GENERAL EDUCATION - TEST DRILL
GENERAL EDUCATION TEST DRILL
Directions: Prepare your scratch paper. Try to answer the questions below like you are already taking the board examination. You can check your answers using the key answers after the questions.
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1. What does a professional code of conduct prescribe?
a. Civic conduct for all
b. Professional traditions and mores
c. Moral and ethical standards
d. Stricter implementation of laws
2. He established the tobacco monopoly during the Spanish era.
a. Jose Basco
b. Rafael Izquierdo
c. Basilio Agustin
d. Francisco Rizzo
3. Technology ______ dramatically in the twenty-first century.
a. Was improved
b. Has improved
c. Is improved
d. Did improve
4. A bread – and butter sandwich ________ my favorite morning snack.
a. Is
b. Has been
c. Are
d. Have been
5. This is a segmented worm that can be used to facilitate anticoagulation.
a. Leeches
b. Maggots
c. Earthworms
d. Bloodworms
6. The ______ of the story is that friendship is sacred.
a. Morale
b. Message
c. Moral
d. lesson
7. What are the prime factors of 273?
a. 3x3x7x7
b. 2x3x13
c. 3x7x13
d. 3x3x6x9
8. This is the surface of the earth between the Tropic Cancer and the Arctic Circle.
a. Plane
b. Circle
c. Zone
d. Cone
9. Political idealists advocate ideals in politics such as justice and fairness. Political realists have a more realistic viewpoint of politics, aptly stated by “Might is right”. Who among the following is more of a political realist rather than a political idealist?
a. Julius Caesar
b. Mohatma Ghandi
c. Martin Luther King
d. Benigno Jr. Aquino
10. Even when her friends betray her, Becky bears no rancor in her heart because she is not _____.
a. Insulted
b. Embarrassed
c. Consoled
d. Bitter
11. If I _____ known you before, we could have become partners for a project.
a. Will
b. Could
c. Had
d. Have
12. These are the thin structures of cytokinesis amoeboid movement changes in the cell shape.
a. Pseudofilaments
b. Myosinfilamints
c. Microfilaments
d. Nanofilamints
13. All important factors must be considered to arrive at a sound ________.
a. Query
b. Change
c. Problem
d. Decision
14. The cause of the power outage was a ______connection.
a. Lose
b. Loose
c. Lost
d. Losing
15. Virtual face-to-face communication is made possible by this software.
a. Google
b. Skype
c. Twitter
d. Facebook
16. “My head is bloody but unbowed”
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Hyperbole
17. The Shakespearean classic saw the predicament of two lovers from warring families.
a. Hamlet and Ophelia
b. Anthony and Cleopatra
c. Ana and the King
d. Romeo and Juliet
18. If the opposite sides of a quadrilateral are equal, the figure is a _______.
a. Chambers
b. Rectangle
c. Square
d. Parallelogram
19. The proposed equipment ______within the budget of the school.
a. Are
b. Is
c. Is appearing
d. Are appearing
20. The Philippine Legislature has two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. What term best describes this setup?
a. Bicameralism
b. Bipartisanship
c. Unicameralism
d. Co-legislative power
21. How do you call the tax imposed on all employed and practicing professionals?
a. Income Tax
b. Real estate tax
c. Community Tax
d. Inheritance Tax
22. This field with the study of how human beings behave.
a. Philosophy
b. Morality
c. Psychology
d. Ethics
23. Which of the following is considered the lowest form of learning?
a. Perceiving
b. Responding
c. Conditioning
d. Teaching
24. Reason must be used in understanding the existence of God. Who advocated this philosophy?
a. St. Benedict
b. St. Peter
c. St. John
d. St. Thomas Aquinas
25. If the principles and theories of human behavior were to be applied to teaching and learning. The field will be called ______.
a. Educational Theory
b. Educational Philosophy
c. Educational Psychology
d. Educational Sociology
26. In July 1901, Isabelo Delos Reyes founded the first labor union in the country. What was its name?
a. Association of the Philippine Labor
b. Union Obrera Democratica
c. Union Trabajadores de Filipinos
d. Association De Compania Tabacalera
27. The Philippines lies in the _____, an area where volcanoes are active.
a. Archipelagic fault line
b. Ring of fire
c. Wheel of fire
d. Volcanic Rim
28. During the June 12, 1898, Declaration of Independence, a band played the Marcha Nacional Filipino What band was this?
