RPH Formative Assessment 1

1. According to George Washington, “The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the
source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the essence of what we mean by the word
"unhistorical".” FALSE
2. According to Alexander the Great, “Fear history, for it respects no secrets." FALSE
3. According to Confucius, “There is no future without memory.” FALSE
4. According to Jose Rizal, “Life can only be understood backwards but it must be lived forward.”
FALSE
5. History is the sum total of everything that has actually happened in the past-every thought, every
action, every event. TRUE
6. Historia is the Greek word of History. TRUE
7. History is surely one of the broadest concepts conceived by the human intellect. TRUE
8. John Dalberg Acton, “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” TRUE
9. The interview script of an eyewitness is classified as secondary source. FALSE
10. The transcript of record of an individual is classified as secondary source. TRUE
11. The secondary sources cannot have the prejudice of the author. TRUE
12. The biography written by an author is considered as primary source. TRUE
13. The secondary source is the ultimate document to resolve a historical dispute. FALSE
14. Secondary sources are materials made by people long after the events being described had taken
place. TRUE
15. Primary source refers to documents, physical objects, and oral/video accounts made by an
individual. TRUE
16. Oral and Video Account are usually recorded in video and audio cassettes, and compact discs.
TRUE
17. Primary source refers to a group present at the time and place being described. FALSE
18. There are diverse sources of history including documentary sources or documents, archeological
records, and oral and video accounts. TRUE
19. San Agustin Church Museum is one of the state-owned museums in the country with vast
collections of historical documents. FALSE
20. Lopez Museum is one of the semi privately-owned museums in the country with vast collections of
historical documents. TRUE
21. UST Museum of Arts and Sciences is one of the privately-owned museums in the country with
limited collections of historical documents. FALSE
22. The Archivo General de Indias in Portugal is one of the sources of historical documents of
Philippine history found outside the Philippines. FALSE
23. The University of Michigan is one of the sources of historical documents of Philippine history
found in Texas. TRUE
24. There are substantial primary sources about the Philippines here and abroad. TRUE
25. Many Documents have primary and secondary segments. TRUE
26. The National Archives holds a substantial collection of catalogued and uncatalogued Spanish
documents about the Philippines composed from 1552-1900. TRUE
27. The National Library has a complete microfilm copy of the Philippine Revolutionary Records,
compilation of captured documents of Emilio Aguinaldo’s revolutionary government, and Historical
Data Papers, a collection of “history and cultural life” of all towns in the country. TRUE
28. Examining a newspaper as a historical source entails a discerning mind to identify its primary and
secondary components. TRUE
29. The question, “Which data are analyzed?” must be addressed in every content analysis. TRUE
30. Content analysis is used to determine the presence of certain words, concepts, themes, phrases,
characters, or sentences within texts or sets of texts and to quantify this presence in an objective
manner. TRUE
31. Content Analysis can indicate pertinent features such as comprehensiveness of coverage or the
intentions, biases, prejudices, and oversights of authors, publishers, as well as all other persons
responsible for the content of materials. TRUE
32. Content analysis is a technique that help to analyze the actual content and it is features of any
kind, whether it was a word, picture, themes, text, and try to present the content in objective and
quantitative manner. TRUE
33. Cavite el Viejo is the old name of Cavite City. TRUE
34. The declaration of Philippine Independence was the third time in unfurling the National Flag of the
Philippines. FALSE
35. The Philippine Revolution started in 1898. FALSE
36. Commodore George Dewey sailed from Hong Kong to Manila Bay leading a squadron of US army
ships. TRUE
37. Marcha Filipina Magdalo became the official national anthem of the Philippines. FALSE
38. The Declaration was signed by uss mai people, among them an American army officer who
witnessed the proclamation who attended the proceedings, Mr. L. M. Johnson, a Colonel of
