Road to ASMOPSS X – Science Secondary
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3. Questions displayed per page: 5
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5. Will let you finish with some questions un-attempted if you are not
sure of an answer.
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Problems and Scoring:
1. There are 25 multiple choice problems, with 5 (five) possible
answers (A, B, C, D, E).
2. 3 points for the correct answer.
3. -1 point (deduction) for the wrong answer.
4. 0 points (no deduction) for the unanswered question.
5. There are 25 points for the initial score.
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Secretariat.
1. Where can we find ribosomes?
A. Only in the nucleus.
B. In the cytoplasm.
C. Attached to the smooth endoplasmic reticulum.
D. Only in eukaryotic cells.
E. Both B and C.
2. In the photosynthesis, what is the donor of electrons that are passed
along during the light dependent reactions?
A. Water
B. Hydrogen
C. Carbon
D. Photons
E. Oxygen
3. Part of photosynthetic tissues that is responsible for gas exchange is …
A. mesophyll
B. epidermis
C. stomata
D. guard cells
E. aerophiles
4. After boiling a sample of milk with Benedict’s solution, a yellow colour is
observed. Which conclusion about the sample of milk is correct?
A. Reducing sugars are not present.
B. Reducing sugars are present.
C. There is a high concentration of fructose.
D. There is a low concentration of sucrose.
E. There is a trace of glucose
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5. The following advice was given to a person travelling to a country where
there had been an outbreak of an infectious disease.
1) cook food well and eat it hot
2) peel fruit and vegetables
3) drink only cool, boiled water
4) wash hands often with soap and cool, boiled water
Which infectious disease would this advice help to protect against?
A. cholera
B. malaria
C. measles
D. tuberculosis
E. sleeping sickness
6. Which of the following statement is correct about DNA?
A. A-G base pairs are more stable than A-C pairs.
B. G-C base pairs are probably more durable than A-T pairs.
C. Adenine is more common than guanine in an RNA molecule.
D. Only DNA uses an alternation of pentose and phosphate in its
backbone.
E. Nitrogenous bases are hidden from the aqueous environment of the
cell in RNA molecules.
7. What happens if cytokinesis does not take place in a mitotic division?
A. The cells die.
B. The cells will lose some of their chromosomes
C. A new species can arise
D. A multinucleate situation occurs
E. Cancer is a likely result due to the excessive numbers of genes in the
cell.
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8. The diagram shows three routes, X, Y and Z, through which substances can
pass across a cell surface membrane.
Which correctly shows the routes for vitamin D, which is fat soluble, and
vitamin C, which is water soluble?
Vitamin D Vitamin C
A Y X
B X Y
C X Z
D Z Y
E Y Z
9. The pulmonary semilunar valve prevents a back-flow of blood into the...
A. pulmonary artery
B. left ventricle
C. right ventricle
D. right atrium
E. lungs
10. The peripheral nervous system includes mixed nerves that ….
A. serve the muscular and skeletal system
B. serve the sympathetic system
C. serve the parasympathetic system
D. contain both sensory and motor fibers
E. do not always know how to respond
11. The sense of smell is dependent on … cells.
A. optic
B. auditory
C. olfactory
D. proprioceptor
E. odiferous
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12. Because only about ten percent of the energy of one trophic level is
converted into organisms at the next trophic level, ….
A. food chains are rarely longer than 4 or 5 links
B. there are far fewer big fierce animals
C. a lot of tissue is available to decomposers
D. there will nearly always be more herbivore tissues than carnivore
tissues
E. all of the answers above are true
13. … occurs when one species resembles another that possess an
antipredator defense.
A. Predation
B. Speciation
C. Succession
D. Mutualism
E. Mimicry
14. What of the following activities would be hard to do if a person had
an injured cerebellum?
A. talking and listening to friends
B. singing a song
C. dancing
D. recognizing colors
E. controlling emotions
15. The diagram shows a kidney and its blood vessels.
In healthy person, which structure(s) transport glucose?
A. artery only
B. artery and ureter
C. artery and vein
D. ureter and vein
E. vein only
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16. Zorro has a 12 V battery and three resistors, with each resistance are
2 , 3 , dan 6 . Then he arranged the resistors in parallel.
