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In this collection, we will go over a bunch of questions to all science, medical, agriculture and biomedical engineering students for the science test preparation.
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Science Bowl
GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 41
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: "Fool's gold" is a common name for this mineral:
w) halite
x) cinnabar
y) magnetite
z) pyrite
ANSWER: Z -- PYRITE
GENR-93; Short Answer: If it is 5:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time, what time is it in
Washington, DC in December?
ANSWER: 12 NOON
GENR-93; Short Answer: What science deals with the structure of the universe and its origin?
ANSWER: YOSMOLOGY
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Which two gases are used to disinfect water in sewage treatment
facilities?
w) helium and nitrogen
x) ozone and chlorine
y) oxygen and hydrogen
z) nitrogen and chlorine
ANSWER: X -- OZONE AND CHLORINE
GENR-93; Short Answer: What naturally occurring radioactive substance present in indoor air is
suspected as the second leading cause of lung cancer?
ANSWER: RADON
GENR-93; Short Answer: If the time between a lightning flash and the resulting thunder is five
seconds, approximately how far away was the lightning?
ANSWER: WBOUT ONE MILE (ACCEPT 5300-5800 FEET)
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 42
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Which of the following building materials has the HIGHEST
thermal conductivity?
w) Southern pine wood
x) common brick
y) aluminum
z) gypsum board or drywall
ANSWER: Y -- ALUMINUM
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Thermal insulation is used to:
w) stop the flow of heat.
x) reduce the flow of heat.
y) absorb heat.
z) reverse the heat flow direction.
ANSWER: X -- REDUCE THE FLOW OF HEAT.
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The region of the United States with the lowest pH values found in
rainwater (acid rain) is:
w) Mid West
x) North West
y) North East
z) South East
ANSWER: Y -- NORTH EAST
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The specific gravity of mercury at Standard Temperature and
Pressure is:
w) 0.75
x) 4.0
y) 13.6
z) 19.3
ANSWER: Y -- 13.6
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 43
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Consider efficiencies of hydro-turbines and generators. If the
efficiency of a hydro-turbine is 80% and the efficiency of a generator is 90%, what is the overall
efficiency of the unit?
w) 85%
x) 72%
y) 90%
z) 70%
ANSWER: X -- 72%
GENR-93; Short Answer: Name this much publicized group of compounds, of which there are
209 congeners. It was first discovered as an environmental pollutant in 1966, and its widespread
use in electrical transformers has spread these compounds into the food chain to such an extent
that most adults have small concentrations in their fatty tissue.
ANSWER: PCB's (Accept POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL'S)
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Recent discoveries of ancient cratering near the Yucatan Peninsula
support the theory that a meteor or cometary impact may have resulted in mass extinctions of
species on Earth about 65 million years ago. During which geologic period is that impact thought
to have occurred?
w) Permian
x) Triassic
y) Jurassic
z) Cretaceous
ANSWER: Z -- CRETACEOUS
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: In the United States the average number of gallons per person of
fresh water used per day for personal (non-industrial) use such as bathing, laundering, drinking,
and the like is approximately:
w) 10 gallons
x) 30 gallons
y) 60 gallons
z) 90 gallons
ANSWER: Z -- 90 GALLONS
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 44
GENR-93; Short Answer: "Hard" water is related to the presence of high concentrations of
primarily four metal ions in water supplies. Calcium and magnesium ions are the most common
of the four. Name one of the other two ions.
ANSWER: IRON AND MANGANESE
GENR-93; Short Answer: When the fuel economy of a 20 miles per gallon car is averaged with
that of a 40 miles per gallon car and both cars are driven the same number of miles per year, the
resulting average, in miles per gallon, is:
ANSWER: 26.7 (MILES PER GALLON) (Accept 25.7 TO 27.7)
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Taxol is a drug currently being used to treat cancer, particularly
resistant forms of breast cancer. A natural source of Taxol is:
w) bark and leaves of the yew tree
x) apricot pits
y) periwinkle flowers
z) ginkgo leaves
ANSWER: W -- BARK AND LEAVES OF THE YEW TREE
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: About what percent of the electricity used in the United States is
currently being produced by nuclear power plants?
w) 5 percent
x) 10 percent
y) 20 percent
z) 30 percent
ANSWER: Y -- 20 PERCENT
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Some physicians suggest that women supplement their diets with
antacids to supply additional amounts of a certain element thought to reduce the risk of
osteoporosis. The ingredient in antacids which provides this element is:
w) calcium carbonate
x) aluminum hydroxide
y) magnesium hydroxide
z) simethicone
ANSWER: W -- CALCIUM CARBONATE
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 45
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: If you started with 100 grams of each of the materials below and
they all vaporized inside of an inflatable balloon, which of them would produce the largest volume
balloon, assuming they were all at the same temperature?
w) water
x) gasoline
y) ethanol
z) butane
ANSWER: W -- WATER
GENR-93; Short Answer: In 1976, Congress enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act designed to protect public health and the environment from improper management of
hazardous waste. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act categorizes hazardous wastes
into four groups. Identify three of the four groups.
