BUITEMS Entry Test Sample Paper NAT IE

Download as doc, pdf, or txt
Download as doc, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 10

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

Sample Paper NAT IE

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

VERBAL Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D) below each.
1. Earthquakes cause vibrations to pass _____ around the earth in wave form. A. B. C. D. through through the through an through and

Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
2. MAN: ROBOT:: A. B. C. D. original: counterfeit true: sham brain: computer object: image

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
3. COVETOUS: A. B. C. D. Greedy sympathetic generous niggardly

Choose the word most similar in meaning to the capitalized ones.


4. BATTERY: A. B. C. D. E. ambush corner precarious group delirium

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

Read the passage to answer question 5-8


Since the 1980s, the biggest influence on business has been electronic technology. Computers are being used for inventory control, sales analysis and forecasting, distribution control, and budget analysis. At-home electronic shopping is becoming commonplace. With this system, consumers view merchandise on a computer monitor and then use a modem, which links the computer to a telephone line, to signal the goods they want to order. Just as traveling salesman once brought wares to the home, electronic technology makes it possible for modern consumers to see and select from any array of goods in their homes. 5. The word forecasting is closest in meaning to A. B. C. D. prediction efficiency accounting decision making

6. The word modem refers to a type of A. B. C. D. electronic shopping electronic device telephone computer screen

7. The word wares is closest in meaning to A. B. C. D. clothing items for sale messages household appliances

8. The word array is closest in meaning to A. B. C. D. pair container category collection

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

ANALYTICAL REASONING
Now Sony Electronics brings tomorrow's technology to today's home stereo. The same space-age circuitry used by the Wanderer spacecraft to send images of the most distant planets back to earth has been incorporated in the new Sony X-2700 stereo system. If your home entertainment is important to you, why settle for an old-fashioned stereo system when the Sony X-2700 is priced at only a few rupees more? 9. The most serious logical weakness of this argument is its failure to A. B. C. D. E. provide technical data on the manufacturing specifications of the Sony X-2700 show the relevance of space-age circuitry to the requirements of home stereo specify the exact price difference between the Sony X-2700 and old-fashioned stereo systems acknowledge the contributions of scientists in the space program to the development of the advanced circuitry mentioned explain the precise meaning of the technical terms used

Questions 10-15
In a telecommunications-cable assembly plant, cables are assembled by twisting plastic-coated wires together. There are wires of exactly six different solid colors red, yellow, violet, green, white, and black. Wires must be assembled into single cables according to the following rules: Each cable must contain at least three wires and wires of at least three different colors. At most two wires in a single cable can be black. At most two wires in a single cable can be white. There can be at most one wire of each of the other colors in a single cable. If one wire is red, then one wire must be yellow. If one wire is violet, then no wire can be green. 10.Which of the following could be the-complete set of wires in an acceptable cable? A. B. C. D. E. A green wire, a white wire, and a violet wire A violet wire, a black wire, and a white wire A red wire, a black wire, and a green wire A yellow wire and exactly two black wires Exactly two black wires and exactly two white wires

11.The maximum number of wires that can be used in an acceptable cable is A. B. C. D. E. 8 7 6 5 4 4

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing 12.If exactly one black wire and exactly one white wire are used in an assembled cable, which of the following must be true? A. B. C. D. E. The The The The The cable cable cable cable cable contains no more than five wires contains exactly six wires contains a yellow wire does not contain a red wire does not contain a violet wire

13.If a white wire and a violet wire must be among the wires chosen for a particular cable, any of the following pairs of wires could complete the cable EXCEPT a: A. B. C. D. E. black wire and a second white wire yellow wire and a second white wire yellow wire and a black wire red wire and a yellow wire red wire and a black wire

14.If an assembled cable consists of exactly five wires, each a different color, it could be true that a color NOT used is A. B. C. D. E. black white green red yellow

15.If there is an additional requirement that violet must be used if yellow is used, which of the following must be true? A. B. C. D. E. No cable contains fewer than six wires No cable contains more than five wires Green is never used if red is used Red is always used if violet is used Black is used exactly once if yellow is used

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

QUANTITATIVE
16.The circumference of a circle whose diameter is 7 inches is approximately: A. B. C. D. E. 22 inches 28 inches 38 inches 154 inches 14 inches

17.What is 15% of 32? A. B. C. D. 4 3.50 4.80 3.80

18.Solve the following equation for x: 3x-5=3+2x A. B. C. D. 8 10 6 14

19.At a dairy it takes 90 seconds to fill 30 one-gallon jugs of milk. How many minutes does it take to fill 90 jugs of milk? A. B. C. D. E. 1 3 3.5 4 4.5

20.A number that is divisible by both 6 and 8 is also divisible by: A. B. C. D. E. 5 9 11 16 24

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

CHEMISTRY
21.At STP, which element has definite shape and volume? A. B. C. D. Ag Hg Ne Xe

22.As sodium phosphate dissolves in 100 milliliters of pure water, the pH of the resulting solution: A. B. C. D. decreases increases remains the same can not be determined from the given information

23.An atom of an element contains 20 protons, 20 neutrons and 20 electrons. The element is: A. B. C. D. an alkali metal an alkaline earth metal a halogen a noble gas

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

PHYSICS
24.A boy walks 2 meters north, 4 meters west, and 2 meters south. His final displacement is: A. B. C. D. E. 4 4 2 2 5 m m m m m east west north south northwest

25.A rock is dropped from a high bridge. At the end of 3 seconds of free fall the speed of the rock is, (in centimeters per second) A. B. C. D. E. 30 100 500 1,000 3,000

26.The term Brownian movement refers to: A. B. C. D. E. irregular motions of small particles suspended in a fluid convection currents in a liquid or gas convection currents in a gas but not in a liquid the stretching of a body beyond its elastic limit the sinking of mercury in capillary tubes

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

MATHEMATICS
27.If two rows in a square matrix are identical, the value of the determinant of that matrix is _____. A. B. C. D. 28. Not possible Zero Positive Negative

1 dx = _____. x
A. B. C. D.

x+C 0+C lnx+C

x 2 +C

29.If slopes of the two lines are equal, then lines must be _____. A. B. C. D. Parallel Perpendicular Intersecting Not parallel

Sample Paper NAT IE

Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

ANSWER KEYS
Q #. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Right Choice D C C D A B B D B B B A E C C A C A E E A B B B E A B D A

Sample Paper NAT IE

10

You might also like