APTITUDE EXAMINATION

Junior High School - Physical Science

____1. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

a. displacement b. distance c. reference point d. velocity
____2. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
a. displacement b. distance c. speed d. time
____3. Which of the following quantities shows displacement?
a. 4 m/s b. 5 m/s2 c. 40 m/s north d. 40 m east
____4. Which of the following quantities shows velocity?
a. 4 m/s b. 5 m/s2 c. 40 m/s north d. 40 m east
____5. Which of the following quantities is an acceleration quantity?
a. 2.0 m/s2 north b. 5 m east c. 20 m/s west d. 45 m/s
____6. Which refers to the ratio between the change in velocity and time?
a. acceleration b. distance c. speed d. velocity
____7. Which refers to the ratio between length of space covered and the time it takes to cover this space?
a. acceleration b. distance c. motion d. speed
____8. What is the average speed of a car that starts from rest and gains a speed of 80 m/s?
a. 40 m b. 80 m c. 40 m/s d. 80 m/s
____9. What is the negative acceleration of a truck that runs at 50 m/s and stops after 5 s?
a. – 25 m/s2 b. – 10 m/s2 c. – 5 m/s2 d. – 2 m/s2
____10. A student moves east covering 50 m, north covering 100 m, then west covering 50 m. What is his displacement?
a. 50 m b. 100 m c. 100 m North d. 100 m South
____11. Which is a disturbance that transfers energy?
a. matter b. medium c. particle d. wave
____12. Which is true about electromagnetic and mechanical waves?
a. Electromagnetic waves maybe transverse, surface or longitudinal.
b. Electromagnetic waves require a medium unlike mechanical waves.
c. Mechanical waves have two regions; rarefaction and compression regions.
d. Mechanical waves require a medium unlike electromagnetic.
____13. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. gamma ray b. light wave c. radio wave d. water wave
____14. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. microwave b. seismic wave c. sound wave d. tsunami
____15. What wave vibrates the medium at right angle to the direction in which the wave travels?
a. electromagnetic wave c. mechanical wave
b. longitudinal wave d. transverse wave
____16. What wave vibrates a medium in the same direction as that in which the wave travels?
a. electromagnetic wave c. mechanical wave
b. longitudinal wave d. transverse wave
____17. What is the maximum displacement of a wave?
a. amplitude b. crest c. equilibrium state d. trough
____18. It is the length from a crest to the next crest.
a. frequency b. period c. wavelength d. both a and b
____19. Which of the following is true?
a. The compression region is circular.
b. The compression region is the densest part of the wave.
c. The rarefaction region is circular.
d. The rarefaction region is the densest part of the wave.
____20. What is the speed of sound wave whose wavelength is 15 meters and frequency is 15 Hz?
a. 0 m/s b. 1 m/s c. 30 m/s d. 225 m/s
____21. It is produced by vibration and requires a medium to transmit energy.
a. pitch b. loudness c. sound d. tone
____22. It refers to the highness and lowness of sound and it depends on the frequency.
a. pitch b. loudness c. sound d. tone
____23. It is the science of the measurement of the brightness of light.
a. Geometry b. Photometry c. Telemetry d. Optometry
____24. What color will appear if all the colors of the rainbow (ROYGBIV) combined?
a. black b. blue c. red d. white
____25. It is an energy that transfers from an object with a higher temperature to one with lower temperature.
a. light b. sound c. heat d. mechanical
____26. Which of the following are applications of LASER?
a. delivery and reading of information c. used in the surgery of the eye
b. cut, burn and vaporize materials d. all of the options
____27. Two objects are attracted to each other. What does this mean?
a. One of the objects has no charge. c. The objects have the same charges.
b. That objects have opposite charges. d. both b and c
____28. When you rub a plastic comb against your hair repeatedly, pieces of paper get attracted toward the comb. What
does this mean?
a. paper and comb have opposite charge c. the plastic comb acquired a charge
b. paper and comb have the same charge d. both a and c
____29. It is a carrier of positive charge
a. electron b. proton c. neutron d. nucleus
____30. It is located at the center of an atom.
a. electron b. proton c. neutron d. nucleus
____31. Which charging process transfers electrons from one material to another by direct contact?
a. charging by friction c. charging by polarization
b. charging by conduction d. charging by induction
____32. Which of the following is not true about lightning?
a. A lightning bolt is deadly. c. lightning is an electrical phenomenon
b. lightning consists of negative charge only d. lightning can be directed to the ground by lightning rod
____33. What is the charge of an object that has more protons than electrons?
a. positive b. negative c. both positive and negative d. zero
____34. How do objects become positively charged?
a. If the number of electrons and protons is equal c. When electrons leave the object
b. If it has more electrons than protons d. When protons leave the object
____35. Which of the following is true about grounding?
a. Grounding discharges excess electrons. c. proper grounding keeps people safe
b. Proper grounding keeps appliances safe. d. all of the choices.

