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Copyright © 2022 Australian Council for Educational Research

 Advice to candidates

The ISAT Practice Test contains 25 Quantitative Reasoning and 25 Critical Reasoning
questions. It comprises material that is representative of the live International Students
Admissions Test, but is only half the length of the full test.

As with the live test, the Practice Test is organised into units consisting of stimulus
material followed by a number of multiple-choice questions. As much as possible, units

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testing quantitative reasoning alternate with those testing critical reasoning.

Working through the Practice Test will familiarise you with the level of difficulty and

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the type of material found in the live test. As well, you will gain useful experience in the

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techniques of answering multiple choice questions.

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For each question, you are asked to select, from four alternatives (A – D), the alternative
that best answers the question or completes a statement.

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Answers to all questions are provided at the end of the document.
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Information Booklet.
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 UNIT 1

Questions 1 and 2
The pie charts in Figure 1 indicate the proportions of the total mass of a particular plant species that are
leaves, stems and roots after plants of that species are grown in either shaded or sunny positions.

Figure 2 indicates the rates of photosynthesis* in the grown plants when they are later put in conditions of
Low, Medium or High light intensity.

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* Photosynthesis is the process whereby plants combine carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air with water
from the soil to produce sugar and oxygen. This process requires light energy.

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Shade-grown Sun-grown

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Photosynthetic rate
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1 The information provided indicates that the rate of photosynthesis is greater in the plant
A that is larger.
B that is smaller.
C in which the proportion of total mass that is root is less.
D in which the proportion of total mass that is stem is less.

2 Which of the following is the best conclusion just from the information provided?
A Photosynthetic rate increases with leaf size.
B Leaf size, but not number, increases with increasing light intensity.
C Compared with growth in shade, growth in sun decreases the proportion of the plant mass that
is roots.
D The proportion of the plant mass that is stem is greater when growth occurs in shade rather
than sun.

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 UNIT 2

Questions 3 and 4
Consider the following statements about politics and politicians:

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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. A politician need never apologise for
opportunism in action, but he should always be
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ashamed of compromise in thought.

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Walter Bagehot

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The hardest thing about any political campaign Finality is not the language of politics.

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is how to win without proving that you are
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unworthy of winning. Benjamin Disraeli
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3 Statement II suggests that successful political campaigns are based on

A firm principles.
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B reasoned argument.
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C outward appearances.
D straightforward tactics.
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4 Which two statements are the most negative about politics?

A I and II
B I and III
C II and III
D III and IV

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Questions 5 and 6
The diagram below plots political attitudes.

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Personal issues scale

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Lowest Highest
freedom freedom
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Economic issues scale

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The Personal issues scale measures attitudes to matters concerning personal freedom. At the lowest end of
the scale are the attitudes of those who believe in significant restriction of personal freedom.

The Economic issues scale measures attitudes to matters concerning economic freedom. At the lowest end
of the scale are the attitudes of those who believe in strict regulation of economic activity.

5 Which sector of the diagram applies to someone who believes that military service should be
compulsory and that individuals should make arrangements for funding their own retirement?
A I
B II
C III
D IV

6 Which of the following opinions would someone in sector I most likely agree with?
A There should be no censorship of books and films for adults.
B Traditional marriage between consenting adults should be prohibited.
C Employers should be free to pay workers according to their social status.
D Freedom to create wealth without government regulation is fundamental.

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 UNIT 4

Questions 7 – 9
The graphs below show the results of a study of factors that influence energy use during the migratory flight
of birds of the same species. Energy expenditure is indicated by heart rate in beats per second (bps). The
higher the heart rate the greater the amount of energy used per kilometre of flight. The study examined the
effect on heart rate of four factors:

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• wind speed in the direction opposing flight, in metres per second (m/s)
• wingtip roundedness, in curvilinear units (C)

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• wing loading (bird mass divided by wing area), in kilograms per square metre (kg/m 2)
• pressure vertical velocity, in pascals per second (Pa/s).

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Each graph indicates the change in heart rate of a flying bird in relation to changes in one of the four factors.

