UNIVERSITY OF PANGASINAN

PHINMA EDUCATION NETWORK

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Dagupan City
Second Periodic Examination
Set D
Directions: DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING on this test questionnaire. Shade the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.

MULTIPLE CHOICE
TEST DIRECTIONS: Read carefully each question and select the best answer from the given options.

1. It is one of the great discoveries in modern medicine that greatly reduced the number of deaths from bacteria and infection.
A. Vaccine B. Herbal remedies
C. Aspirin D. Penicillin
2. Which of the following is NOT a step of the scientific method?
A. Survey B. Research
C. Report D. Observe
3. Which of the following is not acceptable as research question?
A. which is the best flavour of ice cream, chocolate or strawberry?
B. does the color of water affect the time it takes to freeze?
C. does the kind of water affects how long it takes to boil?
D. why is COVID-19 deadlier than seasonal influenza?
4. Which of the following is true about the hypothesis?
A. hypothesis cannot be rejected
B. hypothesis is not possible to prove wrong
C. hypothesis is not Scientific
D. hypothesis is a statement of what you think is the answer to your question is
5. Homo erectus have been using fire to cook, through chipping one flint over the other to produce a spark, this happens in
A. The human condition before common era
B. The human condition in the common era
C. Stone age
D. none of the above
6. Advancements in medicine, technology, health and education ushered in humanity, this happens in
A. The human condition before common era
B. The human condition in the common era
C. Stone age
D. none of the above
7. Access to education provided to more individuals generally creates a more informed public that could determine a more just
society, this happens in
A. The human condition before common era
B. The human condition in the common era
C. Stone age
D. none of the above
8. Usage of tools from stones and flints marked the era of
A. The human condition before common era
B. The human condition in the common era
C. Stone age
D. none of the above
9. Which of the following is NOT true about science?
A. Almost everything that makes eases our daily life are the wonders of modern science.
B. Science is present in everyday life
C. Science is static
D. The most important part of application of science is technology
10. Who discovered the first battery?
A. Charles Darwin B. Steve Jobs
C. Alessandro Volta D. Edward Jenner
11. Which of the following is NOT a product of modern science in modern agriculture?
A. Irrigation B. Fertilizers
C. Farm house D. well
12. Which of the following is NOT a product of modern science in modern medicine?
A. Vaccine B. Herbal remedies
C. Stethoscope D. Penicillin

Choices for nos. 21 to 24:

A. Augmenting humans with technology
B. Machines replacing humans
C. Humans and machines working alongside each other
13. Virtual assistants -
14. Autonomous vehicles -
15. Smartwatches -
16. Holographic displays -
17. science is able to prolong lives by enhancing living status and discovering different remedies to most diseases, this happens in
A. The human condition before common era
B. The human condition in the common era
C. Stone age
D. none of the above
18. Which of the following are the positive effect of mining?
A. destruction to nature
B. majority of living organisms will be destroyed
C. human will consume foods that are contaminated with mercury
D. none of the above

19. Walking home from the school, you see a person being mob, you sized up the situation and you believe that the best thing to
do is to call for help. What kind of virtue is being proposed by your situation?
A. Tolerance
B. Patience
C. Justice
D. Courage

20. It is the ability to deliver hard truths gracefully, how to break bad news gently and to say a criticism in a way that’s
constructive
A. Friendliness
B. Truthfulness
C. Wittiness
D. Magnificence
21. Why is the information age important?
A. accelerated the transmission and processing of information.
B. The Information Age has made industrial countries stronger
C. the development of fiber optic cables and faster microprocessors’
D. all of these

22. A new report predicts that by 2030, as many as 800 million jobs could be lost worldwide due to which of the following?
A. epidemics B. war C. automation D. all of these
23. Automation may possibly lead to which of the following?
A. income inequality B. political instability C. both A &B D. none from the choices
24. Within the next 20 years, many jobs, including telemarketers, and retail workers, etc. are predicted to have a _______ chance
or higher of becoming automated.
A. 50% B. 95% C. 75% D. 20%
25. Eighty-nine (89) percent of a typical household in the Philippines owns at least four of which of the following?
A. tablet B. smart TV C. mobile phone D. laptop