____36. Which of the following best describes the idea of Galileo about motion?
a. A ball rolling on the floor will eventually stop after some time.
b. A ball rolling on the floor will not stop unless an external force acts as the stopping force.
c. A ball attached to a string will move in a circular motion because of tension.
d. A ball attached to a string will move in a circular motion because of centripetal force.
____37. According to the second law of motion, force is directly proportional to the _________ of an object.
a. Mass b. speed C. velocity D. weight
____38. Which pair of forces acts on an object at rest?
a. Weight and normal force C. Friction and normal force
b. Weight and applied force D. Friction and applied force
____39. Which of the following is characterized by the straight line that touches a circular path at one point per
unit time?
A. Average speed B. Rotational speed C. Tangential speed D. Instantaneous speed
____40. The delivery boy moves 50-kg rice bag to the delivery truck. How much force did he exert at an
acceleration of 5 m/s^2 ?
A. 200 N B. 250 N C. 300 N D. 350 N
____41. A physics book rests on a bookshelf. Its weight is equal to 29.40 N. What is the mass of the book?
A. 1 kg B. 2 kg C. 3 kg D. 4 kg
____42. How much force is exerted by the wall on you if you push it with 500 N?
250 N B. 300 N C. 400 N D. 500 N
____43. What is the tangential velocity of a 250-rpm compact disc if it has a diameter of 12 cm?
A. 0.25 m/s B. 0.5 m/s C. 25 rev/s D. 50 rev/s
____44. Which of the following shows work done?
A. Lifting a bag C. Pushing the wall
B. Touching a stone D. Carrying a box while walking
____45. Which is equivalent to 1 joule?
A. 1 N • s B. 1 N/m C. 1 kg • m/s^2 D. 1 kg • m^2/s^2
____46. Which of the following is not a unit for power?
A. Watt B. Horsepower C. Newton-meter D. Joules per second
____47. When a stone is at rest and located at a certain height from the ground, what mechanical energy does it
have?
A. Kinetic energy C. Gravitational Potential Energy
B. Elastic Potential Energy D. None of the above

For questions 13-15, refer to the diagram at the right.

