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SECTION 5: SCIENCE PROFICIENCY NAME: ____________________________ Commented [acts1]: DCAT 2014

50 Questions – 25 minutes
Time -– 25 minutes SCHOOL: _________________________
Breakdown:
50 Questions (181 – 230) SIMULATED EXAM – SET B General Science = 2
Biology = 13
Chemistry = 20
For each item, decide which the best answer choice is, and darken the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. Physics = 15

181. Assume that an Rh- mother has given birth to an 184. In which of the following vessels does most of
Rh+ baby and was not given RhoGAM. When the exchange of nutrients and waste products
might hemolytic disease of the newborn occur? between the blood and body tissues happens? Commented [W12]: Question is not tackled during the lecture.
–Ahia Adrian
A. Hemolytic disease of the newborn will never A. arteries
occur B. capillaries Commented [WU7]:

B. At the birth of the first Rh- baby C. veins

D. lymphatic vessels
C. All pregnancies will show hemolytic disease
E. renal tubules
D. During development of the next Rh+ baby Commented [WU3]:

E. Hemolytic disease will never occur to an Rh+

185. Which substance is released in order to expose
baby from Rh- mother is normal.
binding sites for muscular contraction? Commented [W18]: Question is not tackled during the lecture.
– Ahia Adrian
A. actin
182. In a certain characteristic of garden peas, tall is
B. myosin
dominant over short. If two heterozygous plants
C. calcium Commented [WU9]:
are crossed, what percentage of the next
D. troponin
generation will be homozygous dominant? Commented [W14]: Rephrase to: “what percentage of the next
E. ATP generation will have a homozygous dominant genotype?” (The
A. 0% answer is still 25%)
B. 25%
186. What process involves the enzymatic breakdown Commented [WU5]:
C. 50%
of food?
D. 75%
A. Absorption
E. 100%
B. Digestion Commented [WU10]:

C. Mastication
183. Which among the following is TRUE in the ABO
D. Peristalsis
blood group?
E. Segmentation
A. Type A blood has Type A antigen and Type B
antibody. Commented [WU6]:
187. Which organelle is found in animal cells but not
B. Type A blood has Type B antigen and Type B
in plant cells?
antibody.
A. ribosomes
C. Type A blood has Type A antigen and Type B,
B. mitochondria
O antibodies.
C. nuclei
D. Type A blood has Type B, O antigens and
D. plastids
Type A antibody.
E. centrioles Commented [u11]: Answer
E. Type A blood has both Type A antigens and
antibody.

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188. After telophase II of meiosis, the chromosomal 192. DNA is to _____ as proteins is to _____ . Commented [WU16]: From dcat 2012 simulated set a #197

makeup of each daughter cell is _____. A. nucleus . . . amino acid Commented [W117]: Answer should be “nucleotides…amino
acids”, The question is about the building blocks and their polymers.
A. diploid, and the chromosomes are each B. nucleotides . . . amino acid Nitrogenous bases are only a part of nucleotides, and therefore it
cannot be considered the building block of DNA. –Ahia Adrian
composed of a single chromatid. C. nitrogenous bases . . . peptide
Commented [W118]:
B. diploid, and the chromosomes are each D. nucleus . . . peptide
composed of two chromatids. E. RNA . . . genotype
C. haploid, and the chromosomes are each
composed of a single chromatid. 193. In a particular plant, leaf color is controlled by Commented [u12]: Answer

D. haploid, and the chromosomes are each gene locus D. Plants with at least one allele D
composed of two chromatids. have dark green leaves, and plants with the
E. haploid, and the chromosomes are each homozygous recessive dd genotype have light
composed of half of the chromatid green leaves. A true-breeding dark-leaved plant
is crossed with a light-leaved one, and the F1
189. What is the important animal hormone offspring is allowed to self-pollinate. The
responsible for the control of metabolic functions predicted outcome of F2 is diagrammed in the
in the blood particularly for iodine synthesis? Punnett square shown in the figure below where
A. thyroxine 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent the genotypes
Commented [u13]: Answer

