USTP Entrance Exam Reviewer with Key Answers
Mathematics
1. Algebra
1. Solve for x: 3x - 7 = 11
Answer: x = 6
2. Factorize x² - 9x + 14
Answer: (x - 7)(x - 2)
3. Simplify: (2x + 4) / 2
Answer: x + 2
4. Solve: 5x/2 = 10
Answer: x = 4
5. Find the roots of x² - 4x - 5 = 0
Answer: x = 5, x = -1
2. Geometry
6. Find the perimeter of a rectangle with length 12 cm and width 8 cm.
Answer: 40 cm
7. Find the area of a circle with radius 7 cm. (π = 3.14)
Answer: 153.86 cm²
8. Calculate the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs of 6 cm and 8 cm.
Answer: 10 cm
9. The sum of interior angles of a pentagon is?
Answer: 540°
10. Find the volume of a cube with side length 4 cm.
Answer: 64 cm³
3. Trigonometry
11. What is sin(45°)?
Answer: √2/2
12. What is tan(30°)?
Answer: √3/3
13. Find cos(60°).
Answer: 1/2
14. Solve for θ: sin θ = 1
Answer: θ = 90°
15. Find the missing side in a right triangle with hypotenuse 10 and one leg 6.
Answer: 8
Science
1. Biology
16. What is the smallest unit of life?
Answer: The cell
17. What organ pumps blood throughout the body?
Answer: Heart
18. What is the genetic material in cells?
Answer: DNA
19. What process do plants use to make food?
Answer: Photosynthesis
20. Which organelle produces energy?
Answer: Mitochondria
2. Chemistry
21. What is the chemical symbol for sodium?
Answer: Na
22. What is H₂O commonly known as?
Answer: Water
23. What is the pH level of a neutral substance?
Answer: 7
24. What gas do humans exhale?
Answer: Carbon dioxide
25. What is the chemical formula for table salt?
Answer: NaCl
3. Physics
26. What is the unit of force?
Answer: Newton
27. What law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
Answer: Newton’s Third Law
28. What is the speed of light?
Answer: 3 × 10⁸ m/s
29. What force pulls objects towards Earth?
Answer: Gravity
30. What is kinetic energy?
Answer: Energy of motion
English
1. Grammar
31. Choose the correct verb: She (go/goes) to school every day.
Answer: goes
32. Identify the error: "He don’t like coffee."
Answer: "don’t" should be "doesn’t"
33. Choose the correct preposition: "She is _ the park." (in/on/at)
Answer: in
34. Convert to passive voice: "She wrote a letter."
Answer: A letter was written by her.
35. What is the plural of "child"?
Answer: Children
2. Vocabulary
36. What is a synonym for "happy"?
Answer: Joyful
37. What is an antonym for "brave"?
Answer: Cowardly
38. What does "melancholy" mean?
Answer: Deep sadness
39. What is the meaning of "fortuitous"?
Answer: Happening by chance
40. What does "ambiguous" mean?
Answer: Unclear or having multiple meanings
Logical Reasoning
1. Pattern Recognition
41. What comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, _
Answer: 32
42. Find the missing number: 1, 4, 9, 16, _, 36
Answer: 25
43. Identify the pattern: 5, 10, 20, 40, _
Answer: 80
44. What is the next letter? A, C, E, G, _
Answer: I
45. What number should replace the question mark? 3, 6, 12, 24, ?
Answer: 48
2. Critical Thinking
46. If all birds can fly and penguins are birds, can penguins fly?
Answer: No
47. What is the opposite of always?
Answer: Never
48. If today is Monday, what day will it be in 4 days?
Answer: Friday
49. What is the missing shape in a sequence of increasing sizes?
Answer: The next largest shape
50. If 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C, what does 26 equal?
Answer: Z
