CBRC GENED PREBOARD A (Part 1)

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EXAMINATION PROPER
1. The “Rubaiyat” a loosely joined series of 280 stanzas, has this general theme.
Which one? *
a. Always look forward to a new day
b. Grasp pleasure while you can
c. Never give in to death easily.
d. Create your own world and beautify it.

2. The celebrated play of William Shakespeare about two ill-starred lovers from
warring families. *
a. Romeo and Juliet
b. Anthony and Cleopatra
c. Hamlet and Ophelia
d. Ana and the King

3. A story put together through an exchange of letter is called __________ literature. *

a. Fiction
b. Episodic
c. Epistolary
d. Classic

4. “Sturdy and strong, the Filipinos are like the molave” is _____________________. *
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Irony
d. Hyperbole

5. Which of the following is not a literary text? *

a. Drama
b. Audio
c. short story
d. Essay

6. “She is a lovely rose” is ____________________. *

a. Simile
b. Irony
c. Hyperbole
d. Metaphor

7. “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I now
recall with fondness and awe. She was a full-time housewife, wholly dependent on my
father’s monthly salary. How she made both ends meet, guided us in our studies and
did small acts of charity on the side was beyond me.” The mother’s financial resources
are________________________. *
a. More than enough
b. Miserable
c. Abundant
d. Limited

8. Some preachers suggest the _____________ that the end of the world is near. *
a. Proposal
b. Prophecy
c. Prophetic
d. Prophet

9. Though nothing can bring backThe hour of splendor in the glass,Of glory in the
flower,We will grieve not,Rather find strength in what remains behind.This stanza
expresses _________________________. *
a. Grief
b. Loss
c. Hope
d. Despair

10. The speaker shows COMPOSURE in a big audience. The capitalized word
means: *
a. Agitation
b. Fear
c. Nervousness
d. Calmness

11. Nelson Mandela, a black African leader, campaigned for democracy

emphasizing: *
a. Use of arms
b. Unity
c. Non-violence
d. Negotiation

12. What role of the women is displayed by the lines in Luis Dato’s spouse: “She holds
no joy beyond the day’stomorrow, finds no world beyond her lover’s embrace, looks
upon the form behind the furrow, her mind, motion, time and space?” *
a. Work partner
b. Housewife
c. Lady entrepreneur
d. Career woman

13. Which of the following words are misspelled?1. Transgression 2. Transcent 3.

Inmunity 4. Percieve *
a. 2 and 3
b. 2, 3, and 4
c. 1, 3 and 4
d. 1, 2 and 3

14. Neither the teacher nor the students ________________ present in the affairs. *
a. Were
b. Am
c. Was
d. is

15. Why _______ at us? *

a. Are those ladies laughing
b. Those are ladies laughing
c. Are laughing those ladies
d. Those ladies are laughing

16. The student’s request to re-set the test _____________ reasonable. *

a. Were
b. Are
c. Very
d. Is

17. When helping in the kitchen, I’m always careful not to hurt ____? *
a. Herself
b. Myself
c. Himself
d. Ourselves

18. I could have joined the outreach project if I ____________ in the country at that
time. *
a. Will be
b. Were
c. Am
d. Was

19. The morning air smells ______ in the garden *

a. more sweet
b. sweet
c. sweetly
d. sweeter

20. I thought the work is heavy for Martha and ___________. *

a. Herself
b. Her
c. Myself
d. Me

21. What is the standard reference to all measurement? *

a. Metric
b. yard
c. Unit
d. Miles

22. The fraction halfway between 3/7 and 4/7. *

a. 1/8
b. 1/4
c. 1/2
d. 1/3

23. The GCF of 12 and 42 *

a. 12
b. 6
c. 2
d. 4

24. What is the prime number before 200? *

a. 199
b. 197
c. 195
d. 193

25. What is the greatest common divisor of 24, 45, 1? *

a. 24
b. 2
c. 1
d. 45

26. What is the simple interest of 6000 at 8% for 3 months? *

a. 150
b. 120
c. 50
d. 250
27. Three brothers inherited a cash amount of P62,000 and they divided it among
themselves in the ratio of 5:4:1. How much more is the smaller share? *
a. 28,400
b. 31,000
c. 24,000
d. 6,200

28. Mr. Buena ordered a merchandise listed 15,000.00, the envoiced showed the net
price of 12,750. Find the percent rate? *
a. 22%
b. 20%
c. 15%
d. 18%

