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Science 5. What is the layer where most meteors burn up D. 5000 Joules
DIRECTION: Choose the letter corresponding to upon entering the atmosphere? Answer: D is the correct answer since W=Fd … W=(500N)(10m)=5000J
the BEST answer. A. Mesosphere
B. Exosphere 10. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
1. The most fundamental unit of matter is ____. C. Troposphere A. CFC’s
A. Element D. Stratosphere B. Methane
B. Atom C. Nitrous Oxide
Answer: A
C. Mole D. Carbon Oxide
D. Molecule 6. If an element has 15 protons and 7 neutrons, what Answer: A (The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmos-
Answer: A
is its atomic number? phere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,
and ozone.)
A. 7
2. Acceleration is the change in velocity of an object B. 15 11. Which star is the hottest star?
over change in time. What is the equation for the final C. 22 A. Yellow
velocity of an object? D. 8 B. Blue
A. Vf = Vi + a t C. Orange
Answer: B (Atomic number = number of protons)
B. Vf = Vi - a t D. Red
C. Vf = 2Vi+ a t 7. Which of the following represents the average
Answer: B (The hotter the star, the more blue light it makes.)
D. Vf = Vi2+ a t composition of the earth?
Answer: A (The final velocity vf of an object which starts with veloc- A. Inner core 12. Mid-ocean ridges are result of what plate activity?
ity vi and then accelerates at constant acceleration a for a period of B. Outer core A. Converging plates
time ) C. Mantle B. Diverging plates
3. Which of the following is TRUE? D. Crust C. Inverting plates
A. Sound travels in vacuum Answer: C D. Spreading plates
B. Sound is a transverse wave 9. What is 560C in 0F? Answer: B (A mid-ocean ridge demarcates the boundary between two
tectonic plates, and consequently is termed a divergent plate boundary.)
C. Sound is a longitudinal wave A. 218.1 0F
D. Sound does not need a medium for transmission of B. 238.1 0F 13. What kind of biomolecule is the DNA?
energy C. 123.8 0F A. Lipid
Answer: C (Sound wave is longitudinal.) D. 132.8 0F B. Nucleic Acid
C. Protein
4. What type of clouds will be seen during a stormy Answer: D [°C x 9/5 + 32 = °F] and [(°F - 32) x 5/9 = °C]
D. Carbohydrate
day? 10. A man weighing 500 Newtons climbs a tree 10 m
Answer: B (DNA is a nucleic acid.)
A. Cirrus high. How much work does the monkey do?
B. Nimbus A. 100 Joules 14. What is the equivalent value of the absolute zero
C. Cumulus B. 500 Joules temperature on the Celsius, and Kelvin scale?
D. Stratus C. 1000 Joules A. 00C, 273 K
Answer: B (Nimbus cloud is seen during rainy season.) B. 00C, -273 K C. -2730C, 0 K
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D. 2730C, 0 K 19. Which of the following pairs is INCORRECT? 24. Which of the following is a colloidal dispersion?
Answer: A A. Group 1— Alkali metals A. Beer
15. Newton (N), the metric standard unit of force, is B. Group 2—Alkaline earth metals B. Alcohol
equal to ____. C. Group 17—Halogens C. Paint
A. kg/L D. Group 18—Stable gases D. Wine
B. kg * m2 Answer: D (Group 18—Noble gases) Answer: C
C. kg * m/s2
20. Which of the following is not a pure substance? 25. Which type of reproduction involves gametes?
D. kg * m/s
Answer: C
A. Hydrogen A. Binary fission
B. Baking Soda B. Budding
16. What is the type of eclipse which occurs when the C. Muriatic Acid C. Asexual
earth comes between the sun and the moon in such a D. Ammonia D. Sexual
way that it blocks the sun’s rays completely from
Answer: B Answer: D
reaching the moon?
A. Solar 21. Bats are classified as mammals because they have 26. Which of the following is NOT a part of the central
B. Lunar ___. dogma of molecular biology?
C. Ocular A. Mammary glands A. Transpiration
D. Total B. Feathers B. Transcription
Answer: B C. Beak C. Translation
17. Type of cell transport that does not require the D. Teeth D. Replication
expenditure of energy; moves particles through the Answer: A Answer: A
concentration gradient 22. A vector is a quantity with both magnitude and 27. Which of the following form a heterogeneous mix-
A. Active transport direction. Which of the following is NOT a vector? ture when mixed?
B. Passive transport A. Displacement A. Coffee, sugar, hot water
C. Diffusion B. Speed B. Chicken noodle soup
D. Osmosis C. Force C. Blood
Answer: B
D. Acceleration D. Alcohol and water
18. Which of the following DOES NOT describe a pro- Answer: B Answer: B
karyotic cell?
