General Education PRC 16-30

General Education Part 16
1. Which of the following procedures is used to check the presence of

starch?
a. glucose solution
b. iodine solution
c. Benedict’s solution
d. Bromthymul blue
Answer: b
2. Which distinguishing characteristics does a mammal posses?
a. feathers & wings
b. hair & scales
c. hair & mammary glands
d. warm-blooded
Answer: c
3. A humid day is a condition in which the air is?
a. warm & dry
b. cold & dry
c. warm & moist
d. cold & moist
Answer: c
4. One major problem involved in organ transplants

a. age of the recipient
b. antigen-antibody reaction
c. race of recipient
d. sex
Answer: b
5. Josef wants to know the mass of a piece of metal. What instrument

should he use?
a. spring balance
b. equal-arm balance
c. graduated cylinder
d. platform balance
Answer: d
6. To what biome do the Philippines belong to?
a. tropical rainforest
b. tundra
c. dipterocarp forest
d. grassland
Answer: a
7. Tides, cause by gravity, is gradually showing down earth’s rotation

speed. A million years from now, scientist predict that earth’s _____.
a. day is longer
b. year is shorter
c. day is shorter
d. year is longer
Answer: a
8. On what earth’s geographical location will a town be to have most

nearly twelve hours of light and twelve hours of darkness during
winter?
a. halfway between the equator and South Pole
b. close to North Pole
c. close to equator
d. close to South Pole
Answer: a
9. Which one explains why oxygen, a gas, is the largest component of

the earth’s crust?
a. oxygen gives earth crust its lightness
b. oxygen is capable of combining with most of the earth’s elements
c. oxygen is the most abundant element
d. oxygen is needed to sustain all life on earth
Answer: b
10. To earth scientist, the most important features on the map are the
landforms that shape the earth’s surface and are shown in?
a. hydrographic maps
b. geographic maps
c. political maps
d. topographic maps
Answer: d
11. What causes high and low tides?
a. earth’s rotation on its’ axis
b. sun’s solar energy
c. moon’s gravitational pull
d. earth’s gravitational pull
Answer: c
12. How is coral atoll formed?
a. volcanic eruption
b. corals growing around a volcanic island
c. underwater bedrock formations
d. earthquake
Answer: b
13.What is a longshore drift?
a. movement of sand and shingles along the coast
b. sand bars
c. accumulation of sand
d. islands formed by volcanic eruptions
Answer: a
14. How does an occlusion form?
a. cold air moving up from the ground
b. cold front pushing warm air up off the ground
c. unbalanced electrical reaction in air
d. cold and warm air mixing
Answer: c
15. What is a heat haze?
a. A reflection caused by pollutants in the air
b. A distorted image resulting from the bending of sun’s light rays by

changes in air temperature
c. movement of warm air over a vast expanse of land
d. caused by extremely high temperature common in desert areas
Answer: b
16. What sort of rock formation do the world’s greatest mountain

ranges consist of?
a. magma
b. chalk deposits
c. fold eruptions
d. slip formation
Answer: b
17. What is the force that wears down mountains?
a. earthquake
b. erosion
c. volcanic eruptions
d. deforestation
Answer: b
18. How are volcanic islands formed?
a. collision of two oceanic plates
b. volcanic eruptions
c. cooling of lava by seawater
d. Accumulation of corals
Answer: b
19. When you pass orange juice from a tetra pack into a glass, the
juice changes its?
a. volume
b. shape
c. state
d. all of the above
Answer: b
20. The amount of water vapour air can hold at a certain temperature
without any change in state.
a. relative humidity
b. water capacity
c. water holding capacity

d. water pressure
Answer: c
1. A relative humidity of 25% means air _____.
a. is filled with water vapour
b. can hold 25% more water vapour
c. is filled up to 25% of its’ capacity
d. has no water vapour content
Answer: c
2. Which of the following does not cause the different seasons?
a. tilting of the earth’s axis
b. rotation
c. revolution
d. evolution
Answer: d
3. The movement of the ocean water which can be an alternative

source of energy or power.
a. waves
b. tides
c. gravitational force
d. earth’s rotation
Answer: b
4. When the water vapour reaches this temperature, condensation
takes place.
a. saturation point
b. dew point
c. condensation point
d. precipitation point
Answer: b
5. Results in alternative days and night in opposite part of the earth
a. earth rotates on on its’ axis in west-to-east direction
b. earth rotates on its’ axis in east-to-west direction
c. earth stops rotating on its’ axis
d. earth tilts on its’ axis
Answer: a
6. The falling of any forms of water from the air to the earth’s surface.
a. condensation
b. precipitation
c. water vapour
d. humidity
Answer: b
7. The part of the atmosphere that filters the ultraviolet rays of the sun.
a. stratosphere
b. troposphere
c. ozone layer
d. ionosphere
Answer: c
8. The point on the earth’s orbit nearest the sun.
a. solstice
b. eclipse
c. aphelion
d. perihelion
Answer: d
9. The property of the minerals which give off rays of light when
exposed to ultraviolet light.
a. luminescence
b. phosphorescence
c. radiation
d. fluorescence
Answer: b
10. Which of the following involves chemical weathering?
a. carbonation
b. oxidation
c. decomposition
d. all of the above
Answer: d
11. How long does it take for the earth to complete one rotation?
a. 365 days
b. 30 days
c. 24 hours
d. 72 hours
Answer: c
12. What is the primary function of gravity in the universe?
a. provision of energy
b. keep the stars and heavenly bodies in orbit
c. cause movement in space
d. part of universal design
Answer: c
13. What does the word “monsoon” mean?
a. moon will come soon
b. atmosphere
c. season
d. climate
Answer: c
14. Its’ discovery enabled geologist to date rocks accurately.

a. global positioning system
b. carbon-dating
c. radioactivity
d. layering
Answer: c
15. It occurs when the earth is between the sun and moon, with the
earth’s shadow cast over the moon.
a. total eclipse
b. lunar eclipse
c. eclipse
d. partial eclipse
Answer: b
16. It is the boundary at which the advancing warm air mass is

replacing colder air at the surface.
a. warm front
b. stationary front
c. cold front
d. occluded front
Answer: a
17. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang hindi uri ng “galaxy” ayon sa

klasipikasyon na ginawa ni Edwin Hubble?
a. elliptical
b. spiral
c. barred spiral
d. Sirius
Answer: d
18. Ang erosion ay maaring maagapan sa pamamagitan ng

pagbubungkal ayon sa contour ng lupa. Ang tawag dito ay _____.
a. terracing
b. strip-cropping
c. contour plowing
d. hillside plowing
Answer: c
19. Ang paggalaw ng mga “plates” tulad ng “Eurasian Plate” at “Pacific

Plate” ay pinaniniwalaan sa dahilang _____.
a. Hindi pantay ang pagkalat ng init sa mundo na dulot nito ay

