diethyl ether
Hexane
Acetone
Methanol
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A) CHOOH
(B) (C6H10O5)x
(C) C5H5OH
(D) CH4
(A) CH3 C C H
(B) H C C H
(C) CH3CH2CH2CH3
(D) CH2 CH CH CH2
C12H26
C6H12 + C6H14
Substitution
Synthesis
Cracking
Polymerization
CCl4
OCO
trans ClCH CHCl
cis ClCH CHCl
STOP!
WAIT FOR FURTHER
INSTRUCTIONS.
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