Trimester 01, 2022

University Foundation Program

Test 1
UNIT CODE: SCN110
UNIT NAME: FOUNDATION SCIENCE

Student ID:
Student Name:
Lecturer:

Duration: TOTAL TIME: 1 hours and 30 minutes

Instructions: Write ALL answers in the spaces provided.

Marks: 40 Marks
This examination is worth /40
10% of your final Grade

Type of Test: Closed Book: Course materials, text books, short notes,
dictionaries and any unauthorized materials are NOT allowed
in the test room. Non- Scientific calculators are allowed.

Materials: Dictionaries
Students are permitted to use an unmarked English-Foreign
language dictionary (book-type). Electronic dictionaries are
NOT allowed.
Calculators
Scientific calculators (with memory cleared) may be used
during the test. Mobile phone calculators are NOT allowed.

Electronic devices: Mobile phones and all other electronic devices capable of accessing the internet
or storing information are not allowed to be in your possession during the test.

Breaches of the above conditions will be considered an act of Academic Misconduct and
penalties will apply (as per the Assessment Policy and Student Misconduct Policy).

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Please write down the most suitable answer for each question. If it’s a multiple choice, write down
the letter denoting the answer.

Use the following graph to answer the related questions.

1. On which head, is the expenditure maximum?

(a) Travelling allowance
(b) Rent
(c) Appliances
(d) Salary of employees

2. What is the difference of expenditures (in thousands of rupees) on salary of employees and rent ?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400

3. What is the sum of the expenditures (in thousands of rupees) on travelling allowance and rent ?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400

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5. If the budget of the family is Rs 10800, what is the saving?
(a) Rs 1050
(b) Rs 1000
(c) Rs 950
(d) Rs 1200

6. What is the difference of expenditures on clothes and education if the budget of the family is Rs
10800?
(a) Rs 1200
(b) Rs 1000
(c) Rs 800
(d) Rs 1500

7. What is the sum of the expenditures on food and education if the budget of the family is Rs
10800?
(a) Rs 5000
(b) Rs 8000
(c) Rs 5400
(d) Rs 6000

8. Which Type of Graph Represents Data that Changes Continuously Over a Course of Time?

A. Bar graph
B. Line graph
C. Pie graph
D. Histogram

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9. At what time(s) is the temperature minimum ?
(a) 7 hours and 21 hours
(b) 9 hours
(c) 11 hours
(d) 13 hours

10. 103°F temperature is at time

(a) 11 hours
(b) 13 hours
(c) 15 hours
(d) 21 hours

11. What is the difference of temperatures at 7 hours and 21 hours ?

(a) 0°F
(b) 1°F
(c) 2°F
(d) 3°F

12. What is the rise in temperature from 11 hours to 13 hours ?

(a) 1°F
(b) 2°F
(c) 4°F
(d) 3°F

13. What is the fall in temperature from 13 hours to 21 hours ?

(a) 2°F
(b) 3°F
(c) 4°F
(d) 6°F

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14. What service does the Council spend on the most?
A) Cultural, Environmental and Planning Services
B) Education Services
C) Adult Community Care
D) Corporate and Democratic Care

15. What percentage of the Council's income is spent on Education?

A) less than 15%
B) more than on Children and Families
C) less than on "other" services
D) more than 20%

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 Short Answer Questions

1. In this plant growth experiment, what were the two variables tested?
2. What conclusions can you draw in regards to the amount of light a plant was exposed
to and how tall the plant grew?
3. What conclusions can you draw in regards to the amount of water given to a plant and
how tall the plant grew?
4. Describe which plant or plants did he best and develop a hypothesis on plant growth
based on the date you examined.

Using the data table, answer the following questions.

5) Which type of birdfeed was the favourite choice of most of the birds?
6) Which type of birdfeed was the least favourite choice?
7) Which combination of three types of feed would probably attract the most birds to the bird
feeder?
8) How many days did the students collect data?
9) What are the controlled variables?
10) What is the independent variable in this investigation?
11) What is the dependent variable in this investigation?
12) How many trials were there?
13) What is the title of the data table? Can you think of a better title?

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14) What is the dependent variable?
15) Why is it the dependent variable?

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