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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
FINAL EXAMINATION
READINGS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY
GENERAL INTRUCTIONS:
1. Read and understand the directions carefully before answering.
2. Strictly no erasures. ANY form of erasures means WRONG.
3. Pencil and friction pen are not allowed. Use black pen only.
4. Do not write anything on the questionnaire.
5. Use the official ICCT Colleges Examination Booklet. Please write your answer clearly.

I. STEM OPTIONS. Read carefully the following questions and choose only the letter of
the correct answer.

1. Which in the following is the reason of some Filipino chooses to go abroad?

A. for better opportunity C. low salary
B. travel D. contractualization
2. What is a major social issue in the Philippines and is linked to the Moro Conflict, Abu-Sayaff,
BIFF, and the CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion?
A. The Marawi City Crisis C. Social Media Issues
B. Terrorism Issue D. Squatting in the Philippines
3. They have no family ties and are entirely on their own for physical and psychological survival.

A. street children C. children of the streets

B. children on the streets D. completely abandoned children
4. What is the reason why so much abuse happens?
A. increasing due to poverty C. not recognized by law & government
B. pornography D. prostitution
5. They often create a sort of family with their fellow street children. Some of them still have family
ties but may either rarely tend to them or view them negatively.
A. street children C. children of the streets
B. children on the streets D. completely abandoned children
6. They are generally have home to return to after working, and some continue to attend school
while working long hours on the streets.
A. street children C. children of the streets
B. children on the streets D. completely abandoned children
7. What government organization pointed out that public expects a better service for the increase
of the fare?
A. DPWH B. LTFRB C. MMDA D. PNP
8. These are groups that based in the Mindanao seeking a Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of
the Moro people from the central government.
A. MNLF B. Moro C. Abu Sayyaf D. MILF
9. What siege in which 500 people were killed and thousand displaced was a lesson for everyone
in the defense department?
A. Marawi Crisis B. Drug on war C. Criminality D. Terrorism Issue
10. They are known as a “small but terrible” group.
A. MNLF B. Moro C. Abu Sayyaf D. MILF
11. What is social crime that is plaguing our country today because of the influx of the social media
gadgets and technology in the market?
A. pornography B. sexual abuse C. cybersex D. cyberbullying
12. Who noted that overseas Filipino workers and bigger portion of individuals classified as
minimum wage earners is not subject to income tax?
A. BIR B. DTI C. TESDA D. GWPI
13. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportion. What do you mean by
“pandemic proportion”?
A. exception low B. spread quickly C. wide area D. high population
14. Refers as the strategy of police nationwide to go house-to house in their jurisdictions and
convince drug pushers and users to surrender and change their ways.
A.EJK B. oplan barrel C. toktok D. Tokhang
15. It is commonly referred to as “salvaging” in Philippine English.
A. murder B. TokHang C. EJK D. double barrel
16. What drug is usually prepared and distributed by laboratories manned mostly by Chinese
nationals and few Filipinos?
A. marijuana B. shabu C. MDMA D. ecstacy
17. What socio-economic issue that despite of the fact that illegal, there are still women and
children are involved?
A. poverty B. criminality C. prostitution D. illegal drugs
18. What organization is binding women for reforms, integrity, equality, leadership and action?
A. DSWD B. GABRIELA C. PSWC D. UNICEF
19. Which of the following is one of the cause of overpopulation in the Philippines?
A. poverty B. criminality C. unemployment D. pornography
20. Which of the following is NOT a socio-economic issue in the Philippine history?
A. illegal drugs B. corruption C. tax evasion D. divorce
21. The government officials, train operators are blamed each other for the train failure.
A. MRT issues B. LRT issues C. Contractual D. Management
22. Confronted with heavy volume of caseloads due to lack of judges to litigate the cases.
A. Back log cases B. lower courts C. High courts D. Both B & C
23. Passing judgment upon of a person involving their rights and fortunes.
A. Back log cases B. lower courts C. High courts D. Both B & C