“convection current”
b. init na galing sa araw
c. enerhiyang tidal
d. “gravitational pull”
Answer: a
20. Ang _____ ay ang tawag sa pagtalsik ng mga natunaw na material

na mula sa ilalim ng lupa.
a. faulting
b. volcanism
c. tectonic movement
d. continental shift
Answer: b
1. How do hormones work?
a. by releasing adrenaline
b. by controlling cell chemistry
c. by regulating water loss
d. by controlling blood pressure
Answer: b
2. Name the male and female sex hormones.
a. sperm cell and ovum
b. testosterone
c. chromosomes
d. red and white blood cells
Answer: a
3. The unit of measurement of energy in a given amount of food.
a. pound
b. kilo
c. olfactory system
d. calorie
Answer: b
4. Nitrogen compounds known as the building blocks of proteins.

a. enzymes
b. glucose
c. nutrients
d. amino acids
Answer: d
5. The growth of roots towards water is an example of?
a. chemotropism
b. geotropism
c. hydrotropism
d. phototropism
Answer: c
6. DNA means?
a. data nurturing analysis
b. deoxyribonucleic acid
c. deoxyribonucleic acid
d. deotrixyl nucleic acid
Answer: c
7. What are the 3 products of oxygen when it has been burned?
a. water, carbon dioxide and air
b. energy, water and carbon
c. energy, carbon and oxide

d. energy, air and water
Answer: b
8. In flowering plants, fertilization takes place in the?
a. pollen tube
b. stamen
c. ovules
d. pollen grain
Answer: c
9. The development or egg without fertilization.
a. mitosis
b. parthenogenesis
c. spermatogenesis
d. mitochondria
Answer: b
10. Which of the following is a source of energy needed for

photosynthesis?
a. water
b. soil
c. light
d. fertilizer
Answer: c
11. They connect roots and leaves and serve as passageway and
storage for food minerals and water from the soil.
a. branches
b. stem
c. trunk
d. tap roots
Answer: b
12. The process by which plants produce food using carbon dioxide
and water, sunlight and chlorophyll.
a. reproduction
b. photosynthesis
c. fruit bearing
d. chemosynthesis
Answer: b
13. Process by which plants produce food using carbon dioxide and
water, sunlight and chlorophyll.
a. mitosis
b. artificial propagation
c. vegetation reproduction
d. grafting
Answer: c
14. The smallest part of a living thing which performs all the processes
a living organism does.
a. organ
b. cell
c. tissue
d. system
Answer: b
15. A group of tissues working together to perform a complex tasks.
a. system
b. organ
c. network
d. skin
Answer: b
16. Male and female reproductive part of a flower.
a. pollen grains and ovules
b. stamen and pistil
c. pollen grain and pistil
d. stamen and ovules
Answer: b
17. In the human body, the cell that most nearly resembles a one-
celled animal.
a. red blood cell

b. white blood cell
c. nerve cell
d. antibodies
Answer: b
18. The main energy source of a plant-eating animal.
a. glucose
b. starch
c. cellulose
d. glycogen
Answer: c
19. These are cellular secretions which help regulate the breakdown
and buildup of various substance in the body.
a. enzymes
b. amino acid
c. plasma
d. hormones
Answer: b
20. It is the energy source of the cell which it uses for growing,
reproducing and other activities
a. adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
b. amino acids
c. Chloroplast
d. sunlight
Answer: a
1. It is a segment of DNA molecule which controls the appearance of
the given trait.
a. chromosomes
b. genes
c. gametes
d. zygotes
Answer: b
2. Group of similar cells performing similar function together.
a. organs
b. system
c. nucleus
d. tissue
Answer: d
3. The diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane.
a. osmosis
b. permeability
c. transfusion
d. capillary
Answer: a
4. It shows the complex food relationships of organism in a given are
and the cyclic flow of food through organisms.
a. food chain
b. food web
c. food pyramid
d. biological cycle
Answer: b
5. Which of the following does NOT occur to both respiration and

fermentation?
a. energy is released
b. sugar is breakdown
c. carbon dioxide is produced
d. alcohol if formed
Answer: d
6. The genetic information in a DNA is coded in the _____?
a. sequence of ribonucleotides
b. proportion of the base result
c. base pairing
d. sequence of nucleotides
Answer: d
7. What will cause the process of respiration to stop?
a. absence of oxygen
b. absence of sunlight
c. decrease in water supply
d. presence of sunlight
Answer: a
8. What relationship exist between a bangus and tilapia in the

fishpond?
a. commensalism
b. mutualism
c. competition
d. predation
Answer: c
9. Taxonomy os the study of classification of organism based on their?
a. genetics
b. evolutionary history
c. development pattern
d. habitat
Answer: b
10. As specie is said to be _____ when its number is so few that it will
most likely disappear altogether unless given proper protection.
a. disappearing
b. extinct
c. depleted
d. endangered
Answer: d
11. Some bacteria are classified as saprophytes because they

organism which?
a. feed on dead organic matter
b. feed on other living things
c. undergo photosynthesis
d. have hydrolytic enzymes
Answer: a
12. In humans, food is moved down the esophagus into the stomach
by means of?
a. cyclosis
b. peptic acids
c. peristalsis
d. active transport
Answer: c
13. The structure outside the nucleus in animal cells that is involved in
mitosis.
a. ribosomes
b. chromosome
c. centriole
d. microtubule
Answer: c
14. Coordination and integration of the body activities of man are

under the direct control of the _____?
a. reproduction and transport system
b. nervous and endocrine system
c. nervous and excretory system
d. respiratory and endocrine system
Answer: b
15. Genetic engineering has been utilized for the production of _____?
a. genes
b. salivary amylase
c. uric acid crystals
d. human growth hormones
Answer: d
16. Chemistry is primary concerned with the composition and changes

of?
a. mature
b. matter
c. man
d. earth
Answer: b
17. A scientific theory is?

a. a hypothesis not yet subjected to experimental test
b. an idea that correctly predicts the results
c. an imagination
d. a guess
Answer: a
18. Which of the following units of measurement is equivalent to cubic

centimeter?
a. milligram
b. milliliter
c. millimeter
d. centiliter
Answer: b
19. Which of the following is NOT a compound?
a. acetic acid
b. alcohol
c. magnesium
d. zinc oxide
Answer: c
20. The easier the atom loses its electrons, the less its>
a. electro-negativity
b. atomic radius
c. number of shells
d. valence electrons
Answer: d
1. The willingness of atom to receive electrons is measured by its?
a. electro-negativity
b. atomic potential
c. atomic size
d. electron affinity
Answer: d
2. A molecule is said to be polar or dipolar if?
a. its’ positive and negative charges are at different places
b. it possesses polar bonds
c. its’ polar bond have unsymmetrical charge distribution
d. all of the above
Answer: d
3. Which of the following is NOT a physical property of water?
a. freezing point at 0 degrees C
b. boiling point of 100 degrees C
c. It’s heat of fusion at 80 Cal/g.
d. Its’ density at 4 degrees at 1 lb/cu.ft
Answer: d
4. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

a. molecular weight does not influence boiling and melting point of a
substance
b. boiling and melting point tend to increase with molecular weight
c. boiling and melting point tend to decrease with molecular weight
d. none of the above
Answer: b
5. A Mole is the amount of substance or the mass of a substance that