29. A recipe calls for 2 cups of milk for every 7 cups of flour. A chef will use 28 cups of
flour, how many cups of milk must he have? *
a. 10
b. 8
c. 12
d. 14

30. Factorize: 2x2 + 7x – 15 *

a. (x – 5) (2x + 3)
b. (2x + 5) (x – 3)
c. (x + 5) (2x – 3)
d. (2x – 5) (x + 3)

31. Simplify: [(3x – 12) / (3x)] divided by (x – 4) *

a. 3x
b. X
c. X – 4
d. 1/x

32. Simplify (8x – 24) / (2x2 – x – 15) *

a. (x – 4) / (x + 4)
b. 8 / (2x + 5)
c. 4 / (x – 13)
d. 5 / (2x – 5)

33. In plane Geometry, we have learned that ___ are 3 or more points which lie on a
straight line: *
a. Coplanar point
b. Coplanar line
c. Collinear point
d. Collinear line

34. The opposite of a right angle in a right triangle is ____, and its two sides are ___. *
a. Opposite. Adjacent
b. Adjacent, Opposite
c. Hypotenuse, Leg
d. Leg, Hypotenuse

35. The first angle of a quadrilateral is 50, the second is twice as the first, and the third
is the same as the second, what is the measure of the 4th angle. *
a. 50
b. 100
c. 110
d. 180

36. Find the length of each side of trapezoid with upper base of 4 and lower base is 2
with height of 3. *
a. 18
b. 15
c. 12
d. 8

37. Nica received an aquarium as a gift from her mother. It has length, width, and
height of 9 cm, 5 cm and 7 cm respectively. Find the volume of the aquarium. *
A. 314 cubic m
B. 316 cubic m
C. 315 cubic m
D. 318 cubic m

38. The grades in Mathematics of the students in section A are as follows: 80, 75, 60,
95, 100. What is the population variance of their group? *
a. 230
b. 260
c. 270
d. 224

39. What do you call the board that forms the foundation of your computer? *
a. Motherboard
b. ROM
c. main memory
d. RAM

40. Messages are easily transported anywhere in the world through the _________. *
a. E-shopping
b. E-mail
c. E-registry
d. E-learning

41. Which of the following causes erosion? *

a. water and wind
b. temperature and heat
c. animals and plants
d. earthquakes

42. Possible source of energy caused by concentrations of heat in some places of

Earth’s crust is ________ energy. *
a. Nuclear
b. Hydroelectric
c. Solar
d. Geothermal

43. Which of the following resources in unsustainable? *

a. Water
b. wind
c. sun
d. coal

44. The area between the tropics of Cancer and the Artic Circle. *
a. Plane
b. Cone
c. Circle
d. Zone

45. Humans reproduce when an ovum is combined with sperm leading to the
development of an embryo. This form of reproduction is called: *
a. Asexual reproduction
b. Binary fission
c. Budding
d. Fertilization

46. What will happen to a plant cell placed in a hypotonic solution? *

a. The plant cell will shrink
b. The plant cell will have thickened wall
c. The plant cell will swell
d. Nothing happen to the plant cell

47. The “red tide” phenomenon causes what particular marine organism to be
poisonous for human consumption? *
a. Algae
b. Earthworms
c. Arthropods
d. Mollusks

48. Who is known as the father of Modern Taxonomy and is responsible for coining
Homo sapiens in humans? *
a. H. Coplan
b. Chalton
c. Aristotle
d. Linnaeus

49. Perfume contain organic compounds called ________________. *

a. Ethers
b. Esters
c. Acids
d. Alcohol

50. Element X has an electron configuration of 1s2 2s2 2P2. Base on information,
Element X belongs to a/an __________ *
a. Alkali metal
b. Coinage
c. Inert gas
d. Halogen

51. Which of the following is the CORRECT name for the compound MnF3? *
a. Manganese flouride (III)
b. Manganese (III) fluoride
c. Manganese (I) flouride (III)
d. Manganese (III) flouride (III)

52. Red hot iron is dropped in boiling water. What is the heat transfer there? *
A. Spoon to water
B. Water to spoon
C. Iron to water
D. Water to iron

