AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY 2010/2011 POST-JAMB SCREENING EXERCISE FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY TIME ALLOWED: 60 MINUTES

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1. The detective was perplexed when the clue to the murder case point to at least a dozen different suspect (A) excited (B) discouraged (C) disappointed (D) confused (E) surprised 2. The freelance journalist preferred working in united states to working in Nigeria (A) self employed (B) popular (C) gorgeous (D) opulent (E) shunned 3. My financial institution is so precarious that very soon, I may be insolvent (A) soluble (B) bankrupt (C) borrowing (D) stealing (E) dependent 4. Kunle is pessimistic about our chance of success (A) concerned (B) despondent (C) worried (D) sad (E) unconvinced 5. Andrew is to garrulous for any liking (A) loquacious (B) taciturn (C) dull (D) stubborn (E) shy 6. In a class of 40 students, of them failed a mathematics test, what percentages of the students passed the test? (A) 15% (B) 34% (C) 75% (D) 50% (E) 60% 7. If 2x + y = 7 and 3x 2y = 3, by how much is 7x greater than 10? (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 7 (D) 10 (E) 17 8. A stick of length 1.7m was measured by a boy as 1.80m. find the percentage error in his measurement (A) 27/9% (B) 22/9% (C) 6% (D) 277/9 % (E) 284/7 % 9. If x2 xy 6y 2 = 0, find the values of x and y (A) 3 0r -2 (B) 4 or -1 (C) 1 or 2 (D) 3 or 2 (E) 4 or -4

10.Given that y = 2x3 3x2 2x + 3, find d3y/dx3 (A) 6x2 6x 2 (B) 6x2 15x +4 (C) 12 (D) 12x 6 (E) 6 11.Find the equation of a circle with center (-1,2) and radius 3. (A) x2 + y2 + 2x 4y +5 (B) x2 + y2x + y5 (C) x2+ y2 +2x +4y -5 (D) x2 - y2+4x +2y 5 (E) x2 + y + x 4 12.Evaluate Lim (x + 1) / (x2 x 2) as x => -1 (A) 1/3 (B) -1/3 (C) 0 (D) (E) 2/3 13. Solve 32x = 27 (A) (B)8 (C) 3/2 (D) -2/3 (E) -1/4 14.Factorize 2x2 5x 3 (A) (2x 1) (x-3) (B) (x+1)(x-3) (C) (2x + 1)(x-3) (D)(2x1)(x+3) (E) (x+1)(x-2) 15. If mean of five consecutive numbers is 30, find the largest of the numbers(A) 32 (B) 30 (C) 30 (D) 34 (E) 50 16.A final examination requires a student to answer four out of six questions. In how many ways can he do this? (A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 45 (E) 80 17. If x and y are the solutions to the equation, x2 + 5x + 6 =0, evaluate xy (A)12 (B)-12 (C)16 (D)6 (E)4 18.Evaluate sinx2dx (A)sin3x/3 +c (B) 1/3(cos3x) + c (C) xcos3x/3 + c (D) 1+ cos2x + c (E)2/3(sin3x/3) + c 19.In how many ways can the letters in word CALCULUS be arranged? (A) 720 (B) 340 (C) 4940 (E) 3000 20. Find the value tan600 tan300 tan600 + tan 300 (A) 4/3 (B) 2/3 (C) 1 (D) (E) 21.What is the beat between two notes of frequencies 256HZ and 252HZ (A) 508HZ (B) 4HZ (C) 42 (D) 254HZ (E) 84HZ

22. Who among the following discovered X-ray (A) Henri Becquerel (B) Issac Newton (C) Archimedes (D) Wilhelm Roentgen (E) Hookes 23. A three pin (3-pin) electric plug has its internal connections marked as L, N, and E for live, Neutral and Earth respectively. Which of the following options shows the formal English and New color code for mains supply wiring to electrical apparatus? (A) formal (red, black, yellow) new (brown, blue, green) (B) formal (Red, black, green) new (red,black,yellow) (C) formal (red, black,green) new( red, light- blue, green) (D) formal ( black, green, red) new (purple, yellow, blue) (E) none of the above 24.A cylinder is filled with a gas at 270c.If the volume of the gas is increased at constant pressure to 1.25times the original value, calculate the final temperature (A) 300k (B) 375k (C) 290K(D) 315k (E) 400k 25. If the dimension of pressure is given as MX LY TZ, the values for x, y and z are (A) (1, +2, 3) (B) (2, 1, 2) (C) (1, 1, 2) (D) (2, 1, 2) (E) (3, 4, 0) 26. A rotating disc containing two sets of holes in the form of a concentric circle. A jet of air is directed on the inner set and a note of 256H, is produced. If the number of holes in the set is 16, find the speed of revolution of the disc. (A) 16m/s (B) 32m/s (C) 8m/s (D) 20m/s (E) 15m/s 27. The mode of transmission of heat which does not require a material medium is (A) conduction (B) radiation (C) convection (D) propagation (E) none of the above 28. Which of these is not a fundamental S.I. unit (A) ampere (B) kelvin (C) m/s2 (D) seconds (E) kg 29. If two masses 40g and 60g respectively are attached firmly to the ends of a light meter rule, what is the center of gravity of the system? (A) at the