____48. At which point will the roller coaster car have the
greatest gravitational potential energy?
____49. At which point will the car have the greatest kinetic
energy?
____50. What happens to the car as it travels from point B to point C?
A. KE decreases while GPE increases. C. Both KE and GPE decrease.
B. KE increases while GPE decreases. D. Both KE and GPE increase.
____51. A 227 000 kg Boeing 787 needs to reach a runway speed of 78.00 m/s to take off. What is its kinetic
energy at take off?
 A. 17,706,000 kg-m/s C. 690,534,000 kg- m/s
B. 17, 706,000 kg – m2/s2 D. 690,534,000 kg- m2/s2
____52. In which medium does sound travel the fastest?
A. Gases B. Liquids C. Solids D. Vacuum
____53. Which of the following occurs when sound waves bounce back after hitting a surface?
A. Diffraction B. Interference C. Reflection D. Refraction
____54. In a cave, sound reflects from the wall, ceiling and floor. What term refers to the multiple sound
reflections?
A. Diffraction B. Echo C. Interference D. Reverberation
____55. Why can people on Earth not hear any volcanic eruptions in other planets?
A. Sound is softer in outer space. C. Sound is blocked by the atmosphere.
B. Sound does not travel in vacuum. D. Sound can be heard only by the astronauts in outer space.
____56. What is the cause of refraction of sound waves?
A. A sound wave always encounters small opening.
B. A sound wave bends toward the ground because of gravity.
C. The parts of a sound wave overlap with the parts of other waves.
D. A sound wave bends because its speed changes from one medium to another.
____57. Which of the following has the greatest frequency in the visible light spectrum?
A. Blue B. Green C. Red D. Violet
____58. Which property of light waves is shown when a stick looks bent in water?
A. Diffraction B. Interference C. Reflection D. Refraction
____59. Which is an example of light dispersion?
A. The formation of rainbows C. The reflection of light from a mirror.
B. The refraction of light in water D. The interference of waves that passed through small slits.
____60. Why does sunflower appear yellow?
A. It absorbs the yellow and white colors of the visible light.
B. It reflects the yellow and white colors of the visible light.
C. It reflects the yellow color and absorbs the other colors of the visible light.
D. It absorbs the yellow color and reflects the other colors of the visible light.
____61. Which of the following colors of light are arranged from the least to the greatest energy?
A. Green, blue, red C. Yellow, orange, red
B. Green, blue, violet D. Orange, violet, green
____62. What is the color of an object if it reflects all the colors of the visible light?
A. Black B. Brown C. Gray D. White
____63. What is the freezing point of water in the Kelvin scale?
A. 0 K B. 32 K C. 100 K D. 273 K
____64. Which of the following is equal to 0˚C?
A. 0˚F B. 0 K C. 32˚F D. 373 K
____65. Telephone wires become sag and long during summer. Why is this so?
A. The wires undergo a phase change. C. The wires have a low temperature.
B. The wires are in thermal equilibrium. D. The wire expands because of an increase in thermal energy.