53. A rectangular block of steel has a dimension of 5 meters x 10 meter x 15 meters

and weight 1000 N. How should this block be placed on a surface to exert the least
pressure on the surface? *
a. All sides have equal pressure
b. On the 5 meters by 10 meters side
c. On the 5 meters by 15 meters side
d. On the 10 meters by 15 meters side
54. What is the basis for classification based on phylogenetics? *
a. General characteristics
b. Body forms and structure
c. Natural composition
d. Evolutionary sequence of organisms

55. Which of the following is TRUE of dominant genes? *

a. An aggressive and expressive, the more beneficial trait.
b. Should be paired with recessive gene to be more expressed.
c. Will not be heterozygous
d. It will prevent the recessive of the same locus

56. Piolo has hemophilia. Which is an x-factor linked? This means ______ *
a. he got the disease from his mother
b. All his brothers and sisters have hemophilia
c. No siblings will develop hemophilia
d. His children will get hemophilia

57. What diagnostic test allow microorganism to determine the cause of infectious
disease? *
a. Complete blood test
b. Urinalysis
c. Microbial culture
d. Chest X-ray

58. What is the main organ for respiration? *

a. Esophagus
b. lungs
c. nose
d. Heart

59. This demonstrates the feeding connections between all life forms. *
a. Nutrition cycle
b. Ecosystem
c. Food chain
d. Food web

60. Disturbed ecosystem can recover naturally through: *

a. Credit
b. Transport
c. Marketing
d. Service
62. While credit cards can boost consumer buying, what is the danger to
consumers? *
a. Materialistic attitude to buying
b. Debt with high interest payments
c. Proliferation of plastic money
d. Surge in estafa cases

63. Community tax is applicable for all ___________. *

a. Adult citizen
b. Senior citizen
c. Practicing professionals
d. Producers and manufacturers

64. “No two individuals are the same,” is exemplified by the principle of” *
a. Response differentiation
b. Stimulus-response
c. Conditioning
d. Individual differences

65. Who studied extensively the human side of enterprise? *

a. Watson
b. Maslow
c. Pavlov
d. Thorndike

66. In values development, the first stage is ___________________. *

a. Awareness
b. Modelling
c. Practice
d. Application

67. Considering the “tayo-tayo” mentality of the Filipino, one goal for CHANGE that
should be worked on is to develop __________ *
a. A sense of national pride
b. A sense of common good
c. The habits of discipine and hardwork
d. “Pakikisama”

68. Which demonstrates interconnectedness between social and environmental

injustices? *
a. Extinction of rare species
b. Temperature warming and rise of sea level
c. Industrialized countries’ toxic waste disposal to poorer countries
d. Desertification of verdant regions
69. Who is known as the founder of local government code of the Philippines? *
a. Joey Lina
b. Jovito Salonga
c. Aquilino Pimentel
d. Joseph Estrada

70. Jose Rizal’s novel which revealed the abuses of the Spanish government in the
Philippines and the sufferings of the Filipinos was __________ *
a. Noli Me Tangere
b. La Solidaridad
c. Mi Ultimo Adios
d. La Independencia

71. Filipino pianist who is internationally-renowned. *

a. Rosie Farol
b. Ingrid Sta. Maria
c. Teresita Agada
d. Cecil Licad

72. Who proposed the experimental theatre in the Philippines? *

a. Lizaco
b. Nicanor Agudo
c. Severino Montano
d. Rolando Tinio

73. The famous painter who depicts rural life and settings is _____. *
a. Consunji
b. Blanco
c. Nakpil
d. Amorsolo

74. What is the predominant characteristic of eastern religion? *

a. Secularism
b. Pessism
c. Mysticism
d. Optimism

75. What is the oldest religion in Asia? *

a. Islam
b. Christianity
c. Buddhism
d. Hinduism
76. The philosophy that comprises the statement of Chinese values during Han
Dynasty. *
a. Confucian Philosophy
b. Taois
c. Honine Philosophy
d. Lao Tzan

77. What is considered the oldest form of writing in the Philippines? *

a. Alibata
b. Abakada
c. Kalantiaw
d. Balitaw

78. The agreement forged in Bohol between Legaspi and Sikatuna is: *
a. Code of Kalantiao
b. Bangsamoro Agreement
c. Blood compact
d. Code of Maragtas

79. Demonstration, tenancy and bravery, how did Andres Bonifacio, fight for
freedom? *
a. Supremacy
b. diplomacy
c. demonstration
d. struggle

