GENERAL

EDUCATION
PREBOARD A
1. The APOCALYPTIC lecture on the “west valley fault
line” warns of serious natural disaster in case of a big
earthquake.” The capitalized word means:
a. careless
b. prophetic
c. attractive
d. encouraging

Answer: B
2. The candidate from the Philippines showed admirable
composure in front of the huge Miss Universe audience;
her _____ impressed the judges.
a. Nervousness
b. Excitement
c. Aplomb
d. Agitation

Answer: C
3. She is known for her penchant for jewelry. Penchant
means:
a. Fondness
b. Aversion
c. Avoidance
d. Dislike

Answer: A
4. Even when her friends betray her, Vanessa bears no
rancor in her heart because she is not______.
a. Embarrassed
b. Consoled
c. Bitter
d. Insulted

Answer: C
5. Because of PROFANITY, the program was
suspended from television. The capitalized word
means?
a. Obscenity
b. Decency
c. History
d. Falsehood
Answer: A
6. The figures must be TRANSMUTED in order
to understand the grade. The capitalize word
means?
a. Estimated
b. Surpassed
c. Changed
d. Summed
Answer: C
7. She is vision of feminine PULCHRITUDE.
The capitalized word means?
a. Homeliness
b. Loveliness
c. Plain
d. Ugliness

Answer: B
8. Clara would ready any book or magazine she
could lay her hands on hand and read from cover
to cover in one sitting. She is such a ______
reader.
a. Tedious
b. Leisurely
c. Serious
d. Voracious

Answer: D
9. Which of the following words are mispelled?
1. Transgression 2. Transcent 3. Inmunity
4. Percieve
a. 2 and 3
b. 2,3,and 4
c. 1,3,and 4
d. 1,2,and 3

Answer: B
10. When helping in the kitchen, I am always
careful not to hurt ______.
a. Ourselves
b. Myself
c. Himself
d. Herself

Answer: B
11. Bread and butter sandwich ____ my
favourite snack.
a. Are
b. Is
c. Has been
d. Have been

Answer: B
12. Neither of the accused officers decided to
quit ____ position.
a. Their
b. His
c. It’s
d. Its

Answer: B
13. The ____ lesson of the story is that honesty
is the best policy.
a. Morality
b. Moralism
c. Morale
d. Moral

Answer: D
14. The doctor recommended eating healthier
meals and ______.
a. To do exercise
b. Doing exercise
c. Exercise
d. To exercise

Answer: B
15. Mother finally found the time to rest after
____ the whole day.
a. Working
b. Having worked
c. Had worked
d. Have worked

Answer: A
16. It is _____ fitting and proper that we
organize a party on her birthday.
a. Altogether
b. Al-together
c. Together all
d. All together

Answer: A
17. My concept of the inner peace came from my
mother’s daily activities which I now recall with fondness
and awe. She was full-time housewife, wholly dependent
on my father’s monthly salary. How she made both ends
meet, guided us in our studies and did small acts of
charity on the side was beyond me. The mother’s
financial resources are_____.
a. More than enough
b. Miserable
c. Abundant
d. Limited

Answer: D
18. What role of the women is displayed by the
lines in Luis Datu’s spouse: “She holds no joys
beyond the day’s tomorrow, finds no world beyond
her love’s embrace, looks upon the form behind the
furrow, her mind, motion, time, and space?”
a. Work partner
b. Lady entrepreneur
c. Housewife
d. Career woman
Answer: C
19. Select the most appropriate heading for the
paragraph: Before he has any actual knowledge of
war, Stephen Crane wrote the American Classic’
The Red Badge of Courage’, which made him an
overnight success. He wrote ‘The Open Boat’ as a
result of shipwreck he experienced on his way to
Cuba to report a war in progress there”?
a. Ashipwreck c.Stephen’seducational experience
b. The Open Boat d. Stephen’s Writings
Answer: D
20. Manolo approached the platform with his
speech. His palms were sweaty and his hands were
shaking. He felt the palpitations of his chest and
perspiration began to appear at his forehead. Manila
is experiencing______.
a. Heart attack
b. Stage fright
c. Nausea
d. Epilepsy

Answer: B
21. Which characterizes psychologically healthy
people?
a. Concerned with goals beyond themselves
b. Feels superior over others
c. Cannot accept as they are
d. Pre-occupied only with interests

Answer: A
22. As a Social Science teacher, which should
Teacher Nora avoid?
a. Abreast with all the other issues
b. Appreciative of change
c. Facilitator of learning
d. As a sage on the stage

Answer: D
23. If the school is considered as an agent of social
and cultural change, it should function as?
a. Transmitter of culture
b. Pioneer of programs
c. Perpetuator of tradition
d. Innovator of instruction