____66. A bullet fired from the ground level at an angle of 350 above the horizontal strikes the ground 10 seconds later.
What kind of motion is shown by the bullet?
A. Linear Motion C. Slow Motion
B. Rotational Motion D. Projectile Motion
____67. A bullet is a kind of projectile. Projectiles are objects that are launched horizontally or at an angle. Which of the
following is an example of projectile?
A. A falling leaf B. A rolling ball C. A rotating compact disc D. A firecracker launched in the air
____68. As a projectile moves up, ________________
A. its velocity and acceleration decrease
B. its velocity and acceleration remains constant
C. its velocity increases while its acceleration decreases
D. its velocity decreases while its acceleration remains constant
____69. What is the shape of the trajectory of a projectile?
A. circle B. horizontal line C. parabola D. vertical line
____70. If the total time of a projectile fired from and returning to the ground is T, the time taken by the projectile to
reach its maximum height is -
A. T/4 B. T/2 C. 2T D. 4T
____71. Momentum has equivalent unit of -
A. acceleration B. force C. impulse D. velocity
For items 72-74, refer to this situation.
Three identical balls are released from the same height with equal initial speeds. Ball A is thrown vertically down, Ball
B is thrown horizontally, and Ball C is thrown down at an angle (neither 0° nor 90°) with the horizontal. Another
identical Ball D is dropped from rest also from the same height.
____72. Which among the four balls will reach the ground first?
A. Ball A B. Ball B C. Ball C D. Ball D
____73. Which two balls will reach the ground at the same time?
A. Balls A and B B. Balls A and D C. Balls B and D D. Balls C and A
____74. Which among the four balls has the greatest momentum upon striking the ground?
A. Ball A B. Ball B C. Ball C D. Ball D
For items 75-77, refer to this situation.
A 7.26 kg metal ball rolled on the smooth surface and accelerated from 1.5 m/s to 2 m/s in 2 seconds.
____75. What is the change in ball’s momentum?
A. 3. 63 kg m/s B. 0.067 kg m/s C. 12.71 kg m/s D. 0.48 kg m/s
____76. What is the impulse produced by the metal ball?
A. 12.71 N-s B. 0.48 N-s C. 3. 63 N-s D. 0.067 N-s
____77. How much force is applied to the metal ball?
A. 7. 26 N B. 5.63 N C. 1.63 N D. 1.8 N
____78. When a rifle fires a bullet, the rifle will recoil. This is an illustration of the -
A. Work-energy theorem C. Conservation of kinetic energy
B. Conservation of momentum D. Conservation of mechanical energy
____79. A mass of 5 kg that experiences a momentum change of 20 kg m/s must have received an impulse of -
A. 4 N-s B. 20 N-s C. 50 N-s D. 100 N-s
____80. Which of the following is true as a projectile approaches the ground?
A. Its momentum decreases and the impulse required to stop it decreases.
B. Its momentum decreases and the impulse required to stop it increases.
C. Its momentum increases and the impulse required to stop it decreases.
D. Its momentum increases and the impulse required to stop it increases.
____81. Which of the following is an example of mechanical energy?
A. Fire from a lit candle C. Green plants making their own food
B. Pushing a table across the floor D. Flow of energy from the lit candle to your hand
____82. Which of the following is the energy associated with an object’s position?
A. Total energy B. Kinetic Energy C. Potential Energy D. Thermal Energy
____83. As an arrow flies through the air after being shot, which of the following types of energy does it have?
A. Chemical energy B. Kinetic energy C. Potential energy D. Thermal energy
____84. A ball is lifted to some height and then dropped. Which of the following increases when the ball is dropped?
A. KE B. EPE C. ME D. GPE
____85. A small 30-kg boat is floating down river at a speed of 3 m/s. What is the boat’s kinetic energy?
A. 32 J B. 60 J C. 135 J D. 270 J
____86. A 4-kg box is resting on top of a shelf that is 2 m high. What is the box’s gravitational potential energy relative to
the floor?
A. 6 J B. 8 J C. 20 J D. 78 J
____87. Which of the following statement is correct?
I Heat flows from hot objects to cool objects.
II When two objects are in thermal equilibrium, they have the same temperature.
III When crushed ice is added into a cup of warm water, all ice melt immediately.
A. I only B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
____88. What process of heat flow happens if you place an ice cube in your palm?
A. Heat flows from your palm to the ice cube.
B. Heat flows from the ice cube to your palm.
C. Heat flow increases the pressure in the system.
D. Heat flows simultaneously to your palm and to the ice.
____89. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism of heat transfer?
A. conduction B. convection C. insulation D. Radiation
____90. Which of the following illustrates the work done by steam emerging from boiling water in a kettle?
A. The steam blows objects placed near it.
B. The steam emerging from the kettle’s mouth produces sound.
C. The steam pushes the cover of the kettle.
D. All of the choices.
____91. What causes work in a steam engine?
I The expansion of water as it turns into steam.
II The thermal energy supplied by the burning wood or coal in the engine.
A. I only B. II only C. I and II D. Neither I and II
____92. Which device converts mechanical energy to electrical energy?
A. blades B. generator C. penstock D. Nuclear reactor
____93. When are windmill towers generally more productive?
A. higher, to minimize turbulence and maximize wind speed
B. Higher, to minimize the number of birds that interferes with blade turning
C. Lower, to minimize turbulence and maximize wind speed
D. Lower, to increase heat convection from the ground
____94. Which of the following makes a turbine in a hydroelectric power plant turn?
A. Steam B. water C. Wind D. Uranium 235
____95. Which of the following fuel a nuclear power plant?
A. Coal B. natural gas C. Oil D. Uranium 235