A. Their DNA is not bound by nuclear membrane. 23. What is the scientific name of rice? 28.Which does not belong to the group?
B. They do not possess a true nucleus. A. Oryza sativa A. Electron
C. A plasma membrane surrounds and encloses the B. Monocotyledonae sativa B. Proton
prokaryotic cell. C. Rosa sativa C. Neutron
D. They possess an extensive endoplasmic reticulum. D. Hibiscus sativa D. Atom
Answer: D Answer: A Answer: D (Atoms consists of electron, proton, and neutron.)
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29. At what part of trajectory does a projectile have a A. It has a high degree of cohesiveness and very or- 36. Who described that the atom is made up of a
minimum speed? derly arrangement of particles. positive ball with embedded negative particles?
B. It has a medium degree of cohesiveness and very A. J.J. Thompson
B orderly arrangement of particles; allows a degree of B. Neils Bohr
C
A ordered motion of particles. C. Werner Heisenberg
D C. It has disordered arrangement of particles but with
D. Ernest Rutherford
a high degree of cohesiveness.
Answer: B (Speed is zero due to changing direction of the object with Answer: A (Neils Bohr= Solar model; Werner Heisenberg= Uncertainty
respect to vertical plane.)
D. It has a low degree of cohesiveness and very or-
principle Ernest Rutherford= Nuclear model)
derly arrangement of particles.
30. What stage in meiosis do the paired homologous 37. In the color spectrum, the colors are enumerated
Answer: C
chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate? in increasing ___.
A. Anaphase 34. What happens to the amount of energy as the A. Frequency
B. Prophase level rises in the food pyramid? B. Wavelength
C. Telophase A. Increases C. Energy
D. Metaphase B. Decreases D. Penetrability
Answer: D
C. Remains constant
Answer: B
D. Decrease then increase
31. This is an interaction with matter in which trans- For numbers 38 and 39, refer to the figures below.
Answer: B
verse waves are restricted to a particular plane of vi- These are the distance and readings of a travelling
bration. 35. What is the primary reason behind the formation truck.
A. Polarization of a leading strand and a lagging strand during DNA
B. Reflection replication?
C. Refraction A. Same number of primers will be used for both
D. Optical illusion strands
Answer: A B. Variable hydrogen bonds present between base A B C D
pairs of the strands
32. Water and oil do not mix because they have differ- 38. Which of the following illustrates the truck travel-
ent ___. C. Anti-parallelism between the directionality of the ling at a zero acceleration?
A. Molar masses strands
Answer: C
B. Surface Tension D. Length variation of the two strands due to Okazaki
C. Polarities fragments 39. Which illustrates travelling at a constant positive
D. Thickness velocity?
Answer: C (The anti-parallel nature of the strands is the primary reason
for the formation of a leading strand and a lagging strand. The primary Answer: A
Answer: C structure of the DNA is composed of two strands in a helix. These strands
33. Which of the following describes an amorphous are said to be anti-parallel from one another. One strand starts with a 5‟ 40. Which of the following is a physical change?
while the other strand with a 3‟.)
solid? A. Cutting of paper B. Burning of paper
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C. Mixing coffee in hot water C. organism - ecosystem - population - community - A. I only
