SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SET 1 Morning Pre-Test)
1. Using a compound microscope, you want to view a plant cell under a magnification of
100x. Given that your eyepiece has a magnification of 20x, which objective should you
use to achieve your desired magnification?
a. 5x b. 20x c. 80x d. 100x
2. Imagine you have a pet animal called Diwata. Diwata is fat and she has a very thick fur
coat. She also likes to sleep for months at a time. After a year in your house in the
Philippines, you notice that Diwata is suffering. You then decide to release her back to
her natural habitat. Which biome do you think is right for her?
a. Desert b.Tundra c. Savanna d. Tropical rainforest
3. Rico, having a blood type AB, married Cora with a blood type B. They had four children
with the following blood types: Child 1- blood type AB, Child 2- blood type B, Child 3-
blood type A and Child 4- blood type B. By performing a testcross, what is the genotype
of Cora?
a. IBi b. IAi c. IBIB d. ii
4. Flowering plants, such as daisies and orchids, belong to Magnoliophyta. Based on the
phylogeny of their characters, the flower of a daisy and the flower of an orchid have been
acquired from a common ancestor. If the daisy and the orchid’s common ancestor has a
flower, what can be inferred from this character?
a. This character is said to be analogous.
b. This character is said to be homologous.
c. This character is said to be discontinuous.
d. This character is said to be homoplasious.
5. The enzyme maltase does the following
a. Breaks down lactose to glucose
b. Turn glucose into maltose
c. Breaks down maltose to glucose
d. Turns glucose into lactose
6. The red coloration of Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is caused by a combination of
organic dyes found in the leaves. If you want to study these compounds, how would you
design an experiment which will separate the pigments in the Poinsettia leaves?
a. First, boil the leaves to extract the mixture of dyes, filter, then distill the resulting solution.
b. First, boil the leaves to extract the mixture of dyes, filter, then centrifuge the resulting solution.
c. First, boil the leaves to extract the mixture of dyes, filter, then evaporate the remaining
solvent
d. First, boil the leaves to extract the mixture of dyes, filter, then perform chromatography using
the resulting solution
7. Ancient Egyptians believed that mice were produced from the Nile River since mice were
always seen after the river floods. This is an example of the ______.
a. Theory of Evolution
b. Theory of Biogenesis
c. Theory of Creation
d. Theory of Abiogenesis
8. The following graph shows the displacement vs. time graph of a tricycle that you have
boarded in going from home to the market.
What is the final displacement of the tricycle that you have boarded?
a. 0m
b. 4m
c. 8m
d. 12m
9. Which of the following match the definition: The pressure (P) is inversely proportional to
the volume (V) of a gas.
a. Archimedes’ principle
b. Charles’ law
c. Boyle’s law
d. Anderson’s principle
10. Your group was tasked to determine the identity of an unknown compound. After
performing several experiments, your group found that the unknown compound; 1) is
solid at room temperature; 2) dissolves in a cup of water; and 3) conducts electricity when
dissolved in water. The compound is likely to be:
a. Glucose, a covalent compound
b. Glucose, an ionic compound
c. Sodium chloride, a covalent compound
d. Sodium chloride, an ionic compound
11. Brielle loves the sour taste of vinegar. This sour taste is due to an organic compound
called acetic acid. What is the functional group present in acetic acid?
a. Acid halide b. Alkyl halide c. Carboxylic acid d. Acid anhydride
12. Calcium phosphates are historically known as good material for tooth replacement, repair
of large bone defects caused by tumors and as injectable cement. One simple way of
producing calcium phosphate is by collecting it from the reaction of Calcium chloride and
Sodium phosphate. Write the balanced chemical equation to produce calcium phosphate
(Answer: C).
13. Legumes can be important for agricultural production because bacteria in root nodules fix
nitrogen that can then be used by the plant. Which of the following four crop rotation
programs would be MOST DESIRABLE to increase soil fertility (Answer: D)?
