MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN GRADE 12 (SECOND SEMESTER)

TRENDS, NETWORKS, AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank
provided before the number.

____1. A pattern of gradual change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general

tendency of a series of data points to move in a certain direction over time.

a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. trend line

_____2.A change that is affected with the factor of duration and only exists in a short period. It
attracts the large population in a very small amount of time but also lose the attention
quickly.

a. pattern b. trend c. fad d. development

_____3.“Given some starting information and a rule for how to use it to get new info., the rule is
then repeated using the new information.” This statement is describing a:

a. recursion b. trend c. fad d. development

_____4. What is the factor on how to properly spot a trend?

a. make it superficial b. don’t find proof c. avoid being self-serving d. don’t collect
ideas

_____5. Which of these is not included in the steps of trend spotting?

a. don’t be superficial b. find real proof c. avoid being self-serving d. don’t collect
ideas

____6. It is one of the characteristic of trending designs.

a. brand inconsistency b. innovation c. over designed d. overly expensive

____7. An online encyclopedia, written collaboratively by the people who use it. It is a special type of
website designed to make collaboration easy.

a. amazon b. Gmail c. wikipedia d. myspace

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____8. It is a social networking website where users can post comments, share photographs and
post links to news or other interesting content on the web, chat live, and watch a short-form
video.

a. facebook b. myspace c. youtube d. amazon

____9. Famous for its popular video sharing and the second largest search engine.

a. facebook b. myspace c. youtube d. amazon

____10. It is both a messaging platform and a social network. It can’t be used from the regular web
and exists only as a mobile app you can download to your iPhone or Android smartphone.

a. facebook b. myspace c. youtube d. Snapchat

____11. Which of these is the first stage on the life cycle of a trend?

a. rebirth b. birth c. spread d. death

____12. “Once a trend gains considerable significance, people will inevitably begin to monetize it.”
What is being described in this statement?

a. recognition b. spread c. selling d. hitting

____13. Which of the following can be considered as a fad?

a. barong tagalog b. black shoes c. water bottle flip challenge d. mobile phone

____14. Which of the following is not a fad?

a. White sneakers b. hula hoop c. rubik’s cube d. Psy’s Gangnam Style

____15. A strategic planning method utilized by companies to create long-term plans, involves
developing plans for each scenario.

a. scenario b. intuitive c. future studies d. science fiction

____16. This envisioning helps individuals, businesses, and governments create stronger and
sustainable plans and strategies.

a. scenario b. intuitive c. future studies d. science fiction

____17. It adheres to far less rigorous standards and utilizes own perspectives on current trends to
create visions of the future.

a. scenario b. intuitive c. future studies d. science fiction

____18. They are often paid to endorse specific products-sometimes in the form of advertisements &
compensated outfit choices.

a. celebrities b. reporters c. trend spotters d. all of them

____19. It emerged in early 1990’s, culturally focused trend spotting most commonly used for
marketing purpose. Now, it is commonly done online.

a. trend scouting b. trend spotting c. coolhunting d. any of them

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____20. A process of international integration as a product of exchange of world views, products,
ideas and other aspects of culture in which worldwide exchange of national and cultural
resources occurs in the process.

a. Interconnectedness b. globalization c. migration d. neither of them

____21. The idea that all things are of single underlying substance and reality, and that there is no
true separation deeper than appearances.

a. Interconnectedness b. globalization c. migration d. neither of them

____22. It is the movement of persons from one country or locality to another in some given time
period.

a. globalization b. collaboration c. migration d. all of them

____23. The process of two or more people or organizations working together to realize mutual
goals, is called:

a. globalization b. collaboration c. labor force d. all of them

____24. All the members of a particular organization or population who are able to work, viewed
collectively.

a. a. globalization b. collaboration c. labor force d. all of them

____25. It is the initial step in strategic analysis as applied in a business organization.

a. review the results b. define the threat c. define your problem d. gather info.

____26. Which of the steps in strategic analysis that includes producing a chart for the findings?

a. review the results b. define the threats c. define your problem d. gather info.