D. Melting of ice biosphere B. II only
Answer: B D. organism - community - population - ecosystem - C. III only
biosphere D. All of the above
41. Which of the following salts are insoluble?
Answer: B Answer: D
A. LiCl
B. NaCl 45.The atomic number of an element whose elec- 48. The property of an element described by the at-
C. KCl tronic configuration is 1s22s22p5 is traction of shared electrons is called ____.
D. AgCl A. 1 A. Ionization energy
Answer: D B. 2 B. Electron affinity
C. 5 C. Electronegativity
42.Which of the following law states that “Any sample D. 9 D. Metallic character
of a pure chemical substance contains the same ele-
Answer: D Answer: C
ments in the same definite proportion by mass of its
elements.”? 46. Acetone is the active component of the nail polish 49. The following ground state electronic configura-
A. Law of Definite Proportion or Composition remover. What is the mass in grams of 0.500 mol of tions for carbon are INCORRECT except
B. Law of Conservation of Mass acetone, C3H6O? [MMC=12 g/mol, MMH=1 g/mol, A. 1s22s32p1
C. Law of Multiple Proportion MMO=16 g/mol]? B. 1s22s22px22py02pz0
D. Law of Conservation of Energy A. 116 grams C. 1s22s22px12py12pz0
Answer: A B. 29.0 grams D. 1s22s23s2
C. 58.0 grams E. 1s22s23p6
43. Plants give off oxygen as a by product of photo-
D. 232 grams Answer: C. (Choice A exceed the maximum number of electrons in
synthesis. While human beings and animals give off 2s orbital. Choices D and E do not obey the Aufbau principle.
carbon dioxide. What symbiotic relationship occurs E. 174 grams Choice B does not obey Hund’s rule of multiplicity.)
between the two? Answer: B (The molar mass of acetone is 58g/mol. Hence, 0.500 mol 50. What force is needed to make a 2 kg rock acceler-
A. Mutualism acetone * (58 g acetone/ 1 mol acetone) = 29.0 g acetone.
ate at 0.5 m/s2?
B. Parasitism 47. Which of the following statement/s is/ are TRUE? A. 1N
C. Predator-Prey I. Statics involves the study of the forces acting on a B. 2N
D. Commensalism body that is at rest or is moving in a straight line with C. 3N
Answer: A constant speed. D. 4N
44. What is the correct order for the realms of ecology? II. Dynamics is the study of forces and torques as well Answer: A is the correct answer since F=ma… F=(2kg)(0.5 m/s2) = 1N
A. organism - ecosystem - community - population - as their effect in motion.
biosphere III. Statics is the branch of mechanics that studies the
B. organism - population - community - ecosystem - forces and torque on physical systems in static equi-
biosphere librium.
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Answer: A (An indirect object must have a pronoun in objective case.) C. have
Language
5. ____ ng mga magkakaibigan ang kanilang pabori- D. would had
DIRECTION: Choose the letter corresponding to tong guro sa susunod na Sabado. Answer: B (When expressing wishes, use had)
the BEST answer. A. Dalaw
GENERAL USAGE 10. ___ are you deserting me ____ you are also taking
B. Dadalawin
1. Sir Butch, Sir Jerico, Ma’am Febbie ____ Ma’am our supplies.
C. Dadalaw
Pam are four of the eight lecturers in the 21st ReCET. A. Neither—nor
D. Dinadalaw
A. and B. Either—or
Answer: B C. Both—and
B. or
C. , and 6. She was one of the alumni who ___ given a gift last D. Not only—but
D. , or valentine’s day. Answer: D (It is expressing a sentiment “aside from… but also”.)
A. was
Answer: C (It is acceptable for the comma to be omitted. But, it is a rule in 11. Did you feed the several ___ on our aquarium?
parallelism that comma should be used before the conjunction and. For B. were
this reason, the best answer is C.)
A. fish
C. is
B. fishes
2. ___ Ralph at Marwin ay naatasang magbigay ng D. will be
C. Both A and B
testimonya. Answer: B D. none of the above
A. Sila-sila
7. Many __ that Mathematics __ hard. Answer: B (Fish and fishes are both correct because it is not clear whether
B. Sila the question is pertaining to one type of fish [fish] or different types of fish
A. say—is
C. Sina [fishes].)
B. says– is
D. Si 12. If I ___ a teacher I would be teaching elementary
C. say—are
Answer: C D. says– are students.
3. Procter and Gamble ___ a lot of products. One of Answer: A
A. was
these products ___ Safeguard. B. were
8. My cousins ___ clothes since last December. C. am
A. manufacture-are
A. sells D. are
B. manufactures-are
B. had sells
C. manufacture-is Answer: B (“were” is a subjunctive mood since “If I __ a teacher” ex-
C. has been selling pressed a wish)
D. manufactures-is
D. have been selling
Answer: D (The name of the company is Procter and Gamble which is a 13. The president left the assessment between ___
Answer: D (The action is a counting truth, happened/ was true in the past
singular subject; thus, it requires singular verb—same with One.)
and is still true/ happening at present, therefore use present continuous/
and ___.
