UNIVERSITY OF CEBU-MAIN

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

SSE 112
GEOGRAPHY 2
MIDTERM EXAM

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Test 1. Multiple Choice

Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.

1. What is the only municipality in National Capital Region?

A. Marikina C. San Juan

B. Pateros D. Las Piñas

2. Which of the following defines a community of trees, shrubs, herbs, and associated plants and
organisms that cover a considerable area that use oxygen, water and soil nutrients as the
community attains maturity and reproduces itself?

A. Forest C. Shrubs

B. Mangrove D. Timber

3. What is the physical material that humans need and value such as land, air, and water, and
these are characterized as renewable or nonrenewable?

A. Geographic Features C. Lithospheric Features

B. Minerals and Stones D. Natural Resources

4. How many percent estimated that the natural resources of the Philippines contributed to our
nation's wealth or GDP?

A. 16% C.19%

B. 17% D. 21%
5. What is This type of forest covers the largest forest areas in the Philippines. It is situated from
the coastal flats going up to approximately 800 meters in altitude?

A. Dipterocarp Forest C. Molave Forest

B. Mangrove Forest D. Pine Forest

6. What main institutions of the government are tasked with the management of national parks,
reserves, and other protected areas?

A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

B. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWD)
C. Philippine Economic- Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting (PEENRA)
D. Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA)

7. What is the capital and main port of entry of the Philippines?

A. Cebu C. Manila

B. Makati D. Quezon

8. Where is the Philippines approximately located by Using the Geographic Coordinate System?

A. 12° North and 122° East C. 31° North and 122° East

B. 13° North and 122° East D. 32° North and 123° East

9. What are the three minerals that when extracted make up the bulk of the mined minerals in the
country?

A. Chromite, Gold, Nickel C. Gold, Copper, Nickel

B. Copper, Manganese, Gold D. Manganese, Chromite, Iron

10. What organization listed the six primary mineral resources found in the Philippines?

A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

B. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWD)
C. Philippine Economic- Environmental and Natural Resources Accounting (PEENRA)
D. Philippine Tourism Authority (PTA)
11. What type of forest is more open than the dipterocarp forest, This tree grows with a crooked
trunk. The wood of this tree is valuable because of a hard, yellow wood that is durable?

A. Beach Forest C. Mangrove Forest

B. Dipterocarp Forest D. Mossy Forest

12. What type of forest can be found along the beach; this kind of forest forms a narrow strip
along the sandy coast of the beach.

A. Beach Forest C. Mangrove Forest

B. Dipterocarp Forest D. Molave Forest

13. What type of forest is tidal and it can be found along the clayed seashore as well as in the
tidal zones in the river estuaries.

A. Beach Forest C. Molave Forest

B. Mangrove Forest D. Pine Forest

14. What type of forest can be found along the mountains in about 1200 altitude high? Most of
the mountainous areas have moist climate in which this type of forest mostly developed.

A. Dipterocarp Forest C. Mossy Forest

B. Molave Forest D. Pine Forest

15. WHAT type of forest usually developed in the country’s high plateau regions. It has an
attitude ranging from seven to eight meters above the sea level.

A. Dipterocarp Forest C. Mossy Forest

B. Molave Forest D. Pine Forest

16. What Type of Resources are non-renewable? Once extracted, the ore is gone and will take a
very long time to replenish.

A. Agricultural Resources C. Mechanical Resources

B. Forest Resources D. Mineral Resources

17. WHICH Has made a fair and sustained contribution to the GDP of the Philippines over the
years, reaching almost 45% during the 1980s and dropping to less than 28% in 2021?

A. Agricultural Sector C. Industrial Sector

B. Government Sector D. Service Sector

18. Which minerals are considered some of the main components of electronics?

A. Chromite, Gold, Nickel C. Copper, Manganese, Gold

B. Gold, Copper, Nickel D. Manganese, Chromite, Iron

19. What type of country is the Philippines despite the plan to make it an industrialized economy
by 2000?

A. Agricultural Country C. Industrial Country

B. Developing Country D. Rich Country

20. What Is mainly composed of processed fruits and vegetables, seaweeds, tropical fruit purees
and juices, fresh tropical fruits, mango seed oil, sugar plantation, bioethanol, biofuels, and coco
methyl ester?

A. AgriBusiness C. Farming

B. Electronic Industry D. Manufactory Business

21. What overtook the industrial sector in terms of contribution to the GDP during the early
1980s, increasing from 36% in 1980 to more than 60% as of 2020?

A. Agricultural Sector C. Industrial Sector

B. Government Sector D. Service Sector

22. Which of the following is another major concern of the agricultural sector wherein is the
deterioration of the environment through the depletion of resources such as air, water, and soil;
the destruction of ecosystems, and the extinction of wildlife and is defined as any change or
disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable?

A. Climate Change C. Reforestation

B. Environment Damage D. Soil Erosion

23. Which has been active since the mid-1970s when the companies from the west were looking
to relocate production facilities to combat the issues of rising costs of production?

