ITALIAN IMAT EXAM 2021 PAPER

General Knowledge
11. In which year were the racial laws promulgated in Italy?

A) 1938

B) 1940

C) 1922

D) 1925

E) 1933

12. In 1919 Gabriele D'Annunzio led the Fiume venture.

In what state is the city of Rijeka today?

A) Croatia

B) Albania

C) Italy

D) Montenegro

E) Slovenia

13 Which term can be associated with both of the following definitions?

"document issued with commercial references"

"act of witchcraft"

A) Invoice B) Bubble C)Spell(witchcraft) D)Spell E)Note

14. In four of the following terms the suffix "-teca" has the same meaning.

Locate the remaining term.

A) Zapoteca B) Newspaper Library C) Pinacoteca D) Library E) Sound archives

15. Who is the author of the text Mistero Buffo?

A) Dario Fo B) George Strehler C) George Gaber D) Bertold Brect E) Eduardo De Filippo

16. . On which day the Day of Legality is celebrated, an anniversary to commemorate the

massacres of Capaci and via D'Amelio?

A) 23 May B) 25 March C) 22 April D) 27 January E) 04 November

17. Which car manufacturer first introduced the assembly line?

A) Ford B) Aston Martin C) Buick D) Peugeot E) Cadillac

18. With which English terms is indicated narrative technique consisting of free

representation of a person's thoughts as they appear in the mind?

A) Stream of consciousness

B) Flashback

C) Cinematic techniques

D) Flashforward

E) Serialism

19. What is meant by the term legislature?

A) The period in which a given legislative body is in office and carries out its electoral mandate.

B) The set of laws, rules governing the functioning of the State

C) The term of office of the President of the Italian Republic

D) The term of office of the President of the Council

E) The set of rules governing commercial and labour law

20. In which of these sentences is the verb in passive form?

A) The deeds of Aeneas were sung by Virgil

B) In the classical high school we often talk about greek theater

C) In De Bello Gallico Cesare described in detail his military campaign

concerning the conquest of Gaul

D) In one of his writings Plato associates solid forms with the four elements: water-air-ground fire

E) Homer in the Iliad sings the deeds of the pelid Achilles

21. Which of the following is a work by Niccolò Machiavelli?

A) The Prince B) Of the prince and the letters

C) Crimes and penalties D) Of the duties of men E) Dialogue over the nobility
BIOLOGY
23. . In a DNA molecule consisting of 6000 nucleotides of which 20% are guanines such as

will be the number of adenines?

A) 2400 B)1500 C)1200 D)1800 E)3600

24. Which of the following events is not present in the division of a prokaryotic cell?

A) Cariodieresi

B) Growth of the cell

C) DNA duplication

D) Cytodierese

E) Separation of daughter DNA molecules

25.A diploid cell that is in the G2 phase of the cell cycle has:

A) four times the amount of DNA compared to haploid DNA

B) twice as much DNA as haploid DNA

C) has the same amount of DNA it had in the G1 phase

D) half the amount of DNA he had at the end of the S phase

E) always the same amount of DNA, at all stages of the cycle

26.Which of the listed processes does not lead to ATP synthesis?

A) Calvin cycle

B) Lactic fermentation of glucose

C) Krebs cycle

D) Glycolysis

E) Electron transport chain

27.Glycolipids are important constituents of cell membranes. Which of the following

Combinations of organelles is involved in their formation?

A) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus

B) Wrinkled endoplasmic reticulum and smooth endoplasmic reticulum

C) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum and lysosomes

D) Wrinkled endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus

E) Smooth endoplasmic reticulum and peroxisome.

28.Recessive mutations in a gene located on the X chromosome cause color blindness.

Francesca is not color blind, but her father is. Francesca and Paolo, who is not color blind,

they are expecting twins, a boy and a girl. What is the probability that children

are color blind?

