UP MOCK LAW APTITUDE EXAM

2019 QUESTIONAIRE

PREPARED AND COLLATED BY THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT COUNCIL WITH

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ALPHA SIGMA FRATERNITY, DELTA LAMBDA SIGMA
SORORITY, PORTIA SORORITY, SIGMA RHO FRATERNITY, AND WOMEN IN LAW
I. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND D. person dishonestly claiming to
GRAMMAR something

INSTRUCTIONS: This part of the exam tests 4. mundane

your mastery in the use and application of A. worldly as opposed to spiritual
the English language. This includes proper commonplace everyday
vocabulary, grammar, sentence B. like a seed constituting a source;
construction, as well as verbal analogies. originative
This part has 25 items. You are given 20 C. difficult to comprehend; obscure
minutes to answer this test. DO NOT D unmoved; feeling no sign of passion
PROCEED TO THE NEXT PART UNTIL
INSTRUCTED TO BY THE PROCTOR. 5. depredation
A. prevent from carrying out
VOCABULARY: Select the answer which B. take in by swallowing
best defines the given word. C. put under water liquid sink out of sight
D. plundering
1. talon
A. frank; straight-forward 6. proclivity
B. claw of a bird of prey   a. change to a thick and solid state 
C. (person) with superior tastes   b. inclination 
D .not paying proper attention   c. lazy slow-moving person 
 d.  authority written order guarantee 
2. liberality
7. pedantic
A. free giving; generosity
 a.  publicly mock or ridicule 
B. laziness
  b. bookish showing off learning 
C. weariness; tiredness
  c. negotiation 
D. person appealing not to reasons
 d.  flag/badge 
3. husk
SENTENCE CORRECTION: Determine the
A. praise; approval
error in the given sentence and choose the
B. worthless; outside part of anything
item which makes the sentence correct.
C. becoming rotten
8. Most energy analysts now agree that 11. In ancient times, Nubia was the
the costs of building and maintaining principal corridor where there were
nuclear reactors are too high for nuclear cultural influences transmitted between
power to likely prove cheaper than coal Black Africa and the Mediterranean
or oil in the long run. basin.
a. where there were cultural
a. too high for nuclear power to influences transmitted
likely b. through which cultural influences
b. high enough for nuclear power to were transmitted
be unlikely to c. where there was a transmission of
c. high enough that it is unlikely cultural influences
nuclear power will d. for the transmitting of cultural
d. so high that nuclear power is Influences
unlikely to
12. Researchers at Cornell University have
9. Returning to her province after a demonstrated that homing pigeons can
twenty-year absence, the desperate sense changes in the earth's magnetic
poverty Jennylyn saw there shocked and field, see light waves that people cannot
saddened her. see, detect low-frequency sounds from
miles away, sense changes in air
a. the desperate poverty Jennylyn pressure, and can identify familiar odors.
saw there shocked and saddened a. sense changes in air pressure,
her and can identify familiar odors
b. the desperate poverty Jennylyn b. can sense changes in air
saw there was shocking and also pressure, and can identify familiar
sad to her odors
c. Jennylyn, shocked and saddened c. sense changes in air pressure,
by the desperate poverty she saw and identify familiar odors
there d. air pressure changes can be
d. Jennylyn was shocked and sensed, and familiar odors
saddened by the desperate Identified
poverty she saw there
13. The end result of her laziness was a
10. New Jersey’s is one of the five highest failing grade.
number of reported cases of Lyme a. end
disease in the United States. b. result
c. A or B
a. New Jersey's is one of the five d. neither A nor B
highest number of reported
b. New Jersey's is one of the five 14. Many artists protested against the
highest numbers in reporting censorship of the exhibit.
c. New Jersey has a report of one a. protest against
of the five highest numbers b. protest to
of c. protested
d. New Jersey has one of the five d. protested for
highest numbers of reported
15. You must thoroughly discuss what the
theory is about and its application. 20. SPECIES : ORGANISM ::
a. the process of it a. specialty : physician
b. how it is applied b. origin : idea
c. how its process is c. family : ancestry
d. no error d. genre : literature

16. A student must learn, not only to read, 21.. OUTFOX : STRATEGY ::
but to assess, examine, and how to apply a. outrun : speed
theory. b. outlast : force
a. but how to assess, examine, and c. outdo : trickery
apply theory. d. defeat : stamina
b. but to assess, to examine, and
how to apply theory. 22. COAX : BLANDISHMENTS ::
c. but to assess, examine, and a. amuse : platitudes
apply theory. b. compel : threats
d. but the assessment, examination, c. deter : tidings
and application of theory. d. batter : insults

17. One must learn the basic 23. ERRATA : BOOKS : : FLAWS:
fundamentals of basketball to be able to a. Manuscripts
write a commentary on it. b. Metals
a. must learn the fundamental c. Speech
d. Charter
basics of
b. must fundamentally learn the
24. TRIAL : JURY ::
basics of basketball
a. dispute : arbiter
c. must learn the basics of basketball b. poll : contestant
d. must learn the fundamentals to c. championship : spectator
Basketball d. conference : speaker

25. IMPLAUSIBLE : ABSURD ::

VERBAL ANALOGY: Determine the a. shadowy : illuminated
relationship between the two words and b. flamboyant : public
c. surprising : shocking
select the given set of words with the same
d. superfluous : truncated
pattern.

18. VEGETATE : ACTIVE ::

a. resist : beaten
b. mope : gloomy ----------DO NOT PROCEED------------
c. grow : small
d. accept : questioning

19. PROPONENT : THEORY ::

a. non-believer : sin
b. traitor : country
c. adherent : belief
d. scientist : hypothesis
 hate, not for speech that you like. The
logic of the principle is simple: we don’t
need to protect society’s treasured ideas
and institutions—they pose no danger to
us; we pose no danger to them. It is for
those forms of expression that disturb,
offend, and even anger us that we actually
need freedom of expression, as these types
of speech are those in danger of being
suppressed if society were not serious
enough about a democratic culture.