contains?
a. 6.02 x 1032 particles
b. 60.2 x 1032 particles
c. 6.02 x 1032 particles
d. 60.2 x 1032 particles
Answer: a
6. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
a. hydroxide is present in all bases
b. hydroxide is present in both
c. hydroxide is present in all acids
Answer: a
7. Instrument which measures the specific gravity of liquids.
a. hygrometer
b. synchrotron
c. hydrometer
d. cyclotron
Answer: c
8. Which property does NOT identify a chemical system?
a. melting point
b. boiling point
c. taste
d. shape
Answer: c
9. The process of spreading out spontaneously to occupy a space to

uniformly.
a. compression
b. diffusion
c. expansion
d. pressure
Answer: b
10. It is the complex mixture of pollutants.
a. acid rain
b. particulates
c. oxides
d. oxidants
Answer: d
11. Energy removal is best illustrated in?
a. boiling of liquid substance
b. changing water to ice
c. changing water to steam
Answer: b
12. Refers to the maximum amount of solute expressed in grams that

can be dissolved in 100 grams of water at a specific temperature.
a. solubility
b. stability
c. molarity
d. polarity
Answer: a
13. Compounds with the same molecular formula but with different
structural formulas.
a. cellulose
b. isomers
c. polymers
d. monomers
Answer: b
14. The most penetrating type of radiation given off by radioactive
elements.
a. alpha particle
b. beta particle
c. gamma radiation
Answer: c
15. The basic unit for expressing masses of individual atoms
a. atomic number
b. atomic mass unit
c. nucleus
d. atomic weight
Answer: b
16. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without itself

undergoing a chemical change.
a. melting poing
b. critical point
c. boiling point
d. freezing point
Answer: a
17. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal
to the pressure of the surrounding atmosphere.
a. melting poing
b. critical point
c. boiling point
d. freezing point
Answer: c
18. The warming of the earth’s surface due to an increase in

atmospheric carbon dioxide.
a. “greenhouse effect”
b. ozone
c. atmospheric pressure
d. El Nino phenomena
Answer: a
19. Describes the force of gravity on an object
a. mass
b. weight
c. capacity
d. pressure
Answer: b
20. When gaseous molecules are compressed, they tend to?
a. increase in volume
b. decrease in volume
c. repel each other
d. attract and liquefy
Answer: a
1. Chemical Reaction always go to completion if
a. the molarity of reacting solutions is increased
b. water is produced
c. the pressures of the reacting substances are increased
d. the weak base is added to a weak acid
Answer: d
2. A compound was found to contain 15g. of carbon and 5g. of

oxygen. What is the mass ratio of carbon to oxygen?
a. 4:1
b. 3:2
c. 3:1
d. 5:3
Answer: c
3. An atom is ionized negatively by:
a. sharing with another atom
b. combining with another atom
c. acquiring an electron
d. mixing with molecules
Answer: c
4. The average temperature was recorded at 35 degree C. What is the
equivalent in Kelvin?
a. 308
b. 300
c. 278
d. 360
Answer: a
5. When gaseous substances are compressed, the result is a

decrease in the _____.
a. size of the particle
b. temperature
c. pressure exerted by the particles
d. distance between the particles
Answer: d
6. An acid substance _____.
a. donates proton
b. accepts proton
c. neither donates nor accepts
Answer: a
7. The separation of substance by diffusion at different rates through

differentially permeable membranes is?
a. diffusion
b. dissociation
c. dialysis
d. distillation
Answer: c
8. What property shows the water is a compound and not a solution?
a. it is colorless
b. it cannot be filtered
c. it is tasteless
d. it boils at a definite temperature
Answer: d
9. Which of the following is the best technique to loosen two tumblers

that are stuck one inside the other>
a. pouring cold water on the outside tumbler after filling the inside
tumbler with cold water
b. pouring hot water on the outside tumbler after filling the inside
tumbler with cold water
c. pouring cold water on the outside tumbler after filling the inside
tumbler with hot water
d. pouring hot water on the outside tumbler after filling the inside
tumbler with hot water
Answer: b
10. Which of the following statement is TRUE of nuclear fission>

a. lighter atoms can be combined to form heavier atoms
b. nucleus of the atoms can be broken or split to produce energy
c. atoms can gain or lose electrons without changing its charge
d. the energy process is identical to that which occurs in the sun
Answer: b
11. The property of a solution that depends principally upon

concentration of dissolved particles rather than on its nature.
a. chemical property
b. physical property
c. mechanical property
d. colligative property
Answer: d
12. The ability of an atom to attract an electron in a bond.
a. formal change
b. electron affinity
c. resonance
d. electronegativity
Answer: d
13. Which of the ff. describes an electron.
a. mass of an electron is 1.67 x 1024 grams
b. represents the atomic number.

c. cathode rays are emitted when electricity is passed in an evacuated
tube.
d. electrons are positively charged and are massive.
Answer: c
14. The total mass of all substances entering into a chemical reaction
is equal to the total mass of all the products of the reaction.
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
b. Law of Definite Proportion
c. Law of Multiple Proportion
d. Boyle’s Law
Answer: a
15. Ano ang tawag sa solusyon kung saan mas marami ang solute
kaysa solvent?
a. saturated
b. supersaturated
c. unsaturated
d. diluted
Answer: b
16. Ayon sa “Avogado’s Law”, kapag ang moles ng isang gas ay

nadoble at and temperatura at pressure nito ay pareho pa rin, and
volume ng gas ay _____/
a. mahahati sa apat
b. mahahati sa dalawa
c. madodoble
d. matritriple
Answer: b
17. The standard temperature of a gas in 00 and its standard pressure

is ______.
a. 101.3 atm
b. 22.4 atm
c. 1 atm
d. 273 atm
Answer: c
18. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid is equal
to the external pressure.
a. boiling point
b. melting point
c. freezing point
d. balance point
Answer: a
19. This theory states that the tiny particles in all forms of matter are in
constant motion.
a. kinetic theory
b. Molecular Theory
c. Constant Speed theory

d. Law of Conservation of Energy
Answer: a
20. A 1 liter sample of gas is at a temperature of 3000 K; when the

temperature is increased to 6000 K, the volume _____.
a. increase to 2 L
b. increases to 0 L
c. increases to 30 L
d. decreases to .5 L
Answer: a
1. It is the measure of the amount of matter in an object.
a. weight
b. mass
c. volume
d. quantity
Answer: b
2. It is the distance traveled by the body per unit time and tells how
fast or slow the body moves.
a. velocity
b. speed
c. acceleration
d. thrust
Answer: b
3. The rate of change of the distance traveled per unit time in a stated
direction.
a. velocity
b. speed
c. acceleration
d. thrust
Answer: c
4. The law states that the force acting upon an object is equal to the
product of the mass and acceleration of the object.
a. Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion
b. Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion
c. Newton’s 1st Law of Motion
d. Energy Law
Answer: a
5. When a force is applied to a body, several effects are possible.

