Multiple Choice Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which English king sealed Magna Carta in 1215?
King John
Henry VIII
Richard III
William I
2. A jacket originally costs $80 and is discounted by 25%. What is the sale price?
$20
$55
$65
$60
3. Which structures in the human lungs are the main sites where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged with the blood?
Bronchi
Alveoli
Diaphragm
Trachea
4. Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?
We packed; sandwiches, fruit, and water.
Because the path was muddy; we wore boots.
The rain stopped; we continued our walk.
The museum; which opened early was crowded.
5. In the standard Western musical system, how many semitones are in an octave?
Eight
Twelve
Sixteen
Twenty-four
6. Which continent has land in the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres?
Asia
Africa
South America
Europe
7. A colleague sends you a file ending in .csv. What type of content is it most commonly designed to store?
A compressed video recording
A formatted slide presentation
Tabular data written as separated text values
A computer program ready to run
8. A fair six-sided die is rolled once. What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 4?
1/3
1/6
1/2
2/3
9. A student dissolves table salt in water and wants to recover the salt without adding another substance. Which method should the student use?
Filter the mixture through paper
Evaporate the water
Use a magnet
Freeze the mixture and remove the ice
10. In a simple grass–rabbit–fox food chain, the fox population suddenly declines while other conditions initially remain stable. What is the most likely short-term effect?
The grass population immediately disappears
The rabbits begin hunting the remaining foxes
The rabbit population increases because fewer are eaten
The rabbits stop consuming grass
11. Maya checks every figure in a report twice, corrects tiny formatting inconsistencies, and carefully verifies each citation. Which word best describes her approach?
Impulsive
Indifferent
Tentative
Meticulous
12. A traveler sails directly south from mainland Spain across the Mediterranean Sea. On which continent would the traveler arrive?
Africa
Asia
South America
Australia
13. Who wrote the novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”?
Aldous Huxley
H. G. Wells
George Orwell
Ray Bradbury
14. A train travels at a constant speed of 60 kilometres per hour for 2.5 hours. How far does it travel?
120 kilometres
130 kilometres
180 kilometres
150 kilometres
15. What is the primary purpose of separating government power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
To ensure every law is approved directly by voters
To give regional governments control over foreign policy
To eliminate disagreements over public policy
To prevent too much power from being concentrated in one branch
16. Earth is closest to the Sun in early January, yet January is winter in much of the Northern Hemisphere. What best explains this?
Earth’s axial tilt points the Northern Hemisphere away from more direct sunlight
Earth rotates more slowly during January
The Moon blocks some sunlight during northern winter
The Sun produces less energy during northern winter