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Changes are shown relative to standard conditions, indicated by the point (0,0).

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More Wingtip roundedness (C) More Pressure vertical velocity (Pa/s)
pointed rounded

• Assume that the effects on heart rate of changes in factors are additive. For example, a 2.5 m/s
increase in wind speed and a 2.0 Pa/s increase in pressure vertical velocity will have a net effect on
a flying bird’s heart rate of −0.2 bps (i.e. 0.2 plus −0.4 = −0.2 bps).

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flight and pressure vertical velocity remain standard.
The bird using the most energy per kilometre of flight will most likely have the
A largest wings with the most pointed wingtips.

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B smallest wings with the most rounded wingtips.
C largest wings with the most rounded wingtips.

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heart to beat the slowest?
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A 2.5 m/s decrease in wind speed

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D 1 Pa/s increase in pressure vertical velocity
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9 The table indicates weather conditions encountered by each of four physically identical birds
during a non-stop, one-kilometre flight.

Bird Pressure vertical velocity (Pa/s) Wind speed opposing flight (m/s)
I 2.0 above standard 2.5 below standard
II 2.0 below standard 2.5 above standard
III standard 2.5 above standard
IV 1.0 below standard standard

Assuming each bird has the same energy expenditure, in what order will they arrive at their destination?
A I first, followed by III and IV close together, and II last
B I first, followed by II, then III and IV close together
C II first, followed by III and IV close together, and I last
D II, III and IV close together, and I last

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 UNIT 5

Questions 10 and 11
Most students learn to follow the rules that schools can enforce and to break those they
cannot. But also, different students learn in varying degrees to conform, to ignore the rules
and to take advantage of them. Those who ignore them in the extreme become dropouts,
and learn mainly that they do not belong in school or in the society it represents. Those who

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society. Those who learn to beat the school game become the exploiters of this society. Those
on whom the discipline of the school falls lightly, who easily perform its assignments and

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have little need to violate its rules, are least touched by school. They are, or become, the
social aristocrats and the rebels.

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B students tend to follow some rules unthinkingly.

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C schools should only have rules that can be enforced.

D schools need to make a greater effort to enforce their rules.
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11 According to the passage, the ‘dependable producers and consumers of the technological society’
(lines 5 and 6) are exploited by
A people who have dropped out of mainstream society.
B people who have learned to beat the system at school.
C an incentive system that penalises initiative and hard work.
D an incentive system that offers no reward for conforming to the rules.

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 UNIT 6

Questions 12 – 14
The following quotations concern absence.

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The absent are always in the wrong. Absence – that common cure of love.

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

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D are not as committed as they think.
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13 Quotation IV suggests that

A things may exist only in the imagination.
B things that have never been seen may still exist.
C nothing should be believed unless there is proof.
D it is more difficult to prove existence than non-existence.

14 Which quotations are most opposed to each other?

A I and II
B I and IV
C II and III
D II and IV

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 UNIT 7

Questions 15 – 17
For the following questions:

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The rules for multiplying integers are:

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positive × positive → positive

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negative × positive → negative
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negative × negative → positive
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15 Which of the following values of x and y satisfy (3x) y=x (2y)?

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B x= D x=
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17 [(3t) (3t)] (3t) is equal to

A –t
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D 3t

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 UNIT 8

Questions 18 and 19
The following statements are from a debate for and against the topic:

Animals should have the same rights as humans.

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B is most likely part of the argument against the topic.

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D is not relevant to either the argument for or against the topic.
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B is most likely part of the argument against the topic.
C could possibly be part of the argument for or against the topic.
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D is not relevant to either the argument for or against the topic.