Which of the ff. effect CAN’T occur?
a. the body rotates
b. the body changes direction
c. the body increase its mass
d. the body changes shape
Answer: c
6. It is the reluctance of the object to change either its state of rest or

uniform motion in a straight line.
a. force
b. friction
c. inertia
d. motion
Answer: d
7. This law states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed but
only changes from one form to another.
a. Energy Law
b. Kinetic Theory of Matter
c. Law of Conservation of Energy
d. Newton’s Law of Force
Answer: b
8. This Law states that all matter is made up of a large number of

molecules which are in continuous motion.
a. Boyle’s Law
b. Kinetic Theory of Matter
c. Law of Conservation of Energy
d. Newton’s Law of Force
Answer: b
9. The lowest possible temperature that a substance can reach.
a. freezing point
b. absolute zero
c. steam point
d. threshold
Answer: b
10. It is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1kg. of

a substance by 1 degree C.
a. calorie
b. watt
c. Specific heat capacity
d. joule
Answer: c
11. The pressure cooker works under the principle that?
a. Boiling point increases as pressure decreases
b. boiling point decreases as pressure increases
c. freezing point increases as pressure increases
d. freezing point increases as pressure decreases
Answer: a
12. It is the process by which heat is transmitted through a substance

from one particle to another by the amount of heated particles.
a. convection
b. insulation
c. conduction
d. radiation
Answer: c
13. It is the Phenomena in which energy is transferred through

vibrations.
a. frequency
b. waves
c. refraction
d. amplitude
Answer: b
14. The unit of measurement for intensity of sound
a. hertz
b. decibel
c. angstrom
d. frequency
Answer: b
15. It is the process by which a heavy nucleus of an atom is split into 2

or more fragments of comparable sizes when its nucleus is struck by a
neutron
a. chain reaction
b. nuclear fusion
c. radiation
d. nuclear fission
Answer: d
16. It is the union of two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus,

resulting in a mass defect and release of energy.
a. radiation
b. nuclear fission
c. nuclear fusion
d. radioactivity
Answer: c
17. Which of the following statement is a characteristic of an electronic

spectrum?
a. they all travel at the same speed in free space
b. they exhibit diffraction and interference phenomena
c. they follow the laws of refraction and reflection
d. all of the above
Answer: d
18. The term “RADAR” is derived from the phrase?
a. Radio Detection and Ranging
b. Radiation Diffusion and Ranging
c. Radio Diffraction and Resolution
d. Radiation Diffraction and Resolution
Answer: a
19. A material whose ability to conduct electricity lies between those of

conductors and insulators.
a. integrated circuits
b. silicon chips
c. semiconductors
d. insulators
Answer: c
20. “LASER” is derived from the phrase?
a. Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
b. Light Application by Simulated Emission of Radiation
c. Light Amplification by Simulated Ejection of Radiation
d. None of the above
Answer: a
1. What is the color of a transparent substance?
a. the color of the light it absorbs
b. the color of the light it reflects
c. the color of the light it transmits
d. the color of the light it
Answer: c
2. What is rotating electromagnetic called?
a. Motor
b. Rotor
c. Phasor
d. Sensor
Answer: b
3. What happens with the centripetal force when speed is doubled?
a. remains the same
b. force is increased 4x
c. triples
d. doubles
Answer: d
4. What is an electrochemical cell in which the reacting materials can

be renewed by the use of reverse current?
a. storage cell
b. primary cell
c. fuel cell
d. chemical cell
Answer: a
5. What will make an object move on a circular path?
a. central force
b. gravitational force
c. frictional force
d. electromagnetic force
Answer: a
6. What kind of energy is present whenever a body is at distance from

the ground?
a. elastic potential energy
b. electric potential energy
c. electromagnetic potential energy
d. gravitational potential energy
Answer: d
7. The process which occurs when heat passes from one molecule to
another molecule.
a. convection
b. radiation
c. conduction
d. expansion
Answer: c
8. The temperature at which gas would no longer exert pressure.
a. Kelvin temperature
b. Celsius temperature
c. Absolute zero
d. boiling point
Answer: c
9. The formula for finding the efficiency of a machine.
a. efficiency = input force/ output force x 100%
b. efficiency = output force/ input force x 100%
c. efficiency = output work/ input work x 100%
d. efficiency = input work/ output work x 100%
Answer: c
10. The amount of calories required to convert 30g. of ice at 0 degrees

to water at 60 degrees.
a. 3000 calories
b. 4000 calories
c. 7000 calories
d. 6840 calories
Answer: c
11. When both are dropped, a 5 lb. ball and a 10 lb. ball with reach the
ground at the same time because?
a. the gravitational attraction is the same on both
b. both have the same inertia
c. the inertia resistance of the lighter ball is greater than that of the
heavier ball
d. the greater gravitational force of the 10 lb. ball is offset by its’

greater inertial resistance.
Answer: d
12. The result when there is lack of cohesion among gas molecules.
a. gas molecules are confined and kept together
b. molecules move freely in all directions
c. molecules are compressed into smaller volumes
d. opposing forces come into play
Answer: b
13. At what temperature does water have the smallest volume and
greatest density?
a. 0 degrees C
b. 2 degrees C
c. 4 degrees C
d. 16 degrees C
Answer: a
14. What single force, when applied at the same point, will produce
the same effect?
a. resultant force
b. composite force
c. concurrent force
d. nuclear force
Answer: d
15. Energy can be released by atomic fusion when?
a. the atoms fused have a mutual attraction
b. the atoms fused have a mutual repulsion
c. the atom formed is fissionable
d. the nuclear mass of the atom is less than the combined mass of the
atoms fused
Answer: a
16. Ang bilang ng pagikot sa isang segundo.
a. frequency
b. period
c. acceleration
d. velocity
Answer: a
17. Ang gitna ng torque ay _____.

a. katulad ng “center of gravity”
b. palaging gitna ng isang bagay
c. kalinya ng galaw ng puwersa
d. sa lugar kung saan ang haba ng lahat ng torque ay sinusukat
Answer: d
18. Alin sa mga sumusunod ay lumalaki ang value kung ang isang
bagay ay itinatapon pataas?
a. kinetic energy
b. potential energy
c. momentum energy
d. velocity
Answer: b
19. Kapag ang puting ilaw ay pinatama sa isang salamin na prism,

nagkakaroon ng “spectrum” dahil sa _____.
a. refraction
b. diffusion
c. reflection
d. conviction
Answer: b
20. A projectile always travels in a ______.
a. linear path
b. circular path
c. parabolic path
d. a and c
Answer: c
1. What does a professional code of ethics prescribe for all?
a. moral standards and ethical behavior
b. rules and regulations in practicing one’s profession
c. strict law implementation
d. civility and social-consciousness
Answer: a
2. The number of days after which an enrolled bill becomes a law.
a. 45 days
b. 60 days
c. 75 days
d. 90 days
Answer: d
3. It is perceived as the most important need and most pressing

problem of the Filipino family.
a. unemployment of financial problem
b. prone to vice
c. broken family
d. double standard on roles.
Answer: a
4. There are 3 fundamental Human rights according to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. These are:
a. life, security and self-development
b. life, economy and self-development
c. life, dignity and security
d. life, liberty and security
Answer: d
5. Which of the following state is the right to human dignity?
a. property ownership
b. honor and reputation
c. fair trial
d. political and security
Answer: b
6. Which of the following would refer to the “Funnel Effect?”
a. criminal justice is fully implemented in the Philippines
b. very few criminals are actually punished
c. every criminal would be caught and be punished
d. all crimes are under the same criminal justice
Answer: c
7. The most important and central message of the Moral Recovery