Answer: A
24. Professionals going abroad to seek greener
pastures as one type of:
a. Brain drain
b. Employment
c. Tourism
d. Migration

Answer: A
25. It is perceived as the most important need and most
pressing problem of the Filipino family:
A. Unemployment or financial problem
B. Broken family
C. Prone to visit
D. Double standard on roles

Answer: A
26. Which is divisive in interpersonal relationship in
Philippine social culture?
a. Hiya
b. Kanya-kanya
c. Utang na loob
d. Pakikisama

Answer: B
27. What does a professional code of ethics prescribe
for all?
a. Moral standards and ethical behaviour
b. Rules and regulations in practicing one’s profession
c. Strict law implementation
d. Civility and social-consciousness

Answer: A
28. Developing mines require getting a DENR
clearance. Which of the following clearances are
required?
a. Air pollution clearance
b. Waste disposal Clearance
c. Environment Clearance
d. LGU Clearance

Answer: C
29. Which of the environment law requires industries
to install anti-pollution devices and bans the use of
incinerators?
a. Clean Air act
b. Environmental Security Act
c. Greenpeace Act
d. Anti-Pollutant Act
Answer:A
30. The Philippines, which is made up of thousands of
islands is called:
a. Archipelago
b. Cape
c. Peninsula
d. Gulf

Answer: A
31. Of the seven continents comprising continues
land mass surrounded by big bodies of water, the
biggest (30.1 percent of the earth ) is:
a. Asia
b. Europe
c. Australia
d. Northern america

Answer: A
32. What is the largest country in Asia?
a. China
b. Japan
c. Philippines
d. Thailand

Answer: A
33. What is the predominant characteristic of eastern
religion?
a. Optimism
b. Secularism
c. Mysticism
d. Pessimism

Answer: C
34. Which religious missionaries first arrived in the
Philippines?
a. Dominicans
b. Franciscan
c. Jesuits
d. Augustinians

Answer: D
35. What is the best reason for holism in art
education?
a. Everyone is potential artist with talents of his or
her own
b. Art means the beautiful in human creativity
c. Aesthetic development is for total growth
d. We can be unique artists in our degree of growth

Answer: A
36. Who is the proponent of the arena theater?
a. Carpio
b. Tinio
c. Montano
d. Avellana

Answer: C
37. Famous sculptor of landmark structures :
a. Jacinto
b. Manansala
c. Castrillo
d. Cuevas

Answer: C
38. Who is the famous composer from Angono who is
also a national artist?
a. Buenaventura
b. Cenizal
c. San Pedro
d. Cayabyab

Answer: C
39. Famous ballerina who brought ballet to
children of various economic levels:
a. Lea Salonga
b. Aiza Seguerra
c. Nora Aunor
d. Liza Macuja

Answer: D
40. Art is product of man’s need to express himself
with a high degree of sensitivity towards his
environment. Who is the painter of fisher folks and
farmers of his hometown in Rizal?
a. Vicente Manansala
b. Fernando Amorsolo
c. Lucio San Pedro
d. Carlos V. Francisco
Answer: D
41. What are the two digits which when inserted in the
blank spaces will make 234____ divisible by 8?
a. 3 and 2
b. 0 and 0
c. 5 and 6
d. All of the above

Answer: D
42. How many twenty thousands are there in one
million?
a. 500
b. 50
c. 100
d. 1000

Answer: B
43. Which of the following is NOT true about the sum
of two consecutives odd integers?
a. It is even
b. It is divisible only by 12
c. It is divisible by 4
d. It is always divisible by 1

Answer: B
44. The least common multiple (LCM) of 2, 3,
and 4 is _____.
a. 13
b. 24
c. 14
d. 12

Answer: D
45. The least common multiple (LCM) of 2,3,
and 4 is ______.
a. 13
b. 14
c. 24
d. 12

Answer: D
46. Find the prime divisors of 60.
A. 12,5
B. 3,5
C. 4,15
D. 6,10

Answer: B
47. The greatest common factor (GCF) of 22, 15,
and 17.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

Answer: A
48. The large prime less than 110 is:
a. 97
b. 107
c. 101
d. 105

Answer: B
49. What percent of 75 is 15?
a. 20%
b. 30%
c. 38%
d. 40%

Answer: A
3. Among the given decimals, which is equivalent to
9%?
a. 9.00
b. 0.009
c. 0.09
d. 0.9

Answer: C
51. The application of specific concepts and
principles.
a. Biology
b. Ecology
c. Technology
d. Science

