Multiple choice questions
Multiple choice questions are perhaps the easiest to complete - you simply put a cross in a box - however, the questions often have two answers that could, at first glance, be correct. Don't make the mistake of reading the first answer and thinking this is correct without checking all the others.
If it says 'Tick one box', you must tick one box. If you leave it blank or tick two or more boxes, you will get zero marks. These multiple choice questions will not start with command words like 'describe' or 'explain'. They will be written in the form of a question like 'What鈥?' or 'Why鈥?'.
There will be more multiple choice questions on the Foundation paper.
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Sample question 1 - Foundation and Higher
Question
A star with a mass very much larger than the Sun鈥 [1 mark]
| A | has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. | |
| B | has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. | |
| C | has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. | |
| D | has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. |
| A |
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| has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. |
| B |
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| has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. |
| C |
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| has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. |
| D |
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| has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. |
| A | has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. | |
| B | has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. | |
| C | has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. | |
| D | has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. | 鉁 |
| A |
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| has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. |
| B |
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| has a longer main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. |
| C |
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| has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a white dwarf. |
| D |
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| has a shorter main sequence than the Sun and ends as a black hole. |
| 鉁 |
Stars with a mass much larger than the mass of the sun have a shorter main sequence and end as a neutron star or a black hole.
Sample question 2 - Foundation and Higher
Question
Which row has two correct statements about black holes? [1 mark]
| The gravitational field of a black hole... | A black hole is formed when... | ||
| A | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. | a nebula collapses. | |
| B | allows nothing to escape. | a very large star collapses. | |
| C | allows nothing to escape. | a nebula collapses. | |
| D | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. | a very large star collapses. |
| A | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a nebula collapses. |
| B | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows nothing to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a very large star collapses. |
| C | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows nothing to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a nebula collapses. |
| D | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a very large star collapses. |
| The gravitational field of a black hole... | A black hole is formed when... | ||
| A | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. | a nebula collapses. | |
| B | allows nothing to escape. | a very large star collapses. | 鉁 |
| C | allows nothing to escape. | a nebula collapses. | |
| D | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. | a very large star collapses. |
| A | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a nebula collapses. |
| B | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows nothing to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a very large star collapses. |
| 鉁 | |
| C | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows nothing to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a nebula collapses. |
| D | |
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| The gravitational field of a black hole... | allows only electromagnetic radiation to escape. |
| A black hole is formed when... | a very large star collapses. |
The gravitational field of a black hole is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. A black hole is formed when a star with a very high mass collapses.
Sample question 3 - Higher
Question
Two theories about the Universe are the Steady State Theory and The Big Bang Theory.
The table shows some ideas about the Universe. Which row of the table applies to the Steady State Theory? [1 mark]
| The Universe鈥 | The Universe鈥 | ||
| A | 鈥s not expanding. | 鈥ad a beginning. | |
| B | 鈥s expanding. | 鈥ad a beginning. | |
| C | 鈥s not expanding. | 鈥id not have a beginning. | |
| D | 鈥s expanding. | 鈥id not have a beginning. |
| A | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s not expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥ad a beginning. |
| B | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥ad a beginning. |
| C | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s not expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥id not have a beginning. |
| D | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥id not have a beginning. |
| The Universe鈥 | The Universe鈥 | ||
| A | 鈥s not expanding. | 鈥ad a beginning. | |
| B | 鈥s expanding. | 鈥ad a beginning. | |
| C | 鈥s not expanding. | 鈥id not have a beginning. | |
| D | 鈥s expanding. | 鈥id not have a beginning. | 鉁 |
| A | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s not expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥ad a beginning. |
| B | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥ad a beginning. |
| C | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s not expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥id not have a beginning. |
| D | |
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| The Universe鈥 | 鈥s expanding. |
| The Universe鈥 | 鈥id not have a beginning. |
| 鉁 | |
The Steady State Theory suggests that the Universe has always existed (there was no beginning) and has continually expanded.