National surveys are conducted to:
Estimate the political gains of presidents
Get the population of the country
Guide presidents whom to appoint in the cabinet
Assesses the perception of the people on cultural issues
During the census, the family was asked about the languages used at home. The response was:
We communicate only in Ilocano
We cannot communicate in Tagalog and English
We are fluent in Spanish
We are fluent in English
During the national census each household member is asked to give:
His earnings for ten years
His reason for staying in these house
His data - age, sex, language, etc.
His nationality and religion
Lately, students are exposed to a series of achievement tests. Parents observed that:
Children learned through periodic teaching
Test were used for teaching
Teaching was test
Test are indices of teacher’s competencies
A fish tank, which is the right rectangular prism, is 40 cm by 20 cm. If it is filled with water, what is the mass of the water?
16 kg
17 kg
15 kg
18 kg
Your salary deduction per month includes 10% for income tax, 5% for GSIS and 2% for loan amortization. Your take home pay is P8,300.00. What is your monthly salary?
P10,000
P10,500
P11,000
P9,500
Several cases of social problems have been traced to abuse or misuse of drugs. Commonly, drugs start out with smoking. The next step is in:
Smoking marijuana
Injecting self with heroine
Using shabu
Taking hard drinks
Vaccination early in age 1-5 is effective to control diseases like polio. What is the vaccine?
Salk vaccine
Anti-rabies
Pre-measles
Anti-B
Which stage according to Erickson is the stage of autonomy and shame & doubt?
Infancy
Toddler
Early childhood
Pre-school
If after calling on a number of students, a teacher is unable to obtain the desired response, what should a teacher do?
Probe student’s answer
Re-teach parts of the lesson that need re-teaching
leading questions
Rephrase the questions
Which guidelines on the use of chalkboard should a teacher avoid?
Limit your board writing to major ideas
Establish routine uses for the chalkboard
While writing, proceed from right to left
Talk to the chalkboard while writing on it
What is a sign of the underachiever in the classroom?
Frustrated about quality of work
Holds back from class participation unless sure of self
Minimum work output
Resists authority & carries on a power struggle with a teacher
13. Jessa is taller than ANY GIRL in her class.
Jessa is taller than any other girl in her class
Jessa is the taller than other girls in the class
Jessa is taller than other girls in the class
Jessa is the tallest girl in the class
The hunter stalks the wild boar slowly, cautiously and IN A SILENT MANNER.
And in silence
And also used silence
And silently
And by acting silently
About a thousand people GATHERED, THEY WERE THERE PROTESTING the construction of a nuclear power plant.
Gather, protesting against
Gathered to protest
Gathered for the purpose of protesting
Gathered, they were protesting
Which is not a characteristic of preventive discipline?
Reactive
Proactive
Anticipatory
Inventive
Which of the following is meant to determine student performance at the beginning of instruction?
Summative assessment
Diagnostic assessment
Formative assessment
Placement assessment
The results of this type of test are the basis for remedial instruction. What is the type of test referred to?
Speed test
Achievement test
Diagnostic test
Prognostic test
Which factor is most likely to make a school’s guidance program succeed?
The favorable attitude of teachers toward guidance
Administrative support
A well equipped guidance office
The availability of a specialist
The value of education, deference to authority and filial piety in the Philippines is an influence by:
Buddhist tradition
Confucianism tradition
Hindu tradition
Taoist tradition
Which of the following runs counter to the development of honesty and accountability?
Being vigilant about weights and measures used in the market
Payment of just wages to workers and employees
Equal payment of government employee’s productivity pay
Transparent in operation of the barangay and other organization through public reporting
Which of the following statements define ethics?
The study of being general
The science of correct thinking
The study of the rightness or wrongness of human action
The study of the nature of human knowledge
A soda acid type fire extinguisher is recommended for putting out fires which involves burning:
Dry chemicals
Painted woodwork
Fats or vegetables oil
Insulation on wires
Which of the following is closest to normal body temperature?
32 degrees F
122 degrees F
100 degrees C
98.6 degrees F
A tourist chose his plane to Cebu. He chose PAL which says “Philippine Flag Carrier.” When asked why he chose PAL his remark was:
I’m sorry; I’m scared to take PAL
I doubt if PAL arrives on time
Oh, I believe other planes don’t carry the Philippine symbol
All right, PAL can be trusted
Which type of justice implies the duty of one individual to give another what he is due?
Commutative justice
Distributive justice
Social justice
International justice
In moral life, responsibility depends on one’s knowingly and freely doing an act. In which of the following situations would you attribute responsibility?