midpoint of the rule (B) 40cm from the lighter mass (C) 40cm from the heavier mass (D) 60cm from the heavier mass (E) none of the above 30. The relationship between the center of gravity of an object and its stability is that (A) the body is unstable when the center of gravity is zero (B) the body is stable when the center of gravity is low (C) the body is stable when the central of gravity is high (D) the body is unstable when the central of gravity is low (E) none of the above 31. Which of these rays is used for taking photograph in the desert/haze (A) infrared (B) x-rays (C) y-rays (D) micro-waves (E) blue-rays 32. A diverging lens of power 0.05 diopters formed an image of an object placed 30cm from the lens. what is the image distance from the lens? (A) 15cm (B) 45cm (C) 25cm (D) 60cm (E) 45cm 33. A battery of emf 40v and internal resistance 5 is connected to a resistance of 15. The voltage drop across the cell is (A) 10v (B) 30v (C) 15v (D) 25v (E)4.5v 34. Three 2v cells of internal resistance 6 each are connected in parallel. If the end points of their connections are linked to an external resistor of 8, find the current in the circuit (A) 0.2A (B) 1A (C) 0.6A (D) 0.5A (E) 2A 35. Find a and b in the equation below
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(A) 85,200 (B) 200, 84 (C) 84,214 (D) 1,4 (E) 2,4 36.What is the maximum volume of co2 at STP that can be obtained when dilute HCI is added to 10g of CaCO3 [Ca = 40, c = 12, O= 16 ] (A) 224dm3 (B) 22.4dm3 (C) 0.224dm3 (D) 224dm3 (E) 11.2 dm3

37. Metal salt of long chain fatty acids are known as (A) detergents (B) double salts (C) soap (D) grease (E) ester 38. The amount of methane molecules (CH4) in 8g of methane is (A) 8mol (B) 128mol (C) 0.5mol (D) 25mol (E) 3.01 x 1023mol 39. Cx Hy + 9026CO2 + xH2O. the hydrocarbon Cx Hy in the reaction above is most likely (A) an alkane (B) a benzene (C) an alkene (D) an alkyne (E) a propane 40. All the following will liberate a gas when reacted with dilute hydrochloric acid except (A) sodium trioxosulphate(vi)salt (B) sodium tetraoxosulphate(vi)salt (C) sodium sulphide (D) sodium trioxonitrate (v) (E) none of the above 41. A mixture of nitrogen, oxygen and helium contains 0.25, 0.15 and 0.4 moles of these gases respectively. if the pressure contribution due to oxygen was 2.5atm, what is the partial pressure contributed from helium? (A) 4.0atm (B) 0.8atm (C) 3.33atm (D) 6.67atm (E) 16.4atm 42.The PH of a solution containing 0.5 x 10-6m H2SO4 is(A) 6.3 (B)6.5 (C)6.0 (D) 4.5 (E)5.0 43.Cellulose and starch can be classified as one of the following (A)carbohydrate (B)Hydrocarbon (C)sugar(D) proteins (E)alkaloids 44.During electrolysis, two cells each containing molten Al2O3 and CaCl2 were connected in series. A current of 15amps was passed through the cells for a period of time. At the end of the electrolysis 9g of calcium was found to have been deposited at the cathode. What mass of Aluminum would be deposited in the second cell? [Al=27, Ca=40] (A)8.82g (B)4.05g (C)17.60g (D) 8.4g 45.The concentration of a solution obtained by dissolving 0.53g of pure anhydrous Na2CO3 in water to make 250cm3 of solution is (A) 2.0 x 105 moldm3(B) 2.1g/dm3 (C)2.0 x 10-2moldm3 (D) 5.0 x 10 -5moldm3 (E)7.4moldm3 46.70cm3of hydrogen are sparked with 25cm3 of oxygen at S.T.P. the volume of residual gas is (A) 20cm3 (B) 35cm3 (C) 45cm3 (D) 25cm3 (E) 30cm3
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47. An element undergoes radioactive decay by emitting two alpha 88 particles and a beta radiation. Which of the following nuclei correctly describe the product formed by the reaction? (A) 222Th87 (B) 218S85 (C) 218Ra89 (D) 222Q84 (E) 204 P85 48. The electric configuration of the species underline as in the molecule H2S is (A) 1S2 2S2 2P6 3S2 3P4 (B) 1S2 2S2 3S2 3P6 3d10 4S2 4P4 (C) 1S2 2S2 2p63S23P2 (D) 1S2 2S2 2p6 3S23P6 (E) none of the above 49. The functional group(s) of an amino acid is/are (A) NH2,-COOH (B) CnH2n+1,COOH (C) COCI,COOH (D) COOH, CONH2 (E) OH 50. An element which exist in more than one crystalline form is said to exhibit (A) polymorphism (B) isotopy (C) allotropy (D) isomerism (E) geotropism