Geology ENS Bambili First Cycle Competitive Entrance | Concours ENS Bamenda

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• • Geology Major 2017 / 2018

  • Chemistry and Mathematics Minor 2017/2018

  • General Knowledge and Bilingualism 2017/2018

  • Structured Essay 2017/2018

  • Geology Major 2016 / 2017

  • Chemistry and Mathematics Minor 2016/2017

  • Geology Major 2014/2015

  • Biology Minor 2014/2015

  • Proposed Guide to 2014/2015

  • Geology Major 2013/2014

  • Biology Minor 2013/2014

  • Proposed Guide to 2013/2014

  • Geology Major 2012

  • Mathematics and Chemistry Minor 2012

  • Biology Minor 2012

  • Proposed Guide to 2012

  • Geology Major 2011

  • Biology / Chemistry Minor 2011

  • Geology Major 2011

  • Biology / Chemistry Minor 2010

  • Geology Major 2009

  • Biology / Chemistry Minor 2009

  • 150 Supplementary Questions with Answers

Extract of the Paper of 2017/2018

COMPETITIVE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FIRST CYCLE 2017/2018

DEPARTMENT: GEOLOGY

DURATION: 4 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions! Select the correct answer to each of the questions in Section One, Two and Three, and write the corresponding letter (A, B, C or D) in the Answer Booklet provided. Section Four comprises two structured essay.

Make sure that you insert the question paper inside the Answer Booklet before you lea s the examination hall!

SECTION ONE: GEOLOGY (40%)

1.        Select from the list below the correct order of the evolution of the fossils beginning with the oldest to the youngest: A-Nautiloids GoniatitesCeratites;

       B-GoniatitesGeratitesNautiloids;     C-CeratitesGoniatitesNautiloids.

2.      The tectonic joints that are orientated parallel to the fold trend are.

A- Cross joints; B- Longitudinal joints; C- Oblique joints.

3. Which of the following bivalves is a borer? A-Pecten; B-Cardium; C-Solem.

4. The correct order of layers in the Earth from the surface to the center is:

     A) Crust, asthenosphere, lithosphere, mantle, core B) cnist, lithosphère, asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core, inner core C) core, mantle, crust D) lithosphere, lower mantle, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core

5.  . The difference between a "family" and a "group" in the periodic table is that:

A) Families are columns and groups are rows. B) Families are rows and groups are columns.   C) Families determine the energy level of an element and groups determine their properties. D) None of the

6.The source of the necessary elements of life is: A) inorganic environmental reservoir

B) The sun        C) rock      D) the air

7. Which of the following statements about minerals is false?

A) Petroleum is not a mineral because it is both a liquid and is organic    B) water is not a mineral but ice is a mineral  C) all minerals have a characteristic organized internal atomic structure   D) all minerals must have more than one element in their chemical formula

8.      What is the difference between magma and lava?

A) The chemical composition                              B) the amount of water that each holds

C) lava reaches the surface and magma does not       D) the amount of molten rock with or without pyroclasts

9.              The bulk of a plant's dry weight is derived from: A. soil minerals B. C0₂ C. theHand O from H₂0 D. the 0 from H₂'0

10.  The type of lava that erupts at mid-ocean spreading ridges is: A.ultramafic   C. intermediate B.mafic         D. felsic

11.  Choose the correct pair of plutonic rock and its volcanic equivalent. A.gabbro-trachyte B.syenite andesite C.granite-Rhyolite D.granodiorite basalt

12.  The viscosity of lava is a measure of:

A)    Hole in ozone layer;         B) decrease in the ozone layer in troposphere;          C) decrease in thickness of ozone layer in troposphere           D) increase in the thickness of ozone layer in troposhere

13.  Ozone hole refers to:

A)    A   B) B    C) C    D) E

14.  A soil horizon located at depth where materials leached from higher horizons accumulates: 

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