A. Agribusiness C. Electronics Industry

B. Construction Industry D. Manufacturing

24. The Philippine government aims to meet its Reforestation targets by cooperating with various
sectors of society. What program aims to reforest 100,000ha each year?

A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

B. Forest Foundation Philippines
C. International Association of Youth and Students for Peace (IAYSP)
D. National Forestation Programme

25. These are one of the most pressing concerns of the agricultural sector except:

A. Expansion of agricultural production

B. Industrial parks or resorts
C. Rampant conversion of agricultural land into golf courses
D. Residential subdivisions

26. How many terrestrial areas which has been designated as national parks, of which 59 are
under the policy control of DENR?

A. 40 C. 69

B. 57 D. 81

27. What reasons were the important contributions of the industry to the economy not sustained?

A. Climate Change C. Illegal Mining

B. Deforestation D. Soil Erosion

28. What type of forest is the biggest source of lumber supply in the country?

A. Dipterocarp Forest C. Molave Forest

B. Mangrove Forest D. Pine Forest

29. Which type of forest stabilizes the coastline, reducing erosion from storm surges, currents,
waves, and tides. It also helps in reducing the impact of a tsunami?

A. Beach Forest C. Mangrove Forest

B. Dipterocarp Forest D. Molave Forest

30. What national government agency that issues decrees of registration and certificates of land
titles?

A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

B. Land Reform Administration
C. Land Registration Authority
D. Register of Deeds

31. What are the two seaS can be found in the Southern part of the Philippines?

A Baboyan Sea and Batanes Sea 

B. China Sea and Sulu Sea
C. Pacific Sea and South China Sea
D. Sulu Sea and Celebes Sea

32. What is the Circum-Pacific Belt that is a path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active
volcanoes and frequent earthquakes, and also this is where the Philippines is Located?

A. Lithospheric Line Belt C. Pacific Ring Belt

B. Mariana Trench D. Pacific Ring of Fire

33. What is the total land area of the Philippines?

A. 289, 454 km² C. 301, 000 km²

B. 300,000 km² D. 311, 000 km²

34. What is the Length of the Philippine Archipelago?

A. 1,815 km C. 1,861 km

B. 1,851 km D. 1,871 km
35. What is the Width of the Philippine Archipelago?

A. 1,052 km C. 1,062 km

B. 1,060 km D. 1,061 km

36. Which is an archipelagic country in southeast asia that is situated in the western pacific ocean
and consists of thousand islands?

A. Bangladesh C. Philippines

B. China D. Taiwan

37. What is the total coastline of the Philippine Archipelago?

A. 36,189 km² C. 36,289 km²

B. 36, 199 km² D. 37,289 km²

38. How many islands are in the Philippine archipelago?

A. 7,614 islands C. 7, 631 islands

B. 7,617 island D. 7,641 Islands

39. What do you call if it is consists of chain Islands or Group of Islands like the Philippines?

A. Archipelago C. Trenches

B. Belt Islands D. Lithospheres

40. What is the shape of the Philippines when it is spread out?

A. Elongated triangle C. Spreaded triangle

B. Hexagonal triangle D. Triangle

41. What is one of the main geographical areas of the Philippines, and it is the large island in the
north on which Manila, the capital city, is located?

A. Calabarzon C. Mindanao

B. Luzon D. Visayas
42. What is one of the main geographical areas of the Philippines, and it is the large island in the
north on which Manila, the capital city, is located?

A. Calabarzon C. Mindanao

B. Luzon D. Visayas

43. What is used to define locations on a model of the surface of the earth and is a network of
imaginary lines like longitude and latitude to define locations?

A. Geographic Coordinates C. Geographic Coordinates System

B. Geographic Coordinate Machine D. Geographic Location System

44. What do call the position of a particular point on the surface of Earth and it is marked by
some distinguishing feature.  

A. Location C. Point

B. Place D. View

45. What type of climate in the Philippines where maximum rain period that happened during
June to September?

A. Climate Type 1 C. Climate Type 3

B. Climate Type 2 D. Climate Type 4

46. What type of Climate in the Philippines when rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the
year?

A. Climate Type 1 C. Climate Type 3

B. Climate Type 2 D. Climate Type 4

47. What are Asia’s region’s two largest economy that is near in the Philippines?

A. Bangladesh and Cambodia C. Indonesia and Thailand

B. China and Japan D. Singapore and Korea

48. What is one of the main geographical areas of the Philippines that is composed of small
group of islands in the middle of the Philippine Archipelago?

A. Calabarzon C. Mindanao

B. Luzon D. Visayas

49. What do you call the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area?

A. Atmosphere C. Season

B. Climate D. Weathering

50. Where is the Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino is located?

A. Calabarzon C. Mindanao

B. Luzon D. Visayas

51. Which if the following is called Asia's pearl of the orient for the richness of its culture and
the beauty of its landscape.?

A. Bangladesh C. Philippines

B. China D. Taiwan
Test 2. Multiple Choice
Directions: From the given choices below, encircle the letter of the correct answer that best
describes the given statements. (20pts)