Artillery. TRUE
39. The Philippine flag was made by Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo, and Delfina Herboza.
TRUE
40. The proclamation of Philippine independence was promulgated on 1 August, when many towns
had already been organized under the rules laid down by the Dictatorial Government. TRUE
41. The declaration was not recognized by the U.S. nor Spain and Spain later sold the Philippines to
the United States in the 1898 Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War. TRUE
42. The Battle of Laguna de Bay is a mock battle between US and Spain. FALSE
43. The Philippine Independence was declared between 2 and 3 in the afternoon. FALSE
44. Filipino revolutionary forces under General Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the sovereignty and
independence of the Philippine Islands from the colonial rule of US. FALSE
45. The flag of the Philippines was made in Beijing. FALSE
46. According to Julius Caesar, “History is written by the victors.” FALSE
47. According to Martin Luther, “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” TRUE
48. According to sure, “History never looks like history when you are living through it.” FALSE
49. History repeats itself. TRUE
50. Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory. TRUE
51. Historia means "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation”. TRUE
52. History is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery,
collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. TRUE
53. History is not ‘what happened in the past’; rather, it is the act of selecting, analyzing, and writing
the past. TRUE
54. The use of primary source is not essential in writing an accurate historical account. FALSE
55. The recorded video of an event is considered as secondary source. FALSE
56. The scripts of former Philippine president are classified as secondary source. FALSE
57. All interview can be classified as primary sources. TRUE
58. Ayala Museum is one of the government-owned museums in the country with vast collections of
historical documents. FALSE
59. The autobiography of a historical figure can be classified as primary source. TRUE
60. Basic to historical research is utilization of sources. TRUE
61. The University of the Philippines is one of the academic institutions in the country with vast
collections of historical documents. TRUE
62. The question, “What is the context relative to which the data are analyzed?” must be addressed in
every content analysis. TRUE
63. A news item written by a witness of an event is considered as a primary source. TRUE
64. In content analysis, the results are then used to make inferences about the messages within the
text(s), the writer(s), the audience, and even the culture and time of which these are a part. TRUE
65. USS Maine is the official flagship of Commodore George Dewey. FALSE
66. June 12, 1888, was the date when the Philippine independence was declared. FALSE
67. Aguinaldo and other revolutionaries volunteered for self-exile in Hong Kong as part of the Pact of
Malolos. FALSE
68. The Americans defeated the Spaniards in the Battle of Laguna de Bay. FALSE
69. The Act of the Declaration of Independence was prepared by Ambrosio Rianzares Bautista in
Spanish. TRUE
70. President Diosdado Macapagal signed into law Republic Act No. 4166 designating June 12 as the
country's Independence Day. TRUE
71. Content analysis is used in large number of fields, ranging from marketing and media studies, to
literature, rhetoric, information studies, sociology and political science, psychology science, as
well as other fields of inquiry. TRUE
72. Archeological Records refer to preserved remains of human beings, their activities, and the
environment where they lived. TRUE
73. According to Augustus Caesar, “I shall relate quite simply how things happened and without
adding anything of my own, which is no small feat for an historian. FALSE
74. According to Thucydides, “Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about
a people and their past are found.” FALSE
75. Herodotus is the Father of History. TRUE
76. Scholars who write about history are called historians. TRUE
77. Periodicals are considered primary source in writing historical account. TRUE
78. The remains of the ancient civilizations are considered secondary source. FALSE
79. The Penn Museum is one of the sources of historical documents of Philippine history found in Los
Angeles City. FALSE
80. The US Library of Congress is one of the sources of historical documents of Philippine history
found in California. FALSE
81. Internal Criticism focuses on understanding the substance and message that the historical
material wants to convey by examine how the author frame the intent and meaning of a composed