Answer:C
52. It is the process of storing, recovering and
disseminating recorded data through the
computer?
a. Information Technology
b. Information Utilization
c. Information retrieval
d. Information Science
Answer: A
53. What do you call the board that forms the
foundation of your computer?
a. Motherboard
b. ROM
c. Main memory
d. RAM

Answer: A
54. Messages are easily transported anywhere in
the world through the _____.
a. E-Shopping
b. E-mail
c. E-registry
d. E-learning

Answer: B
55. ALT is the symbol for ______.
a. Back space
b. Alter Key
c. Enter key
d. Control key

Answer: B
56. Science provides knowledge through
disciplined observation. Which of the following
is NOT characteristics of scientific assertion?
a. Logic and validity
b. Conformity with actual observation
c. Empirical support
d. Hearsay
Answer: D
57. What will happen to a plant cell in a
hypotonic solution?
a. The plant cell will develop a thickened a cell
wall
b. The plant cell will shrivel
c. No effect on the plant cell
d. The plant cell will swell.
Answer: D
58. Which sites of cellular respiration are
considered the “powerhouse” of eukaryotic
cells?
a. Golgi bodies
b. Ribosomes
c. Endoplasmic reticulum
d. Mitochondria
Answer: D
59. What are the components of a fungal cell
wall?
a. Chitin, protein and sugar
b. Nucleic acids, proteins and sugars
c. Lipids, proteins and sugar
d. Cellular and proteins

Answer: A
60. The protein shell of a virus is called ____.
A. Capsid
B. Lambda bacteriophage
C. Virions
D. Capsomeres

Answer: A
61. What is the pressure exerting on the plasma
membrane against the cell wall of bacteria,
fungi, and plant cells?
a. Osmotic pressure
b. Plasma pressure
c. Turgor pressure
d. Wall pressure
Answer: C
62. Which of the following convert the energy
from sunlight into chemical energy?
a. Whales
b. Water
c. Plants
d. Fungi

Answer: C
63. What is the process used by plants to convert
the energy from sunlight into chemical energy?
a. Diffusion
b. Photosynthesis
c. Phytochemical conversion
d. Cytolysis
Answer: B
64. Which of the following is not used in the
manufacture food by green plants?
a. Carbon dioxide
b. Sun
c. Water and soil nutrients
d. Oxygen

Answer: D
65. A root may perform all the following
functions except?
a. Photosynthesis
b. Anchorage
c. Food storage
d. Water absorption

Answer: A
66, During respiration, green plants take in?
a. Water
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Oxygen
d. Carbon dioxide and water

Answer: B
67. Carbon dioxide is produced by plants in the:
a. Evening
b. Afternoon
c. Noon
d. Morning

Answer: A
68. Which of the following process involves
chloroplast?
a. Conversion of light energy to chemical
energy
b. Formulation of reproductive cells
c. Cell division
d. Protein synthesis
Answer: A
69. What is the most likely reason for a desert
plant to have few or no leaves?
a. To increase photosynthesis
b. To decrease photosynthesis
c. To increase transpiration
d. To decrease transpiration

Answer: D
70. Which modified stem is used for the storage
of food?
a. Carrot
b. Potato
c. Gabi
d. Tomato

Answer: B
71. In which part of the rice plan is sugar
manufactured?
a. Stem
b. Roots
c. Leaves
d. All of the above

Answer: D
72. What are the hormones responsible for plant
growth, promoting auxiliary bud growth and
apical dominance?
a. Auxins and Gibberelins
b. Cytokinins and Gibberelins
c. Auxins and Abscisate
d. Cytokinins and auxins
Answer: D
73. Because it will adversely affect the
populations’ food supplies, the most
disadvantageous source of energy is ______.
a. Wind
b. Geo-thermal
c. Sun
d. Plants
Answer: B
74. Monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and
polysaccharides are types of _____.
a. Lipids
b. Proteins
c. Nucleotides
d. Carbohydrates

Answer: D
75. If carbohydrates are hydrophilic-organic
compounds, lipids are ______ organic
compounds.
a. Biomolecules
b. Hydrophobic
c. Simple
d. Polypeptide
Answer: B
76. Besides solids, liquids, and gas, what is the
fourth form of matter?
a. Gel
b. Colloid
c. Plasma
d. Foam

Answer: C
77. Which of these characterizes organic
compounds?
a. They are compounds of any element
b. They cannot be broken down to simpler
substances
c. They always require electrical means of separate
d. They are compounds containing hydrocarbons
Answer: D
78. Which element has Te as its symbol?
a. Terbium
b. Tellurium
c. Titanium
d. Technetium

