1. “We listened to a LOQUACIOUS speaker.

” The capitalized word

means___________. *
1 point

A. Quiet
B. Simple
C. Verbose
D. Lousy

2. Because of PROFANITY the program was suspended from television.” The

capitalized word means? *
1 point

A. Obscenity
B. Decency
C. History
D. Falsehood

3. Clara would ready any book or magazine she could lay her hands on and read from
cover to cover in one sitting. She is such a _________ reader. *
1 point

A. Tedious
B. Leisurely
C. Serious
D. Voracious

4. “Sturdy and strong, the Filipinos are like the molave” is _____________________. *
1 point

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Irony
D. Hyperbole

5. Haiku is a Japanese poem that consists of: *

1 point

A. 17 lines
B. 17 syllables
C. 3 syllables
D. 3 paragraphs

6. “I am a retired public school teacher. As a teacher, I was branded as a terror in

school. The pupils dreaded the day they would enter my class. Little did they know
that behind my unpopular facade was a heart full of compassion.But how did I earn
this moniker? I did not tolerate dirty pupils in my class. I wanted them to know that
cleanliness of body was good for their health. I inspected their teeth, nails, footwear,
handkerchief, clothes, ears, noses and hair.” The public school teacher gives much
importance to her pupils’: *
1 point

A. Cleanliness
B. Absence
C. Study
D. Posture

7. Some preachers suggest the _____________ that the end of the world is near. *
1 point

A. Proposal
B. Prophecy
C. Prophetic
D. Prophet

8. Several factors must be assessed to arrive at a sound ___________________. *

1 point

A. Query
B. Change
C. Decision
D. Problem

9. “If you want the moon I will get it for you” is an example of ______________ *
1 point

A. Hyperbole
B. Irony
C. Synecdoche
D. Personification

10. This Filipino writer in English who used Hispanic Filipino culture and traditions in
his fiction works. *
1 point

A. Edilberto Tiempo
B. Sionil Jose
C. Nick Joaquin
D. Jose Garcia Villa

11. In a matriarchal family which family member plays the leading role? *
1 point

A. Grandmother
B. Oldest sister
C. Mother
D. Aunt

12. Who is known as the “Father of the Local Government Code”? *

1 point

A. Joey Lina
B. Jovito Salonga
C. Joseph Estrada
D. Aquilino Pimentel

13. What happens to a good action when it is performed on account of an evil

motive? *
1 point

A. It becomes good
B. It becomes morally good
C. It becomes evil
D. It becomes an amoral act

14. Governor General Narciso Claveria was responsible for the ________________. *
1 point

A. Abolition of the Galleon Trade

B. Establishment of the Tobacco Monopoly
C. Use of Spanish surname by Filipinos
D. Establishment of the Galleon Trade

15. What was the power to set aside certain laws by the Kingdom of Spain to the
Governor-General of the Philippines? *
1 point

A. Veto Power
B. Conditioned Power
C. Condign Power
D. Compensatory Power

16. Who was the revolutionary leader who refused to surrender to the Americans,
even after General Malvar’s surrender, and declared himself President and
Commander-in-Chief of the Supreme Government of the Tagalog Archipelago? *
1 point

A. Julian Montalan
B. Licerio Geronimo
C. Macario Sakay
D. Artemio Ricarte

17. What religious institution is the only living remnant of the Philippine Revolution of
1896 today? *
1 point

A. Philippines Independent Church

B. Roman Catholic Church
C. Unitarian Church of the Philippines
D. United Church of the Philippines

18. What does “presumption of innocence” mean in so far as human right is

concerned? A suspect __________. *
1 point

A. Has the right to remain silent

B. Remains innocent until proven guilty
C. Is considered guilty unless proven otherwise
D. Has the right to a legal counsel

19. With the Batasang Pambansa performing legislative and executive powers in the
Marcos regime, which form of government was implemented? *
1 point

