NMAT: MINI MOCK EXAM

(PART 1: 50 mins.)

I. Verbal

1. development : sprawl :: famine : ______

a. malnutrition b. crawl c. urban d. obesity

2. calculation : abacus :: navigation ______

a. circumference b. automation c. sextant d. hydration

3. forage : food :: wildcat : ______

a. bobcat b. game c. mountain d. oil

4. dexterity : clumsy :: will : ______

a. passive b. oaf c. submit d. wish

5. legume : lentil :: wheat : ______

a. thyme b. rice c. tofu d. spelt

6. fly : bird :: breach : ______

a. seagull b. beach c. whale d. foam

7. infuse : permeate :: kindle : ______

a. light b. grow c. steep d. pound

8. mend : sewing :: edit : ______

a. darn b. repair c. manuscript d. makeshift

9. alone : lone :: abet : ______

a. bet b. loan c. wager d. single

10. gangster : crime :: huckster : ______

a. corn b. trucking c. policeman d. advertising

II. Inductive Reasoning

A. FIGURE SERIES:
Directions: The symbols or figures at the left side of each item make up a set or series and are related to each other in a
certain way. Each set is a problem. The answer to each is found in one of the five figures at the right side. Find which symbol
or figure will correctly follow the last figure of the set at the left as suggested by the relationship or pattern as shown.

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B. Figure Grouping
Directions: Each item in this section consists of five figures. The task is to find the principle involved which makes four of the
five figures similar to each other. The figure that is different from the other is the answer to the item.

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C. Inductive Reasoning: Number-Letter Series

In each of the following questions, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will
continue the same pattern and replace the questions mark in the given series.

17. 22 11 26 16 31 22 37 ?

a. 29 b. 30 c. 33 d. 52 e. 39

18. T Q O L J G ?

a. H b. C c. D d. F e. E

19. YW HJ US MO QO RT ?

a. WY b. MK c. QS d. NL e. PR

20. FIG CFD KNL HKI PSQ ?

a. UXV b. LOM c. TWU d. MPN e. MQO

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 III. Quantitative

21. There are 140 red balls and 60 blue balls in a bag that contains 200 balls. If only blue balls are added to the bag so that
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the probability of randomly drawing a blue ball from the bag becomes , how many blue balls must be added to the bag?
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a. 24 b. 30 c. 40 d. 45

22. Helpers are needed to prepare for the fete. Each helper can make either 2 large cakes per hour, or 35 small cakes per
hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours and 20 large cakes and 700 small cakes are needed. How many helpers are
required?
a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 25

23. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Ronit’s age. After
further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit’s age?
1 3
a. 2 times b. 2 times c. 2 times d. 3 times
2 4

1
(−5𝑥𝑦)2 ( 𝑥 2𝑦 2 )
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24. =?
(0.25𝑥 3 𝑦2 )2
100 400
a. 100𝑥 2 b. 400𝑥 2 c. d.
𝑥2 𝑥2

25. 10log 𝜋 =?
a. log π b. π c. 1 d. π10

26. Which of the following is an identity?

𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥
a. log2 (x – y) = log2x – log2y c. log (x – y) =
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 1
b. = log a – log b d. – log = log a
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑎

(𝑛−1)!(𝑛+2)!
27.
𝑛!(𝑛+1)!
𝑛 𝑛! 𝑛+2 (𝑛+2)!
a. b. c. d.
𝑛+2 𝑛+2 𝑛 𝑛

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28. Leo left of his property to his wife of the remainder to his eldest son, and the rest to be divided equally among 5
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younger children, each of got PHP 80,000.00. How much did his wife get?
a. 45,000.00 b. 450,000.00 c. 600,000.00 d. 60,000.00

29. Divine can do a job in 2 hours, Dave can do the same job in 3 hours, Noel can do the same job in 6 hours. Working
together, how long does it take them to finish the job?
6 1 1
a. 1 hour b. hour c. hour d. hour
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30. Travelling at 15 kph, a doctor would arrive at his office for an appointment one hour too early. If the same trip is made at
an average speed of 10 kph, he will arrive an hour late. At what average speed should the trip be made in order for him to
arrive on time?
a. 11.5 kph b. 12.0 kph c. 12.5 kph d. 13.0 kph

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 IV. Perceptual Acuity

I. Hidden Figures
Directions: Each item below is made up of simple figure at the left and five complicated drawings at the right. Select the
complicated drawing that contains the simple figure. The hidden figure may appear in a different positions but it must have
the same size and shape as the simplest figure.
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II. Mirror Figures:

Directions: Each item below consists of a figure of word followed by five options. Select from the options. Select from the
options the mirror image of the given figure or word.