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Question 20
The following passage is about the ethics of cloning.
Even if cloning were used solely to remedy infertility, the decision to clone a sterile father
would be a decision that the child-to-be should be the near-twin of his ‘father’. Anyone who
would clone merely to ensure a ‘biologically related child’ would be dictating a very specific

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form of biological relation: genetic virtual identity. In every case of cloning-to-produce-
children, scientists or parents would set out to produce specific individuals for particular 5

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reasons. The procreative process could come to be seen increasingly as a means of meeting
specific ends, and the resulting children would be products of a designed manufacturing

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process, products over whom we might think it proper to exercise ‘quality control’. Even
if, in any given case, we were to continue to think of the cloned child as a gift, the act itself

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would learn to receive the next generation less with gratitude and surprise than with control

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20 The writer uses the phrase quality control in line 8 to imply that cloning
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D should only be carried out under close ethical scrutiny.
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Questions 21 and 22
Below is a figure that gives typical relationships between a person’s height, body surface area and body
weight. To determine the body surface area, locate the values for the person’s height and weight, draw
a straight line between them and read the surface area from the point where the line crosses the surface
area scale.

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21 Which of the following best describes the relationship between weight and surface area?
With height constant, doubling weight increases surface area by a factor of
A 1.3 . C 2.6 .
B 2. D 4.

22 Which of the following is most accurate?

Surface area doubles if
A height doubles. C both height and weight double.
height
B weight doubles. D doubles.
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Questions 23 – 25
Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. Pacifism covers
a spectrum of views ranging from the belief that international disputes can and should be
peacefully resolved, to absolute opposition to the use of violence, or even force, under any
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beliefs that war, deliberate lethal force, violence or any force or coercion are morally wrong.
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further acts of violence (and reduce something like a ‘net-sum’ of violence). For example,
invading a country might bring an end to a dictator’s violent oppression and save millions
of lives, even if many thousands died in the war. However, most pacifists would be against

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everyone has rights and corresponding responsibilities not to violate others’ rights. Narveson 20
claims that, ‘the prevention of infractions of that right is precisely what one has a right to
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method of discouraging an aggressor. He considers that everyone has the right to use any
means necessary to prevent deprivation of their civil liberties, and force could be necessary.
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23 Principled pacifism (line 5) is best described as

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A relative.
B realistic.
C cumulative.
D unconditional.

24 According to Ward Churchill, pacifism

A is progressive.
B does not work.
C provokes violence.
D does not work by itself.

25 According to Jan Narveson, pacifism is ‘a self-contradictory doctrine’ (line 19) because it

A cannot defend itself.
B depends on other rights.
C is a belief rather than a principle.
D is both principled and pragmatic.

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Questions 26 – 28
The flow rate of water in litres per minute (L/min) from
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a horizontal pipe can be estimated using the diameter
of the pipe (D) and two measurements, X and Y. X is X
the horizontal distance from the end of the pipe (X0) Y0
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to any point above the flow of water (X1), and Y is the Wa Y
vertical distance from the top of the pipe at X1 (Y0) to a ter
point just touching the flowing water (Y1). Y1

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D √Y must decrease.
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27 When the flow rate of water is 2500 L/min, X = 25 cm and Y = 100 cm, which of the following is
the best estimate of the diameter of the pipe?
A 10 cm
B 20 cm
C 30 cm
D 40 cm

28 Which of the following would enable water to be pumped from a dam in the quickest time?

D X Y
(cm) (cm) (cm)
A 20 50 100
B 15 100 36
C 20 50 64
D There is insufficient information to determine this.

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Questions 29 and 30
The table below relates to male workers in England during the years 1890–1892. Assume that there is a
relationship between death rates and general health.

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Inn-keepers 44.48
Wharf labourers 40.71

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Lead workers 37.62
Tin miners 33.20

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Butchers 22.65
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Bricklayers 22.04
National average 21.37
Surgeons / GPs (P) 21.04
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Wool processors (West Riding*) 20.58

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Fishmongers 20.13
Fishermen 18.61
Barristers (P) 17.72
Railway porters 16.98
Coal miners (Northumberland and Durham*) 16.35
Railway engine drivers 16.09
Domestic servants 15.85
Grocers 14.34
School teachers (P) 14.31
Farm labourers 13.56
Clergymen (P) 10.52
Farmers 10.16
Artisans, mechanics 18.83

(P): professional
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29 Consider the following statement:

At the time covered by the table, dock and wharf labourers had very unhygienic

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Which of the following applies to the above statement?