A. Monarchial
B. Presidential
C. Parliamentary
D. Dictatorial

20. When parents decide to send their children to a private school and pay their tuition
fee instead of sending them to the public school, they don’t get their share in the
benefit derived from the taxes they pay. This is a case of _____. *
1 point

A. Social inequity
B. Social injustice
C. Double taxation
D. Double jeopardy

21. Which organism is an example of a fungus? *

1 point

A. Algae
B. Euglenoids
C. Yeast
D. Entamoeba

22. Polysaccharides, triglycerides, polypeptides and nucleic acids are classified as

_______. *
1 point

A. Carbohydrates
B. Phospholipids
C. Acids and bases
D. Macromolecular

23. Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides are types of *

1 point

A. Proteins
B. Nucleotides
C. Lipids
D. Carbohydrates

24. Because it will adversely affect the populations’ food supplies, the most
disadvantageous source of energy is ___________________. *
1 point

A. Wind
B. Geo-thermal
C. Sun
D. Plants

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

1 point

A. The plant cell will develop a thickened cell wall.

B. The plant cell will shrivel.
C. No effect on the plant cell.
D. The plant cell will swell.

26. An atom of silicon has a mass number of 28 and an atomic number of 14. How
many protons are in this atom? *
1 point

A. 28
B. 12
C. 7
D. 14

27. Air like food and water is an essential element in human existence. Carried by the
wind, polluted air called ______ falls to earth poisoning fish and destroying
vegetation. *
1 point

A. El Niño
B. La Niña
C. Greenhouse rain
D. Acid rain
28. The Kyoto Protocol, which requires countries to reduce greenhouse emission, is a
practice that advocates _________. *
1 point

A. Environmental protection
B. Sustainable potential
C. Ecological destruction
D. Forest demolition

29. Which of the following activities help REDUCE water pollution? *

1 point

A. Throwing only liquid wastes

B. Cleaning with soap instead of detergents
C. Treating wastewater before its discharged
D. Using organic fertilizers in farms

30. During periods of increased global temperatures, which of the following is most
likely to occur? *
1 point

A. A decrease in earthquake
B. An increase in earthquakes
C. A decrease in atmospheric CO2
D. An increase in atmospheric CO2

31. A secret word that must be entered into the computer before a person is allowed
to get or change information is called ______________. *
1 point

A. Program
B. Statement
C. Password
D. Input

32. It is the process of storing, recovering and disseminating recorded data through
the computer *
1 point

A. Information technology
B. Information utilization
C. Information retrieval
D. Information science

33. This means the graphics will be displayed more than once *
1 point

A. Texting
B. Tagging
C. Timing
D. Tiling

34. If the average or arithmetic mean of x and -5 is 10, then what must be the value of
x? *
1 point

A. 15
B. 30
C. 25
D. 20

35. The fraction halfway between 3/7 and 4/7 is ________________. *

1 point

A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/4
D. 1/8

36. Which of these statements is always TRUE? *

1 point

A. The sum of 3 consecutive pages of a book is always odd.

B. The sum of the two square numbers CANNOT be odd.
C. The sum of the page number of the two consecutive pages of a book is even.
D. The sum of 5 consecutive numbers is always divisible by 5.

37. On a certain day, three computer technicians took turns in manning a 24-hour
Internet shop. The number of hours Cesar, Bert and Danny were on duty was in the
ratio of 1:2:3, respectively. The shop owner pays them Php 40 per hour. How much
would Danny receive for that day? *
1 point

A. Php 230
B. Php 160
C. Php 960
D. Php 480

38. How much greater is the sum of the 20 first counting numbers than the sum of the
first 10 counting numbers? *
1 point

A. 110
B. 100
C. 55
D. 155
39. How many seconds are there in a 24-hour day? *
1 point

A. 86, 400
B. 1, 779
C. 1, 590
D. 84, 600

40. Which among measures of central tendency is not influenced by outliers? *

1 point

A. Mode
B. Weighted mean
C. Mean
D. Median

41. If a die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a number divisible by 2? *
1 point

A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/4
D. 1/6

42. How long will it take A and B together, to finish a job which can be done by A
alone in 6 days and B alone in 3 days? *
1 point