4. Our parents give Ian and ___ a play station. progressive.) A. him and me
A. me B. him and I
9. I wish you __ texted me last night.
B. I C. he and me
A. has
C. him D. he and I
B. had Answer: A (objects of the preposition to—objective case)
D. her
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14. The ___ of Jews during World War II was one of 18. Ibaiba ang pagtingin nila sa ikot ng mundo. NO 22. It is my prayer that I get into the University of the
the most documented atrocities in history. ERROR Philippines, the university of my dreams. NO ERROR
A. persecution A. Ibaiba A. my prayer
B. prosecution B. Pagtingin B. that I get into
C. prostitution C. Nila C. the University of the Philippines
D. procastination D. Mundo D. the university of my dreams
Answer: A (persecution—punishment) E. No Error E. No Error
Answer: A (Dapat ay Iba-iba) Answer: E
15. May ____ piraso ang isang dosena.
A. labing-dalawang 19. The alchemist is a novel by Paulo Coelho first pub- 23. Angeline ate breakfast when her brother Chen
B. labingdalawang lished in the year 1988. NO ERROR walked in and asked for her English notes. NO ERROR
C. labing dalawang A. The alchemist A. ate breakfast
D. labimdalawang B. novel by B. when her brother
Answer: B C. first published C. walked in
D. in the year D. asked for
IDENTIFYING ERRORS E. No Error E. No Error
Answer: A (The verb shoud be was eating. When describing an action that
Answer: A (The Alchemist is a title of a novel; thus, capitalizing the signifi-
16. Dada announced that the letters will arrive during cant words.)
was happening in the past when another action took place, use past pro-
gressive which is formed by was + ing form of the verb .)
the opening programme yesterday. NO ERROR
A. announced 20. P1280 is the price of the jeans which we cannot 24. The engineers noticed that one of the screws in
B. the letters afford. NO ERROR the cover was lose. NO ERROR
C. will arrive A. P1280 A. noticed
D. during the opening programme yesterday B. the price B. one of the screws
E. No Error C. the jeans C. in the cover
D. cannot afford D. was lose
Answer: D - is a misplaced modifier (During the opening programme,
Dada announced that the letters will arrive.) E. No Error E. No Error
Answer: A (Numerical expressions should be spelled out at the beginning Answer: D (Lose-be deprived of by accident or misfortune
17. In the nick of time, Jeremy just finished writing the of the sentence.) Loose- not fastened, tied or confined )
scientific paper yesterday. NO ERROR
A. In the nick of time 21. These are the names of my sisters; Charisse, 25. Abigail is an alumnus of the University of the Phil-
B. just finished Alyana, and Steph. NO ERROR ippines, and she is coming back to the university to be
C. writing A. These are a part of the UPLB Ugnayan ng Pahinungod. NO ER-
D. yesterday B. the names ROR
E. No error C. sisters; A. alumnus B. the University of the Philippines
D. , and C. coming back D. to be a part E. No Error
Answer: E Answer: A (Abigail is a female; hence, it should be alumna, rather than
E. No Error
alumnus)
Answer: C (Use comma when enumerating.)
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26. These days, Daryl is crabby so don’t try his pa- 30. “Kindness is it’s own reason,” the Samaritan told police.
tience. NO ERROR himself. NO ERROR C. The participants in the rally was an evil bunch.
A. These days, A. “Kindness D. The participants in the rally burned buildings during
B. crabby B. it’s own the event
C. so don’t try C. reason,” Answer: A come hell or high waters generally means “whatever difficulty
D. his patience D. Samaritan told himself or odds come” while to raise hell and high water means to create an in-
E. No Error E. No Error tense problem or trouble.

Answer: B (Crabby is a slang word. You can change it with a more appro- Answer: B (Its– possessive form for it 34. Even after the judge’s decision, the President was
priate term.) It’s–contraction of it is) not yet in the clear.
27. The customer got mad when he was not given a IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS A. The President was about to be murdered.
reciept. NO ERROR B. The President was still confused.
31. Despite having two jobs, Mr. Castro can‟t seem to C. The President would still face controversies.
A. The customer
make ends meet. D. The President would loose the next election.
B. got mad
A. Mr. Castro always could not settle his financial obli-
C. was not given Answer: E (in the clear – not guilty or free from certain problems)
gations.
D. reciept
B. Mr. Castro always has problems with his boss. 35. Daryl and Gel burned bridges a long time ago
E. No error
C. Mr. Castro does not know what kind of job he when Daryl’s girlfriend left him for Gel.
Answer: D (The correct spelling is RECEIPT.) A. They continued to be friends even after Daryl’s girl-
wants.