Freedom of speech applies to political

speech as much as to artistic expression.
This should be emphatically true in the case
of the Philippines, because of Lino Brocka’s
contribution to our present Constitution.
During the deliberations in the Constitution
Commission, the famed director apparently
insisted on including the phrase “of
expression” to the standard free speech
clause to make it read: “no law shall be
passed abridging the freedom of speech, of
expression, or of the press....”

QUESTIONS:
II. READING COMPREHENSION AND
CRITICAL THINKING 26. Which among the following
statements would the author most
INSTRUCTIONS: This part of the exam tests likely make?
your mastery in reading and critically a. “People are free to make any obscene
understanding texts, passages, and gesture they want anywhere they want.”
selections. This part has 30 items. You are b. “Mocking the government in posters
given 40 minutes to answer this test. DO and pasting them in public areas are
NOT PROCEED TO THE NEXT PART UNTIL impotent subversive acts.”
INSTRUCTED TO BY THE PROCTOR. c. “The government has no right to
compel artists not to mock certain
A. CRITICAL THINKING groups of people.”
d. “Writers should not criticize private
I. Excerpt from “The Crucible of Free individuals because they cannot fight
Speech” from Florin T. Hilbay back in substantial manner.”

The test of a society’s commitment to 27. Which among the following laws
freedom of expression lies in its defense would the author likely support?
of marginalized forms of speech. I say in a. A law imposing punishing editors of
class, free speech is for speech that you newspapers for publishing obscene
articles
b. A law establishing guidelines for the “We follow the market forces. Ang
content of art exhibits mahalaga ay namo-monitor ng DOE ang
c. A law dissolving the Movie and pagtaas at alam nila kung anong range ang
Television Review and Classification dapat itaas at kung anong range ang
Board (MTRCB) ibababa,” Lacierda said. While the oil
d. A law requiring F. Sionil Jose’s novels players had imposed a series of oil price
to be part of the high school curriculum increases, Lacierda said, “Over the weekend
yata bababa
28. The author would likely regard the ulit iyong presyo ng langis.”
following as protected forms of
speech except: Lacierda said the Palace will discuss with
a. A painting depicting President Energy Secretary Rene Almendras whether
Noynoy Aquino as a puppet controlled the government will continue the Pantawid
by Uncle Sam Pasada Program of giving subsidy to
b. A sculpture of Emilio Aguinaldo legitimate passenger jeepneys, buses and
stabbing Andres Bonifacio at the back tricycles franchise owners to help them
c. A homily of a Catholic priest about the cope with the impact of the oil price hikes.
divinity of Jesus Christ PhilippineNews Agency
d. None of the above
QUESTIONS
29. The Author in the entire passage
suggests that: 30. What is the news article refusing to
a. The freedom of speech is absolute state?
b. Only the speech we hate is entitled to a. Oil price increases are justified
the protection of the constitutional b. The government is helpless in
guarantee to freedom of expression stopping oil price increases
c. The speech we hate are those that c. The price of petroleum products will
disturb, offend, and anger us not drop
d. The freedom of speech covers forms d. The government is helping drivers
of expression that seek to offend us cope with the oil price hikes

II. DOE monitors movement of oil 31. What is the role of the government
prices, says Malacañang as implied by the article?
a. Passively monitor the rise and fall of
MANILA, Sept. 8 -- Malacañ ang assured oil prices
the public that the Department of Energy b. Help public utility drivers cope with
(DOE) is closely monitoring the oil the increase in oil prices
companies to ensure that oil price increases c. Keep the price of petroleum products
would be justified. In a regular news at an affordable range
briefing held in Malacañ ang on Thursday, d. Regulate the oil industry
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda
said the DOE regularly monitors the oil 32. The news article shows bias
prices to ensure if these accurately reflect towards:
the prices of petroleum products in the a. Oil companies
international market. b. The public
c. The government
d. Transport groups
 type of business investment could
III. “The fact that superior service can fail to enhance revenues
generate a competitive advantage for a d. trace the general problems of a
company does not mean that every company to a certain type of
attempt at improving service will create business investment
such an advantage. Investments in
service, like those in production and 34. According to the passage,
distribution, must be balanced against Investments in service are
other types of investments on the basis comparable to investments in
of direct, tangible benefits such as cost production and distribution in
reduction and increased revenues. If a terms of the contrast possible
company is already effectively on a par outcomes of a type of business
with its competitors because it provides investment
service that avoids a damaging reputation a. tangibility of the benefits that they
and keeps customers from leaving at an tend to confer
unacceptable rate, then investment in b. increased revenues that they
higher service levels may be wasted, since ultimately produce
service is a deciding factor for customers c. basis on which they need to be
only in weighed
extreme situations. This truth was not d. insufficient analysis that managers
apparent to managers of one devote to them
regional bank, which failed to improve
its competitive position despite its 35. The passage suggests which of the
investment in reducing the time a following about service provided by
customer had to wait for a teller. The the regional bank prior to its
bank managers did not recognize the investment in enhancing that service?
level of customer inertia in the consumer a. It enabled the bank to retain
banking industry that arises from the customers at an acceptable rate
inconvenience of switching banks. Nor b. It threatened to weaken the bank's
did they analyze their service improvement competitive position with respect to
to determine whether it would attract new other regional banks
customers by producing a new standard of c. It had already been improved after
service that would excite customers or by having caused damage to the bank's
proving difficult for competitors to copy. reputation in the past.
The only merit of the improvement was d. It was slightly superior to that of the
that it could easily be described to bank's regional competitors.
customers.“

QUESTIONS B. READING COMPREHENSION

33. The primary purpose of the The potato, like other root crops, has an
passage is to unearned reputation in some countries as
a. contrast possible outcomes of a type of an inferior food, or a port person’s staple.
business investment While roots are the main ingredient of a
b. suggest more careful evaluation of a type diet of half a million people, the potato’s
of business investment nutritive content of protein, fiber,
c. illustrate various ways in which a minerals, and vitamin B1, B2, and C hardly
 makes it inferior.Medical researchers including socioeconomic status, birth order,
report that potatoes are even better than family size and rate of physical maturity. Dr.
milk for malnourished children, who often Wilson said the difference was small but
cannot digest milk. Potatoes provide a significant.
high-quality protein similar to that in
dairy products. Unfortunately, the potato The researchers based their findings on
is still out of reach of a poor person’s data from a study involving nearly 14,000
budget in many developingcountries such children from six to 17 years old.
as Indonesia and the Philippines.
38. One cause the researchers suggested for
the connection between height and test
scores was the tall children’s __________.
QUESTIONS a. greater rate of physical maturity
b. increased growth hormone production
36. According to this passage, why might c. response to greater expectations
potatoes be better than milk for children d. general health and better nutrition
who are improperly nourished?
a. Potatoes contain quite a bit of calcium. 39. The researchers found that the
b. Potatoes have more B vitamins than milk. difference between the tests scores of tall
and short children __________.
c. These children often cannot assimilate a. can be linked to socioeconomic status.
milk. b. is meaningful although it is small.
d. These children often cannot find a supply. c. appears to be inexplicable.
d. is worthless for measuring intelligence.

