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TCS GCA's - Science Quiz # 1 - for grade 11 (Pre Eng)

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement is correct?

a)

Infra-red radiation cannot travel in a vacuum.

b)

Infra-red radiation cannot travel in solids or in gases.

c)

Infra-red radiation can only travel in a vacuum.

d)

Infra-red radiation can travel in a vacuum and in gases.

2.

An echo sounder produces ultrasound of frequency 24 kHz. The ultrasound travels in water at speed of 1.5 km / s.


What is the wavelength in water of ultrasound of this frequency?

a)

0.063 m

b)

16 m

c)

36 m

d)

63 m

3.

1 A loudspeaker produces a sound wave of frequency 50 Hz. The amplitude of the sound wave is increased.

What is heard?

a)

a louder sound of a higher pitch

b)

a louder sound of the same pitch

c)

a sound of higher pitch but the same loudness

d)

a sound of the same pitch and loudness as before

4.

Some of the liquid in a dish evaporates, as shown in the diagrams.


Which molecules leave the liquid and which molecules in the liquid have greater average kinetic energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

What is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion?

a)

force

b)

motion

c)

inertia

d)

gravity

6.

Motion is the result of ____ force

a)

balanced

b)

no

c)

unbalanced

d)

forward force

7.
How is 0.00069 written in scientific notation?
a)
69 x 10-5
b)
6.9 x 104
c)
0.69 x 10-3
d)
6.9 x 10-4
8.
When turned on, a light bulb could GIVE OFF what two types of energy.
a)
Light and Electrical
b)
Heat and Electrical
c)
Heat and Light
d)
Mechanical and Light
9.
A swimmer pushes back on the water and moves forward. This is an example of:
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
10.
What would cause the golf ball to stop rolling on the green?
a)
Gravity
b)
Vector
c)
Mass
d)
Friction
11.
There are ___ millimeters(mm) in 2.7 centimeters (cm)
a)
270 mm
b)
.27 mm
c)
27 mm
d)
.027 mm
12.
Which number is the largest?
a)
4.13 x 10^9
b)
5.22 x 10^2
c)
4.51 x 10^3
d)
5.98 x 10^5
13.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
14.
Which is not an example of acceleration?
a)
Driving at a constant speed 
b)
A bat hitting a ball
c)
Throwing a football 
d)
Kicking a soccer ball
15.

While you’re ice-skating with your friends, you push off from one end of the rink and slide forward. Based on Newton’s first law of motion, what is true?

a)

You will lose your balance and fall over before you reach the middle of the ice rink.

b)

You will continue to slide across the ice until a force makes you stop or change direction.

c)

The force of gravity will make you keep your velocity until your friends make you stop.

d)

The size of your ice skates will determine how quickly or slowly you travel across the ice

16.

An element X forms a positive ion with the electronic structure 2,8,8. What is the proton (atomic) number of X?

a)

16

b)

17

c)

18

d)

19

17.

What answer selection best describes the rows of the Periodic Table?

a)

Periods

b)

Groups

c)

Representative Elements

d)

Transition Elements

18.

Which two substances are elements with a giant molecular structure?

a)

diamond and graphite

b)

diamond and sand

c)

methane and iodine

d)

methane and sand

19.

Which gas contains the same number of molecules as 9g of water?

a)

2g of hydrogen

b)

14g of nitrogen

c)

32g of oxygen

d)

44g of carbon dioxide

20.

The mass of one mole of a chloride formed by a metal Y is 74.5g. What is the formula of the chloride?

a)

Y3Cl

b)

Y2Cl

c)

YCl

d)

YCl 2

21.

What is not an example of oxidation?

a)

converting iron(III) salts into iron(II) salts

b)

converting magnesium atoms into magnesium ions

c)

dissolving of a copper anode during electrolysis

d)

liberating chlorine from a chloride

22.