B. cortisol corresponding to each box within the square.

C. prostaglandin
D. insulin D d
E. parathormone
D 1 2
d 3 4
190. What phylum is commonly known as round
worms?
Which of the boxes marked 1-4 correspond to
A. Mollusca
plants with homozygous genes?
B. Echinodermata
A. 1 and 2
C. Platyhelminthes
B. 2 and 3
D. Nematoda Commented [u14]: Answer
C. 3 and 4
E. Porifera
D. 1 and 4 Commented [u19]: Answer

E. 2, 3 and 4
191. A sexually reproducing animal has two unlinked
genes, one for head shape (H) and one for tail
194. Tissues are composed of cells, and tissues
length (T). Its genotype is HhTt. Which of the
functioning together make up organs. Which of
following parent genotypes is a possible gamete
the following is composed of different organs?
to form this organism?
A. organelles
A. Hhtt x hhtt
B. organ membranes
B. HhTT x HHTT
C. organ system Commented [u20]: Answer
C. HhTt x HhTt
D. organisms Commented [u15]: Answer
D. HHTT x HHTt
E. cytoplasm
E. hhTt x hhtt
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195. Which part of the flower will develop into seeds? 200. Two hundred milliliters of water is mixed with
A. stigma 720 grams of HCl. What is the molarity of the
B. stamen solution if the density of water is 1.00 grams per
C. ovary milliliter? (Cl= 35 amu, H=1 amu)
D. ovule A. 100 M Commented [WU21]:

E. anther B. 0.278 M Commented [u27]: HCl= 36 g/mol

Volume: 200ml=200 grams water= 0.2 Kg
C. 0.1 M Mole: 720g / (36 g/mol)= 20 mol
Molarity= 20mol/ 0.2 Kg= 100 mol/Kg or 100m
196. Matter consists of _____. D. 129.6 M
A. atom E. 20 M Commented [WU22]:

B. molecule
C. cell 201. Consider the following reaction:
D. organelle AlCl3 + Ca(OH)2  Al(OH)3 + CaCl2
E. tissue How many moles of aluminum hydroxide is
produced when 10 moles of aluminum chloride is
197. Matter is defined as anything that has _____. reacted to 12 moles of calcium hydroxide?
A. mass and shape A. 10 moles
B. mass and density B. 8 moles Commented [u28]: Answer
Balance first the Equation:
C. mass only C. 20 moles 2AlCl3 +3 Ca(OH)2  2Al(OH)3 + 3CaCl2
D. mass and volume D. 12 moles 2 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑙(𝑂𝐻)3
10 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒 AlCl3 x = 10 mole Al(OH)3
E. volume and energy E. 4 moles 2 mole AlCl3

2 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝐴𝑙(𝑂𝐻)3
12 mole Ca(OH)2 x = 8 mole Al(OH)3
3 mole Ca(OH)3
198. If 25 mL of water at 40C is added to 100 mL of 202. What are the representative elements in the
Commented [WU23]:
water at 50C, what would be the final periodic table?
temperature of the mixture? A. Elements that belong to IIIB to IIB. Commented [W124]: We can use ‘mL’ instead of milliliters.
Let’s strike out ‘of the mixture’ (technically water + water is not a
A. 56C B. Elements that have last sublevel configuration mixture) – Ahia Adrian
B. 48C of s or p. Commented [WU25]:
C. 42C C. Elements that have f sublevel configuration. Commented [u29]: Answer

D. 44C D. Elements that belong to IA-VIIIA and IIIB to

E. 88C IIB.
E. Elements that have sublevel configuration of
199. Thirty liters of gas X at 100 K under 2 atm was s, p, d and f blocks
transferred to a certain container where the
temperature is doubled and the pressure is 203. Which of the following is a double displacement
increased by 4 atm. What is the mass of the gas reaction?
if its density at the new container is 0.01 g/L? A. 2HCl + Mg  MgCl2 + H2
A. 20 g B. 2AlPO4+ 3Ca  Ca3(PO4)2+ 2Al
B. 10 g C. NaOH + HCl  NaCl + H2O Commented [u30]: Answer
C. 0.2 g D. 2KClO3  2KCl + 3O2 Commented [W126]:

D. 0.05 g E. CH4 + 2O2  CO2 + 2H2O

E. 2000 g

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204. How much water must be added to 300 mL of 208. Given the following:
0.75 M HCl to dilute the solution to 0.25 M HCl I. 40 2+
20𝑋

solution? II. 40 2+
21𝑋
A. 100 mL
III. 40
20𝑋
B. 300 mL
C. 600 mL IV. 39
20𝑋 Commented [WU31]:

D. 900 mL V. 39 2+
19𝑋
E. 1200 mL
Which of the following pairs of element is an
isotope?
205. Copper has two isotopes, 63Cu and 65Cu. If the
A. I and II
atomic mass of copper is 63.5 g/mol, what is the
B. I and III
% of each isotope?
C. II and III
A. 25.0% 63Cu and 75.0% 65Cu
D. III and IV Commented [u35]: Answer (same atomic number different
B. 33.0% 63Cu and 67.0% 65Cu mass)
E. IV and V
C. 50.0% 63Cu and 50.0% 65Cu

D. 67.0% 63Cu and 33.0% 65Cu

209. A nitride ion N3- (Z=7) has _____.
E. 75.0% 63Cu and 25.0% 65Cu Commented [WU32]:
A. 7 protons and 3 electrons
B. 7 protons and 4 electrons Commented [u36]: Answer
206. What is the value of X in the reaction below if the
C. 7 protons and 10 electrons
equation would be balanced?
D. 10 protons and 7 electrons
C4H6 + O2  XCO2 + H2O
E. 4 protons and 7 electrons
A. 2
B. 4
210. Which of the following equations is not balanced
C. 6
correctly?
D. 7
A. P4 +3O2 -->P4O6
E. 8 Commented [WU33]:
B. 3CuCl2 + V2O3  3CuO + 2VCl3
C. Cu(NO3)2 -->CuO + 2NO2 +O2 Commented [u37]: Answer
207. What is the limiting reagent for the following
chemical reaction if 4 grams of hydrogen and 32
D. 2KClO3  2KCl + 3O2
E. 2Al2O3 +3C+6Cl2 -->4AlCl3 +3CO2
grams of oxygen react to form water?
2H2 + O2 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 2H2O
211. Which of the following is a definition of a base?
A. hydrogen
A. It is a proton donor.
B. oxygen
B. It turns blue litmus paper to red.
C. water
C. It is usually formed when a metal oxide
D. this reaction has no limiting reagent Commented [u34]: Answer
reacts with water. Commented [u38]: Answer
E. electricity
D. Its pOH is above 7.
E. It is an electron pair acceptor.

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212. The periodic trend that refers to the ability of an 216. A vector quantity has magnitude and direction.
atom to attract electrons during chemical Which of the following is a vector quantity?
bonding is _____. A. speed
A. electronegativity B. gravitational pull Commented [u39]: Answer

B. electron affinity C. work Commented [WU43]:

C. atomic radius D. distance

D. ionization energy E. temperature
E. radioactivity
217. Given
213. A graduated cylinder has a mass of 80.0 g when Vector A = 15 units, west
empty. When 20.0 mL of water is added, the Vector B = 8 units, north
graduated cylinder has a mass of 100. g. If a
stone is added to the graduated cylinder, the Find the magnitude of the resultant vector.
water level rises to 45.0 mL and the total mass is A. 7 units
now 156 g. What is the density of the stone? B. 17 units Commented [WU44]:

A. 2.24 g/mL C. 23 units Commented [u40]: Answer

B. 3.47 g/mL D. 24 units

C. 1.56 g/mL E. 25 units
D. 2.60 g/mL
E. 7.80 g/mL 218. A ball was thrown vertically upward with a speed
of 5 m/s. When the ball went back to where it
214. Which of the following is an expected property of was thrown, what was its displacement?
sugar (C6H12O6)? A. 10 meters
A. It does not turn to black when heated. B. 5 meters, upward
B. It has melting point greater than 100C. C. zero Commented [WU45]:

C. It is insoluble in water at 35C. D. 5 meters, downward

D. Chemical change occurs when it is heated at E. half a meter
80C. Commented [WU41]:

E. It can be filtered when dissolved in alcohol. 219. A projectile is launched at a certain angle with
the ground at a speed of 20 meters per second.
215. An atom has 7 electrons in its outer shell. How Neglecting air resistance, what is the speed of
many unpaired electrons does it have? the projectile when it hits the ground?
A. 0 A. 9.8 meters per second
B. 1 B. 10 meters per second Commented [u42]: Answer

C. 2 C. zero
D. 4 D. 20 meters per second Commented [WU46]:

E. 6 E. 25 meters per second

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220. If acceleration is the rate of change in velocity, 224. Which of the following describes electrical
what is the rate of change in position? current?
A. Velocity A. the electric potential difference between two Commented [WU47]:

B. Distance points in a circuit

C. Force B. the flow of electric charge through a material Commented [acts51]:

D. Displacement C. the flow of protons through a material

E. Speed D. the movement of voltage
E. the movement of electric field through a
221. A golf ball, initially resting on the tee, was hit by conductor
a club. Where in its path, did the golf ball have
maximum kinetic energy? 225. Refer to the circuit below. What would be the
A. Just right after it was hit by the club reading in the ammeter? Commented [WU48]:

B. A few seconds after it was hit by the club

C. On the way up
D. On the way down 3.0 v
1.5 Ω 1.5 Ω
E. At the highest point
A

222. Two objects, X and Y, are being pulled at the

same speed. Object X weighs 500 kg and object A. 3.0 amperes
Y weighs 2000 kg. What is the ratio of the kinetic B. 1.5 amperes
energy of object Y to the kinetic energy of object C. 4.5 amperes
X? D. 4.0 amperes Commented [WU52]:
A. 1:1 E. 1.0 ampere
B. 2:1
C. 4:1 226. What power is supplied to the starter motor of a Commented [W149]:
http://www.ric.edu/faculty/bgilbert/Physics200/Chapter%207,8,9,%
D. 9:1 car that draws 240 amperes of current from a 20MC%20examples.htm
E. 16:1 12-volt battery? #31
A. 2.0  101 watts
223. A 50-kilogram girl lifts a 1-kilogram object B. 5.4  103 watts Commented [acts53]:
vertically upward to a height of 0.5 meters. How C. 3.5  103 watts
much work is done by the girl in lifting the D. 6.0  101 watts
object? E. 4.5  103 watts
A. 5 joules Commented [WU50]:

B. 50 joules 227. A wave that moves from left to right, creating an

C. 250 joules up and down displacement of the medium, is a
D. 10 joules A. longitudinal wave.
E. 500 joules B. transverse wave. Commented [acts54]:

C. mechanical wave.
D. electromagnetic wave.
E. sound wave.

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228. Refer to the figure below. A ray of light passes 230. In uniform circular motion, what is the
through three different media. Which of the relationship between acceleration and velocity?
following is correct about the speed of the light A. Acceleration is directly proportional to
in these media? velocity.
B. Acceleration is inversely proportional to
medium 1 velocity.
C. Acceleration is directly proportional to the
medium 2 square of the velocity Commented [acts57]:

D. Acceleration is inversely proportional to the

medium 3 square of the velocity
E. Acceleration is directly proportional to the
square root of the velocity
A. v1 > v2 > v3
B. v2 > v1 > v3
C. v2 > v3 > v1
D. v3 > v2 > v1
E. v3 > v1 > v2 Commented [acts55]:

229. A piece of lead tied by string to a spring scale

weighs 63 N. When the piece of lead is
completely submerged in a certain liquid, the
reading on the spring scale is 57 N. What would
the reading in the spring scale be if the liquid
were replaced by a twice-as-dense liquid?
A. 51 N Commented [acts56]:

B. 114 N
C. 126 N
D. 54 N
E. 60 N

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