Program.
a. national moral regestration

b. family
c. self
d. fiscal deficit
Answer: c
8. Government expenses is more than what it earns thru tax

collection.
a. fiscal reforms
b. taxation
c. overspending
d. fiscal deficit
Answer: d
9. If the school is considered as an agent of social and cultural

change, it should function as?
a. transmitter of culture
b. perpetuator of tradition
c. pioneer of programs
d. innovator of instructions
Answer: b
10. It mandates the blending of coco methyl ester (CME) in all diesel
fuel and ethanol in gasoline sold across the country.
a. Fuel Development Act
b. Alternative Fuel Development Act

c. Biofuel Act of 2006
d. Clean Air Act of 1999
Answer: c
11. Which of the following is NOT considered a “biofuel?”
a. jathropa or “tuba-tuba”
b. liquefied petroleum gas
c. ethanol
d. coco methyl ester
Answer: b
12. The “ASEAN +3” was recently expanded with 3 new partner-
countries during the 2006 APEC in vietnam to foster broader regional
free trade in the region. These countries are?
a. U.S., Canada and Japan
b. Australia, New Zealand and India
c. Russia, China and Japan
d. Australia, US and New Zealand
Answer: b
13. Refers to a diesel-equivalent, processed fuel derived from

biological sources.
a. ethanol
b. vegetable oils
c. bio-diesel
d. bio-fuel
Answer: b
14. What is the main goal of drug abuse education?
a. arrest
b. prevention
c. control
d. rehabilitation
Answer: b
15. The fundamental law of the land.
a. Republic Acts
b. Constitution
c. Court decision
d. Executive Order
e. Supreme Court decisions
Answer: b
16. It is the power of the State to command and enforce obedience to

its’ will from people within its’ jurisdiction and to have freedom from
foreign control.
a. Government
b. State
c. Sovereignty
d. Eminent Domain
e. Police Power
Answer: c
17, The Philippines is a democratic and _____ state. Sovereignty

resides in the people and all the government authority emanates from
them.
a. Presidential
b. Bicameral
c. Republican
d. Constitutional
e. Free
Answer: c
18. Policy of the State to promote social justice in all phase of national
development and five preferential attention to the welfare of the less
fortunate members of the society.
a. Human rights
b. Democracy
c. Freedom
d. Social Justice
e. None of the above
Answer: d
19. It is the declaration and enumeration of the individual rights and

privileges which the Constitution is designed to protect against
violations by the government, by groups or by individuals.
a. Civil Rights
b. Bill of Rights
c. Political Rights
d. Constitutional Rights
e. Social Rights
Answer: b
20. It signifies that “all person subject to legislation shall be treated

alike, under like circumstances and conditions both in the privileges
conferred and liabilities imposed”
a. Bill of Rights
b. Constitutional Rights
c. Political Rights
d. “Equal Protection of Law”
e. Law
Answer: d
1. These are the rights of the citizens which give them power to
participate, directly or indirectly, in the establishment or administration
of the government, suffrage and information in matters of public
concern.
a. Political Rights
b. Civil Rights
c. Constitutional Rights
d. Economic Rights
e. Cultural Rights
Answer: a
2. The rights of the citizens which the law will enforce at the instance
of private individuals for the purpose of securing the enjoyment of their
means of happiness. Among them are the rights against involuntary
servitude, etc.
a. Constitutional Rights
b. Social & Economic Rights
c. Civil Rights
d. Political Rights
e. Cultural Rights
Answer: c
3. They are rights which are intended to ensure the well-being and
economic security of individuals. Among them are the right to property
and just compensation.
a. Social & Economic Rights
b. Cultural Rights
c. Civil Rights
d. Constitutional Rights
e. Political Rights
Answer: a
4. The power of the State to enact laws or regulations in relation to

persons and properties as may promote public health, safety, general
welfare and convenience.
a. Power of Eminent Domain
b. Police Power
c. Power of Taxation
d. Emergency Powers
Answer: b
5. It is the power of the State to impose charge or burden upon

persons, property or property rights for the use and support of the
government and to enable it to dis-charge its’ appropriate functions..
a. Eminent Domain
b. Police Power
c. Taxation
d. Constitutional Powers
e. Expropriation
Answer: c
6. It is the power to apply the law to contest or disputes concerning

legally recognized rights or duties between the State and private
persons brought before the Judiciary.
a. Executive Powers
b. Legislative Powers
c. Judicial Powers
d. Constitutional Powers
e. Police Powers
Answer: c
7. Under 1987 Constitution, which among its’ basic principles embody

the sociological aspects of life?
a. Separation of State and Church
b. Empowerment of People Power
c. Recognition of Family as a basic social institution
d. Empowerment of Suffrage
Answer: c
8. The measurement of the total value of a country’s economic

production.
a. Gross National Product (GNP)
b. National Income
c. NET National Production

d. Per Capita Income
Answer: a
9. The major purpose of taxation.
a. provides State income
b. redistribute the monetary resources
c. lessen the disposable income
d. controls financial deficit
Answer: a
10. A policy that controls taxes and government expenditures.
a. monetary policy
b. fiscal policy
c. trade policy
d. investment policy
Answer: b
11. CARP’s (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program) primary aim

or purpose.
a. make the tiller the owner of the land he cultivates
b. achieve a dignified existence for the small farmers
c. provide the necessary support facilities, instructions and services
d. provide credit facilities like loans and financing
Answer: b
12. The term of office for the President under the 1987 Constitution
a. 3 years
b. 6 years
c. 3 years with re-election
d. 6 years with re-election
Answer: b
13. It embodies the national policy on information technology and

serves as a guide to all government agencies in the effective
utilization of information technology resources.
a. National Information Technology Plan (NITP)
b. Information Technology Development Program
c. Science and Technology Development Program
d. Information Technology Utilization Plan
Answer: a
14. It is the electronic commerce between individual consumers.
a. B2B (business to business)
b. C2C (consumer to consumer)
c. E-mail
d. B2C (business to consumer)
Answer: b
15. It is the environmental milestone that requires industries to install

anti-pollution devices and ban the use if incinerators.
a. The Greenpeace Act
b. The Environment Care Act
c. The Clean Air Act
d. The Anti-Pollution Law
Answer: c
16. A broader regional free trade zone established composed of