80. After Philippine Independence was declared from the United States on July 4,
1946, who was proclaimed the first President of the Third Philippine Republic? *
a. Manuel Roxas
b. Emilio Aguinaldo
c. Jose Laurel
d. Manuel Quezon

81. Isang istratehiya na ginagamit sa pananaliksik upang mailarawan ang isang

penomenon sa kanyang natural na kapaligiran kung saan naganap. *
a. follow up study
b. case study
c. field study
d. trend study

82. Isang pamamaraan ng pagkuha ng impormasyon na gumagamit ng sunod-sunod

na tatlong tuldok, na nagpapakita na may bahagi na hindi na sinipi. *
a. Sintesis
b. Elipsis
c. Abstrak
d. Sinopsis

83. Sistematikong paglalarawan ng mga datos na estatistika. *

a. Talahanayan
b. Balangkas
c. Grap
d. Mapa

84. Ano ang salitang ugat ng SINUKUAN? *

a. sinuko
b. sukuan
c. siniko
d. suko

85. Paano bigkasin ang letrang Q. *

a. ku
b. qu
c. kwu
d. kyu

86. Anong uri ng panlapi ang ginagamit sa salitang kagandahan, magkaibigan at nag-
unahan? *
a. Unlapi
b. Kabilaan
c. Laguhan
d. Gitlapi

87. Orihinal: Mommy cooked adobo for kuya Manny.Salin: Si nanay ay nagluto ng
adobo para kay kuya Manny. Ito’y pagsasalin na: *
a. Idyomatiko
b. Malaya
c. literal
d. adapsyon

88. Salitang nagpapahayag na ang wika ay naunawaan ng lahat at napagkasunduan

ng isang lahi/pangkat *
a. Dinamiko
b. Komunikasyon
c. Likas
d. Arbitraryo

89. Ang pagpapalitan ng ideya, opinion at salaysay sa pamamagitan ng sagisag ay

tinatawag na ______? *
a. Pagtuklas
b. Paglalahad
c. Talastasan
d. Pakikinig

90. Anong uri ng pamahayagan na nag-uulat ng mga tunay na pangyayari ayon sa

pag-aaral, pananaliksik, o pakikipanayam at isinulat sa paraang kawili wili? *
a. Pangulong tudling
b. Kumento
c. Editoryal
d. Lathalain

91. Ang mag-uulat ay nalihis ng landas. Gumamit sya ng sariling pag paraan. *
a. kumbensyunal
b. di-kumbensyunal
c. editorial
d. lathalain

92. Uri ng sanaysay na di pangkaraniwan ang paksa na tinatalakay nang ayon sa

sariling istilo ng manunulat ay _____? *
a. Malikhain
b. Masining
c. Maanyo
d. Malaya

93. Saan kabilang na uri ng tayutay ang pahayag na. “Kapalaran, huwag ka sanang
mailap.” *
a. Pagtawag
b. Palit-saklaw
c. Pagmamalabis
a. Pagmamalabis

94. Isang uri ng talumpati na kung saan ang paksa ay binigay kapag nasa harapan na
ng tagapakinig. *
a. May kahandaan
b. Editoryal
c. Impromptu
d. Malikhain

95. Ibigay ang angkop na damdaming napapaloob sa “Bakit gabi na ay di pa sya

dumarating?” *
a. Pagkatuwa
b. Pagkatakot
c. Pagkapoot
d. Pagkagalit

96. Ito ang taas at baba ng bawat pantig para mas mabisa ang pagsasalita: *
a. Tono
b. Antala
c. Segmental
d. Diin

97. Pangungusap na tumutukoy sa pangyayaring pangkalikasan o pangkapaligiran. *

a. Temporal
b. Penomenal
c. Eksistensyal
d. Modal

98. “Malakas ang boses mo”, ano ang salitang malakas? *

a. Pandiwa
b. pangatnig
c. pang-uri
d. Panghalip

99. Piliin ang simuno sa sumusunod na pangungusap: “Sa kabila ng kahirapan,

nagsikap siya na makatapos ng kolehiyo.” *
a. Kolehiyo
b. Siya
c. Nagsikap
d. Kahirapan

100. Siya ay matinong tao pero buwaya sa katihan. Ano kahulugan ng idyomatikong
ito? *
a. Mayabang
b. Traidor
c. Duwag
d. Mapagkunwari