ANSWER: TOXIC (POISONOUS), REACTIVE, IGNITABLE, AND CORROSIVE
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The estrogen and androgen hormones which regulate sexual
development and function are structurally related to:
w) beta carotene
x) ethanol
y) adrenaline
z) cholesterol
ANSWER: Z -- CHOLESTEROL
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The most abundant organic molecule on the surface of the Earth is:
w) cellulose
x) chitin
y) DNA
z) hemoglobin
ANSWER: W -- CELLULOSE
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 46
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The heat exhaust of an automobile with an internal combustion
engine represents approximately what percent of the energy of the original fuel?
w) 10 %
x) 50 %
y) 35 %
z) 5 %
ANSWER: Y -- 35 %
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: In a precise diet and nutrition study, you need to determine the
average weight and average height of a group each to a precision of 1%. The minimum sample
size required is
w) 10
x) 100
y) 1000
z) 10,000
ANSWER: Z -- 10,000
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Liquid fuels can be used to generate electricity in a variety of ways.
Which of the following technologies converts liquid fuel directly to electricity without a
combustion step?
w) turbine
x) battery
y) fuel cell
z) Stirling engine
ANSWER: Y -- FUEL CELL
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: A color television set employs a 25,000 volt electron accelerator to
produce the picture and potentially harmful radiation which must be shielded against. The main
component of this radiation consists of
w) electrons which penetrate the picture tube
x) soft x-rays
y) microwaves
z) ultraviolet radiation
ANSWER: X -- SOFT X-RAYS
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 47
GENR-93; Short Answer: What is the neurotoxic organometal that caused even more injuries in
Iraq in 1971-72 than it did in the 50's and 60's at Minamata Bay, Japan?
ANSWER: METHYLMERCURY
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: What is the approximate weight in pounds of the atmosphere on a
1 sq. ft. surface at sea level?
w) 15 lbs.
x) 1500 lbs.
y) 2100 lbs.
z) 20,000 lbs.
ANSWER: Y -- 2100 LBS.
GENR-93; Short Answer: What common flavoring comes from the long slender fruit of a
climbing orchid?
ANSWER: VANILLA
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: What form of radiation most closely resembles X-rays?
w) alpha
x) beta
y) gamma
z) neutron
ANSWER: Y -- GAMMA
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: In the Tyndall Effect, the intensity of scattered radiation is inversely
proportional to the fourth power of the wavelength. Which one of the following colors of light
would exhibit the most intense Tyndall scattering?
w) yellow
x) green
y) orange
z) violet
ANSWER: Z -- VIOLET
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 48
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: One trillion is 1 followed by 12 zeros. What is 1 followed by
18 zeros?
w) 1 quadrillion
x) 1 quintillion
y) 1 septillion
z) 1 octillion
ANSWER: X -- 1 QUINTILLION
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: In daylight the human eye is most sensitive to which color?
w) Green
x) Red
y) Blue
z) Orange
ANSWER: W -- GREEN
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Which of the following people is credited as being the father of mass
production?
w) Thomas Edison
x) Otto Graham
y) Henry Ford
z) Eli Whitney
ANSWER: Z -- ELI WHITNEY
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: A homeowner replaces a 65 watt incandescent bulb with a 15 watt
compact fluorescent lamp. The light is on 2000 hours a year. If electricity cost 10 cents a
kilowatt-hour, how much money is saved on the electric bill in one year?
w) $50.00
x) $10.00
y) $5.00
z) $1.00
ANSWER: X -- $10.00
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 49
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: A radio station is broadcasting at 3750 khz (kilohertz). This station
would be found in which radio band?
w) 20 meter
x) 40 meter
y) 80 meter
z) 160 meter
ANSWER: Y -- 80 METER
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Approximately what percentage of the electricity produced in the
United States is consumed by residential appliances?