ASEAN engaging Japan, China and South Korea in expanding
economic relations.
a. ASEAN Free Trade Zone
b. “ASEAN Plus Three”
c. APEC Economic Zone
d. APEC Free Trade Zone
Answer: b
17. Program designed to solve the social ills of the Filipino society
through social renewal and transformation and to strengthen the moral
fiber of the Filipino people.
a. People Empowerment
b. “Galing Mo Pinoy!”
c. People’s Initiative
d. Moral Recovery Program
Answer: d
18. The integration of national markers into a single world market
place where goods, services, financial capital and technology flow
unhampered between countries.
a. Market liberation
b. Free Trade Zone
c. Globalization
d. Market Integration
Answer: c
19. World body with 143 member-countries that set governing rules in
economic relations and trade.
a. World Trade Organization
b. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
c. United Nations
d. U.N. Conference on Trade and Development
Answer: a
20. Refers to the increasing reliance on markets, not governments, to

guide economic activity.
a. Liberalization
b. Deregulation
c. Globalisation
d. Privatization
Answer: b
1. It is a global financial body which imposes sanctions on countries
who fails to act against money-laundering.
a. The Financial Action Task Force
b. International Monetary Fund
c. The Federal Reserve
d. The U.N. Finance Group
Answer: a
2. It measures the numerical index of a person’s general intelligence

as compare to other of the same type of intelligence.
a. Maturity
b. Intelligence Quotient (I.Q.)
c. Emotional Quotient (E.Q.)
d. Aptitude
Answer: b
3. This law allows college students to choose among the 3 component

programs of national service namely ROTC, literacy training service or
civic welfare training.
a. National Service Training Program Act (NSTP act)
b. Civil Service Act
c. Nation Defense Service Act
d. National Integrated Service Act

Answer: a
4. It it the cooperate mind of the pupils and teachers organized around

principles of knowledge in which all minds are thinking as one.
a. social mind
b. educative mind
c. Philosophical mind
d. intelligence
Answer: a
5. It is of outmost educational importance that the social basis of

human nature should be habitual when?
a. man fails to correct some of the worst social ills
b. man resorts to war, terrorism or violence to call the society’s

attention
c. Man rearranges social circumstances to let self-restraint give way to

social justice
d. man has to learn to fight to protect one’s life and preserve one’s
culture
Answer: c
6. Which of the following situation would hasten the changes the

social quality of human nature?
a. making education an instrument for social change
b. making ourselves open to changes
c. letting the institutions be the agent of change

d. allowing freedom to adopt a more critical attitude towards change
Answer: b
7. They were the first to regard the school as an instrument of social

development.
a. the advocates of progressive education
b. the advocates of conservative education
c. those who see violence or terrorism as the ultimate to hasten social

change
d. those who are content with the status quo
Answer: a
8. These are values which are basic, urgent and obligatory in

character in man’s life and activities.
a. religious values
b. ethical values
c. cultural values
d. social values
Answer: b
9. Social stratification is the system used in the assigning men their

respective ranks in the society based on?
a. one’s social stratum to another laterally, horizontally or vertically
b. acquired social and cultural heritage of his society
c. factors such as income, wealth, education, work and lifestyle

d. The person’s view on his social position in the society
Answer: b
10. A society that gives importance and adopts the democratic view of
education, places great emphasis by
a. requiring compulsory schooling for all its’ citizens
b. choosing excellent people to run the education system
c. requiring the use of excellent textbooks
d. recognizing the dignity of all individuals
Answer: a
11. Refers to the passing of culture to the next generation.
a. religion
b. education
c. arts
d. language
Answer: b
12. Is is the important basis in the formation of social unit in a society.
a. mutual interest
b. age and sex
c. kinship
d. education
Answer: c
13. The secret society Jose Rizal established designed to promote
civic and patriotic education among the Filipinos.
a. La Liga Filipino
b. Companerismp
c. Propaganda
d. La Juventud
Answer: b
14. Rizal’s winning poem which is consigned to promote civic and

patriotic education among the Filipinos.
a. To the Filipino Youth
b. El Amor Patrio
c. Los Viajes
d. The Tales
Answer: a
15. The process of two cultures borrowing from each other.
a. mixed culture
b. culture area
c. diffusion
d. assimilation
Answer: c
16. The cognitive aspect of the valuing process wherein the individual
has a full understanding of the consequences of each option being
considered.
a. choosing from the alternatives
b. choosing reflectively
c. choosing freely
d. imagining and cherishing
Answer: b
17.Value-laden Ideas indicates the learner’s behavior such as his

attitudes, interest, aspirations, belief, etc
a. behavior indicators
b. attitude indicators
c. aptitude indicators
d. value indicators
Answer: d
18. The teacher becomes a director of values learning and enriches

the learnings through cognitive and affective inputs.
a. activity
b. abstraction
c. analysis
d. application
Answer: b
19. To develop the self-reflection and analysis, educational methods
should?
a. focus on note learning and analysis
b. inculcate the value and habit of self-reflection starting from

childhood
c. conduct a series of activities on self-reflection
d. encourage conversion as a proof of personal transformation
Answer: b
20. Is an ongoing process of using one’s innate capacities and

potentials in full, creative ways which is the core of the valuing
process.
a. self-actualization
b. introspection
c. value processing
d. self-direction
Answer: a
1. The capacity of the individual to function in every way at one’s own
best.
a. Physical Education
b. Fitness Testing
c. Physical Fitness
d. Motor skill fitness
Answer: c
2. It is a self-motivating activity where one can manipulate to the

different parts of the body into varied positions or movement.
a. Coordination
b. Gymnastics
c. Agility
d. Physical fitness
Answer: b
3. Which of the ff. is NOT an aspect of Physical fitness?
a. Static fitness
b. Dynamic fitness
c. Motor skill fitness
Answer: d
4. Which of the ff. is a way to test physical fitness?
a. Bent-knee curl up
b. Sit and Reach
c. Three minute steps
d. All of the above
Answer: d
5. They are exercise done to improve grace, form and control of body
parts through creative movements.
a. Tumbling
b. Knee scale
c. Aerial skills
d. Floor exercise
Answer: d
6. It is a dance or unit formation composed of 4 pairs standing on the

side of a hallow square facing center.
a. Circle
b. Promenade
c. Set
d. Break
Answer: c
7. Is a leadership wherein the members show loyalty and pride for

their unit.
a. Proficiency
b. Morals
c. Discipline
d. Esprit de Corps.
Answer: d
8. Its purpose is to convey to the reader accurate information

concerning the various terrain and geographical features of an area.
a. Globe
b. Map
c. Scale
d. Grid
Answer: b
9. Is help or assistance given to injured person or taken suddenly ill

and includes self-help and includes self-help and home care, words of
encouragement and promotion of confidence.
a. First Aid
b. Emergency case
c. Ambulatory system
Answer: a
10. Refers to a general body knowledge that in individual can adopt to

reduce the shock of finding one’s self isolated in a desolate place, etc.
a. Survival skills
b. Technical skills
c. Military skills
d. Scientific skills
Answer: a
11. It is the physical dependence or both on a dangerous drug

following its administration or use on a periodic or continuous basis.
a. Drug Abuse
b. Drug addiction
c. Drug Dependent
d. Drug Tolerance
Answer: c
12. The policy-making and coordinating agency in drug prevention.
a. Dangerous Drug Board
b. Dept. of Health
c. Nation Bureau of Investigation
d. PNP Anti-Narcotics Commission
Answer: a
13. The means to improve the quality of life of each Filipino through
regulation and spacing of child birth, counseling of parents and would-
be parents, etc.
a. Family Planning
b. Responsible Parenthood
c. Population Control
d. Contraception
Answer: a
14. It a set of goals and guidelines for changing the rate of population
growth in the vital interest of a country.
a. Population Control
b. Population Policy
c. Population Program
d. Population Education
Answer: b
15. It is the act of introducing substances or pollutants into the