37. The potato __________. The Pronunciation Research Unit, which is

a. does not deserve its bad reputation made up of three linguists and clerk, is
b. is the main food for half a million people charged with upholding the standard of
c. is not available in many developing spoken language at the British Broadcasting
countries Corporation (BBC). Today, the unit
d. can hardly be called nutritious concerns itself mostly with proper nouns,
leaving ordinary vocabulary and grammar
Tall children score slightly higher on to the discretion of the announcers, who
intelligence tests and perform somewhat deliver the 2,000 hours of BBC broadcasting
better academically than their shorter each week. Though many stills peak the
classmates, perhaps because more is Queen’s English, or the plummy, southern
expected of them, researchers for a National English known as received pronunciation,
Health Examination survey have found. The there is a good deal of room for variation
magnitude of the difference is not large, now.
however, and certainly not worth giving
children growth hormones to make them 40. The author suggests that __________.
taller, said Dr. Darrell Wilson of Stanford a. the BBC broadcasters have learned to be
University. He and his colleagues concluded very discreet.
there was a definite link between height b. the pronunciation of people from the
and scores on tests of both intelligence and south of England is changing.
achievement. The association remained c. nouns are the least problematic in terms
even after controlling for other factors, of pronunciation
d. accents other than received helps capture its prey. The glue with which
pronunciation are not acceptable. the spiders coat their webs is stickier when
wet. Maximizing the water content of the
thread thus increases the chances of
Text: catching and keeping unwary flies. It also
1. It is just before dawn and the garden contributes to the extraordinary elasticity
cross spider is getting ready for another hot which shows a web to intercept fling insects
summer’s day. It is still dark, and being without snapping.
cold-blooded, he is feeling rather chilly. But
he gets up and eats a few key strands of his 6. Spiders’ webs are made from two
web, and then sets about spinning a new different types of silk – structural and
one to serve for the coming day. capture thread. Structural silk is rigid and
gives the web strength. It is the capture silk
2. Theories abound as to why garden cross that does the clever tricks. It can stretch out
spiders (and most other web-building without strain by up to four times its
spiders) should find this seemingly original length to absorb the momentum of
pointless daily ritual necessary, and why an incoming fly. It then springs back
they should do it in the cold pre-dawn. without sagging when the strain is
Researchers at Oxford University believe removed.
they have found at least part of the answer.
The spiders are not eating their webs; they 7. The presence of water is crucial to these
are drinking them. properties. The researchers had previously
found that a liquid droplet on the stretched
3. Water s a big problem for spiders. Their silk acts as a miniature windlass, reeling it
lungs must be kept moist, but they lose a lot back in by the power of its surface tension.
of liquid during the course of the day. They also knew that the water was
Hunting spiders can wander off for a drink necessary for te capture web to be able to
if they are thirsty, but web- builders must stretch in the first place. But they did not
stick around – as It were – for their prey. know why.
Worse still, their webs are generally built in
exposed places – good for catching flies, but 8. So they enlisted the help of some
bad for getting dried out by the wind. Flies chemists from Cambridge, who discovered
are juicy, and satisfy thirst as well as that the capture web has regions of highly
hunger, but if they are scarce, the spiders mobile molecules – more like a liquid than a
have a problem. solid. The chemists believe that these
molecules are flexible “springs” connecting
4. The researchers found that the webs rigid crystalline regions of the silk. With a
catch a lot of moisture, as well as flies. By little more research, they should be able to
eating its web, a spider can take up enough work out the composition of both the
water to restore 10 per cent of its daily flexible and the rigid units. Armed with this
respiratory loss. Webs are consumed in the information, they might even be able to
humid pre-dawn because this is when they produce their own drinkable stretch
are wettest. And, as a bonus, a web sun in material one day.
the moist morning air is better able to soak
up water the following day.
Now mark the one phrase which best
5. The water taken up by the spider silk also completes the statement in the multiple
choice questions which follow. FOR THE FIRST TIME in history, the
number of full time students at the
41. Spider’s webs __________. Canadian universities has passed the half-
a. are eaten when it rains heavily million mark, reports the Association of
b. are eaten for their water content Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).
c. are less efficient when wet This survey, just completed, of fall
d. absorbs less moisture early in the day enrolments for the 1989-90 academic year
was conducted by the AUCC in cooperation
42. Which of the following is NOT cited as a with the Association of Atlantic Universities
reason why web-building spiders get (AAU) and the Council of Ontario
thirsty? Universities (COU).
a. They cannot leave their webs to look for
water. Preliminary figures show an increase in the
b. They frequently spin their webs in places total number of fulltime students of 3.2%
unprotected from the wind. over the same period last year, making
c. A shortage of flies can leave them with 1989- 90 the tenth straight record year for
insufficient moisture. full-time enrolments. Ironically, the 1980s
d. They get very sticky after they have spun were widely expected to be a period of
their webs. declining enrolments.
As in years past most of this projected
43. The capture web__________. increase is due to substantial growth in full-
a. retains its elasticity after impact. time undergraduate enrolments. Unlike
b. can absorb a fly four times its own size. 1988-89, however, all provinces share in
c. gives the web its main strength the growth: the two provinces that
d. does not break when the prey is removed. recorded declines in last year’s survey,
Saskatchewan (-2.4%) and Alberta (-1.5%),
report increases of 1.8% and 3.2%
44. The word ‘it’ in paragraph 7 means respectively. Enrolment quotas, limited
__________. growth policies and higher admission
a. a liquid droplet standards at several of these provinces’
b. stretched silk largest universities led to last year’s
c. a miniature windlass declines. These measures are still in place
d. water but with some changes in enrolment
ceilings and procedures for applying quotas.
45. The chemists from Cambridge __________.
a. discovered how to make even better
stretch material Similarly, the number of first year full-time
b. discovered the existence of flexible and undergraduates are higher in all provinces
rigid units in the capture web than they were at the same time last year. In
c. believe that the function of the flexible this category also, Alberta and
units is to stabilize the web Saskatchewan report significant increases
d. believe that the rigid crystalline areas in this year’s survey, compared to a
could be made more flexible decrease last year.