28. Now and then I apply a toner on my face, but D. Mr. Castro still wants to study. friend left him for Gel.
it has never had any affect on me. NO ERROR Answer: A (make ends meet - to have enough money for what you need)
B. They stopped beings friends but still talked to each
A. Now and then other even after the incident.
32. As a preacher, Bro. Ronald is not mindful of criti- C. They had no time to settle their quarrel.
B. on my face,
cism against his sermons. Instead he sees them D. They stopped communicating with each other.
C. never had
through rose-colored glasses.
D. affect on me Answer: D (burn bridges– to completely, permanently and unpleasantly
A. Bro. Ronald is easily depressed by criticisms. end your relationship with another person or group )
E. No error
B. Bro. Ronald is a god-fearing man.
Answer: D (Effect is the right term.) C. Bro. Ronald is an optimistic person. LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF DETAILS
DIRECTION: Arrange the following sentences logically into a meaningful
29. Advice your colleague to study hard. NO ERROR D. Bro. Ronald is hard-headed. paragraph.
A. Advice Answer: C (to see through rose-colored glass- to see things more pleas- 36. I. The boundary between Rome’s early history and
B. colleague antly than they really are)
Roman Myth is hard to define precisely.
C. study hard 33. The militant groups held a rally yesterday and II. As with British accounts of King Arthur, factual and
D. No error raised hell and high waters against the oil price hike. legendary ingredients are mingled.
Answer: A (Advice – noun meaning recommendation or opinion A. The participants in the rally became very aggres- III. In these stories the role of women is an essentially
Advise – verb meaning “act of giving advice” )
sive during the event. prominent topic.
B. The participants in the rally were hosed down by
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they contain many of the themes commonly found in
mythology throughout the world.
A. I, III, IV, II C. II, I, IV, III E. I, II, IV, III
B. I, II, III, IV D. II, I, III, IV
37. I. Most of these skills were ages old, as were the
basic tools of the trades.
II. Early American technology depended primarily
upon the skills of its artisans.
III. They were transmitted to America in the first in-
stance by craftsmen who crossed the Atlantic, and
they were perpetuated by an apprenticeship system
which taught skills by example.
IV. This process was supplemented by a continuing
influx of European artisans as well as by books and
manuals and occasionally by visits of Americans to
Europe.
A. II, III, I, IV C. II, I IV, III E. none of the above
B. IV, I, III, II D. II, IV, III, I
38. I. It had however become manifest to all intelli-
gent scientists that the new techniques were going to
have a profound effect on the sciences.
II. But the applications of these techniques had yet
scarcely transcended astronomy.
III. The industrial revolution had its roots in the intel-
lectual ferment of the eighteenth century, which
found the scientific techniques of Newton and Huy-
gens already well developed.
IV. The first field in which this came to pass was that
of navigation and of clockmaking.
A. I, II, IV, III C. II, III, I, IV e. III, I, II, IV
B. II, III, IV, I D. III, II, I, IV
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READING COMPREHENSION
Talagang totoo ang inihayag ng pamahalaan
na umuunlad na ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas. Nani-
wala rin, kahit si Michael Camdessus, ang pinuno ng
International Monetary Fund, nang pumunta siya sa
bansa. Bumisita si Camdessus sa Pilipinas upang ma-
laman kung totoo ang mga balitang mabilis nang
sumusulong ang ekonomiya ng bansa. Ayon kay
Gob. Gabriel Singson ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
(BSP), hinahangaan ni Camdessus ang 5.07% paglago
ng gross national product ng bansa sa unang se-
mestre ng 1994, ang higit na $7 bilyong reserbang
salapi, at mababang implasyon. Ganunman, sabi ni
Singson, ibinibilin ni Camdessus na “huwag paba-
yaang lumaki ang implasyon,” na 8.6% noong
Setyembre. Kritikal ang obserbasyon ni Camdessus
dahil umuutang ang Pilipinas ng $684 milyon sa IMF.
Inaasahang, kapag nagpatuloy ang paglago ng eko-
nomiya, ito na ang huling pag-utang ng bansa sa
IMF.
39. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang maaaring nangyari
matapos bumisita sa Pilipinas sa Camdessus?
A. bumagsak ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas
B. lumago nang 12% ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas
C. tumaas ang presyo ng mga bilihin
D. nagprotesta ang mga aktibista laban sa bisita ni
Camdessus
E. pinautang ng IMF ang Pilipinas
Explanation: Batay sa ika-limang pangungusap na nagpapaliwanag
na importante ang magandang opinyon ni Camdessus dahil sa
utang na hinihingi ng Pilipinas sa IMF.
40. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang hindi pinatotohanan
ng artikulo?
A. pinababayaan ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas na lumaki
ang implasyon ng bansa
B. lumago ng 5.07% ang gross national product ng
Pilipinas
C. lumaki ang reserbang salapi ng bansa
D. napahanga pati ang IMF sa pagbuti ng ekonomiya
ng Pilipinas
E. totoo ang pahayag ng pamahalaan na umuunlad na
ang ekonomiya ng bansa
Explanation: Hindi nabanggit sa sanaysay
41. Ang artikulo ay tungkol sa
A. pagbisita ni Camdessus sa Pilipinas
B. pag-utang ng Pilipinas sa IMF
C. ekonomiya ng Pilipinas
D. misyon ni Camdessus sa Pilipinas
E. pagpapatotoo sa paglago ng ekonomiya ng Pilipi-
nas
Explanation: Ito ang pinakaangkop dahil A, B at D ay masyadong
particular samantalang ang C ay masyadong malawak
North of the temperate-zone forests and
grasslands lies the biome of coniferous forests,
known commonly by its Russian name, taiga. Most
of the trees are evergreens or conifers with tough,
narrow leaves, needles that may persist from three
to five years. Spruces, firs, and pines dominate, but
some deciduous species such as aspens, alders,
larches, and willows may occur in disturbed areas or
along water courses. Many of the conifers have coni-
cal shapes to reduce bough breakage from heavy
loads of snow. As in tropical forests, the understory
is thin because of the dense year-round canopies;
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soils are also poor and acidic because of the slow 44. The poor soil condition in the taiga can be attrib- 46. How many games did the baseball team win in the
decay of fallen needles. Snakes are rare, and few am- uted to first seven weeks of the season?
phibians exist. Insects are strongly periodic but may A. lack of nutrients from fertilizer inputs. A. 32 C. 25 E. 50
often reach outbreak proportions on the dense wood B. continuous digging of mammals. B. 29 D. 21
and foliage available in times of climatic relaxation. C. large roots of abundant evergreen trees Explanation: Add all games won every week
Mammals such as bears, lynxes, moose, beavers, and D. slow decay of fallen needles.
squirrels are heavily furred. The taiga is famous for 47. What percent of the games did the team win?
Explanation: Explained in 5th sentence A. 75% C. 58% E. 80%
cyclic population patterns, of which the abundance
of hares and lynxes are a well-known example. These 45. The dominant floral species of the taiga biome is a B. 60% D. 29%
patterns have given rise to the notion that diversity A. polar bear Explanation: The team played a total of 50 games and won 28 which is
B. lynxes 58%
and stability are linked in ecological systems. In the
Southern Hemisphere, little land area occurs at lati- C. evergreen 48. According to the table, which week was the worst
tudes at which one would expect extensive taiga to D. None of the above for the team?
exist. (Stiling, P. 1998. Ecology: Theories and Applica- Explanation: Described in 2nd sentence A. 2nd C. 5th E. 7th
tion. 2nd ed) B. 4th D. 6th
The following chart is a record of the performance of
Explanation: The 7th week is the only week the team lost more
42. The paragraph infers that taiga is characterized by the baseball team for the first seven weeks of the games (4) than it won (2).
A. cold temperature. season
B. abundant grasslands and healthy ecological balance 49. Which was the best week?
Games Games Total Games A. 1st C. 4th E. 6th
C. warm temperature. Won Lost Played B. 3rd D. 5th
D. absence of insects
1st week 5 3 8 Explanation: During the 3rd week, the team won 7 out of 9 games
Explanation: As could be inferred from the descriptions in the
which is 70%. Compared with the percentage of wins for the other
entire paragraph 2nd week 4 4 16 weeks, the 3rd week’s was the highest.
43. In a taiga biome, conifers are funnel-shaped to 3rd week 5 2 23
avoid breakage of branches from lots of snow, while
4th week 6 3 32
mammals
A. grow thick hairs to keep them warm. 5th week 4 2 38
B. burrow in snow to keep them warm. 6th week 3 3 44
C. naturally adapt to the temperature.
D. All of the above 7th week 2 4 50
Explanation: Explained in 8th sentence
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MATHEMATICS 5. An automobile travels 300mi in a certain time. If it 9. Which of the following are in descending order of
had travelled 15mi/hr faster, it would have gone 90mi their value?