24. They noted that the congestion in jails is not only a social and political issue but resulting in
“health and sanitation problems and increased gang affiliation of inmates.
A. PNP B. COA C. NBI D. DOJ
25. These violation is committed by lawmakers, government officials, police, military personnel,
and private individuals. Example of these issue is EJK.
A. Human rights B. Drug violation C. Child abuse D. Traffic violation
26. The law provides that marriage of a union between a both women or both men.
A. same-sex marriage C. Transgender marriage
B. LGBT legal D. LGBT protection
27. This change is often dubbed as charter change (cha-cha).
A. Environmental change C. Constitutional change
B. climate change D. Law change
28. These are typically characterized as families that have long established their political or
economic dominance.
A. political intelligence C. dynasty
B. political dynasty D. family organization
29. The control and power of the government are divided between two sets of organs: one organ is
for the national affairs with each region being supreme within its local sphere.
A. Democracy government C. Monarchy government
B. Oligarchy government D. Federal government
30. It is a concept of power exercised by the national government; an opposite of the unitary
government.
A. Federalism C. Democracy
B. Oligarchy D. Monarchy
31. They stated that “History is a learning inquiry about the past of mankind.
A. D.H Carr and Will Durant C. James Hunt and D.H Carr
B. James Humes and Ptolemy D. Thucydides and Herodutus
32. He is the Father of Logic History
A. E.H Carr C. Will Durant
B. Aristotle D. James Hunt
33. It is “inquiry or research.” Which of the following is the correct answer?
A. Historia C. Historicus
B. Scire D. None of the above
34. Refers to the accounts or inquiries of events that happened in the past and are narrated in a
chronological order.
A. Historia C. History
B. Histories D. Historicus
35. These seek to falsify or demonstrate its discontinuity with an idea by hypothetically assuming
its truth in order to prove some internal inconsistency or contradiction with.
A. External Criticism C. Internal Criticism
B. Secondary Sources D. Primary Sources
36. According to her “External Criticism applies science to a document.” Who stated this belief?
A. Dr. Lynn Sims C. Molina Argon
B. ZaineHumes D. None of the Above
37. The Archiver is created by the Republic Act 9470 on ?
A. June 23, 1993 C. May 21, 2017
B. March 12, 2001 D. December 20, 2003
38. These are the Secondary Source examples EXEPT:
A. Textbooks C. Websites
B. Artifacts D. Bibliographies
39. According to E.H Carr he defined history as a?
A. Never ending dialogue C. Learning Inquiry of past mankind
B. Man’s growth of barbarism D. Account set of natural Phenomena
40. These are the PRIMARY source examples EXEPT:
A. Survey Research C. Speeches
B. Textbooks D. Artifacts
41. They are the one who concerned in documents that tells about the day-to-day lives of ordinary
people EXCEPT.
A. Cosmologist C. Anthropologist
B. Historians D. Archeologist
42. It is the main goal of carefully examining the primary sources?
A. To construct new knowledge C. To release a new books
B. To avoid mistakes D. None of the above
43. These are the importance of history EXCEPT.
A. Helps to grasp relationship with
B. Helps to stop knowledge in past events.
C. Helps to draw conclusion
D. Helps to know the rise and falls of the rulers.
44. The following are examples of primary sources EXCEPT:
A. Text books C. Artifacts
B. Interviews D. Original documents
45. Empirical studies are delivered in?
A. Museums C. Conference
B. Government D. none of the above
46. There are Filipinos who do not care of their future. They prefer to play game and other
gambling activities.
A. Maňana Habit C. Filipino Indolence
B. Bahala na Habit D. Ningas-Cugon attitude
47. Filipinos are are very eager and ready to do and finish a work at the beginning but after some
time, they become complacent and lazy at the end.
A. Maňana Habit Attitude C. Filipino Indolence
B. Bahala na Attitude D. Ningas-Cugon attitude
48. People set aside their work for tomorrow what they can already do today.
A. Maňana Habit Attitude C. Filipino Indolence
B. Bahala na Attitude D. Ningas-Cugon attitude
49. He let fate control his destiny and decides his success.
A. Bahala na C. Indulging gambling
B. Karma D. Fatalism
50. Filipino believes in law of nature, the saying, “For every action, there is an equal reaction and
opposite reaction.”
A. Karma C. Maňana Habit
B. Bahala na Attitude D. Palakasan