The AUCC survey also shows a small

University student enrolment passes half- increase in the number of fulltime
million mark undergraduate foreign students studying in
Canada. a. 88
b. 86
The Association of Universities and Colleges c. No answer
of Canada has as its membership 88 d. All are correct
universities and university level colleges. It
promotes cooperation among institutions of
higher education and represents the Today, bicycles are elegantly simple
university community to government and to machines that are common around the
national and international bodies world. Many people ride bicycles for
concerned with university education and recreation, whereas others use them as a
research. means of transportation. The first bicycle
was invented in Germany in 1818. Because
it was made of wood, it wasn’t very strong
46. Approximately how many full-time nor did it have pedals. Riders moved it by
students attended university in the 1989-90 pushing their feet against the ground.
academic year?
a. over ½ million In 1839, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, a Scottish
b. over 1 million blacksmith, invented a much better bicycle.
c. No answer Macmillan’s machine had iron-covered
d. All are correct wheels to keep them from getting worn
down. He also used foot-operated levers,
47. True or False: The AUCC survey also similar to pedals, so his bicycle could be
shows a small increase in the number of ridden at a quick pace. It didn’t look much
full-time undergraduate foreign students like the modem bicycle, though, because its
studying in Canada. back wheel was substantially larger than its
a. True front wheel. Although Macmillan’s bicycles
b. False could be ridden easily, they were never
c. No answer produced in large numbers.
d. All are correct
In 1861, Frenchman Pierre Michaux and his
48. What was the % of increase in brother Ernest invented a bicycle with an
enrolment for full-time students in 1989-90 improved pedal mechanism. They called
their bicycle a velocipede, but most people
a. 3.6% called it a “bone shaker” because of the
b. 3.2% effect of the wood and iron frame. Despite
c. 3.3% the impolite nickname, the velocipede was a
d. No answer hit. After a few years,
the Michaux family was making hundreds of
49. What is one reason stated in the text for the machines annually, mostly for fun-
last year’s declines? seeking young people.
a. Enrolment quotas
b. Limited growth policies Ten years later, James Starley , an English
c. High admission standards inventor, made several innovations that
d. All are correct revolutionized bicycle design. He made the
front wheel many times larger than the
50. How many institutions are members of back wheel, put a gear on the pedals to
AUCC? Reading Comprehension
make the bicycle more efficient, and transportation
lightened the wheels by using wire spokes. b. describe the problems that bicycle
Although this bicycle manufacturers encounter
was much lighter and less tiring to ride, it c. compare bicycles used for fun with
was still clumsy, extremely top-heavy, and bicycles used for transportation
ridden mostly for entertainment. d. tell readers a little about the history of
the bicycle
It wasn’t until 1874 that the first truly
modern bicycle appeared on the scene. 54. Macmillan added iron rims to the tires
Invented by another Englishman, H. J. of his bicycles to
Lawson, the safety bicycle would look a. add weights to the bicycle
familiar to today’s cyclists. The safety b. make the tires last longer
bicycle had equal-sized wheels, which made c. make the ride less bumpy
it easier to ride. Lawson also attached a d. make the ride less tiring
chain to the pedals to drive the back wheel.
By 1893, the safety bicycle had been further 55. Read the following sentence from the
improved with air-filled rubber tires, a fourth paragraph:
diamond-shaped frame, and easy braking.
With the improvements provided by Ten years later, James Starley, an English
Lawson; bicycled became extremely inventor, made several innovations that
popular and useful for transportation. revolutionized bicycle design.
Today they are built, used and enjoyed all As it is used in the sentence, the underlined
over the world. word revolutionized most nearly means
a. cancelled
b. changed drastically
51. There is enough information in this c. became outdated
passage to show that d. exercised control over
a. several people contributed to the
development of the modern bicycle
b. only a few velocipedes built by the ---------DO NOT PROCEED------------
Michaux family are still in existence.
c. for most of the nineteenth century, few
people rode bicycles just for fun.
d. bicycles with wheels of different sizes
cannot be ridden easily.

52. The first person to use a gear on bicycles

was
a. H.J. Lawson
b. Kirkpatrick Macmillan
c. Pierre Michaux
d. James Starley

53. This passage was most likely written in

order to
a. persuade readers to use bicycles for
 57. Six pairs of shoes cost as much as 1 coat,
2 pairs of jeans cost as much as 3 pairs of
shoes, and 4 pairs of socks cost as much as
one pair of jeans. How many coats could I
exchange for 64 pairs of socks?

A. 4
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. None of the above

58. The clock in my lounge room is 10

minutes slower than the clock on my phone,
which is 6 minutes slow. My train always
leaves 6 minutes early, although it is
scheduled for 8:55am. It takes me 20
minutes to get to the train stop. What time
must I leave, according to my lounge room
clock, in order to catch my train?

