MAT Practice Test

Which word is to "obfuscate" as "illuminate" is to "clarify"?

"Esoteric" is to "understood by few" as "ubiquitous" is to?

"Lachrymose" is to "tearful" as "sanguine" is to?

"Ephemeral" is to "lasting a very short time" as "perennial" is to?

"Avarice" is to "greed" as "benevolence" is to?

"Pedestrian" is to "banal" as "ingenious" is to?

"Omnipotent" is to "all-powerful" as "omniscient" is to?

"Nadir" is to "lowest point" as "zenith" is to?

"Plethora" is to "excess" as "paucity" is to?

"Ascetic" is to "austere" as "prodigal" is to?

"Alacrity" is to "eagerness" as "torpor" is to?

"Convivial" is to "festive" as "morose" is to?

"Demagogue" is to "populist" as "misanthrope" is to?

"Eulogy" is to "praise" as "diatribe" is to?

"Circumspect" is to "cautious" as "impetuous" is to?

"Exonerate" is to "absolve" as "incriminate" is to?

"Reticent" is to "reserved" as "loquacious" is to?

"Anachronism" is to "misplaced in time" as "anomaly" is to?

"Philanthropy" is to "charity" as "nepotism" is to?

In literature, stream of consciousness is to Virginia Woolf as _______ is to James Joyce.

As Picasso is to Cubism, _______ is to Futurism.

The Divine Comedy is to Dante Alighieri as _______ is to Homer.

Michel Foucault's concept of biopower is most closely associated with which of the following fields?

The concept of the "sublime" is to Edmund Burke as _______ is to Immanuel Kant.

In the context of Russian literature, "War and Peace" is to Leo Tolstoy as _______ is to Fyodor Dostoevsky.

In the realm of philosophy, "Critique of Pure Reason" is to Immanuel Kant as _______ is to Friedrich Nietzsche.

The term "Baroque" in music is most closely associated with which of the following composers?

In art history, "The School of Athens" is to Raphael as _______ is to Caravaggio.

In literary theory, "The Death of the Author" is to Roland Barthes as _______ is to Michel Foucault.

As the Sistine Chapel is to Michelangelo, _______ is to Gustave Courbet.

In the realm of Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex is to Sophocles as _______ is to Euripides.

The term "Gothic" in literature is most closely associated with which of the following novels?

In classical music, the term "leitmotif" is most closely associated with which composer?

The philosophy of existentialism is most closely associated with which of the following works?

In art, the use of chiaroscuro is most closely associated with which of the following artists?

In the context of modernist literature, "Ulysses" is to James Joyce as _______ is to T.S. Eliot.

The concept of the "Other" is most closely associated with which philosopher?

In the history of cinema, "Battleship Potemkin" is to Sergei Eisenstein as _______ is to Alfred Hitchcock.

In the realm of Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex is to Sophocles as _______ is to Euripides.

Neoliberalism is to Deregulation as Keynesian Economics is to?

Structural Functionalism is to Social Stability as Conflict Theory is to?

Milgram Experiment is to Obedience as Stanford Prison Experiment is to?

Mercantilism is to Accumulation of Wealth as Utilitarianism is to?

Durkheim's Collective Conscience is to Social Cohesion as Marx's Class Consciousness is to?

Modernization Theory is to Economic Growth as Dependency Theory is to?

Absolute Monarchy is to Divine Right as Democracy is to?

Malthusian Theory of Population is to Exponential Growth as Demographic Transition Theory is to?

Socialism is to Collective Ownership as Liberalism is to?

Gentrification is to Urban Renewal as White Flight is to?

Cognitive Dissonance Theory is to Inconsistent Beliefs as Bystander Effect is to?

Feminism is to Gender Equality as Environmentalism is to?

Realpolitik is to Power Politics as Idealism is to?

The Glass Ceiling is to Gender Discrimination as Redlining is to?

Intersectionality is to Multiple Identities as Cultural Relativism is to?

Laissez-faire Economics is to Market Freedom as Welfare State is to?

