his oppressors and negotiating in good faith for the

peaceful transition to democracy. Nelson Mandela

demonstrated his trait of ________________.
a. Friendliness c. Forgiving
b. Loyalty d. Determination

CLASSIFIED EXAMINATION 13. Read the paragraph and answer the item that follows:
Nelson Mandela sacrificed so much in his life-family,
FOR CRITICAL TEST ANALYSIS friends and a big chunk of his life for thing he believed in
BOARD LICENSURE EXAMINATION democratic south Africa, with equal rights and beacon of
FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS hope for the rest of the world. Nelson Mandela’s dream for
South Africa, which was realized was______________,
INTRABOARD EXAMINATION 1 a. Cooperation c. Democracy
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use shall be prosecuted in the full extent of the Philippine Laws. For
exclusive use of CBRC reviewees only. 14. Tis mightier than the mightiest... and one is likened to God
when mercy seasons justice.” The main thought of the
1. “We listened to a LOQUACIOUS speaker.” The excerpt it that ___________________
capitalized word means___________. a. Mercy is only for deserving
A. Quiet C. Verbose b. Mercy comes from the rain.
B. Simple D. Lousy c. Mercy is spontaneous and freely given.
d. Mercy is limited in extent
2. “Because of PROFANITY the program was suspended
from television.” The capitalized word means? 15. The public school teacher gives much importance to her
A. Obscenity C. Decency pupils’ _________________________.
B. History D. Falsehood a. Cleanliness c. Absence
b. posture d. Study
3. Vanessa has not forgotten that she was betrayed by her
best friend and carried such _________in her deeply 16. Select the most appropriate heading for the paragraph:
offended heart for a long time. “Stephen Crane was born in 1971 in New Jersey, but his
a. Rancor c. Souvenir family settled in New York. His father, a Methodist
b. offense d. Doubt minister, died when Stephen was nine years old. He came
4. Even when her friends betray her. Perla bears no rancor to know New York through its slum and street life,
in her heart because she is not_________. particularly in Bowery.”
a. Embarrassed c. Bitter a. Stephen’s family and boyhood
b. Insulter d. Consoled b. Stephen’s genealogy
c. Stephen as an Orphan
5. The _____________ lesson of the story is that honesty is d. The New York Slums
the best policy.
a. Morality c. Moralism 17. He wrote ‘The Open Boat’ as a result of a shipwreck he
b. Moral d. Morale experienced on his way to Cuba to report a war in
progress there”?
6. What figure of speech is: “O wild west wind!” a. A shipwreck
a. Irony c. apostrophe b. Stephen’s Writings
b. hyperbole d. Metaphor c. The Open Boat
d. Stephen’s educational experience
7. What is the figure of speech in the sentence: “The sun
was a ball of fire over the mountain”? 18. Read the paragraph and answer the item that follows: “As
a. Personification c. Metaphor far back as I can remember, our family had always been
b. Hyperbole d. Simile an extended one. Our grandmother was the mainstay in
the family the silent strength behind our mother who is her
8. “If you want the moon I will get it for you” is an example of daughter.” The informal guide and honorary household
______________. chief in the extended family is the________
a. hyperbole c. irony a. Grandmother c. father
b. personification d.synecdoche b. aunt d. Mother

9. For the synecdoche figurative expression “It was a black 19. What emotion or feeling is expressed in the following line?
tie affair” what is the equivalent meaning? To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether this
a. Party for men only nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of
b. costume party outrageous Fortune, or to take arms against a Sea of
c. senior citizen’s meeting Troubles, and by opposing end them?
d. Formal gathering a. Sadness c. Joy
b. Indecision d. Anger
10. For the synecdoche figurative expression “My mother has
a green thumb. I can’t wait to show you her garden.” What 20. Filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-
is the equivalent meaning? Spanish cultural beliefs and traditions.
a. She grows a vegetable garden a. Edilberto Tiempo c. N.V.M. Gonzales
b. She is good at gardening b. Nick Joaquin d. Bienvenido Santos
c. She takes care of flowering plants
d. She cultivates a garden 21. During the Hispanic era, native and Chinese male
mestizos 16-60 years old are obligated to do forced labor
11. Which of the following is a style of novel written as a for forty days. How can exemption be made?
series of records that might include letters, newspaper a. Getting a cedula personal
articles, or diary entries? b. Give santorum tax to the church
A. Fictional diaries c. paying the bandala
B. Epistolary novels d. paying the falla (exemption fee)
C. Stream of consciousness
D. First-person narration 22. Which Spanish policy provided the resettlement of Filipino
communities to form town centers of cabeceras?
12. Imprisoned for 27 years, Nelson Mandela realized his A. Assimilation C. reduccion
dream of a free and non-racial South Africa by forgiving B. Encomienda system D. bandala

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23. How can Dr. Jose Rizal’s La Liga organization be likened
according to present-day social groups/movements?
A. National political party like LP, NP, Lakas
B. Shadow government
C. National socio-civic organization
D. Street parliamentarian movement
24. During the Spanish period, it refers to the privilege of the
provincial governor to engage in trade.
a. corregimientos c. alcalde mayor
b. alcaldia d. indulto de comercio
36. Participation in governance, including the right to vote and
seek public office is secured within the citizenry’s
________________.
A. Political rights C. Socio-civic rights
B. Right of suffrage D. Right to due process
37. The right invoked in the “writ of habeas data” is
________________________.
A. The right to information privacy.
B. Right to gather information data.
C. The right to search for information.
D. Right to transmit data.