26. If man is _____________, then his scientific discoveries and inventions will also aim in the attainment of good life and
happiness.
A. loyal B. virtuous C. moral D. immoral
27. It is a step in scientific method wherein you will use reliable sources from google, journal, scholar, and another related
researches/thesis
A. form a hypothesis
B. do background research
C. make an observation
D. draw a conclusion
28. This is the first steps in scientific method, this is where the curiosity of researcher/scientist is being poked
A. form a hypothesis
B. do background research
C. make an observation
D. draw a conclusion
29. Due to technology, lesser women and children die during birth, this happens in
A. The human condition before common era
B. The human condition in the common era
C. Stone age
D. none of the above

30. Which of the following has the increasing complexity?

A. television>radio>computer B. telegraph>telephone>radio
C. television>telephone>computer D. cellphone>computer>internet
Direction. Choose A if BOTH statements are CORRECT. Choose B if ONE of the statements is WRONG. Choose C if BOTH
statements ARE INCORRECT.

31. Nicomachean Ethics is a book written by Aristotle named for Nicomadean. Nichomachean Ethics is a philosophical inquiry
into the nature of the Good life for a human being.
A. B. C.
32. Scientific method is a set of complex theories and ideas based on observing, testing, analysing and then processing
phenomena. Scientific method is the logical process adopted by scientists to develop knowledge of nature and present it as
acceptable fact.
A. B. C.
33. Modern humans are reliant on technology in their search for the Good Life. The most part of application of science is
technology.
A. B. C.
34. The experiments are devised in a manner such that the hypothesis can be tested using one parameter. Observation is the
process devised to verify the validity of the hypothesis.
A. B. C.

35. Based on experimentation and logic, derive conclusions to understand the phenomena. By following this process, new
theories can be developed.
A. B. C.

36. Virtue ethics is based on the character of human beings. In order for one to be a moral person, one needs to develop or
cultivate his character.
A. B. C.

37. Courage is the midpoint between cowardice and recklessness. Patience is the virtue that controls your temper.
A. B. C.

38. Magnificence is the virtue relating to pride, it is the midpoint between not giving yourself enough credit and having delusions
of grandeur. Wittiness is at the midpoint between buffoonery and boorishness, this is the virtue of a good sense of humor.
A. B. C.

39. Homo sapiens have been using fire to cook, through chipping one flint over the other to produce spark. Tools from stones and
flints marked the era of Agricultural Age.
A. B. C.

40. Society has a cyclical co-dependence on technology. Microchip inventors were awarded a nobel prize in physics in 2000.

A. B. C.
DENTIFYING ERRORS
Directions. Read the statements carefully. If the statement is true, choose letter D. If the statement is false, select the word/s or phrase
that makes it wrong.

41. Hypothesis is a logical predictive statement regarding the outcome of the research.
A. Hypothesis B. logical C. research D. True

42. Intellectual virtue is a kind of virtue that can be learned through habit and practice.
A. Intellectual virtue B. virtue C. habit and practice D. True

43. Homo sapiens and humans began to sharpen stones as one would a knife; an example of this is the simple machine called
stones.
A. Homo sapiens B. knife C. stones D. True

44. Information Age is also known as digital age.

A. Information Age B. Age C. digital age D. True

45. Happiness is considered as supreme good.

A. Happiness B. considered C. supreme good D. True

46. Information is believed to be more advanced than humans.

A. Information B. believed C. more advanced than humans D. True

47. Telephone replaces the telegraph.

A. Telephone B. replaces C. telegraph D. True

48. Technology is starting to get more advanced than humans.

A. Technology B. starting C. more advanced than humans D. True

49. Information Age is defined as a “period starting in the last quarter of the 19 th century.
A. Information Age B. last quarter C. 19th century D. True

50. Today, the human mind is pictured as a complicated mechanical machine.

A. human mind B. pictured C. mechanical machine D. True