Practice Questions for the National Certified Metric Exam
1. A trip of 63 kilometers is equivalent to __________________ meters.
(a) 630
(b) 6300
(c) 63 000
(d) 630 000
(e) 6.3
2. How many of the following symbols are written incorrectly?
Unit / Symbol
(1) kilowatt / kW
(2) megametre / mm
(3) centigram / cg
(4) kilometer / km
(5) ampere / A
(7) cubic decimeter / dm3
(8) liter / L
(9) joule / J
(10) watt / W
(a) 0
(c) 2
(d) 3
(e) 4
(b) 1
(6) milliliter / mL
3. The amount of substance is measured by the SI unit, ______________________.
(a) pascal
(b) coulomb
(c) BTU
(d) mole
(e) Newton
4. Of the following pairs of units, the pair listed as _______________________________
Are both smaller than the meter?
(a) millimeter and kilometer
(c) centimeter and decimeter
(e) decameter and micrometer
(b) hectometer and centimeter
d) centimeter and kilometer
5. A nickel has a mass of about ________________________
(a) 100 g
(b) 500 g
(c) 1 hg
(d) 1 mg
e) 5 g
6. The SI base unit for time is the _____________________________
(a) day
(b) week
(c) month
(d) second
(e) hour
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7. If a family drinks one litre of coke each day, then the family will drink approximately
_____________________ mL in one week.
(a) 7 000 mL
(b) 49 mL
(c) 0.7 mL
(d) 700 mL
(e) 70 mL
8. The Thickness of a dime is approximately ____________________________
(a) 0.1 mm
(b) 5 mm
(c) 0.01 cm
(d) 0.01 mm
(e) 1 mm
9. The _________________________ is the SI unit usually used for body measurements
and clothing sizes in metric countries.
(a) decameter
(b) decimeter
(c) millimeter
(d) centimeter
(e) none of the above
10. The SI derived unit, __________________________, replaces the pressure cooker’s
pounds per square inch unit.
(a) kilogram
(e) mole
Question #
1
2
3
4
5
(c) Newton
Answer
C
B
D
C
E
(d) kilopascal
Answer Key
Question #
6
7
8
9
10
(e) Joule
Answer
D
A
E
D
D
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