A. 2 1/2 days
B. 3 days
C. 2 days
D. 3 ½ days

43. If July 12, 2003 fell on Tuesday, on what day will July 12, 2005 fall? *
1 point

A. Thursday
B. Sunday
C. Friday
D. Monday

44. Ang pagpapalitan ng mga ideya, opinion at salaysay sa pamamagitan ng mga

sagisag ay tinatawag na________________. *
1 point

A. Pagtuklas
B. Talastasan
C. Paglalahad
D. Pakikinig
45. “Heto na, heto na, heto na, /wahh! / Doo bidoo, bidoo, bidoo, bidoo.” Alin ang
nabuong salita o tunog sa linya na nabuo ayon sa Teoryang Pooh-pooh? *
1 point

A. Heto
B. Na
C. Doo bidoo
D. Wahh

46. Bahagi ng pananaliksik kung saan matatagpuan ang panimula, kaligiran ng pag-
aaral at konseptuwal framework. *
1 point

A. Kabanata II
B. Kabanata IV
C. Kabanata I
D. Kabanata III

47. Isang uri ng pamahayagan na nag-uulat ng mga tunay na pangyayari batay sa

pag-aaral, pananaliksik, o pakikipanayam at isinusulat sa paraang kawili-wili *
1 point

A. Editorial
B. Lathalain
C. Pangulong Tudling
D. Kumento

48. Si Lolo Jose ay malakas pa kahit alog na ang baba. Ang kahulugan ng may
salungguhit ay ___________. *
1 point

A. Masakit ang baba

B. Matanda na
C. Bata pa
D. Malabo ang mata

49. Alin sa mga sumusunod na malalim na salitang ginamit sa talata ang may
kasalungat na pares? *
1 point

A. Tambuli-trumpeta
B. Maigupo-matalo
C. Mapaniil-mapagkandili
D. Tagapukaw-tagagising

50. Orihinal: Mother cooked adobo for Kuya Manuel. Salin: Si nanay ay nagluto ng
adobo para kay Kuya Manuel. Ito ay pagsasaling? *
1 point

A. Adaptasyon
B. Idyomatiko
C. Malaya
D. Literal

51. I can’t find ________ calculator; may I use _________, Prince? *

1 point

A. My, yours
B. His, yours
C. My, his
D. Yours, mine

52. Let us campaign for the total ban ____________ of harmful insecticides. *
1 point

A. With the use

B. On the use
C. On using
D. With using

53. If I _____________ known you before, we could have arranged a joint project. *
1 point

A. Have
B. Could
C. Had
D. Will

54. Neither the teacher nor the students ________________ present in the affairs. *
1 point

A. Am
B. Was
C. Is
D. Were

55. When helping in the kitchen, I am always careful not to hurt

_________________. *
1 point

A. Ourselves
B. Himself
C. Myself
D. Herself

56. We admire ___________ when Cynthia speaks English fluently with

_______________. *
1 point

A. Him, them
B. Her, us
C. Him, we
D. Him, me

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

1 point

A. Were
B. Are
C. Very
D. Is

58. Filipino writer whose stories and poems depict Filipino-Spanish cultural beliefs and
traditions. *
1 point

A. Edilberto Tiempo
B. N.V.M. Gonzales
C. Bienvenido Santos
D. Nick Joaquin

59. He is known as the father of English literature. *

1 point

A. William Shakespeare
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. Homer
D. Dante

60. What figure of speech is: “O wild west wind!” *

1 point

A. Irony
B. Apostrophe
C. Metaphor
D. Hyperbole

61. What was the term given by Marcelo H. De Pilar to hidden control and domination
by Spanish religious priests over the colonial government? *
1 point