A person unknowingly passing counterfeit money
A nurse administer a medicine despite strong doubts
An insane person strikes someone’s head with a hammer
A four year old fires a loaded gun killing his own father
A bomb was dropped in an area where rebels were hiding. The perimeter of the damage area with 480 meters and width was 15 meters. What is the length of the damage area?
200 meter
425 meters
125 meters
225 meters
Which among these commodities are VAT exempt?
Corned beef and ham
Milk and juices
Flour and baking soda
Sugar and syrup
The price of gasoline has gone high suddenly. The gas station ordered 120,000 liters before the price increase; however, only 1,500 liters were sold. How many liters are now sold at the new price?
112,000
11,500
118,000
108,500
The ash from Mt. Pinatubo has been found to have gold content of only 20 parts per billion which is far below commercial levels. As such, officials have warned against hopes of a new “gold rush.”
There is new hope for boosting the economy of the Philippines
The gold content of the ash from Mt. Pinatubo does not have commercial value
There is a need to explore what else lies beneath Mt. Pinatubo
There is possibility of existing gold mines beneath Mt. Pinatubo
A BILINGUAL dictionary is very helpful to students of philology.
a single language
two languages
the second language
many languages
There was an ESOTERIC lecture on holography.
Cryptic
Straightforward
Under stable only by a select group
Irrefutable proof
The PANORAMA in Palawan is breathtakingly beautiful.
entire view
natural resources
live music
landscape
A patient collapsed due to her sugar level in the blood. What first aid must be applied at once?
Give a hot glass of milk without sugar
Give a glass of coca cola or sprite
Give a cold glass of coffee with sugar
Allow the patient to take hot porridge
At the onset of the rainy season, the epidemic of dengue is feared. Which practice is the best approach to prevent its occurrence in homes?
Submit children to vaccination
Clean the yards of breeding places for mosquitoes like old tires, cans, etc.
Avoid mosquito bites in the afternoon
Fumigate the house with smoke and chemicals
Which of the following is a misconception on pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)?
Children of parents with pulmonary tuberculosis will inherit the disease
PTB is caused by a bad spirit in the environment
Pulmonary tuberculosis can be transmitted through blood extraction
PTB is transmitted through kissing
The government has control of many government corporations and industries. What was deregulated and allowed to raise prices without control?
Oil industry
Mining industry
Fishing industry
Water source
Democracy refers to the involvement of all citizens in the control of government, while an oligarchy relegates control of government to:
The mother Country
A select few
An autocrat
A religious group
An aspect of Philippine culture that does much to promote interpersonal communication beyond the community boundary is the:
Fiesta celebration
Television
Tagalog movies
Zarzuela
Through the process of socialization, the individual is able to:
Learn to dialogue with peers and adults
Function as a contributing member of the group
Satisfy his personal needs and drives
Become an adult member of society
A group of Filipinos work in a foreign land. Which sad situation has been reported by the office of the overseas workers?
The men and women felt lonely and got entangled in due time
The men did a lot of overtime to maintain their new wives
There was observed relationship between sexes
A group engaged in drinking
In the Philippine government, the earliest and smallest services of governance is the:
Barrio
Poblacion
Barangay
Municipality
Hospitals usually required blood transfusion to patients in need of blood. There are religious sets that refuse bloodletting and transfusion. They are the:
Baptist
Catholic Groups
Buddhists
Seventh day Adventists
Child caring requires mind growth through proper intake of food. What elements are needed and why?
Carbohydrates be present always
Fat produces strength of the body
Protein build cells of the brain
Minerals should be present in all food
Not all microorganisms are harmful. Which of these are done by yeasts?
Cause milk to become cheese
Cause Yakult to be milky
Promotes the rising of bread for baking
Encourage disease food
Where are flash floods on Metro Manila blamed?
Overpopulation
Urbanization practices
Volcanic eruption
Clogging of rivers with waste
The decrease of fish in Philippine seas has been traced. What is the root cause?
Pollution of sea water
Exportation of sea products
Proliferation of nets
Destruction of coral reefs
All of the following statements about the routinely use of pesticides are true, except:
It results in the evolution of exciting new types of organism
It may not only kill the intended insects but also those that feed on them
Pesticides tend to become progressively less effective as the organisms become immune
Due to the widespread use of DDT, a new type of housefly emerged
The Nibelungenlied is a ____.
Russian folk song
Medieval German Epic
Latin Myth
Chinese legend