DIRECTION: Choose the letter corresponding to farther. Find its rate. A. 1/3, 2/5, 3/7, 4/5, 5/6, 6/7
the BEST answer. A. 51mi/hr B. 6/7, 5/6, 4/5, 3/7, 2/5, 1/3
B. 50mi/hr C. 1/3, 2/5, 3/5, 4/6, 5/7, 6/7
1. Find the sum of the series 3, 6, 9, …27, 30. C. 49mi/hr D. 6/7, 5/6, 4/5, 2/5, 3/7, 1/3
A. 168 B. 165 D. 48mi/hr Answer: B
C. 172 D. 175 Answer: B
10. Suppose you have $8000 invested at a certain rate
Answer: B
Ave. = (30+3)/2 = 16.5
6. How much pure alcohol must be added to 1 gallon of interest and $6000 at twice the first rate of inter-
No. of terms = (30-3)/3 +1 = 10 terms of 40% alcohol to make a solution that is 80% alco- est. The return from the first investment is $80 per
Sum = 10 x 16.5 = 165 hol? year less than the return from the second. Find the
2. The age of Nathaline 3 years ago is ¼ her age 6 A. 2 gallons rates of interest.
years from now. How old is Nathaline? B. 3 gallons A. 3%, 7%
A. 24 B. 18 C. 12 D. 6 C. 3.1 gallons B. 1%, 4%
D. 2.1 gallons C. 4%, 7%
Answer: D (Let x=the present age of Nathaline…. 3 years ago = x-3 ...6 yrs
Answer: A D. 2%, 4%
from now = x +6 x – 3 = ¼ (x + 6) 4(x – 3) = x + 6 4x – 12 = x + 6 3x = 18 x = Answer: D
6 , Nathaline is 6 years old)
7. How many pounds of cream which is 30% butterfat
must be added to 100lb of milk which is 3% butterfat 11. (0.143 + 0.27 + 0.852 + 0.009) – (0.235 + 0.51 +
3. The sum of five consecutive integers is 35. How in order to obtain milk which is 4% butterfat? 0.006) = _____.
many of the five consecutive integers are prime num- A. 3 11/13 lb A. 0.253
bers? B. 3 11/14 lb B. 0.523
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 11/15 lb C. 0.325
C. 3 D. 4 D. 3 11/16 lb D. 0.235
Answer: B (You can determine the five consecutive integers by computing Answer: A Answer: B (1.274 – 0.751 = 0.523)
this: x, x +1, x + 2, x +3, x + 4 x + [x+1] + [x+2] + [ x+3] + [x+4] = 35 ...5x + 10 12. Mr. Gibson invested part of $6000 at 4% and the
8. If z = 2 x 10-2, then 1/z is equal to:
= 35... x = 5 so ...the five consecutive integers are: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
A. 0.05 remainder at 8%. The annual income from the two
B. 0.5 investments was equal to a return of 5% on the entire
4. Convert this 0.434343… to fraction amount invested. Find the sum invested at each rate.
C. 5
A. 43/100 B. 43/111 A. $4500 at 4%, $1500 at 8%
D. 50
C. 43/99 D. 43/90 B. $4500 at 5%, $1500 at 10%
Answer: C Answer: D (z = 0.02 1/z = 1/0.02 = [1/0.02] [100/100] = 100/2 = 50) C. $4500 at 6%, $1500 at 8%
Solution: 0.434343... = 0.43 = 43/99 D. $4500 at 7%, $1500 at 10%
Answer: A
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13. Precious is twice as old as Mia. In two years the 17. Two trucks travelled at the rates of 50 kph and 60
sum of their ages will be five times as much as Mia’s kph respectively. The faster truck travelled 2 hours
age was four years ago. How old is each now? longer than the slower truck and went 150 km far-