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C The statement seems to be related to information in the table, but cannot definitely be

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D There is no information in the table to contradict or to support the statement.

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Most professional workers aged 45 to 55 were healthier than the average worker in that
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Which of the following applies to the above statement?
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A The statement is definitely supported by the information in the table.

B The statement is definitely contradicted by the information in the table.
C The statement seems to be related to information in the table, but cannot definitely be
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D There is no information in the table to contradict or to support the statement.

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Questions 31 – 33
When oil is spilled at sea, most types of oil form an oily layer that floats on the surface of the water. Initially,
the layer consists of pure oil. Often, however, the oil then mixes with seawater so that the layer becomes
an emulsion. This causes the volume of the layer to increase. Over time, the oily layer disperses and its
volume decreases.

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The graph indicates the behaviour of the oily layers formed by four different types of oil (I, II, III and IV)
following a spill at sea.

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contains
A about twice the volume of seawater as oil.
B about the same volume of seawater as oil.

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C about half the volume of seawater as oil.
D no seawater.

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33 According to the data, which type of oil forms an emulsion with the highest ratio of seawater
to oil?
A I
B II
C III
D IV

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Questions 34 – 37
The greenhouse effect is the phenomenon in which heat energy is trapped in the atmosphere by a layer of
certain gases. The effect, which may be enhanced by human industry, contributes to global warming.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases involved in the greenhouse effect. Other gases, although present
in the atmosphere in smaller quantities, can have a far greater effect.

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The table below lists some gases, and indicates how their concentrations in the atmosphere have increased
between the years 1800 and 2000. (It is expected that the concentrations in 1800 would have been little

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different from natural levels before the effect of human industry.)

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Global warming
Concentration in potential effect
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carbon dioxide 280 ppmv 370 ppmv 32% 1

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methane 700 ppbv 1 700 ppbv 143% 50

nitrous oxide 275 ppbv 315 ppbv p% 300
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sulfur hexafluoride 0 5 pptv – 10 000

perfluorocarbons q pptv 80 pptv 100% 5 000
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• ppmv means parts per million by volume (1 million = 1 000 000)

• ppbv means parts per billion by volume (1 billion = 1 000 000 000)
• pptv means parts per trillion by volume (1 trillion = 1 000 000 000 000)

For example, when carbon dioxide concentration is 10 ppmv, there are 10 litres of carbon dioxide gas in
each 1 000 000 litres of atmosphere.

34 Consider the claim ‘Sulfur hexafluoride is the most effective greenhouse gas.’
Which of the following best supports this claim?
A Each litre of sulfur hexafluoride in the atmosphere contributes more to global warming than
the same amount of any of the other gases.
B Each litre of air in the atmosphere is more warmed by sulfur hexafluoride than by any other
greenhouse gas.
C By 2000 there was more sulfur hexafluoride in the Earth’s atmosphere than there was of any
other greenhouse gas.
D By 2000 sulfur hexafluoride contributed more to global warming than did any other
greenhouse gas.

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A methane in 1800
B methane in 2000
C carbon dioxide in 1800

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37 Which of the following contributed most to global warming in 2000?

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A methane
B carbon dioxide
C perfluorocarbons
D sulfur hexafluoride

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Question 38
The graph below plots the body mass (weight) of 32 males and 24 females from different hunter-gatherer
groups around the world, against the average annual temperature of the region from which they come.
Please note that some of the dots overlap.

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38 Consider the following statement:

As temperature increases, the food distribution between the sexes in hunter-gatherer groups
becomes less fair.
Which of the following applies to the above statement?
A The statement is definitely supported by the information in the graph.
B The statement is definitely contradicted by the information in the graph.
C The statement seems to be related to information in the graph, but cannot definitely be
supported or contradicted.
D There is no information in the graph to contradict or support the statement.