After that, he measured the voltage and the current of the resistors and
the battery by using Voltmeter and Amperemeter. Which number is
probably he can get from the Voltmeter and the Amperemeter?
Voltmeter Amperemet
er
A. 12 V 12 A
B. 12 V 1A
C. 6V 1A
D. 6V 4A
E. 2V 2A
17. Which statement is correct about the electrical property of material?
A. All electrical conductor always in solid-state.
B. All electrical conductor should be metal.
C. Salt crystal is an electrical conductor.
D. Gold has better in electrical conducting than iron.
E. Neon gas at atmospheric pressure is an electrical conductor.
18. Ambulance’s siren has 1 kHz frequency. An observer hears the siren
with 1.1 kHz frequency. The possible condition why he can hear the
higher frequency is ….
A. The observer is moving closer to the ambulance and the ambulance
is moving closer to the observer.
B. The observer is moving away from the ambulance and the ambulance
is moving away from the observer.
C. The ambulance is moving away from the observer and the observer is
at rest.
D. The ambulance is at rest and the observer is moving away from the
ambulance.
E. It is impossible to happen.
19. Charly throws and catches the ball with Donny inside a bus. When the
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bus stops, the ball needs 2 seconds when Charly throws to Donny. And it
also needs 2 seconds when Donny throws to Charly.
Back Side Front Side
Charly Donny
Bus
When the bus is moving, with the same power, the time the ball that
Charly throws to Donny is more than 2 seconds. And the time the ball
that Donny throws to Charly is less than 2 seconds.
How does the movement of the bus?
A. The bus is moving forward.
B. The bus is moving backwards.
C. The bus is moving forward with constant speed.
D. The bus is moving forward with constant acceleration.
E. The bus is moving forward with constant deceleration (braking)
20. In the new normal Covid-19 situation, some public facilities treat a
high standard for health. One of the standards is a visitor with a
temperature higher than 38.5°C will not allow to enter the public
facilities.
Three students measure their temperature on a different scale.
Antony 100 °F.
Rudolf 310 K.
Lisa 30 °R.
Which students are allowed to enter?
A. All of them
B. Only Anthony and Rudolf
C. Only Lisa
D. Only Rudolf and Lisa
E. No one can enter.
21. Keke and Lala are lifting boxes into the truck. Keke lifts a box directly
upward, and Lala using an inclined plane to move the boxes into the
truck. Both of them lift the box at the same time.
Who gives more Force, Work and Power according to the statement
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above?
Force Work Power
A. Keke Lala Lala
B. Keke same same
C. same Keke Keke
D. Lala Lala same
E. Keke same Lala
22. A simple manometer is used to measure gas pressure in the
container, based on the picture.
What can we say about the gas pressure in the container?
A. Greater than atmospheric pressure.
B. Its relative pressure is negative.
C. Its absolute pressure is negative.
D. There is no gas inside the container (vacuum)
E. Its pressure is the same with atmospheric pressure.
23. Which object has the fastest final velocity?
A. A car which moves in the constant velocity of 100 km/hour.
B. A car initially at rest, then accelerated 2 m/s 2 for 10 seconds.
C. A car with an initial speed of 40 km/hour, then accelerated 3 m/s2 for
5 seconds.
D. A car with an initial speed of 120 km/hour, then decelerated 5 m/s 2
for 2 seconds.
E. A car with an initial speed of 40 m/s then decelerated 2 m/s2 for 10
seconds.
24. A magnifying glass is used to see an object 10 cm from it. If the
image size is 4 times bigger than the object, what is the focal length of
the magnifying glass?
A. 8 cm
B. 10 cm
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C. 40/3 cm
D. 20 cm
E. 80/3 cm
25. Which statement is correct about Archimedes Force (Buoyance
Force):
A. When an object floats, Buoyance Force is more than Weight.
B. When an object sinks, Buoyance Force is less than Weight.
C. Buoyance force is always the same as Weight, either it floats or sinks.
D. Either object floats or sinks, its total force is not zero.
E. Buoyance force is greater when the object near the surface.