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III. Identical Information

DIRECTIONS: Each item below consists of a name and an address, a bibliographical entry, or a sentence. From the options
that follow, select the one which exactly matches the given information in word sequence, spelling, and punctuation.

38. West, J. B. Respiratory Physiology, Williams and Wilkin, Baltimore: 1974.

A. West, J. B. Respiratory Physiology, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore: 1974.
B. West, B. J. Respiratory Physiology, Williams and Wilkin, Baltimore: 1974.
C. West, J. B. Respiratory Physiology, Williams and Wilkin, Baltimore; 1974.
D. West, J. B. Respiratory Physiology, Williams and Wilkin, Baltimore: 1974.
E. West, J. B Respiratory Physiology, Williams and Wilkin, Baltimore: 1974.

39. Ms. Aleixandra W. Shieff, CEO-President, McKann-Erickson Testing Laboratories, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
A. Ms. Aleixandra W. Shieff, CEO-President, McKann-Erickson Testing Laboratories, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
B. Ms. Aleixandra W. Sheff, CEO-President, McKann-Erickson Testing Laboratories, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
C. Ms. Alexandra W. Shieff, CEO-President, McKann-Erickson Testing Laboratories, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
D. Ms. Aleixandra W. Shieff, CEO-President, McKann Erickson Testing Laboratories, Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City
E. Ms. Aleixandra W. Shieff, CEO-President, McKann-Erickson Testing Laboratories, Agham Road, Dilliman, Quezon City

40. Commission offered at $ 155,685.00 per year for the first 3 years with increase of $ 5,655 per year in the succeeding
years.
A. Commission offered at $ 155,685.00 per year for the first 3 years with decrease of $ 5,655 per year in the succeeding
years.
B. Commission offered at $ 155,685.00 per year for the first 3 years with increase of $ 5,635 per year in the succeeding
years.
C. Commission offered at $ 155,685.00 per year for the first 3 years with increase of $ 5,655 per year in the succeeding
years.
D. Commission offered at $ 155,685.00 per year for the first 8 years with increase of $ 5,655 per year in the succeeding
years.
E. Comission offered at $ 155,685.00 per year for the first 3 years with increase of $ 5,655 per year in the succeeding
years.

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 PART 2 (40 mins.) 7. In which two period of the human life cycle do the
I. Biology greatest physical changes take place?
a. Early childhood and adolescence
1. Which of the following initiates the process of blood b. Late childhood and old age
clotting? c. Before birth and adolescence
a. damage to the lining of a blood vessel d. Early childhood and adulthood
b. conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
c. attraction of leukocytes to the site of infection
d. exposure of blood to air

2. Peng is an amateur body builder with a huge collection

of weight lifting equipment in his basement. His little sister
Ming tried to lift the 100-lb barbell- it didn’t budge. Peng
lifted the same barbell over his head, held it there and
then lowered it back to the ground. Ming was very
impressed with her big brother. What were the types of
muscle contractions performed by Peng? 8. The curve above represents data obtained from a group
a. isotonic concentric contractions of animals receiving a single daily dose of a drug P. A
b. isotonic eccentric contraction portion of this group was given the dose at day 1 and the
c. isometric contractions response was noted. The same number of animals was
d. all of the above given the dose at day 2, and so on, up to day 10. Base on
the curve, it can be deduced that the single dose of P
3. Which of the following correctly describes the Na+ and used was:
K+ ions across the cell membrane? a. Completely eliminated from the body in less than 24
a. The concentration of Na+ ions outside the cell is high hours
and the concentration of K+ Ions outside the cell is low b. Just enough to elicit the high possible response
b. The concentration of Na+ ions outside the cell is low c. More than enough to elicit the highest possible
and the concentration of K+ ions outside is low response
c. Inside the cell, the concentrations of Na+ and K+ ions d. Less than enough to elicit the highest possible response
are both high
d. Outside the cell, the concentrations of Na+ and K+ ions In items 9 and 10, refer to the ff. information:
are both high A typical exocrine gland (like the salivary gland) has the ff.
structure:
4. The carbon dioxide produced by living organisms comes
from the
a. Inhaled oxygen which reacted with carbon in their
bodies
b. Foodstuffs ingested by the organisms
c. Water which reacted with carbon in their bodies
d. Glucose in their bodies

