DAT Test Knowledge
Quantitative Reasoning
Organic Chemistry
Biology
Chemistry
100

What does DAT stand for? 

What is Dental Admission Test

100

What is the least common multiple of 6, 15, and 21?

What is 210

100

Which of these alcohols is least soluble in water? A. 1-Propanol B. 2-Butanol C. 3-Pentanol

What is C. 3-Pentanol

100

What is the organelle principally involved in protein degradation/cellular digestion?

What is the Lysosome

100

List these elements in order of decreasing electronegativity. P, As, Bi, N, Sb.

What is N,P,As,Sb,Bi

200

True or False. You can take the DAT as many times as you want.

What is True.

(However....) Recommended no more than 3 times

200

A caterer has 120 slices of bread, 75 slices of ham, and 75 slices of cheese. If she needs to make sandwiches each consisting of 2 slices of bread, 1 slice of ham, and 1 slice of cheese, what is the greatest number of sandwiches she can make?

What is 60

200

Which species is linear?

 A. H2O B. H2Se C. SO2 D. ClO2 E. CO2

What is E. (CO2)

200

In an emergency, an individual with type AB antigen on their red blood cells 

  • A. may receive a transfusion of type O blood.
  • B. may receive a transfusion of type A blood.
  • C. may receive a transfusion of type B blood.
  • D. All of the above
  • E. None of the above

What is D. All of the above

200

How is the vapor pressure of a liquid affected if it is boiled in a pressure cooker?

  • A. it is increased.
  •  B. it is decreased.
  •  C. it stays the same.
  •  D. it increases, then becomes constant.
  •  E. it decreases, then becomes constant.

What is D. it increases, then becomes constant.

300

How much time do you have to take the PAT (Perceptual Ability Test) portion of the DAT? 

What is 60 minutes

300

One fifth of the students in a band play the clarinet. If there are 25 clarinet players, how many students are in the band?

What is 125.

300

Which of the following statements best describes the structural relationship between cis-1,2-dibromocyclopropane and trans-1,2-dibromocyclopropane?

  • A. The two compounds are mirror images of one another 


  • B. The two compounds can be separated by ordinary physical chemical separation methods


  • C. The two compounds have the same melting points 


  • D. All of the above 



What is B

300

In which type of solution would water leave the cell causing the cell to shrink?

What is a hypertonic solution


300

Which of the following compounds has the greatest molecular dipole? 

BF3, CF4, CBr4, CH2Cl2, CH2Br2

What is CH2Cl2

400

What subjects are tested on the Survey of Natural Sciences section?

What is Biology, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.

400

Which is the smallest value?
A. 11/63

B. 5/46

C. 1/5

D. 2/9

E. 7/36

What is B 

5/46

400

The absorption of what type of electromagnetic radiation results in electronic transitions?

A. microwaves 

B. X-rays 

C. radio waves


D. infrared light 

E. ultraviolet light 


What is E

400

Which of Mendel’s Laws states that of a pair of characteristics (e.g. blue and brown eye color) only one can be represented in a gamete.

What is the Law of Segregation

400

Placing an inflated balloon in the freezer would result in which of the following?

  •  A. the pressure of the gas would increase
  •  B. the volume of the balloon would increase
  •  C. the number of gas collisions would increase
  •  D. the kinetic energy of the gas particles would decrease
  •  E. the moles of the gas in the balloon would decrease

What is D. the kinetic energy of the gas particles would decrease

500

To apply for the DAT you must obtain a _____ PIN?

What is DENTPIN

500

If Chad has a 2 sided coin, what is the probability he will flip the coin on heads three times in a row?
A. 1/2

B. 1/4

C. 1/6

D. 1/8

E. 1/16

What is D. 1/8

500

Which of the following statements is correct regarding nucleophilic acyl substitution?

  • A. Protonation of the carbonyl is followed immediately by loss of the leaving group.
  •  B. SN2 reaction is the primary mechanism for this reaction.
  •  C. Ester hydrolysis proceeds in a single, concerted step.
  •  D. Loss of the leaving group is followed by carbocation rearrangement.
  •  E. Addition of a nucleophile to the carbonyl is followed by loss of the leaving group.

What is E. Addition of a nucleophile to the carbonyl is followed by loss of the leaving group.

500

What is the probability that a mother who is a carrier for cystic fibrosis (an autosomal recessive disorder) will pass the diseased allele on to her child whose father is genotypically normal?

What is 50%.

500

Increasing the amount of liquid in a sealed container will cause the vapor pressure of the liquid to A. Remain the same, regardless of the identity of the liquid. B. Increase, regardless of the identity C. Decrease, regardless of the identity.

What is A. Remain the same