material. TRUE
82. The question, “What are the boundaries of the analysis?” must be addressed in every content
analysis. TRUE
83. The question, “What is the users from which they are drawn?” must be addressed in every content
analysis. TRUE
84. The conceptual analysis or relational analysis are content analysis' basic methods. TRUE
85. Aguinaldo and other revolutionaries surrendered in Tarlac. FALSE
86. The Philippine Revolutionary Government did not recognize the treaty or American sovereignty,
and subsequently fought and lost a conflict with United States. TRUE
87. According to Marcus Aurelius, “History is the version of past events that people have decided to
agree upon.” FALSE
88. The primary source is the least accurate source of historical account. FALSE
89. The US National Archives is one of the sources of historical documents of Philippine history found
in Alaska. FALSE
90. Internal Criticism deals with the credibility and reliability of the content of a given historical source.
TRUE
91. Texts can be defined broadly as books, book chapters, essays, interviews, discussions,
newspaper headlines and articles, historical documents, speeches, conversations, advertising,
theater, informal conversation, films, photos, websites or really any occurrence of communicative
language. TRUE
 92. According to Napoleon Bonaparte, “The historian without his facts is rootless and futile; the facts
without their historian are dead and meaningless.” FALSE
93. Inquiry is the English translation of Greek word historia. TRUE
94. According to George Santayana, “Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat
it.” TRUE
95. Documents include books, newspapers, magazines, journals, maps, architectural perspectives,
paintings, advertisements, and photographs. TRUE
96. The University of Santo Tomas is one of the academic institutions in the country with limited
collections of historical documents. TRUE
97. The Cry of Pugadlawin officially ended the 1896 Revolution. TRUE
98. Oral and Video Account are the third kind of historical source. CORRECT
99. According to Charlemagne, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and
culture is like a tree without roots.” FALSE
100. History is something that is done, that is constructed, rather than an inert body of data that lies
scattered through the archives. TRUE
101. The secondary sources are not commonly used in the academe as references in studying history.
FALSE
102. The sworn statement of an individual is considered as secondary source. FALSE
103. Aside from scholars, media people also use oral and video accounts as part of their news and
public affairs work. TRUE
104. Primary source materials provide facts from people who actually witnessed the event. TRUE
105. The Museu de les Cultures del Mon in Paris is one of the sources of historical documents of
Philippine history found outside the Philippines. FALSE
106. External Criticism answers concerns and questions pertinent to the authenticity of a historical
source by identifying who composed the historical material, locating when and where the historical
material was produced, and establishing the material’s evidential value. TRUE
107. History as broadly defined, as encompasses the entire scope of the human experience on this
planet. TRUE
108. The Archives of the University of Santo Tomas is one of the privately-owned museums in the
country with unlimited collections of historical documents. FALSE
109.The Pact of Biak na Bato marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. FALSE