A) Male 50% - female 0% B) Male 50% - female 50% C) Male 33% - female 0%

D) Male 0% - female 50% E) Male 0% - female 0%

29.The epidermis consists of:

A) multi-layered floor epithelium B) simple flooring epithelium C) simple cylindrical epithelium

D) multi-layered cylindrical epithelium E) ciliated cubic epithelium

30.The spine presents:

A) seven cervical vertebrae B) six lumbar vertebrae C) six sacral vertebrae

D) one lordosis and two kyphoses E) one kyphosis and two lordosis

31. One of the following statements about the gastric glands is incorrect:

A) produce isylase B) produce pepsinogen C) produce a proteolytic enzyme

D) produce hydrochloric acid E) produce the intrinsic factor for the absorption of vitamin B12

32. In the circulatory system:

A) the aorta carries arterial blood B) the pulmonary artery carries arterial blood

C) pulmonary veins carry venous blood D) coronary arteries arise from the pulmonary artery

E) hollow veins arise from the right ventricle

33.The bone marrow:

A) is a lymphoid organ B) consists of osteons C) consists of osteocytes

D) is contained only in long bones E) is contained only in flat bones

34. . It is correct to say that:

A) the spinal nerves have both motor and sensory components

B) spinal nerves are only motors

C) the spinal nerves are sensory, while the encephalic nerves are motors

D) spinal nerves arise from the meninges

E) brain nerves are only sensory

35. The endocrine pancreas produces:

A) glucagon

B) oxytocin

C) prolactin

D) meylase

E) proteases

36. Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder due to an autosomal recessive allele. Two

Healthy parents have one child with cystic fibrosis and two healthy children. What is the probability
that

does the next child present the disease?

A) 1/4

B) 0

C) 1

D) 1/2

E) 2/3

37.In the PCR cycle, the use of the high temperature (95°C) is intended to

A) denature the DNA molecule at the initial stage of the process

B) activate the enzyme Taq polymerase

C) pair the gene of interest with the relevant primer

D) inactivate the selected gene

E) allow DNA polymerase to initiate elongation

38.The following shall not constitute cloning vectors:

A) introns

B) plasmids

C) phages

D) artificial chromosomes

E) cosmids

39. Which of the following images represents the prolifese I of meiosis?

40. The graph shows the photosynthical activity of a plant as a function of photon flow. Which one

of the following statements is correct?

A) At point Y all the oxygen produced by photosynthesis is used for respiration

B) When the flow of photons is between Y and W photosynthesis does not occur

C) Photosynthesis is always limited by the flow of photons

D) If the flow of photons is greater than W the photosynthesis stops

E) Photosynthesis is limited by CO2 when the photon flow is between Y and W

CHEMISTRY

41. A cylinder initially containing 100 mol of hydrogen gas at a pressure of 4 × 105

Pa records, after use, a pressure equal to 105

Pa. Indicate how many moles of hydrogen

have been consumed:

A) 75 mol

B) 25 mol

C) 10 mol

D) 4 mol

E) 15 mol

42. The 4Li3 is an unstable isotope of lithium that decays by emitting a proton. What will be his

decay product?

A)3he2

B)3L3

C)3H1

D)4He

E)2H1

43. In which of the following pairs the species in this pair have both a structure

planar trigonal according to VSEPR theory and their central atoms possess the same

number of valence electrons?

A) BF3, AlCl3

B) AlCl3, NH3

C) NH3, BH3

D) NH3, PH3
E) None of the pairs listed

44. Which of the following is an ammonium nitrate decomposition reaction?

45. To an acidic aqueous solution of KBrO3 (100 mL, 0.1 mol/L) 100 mL of

an aqueous solution containing 0,006 moles of K2S2O3 and 0,09 moles of KI. The

the following quantitative reactions:

The reaction (2) is instantaneous, while the reaction (1) is relatively slow. At the moment in

which all the anion 2− S O32

present in solution will have reacted, how many moles of − BrO3

Will

are you consumed?

A) 0.001 mol

B) 0.003 mol

C) 0.009 mol

D) 0.002 mol

E) 0.036 mol

4. An osmotic membrane separates two solutions A and B of the same salt. If solution A

is hypertonic with respect to solution B it can be said that, after a certain time, it

will reach a state of equilibrium in which:

A) the membrane is crossed in both directions by the same number of molecules

B) the concentration of solution A has increased

C) the concentration of solution B has decreased

D) the passage of molecules through the membrane stops

E) there is a flow of ions through osmotic membrane.