25. The Philippine president who was known as “the man of 38. The fundamental right invoked by filling the “writ of
the masses” was amparo” is ________________.
A. Fidel Ramos C. Manuel Quezon A. The right to due process
B. Ramon Magsaysay D. Manuel Roxas B. The right to self-defense
C. The right to be defended by a public attorney
26. One of the pledges of the President of the Philippines is to D. The right to life, liberty and security
defend its:
A. Constitution C. Citizens 39. Which is the fundamental law of the Philippines?
B. Land D. Islands A. Bill of Rights C. Civil Criminal Code
B. Constitution D. Ten Commandments
27. A recently awarded national artist for sculpture was
A. Blaco C. Alcantara 40. The economic policy that good action is one that helps the
B. Abueva D. Luna greatest number of peoples called:
a. Mercantilism
28. The stage actress who brought fame to her country b. Colonialism
through her international awards for her stage c. Capitalism
performance was: d. Utilitarianism
A. Isay Alvarez C. Lea Salonga 41. What kind of cooperative system sells farmer’s agricultural
B. Geneva Cruz D. Sharon Cuneta product?
a. Service cooperative
29. Art is product of man’s need to express himself with a high b. Producers cooperative
degree of sensitivity towards his environment. Who is the c. Marketing cooperative
painter of fisherfolks and farmers of his hometown in d. Multi-purpose cooperative
Rizal? 42. What are the small hair-like structures that serve a
A. Vicente Manansala C. Anita Magsaysay sensory function in eukaryotic cells?
B. Carlos V. Francisco D. Fernando Amorsolo A. Cilia C. actin filaments
B. Centromere D. plasma membrane
30. Which enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1916 established
a bicameral legislature in the Philippines with the senator 43. What are the thin structure essential for cytokinesis,
(upper house) and House of Representative (lower house) amoeboid movement and changes in cell shape?
to be composed of elected Filipinos? A. Myosin filaments C. Monofilaments
A. Philippine Legislative Law C. Cooper Act B. Pseudo filaments D. Microfilaments
B. Mckinley Law D. Jones Law
44. What is the pressure exerting on the plasma membrane
31. What contained the concrete promise of the Americans to against the cell wall of bacteria, fungi and plant cells?
Filipinos independence “as soon as stable government A. Osmotic pressure C. turgor pressure
can be established”? B. Wall pressure D. plasma pressure
A. Preamble of the Jones Law
B. Fairfield Bill of 1924 45. The protein shell of a virus is called____________.
C. Preamble of the Commonwealth Government A. Capsid C. Virions
D. First 1919 Parliamentary Mission to the U.S. B. lambda bacteriophage D. Capsomeres

32. Which power of the state enables it to impose charge of
burden upon persons, property or property of rights for the
use and support of the government in its discharge of
appropriate functions?
A. Eminent domain C. Value added tax
B. Expropriation D. Taxation
33. Which condition contradicts the social justice mandate in
the 1987 Constitution?
A. Creation of economic opportunities for all
B. Sense of dependency among citizens
C. Elimination of cultural inequalities
D. Equitable distribution of wealth
46. Polysaccharides, triglycerides, polypeptides and nucleic
acids are classified as _______.
A. Carbohydrates C. Phospholipids
B. Acids and bases D. Macromolecular
47. This is true of recessive genes:
a. Will only have phenotypic expression if present as a
homozygous phenotype
b. Should be paired with a dominant gene for it to be
expressed
c. Will prevent a dominant gene from expressing its
phenotype
d. Have more superior phenotypic traits

34. Which state policy provides for preferential attention to the 48. Because it will adversely affect the populations’ food
welfare of the less fortunate members of the Philippine supplies, the most disadvantageous source of energy is
Society? ___________________.
A. Bill of Rights C. Distributive Justice A. Wind C. geo-thermal
B. Social Justice D. Criminal Justice B. Sun D. plants
49. Which of the following is the lowest rank of coal and is
35. Which best describes the division of the legislature into the otherwise called brown coal?
Senate and the House of Representatives? A. Bituminous C. anthracite
A. Bicameralism C. Unicameralism B. Lignite D. charcoal
B. Bipartisanship D. Co-legislative powers 50. Iron is what type of magnetic material?
A. Non-magnetic C.Paramagnetic
B. Ferromagnetic D. Diamagnetic

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