____27. What is the next step after you gather the information needed to assess strengths and
weaknesses?

a. review the results b. define the threats c. define your problem d. gather info.

____28. It uses various tools to prepare business strategies by evaluating the opportunities and
challenges faced by the company as it moves forward.

a. scenario b. intuitive thinking c. strategic analysis d. science fiction

____29. Typically, it involves a review of internal strengths and weaknesses as well as factors in the
external environmental that could affect say, a business enterprise.

a. future studies b. strategic analysis c. scenario planning d. intuition

____30. What is the word that describes a perception via the unconscious?

a. future studies b. strategic analysis c. scenario planning d. intuition

II. IDENTIFICATION

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Directions: Read the questions carefully; choose the letter of the correct answer inside the box.
Write your answer on the space provided. (10 pts.)

_____31. Millions of people living in USA will be at risk of this mosquito-borne infectious disease that
affects humans and other animals as a result of rising temperature and climate change.
_____32. It exists when all people at all times have physical and economic access to adequate
amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate food to maintain a healthy and active
life. This is largely affected by temperature changes coupled with changes in rain regimes
and patterns.
_____33. It focuses on limiting greenhouse gas emissions to moderate global climate change.
_____34. Is the increase of the Earth’s average surface temperature due to a build-up of greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere.
_____35. It is learning to live with to the environmental changes and societal consequences brought
about by global climate change
_____36 . The Earth is surrounded by a thin layer of gasses we call greenhouse gases. These gases
are what make up our atmosphere.
_____37. This means change in the climate of an area or of the whole world over an appreciable
period of time. That is, a single winter that is colder than average does not indicate
climate change. It is the change in average weather conditions from one period of time
(30-50 years) to the next.
_____38. A country where temperatures are rising, especially in winter .Extreme rainfall and flooding
events (24-hr and 7-day) are more frequent. Extreme droughts and massive wildfires are
more common.
_____39. He said that climate change is a global consensus. We need to respond to this challenge
with concerted global efforts according to the principle of common but differentiated
responsibilities.
_____40. The Earth is surrounded by a thin layer of gasses we call greenhouse gases. These gases
are what make up our atmosphere.

III. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE: Write RIGHT if the statement is true, if false write WRONG and
change the underlined word to correct the statement. (10 pts.)

_________41. Global warming refers to an increase in the Earth’s average temperature.

_________42. Climate change is the long-term changes in climate, including average temperature
and precipitation. It recognizes that, although the average surface temperature may
increase, the regional or local temperature may decrease or remain constant.
_________43. In urban communities, forests and farmland are impacted, making crops and food
more scarce and expensive for all.
_________44. Greenhouse Effect refers to the increase of heat in a system where energy enters
(often as light), is absorbed as heat, and released sometime later
_________45. Warming is not due to natural causes. Human produced greenhouse gases are most
plausible explanation.
_________46. The human CO2 is causing global warming is known with high certainty & confirmed
by observations.
_________47. A stronger greenhouse effect will cool the oceans and partially melt glaciers and other
ice, increasing sea level. Ocean water also will expand if it warms, contributing
further to sea level rise.
_________48. Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result mainly of
natural activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean
temperature to rise.
_________49. We can respond by mitigating global warming, which is to reduce it by curbing
greenhouse gas emissions.

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_________50. Carbon dioxide itself does not cause problems. It’s part of the natural global
ecosystem. The problem is the quantity of carbon dioxide that’s being produced by
us as humans.

IV. ENUMERATION.

Directions: Enumerate the words, phrases or statements to each questions.

51-52. EXAMPLES OF GREENHOUSE GASES

53-55. EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

56-60. PERSONAL STEPS YOU CAN TAKE TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING

61-50. WAYS CLIMATE CHANGE WILL AFFECT PH CITIES

V. ESSAY WRITING. (20 pts.)

61.- 70. How do social networks help make your life better?

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71.-80. What are the disadvantages of the Internet?

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