47. Copper chloride (CuCl) has a water solubility of about 4.4 × 10-4 mol/L. What will happen

to the concentration of Cu+

if 0,1 is added to 1 L of a saturated solution of CuCl mol of CaCl2?

A) The concentration of Cu+is lowered by the effect of the common ion

B) The concentration of Cu+ rises due to the effect of the common ion

C) The concentration of Cu+ remains unchanged

D) The concentration of Cu+ it rises because the pH is lowered

E) The concentration of Cu+ lowers because it is oxidized to Cu2+

4. The diagram in the figure represents the variation of potential energy in a generic

reaction A + B C + D . Based on it indicate the correct statement.

A) The diagram represents a reaction whose mechanism involves a single stage in

both senses

B) The activation energy is equal for the direct reaction and for the reverse reaction

C) The transition state coincides with the stabilization of the activated complex

D) The direct reaction is catalyzed, while the reverse reaction is not catalyzed

E) The potential energy of the reactants and products is the same.

49. The superoxide ion is decomposed in vivo by enzymes that transform it

according to the following reaction:

What are the oxidation numbers of oxygen atoms in the three species: ion
superoxide, molecular oxygen, hydrogen peroxide?

A) −0.5; 0; −1

B) −1; 0; −1

(c) −0.5; 0; +1

D) −1; 0; +1

E) 0; +1; −1

50. Which of the following statements regarding a buffer solution is correct?

A) A 10% increase in the total volume causes a decrease in buffering power

and the pH value remains unchanged

B) A 10% increase in the total volume causes a decrease in buffering power

and the pH value decreases

C) A 10% decrease in the total volume causes an increase in buffering power

and an increase in pH

D) A 10% decrease in total volume leaves the buffering power and pH unchanged

E) A 10% increase in total volume leaves the buffering power and pH unchanged

5. One of the following pairs of molecules is such that its members are isomers with each other.

Which one?

A) Acetone and propionaldehyde

B) Butane and cyclobutane

C) 2-chlorophenol and o-chlorophenol

D) Benzene and cyclohexane

E) Propane and propane

52. After reviewing the following electronic configurations: which of the following statements is
always true:
A) configurations 2. and 5. respect hund's rule

B) configuration 1 only. respect Hund's rule

C) configurations 3. and 4. respect hund's rule

D) configuration 5 only. respect Hund's rule

E) configurations 1. and 3. respect Hun's rule

53. What is the set of solutions of inequality ……

D) every real x

E)no real x-value.

54. What is the value of sum….

55. For which values of the real parameter k, equation represents

the equation of a non-degenerate real circumference?

A) k< 5

B) k< 20

C) k≤ 5

D) k≤ 20

E) For any real value of k.

56. If x ∈ [0, π], what is the solution of the inequality.

A) The inequality is verified for each x belonging to the assigned range

B) Inequality has no solution.

57. Neglecting air resistance, v the escape velocity from a planet Y of mass M and

R-ray for an empty spacecraft of mass m. What would be the escape velocity from the

planet Y for a satellite charged with a total mass of 1.44m compared to the empty one?
A) v

B) 1.2 v

C) 1.44 v

D) v /1.2

E) v /1.44

58. Within a conductive sphere of radius r uniformly charged (positively)

a negative charge q is placed remotely at distance r/2 from the center. How it moves, if it moves,

the charge q?

A) Remains stationary

B) Moves along the diameter towards the surface of the sphere moving away from the center

C) Moves along the diameter towards the surface of the sphere passing from the center

D) Moves along the diameter to move to the center of the sphere.

E) It is not possible to answer because the intensity of the charge on the sphere is not known

59. A conductive rod of mass m crossed by a current i is located in a field

magnetic B. In which case is the modulus of the force vector to which the auction is subject
maximum?

A) When the magnetic field B is orthogonal to the current

B) When the magnetic field B parallel to the current

C) When the magnetic field B forms an angle of 30 degrees with the current

D) When the magnetic field B forms an angle of 45 degrees with the current

E) None of the other answers are correct.

60. The weight of a boy is 600N. If when he gets on a scale inside a

elevator it indicates 630 N, does the elevator move?

If so, how is it moving?

A) Moves accelerating upwards

B) Moves accelerating downwards

C) Moves upwards with constant speed

D) Moves down with constant speed E) It does not move, it remains still