Answer: B
79. Which is true of metalloids?
a. Conduct heat and electricity less effectively
than non-metal
b. Conduct heat and electricity better than metals
c. Conduct heat better than metals
d. Have properties of both metals and non-
metals
Answer: D
80. Element X has an electron configuration of
1S2 2S2 2p2. Based on information, element X
belongs to a/an_____ family.
a. Alkali metal
b. Coinage
c. Halogen
d. Inert gas
Answer: B
81. Which of the following is the correct name
for the compound MnF3?
a. Manganese flouride
b. Manganese (I) flouride (III)
c. Manganese (III) flouride
d. Manganese (III) flouride (III)

Answer: C
82. Which of the following statements best
explain why copper is the metal most widely used
in electrical wiring?
a. It is the best conductor of electricity
b. It is cheaper than aluminum
c. It is a better conductor than aluminum and
cheaper
d. It has high resistance to electricity
Answer: C
83. In a flame test, the presence of boron in a
solution is evident by what color of flame?
a. Bright green
b. Gold
c. Brick red
d. Lilac
Answer: A
84. Milk is classified as :
a. Colloid
b. Metalloid
c. Acid
d. Soda

Answer: A
85. Perfumes contain organic compounds called:
a. Alcoholic
b. Esthers
c. Esters
d. Acids

Answer: C
86. _____ ngayon kasya kahapon.
a. Mainit
b. Mainit-init
c. Mainitan
d. Mag-init

Answer: B
87. Hoy, Michelle! Tigilan mo muna ang _____
at kumain ka muna.”
a. Lalabhin
b. Lalabhan
c. Paglaba
d. Paglalaba

Answer: D
88. Nakapandidiri ang asong kalye na _____.
a. Dumihan
b. Ma-dumi
c. Madumi
d. Dumumi

Answer: C
89. Bigyang pagpapakahulugan ang salitang
LINANGAN sa pangungusap na Linangan ng
Pilipinas.
A. Pamahalaan
B. Silid-aklatan
C. Unibersidad
D. Ahensya
Answer: C
90. Ang pariralang nalaglag –nahulog ay
nagpapakahulugan ng ______.
a. Magkahawig
b. Idyoma
c. Magkapares
d. Magkasalungat

Answer: A
91. Alin sa mga sumusunod na pangkat ang
magkasalungat?
a. Naguguluhan, nagugulumihan
b. Piging, handaan
c. Kanugnog, Kalapit, Karatig
d. Amok,Mahinahon

Answer: D
92. Tukuyin ang salitang naiiba ang kahulugan:
Kahindik-hindik, malagim, masalimuot,
nakakatakwot
a. Masalimuot
b. Nakakatakot
c. Kahindik-hindik
d. Malagim
Answer: A
93. Ipinagmalaki mo siya, BAHAG naman ang
kanyang BUNTOT.
a. Kuripot
b. Duwag
c. Mahiyain
d. Traydor

Answer: B
94. Ano ang kahulugan ng idyomang ginamit sa
pangungusap na “Marami sa mga magsasaka ang
INALAT dahil sa patuloy na pagbuhos ng ulan”?
a. Minalas
b. Nawalan ng pag-asa
c. Nagalit
d. Nanibago
Answer: A
95. Piliin ang angkop pagpapakahulugan: Bilang
at sukat kung mangusap ang dalaga.
a. Mahirap unawain
b. Mahina ang boses
c. Madaldal
d. Maingat

Answer: D
96. Anong sawikain ang nagpapahalaga sa utang
na loob?
a. Huli man daw at magaling ay nahahabol din
b. Kung may buhay ay may pag-asa
c. Kung may isinuksok, may dudukutin
d. Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggagalingan ay
di makakarating sa paroroonan
Answer: D
97. Ang kahulugan ng “running out of food” ay:
a. Naghahabol ng pagkain
b. Namimili ng pagkain
c. Malakas kumain
d. Kinakapos sa pagkain

Answer: D
98. Ang wastong salin ng “you can’t compare
apples and oranges” ay
a. Di-makabagay
b. Iba ang dalandan
c. Di-wasto
d. Iba ang mansanas

Answer: A
99. Ang lumalakad ng mabilis, kung matinik ay
malalim”. Ano ang ibig sabihin ng paalalang ito?
a. Mag isip na mabuti sa paglalakad
b. Mag-isip nang malalim kung maglalakad
c. Maaksidente ang mabilis maglalakad
d. Huwag mag isip kung naglalakad
Answer: B
100. Orihinal: Mother cooked adobo for Kuya
Manuel.
Salin: Si Nanay ay nagluto ng adobo para kay kuya
Manuel. Ito ay pagsaling?
a. Adaptasyon
b. Malaya
c. Idyomatiko
d. Literal
Answer: D
 PAPASA BA?
MAG TATOP
ANONG RATING?
99.9 HAHA