A. Pase region
B. Complace
C. Las suerte partidas
D. Frailocracia
62. During the 17th-18th century Hispanic era, what was the highest post a native or
Chinese mestizo can attain at the municipal level, equivalent to local bureaucrats
namely the mayors today? *
1 point

A. Governadorcillo
B. Cabeza de barangay
C. Tanientes de justicia
D. Directorcillo

63. During the Hispanic era, native and Chinese male mestizos 16-60 years old are
obligated to do forced labor for forty days. How can exemption be made? *
1 point

A. Getting a cedula personal

B. Give santorum tax to the church
C. Paying the bandala
D. Paying the falla (exemption fee)

64. Who was the last Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines? *

1 point

A. Ramon Blanco
B. Basilio Agustin
C. Diego de los Rios 3
D. Fermin Jaudenes

65. The Philippine president who was known as the “Man of the Masses” was *
1 point

A. Fidel Ramos
B. Manuel Quezon
C. Ramon Magsaysay
D. Manuel Roxas

66. One of the pledges of the President of the Philippines is to defend its: *
1 point

A. Constitution
B. Citizens
C. Land
D. Islands

67. What contained the concrete promise of the Americans to Filipinos independence
“as soon as stable government can be established”? *
1 point

A. Preamble of the Jones Law

B. Preamble of the Commonwealth Government
C. Fairfield Bill of 1924
D. First 1919 Parliamentary Mission to the U.S.

68. What law passed on August 1909 by the U.S. Congress established a full free
trade in the Philippines? *
1 point

A. Bell Trade
B. Treaty on General Relations
C. Payne-Aldrich Act
D. Underwood-Simmons Act

69. Participation in governance, including the right to vote and seek public office is
secured within the citizenry’s ________________. *
1 point

A. Political rights
B. Socio-civic rights
C. Right of suffrage
D. Right to due process

70. The right invoked in the “writ of habeas data” is ________________________. *

1 point

A. The right to information privacy.

B. Right to gather information data.
C. The right to search for information.
D. Right to transmit data.

71. Science provides knowledge through disciplined observation. Which of the

following is NOT characteristic of scientific assertion? *
1 point

A. Logic and validity

B. Conformity with actual observation
C. Empirical support
D. Hearsay

72. Which of the following is an organism that feeds on necrotic and decaying
matter? *
1 point

A. Vulture
B. Algae
C. Parakeet
D. Yeast

73. Kingdom Plantae includes which organisms? *

1 point

A. Prokaryotes
B. Magnolidae
C. Fungi
D. Protozoa

74. Which of the following is a heterotroph? *

1 point

A. Algae
B. Grasshopper
C. Fern
D. Moss

75. What organism would most likely be in an arctic environment? *

1 point

A. Crocodile
B. Turtle
C. Walrus
D. Maya Bird

76. This demonstrated the feeding connections between all life forms. *
1 point

A. Nutrition cycles
B. Fossil cycle
C. Biochemical pathways
D. Food web

77. How are bats able to navigate in the dark without bumping into anything? *
1 point

A. They emit sound waves whose returning vibrations can detect the presence of objects
B. They are able to fluoresce in the dark
C. They have supersonic eyesight
D. They can disappear

78. An ant colony stores food in the summer defends itself by stinging enemies and
invades a competing ant colony and steals larvae and uses them as new workers.
What is the term to best describe how this species copes with everyday life? *
1 point

A. Ecological defeat
B. Ecological success
C. Environmental habitation
D. Ecological niche
79. Ecosystem is the relationship between the physical and biological environments in
a certain plain. Among desert ecosystems, the world’s largest ecosystem is
______________. *
1 point