110. Aside from human remains, other archeological records are generally categorized as fossils and
artifacts. TRUE
111. UST Museum of Arts and Sciences is one of the privately-owned museums in the country with
limited collections of historical documents. FALSE
112. UST Heritage Collections is one of the privately-owned museums in the country with scarce
collections of historical documents. FALSE
113. A book published a long time ago does not necessarily render as a primary source. FALSE
114. The National Library keeps the Presidential Papers of different administrations from Manuel
Quezon to Joseph Estrada. TRUE
115. History is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. TRUE
116. Oral and Video Account are audio-visual documentation of people, events, and places. TRUE
117. Documents refer to handwritten, printed, drawn, designed, and other composed materials. FALSE
118. A feature article is usually considered as a secondary material. TRUE
119. In the country, government institutions such as National Library and the National Archives are
major repositories of documentary sources. TRUE
120. The question, “What is the target of the inferences?” must be addressed in every content analysis.
TRUE
121. In content analysis the word, word sense, phrase, sentence, or theme are examined using one of
content analysis' basic methods. TRUE
122. The National Anthem was played by the San Francisco de Malabon marching band. TRUE
 RPH Formative Assessment 2
1. Martial law in its strict sense, is the law which has application when the military arm supersede civil
authority but is called upon to aid it in the execution of its vital functions. FALSE
2. Construction of the 1st nuclear plant in the Philippine in Morong, Bataan was conceived during the
Martial law period. TRUE
3. Series of arrest for anti-Marcos figures took place during Martial law. TRUE
4. Presidential Decree No. 27 was commonly known as Emancipation of Tenants from the Bondage of
the Soil, Transferring to Them the Ownership of the Land They Till and Providing the Instruments
and Mechanism. TRUE
5. Martial Law in its comprehensive sense, includes all laws that have reference to and administered
by the military forces of the State. TRUE
6. Social Security System (SSS), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and Pagtutulungan
sa Kinabukasan: Ikaw, Bangko, Industria at Gobyerno (PAG-IBIG) were established during the
Martial law period. TRUE
7. Terror Bombing Incidents & Other Crimes are one of the Political Milieus which triggered the
proclamation of Martial law. TRUE
8. The Ambush of Juan Ponce de Leon is one of the Political Milieus which triggered the proclamation
of Martial law. TRUE
9. Bolster developed the Philippine Geothermal plant in Tiwi, Albay, Mt. Makiling & Mt. Banahaw in
Laguna during the Martial law period. TRUE
10. The Ministry of Social Services and Development was established during the Martial law period.
TRUE
11. The people then gathered in EDSA during the EDSA People Power II to continue the battle in the
streets rather than in the court. TRUE
12. Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting was established in maintaining a peaceful and
honest election in 1986. TRUE
13. Estrada left the Malacañang Palace and issued an official statement about his decision to step
down. TRUE?
14. President Marcos ordered Gen. Prospero Olivas and Col. Alfredo S. Lim in dispersing the crowd in
EDSA. TRUE
15. Fidel V. Ramos was the Vice Chief of Staff of AFP during the EDSA People Power. TRUE
16. EDSA People Power I was more of a solemn crusade. TRUE
17. The act of pro-Estrada senators in barring of a set of evidences was regarded by the people as
"suppression of truth.” TRUE
18. His Eminence Jaime Cardinal Sin was the Archbishop of Manila during the 1986 EDSA People
Power I and the 2000 EDSA People Power II. TRUE
19. In EDSA People Power I there were tanks and heavily armed soldiers in EDSA. TRUE
20. Members of the Commission on Election walked-out from their work because according to them,
then President Ferdinand Marcos were forcing them to declare him the winner. TRUE
21. The Dawnmen resembled Java Man, Peking Man, and other Asian Home sapiens who existed
about 350,000 years ago. FALSE
22. Many historians and scientists believe that the third inhabitants of the Philippine islands emerged
during the Pleistocene period. TRUE
23. The second migrants were what Beyer caked the “Dawnmen” (or “cavemen” because they lived in
caves.). FALSE
24. About 300,000 years ago, Negritoes crossed the land bridged from Malaya, Borneo, and Australia
until they reached Palawan, Mindoro and Mindanao. FALSE
25. There are four theories on where the inhabitants (first Filipinos) came. FALSE
26. Henry Otley Beyer proposed the Evolution Theory for the origin of the first Filipino. FALSE
27. Felipe Landa Jocano proposed the Migration Theory for the origin of the first Filipino. TRUE
28. Social scientist Henry Otley Beyer believes that Filipinos descended from single group that came
from Southeast Asia in successive waves of migration. TRUE
29. Owing perhaps to their migratory nature, the Dawnmen eventually stayed in the Philippines. FALSE
30. Social scientist Henry Otley Beyer believes each group had a similar culture, with its own customs
and traditions. TRUE
31. Jocano’s research indicates that they shared more or less the same culture, beliefs, practices an
even similar tools and implements. TRUE
32. Proof, Jocano says, can be found in the fossils discovered in different parts of Southeast Asia, as
well as the recorded migrations of other peoples from the Asian mainland when history began to