A. 8:49am
B. 8.35am
C. 8.23am
D. 8.29am
E. None of the above.

59. A container of soft drink was shared

between four work teams of employees.
The first team took 1/3 of the soft drink,
the second team took 1⁄2 of what was
III. NUMERICAL REASONING left, and the remaining two teams
shared the remaining soft drink equally
INSTRUCTIONS: This part of the exam tests between them. If there were originally
240 litres of soft drink, how many litres
your mastery in Mathematics. This part has
of soft drink did the third team get?
30 items. You are given 50 minutes to
answer this test. DO NOT PROCEED TO THE A. 20
NEXT PART UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO BY B. 40
THE PROCTOR. C. 80
D. 160
56. One container has 28 kilograms of flour E. None of the above
and another has 4 kilograms. How many
60. Working mothers who earn $30,000 or
kilograms must be taken from one
less per year receive a rebate on before and
container, so each has an equal amount of
after school care of 75%, plus a school
flour?
bonus of $6,000 that only applies to this
A. 4 category of earnings. Each dollar earned
B. 12 above this amount and up to $40,000
C. 16 reduces the rebate to 55%, and for any
D. 24 amount above this, the rebate drops to
E. None of the above 30%. There are three mothers – Jade earns
$40,001, Emily earns $38,000 and Lucy
earns $29,550. If the cost of before and after
school care is $10,000 per year, what A. $30
amount of money does the person have who B. $56
has the least amount of money left after C. $50
paying for before and after school care? D. $60
E. None of the above
A. $33,000
B. $30,000 65. If a piece of blueberry pie costs $4 and a
C. $40,001 piece of apple pie costs 50% more than a
D. $40,000 piece of blueberry pie, how much does a
E. None of the above piece of apple pie cost?

61. Percy rides his scooter to the station,

which is 10 kilometers away. If Percy rides
at a steady pace of 20 kilometers per hour, A. $3
how many minutes will it take him to ride B. $2
from home to the station? C. $5
D. $6
E. None of the above
A. 2
B. 4 66. Oliver has a box of toy cars, but he is not
C. 40 sure how many he has. If he arranges the
D. 30 cars in groups of four, he has three left over.
E. None of the above If he arranges them in groups of 3, he has
two left over and there are three left over
62. If Bert had 3 cents more he would have when he puts them in groups of five. Oliver
twice as much as Georgia. If he had 4 cents definitely doesn’t have any more than 30
less, he would have the same amount. How cars, so how many does he have?
many cents does Bert have?
A. 27
A. 4 B. 28
B. 7 C. 21
C. 11 D. 22
D. 14 E. None of the above
E. None of the above
67. From home, Mary’s work is two thirds
63. There are 72 apples on my tree at home; along the way to training. Training is 2.5km
38 are red, and the rest are green. I know 46 from work. Mary normally goes to work,
of the apples have worms in them, so I can’t then training and then home again.
use them for cooking. What is the maximum However, today she forgot her shoes. How
number of green apples I could have left to far will Mary travel in total today if she has
cook with? to go home before training to get her shoes?

A. 0 A. 28km
B. 8 B. 15km
C. 12 C. 20km
D. 26 D. 25km
E. None of the above E. None of the above

64. Rebecca must give 5 out of every 6 68. A sequence of numbers is changing by
dollars she earns each week to the tax the same amount each time. The third,
department. If Rebecca gets to keep $10 this fourth and fifth numbers are 6 , 2 , and -2.
week, how much did she earn in total this What is the sum of the first eight items in
week? the sequence?
 A. -64 kilograms. From another supplier, Robert,
B. 0 she can buy small quantities of corn cobs
C. 70 (100 or less) for $1 per cob or larger
D. 14 quantities (more than 100) for $0.60 per
E. None of the above cob. Mandy charges all of her customers by
weight, so she gets $5 per kilogram of corn
cobs or $1.25 for an individual corn cob. If
Mandy is going to sell over 100 kilograms of
69. It takes 1.5 litres of sugar soap to wash a corn cobs today, what is the best profit per
square meter of ceiling and 0.5 litres of corn cob she can make?
sugar soap to wash a square meter of wall.
Nikki’s room is 4 meters high and each wall A. $0.65
is 5 meters wide. There is one window, B. $0.85
which is 4m2 and a door, which is 9m 2. How C. $0.80
much sugar soap will Nikki need, assuming D. $0.60
she does not wash the door or window (a E. None of the above
room has four walls and a roof)?
73. A motorbike race was scheduled to start
A. 33.5 litres at 4.10pm; however, it started 10 minutes
B. 67 litres behind schedule. If the motorbike that came
C. 71 litres first finished one hour and fifteen minutes
D. 77.5 litres after the race began, and the motorbike that
E. None of the above came in second place finished 15 minutes
after this, at what time did the motorbike
70. Two numbers are each multiplied by that came second cross the finish line?
themselves to give two new numbers. The
difference between these two new numbers A. 5.30am
is less than ten; the difference between the B. 5.40pm
two original numbers was one. The two C. 5.50pm
original numbers added together was more D. 4.30pm
than 7. What is one of the original numbers? E. None of the above

A. 1 74. The Olympic record time for running the

B. 2 endurance event was 4 hours and 40
C. 3 minutes. Amanda recently broke that
D. 4 record, running a time of 3 hours and 20
E. None of the above minutes. What fraction of the original
record time was Amanda’s time?
71. The novels on Suzanne’s bookshelf have
a combined total of 672 pages. If each novel A. 5/9
has 4 chapters and there are 6 pages per B. 6/7
chapter, how many novels are there C. 5/7
altogether? D. 6/9
E. None of the above
A. 26
B. 24 75. Grandma’s Anzac cookie mixture has
C. 28 eight parts flour and six parts sugar. If
D. 27 Grandma needs to make 28 kilograms of the
E. None of the above Anzac cookie mixture for a party, how many
kilograms of flour will she need?
72. Mandy finds she can get a discount on
corn cobs if she buys in bulk. She can get A. 16
100 kilograms of corn cobs for $160 from B. 10
Matt, on condition that she buys at least 100 C. 12
 D. 7 A. 200
E. None of the above B. 300
C. 400
76. In a jar of lollipops there are 6 more D. 600
orange lollipops than green ones and there E. 1050
is only one red lollipop. If there are 47
lollipops in the jar, how many orange ones
are there? 81. If a machine can produce 180 items per
hour, how many could 2 machines produce
A. 20 in 25 minutes?
B. 40
C. 46 A. 50
D. 25 B. 60
E. None of the above C. 75
D. 150
77. How many gold coins are there in a jar E. 240
of 88 coins, if there are 1/3 as many silver
coins as gold coins? 82. A telesales team of 12 are expected to
make 2,400 calls a day. In fact they manage
A. 44 2,640 calls each day for a whole week. What
B. 66 is the percentage change between the daily
C. 33 target number of calls and the actual
D. 22 number achieved?
E. None of the above
A. 5% increase
78. If 50 calls are made each hour and of B. 10% decrease
these 3 results in a sale, how many hours C. 10% increase
would it take to achieve 57 sales? D. 12% increase
E. 0%
A. 1.5
B. 2
C. 12 83. If a litre of a liquid product is made by
D. 19 mixing 3 liquids in the ratio of 4: 2: 1 and
E. 21 you need 35 litres of the product, how many
litres of the first ingredient do you need?