atmosphere which may be injurious to public health.
a. Water pollution
b. Air pollution
c. Noise Pollution
d. all of the above
Answer: b
16. It is the recovery or reuse of any material to conserve resources

and waste disposal.
a. Recycling
b. Segregation
c. Composing
d. Reprocessing
Answer: a
17. Refers to the economic application of laws and process of science

and engineering in the preparation and preservation of food.
a. Food Control
b. Food Management
c. Food Technology
d. Food Sanitation
Answer: c
18. The style of performing the lyrics of a song in an half-sung, half-

spoken manner.
a. Rap
b. Sprechstimme
c. Expressionism
d. Impressionism
Answer: b
19. The use of different meter signatures in a composition.
a. Multimeter
b. Syncopation
c. Polymeter
d. Polytonally
Answer: a
20. The use of two or more different rhythms played at the same time.
a. Bitonality
b. Polyrhythm
c. Polynality
d. Multimeter
Answer: b
1. Which of the following should be taken into account before
preparing the form lots?
a. Soil and water supply
b. Sunlight & air circulation
c. Accessibility & proximity to market
d. all of the above
Answer: d
2. Which of the ff. is a characteristic of good soil?
a. Should be viable
b. fresh & mature
c. damage free & free seed-borne disease
d. all of the above
Answer: d
3. It is the first and most important tillage operation in preparing the

land for to make more moisture-retentive.
a. Cleaning
b. Plowing
c. Harrowing
d. Pulverizing
Answer: b
4. Is an organic material consisting of very fine rotted animal waste,
plant parts and other organic & biodegradable material
a. Biomass
b. Compost
c. Heap
d. Fertilizer
Answer: b
5. This method of fish-culture is characterized by the use of net

enclosure in shallow protected areas of inland waters.
a. Cage method
b. Fishpen method
c. Aquarium method
d. Open-water method
Answer: b
6. The objective of applying fertilizers to fish ponds
a. Promote fish growth
b. Enhance production
c. Neutralize acidity
d. Enhance the color of the water
Answer: b
7. This type of plants contains nitrogen in its roots which is converter

to nitrates by rhizolia, thus, contributing to soil fertility.
a. Vine crops
b. Root crops
c. Legumes
d. Tubers
Answer: c
8. Which of the ff. is NOT an aspect of fish-culture?
a. Fish cultivation
b. Fish propagation
c. Fish conservation
d. Fish marketing
Answer: d
9. The object is represented by the side seen at one time
a. Perspective
b. Projection
c. Orthographic
d. Isometric
Answer: d
10. The system of representing the true shape of any object arranged
on a plane in two or more views at right angle to each other.
a. Perspective
b. Dimension
c. Orthographic dimension
d. Oblique drawing
Answer: c
11. Isometric projection is drawn on tree axes name the vertical and 2
_____ degree lines
a. 90
b. 60
c. 40
d. 30
Answer: d
12. It is part of the electrical circuit which converts electrical energy

into another form to do work
a. Voltage
b. Load
c. Current
d. Ampere
Answer: b
13. The system on which the flow of electricity is always in one

direction
a. Power
b. Integrated circuit
c. Alternating current
d. Direct current
Answer: d
14. The amount of heat required to take 1 lb. of water to change it

temperature 1 degree F
a. British thermal Unit (BTU)
b. Voltage
c. Watt
d. Calorie
Answer: a
15. Property of metal w/c can be hammered and flattened into sheets
without breaking
a. Ductility
b. Brittleness
c. Elasticity
d. Malleability
Answer: d
16. A system of principles to conduct life
a. Belief
b. Values
c. Philosophy
d. Goals and objectives
Answer: c
17. Process of reaching solution to a problem which is based on family
goals,
a. Assessment
b. Reorganization
c. Decision-making
d. Problem-solving
Answer: a
18. To achieve a satisfying family life, each member is expected to live

his role with corresponding _____.
a. loyalty
b. responsibilities
c. needs
d. care
Answer: b
19. Human resources which the family can use to achieve its goals.
a. Energy
b. Abilities and skills
c. Knowledge
d. all of the above
Answer: d
20. Earnings of corporations which are distributed among stockholders
a. Profit
b. Retained earnings
c. Stocks
d. Dividends
Answer: d
1. This is a scientific test done under controlled conditions where just
one or a few factor are changed at a time, while all others are kept
constant.
a. laboratory test
b. controlled experiment
c. chemical experiment
d. science experiment
Answer: b
2. The sum total of the biochemical reactions occurring in an

organism, the process by which young body converts what you eat
and drink into energy.
a. digestion
b. absorption
c. conversion
d. metabolism
Answer: d
3. They must use energy and consume nutrients to carry out the
chemical reactions that sustain life.
a. living things
b. plants
c. organisms
d. human
Answer: a
4. Living organisms regulate their internal environment to maintain the

relatively narrow range of conditions needed for cell function and this
regulation of a stable internal environment even in the face of a
changing external environment is called what?
a. temperature
b. homeostasis
c. habitation
d. adaptation
Answer: b
5. This is a process where a heritable trait that provides a fitness

advantage may become more and more common in a population,
making the population better suited to its environment over
generations.
a. Natural selection
b. Adaption
c. Reproduction
d. Chemical reaction
Answer: b
6. In a covalent bond, what comes from the shared. electrostatic

attraction between the two positively charged atomic nuclei and the
shared negatively charged electrons between them?
a. the stability of the bond
b. molecule
c. a distinct group of atoms
d. a structural formula
Answer: a
7. An object at rest remain at rest unless acted upon by an external

force, or if in motion, it continues to move in a straight line with
constant speed. What is this law of motion set forth by Isaac Newton?
a. Law of Thermodynamics
b. Law of Inertia
c. Law of Attraction
d. Law of Dynamics
Answer: b
8. When the match is struck, what heats the head to a temperature at

which the chemicals react and generate more heat than can escape
into the air, and they burn with a flame?
a. fire
b. friction
c. tension
d. heat wave
Answer: b
9. Who believed that species survived through a process called

natural selection, where species that successfully adapted to meet the
changing requirements of their natural habitat thrived, while those that
failed to evolve and reproduce died off?
a. Louis Pasteur
b. Robert Koch
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Charles Darwin
Answer: d
10. Who was the founding father of Psychoanalysis, a method for

treating mental illness and also a theory which explains human
behavior?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Carl Jung
c. Charles Darwin
d. Carl Claus
Answer: a
11. These are rocks formed from magma in the Earth’s mantle that
generally do not contain fossils, do not react with acids, can be made
of different minerals and may be glassy in appearance.
a. sedimentary rocks
b. metamorphic rocks
c. igneous rocks
d. basalt rocks
Answer: c
12. They live in all kinds of habitat but most live in the ocean and are
one of the pillars of the global marine ecosystem They have several
pairs of legs and a body made up of sections that are covered in a
hard outer shell like crabs and lobsters.
a. crustaceans
b. reptiles
c. mammals
d. shellfish
Answer: a
13. A zoological term that refers to animal that produce eggs but retain
them inside the female body until hatching occurs, so that live
offspring are born.
a. viviparous
b. ovoviviparous
c. reproduction
d. germination
Answer: b
14. What do you call the microorganism that cause disease?
a. bacteria
b. viruses
c. germs
d. pathogens
Answer: d
15. One of the main branches of chemistry that studies chemical