unfold. TRUE
33. According to Jocano, it is difficult to prove that Negritoes were the first inhabitants of this country.
TRUE
34. The Indonesians wore clothing and other body ornaments. TRUE
35. Because of the disappearance of the land bridges, the third wave of migrants was necessarily
skilled in seafaring. TRUE
36. The thinning of the ice glaciers and the subsequent increase in seawater level events forced them
to remain in the country and become its first permanent inhabitants. TRUE
37. Aetas used spears and small flint stones weapons. TRUE
38. The Aetas were already in the Philippines when the land bridges disappeared due to the thinning of
the ice glaciers and the subsequent increase in seawater level. TRUE
39. The third wave of migrants were the Indonesians, who came to the islands in boats. TRUE
 RPH Formative Assessment 3
1. It refers to the community of persons occupying a definite portion of territory, possessing a
government and enjoying independence from external control. STATE
2. The authority of the department to administer laws faithfully and religiously. EXECUTIVE POWER
3. It is also known as the “Freedom Constitution”. 1987 CONSTITUTION
4. Who is entitled to run for three consecutive terms? SENATORS
5. The submission of the President to congress for approval of the budget of expenditures and
sources of financing for the government would manifest. SEPARATION OF POWERS
6. The operational Constitution during Martial Law years is the? 1973 CONSTITUTION
7. Which among the following is not a characteristic of a god constitution? LENGTHY
8. The geographical profile of a state that includes the land, waters and the space above.
TERRITORY
9. The President who approved the present constitution. C.AQUINO (CORY AQUINO)
10. It is the agency and the machinery of the state through which the will of the people is formulated,
expressed and carried out. GOVERNMENT
11. The State shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in
accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. STATE POLICY
12. The maintenance of peace and order, the protection of life, liberty, and property, and promotion of
the general welfare are essential for the enjoyment by all the people of the blessings of democracy.
PRINCIPLE
13. The State shall give priority to education, science and technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster
patriotism and nationalism, accelerate social progress, and promote total human liberation and
development. STATE POLICY
14. The State shall promote a just and dynamic social order that will ensure the prosperity and
independence of the nation and free the people from poverty through policies that provide adequate
social services, promote full employment, a rising standard of living, and an improved quality of life
for all. STATE POLICY
15. The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable. PRINCIPLE
16. The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental
equality before the law of women and men. STATE POLICY
17. The State shall promote comprehensive rural development and agrarian reform. STATE POLICY
18. The State recognizes and promotes the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the
framework of national unity and development. STATE POLICY
19. The State shall ensure the autonomy of local governments. STATE POLICY
20. The State shall protect and promote the right to health of the people and instill health
consciousness among them. STATE POLICY

RPH Formative Assessment 4

1. The DOF in September 2016 submitted TRAIN to Congress. TRUE
2. According to TRAIN law, starting January 1, 2018, the 13th month pay and other bonuses
amounting to P80,000 are likewise tax-exempt. FALSE (P90,000)
3. The TRAIN law aims to make the current tax system more efficient. TRUE
4. The TRAIN law repeals Section 39 of the National Internal Revenue Code on personal exemptions
of individual taxpayers. FALSE (35)