79. If 70 out of 520 guests at a hotel were A. 5

children and 4/5 of the adult guests were B. 10
men, how many women stayed at the hotel? C. 18
D. 25
A. 90 E. 20
B. 104
C. 120
D. 220 84. An aircraft flies 930 miles in 75
E. 360 8minutes. How many miles does it fly in
4 hours 45 minutes assuming a constant
speed?
80. To reach target a sales team must
achieve on average 150 sales a month. At A. 3,112
the end of the third quarter, 1,200 sales B. 3,477
have been achieved. How many sales per C. 3,512
month must they realize during the last D. 3,522
quarter to reach target? E. 3,534
85. City B is 8 miles east of City A, City C is 6
miles north of City B. City D is 16 miles east 87. 6 8 17 21 28 34 39
of City C, and City E is 12 miles north of City
D. What is the distance between City A to
a. 47
City E?
b. 42
A. 10 miles c. 49
B. 20 miles d. 46
C. 24 miles
D. 30 miles E. 42 miles 88. 52 54 57 61 66

a. 73
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c. 70
d. 72

89. 7 4 8 13 7 14

a. 7
b. 17
c. 23
d. 22

90. 7 5 15 12 21 17

a. 12
b. 9
c. 22
IV. ABSTRACT REASONING d. 25

INSTRUCTIONS: This part of the exam tests 91. 78 77 75 80 73 82

your mastery in ABSTRACT REASONING
including pattern recognition. This part has a. 70
30 items. You are given 40 minutes to b. 81
answer this test. DO NOT PROCEED TO THE c. 71
NEXT PART UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO BY d. 84
THE PROCTOR.
92. B H M Q T V
QUANTITATIVE: Directions: Select from
the given choices which should come next a. W
in the following series: b. V
c. R
86. 31 28 33 27 32 23 d. S

a. 18 93. JZ KY LX MW
b. 28
c. 14 a. NU
d. 35 b. MV
c. NW A. 512
d. NV B. 1024
C. 1053
94. 56D 60E 64F 68G D. 65536

a. 70F ABSTRACT: Select from the given images

b. 72F the image which should come next given the
c. 70H pattern:
d. 72H
101. Which figure completes the series?
95. a+b d-e g+h j-k 102. Which figure completes the series?

a. m+n
b. n+o
c. p+q
d. m-n

96. Y V S P M J ?

A. F
B. G
C. H 103. Which figure completes the series?
D. I

97. D N G M J L M ?
104. Which figure completes the series?
A. K
B. L
C. N
105. Which figure completes the series?
D. O

98. ABCZABCYABC???
106. Which figure completes the statement?
A. BCD
B. ABW
C. XAB
D. ABC

99. (1-14) (3-12) (5-10) (7-8) (?-?) 107. Which figure completes the statement?

A. (8-7)
B. (41-1)
C. (9-6)
D. (10-5)
108. Which figure completes the statement?
100. 2 4 16 256 ?
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109. Which figure completes the statement?

110. Which figure completes the statement?

111. Which figure is the odd one out?

112.Which figure is the odd one out?

113.Which figure is the odd one out?

114. Which figure is the odd one out?

115. Which figure is the odd one out?

 e. Radiance facial soap comes
in a better packaging than
the other brands.

117. In Mary and Susan’s science class,

everyone likes chemistry or biology or
both, but Susan does not like biology.
Which of the following statements
cannot be true?
a. Susan likes chemistry and
biology.
b. Mary only likes chemistry.
c. Susan hates chemistry and
biology.
d. None of the students like
biology.
e. Students who do not like
chemistry like biology.

118. Floyd: The big race is tomorrow

and I’m still behind Alberto. I suppose
I’ll just have to take this synthetic
testosterone. I am well aware of the
risks and implications if I get caught, but
I absolutely have to win.
Lance: I don’t think that would bode
well for you. Have you ever thought
V. LOGICAL REASONING
of what that will do to your career?
Just ride as much as you are able.
INSTRUCTIONS: This part of the exam tests You may or may not win, but one
your mastery in LOGICAL REASONING. This thing you will never lose is respect.
part has 19 items. You are given 20 mins
to answer this test. DO NOT PROCEED TO Lance attacks Floyd’s argument by
a. Attacking his character
THE NEXT PART UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO
b. Applying personal pressure
BY THE PROCTOR. c. Implying that good triumphs
over evil
116. In a nationwide survey, 80% of d. Presenting another
dermatologists use Radiance facial soap. alternative
Which one of the following would most e. Suggesting a positive
weaken this endorsement for facial approach
soap?
a. Only ten dermatologists 119. Given that this car is a dud, it must
were surveyed. be a lemon.
b. The dermatologists
endorsed the product for The foregoing conclusion can be
free. properly drawn if it is true that
c. Only five dermatologists do a. Lemons are generally
not use the product. serviceable.
d. Radiance facial soap smells b. Only lemons are duds.
better than the other c. Other lemons are not totally
brands. duds.
d. Few other lemons are duds.
e. Most other duds are lemons.
For questions 5 to 6: planet O. On the basis of the foregoing,
which of the following would also be true?
“Even the smallest café in Paris serves a. . If no life exists on O, X is the only gas
better coffee than the largest coffee chain in present.
Seattle,” the visiting connoisseur said. He b. If no life exists on O, X cannot be present.
was complaining about the quality of the c. If life exists on O, then the gas X may or
coffee being served in Seattle. “I was trained may not be present.
in France,” he added, “so I know coffee very D. If life exists on O, then only the gas X is
well. But in America, you only have baristas. present.
You can tell just by looking at the people e.. If life exists on O, then the gas X is
who drink coffee. In Seattle, people line-up, present.
buy their coffee and go. But in France,
people take the time to relax and savor the 123. The absence of the liquid Y is a
flavour of coffee.” sufficient condition for the cessation of
life on the planet M, but it is not a
120. The connoisseur’s conclusions necessary condition. On the basis of the
depend on all the following EXCEPT: foregoing, which of the following
a. If the coffee is good, people would also be true?
will stay and savor the A. If life on M ceased to exist, there would
flavour. have been an absence of the liquid Y.
b. All good coffee connoisseurs B. If all liquid Y were removed from M, life
are trained in France. there would surely perish.
c. The norm for good coffer is C. If all liquid Y were removed from M, life
France. there may or may not cease.
d. The quality of the coffee can D. If all liquid Y were removed from M, the
be determined by the quality cessation of life would depend upon other
of the café. conditions.
e. Nobody hangs out in coffee E. Life on M cannot cease as long as Y is
chains in America. present.

