UPCAT 2018 REVIEWER

SCIENCE

1. The Philippine Trench is located in the east side of the Philippines and its deepest point is
known as the Galathea depth which reaches 10 540 meters. How are trenches formed?

a. Through hotspots mechanism

b. Convergence of continental crust with oceanic crust

c. Divergence of oceanic plates

d. Convergence of two continental crust

2. It is the disintegration and chemical alteration of rocks at/or near the Earths surface.

a. Diagenesis

b. Erosion

c. Deposition

d. Weathering

3. A reaction that occurs only when heat is added is described as ___.

a. Exothermic

b. Endothermic

c. Stoichiometric

d. Unstable
4. Kalibasib runs 12.0 m east and then 28.0 m in a direction 30.0 degrees east of north. How
far is Kalibasib from the starting point?

a. 24.3 m

b. 28.1 m

c. 34.8 m

d. 35.6 m

5. A projectile is launched at a 30 degree angle above the horizontal. Where will be the
projectiles acceleration is greatest?

a. The acceleration is the same and nonzero at all points along the trajectory

b. At the highest point of trajectory

c. At a point between the highest point of trajectory and where it hits the ground

d. The acceleration is zero at all points along the trajectory

6. A cart is pushed and undergoes a certain acceleration. How would the acceleration be
compared if it were pushed with twice the net force while its mass increased by four:

a. One quarter

b. Half

c. Twice

d. The same

7. Three spheres are suspended from thin threads. It is found that spheres 1 and 2 repel each
other and that spheres 2 and three repel each other. From this we can conclude that ___.

a. 1 and 3 carry charges of opposite sign.

b. 1 and 3 carry charges of equal sign.

c. All three carry charges of the same sign.

d. One of the objects carries no charge.

8. Which of the following statement/s is/are always true?
I. Charge is always conserved.
II. Object can only be positively or negatively charged,
III. The charge of an object can only be integral multiples of ! e

a. I only

b. II only

c. III only

d. I, II, and III

9. It is a substance that produces H+ ions (protons) when it is dissolved in water.

a. Acid

b. Base

c. Ethanol

d. Salt

10. Which of the following is true?

a. Absorption of an electron by the nucleus is followed by X radiation.

b. Atomic number decreases by 4 upon emission of alpha particle.

c. Atomic number decreases by 4 upon emission of alpha particle

d. Beta decay involving conversion of a proton to neutron inside the nucleus emits !-
particle.

11. The following are formula of the gas laws. Identify the incorrect equation:

a. Boyles Law: P1V1=P2V2

b. Charles Law: V=k/t

c. Avogadros Law: V=c x n

d. Ideal Gas Equation: PV=nRT

12. Which of the following is not a Sedimentary rock?

a. Conglomerate

b. Breccia

c. Basalt

d. Chalk

13. Which is the hardest mineral in the group?

a. Orthoclase

b. Calcite

c. Apatite

d. Topaz

14. A sample of vinegar is 4% acetic acid by mass. If the density of vinegar sample is 1.006 g/
mL, what volume is needed to obtain 65.7 g of acetic acid?

15. Fill in the blanks:

16. Cobalt-60 has a half-life of 5.27 years. How much of a 3.42 g sample would remain after
30.0 years?

17. Suppose that hypothetical nuclide A decays to nuclide B. The half-life of nuclide A is 1000
years. Find the ratio of the amounts of B to A after 720 years.

18. In a foreign land, 1 "boom" = 7.11 meters and 1 "panes" = 4.20 seconds. What is 1.0 m/s2 in
boom/panes2?
19. The positions of two blocks at successive 0.20-s time intervals are represented by the
numbered squares in the figure below. The blocks are moving toward the right. Which of the
following is true?

a. The acceleration of A is greater than the acceleration of B.

b. The acceleration of A equals the acceleration of B. Both accelerations are zero

c. The acceleration of A equals the acceleration of B. Both accelerations are greater

than zero.

d. The acceleration of B is greater than the acceleration of A.

20. Block A (mA = 2 kg) is initially at rest on top of block B as shown.

Atlas moves block B from rest by applying a constant horizontal
force on it. Block A remains at rest on top of block B due to the

frictional force ! f of block B on block A. How much work was done by ! f on block A after
block A gained a kinetic energy of 10 J?

a. -10J

b. zero

c. 10J

d. 20J

21. You toss a stone of mass m straight upward with kinetic energy K. If the stone reached a
maximum height h, what is its kinetic energy when it is at a height of h/4?

a. ()K

b. (3/8)K

c. (1/4)K

d. (1/2)K
22. Two identical eggs are dropped from the same height; one on hard concrete and the other on
a soft pillow. Both eggs ended up at rest. Which of the following quantities is larger for the
egg-pillow system?

a. impulse on the egg

b. change in momentum of the egg

c. maximum net force on the egg

d. time it takes for the egg to come to rest

23. What are the factors to be considered in order to say that work is done?

a. Weight and distance

b. Weight and force

c. Force and distance

d. Force and weight

24. What explains Mars red color?

a. Presence of algae

b. Sunlight

c. Presence of iron

d. None of the above

25. A graduated cylinder is filled with 50ml of oil and a coin was dropped in it. What does it
mean when the level of the oil rose to 53 ml?

a. This does not mean anything.

b. The coins volume is 3ml.

c. The coin has more density than oil.

d. The oil has more density than the coin.

26. Why do men feel weightless in the moon?

a. Because a mans weight decreases when he is in the moon.

b. Because a mans mass decreases when he is in the moon.

c. Because there is no gravity in the moon.

d. Because the moons gravitational pull is lesser than that of the earth.

27. How much work is done when you walk 100 meters on a plain surface and you carry 50kg
of load?

a. 1500

b. 100

c. 750

d. 0

28. The following characteristics describe the organism under Kingdom Monera except:

a. Aerobic

b. Made up of prokaryotes

c. Microscopic

d. Absence of nuclear membrane

29. The following are nucleotide bases except:

a. Guanine

b. Adenosine

c. Thymine

d. Chromatin

30. What volume of HCl is needed to prepare 6L of 5 molar hydrochloric acid from a 6 molar
solution?
 a. 5.5 L

b. 5 L

c. 6 L

d. 5.25 L

31. The pH level of water in a certain community is 7.2. This means that the water is:

a. Very acidic

b. Acidic

c. Organic

d. Basic

32. What type of tissue comprise the inner lining of the digestive tract?

a. Muscular

b. Connective

c. Epithelial

d. Nervous