The Cold War is to Ideological Conflict as the Scramble for Africa is to?

Symbolic Interactionism is to Microsociology as Functionalism is to?

Secularization is to Religion as Globalization is to?

Ethnocentrism is to Cultural Superiority as Xenophobia is to?

What principle explains why certain materials become superconducting at low temperatures?

In quantum mechanics, which principle is used to explain the behavior of particles in terms of probabilities rather than certain outcomes?

What is the primary source of energy for the Earth's hydrological cycle?

Which element is considered the final product of fusion reactions in massive stars before supernova occurs?

What phenomenon explains the bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to another?

In the context of plate tectonics, what process describes the movement of one plate beneath another?

Which of the following is a fundamental force in nature that is responsible for the structure of atoms?

What term describes the maximum displacement of a point on a vibrating string from its equilibrium position?

In ecology, what term describes an organism that produces its own food from inorganic substances using light or chemical energy?

Which gas is the most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?

In genetics, which term describes the observable characteristics or traits of an organism?

What is the principle that explains the conservation of energy in a closed system?

Which particle is exchanged in the weak nuclear force?

What term describes the amount of disorder or randomness in a system?

In the field of astronomy, what is the term for a massive explosion that marks the end of a star's life cycle?

What phenomenon is observed when light from a distant star is shifted towards the red end of the spectrum as the star moves away from us?

Which law describes the relationship between the pressure, volume, and temperature of a gas?

In botany, what term is used to describe the process by which water is transported from the roots to the leaves of a plant?

What concept in physics describes the bending of a wavefront around obstacles or through openings?

In the periodic table, which element is denoted by the symbol "Fe"?

If \(a\) and \(b\) are roots of \(x^2 - x - 1 = 0\), what is \(a^2 + b^2\)?

Consider a sequence where \(T_n = n^2 + n + 1\). What is \(T_{10} - T_9\)?

In group theory, the order of an element \(g\) in a group \(G\) is the smallest positive integer \(n\) such that \(g^n = e\), where \(e\) is the identity element. If the order of \(g\) is 15, which of the following could be the order of the group \(G\)?

What is the remainder when \(2^{2017}\) is divided by 5?

A set of all x for which \(x^2 - 6x + 9 < 0\) is:

What is the derivative of \(f(x) = x^x\) at \(x = 2\)?

The sum of the series \(1 + \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{5} + \frac{1}{7} + \cdots\) up to the \(n\)-th odd denominator is:

A matrix \(A\) has eigenvalues 2, 3, and 4. What is the determinant of \(A\)?

For a real number \(x\), the expression \(\frac{d}{dx}(e^{x^2})\) equals:

The integral of \(f(x) = \frac{1}{x\ln(x)}\) from \(e\) to \(e^2\) is:

In topology, the Euler characteristic \(\chi\) of a convex polyhedron with \(V\) vertices, \(E\) edges, and \(F\) faces is given by \(\chi = V - E + F\). For a tetrahedron, \(\chi\) is:

If the radius of a circle is tripled, by what factor does the area of the circle increase?

The binomial coefficient \(\binom{n}{k}\) represents the number of ways to choose \(k\) items from \(n\) items without regard to order. What is \(\binom{5}{2}\)?

The number of solutions to the equation \(sin(x) = 0.5\) in the interval \(0 \leq x \leq 2\pi\) is:

A function \(f(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 + 4\) has a critical point at \(x =\):

If the prime factorization of \(n\) is \(2^3 \cdot 5^2 \cdot 7\), how many positive divisors does \(n\) have?

What is the sum of the infinite geometric series \(1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{8} + \cdots\)?

If \(i\) is the imaginary unit where \(i^2 = -1\), what is \(i^{2020}\)?

What is the limit of \(f(x) = \frac{x^2 - 4}{x - 2}\) as \(x\) approaches 2?

Given the matrix \(A = \begin{pmatrix}2 & 3\\ 4 & 5\end{pmatrix}\), what is the trace of \(A^2\)?

"Cacophony" is to "sound" as "dissonance" is to?