What is the concentration of iodine, I2, molecules in a solution containing 2.54g of iodine in 250cm3 of solution?

a)

0.01mol/ dm3

b)

0.02mol/ dm3

c)

0.04mol/ dm3

d)

0.08mol/ dm3

23.

The equation for the burning of hydrogen in oxygen is shown below.

2H2(g) + O2(g) ----> 2H2O(g)


Which information does this equation give about the reaction?

a)

36g of steam can be obtained from 16g of oxygen.

b)

2g of hydrogen combine with 1g of oxygen.

c)

2mol of steam can be obtained from 1mol of oxygen.

d)

2 atoms of hydrogen combine with 2 atoms of oxygen.

24.

Which change will increase the speed of the reaction between 1 mol of each of the gases, X and Y?

a)

a decrease in surface area of the catalyst

b)

a decrease in temperature

c)

a decrease in the volume of the reaction flask

d)

an increase in the volume of the reaction flask

25.

Which oxide can be reduced to the metal by hydrogen?

a)

calcium oxide

b)

copper(II) oxide

c)

magnesium oxide

d)

sodium oxide

26.

124 g of phosphorus vapour has the same volume as 71 g of chlorine gas at the same temperature and pressure.


What is the formula of a molecule of phosphorus?

a)

P8

b)

P4

c)

P2

d)

P

27.

In which change is the nitrogen reduced?

a)

NH3 to NO

b)

NH3 to NO3 –

c)

N2 to NH3

d)

N3– to N2

28.

Which gas burns in air to form a single product?

a)

ammonia

b)

carbon monoxide

c)

hydrogen chloride

d)

methane

29.

A student tested a solution by adding aqueous sodium hydroxide.

A precipitate was not seen because the reagent was added too quickly. What could not have been present in the solution?

a)

Al 3+

b)

Ca2+

c)

NH4 +

d)

Zn2+

30.

The empirical formula of a liquid compound is C2H4O. To find the empirical formula, it is necessary to know the

a)

density of the compound.

b)

percentage composition of the compound.

c)

relative molecular mass of the compound.

d)

volume occupied by 1 mole of the compound.

31.

The number system that has base digits 0 and 1 is called __________________________ number system?

a)

Binary

b)

Denary

c)

Hexadecimal

32.

What type of device is this?

a)

INPUT DEVICE

b)

OUTPUT DEVICE

c)

STORAGE DEVICE

d)

PROCESSING DEVICE

33.

The example of an operating system is

a)

MS-Paint

b)

Windows 7

c)

Photoshop

d)

Google

34.

A group of eight bits is known as

a)

bit

b)

byte

c)

bite

d)

kilo bit

35.

RAM and ROM are the example of ___________________________ type of memory?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Offline

d)

Online

36.

SSD and HDD are the examples of ___________________ type of memory?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Extra

d)

Cloud

37.

Visual basic and Python are the examples of _______________ type of languages?

a)

Low-level

b)

High-level

c)

Machine code

d)

Middle-level

38.

Flowchart is pictorial representation of an algorithm?

a)

True

b)

False

39.

______________computer architecture has three base components CPU, Memory and Buses

a)

Von neuman

b)

Charles babbage

c)

John Vincent

40.

________________operaring system is very popular in portable devices cellphones and tablets

a)

Windows

b)

Android

c)

Linux

d)

MS DOS

41.

_________________ language use mnemonics like commands

a)

Assembly

b)

High-level

c)

English

d)

Chinese

42.

_________________ is a number that is assigned by a network every time computer is connects to the internet

a)

IP Address

b)

MAC Address

c)

Physical Address

d)

Networking Address

43.

USB Stands for?

a)

Universal standard bus

b)

Universal serial bus

c)

Universal support bus

d)

Universal storage bus

44.

External Hard disk and Memory cards are an example of _______________ storage

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

offline

d)

Cloud

45.

LAN stands for

a)

Large area network

b)

Local area network

c)

Literal area network

d)

Lightest area network