5. The function of mucus secreted by the lining of the

The gland cells (acinar & tubular) may perform the ff.
alimentary canal is to:
during the formation of the secretion:
a. Help digest fats into fatty acids and glycerol
b. Help increase the amounts of juices secreted by the
Filtration – the transfer of non-protein solutes and water
digestive glands
from the blood plasma to the lumen of the gland with no
c. Protect the lining from being acted upon by the
change in the quantitative and qualitative characteristics
digestive juices
of the solute
d. Prevent bacteria from reaching the blood vessels
Synthesis – the formation of new substances from new
6. Which of the following can be observed if there is a lack
materials present in the plasma
of parathyroid hormone (PTH)?
a. A decrease in calcium concentration and an increase in
Reabsorption – the transfer of water and solutes from the
phosphate concentration in the blood
glandular lumen to the blood plasma
b. An increase in calcium concentration and a decrease in
phosphate concentration in the blood
If qualitative and quantitative studies are made of the
c. An increase in both calcium and phosphate
solute components of the secretions obtained at points A
concentration in the blood
and B, the ff. results may be obtained:
d. A decrease in both calcium and phosphate
concentrations in the blood
I. Secretion taken at A possesses some components
absent in blood plasma.
II. Secretion obtained at B has possesses similar solute
characteristics as the secretion obtained at A

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III. Secretion obtained at B has components not present
in blood plasma
IV. Secretion obtained at B has components not present in
the secretion obtained at A
V. Secretion obtained at A Possesses the same solute
characteristics as the plasma minus the proteins
VI. Secretion obtained at A possesses some components A1V1 = A2V2
not present in the secretion obtained at B 15. The continuity equation shown above states that the
product of the velocity of flow in a system of branching
9. The hypothesis that the acinar cells perform filtration tubes of varying diameters and the cross-sectional area of
function during the formation of secretion is best a vessel is at all points constant. If the volume of fluid
supported by… flowing through the system is constant, the velocity of the
a. II b. III c. IV d. V fluid flow:
a. will not change as the cross-sectional area is either
10. The hypothesis that the acinar cells have synthetic increased or decreased
function during secretion is best supported by… b. will increase as the cross-sectional area of the tubes at
a. I b. III c. IV d. VI that point increases
c. will increase as the cross-sectional area of the tubes at
II. PHYSICS that point decreases
d. cannot be predicted by any change in the cross-
11. Use the diagram below: sectional area

16. A mover pushes a box up an inclined plane, as shown

in the figure. Which of the following shows the direction of
the normal force exerted by the plane on the box?
a. c.

b. d.

17. A climber’s bag might fall from a cliff. If he is 45 m

Both M1 and M2 are released at the same time. Compare
above, how long will it take his bag to reach the ground?
the speeds of the two masses when they reach the
a. 1.5 s b. 3.0 s c. 6.0 s d. 9.0 s
bottoms of their respective inclines.
a. M1 is travelling faster than M2.
18. A 60-kg man holding a 20-kg box rides on a
b. M2 is travelling faster than M1.
skateboard at a speed of 7 m/s. He throws the box behind
c. M1 and M2 are travelling at the same speed.
him, giving it a velocity of 5 m/s with respect to the
d. It is impossible to tell.
ground. What is his velocity after throwing the object?
12. When the speed of a moving object is halved,
a. its KE is halved c. its rest energy is halved
b. its PE is halved d. its momentum is halved

13. An orbiting satellite is moved from 10,000 to 30,000

km from the earth. This will result in what change in the
gravitational attraction between the earth and the
a. 8 m/s b. 11 m/s c. 12 m/s d. 10 m/s
satellite?
a. none- the attraction is the same
19. A heater absorbs heat and uses it to warm a house. It
b. one-half as much
does 140 J of work on the pump and delivers the
c. one-fourth as much
remaining 60 J of heat to the house. What is the efficiency
d. one-ninth as much
of this engine?
a. 30 % b. 43 % c. 57 % d. 70 %
14. Two clowns on ice skates face each other on a
frictionless surface. The laughing clown pushes the crying
20. The human heart is powerful and extremely reliable
clown who is half his weight, so that the latter moves with
pump. Each day it takes in and out an average of 7,500 L
a certain velocity. The laughing clown will move on the:
of blood. Assume that the work done by the heart is equal
a. Opposite direction and at the same speed as the crying
to the work required to lift this amount of blood to a
clown
height of a Filipino woman (1.524 m). The density of
b. Opposite direction and at half speed as the crying clown
blood is 1.05 x 105 kg/m3. How much work does the heart
c. Same direction and at the same speed as the crying
do in a day?
clown
a. 1,000 J b. 1 x 107 J c. 1.18 x 107 J d. 1.24 x 106 J
d. Same direction and at half speed as the crying clown
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 III. SOCIAL SCIENCE 28. Which of the following is NOT true of the relationship
among members of large secondary groups?
21. Which of the following is NOT one of Maslow’s a. Primary relations tend to persist in the form of intimate
hierarchy of needs? cliques
a. physiological c. esteem b. There is emphasis on the efficiency by which people
b. safety d. novelty accomplish their jobs
c. It is unlikely that every member is aware of every other
22. Research on facial expression of emotion has found member
that… d. The goal is to provide for the personal needs of the
a. It is easy to judge actual emotions members
b. The right side of our face is more intensely emotional
c. It is easier to judge emotions from the face than the
tone of the voice
d. The ability to imitate facial expressions comes about
after age two