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Questions 39 – 41
The following have been suggested as four common responses by people to the threat of natural disasters,
such as floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes and bushfires.

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A They deny or play down its existence.
B They deny or play down its recurrence.
C They make it predictable or understandable.

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D They place responsibility elsewhere.

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39 We should have recognised the signs.

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40 As they say, ‘Seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine’.

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For question 41, choose from the alternatives (A–D) provided below the question.

41 Which of the following responses is different to the four common responses listed at the beginning
of this unit?
A Why weren’t we told this could happen?
B We must make sure we are better prepared next time.
C Every ten years we seem to have some kind of disaster.
D Scientists are always predicting a disaster but it never happens.

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Questions 42 − 46
Many factories dispose of gaseous waste products, or pollutants, into the atmosphere via chimneys.
The figure below can be used to predict the maximum ground-level concentration (Cm) of the pollutants
from a chimney, where:

• U is wind speed in metres per second (m/s)

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• Q is rate of pollutant emission from a chimney in kilograms per hour (kg/h)
• A is a measure of air turbulence (Light, Moderate, Strong)

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• H is the height of the chimney in metres (m)
• Cm is maximum ground-level concentration of pollutants in milligrams per cubic metre (mg/m3).

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Wind speed 500

(m/s) 400 40
50 300
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6 400 4
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3 100 1 15

2 50 0.5
40 0.4
30 0.3
20 0.2
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A U would increase as a result of a decrease in Cm.
B U would decrease as a result of an increase in Cm.
C Cm would increase as a result of a decrease in U.

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D Cm would decrease as a result of a decrease in U.

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43 A company plans to build a factory with a 25 m chimney. The engineers want to maintain the

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To do this, it would be best to build on a site with

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44 A Cm of 0.2 mg/m3 can be achieved when U = 4 m/s, Q = 60 kg/h, A = Light and chimney height is
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B 20 m.
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D 40 m.
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45 An increase in which of the variables U, Q and A would result in an increase in Cm when the other
two variables, and H, stay constant?
A A only
B Q only
C Q and A
D U, Q and A

46 What is the greatest range of Cm that can occur where H = 20 m, A = Moderate and Q never
exceeds 150 kg/h?
A between 0.1 and 1 mg/m3
B between 1 and 10 mg/m3
C between 10 and 20 mg/m3
D between 20 and 40 mg/m3

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Question 47
The following statement is from a debate for and against the topic:

Giving food aid to poor countries does them more harm than good.

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47 Reinvigorating a bankrupt economy cannot be achieved by withholding food aid from it.

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B is most likely part of the argument against the topic.

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D is not relevant to either the argument for or against the topic.
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Question 48
When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster.

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48 This statement suggests that

A disaster is inevitable.
B awe inspires caution.
C awe encourages confidence.
D carelessness leads to disaster.

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 UNIT 21

Questions 49 and 50
The table below contains four descriptions of the possible effects of globalisation.

I III

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The formation of a global village – closer The disregard by some multinational
contact between different parts of the world, companies for the bounds of local laws and

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with increasing possibilities of personal standards, in order to utilise the cheaper labour
exchange, mutual understanding and and services of unequally developed countries

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friendship between ‘world citizens’, and the forced to compete with each other

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creation of a global civilisation

II IV

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The growing economic interdependence The spread of capitalism from some countries
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49 Description IV supports an argument

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A against globalisation.
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B in favour of globalisation.
C neither for nor against globalisation.
D that globalisation has yet to take effect.

50 Internationalism can be defined as ‘a political movement that promotes greater economic and
political cooperation between nations for the benefit of all’.
Which of the descriptions in the table has most in common with internationalism?
A I
B II
C III
D IV

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 ANSWERS

Unit Question Key Unit Question Key

1 1 C 12 26 D
2 D 27 C
2 3 C 28 B

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3 5 D 30 A

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9 A 15 34 A

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19 A 44 D
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9 20 B 45 C
10 21 A 46 C
22 C 19 47 B
11 23 D 20 48 B
24 D 21 49 C
25 A 50 A

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