121. All of the following are errors in 124. Gilas Pilipinas practices twice a
the reasoning of the speaker in the day and simulates game situations to
passage above EXCEPT: minimize their errors come game time.
a. The speaker claims that he This statement is an example of which
knows how to make great one of the following assumptions?
coffee. A. Practice makes perfect.
b. The argument takes as fact B. To err is human.
what is unproven personal C. Practice allows one to prepare for real
opinion. conditions.
c. The argument assumes that D. People make mistakes; that’s why they
the largest coffee chain in put erasers on pencils
Seattle represents American E. Simulation is the same as the actual
coffee. event.
d. The speaker claims
complete knowledge of a 125. For the post-election party, no
large number of cafes in actor or actress was invited to
Paris. Malacanang Palace unless he or she
e. The examples the speaker was more than 30 years old. No one
cites of good and bad coffee older than 30 was both an
are vague and unspecific. actor/actress and invited to the palace.
Which one of the following conclusions
122. The presence of the gas X is a can be logically drawn from the
necessary condition, but not a sufficient statements above?
condition, for the existence of life on the
A. No one but actors or actresses were the evidence that is advanced in
invited to the palace. its support
B. Only persons older than 30 were invited b. Questioning the accuracy of the
to the palace. evidence on which his argument
C. No one over 30 was invited to the palace. depends.
D. No actor or actress was invited to the c. Providing evidence that
palace. contradicts his conclusion
E. Some actors or actresses over 30 were d. Refusing to deal with the logic of
invited to the palace. his argument
e. Offering counter-explanations
126. No one who is a member of the
basketball team takes any banned 128. If people would use soap and
substance. No first-rate athlete takes water instead of toilet paper, less
banned substances. Therefore, only paper would be manufactured. So we
first-rate athletes become members of should replace toilet paper with soap
the basketball team. and water, and the forests of the world
will not be consumed so rapidly. This
The reasoning here is in error since argument depends on which one of the
the conclusion does not allow for following assumptions?
the possibility of A. Using soap and water will consume
A. A non-substance abuser on the basketball resources less valuable than forests.
team who is a second-rate athlete B. The cost of soap and water may be less
B. A first-rate athlete who doesn’t play than toilet paper.
basketball C. The pace at which the forests is being
C. An ex-substance abuser who is a first-rate consumed should be reduced.
athlete D. The economic advantages of using soap
D. A non-substance abuser who is not a and water outweigh those of using toilet
first-rate athlete paper.
E. A substance abuser who is a first-rate E. People are rarely willing to give up a
basketball player convenience for an advantage that is not
immediately perceptible.
127. Joaquin: Crop circles are turning
up all over the place with the designs 129. Teacher: Have you studied for this
too intricate to be done by human test?
hands. Strange lights have been seen in Student: Yes. I spent at least two
the sky on the night before the crop hours on logarithms alone.
circles were discovered, and no human Teacher: And you have reviewed
suspects have ever been found. They derivatives as well?
must be created by aliens. Student: I studied that lesson thrice.
Teacher: You aren’t being honest
Mel: Maybe it’s some weird cult or here. If you’d studied, you wouldn’t
some misfits playing a prank. I don’t have confused basic facts like
know all the facts of the story, and I Lagrange’s notation with Leibniz’s
have no certain explanation myself, notation.
but it is unlikely that extra-
terrestrial beings would go to the The professor’s reasoning is flawed
extent of making useless crop for each of the following reasons
circles. EXCEPT:
a. It does not consider the
Mel responds to Joaquin’s possibility that lack of
explanation by concentration can cause poor
a. Demonstrating that his retention.
conclusion is inconsistent with
 b. It assumes the study regimen 133. Protesting against racial injustice
mentioned by the student would only causes more of it to occur.
be effective. a. Questionable analogy
c. It connects repeated reading b. Slippery Slope
with retention. c. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
d. It assumes the basic facts are d. Confusing Cause and Effect
easy to remember.
e. It ignores the possibility that the 134. Immigration to California from
student may have been ill or Mexico increased. Soon after, the
tired during the exam, causing welfare rolls increased. Therefore, the
poor performance. increased immigration caused the
increase in welfare rolls.
130. Left-handed people have above- a. Begging the Question
average IQ. Popoy is left-handed. b. Circular Definition
Therefore, Popoy has above average c. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
IQ. The pattern of reasoning in the d. Hasty generalization
argument is flawed most similarly to
which of the following arguments? --------DO NOT PROCEED---------
A. Wolves leave scent trails for the rest of
their pack to follow. Scent trails are
common among social animals. Therefore,
all social animals are wolves.
B. Rice is not a good plant to grow in
containers. Grain is not a good plant to
grow in containers. Therefore, rice is grain.
C. Narra is solid and sturdy. Rubber wood is
less sturdy but also less expensive.
Therefore, rubber wood is the choice of
furniture makes.
D. School staff and custodians often belong
to unions. Jack wants to become a
custodian. Therefore, Jack will probably join
a union.
E. Banana trees provide fruit for wildlife.
Wildlife has many food sources. Therefore,
banana trees are not necessary as wildlife
food source.