23. Rogers proposed that the primary human motive is…

a. the actualizing tendency c. power
b. sex d. social intimacy

24. The members of a common society share the same

values, such as for economic success and upward mobility,
and they are stratified into a number of distinct strata. It
could be stated that the society is stratified because
a. the values are not shared by all members of the society
b. the means for realizing the shared values are not
29. Which of the following is the best statement that can
equally distributed
be derived from the illustration above?
c. the values are divisive
a. The language we use for things can also influence the
d. the strata are not classes
way we think about it
b. Signs are used to represent a situation and to influence
25. Which of the following best exemplifies innovation?
action
a. The continuance of old patterns of life
c. It is important to study the meaning of language
b. The introduction of gasoline engines to fishing boats by
d. It is necessary to identify the problem in order to arrive
a majority of the villagers
at a solution
c. The acceptance of new ways of farming by a small
group of farmers
Phase
d. The maintenance of good habits and practices Group
I II III
26. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of A Task 1 Task 2 Test for Task 1
bureaucracy? B Task 1 Task 2 Test for Task 2
a. specialization C Task 1 - Test for Task 1
b. chain of command D - Task 2 Test for Task 2
c. informality and autonomy
d. merit appointment and job tenure 30. In an experiment, subjects were randomly assigned to
four groups and were asked to memorize a set or two sets
27. The primary function of religion in human societies of unrelated verbal materials. Then each group was tested
is to for retention of the tasks(s). The table above shows the
a. establish an orderly relationship between man and his participation of each group. Which of the following will
surroundings most probably be observed?
b. help people understand the existence of both good and a. retention of Task 1 will be higher for Group A than for
evil Group C
c. allay man’s fears and anxieties over unexplainable b. retention of Task 2 will be higher for Group B than for
phenomena Group D
d. provide a way for man to be able to communicate with c. retention of Task 1 will be lower for Group A than for
God Group C
d. retention of Task 2 will be equal for both groups B
and D

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 IV. CHEMISTRY
31. Orbitals hold:
a. A maximum of one electron each
b. A maximum of two electrons each
c. A number of electrons that depends on the energy
level.
d. A number of electrons that depends on the type of
orbital.
32. The difference between a “family” and a “group” in
the periodic table is that:
a. Families are columns and groups are rows.
b. Families are rows and groups are columns.
c. Families determine the energy level of an element and
groups determine their properties.
d. None of the above is true.
33. When 2.0 grams of methane are burned in a bomb
calorimeter containing 2000 grams of water, it causes the
temperature of the water to rise by 13.30 0C. What is the
molar heat of combustion of methane?
Cp(H2O) = 4.18 J/g0C.
a. 111 kJ b. 889 kJ c. 13.3 kJ d. 8.89 kJ
38. Compounds are made up of..
a. atoms of the same element
b. atoms of at least two different elements
c. molecules of the same element
d. molecules of at least two different elements
39. Which of the following is the effect of adding a
nonvolatile solute to a solvent?
a. higher boiling and freezing points
b. lower boiling and freezing points
c. lower boiling point and higher freezing point
d. higher boiling point and lower freezing point
40. If we add NaAc to a solution of HAc.
 HAc  H+1 + Ac-1
Which of the following statements is true?
I. equilibrium will shift to the right
II. equilibrium will shift to the left
III. the pH of the solution increases
IV. the equilibrium will not be affected
a. II & IV c. I & III
b. Only II d. II & III

34. Avogadro’s law states that:

a. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to its
temperature in Kelvins.
b. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to the
number of moles present.
c. The volume of a gas is directly proportional to the ideal
gas constant.
d. none of these

35. If we add NaAc to a solution of HAc:

HAc  H+ + Ac-
Which of the following statement is false?
a. equilibrium will shift to the right
b. equilibrium will shift to the left
c. the pH of the solution increases
d. the equilibrium will be affected

36. In analysis of a compound shows that it contains

78.2% B and 21.8% H and had a molecular weight of
27.6. What is the molecular formula of the compound?
(atomic wts.: H=1, B=10.8)
a. BH3 b. B2H6 c. B2H4 d. B2H5

37. In every chemical reaction of Substance A, the sum of

the weights of the products formed is greater than the
initial weight of A which undergoes a reaction. Substance
X, in turn, undergoes a chemical reaction in which the
combined weight of the products is exactly equal to the
initial weight of X which reacted. What kind of substance
are A and X?
a. A is a mixture and X is a pure compound.
b. A is a pure compound while X is a mixture.
c. Both A and X are mixtures.
d. Both A and X are pure compounds.