Foundations Exam Questions and
Verified Answers
1. A car accelerates from rest at 2 m/s² for 5 seconds. What is its final velocity?
A. 5 m/s
B. 8 m/s
C. 10 m/s
D. 12 m/s
Answer: C
2. Which gas law states that pressure and volume are inversely related at constant temperature?
A. Charles’s Law
B. Gay-Lussac’s Law
C. Avogadro’s Law
D. Boyle’s Law
Answer: D
3. Water has a high boiling point because of:
A. Ionic bonding
B. Covalent bonding
C. Hydrogen bonding
D. Van der Waals forces
Answer: C
4. What is the pH of a solution with a hydrogen ion concentration of 1 × 10⁻³ M?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: C
5. A 10-ohm resistor connected to a 20-volt battery carries what current?
V = IR
A. 0.5 A
B. 2 A
, C. 5 A
D. 10 A
Answer: B
6. Which functional group is found in alcohols?
A. Carboxyl
B. Carbonyl
C. Amino
D. Hydroxyl
Answer: D
7. Which amino acid contains sulfur?
A. Glycine
B. Alanine
C. Cysteine
D. Serine
Answer: C
8. A solution with pH 2 is how many times more acidic than a solution with pH 4?
A. 2 times
B. 10 times
C. 50 times
D. 100 times
Answer: D
9. Which type of bond holds together the two strands of DNA?
A. Covalent bonds
B. Ionic bonds
C. Peptide bonds
D. Hydrogen bonds
Answer: D
10. Which organelle is responsible for ATP production?
A. Nucleus
B. Golgi apparatus
C. Ribosome
D. Mitochondrion
Answer: D
11. A 2-kg object moving at 3 m/s has what kinetic energy?