131. A book is pornographic if and only

if it contains pornography.
a. Argument from Ignorance
b. Circular Reasoning
c. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc
d. Hasty Generalization

132. Since scientists cannot prove that

global warming will occur, it probably
won't.
a. Argument from Ignorance
b. Questionable Analogy
c. Circular definition
d. Slippery Slope
 B. Padre Damaso
C. Padre Florentino
D. Padre Felipe

137. What ingredient makes bread dough

rise?
A. flour
B. yeast
C. egg
D. salt.

138. What is the “god” particle (Higgs

boson) short for?
A. godric’s particle
B. godds’ particle
C. goddacious particle
D. goddamn particle

139. Who is the titular merchant in William

Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice”?
A. Portia
B. Shylock
C. Bassiano
D. Antonio

140. Which is the largest planet in the solar

VI. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE system?
A. Jupiter
INSTRUCTIONS: This part of the exam tests B. Neptune
your mastery in GENERAL KNOWLEDGE C. Earth
AND CURRENT EVENTS. This test has 25 D. Mars
items. You are given 15 mins to answer
this test. DO NOT PROCEED TO THE NEXT 141. What are a group of Dolphins called?
PART UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO BY THE A. School
PROCTOR. B. Herd
C. Pod
D. Pool
135. Which Brontë sister wrote the
Wuthering Heights? 142. The moon is a :
A. Emily A. Comet
B. Charlotte B. Satellite
C. Anne C. Star
D. Elizabeth D. Planet

136. The Franciscan friar who was one of 143. Who discovered magnetic field of
the antagonists in Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere? electric current?
A. Padre Salvi A. Ampere
 B. Faraday 149. He was one of the most famous poets
C. Fleming of Tondo who became mentor of Francisco
D. Edison Balagtas, the author of Florante at Laura.
a. Jose Abad Santos
144. The equator passes through which of b. Jose de la Cruz (Huseng Sisiw)
the following continents ? c. Jose Cruz
A. Africa d. Jose de la Pen
B. Australia
C. Europe 150. Who wrote the novel “One Hundred
D. North America Years of Solitude”?
a. Mario Vargas Llosa
145. The first coin minted in the Philippines b. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
was called? c. Jean Paul Sartre
a. Barillas d. Albert Camus
b. Mamiso e. Leo Tolstoy
c. Both a and b are correct
d. None of the above 151. Word processing, spreadsheet, and
photo-editing are examples of:
146. In 1808, French Emperor Napoleon a. application software
Bonaparte installed his brother as King of b. system software
Spain who later gave Filipinos Spanish c. operating system software
d. platform software
Citizenship and grants the colony
e. surface software
representation in the Spanish Cortes.
What’s the name of this King? 152. A ____________ is approximately one
a. Jose Bonaparte billion bytes.
b. Juan Bonaparte a. bit
c. Leonardo Bonaparte b. kilobyte
d. Joseph Bonaparte c. gigabyte
d. megabyte
147. They were the first Philippine e. terabyte
delegates to the Spanish Cortes who took
153. Which general famously stated 'I shall
their oath of office in Madrid 1812.
return'?
a. Pedro Perez de Tagle and Jose Manuel
a. Bull Hasley
Coretto b. George Patton
b. Pedro Perez de Tagle and Jose Manuel c. Douglas MacArthur
Correa d. Omar Bradley
c. Pedro Perez de Tugade and Jose Manuel e. James Leeway
Coretto 154. The Hundred Years War was fought
d. None of the above between what two countries?
a. Italy and Carthage
148. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte b. England and Germany
c. France and England
defeated?
d. Spain and France
a. Paris
e. Norway and Russia
b. Moscow
c. Madrid 155. Where was Grace Poe abandoned as an
d. Waterloo abandoned newborn baby?
 a. On the footsteps of a Church in
Jaro, Iloilo City
b. Outside the gates of Fernando Poe
Jr.’s house
c. In a trash bin in a public market in
Jaro, Iloilo City
d. Outside the gates of an orphanage

156. Which of the following is not a Moirai

(Greek Fates)?
a. Clotho
b. Portho
c. Lachesis
d. Atropos

157. A duck-billed platypus is:

a. A reptile
b. An amphibian
c. A mammal
d. A fish

158. While inside the chrysalis, what form

does a caterpillar take?
a. Liquid
b. Gas
c. Larva
d. Caterpillar

159. Which fruit is a berry?

a. Strawberry
b. Blueberry
c. Banana
d. Orange

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 This definition specifically limits marriage
only between a man and a woman. Would
you change this provision? If so, how?
Provide your reason for your choice.

QUESTION B:

II. Speaker Makakapal announced her plan

to pass a bill which will allow the
censorship of fake news in social media.
According to her, the spread of fake news in
social media greatly affected the 2016
elections because many voters were
misinformed regarding the credentials of
several candidates. She also cited the
alarming number of false information which
has been spread against minority groups
such as the Lumad and the Moros, which
breed contempt and hate towards these
groups. Ms. Makakapal believes that
censorship would be the most effective tool
to combat the negative effects of fake news.

Samahan ng mga Malalayang Magsalita

(SMM) oppose this move. They believe that
social media is self-regulating, and that
government intrusion should not be
VII. ESSAY allowed, especially in determining what
would constitute as fake news. SMM posits
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose one of the two that to allow the government to intervene in
questions listed below. Write a concise regulating social media might result to
essay on your chosen topic. You are giving the government a monopoly on the
given 25 minutes for this final part. truth, which when abused, could lead to a
Indicate on your yellow sheet your dictatorship. SMM believes that the
chosen question. government should not intervene in the
regulation of social media.
QUESTION A:
Should the government be allowed to
I. You were invited to be one of the censor fake news? Why or why not?
members of the technical working group to
propose changes to the Family Code of the
Philippines (Code).

One of the provisions that caused a lot of

debate is the current Code's definition of
marriage, which states in part:

Article 1. Marriage is a special

contract of permanent union
between a man and a woman
entered into in accordance with law
for the establishment of conjugal and
family life.