a. Pangkatkawayang ng Pateros
b. Kawit Cavite Band
c. Malabon Band
d. San Francisco de Malabon
29. This is modern technology’s response to messages previously sent over couriers or post offices
a. E-shopping
b. E-Registry
c. E-Mail
d. Frailocracia
30. Among the not-easily-observable skills are cognitive abilities. This is because they are _______.
a. Overt
b. Psychological
c. Hidden
d. Mental
31. Among all the religious missionaries, who arrived first?
a. Dominicans
b. Franciscans
c. Jesuits
d. Augustinians
32. What is the LCM of 5,2, and 7?
a. 35
b. 140
c. 15
d. 70
33. “My concept of inner peace came from my mother’s daily activities which I now recall with fondness and awe. She was a 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.” Based on the recount, the mother’s financial resources were ______
a. More than enough
b. Abundant
c. Enough
d. Limited
34. “I am a retired public school teacher. As a teacher, I was branded as a terror in school. The pupils dreaded the day they would enter my class. Little did they know that behind my unpopular façade was a heart full of compassion. But how did I learn this moniker? I did not tolerate dirty pupils in my class. I wanted them to know that cleanliness of the body was good for their health. I inspected their teeth, nails, footwear, handkerchiefs, clothes, ears, noses, and hair.”
Based on the recount, the teacher values __________
a. Cleanliness
b. Study
c. Absence
d. Posture
35. The student’s request to reset the test ______ reasonable.
a. Will
b. Very
c. Are
d. is
36. This person served as the brains behind the “arena theater”
a. Carpio
b. Tinio
c. Montano
d. Avellana
37. Ano ang tawag sa tatlong magkaka sunod na tuldok na ginagamit upang ipabatid na may bahaging hindi sinipi mula sa talata?
a. Ellipsis
b. Abstrak
c. Synopsis
d. Sintesis
38. Ito ang humahadlang sa maayos na pakikinig.
a. Ingay
b. Okasyon
c. Oras
d. Salita
39. Kung bibilangin ang pantig sa bawat taludtod ng tula, ito ang makukuha.
a. Talinghaga
b. Kariktan
c. Tugma
d. Sukat
40. Ito ay uri ng pangungusap na tumutukoy sa pangyayaring pangkalikasan o pangkapaligiran.
a. Temporal
b. Eksistensyal
c. Penomenal
d. Modal
41. What do you think will mostly happen when a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution?
a. There will be no effect on the plant cell
b. The plant cell will swell
c. The plant cell will shrivel
d. The cell wall of the plant cell will thicken
42. A toothpick can float on the surface of the water because of
a. Surface tension
b. Viscosity
c. Buoyant force
d. Liquid pressure
43. Which of the following organisms is considered heterotrophic?
a. Algae
b. Moss
c. Grasshopper
d. Fern
44. Below are different sources of energy. Which do you think is the most DISADVANTAGEOUS because of its possible threat to human sources of food?
a. Geo-Thermal
b. Sun
c. Wind
d. Fauna
45. “The prodigal son, who is the black sheep of the family, has returned home.” What figure of speech was used in the given statement?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Irony
d. Oxymoron
46. Anong dulog pampanitikan ang kilala rin sa tawag bilang reader-response theory?
a. Antropolohiya
b. Impresyonista
c. Patalambuhay
d. Pansikolohiya
47. Ano ang tinataglay ng mga sumusunod na salita: tanaw, aliw, kamay, reyna?
a. Diptonggo
b. Pares minimal
c. Klaster
d. Ponema
48. What do you call the molecule that contains the genetic information of the organism?
a. Nucleic Acid
b. Nucleolus
c. Ribosomes
d. Organelles
49. Which power of the state enables it to impose a charge or burden upon persons, property, or property rights for the use and support of the government expenditures for social services and a way of revenue collection?
a. Eminent domain
b. Expropriation
c. Value added tax
d. Taxation
50. What was the first term given by Marcelo H. Del Pilar to the notorious invisible influence and domination by Spanish religious priests over the colonial government.
a. Lassuertpartidas
b. Pase Region
c. Frailocracia
d. Compliance
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