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√ √
1−2x− 3 1−3x
1. lim x2
=
x→0
A. −1/2
B. 1/2
C. -1/3
D. 1/3
E. 2/3
2. The function f (x) is such that f 00 (x) + 2f 0 (x) + f (x) = 0 for all x. If f (0) = 1 and f 0 (0) = 1
then f (1) =?
A. 0
B. 1
C. e−1
D. 2e−1
E. 3e−1
3. The length of the projection of the vector x = (1, −5, 5) onto the plane spanned by the
vectors e1 = (2, 5, 1) and e2 = (1, 4, 2) is
A. 24
√
B. 24
C. 27
√
D. 27
E. None of these
5. The random number X is such that its expected value E(X) is equalto 3, and its variance
Var(X) is equal to 4. Which of the following is equal to E (X + 1)2 ?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 16
E. 20
2 Chemistry
7. How many elements in the Periodic Table are liquid under standard temperature and pres-
sure conditions?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
8. What is the concentration of Fe3+ in the aqueous solution of 0.1M FeCl3 and 0.1M SnCl2
after equilibrium is achieved? EoFe3+ /Fe2+ = 0.771 V, EoSn2+ /Sn = 0.15 V.
A. 4.1 × 10−4
B. 1 × 10−6
C. 1.4 × 10−7
D. 2.0 × 10−13
E. 6.4 × 10−15
10. What is the final product of the reaction of aniline with sodium nitrite and hydrochloric
acid at 5o C in the excess of aniline?
NO2
A.
Cl
B.
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N+ N Cl−
C.
N N NH
D.
N N NH2
E.
3 Physics
11. Imagine you are to rotate a bucket with water on a rope in vertical direction. The length
of the rope is 50 cm, and the mass of the water in the bucket is 1 kg. You are rotating the
bucket with angular frequency ω = 4.47 s−1 . What is the weight of the bucket with water
in the upper and in the lower points of trajectory?
A. 1 N and 1 N
B. 10 N and 10 N
C. 100 N and 100 N
D. 0 N and 20 N
E. 10 N and 20 N
12. A parallel light beam falls on a convex lens with the focal length f1 = 30 cm. At what
distance from this lens a concave lens with the focal length f2 = −10 cm should be placed
to keep the beam parallel?
A. 15 cm
B. 20 cm
C. 30 cm
D. 40 cm
E. 50 cm
13. The nitrogen (N2) gas in the gravitational field has a partial pressure p0 = 760 mmHg.
What pressure will it have at the altitude h = 1 km at the temperature 27o C? The atomic
J
mass of nitrogen is 14 g/M . The universal gas constant is 8.31 K·M .
A. 638 mmHg
B. 679 mmHg
C. 695 mmHg
D. 734 mmHg
E. 760 mmHg
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A. amplitude is 4πA
B. period is T /2π
C. wave speed is x/t
D. wave speed is λ/T
E. phase velocity is in the negative x-direction
15. There are two cylinders with the same radius R = 10 cm and mass m = 1 kg. The first
one is hollow, the second one is solid and twice longer than the first one. Both cylinders
are pushed so they start rolling directly upwards with initial velocity of the center of mass
v = 20 cm/s. What is the difference between the heights of places where the cylinders stop?
Losses of energy for friction are neglected.
A. 0 cm
B. 0.5 cm
C. 1 cm
D. 2 cm
E. 4 cm
4 Molecular Biology
NH+
3
−O
HS
A. dATP
B. tryptophane
C. cysteine
D. serine
E. alanine
18. One of the main mechanisms of mRNA processing and maturation in eukaryotes is
A. trimming of the 5’-end by exonucleases
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B. capping
C. homologous recombination
D. base excision repair
E. massive snoRNA-guided pseudouridinylation
5 General Biology
21. Which neurotransmitter is destroyed in the synaptic cleft after its release from synapto-
somes
A. acetylcholine
B. adenosine
C. gamma aminobutyric acid
D. enkephalin
E. endorphin
22. Which of the following processes can occur only during one part of a day (light or dark one)
in plant cells?
A. Calvin cycle
B. Transfer of electrons through the electron transport chain of a chloroplast
C. Crebs cycle
D. Glycolysis
E. Transfer of electrons through the mitochondrial electron transport chain
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E. Divide asexually
I. cyanobacteria
II. bryophytes
III. methanogens
IV. ascomycetes
V. rodents
A. II
B. II, V
C. I, II, III
D. I, II, IV
E. I, II, IV, V
25. Which of the five options below most accurately fills in the gaps in the following sentence
about the generation of action potential?
A. depolarization/Na+/depolarizes/+50/K+/hyperpolarization
B. depolarization/K+/depolarizes/+50/Na+/hyperpolarization
C. depolarization/Na+/depolarizes/-80/K+/hyperpolarization
D. hyperpolarization/K+/hyperpolarizes/-80/Na+/depolarization
E. hyperpolarization/Na+/hyperpolarizes/-80/K+/depolarization
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