14. You came across a fossil that is believed to be petrified wood. You are curious to
know how old this fossil is. What dating technique will you use to know the age?
a. Relative dating: superposition
b. Relative dating: fossil succession
c. Absolute dating: carbon dating
d. Absolute dating: potassium-argon (K-AR) dating
15. A typhoon warning has been raised in your area. You are trying to determine the
nearest town that you can evacuate to avoid the effects of the typhoon. Which of the
following information will you need to look up?
a. Diameter of the storm
b. Maximum wind speed
c. Amount of Rainfall
d. Movement speed
16. The work done by friction is ________________.
a. Always positive
b. Always negative
c. Either positive or negative
d. Depends on the direction of the force
17. These organelles are also called the “suicide bags” of the cell.
a. Smooth endoplasmic reticulum
b. Ribosomes
c. Lysosomes
d. Cytoplasm
18. Felix’s car is moving north with a speed of 3 km/hr. After an hour, it turned left with a
new speed of 2 km/hr. Two hours have passed by, Felix got lost so he decided to move
southeast with a speed of 1 km/hr. After 5 hours of moving southeast, what is his
displacement?
a. 0 km
b. 2.5 km
c. 5 km
d. 4 km
19. In preparation for New Year’s celebration, Aling Nayeon decided to cook a spaghetti.
She lit up the dried woods under the stove with her lighter causing big flames. She felt the
intense heat that made her step back a bit. She placed a big kaldero with half amount of
water on top of the stove. As soon as water starts boiling, she asked her daughter,
Chaeyoung, to throw the uncooked pasta in the kaldero. Chaeyoung was careless that she
accidentally touched the very hot kaldero, making her cry in pain. Based on the scenario,
what type/s of heat transfer can be observed?
a. Conduction
b. Radiation
c. Convection
d. All of the above
e. Conduction and Radiation
f. Radiation and Convection
g. Convection and Conduction
h. None of the above
20. It is an event or period where the sun is farthest from the earth.
a. Equinox
b. Solstice
c. Aphelion
d. Perihelion
21. Which of the following costs the least when it comes to power usage?
a. A 10-watt bulb continuously turned on for 6 hours
b. A 25-watt electric fan used for 2 hours
c. A 5-watt dim light used for 8 hours
d. A 15-watt lamp used for 4.5 hours
22. It is one component of the blood that carries oxygen and deliver it to different parts of the
body. It is also responsible for giving the blood its color.
a. Thrombocyte
b. Erythrocyte
c. Leukocyte
d. Lymphocyte
23. The following devices or facilities convert mechanical energy to electrical energy
EXCEPT?
a. Dutch mill
b. Hydropower
c. Electric motor
d. Steam Turbines
24. At a seismic station, the first, second, and last waves that can be detected respectively
are _________, __________, and ____________.
a. P-waves, Surface waves, S-waves
b. S-waves, Surface Waves, P-waves
c. P-waves, S-waves, Surface Waves
d. S-waves, P-waves, Surface Waves
25. A stone is thrown at a speed of 9m/s with the angle of 30 degrees from the vertical.
When the stone reaches the highest point in its path, what is the horizontal and vertical
speed component, respectively, in m/s?
a. 4.5, 0
b. 9, 0
c. 3, 4.5
d. 9, 3
26. Sana, a Japanese performer, wears the most expensive necklace with a diamond
pendant. On Moh’s hardness scale, diamond is the hardest mineral and it is followed by
what mineral?
a. Topaz
b. Corundum
c. Orthoclase
d. Quartz
27. In the periodic table, which element has the atomic mass of 14?
a. Oxygen
b. Nitrogen
c. Carbon
d. Radon
28. Mina is planning to design a simple wind turbine for her science fair project. With the
given constant wind speed, she wants it to have higher torque. How would she do it?
a. Increase the number of blades
b. Decrease the number of blades
c. Increase the length of the blades
d. Decrease the length of the blades
e. None of the above
f. Both b and d
g. Both a and c
29. This muscle is responsible for preventing the foods and drinks from going into the
trachea or windpipe.
a. Larynx
b. Pharynx
c. Epiglottis
d. Diaphragm
30. What unit will you get if you multiply the amount of voltage (V) and current (A) together?
a. Joules
b. Coulomb
c. Newtons
d. Watts