A. Sahara
B. Tianshan
C. Sonoran
D. Antarctica

80. What is the molecule that allows plants to capture energy from sunlight? *
1 point

A. Oxygen
B. ATP
C. Carbohydrates
D. Chlorophyll

81. Activities connected by a computer system are described as

____________________. *
1 point

A. Virtual
B. Network
C. Distance
D. Online

82. Which symbol is used to open a document? *

1 point

A. Ctrl + V
B. Ctrl + D
C. Ctrl + S
D. Ctrl + O

83. Clara Ramos work as a sales clerk. She is paid a salary of P3, 000.00 a week plus
2% commission on sales over P4,000.00 Find her gross pay for a week in which her
sales are P9,500.00. *
1 point

A. P3,500.00
B. P3,110.00
C. P3,250.00
D. P3,210.00

84. What is the total amount after adding interest of 8% on P10, 000.00 for 3 years? *
1 point
A. P12,400.00
B. P13, 400. 00
C. P11, 000. 00
D. P15, 000. 00

85. The readings on a water meter in April and May are 417.8kl and 430.4kl. If there is
a basic charge of 23 pesos and the cost per kl is 20 pesos, how much is the billing for
water consumption between the two months? *
1 point

A. P2520
B. P2543
C. P272
D. P275

86. How many glasses of Cola each to be filled with 150 cu cm of the liquid can be
made from 5 family size bottles of cola each containing 1.5 liters? *
1 point

A. 60
B. 40
C. 45
D. 50

87. The greatest common factor (GCF) of 22, 15, and 7 is _______________. *
1 point

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

88. Find the least common multiple of 5, 2, 7 *

1 point

A. 35
B. 15
C. 140
D. 70

89. What is the least common multiple of 12 and 60? *

1 point

A. 340
B. 120
C. 140
D. 360
90. A rectangular block of steel has dimensions of 5 meters x 10 meters x 15 meters
and weights 1000 N. How should this block be placed on a surface to exert the least
pressure on the surface? *
1 point

A. On the 5 meters by 10 meters side.

B. All sides have equal pressure.
C. On the 5 meters by 15 meters side.
D. On the 10 meters by 15 meters side.

91. The edges of a cubical framer are made of plastic straws. How much longer is the
total length of the plastic edges of a cube whose edge is 10 cm compared to a cube
whose edge is 8 cm? *
1 point

A. 32 cm
B. 24 cm
C. 8 cm
D. 16 cm

92. Sa pangungusap na “Malakas ang boses mo,” ang salitang malakas ay isang
________. *
1 point

A. Pangatnig
B. Pang-uri
C. Panghalip
D. Pandiwa

93. Saan kabilang na uri ng tayutay ang pahayag na. “Kapalaran, huwag ka sanang
mailap.” *
1 point

A. Pagtawag
B. Pagmamalabis
C. Palit-saklaw
D. Palit-tawag

94. Kapapasok pa lang nya sa silid. Ang pandiwa sa pangungusap ay nasa aspetong
_____________. *
1 point

A. Imperpektibo
B. Pangnagdaan
C. Kontemplatibo
D. Perpektibo
95. Paraan ng pagbuo ng salita na ginagamitan ng tatlong uri ng panlapi. *
1 point

A. Kabilaan
B. Inunlapian
C. Laguhan
D. Hinulapian

96. Ano ang salitang ugat ng PINAGLABANAN? *

1 point

A. Laban
B. Labanan
C. Ilaban
D. Paglaban

97. Ano ang salitang ugat ng PATIRAHIN? *

1 point

A. Tira na
B. Tira
C. Tirahin
D. Patira

98. Pahayag na pasaklaw na nabubuo sa pamamagitan ng personal na panlasa o

pagpili. *
1 point

A. Probable generalization
B. Analytical generalization
C. Subjective generalization
D. Categorical generalization

99. Dulog pampanitikan na nagbibigay ng diin sa sariling panlasa ng bumabasa. Kilala

rin ito bilang reader-response theory. *
1 point

A. Antropolohiya
B. Patalambuhay
C. Impresyonista
D. Pansikolohiya

100. Ito ang rutang dinaraanan ng mensahe ng tagapagsalita *

1 point

A. Konteksto
B. Participant
C. Tsanel
D. Pidbak