A. Mia: 13, Precious: 26 ther. Find the time travelled by the slower truck.
B. Mia: 12, Precious: 24 Answer: D
A. 3 hr
C. Mia: 11, Precious: 26 B. 4 hr
D. Mia: 14, Precious: 24 C. 5 hr
Answer: B D. 6 hr
Answer: A (Rate x Time Distance Faster Truck: rate = 60 time = t + 2 dis-
14. Halcyon is 9 years older than Geneva. Four years
tance = d + 150 … Slower Truck: rate = 50 time = t distance = d 60(t + 2) = 21. If log 2=x, log6=y, and log 5=z, then log 15 can be
ago, the sum of their ages was 17 years. In how many
d + 150 , 50 t = d 60t + 120 = 50t + 150 60t – 50t = 150 – 120 10t = 30 t = 3
written as:
years will Geneva be 18 years of age. A. yz/x B. y+z-x
A. 11 years B. 13 years hours)
C. x+y+3 D. xy+3
C. 12 years D. 10 years 18. The tens digit of two-digit number is 4 more than Answer: B (og 15 = log (6*5 / 2) = log 6 + log 5 = log 2 = y + z – x)
the units digit. The number itself is 21 times the units
Answer: D 22. Which of the following relations is not a function?
digit. Find the number.
A. y = x2 — 1
15. Six consecutive integers are given. The sum of the A. 83
first three is 27. What is the sum of the last three? B. 94 B. y = x2 —
A. 35 B. 34 C. 84 C. x = y2
C. 36 D. 37 D. 93 D. y = 1/x + x
Answer: C (Six consecutive integers: x, x +1, x + 2, x +3, x + 4, x + 5 … sum Answer: C Answer: C (If x2= y2 , then for any given x,
of first three terms: x + [x+1] + [x+2] = 27 … 3x + 3 = 27 … 3x = 24 … x = 8 ...
19. The units digit of a two-digit number is 6 more 23. Mr. Garcia invested an amount of 13900 php di-
the six consecutive integers are: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. The sum of last three
than the tens digit. If the digits are interchanged, the vide in two different schemes A and B at the sim-ple
integers: 11 + 12 + 13 = 36)
resulting number is 24 less than three times the origi- interest rate of 14% per annum and 11% per annum
16. What is the rationalizing factor of nal number. Find the original number. respectively. If the total amount of inter-est earned in
A. 39 two years be 3508 php, what was the amount in-
B. 38 vested in scheme B?
C. 29 A. 7500 php B. 6400 php
D. 28 C. 7200 php D. 6600 php
Answer: A Answer: B Let the sum invested in Scheme A be R php and that in Scheme
Answer: C (The exponent of the radicand in the product of the denomina- B be (13900 - x) php.
tor and the rationalizing factor should be a multiple of the index of the 20. When expressed in simplified form, R x 0.14 x 2 + (13900-R) x 0.11 x 2 = 3508 php
radical.) is equal to: 6R = 45000 php
R = 7500 php
(13,900-7500) = 6400 php
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24. The compete factored form of x4y—x2y3 28. A pile of coins consist of nickels, dimes and quar-
A. x2y (x2 - y2) ters. There are 4 more dimes than nickels, and twice
B. x2y (x+y)(x-y) as many quarters as dimes. If the pile of coins is
C. xy2 (x+y)(x-y) worth $6.95, how many are there of each?
D. x2y (x-y)2 A. 7 nickels, 11 dimes, 22 quarters
Answer: B x4y—x2y3 = x2y (x2—y2) = x2y (x+y)(x-y) B. 8 nickels, 10 dimes, 25 quarters
25. The product (a+b+c+d)(a+b-c-d) is equal to: C. 7 nickels, 11 dimes, 25 quarters
A. a2+b2+c2+d2 B. (a+b-c-d)2 D. 8 nickels, 10 dimes, 22 quarters
2 2
C. (a+b) - (c+d) D. (a-b)2-(-c-d)2 Answer: A

Answer: C (a+b+c+d)(a+b-c-d) = [(a+b)+(c+d)][(a+b)-(c+d)] = (a+b)2- (c+d)2 29. The length of a rectangle is three times its width.
If the length is decreased by 2in and its width in-
26. If x, y > 0 ,then the experimental for of the equa-
creased by 4 in, the area is increased by 54 sq. in. find
tion log2 x=y is
the original dimensions of the rectangle.
A. x = 2y B. x = y2 A. 18 x 4
C. x = 2y D. y = 2x B. 19 x 4
Answer: A (By definition logb a=c if and only if a = bc) C. 18 x 6
D. 19 x 6
27.
Answer: C

30. One of the equal sides of an isosceles triangle is 2

in. more than three times the length of the base. If its
perimeter is 53 in., find the length of the base and the
length of the side.
A. base=9in, side=23 in
B. base=7in, side=27 in
C. base=9in, side=27 in
Answer: A D. base=7in, side=23 in
Answer: D

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