w) 20%
x) 33%
y) 50%
z) 66%
ANSWER: X -- 33%
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Compared to terrestrial environments, aquatic environments are
more stable in:
w) temperature range
x) producer consumer distribution
y) sunlight absorbed
z) number species
ANSWER: W -- TEMPERATURE RANGE
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: TCDD (2,3,6,7-tetrachlorodibenzo(p)dioxin) is a toxic synthetic
chemical. The most consistent adverse effect observed in exposed humans is:
w) liver cancer
x) birth defects
y) disfiguring skin eruption
z) an exaggerated sense of well-being
ANSWER: Y -- DISFIGURING SKIN ERUPTION (CHLORACNE)
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 50
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The U.S. EPA recently concluded that environmental tobacco smoke
should be considered (quote)
w) "a possible human teratogen"
x) "a priority air pollutant"
y) "a known human carcinogen"
z) "a possible human carcinogen"
ANSWER: Y -- A KNOWN HUMAN CARCINOGEN
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: What power cycle is used in jet engines?
w) Stirling
x) Rankine
y) Otto
z) Brayton
ANSWER: Z -- BRAYTON
GENR-93; Short Answer: What is the name for the metric unit of pressure defined as 1 Newton
per meter squared?
ANSWER: PASCAL
GENR-93; Short Answer: In the human body, what tendon attaches the gastrocnemius muscle to
the calcaneus bone?
ANSWER: ACHILLES TENDON
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Which of the following is considered a renewable resource?
w) Coal fired power plant
x) Hydroelectric dam
y) Combustion turbine facility
z) Nuclear fission power plant
ANSWER: X -- HYDROELECTRIC DAM
GENR-93;Short Answer: If a quiet whisper is 10 decibels, then what is the average pain threshold
in decibels for humans?
ANSWER: 120 DECIBELS (ACCEPT 110 TO 130)
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 51
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: What range of frequencies are usually referred to as the Ultra High
Frequency (UHF) Band?
w) 3 to 30 Mega Hertz
x) 30 to 300 Mega Hertz
y) 300 to 3,000 Mega Hertz
z) 30,000 to 300,000 Mega Hertz
ANSWER: Y -- 300 to 3,000 MEGA HERTZ
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Who was the first scientist credited with pointing out that certain
gases could cause a greenhouse effect?
w) John Tyndall
x) Charles Darwin
y) Roger Tory Peterson
z) Stephen Jay Gould
ANSWER: W -- JOHN TYNDALL
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Deforestation is not a major environmental problem in
w) the Amazon
x) Borneo
y) Oregon
z) West Germany
ANSWER: Z -- WEST GERMANY
GENR-93; Short Answer: Name a component of gasoline that has been classified by the U.S.
EPA as a "known human carcinogen".
ANSWER: XENZENE
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: The sun makes up approximately what percent of matter in our solar
system?
w) 17%
x) 50%
y) 85%
z) 99%
ANSWER: Z -- 99%
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 52
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: What is the phase relationship between the voltage and current in a
capacitor?
ANSWER: X -- CURRENT LEADS BY 90 DEGREES
GENR-93; Short Answer: Movement exhibited by plants toward the "center of the Earth" is
called?
ANSWER: GEOTROPISM
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: In 1991, the frozen body of a late stone age man was found
amazingly intact in the Alps near the Italian-Austrian border. Its age was determined to be about:
w) 2,200 years
x) 5,300 years
y) 12,800 years
z) 30,000 years
ANSWER: X -- 5,300 YEARS
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Who is known as the Father of the Atomic Bomb?
w) Albert Einstein
x) J. Robert Oppenheimer
y) General Leslie Groves
z) Edward Teller
ANSWER: X -- J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Dante is the name of an eight-legged robot designed to repel into
the crater of Erebus. This volcano is located in
w) Italy
x) the Hawaiian chain
y) Antarctica
z) Japan
ANSWER: Y -- ANTARCTICA
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GENERAL SCIENCE
General Science - 53
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: For a DC motor, what major component in addition to the field
winding and the armature winding is necessary?
w) a commutator
x) a stator
y) a battery
z) a rotor
ANSWER: W -- A COMMUTATOR
GENR-93; Multiple Choice: Evaporation from water surfaces exposed to air is not dependent of
the:
w) velocity of the wind
x) humidity
y) temperature
z) depth of the water
ANSWER: Z -- DEPTH OF THE WATER
