Questions 241-250

It is the process of transmitting a message from a source to an audience via a channel:

• language
• education
• interaction
• communication

Which word is sensible?

• humanoid
• humanocracy
• humanphile
• humangram

The Queen of Philippine Flowers:

• Waling-waling
• Ilang-ilang
• Dama de noche
• Sampaguita

The change in velocity per unit of time:

• speed
• magnitude
• acceleration
• displacement

Which of the following shows an immoral act among public officials:

• positive legislation
• foster learning
• protect underworld characters
• promote social tranquility

A condition which results if the pH of the blood is lower than 7.35. It can result from starvation, fasting, or a low carbohydrate diet:

• glycemia
• diabetes
• apnea
• acidosis

Used when speaking to a king:

• sire
• holiness
• pope
• sage

Nora Aunor became a legend in the show business because of her talent, determination, and hard work. What role does this illustrate?

• achieved role
• ascribed role
• hereditary role
• temporary role

The quantity of air over a part of the earth:

• air mass
• air force
• air weight
• air density

A man owing and farming a small estate:

• shepherd
• agronomist
• yeoman
• agriculturist

Questions 231-240

This university was created by Act No. 1870 passed by the old Philippine Legislature on June 18, 1908:

• West Visayas State University
• Technological University of the Philippines
• University of the Philippines
• Philippine Normal University

A substance that gives up a hydrogen ion (H+) in a water solution. It has four characteristic properties. (1) it has a sour taste; (2) it turns blue litmus paper red; (3) it neutralizes a base; (4) it reacts with active metals to produce hydrogen gas:

• acid
• base
• colloid
• solution

A young person:

• neonate
• juvenile delinquent
• youth
• orphan

What is that inevitable force in history which takes place from time to time:

• change
• development
• progress
• evolution

Athena, an accountant, who now lives with a married man, was disowned by her family and friends. This punishment is a form of __________________.

• isolation
• deportation
• ostracism
• character assassination

Introduction of particles and gases in the air as a result of man’s activities:

• air combat
• air pollution
• air corruption
• air clearing

Tiredness and lack of energy or interest:

• lassitude
• perversion
• fecundity
• obesity

Which of the following situations presents a value conflict?

• The teacher pressures the student to get higher grades.
• The teacher and his students have better class standing as their priorities.
• The teacher and the administrator follow a set of criteria in giving grades.
• The teacher has students whose parents want their children to obtain higher grades than what they are capable of getting.

What is the capital of the province of Kalinga?

• Tabuk
• Bontoc
• Lagawe
• Kabugao

The only sea with which the ancient Greeks were acquainted:

• the Euxine Sea
• the Mediterranean Sea
• the Adriatic Sea
• the Caspian Sea

Questions 221-230

The coldest month in the Philippines:

• December
• November
• January
• February

Properties that undergo changes when a substance is subjected to different conditions:

• physical properties
• extrinsic properties
• nuclear properties
• chemical properties

A school which operates not only to cater to its students but for all the people where it is located :

• public school
• private school
• societal school
• community school
  

The Philippines ranks first in the world production of _______________.

• coconuts
• mangoes
• corn
• coffee

Tomorrow is __________________.

• a half-holiday
• a half holiday
• half-holiday
• half holiday

Organisms that hasten the decay of dead organic matter:

• producers
• consumers
• decomposers
• predators

A fanatic:

• zealot
• harlot
• faggot
• maggot

Mrs. Luna gave her students a unit test and found out that three of them got failing marks in subtracting mixed fractions. What should she do to help them?

• Ask the bright students to coach them.
• Personally give them remedial lessons.
• Tell the parents to get them a personal tutor.
• Let the class know what happened to the three.

A computer file in which the information is compressed so that it uses less space:

• e-file
• cyber file
• zip file
• net file

You have some foreign visitors who will stay for a time in your community. What two actions will you take to manage the conflicting situations and at the same time bring about values that enhance your sense of nationhood?

• Try hard to speak the way they do for better understanding.
• Bring them to places the country is well-known for.
• Serve them the same food that they eat in their country.
• Show them desirable Filipino traits.

Questions 211-220

An instrument used to measure the mass of objects:

• pedometer
• balance
• dynamo
• chronometer

The Philippines lies in _______________.

• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• East Asia
• Southwest Asia

If you were Mrs. Legayada, which action would you take to show a balance between balance and responsibility?

• Give them more free time during the camping period.
• See to it that the older boy scouts take charge of the safety of the group.
• Let the boy scouts do the scheduled activities during the camping while he had a drinking spree with the other scout masters.
• Prepare structured activities that allow independent work among the boy scout groups and rate them according to the agreed criteria.

A lot of, a great many, a great deal of, a couple, and a dozen are expressions of ________________.

• quantity
• quality
• certainty
• probability

What is the northernmost island of the Philippines?

• Y’ami
• Babuyan
• Itbayat
• Basco

A positively charged particle:

• plasma
• ion
• cation
• isotope

He was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila. He was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines for Literature:

• Nick Joaquin
• Jose Rizal
• Carlos Bulosan
• Jose Garcia Villa

What is the largest bay in the Philippines?

• Laguna Bay
• Manila Bay
• Batangas Bay
• Tayabas Bay

Divorce is legal in the United States but is not acceptable in the Philippines. What does it show?

• Culture is illegal.
• Culture is uniform.
• Culture is relative.
• Culture is phenomenon.

My mother bought __________________ of apples.

• one and a half kilos
• one and a half kilo
• one and half kilos
• one and half kilo

Questions 201-210

The short story, _______________, by Nick Joaquin carefully and brilliantly depicted the status Filipino women had during in the past. In this still seemingly patriarchal world, we are somehow forced to believe that men are superior and that women are just subordinate to men. This ideology was even more highlighted in the past, where women were totally deprived of the necessary rights that men had always enjoyed.

• House on Zapote Street
• May Day Eve
• The Summer Solstice
• Mariang Makiling

In order to know a country well, we study its _______________ because it is the story of a country and its people.

• history
• literature
• economics
• politics

Aling Maria has taught her daughter how to prepare good and delicious desserts from local fruits and vegetables. What cultural transmission process is this?

• observation
• acculturation
• enculturation
• indoctrination
  

A and an are _______________.

• indefinite articles
• prepositions
• conjunctions
• interjections

The study of plants:

• biology
• zoology
• botany
• petrology

What is the only Christian nation in Asia?

• Israel
• India
• Philippines
• Japan

This Filipino writer attended the University of the Philippines. He graduated simultaneously from the Conservatory of Music and the College of Medicine. He trained further at Johns Hopkins University's medical school, publishing a paper on a rare form of hyperbilirubinaemia (jaundice):

• F. Sionel Jose
• Leoncio P. Deriada
• Celso Al Carunungan
• Arturo B. Rotor

Early Chinese traders who visited Mindoro called our nation _______________. This means “land of gold”, because they bought gold in Mindoro.

• Ma-yi
• Mu
• Maharlika
• Maharlika

Mr. Palarca was teaching something on mores, folkways, customs and beliefs in his Social Studies class. What was his lesson about?

• material culture
• non-material culture
• tangible culture
• hereditary culture

I need ________________.

• a visa
• an visa
• the visa
• some visa