processes that occur within living organisms.
a. organic chemistry
b. analytical chemistry
c. biochemistry
d. inorganic chemistry
Answer: c
16. These are sugars and starches, the chemical fuels needed for our
cells to function.
a. glucose
b. fructose
c. carbohydrates
d. sucrose
Answer: c
17. What do you call these changes that include changes of state
such as ice melting to water and water evaporating to vapor?
a. physical changes
b. chemical reactions
c. chemical change
d. diffusion
Answer: a
18. The rusting of steel garbage happens because the iron (Fe) in the
metal combined with oxygen (O2) in the atmosphere. This is an
example of:
a. chemical combination
b. chemical reaction
c. physical change
d. chemical bond
Answer: b
19. When _____ react with metals they produce a wide range of salts,
including calcium fluoride, sodium chloride (common table salt), silver
bromide and potassium iodide.
a. halogens
b. pathogens
c. oxygen
d. hydrogen
Answer: a
20. What is this dominant theory of heredity that suggests that each
parent contributed fluids to the fertilization process and that the traits
of the parents blended and mixed to produced the offspring.
a. pangenesis
b. blending inheritance
c. reproduction
d. genetics
Answer: b
1. it is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the
growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living
organisms and many viruses.
a. ribonucleic acid
b. proteins
c. lipids
d. DNA
Answer: d
2. The outer layer of the skin which provides a barrier to infection from
environmental pathogens.
a. dermis
b. epidermis
c. germinal layer
d. granular layer
Answer: b
3. The science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and

includes all plant, animals and microorganisms of the world.
a. Biology
b. Zoology
c. Taxonomy
d. Binomial Nomenclature
Answer: c
4. The female part of a flower which is usually located in the center of

the flower and is made up of stigma, style and ovary.
a. pistil
b. stamen
c. anther
d. filament
Answer: a
5. What are the female egg cells of a flower that are contained in the
ovary?
a. ovules
b. pollen
c. seeds
d. sperm
Answer: a
6. The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to

one another and to their physical surroundings.
a. Geography
b. Habitat
c. Ecology
d. Zoology
Answer: c
7. This term was coined by Geologist Eduard Suess in 1875 which he
defined as the place on Earth’s surface where life dwells.
a. Lithosphere
b. Biosphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Geosphere
Answer: b
8. _____ is a cooking process wherein the food substance, usually a

vegetable or fruit, is scalded in boiling water, removed after a brief,
time interval and placed under cold running water to halt the cooking
process.
a. Boiling
b. Poaching
c. Blanching
d. Steaming
Answer: c
9. When the moon is getting larger in the sky, moving from the New
Moon towards the full Moon, it is ad to be _____.
a. waning
b. waxing
c. eclipsing
d. rotating
Answer: b
10. They are often called the building blocks of life, and are the basic
structural, functional and biological unit of all know living organisms.
a. DNA
b. RNA
c. cells
d. proteins
Answer: c
11. These are small vertebrates that need water or a moist water or a
moist environment to survive which include frogs, roads, salamanders
and newts.
a. Mammals
b. Crustaceans
c. Amphibians
d. Reptiles
Answer: d
12. A system is said to be in equilibrium when the sum of all forces is

_____.
a. zero
b. one
c. negative
d. positive
Answer: b
13. _____ is the process of breaking down food by mechanical and
enzymatic action in the alimentary canal into substances that can be
used by the body.
a. Absorption
b. Digestion
c. Assimilation
d. Dissolution
Answer: c
14. The _____ are a long continuous tube running from the stomach
to the anus.
a. esophagus
b. alimentary
c. rectum
d. intestines
Answer: a
15. These are atoms with the same number of protons but have a
different number of neutrons.
a. isotopes
b. molecules
c. nucleus
d. ions
Answer: b
16. The _____ is the number of protons in an atom, sometimes called
the proton number.
a. atomic weight
b. mass number
c. atomic number
d. atomic element
Answer: c
17. To geologists, it is a natural substance composed of solid crystals

of different minerals that have been fused together into a solid lump.
a. magma
b. fossil
c. rock
d. marble
Answer: d
18. _____ is the preserved remains or traces of organisms (plants,

animal, etc.) that lived in the distant past.
a. Larva
b. Fossil
c. Crystal
d. Skeleton
Answer: b
19. Who made the first significant effort towards measurement of the
speed of sound?
a. Isaac Newton
b. French Mathematician Laplace
c. Madame Currie
d. Archimedes
Answer: c
20. By mass, it is third most abundant element in the universe.
a. Oxygen
b. Helium
c. Hydrogen
d. Nitrogen
Answer: c

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General Education Part 16

1. Which of the following procedures is used to check the presence of

2. Which distinguishing characteristics does a mammal posses?

a. feathers & wings

b. hair & scales

c. hair & mammary glands

3. A humid day is a condition in which the air is?

a. warm & dry

b. cold & dry

c. warm & moist

d. cold & moist

4. One major problem involved in organ transplants

5. Josef wants to know the mass of a piece of metal. What instrument

6. To what biome do the Philippines belong to?

7. Tides, cause by gravity, is gradually showing down earth’s rotation

8. On what earth’s geographical location will a town be to have most

a. halfway between the equator and South Pole

b. close to North Pole

d. close to South Pole

9. Which one explains why oxygen, a gas, is the largest component of

a. oxygen gives earth crust its lightness

b. oxygen is capable of combining with most of the earth’s elements

c. oxygen is the most abundant element

d. oxygen is needed to sustain all life on earth

11. What causes high and low tides?

a. earth’s rotation on its’ axis

b. sun’s solar energy

c. moon’s gravitational pull

d. earth’s gravitational pull

12. How is coral atoll formed?

b. corals growing around a volcanic island

c. underwater bedrock formations

13.What is a longshore drift?

a. movement of sand and shingles along the coast

d. islands formed by volcanic eruptions

a. cold air moving up from the ground

b. cold front pushing warm air up off the ground

c. unbalanced electrical reaction in air

d. cold and warm air mixing

15. What is a heat haze?

a. A reflection caused by pollutants in the air

b. A distorted image resulting from the bending of sun’s light rays by

c. movement of warm air over a vast expanse of land

d. caused by extremely high temperature common in desert areas

16. What sort of rock formation do the world’s greatest mountain

17. What is the force that wears down mountains?

18. How are volcanic islands formed?

a. collision of two oceanic plates

c. cooling of lava by seawater

d. all of the above

c. water holding capacity

a. is filled with water vapour

b. can hold 25% more water vapour

c. is filled up to 25% of its’ capacity

d. has no water vapour content

2. Which of the following does not cause the different seasons?

a. tilting of the earth’s axis

3. The movement of the ocean water which can be an alternative

5. Results in alternative days and night in opposite part of the earth

a. earth rotates on on its’ axis in west-to-east direction

b. earth rotates on its’ axis in east-to-west direction

c. earth stops rotating on its’ axis

d. earth tilts on its’ axis

8. The point on the earth’s orbit nearest the sun.