General Science Interview Questions & Answers
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General Science Job Interview Questions and Answers

1 :: Order the following elements in dry weight per cent make-up in the human body, from the HIGHEST percent to the LOWEST percent content: Calcium; Nitrogen; Carbon; Magnesium:

Carbon; Nitrogen; Calcium; Magnesium

2 :: There are several types of these systems commonly used in intranets designed to prevent unauthorized access by internet users to or from a private network:

Firewall

3 :: What were the two most valuable products derived from the tree Castanea americana?

Chestnuts And Wood

4 :: Air on Earth consists mainly of three gases. Give their percent composition rounded off to the nearest whole number:

78% Nitrogen; 21% Oxygen; And 1% Argon

5 :: A common type of RAM that is a small battery-backed memory that stores configuration settings is called:

Cmos

6 :: No reported cases of this pervasive and deadly disease has been reported in the western hemisphere for over two decades and it is believed to be nearly eliminated from the Earth:

Smallpox

7 :: Order the following from the SMALLEST unit of distance to the LARGEST:

mile, rod, feet, furlong.

Answer: Feet, Rod, Furlong, Mile

8 :: What is the largest possible 8 bit binary number?

11111111

9 :: A term coined by Jack Niles in the early 1970s to describe an office where workers can work at home on a computer and transmit data and documents to a central office via telephone lines, is:

Telecommuting

10 :: Juglans nigra is the genus and species of what common name tree, whose wood is prized for its qualities in furniture making:

Black Walnut

11 :: What is the largest WAN in existence today?

The Internet

12 :: The most common recommended method for calibrating a 1 milliliter automatic pipette gun would be to do what?

Weigh A Milliliter Of Water From The Pipet

13 :: What Clark University physics professor was an American pioneer of rocket theory after whom a major NASA space center is named?

Robert Goddard

14 :: What is the network device used to regenerate or replicate a signal over the same medium and is used to regenerate analog or digital signals distorted by transmission loss:

Repeater

15 :: This term is used by scientists when referring to the belief that the simplest explanation is most likely the correct explanation?

Ockham's Razor

16 :: In optical resolution terminology, dpi is often used. What does dpi stand for?

Dots Per Inch

17 :: What is the general name of the unusual infectious agents that causes spongiform encephalopathy (pronounced:EN-seff-alop- o-thee)?

Prions

18 :: What is a common type of video card that has an onboard processor that can substantially increase speed and boost graphical and video performance:

Graphics Accelerator Card

19 :: At what temperature, rounded off to whole degrees Centigrade, does distilled water reach its maximum density at sea level?

4 Degrees

20 :: What does the D in DRAM stand for?

Dynamic

21 :: What is the term for the error of a compass as a consequence of the difference between magnetic North and true North?

Declination

22 :: Which federal agency is primarily in charge of our National Laboratories and is charged with ensuring a stable supply of energy for the nation?

Department Of Energy

23 :: What is the substance fresh coal becomes after heat has driven off all the elements that give off smoke and yellow flames, and the remaining substance then yields only a blue flame:

Coke

24 :: Who was the first president of the International Psychoanalysis Association who theorized that the shadow archetype consists of animal instincts:

Carl Jung

25 :: The second stroke in a four stroke engine is most commonly referred to as the:

Compression Stroke

General Science Interview Questions and Answers — 89 General Science Interview Questions and Answers