5. The TRAIN law aims in uplifting about 30 million Filipinos from poverty. FALSE (10)
6. Duterte in 2017 certified TRAIN as an urgent and priority measure. TRUE
7. Republic Act No. 10963 is commonly known as the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion.
TRUE
8. The TRAIN Law was the first package of the comprehensive tax reform program of Pres. Duterte.
TRUE
9. January 1, 2018 was the start of the implementation of TRAIN law. TRUE
10. House of Representatives approved in third and final reading HB no. 5636. TRUE
11. The TRAIN law allows for a better collection of government revenues. TRUE
12. In the next ten years, the TRAIN law can fund 629,120 public school classrooms. FALSE (FIVE)
13. January 1, 2018 was the start of the implementation of TRAIN law. TRUE
14. According to TRAIN law, starting January 1, 2018, self-employed and professional taxpayers (SEP)
whose annual salaries are P500,000 and below are exempted from 8% tax. FALSE (3%)
15. Duterte signed RA10963 also known as TRAIN law. TRUE
16. According to TRAIN law, starting January 1, 2019, businesses with total annual sales of P3 Million
and below are exempted from paying VAT. TRUE
17. In the next ten years, the TRAIN law can fund 60, 483 rural health units. FALSE (FIVE)
18. Additional funds from TRAIN law will be used for projects of DOH. FALSE (DPWH)
19. In the next ten years, the TRAIN law can fund 35, 745 km of paved roads. FALSE (FIVE)
20. The TRAIN law aims in eradicating poverty. TRUE
21. According to TRAIN law, starting January 1, 2019, the compensation earners, self-employed and
professional taxpayers (SEP) whose annual taxable income are P250,000 and below or less than
P21,000 a month is exempted from the personal income tax. FALSE (2018)
22. The Senate approved in third and final reading HB no. 1592. FALSE (SB)
23. Duterte signed RA10963 also known as TRAIN law. TRUE
24. The TRAIN law aims in providing unequal opportunities through inclusive economic and political
institutions and achieve high income status. FALSE (EQUAL)
25. The TRAIN law aims in uplifting about 30 million Filipinos from poverty. FALSE (10)
26. In the next ten years, the TRAIN law can fund 60, 483 rural health units. FALSE (FIVE)
27. The revenue to be collected in TRAIN law will fund projects on infrastructure modernization and
human capital formation. TRUE
28. House of Representatives approved in third and final reading HB no. 5636. TRUE
29. TRAIN law aims to create a less conducive learning environment with ideal teacher-to-student
ratio. FALSE (MORE)
30. The TRAIN law aims to make the current tax system fairer. TRUE
31. The TRAIN law aims to make the current tax system simpler. TRUE
32. The TRAIN law aims to make the current tax system more efficient. TRUE
33. The TRAIN law aims to reduce the poverty rate from 26% to 47%. FALSE (17%)
34. The TRAIN law will ease the burden of the average Filipino wage earner. TRUE
35. The final bicameral conference for TRAIN law was held in December of 2017. TRUE
36. The monthly tax due of P25,000. 500.9
37. The monthly tax due of P26,000. 697.4
38. The monthly tax due of P27,000. 893.9
39. The monthly tax due of P28,000. 1090.4
40. The monthly tax due of P29,000. 1286.9
41. The monthly tax due of P30,000. 1483.4
42. The monthly tax due of P31,000. 1679.9
43. The monthly tax due of P32,000. 1876.4
44. The monthly tax due of P33,000. 2072.9
45. The monthly tax due of P34,000. 2269.4
46. The monthly tax due of P35,000. 2465.9
47. The monthly tax due of P36,000. 2703
48. The monthly tax due of P37,000. 2948.63
49. The monthly tax due of P38,000. 3194.25
50. The monthly tax due of P39,000. 3439.88
51. The monthly tax due of P40,000. 3685.50
52. The monthly tax due of P41,000. 3931.13
53. The monthly tax due of P42,000. 4176.75
54. The monthly tax due of P43,000. 4422.38
55. The monthly tax due of P44,000. 4668
56. The monthly tax due of P45,000. 4913.625
57. The monthly tax due of P46,000. 5159.25
58. The monthly tax due of P47,000. 5404.88
59. The monthly tax due of P48,000. 5650.50
60. The monthly tax due of P49,000. 5896.13
61. The monthly tax due of P50,000. 6141.75
62. The monthly tax due of P51,000. 6387.38
63. The monthly tax due of P52,000. 6633
64. The monthly tax due of P53,000. 6878.63
65. The monthly tax due of P54,000. 7124.25
66. The monthly tax due of P55,000. 7369.88