General Education Review Practice Flashcards

A comprehensive set of 150 vocabulary-style flashcards based on general education license examination review questions.

Scientific attitude of firm set of beliefs

The belief that everything that happens in this world has a cause or a reason.

Conjunction for environmental records

The phrase "In that" used to explain a specific reason for a condition.

Loquacious

A word meaning verbose or talkative.

Filipino sociological concept of home

The presence of both the nuclear family and extended families.

Proverb

A traditional saying such as "A man is known by the company he keeps."

Ultimate purpose of Human Right Education

To understand and change conditions which give rise to human rights violation.

Members of the federation of cooperatives

Primary and secondary cooperatives.

Fill in

The correct phrasal verb used for completing forms.

Xylem

Vascular tissue in the stem that connects directly to the water-transporting tissues in leaves.

Real number

A category of numbers that includes values like $\sqrt{3}$.

Probability of rolling a number divisible by 2

The probability is $1/2$ when a standard die is rolled.

Pineapple juice in meat preparation

A substance used by mothers because it makes meat tender.

Alibata

Considered the earliest form of writing in the Philippines.

Asteroid Belt location

The region in space found between the planets Mars and Jupiter.

Steel cross-wire length

The length of wire needed for a brace is calculated as $6\,m$.

Punctuation for a series

The use of commas to separate items, such as "hammers, wrenches, and screwdrivers."

Ignominious

A term meaning shameful.

Metapora

A figure of speech used in the phrase "Ikaw ang payong ng aking buhay."

Greenhouse principle example

Demonstrated by a car with rolled-up windows exposed to heat.

Bankruptcy

The state declared by a bank when it is swarmed with depositors and cannot meet obligations.

Emulating

The act of immitating or matching a hero's worth, as reminded by Rizal Day.

Cell

The smallest unit of life.

Linear Equation ($m=-2, b=3$)

The equation of the line is $2x + y = 3$.

Nang

The correct term used in "Nag-aaral ako nang mabuti."

Humidity and air masses

A shared characteristic where two air masses having the same humidity does not imply same temperature or volume.

May

The modal verb used for seeking permission, as in "May I help you, sir?"

Mode

The measure of central tendency that best describes the size of t-shirts commonly used by teenagers.

She'll

The contraction for "She will" used to indicate future action.

Cope

The correct verb form used with the preposition "with" regarding frustrations.

Modem

Enables the computer to communicate with other computers over the telephone.

Solar distance clarity

The clearly expressed idea: "I learned that the sun is 90 million miles from the earth."

Philippine agrarian reform

A fundamental question regarding land distribution.

To people smoking

The correct grammatical phrase used after "I really object…"

Jose Rizal Birth Date

June 19, 1861.

Measures of variability inference

An inference from a wide range of scores is that the grades are very scattered.

File compression

A process that results in a smaller file size.

Interior angle of a regular dodecagon

Measured at $150^{\circ}$.

Remaining area of cardboard

The part of the original cardboard remaining after cutting is $60\%$ of the original area.

CPU

The "brain" of a computer.

Application shutdown procedure

Pressing "Ctrl + Alt + Delete" and selecting "End Task" in the Task Manager.

New moon fishing

A practice based on fishes being attracted to the light from fishing boats during dark nights.

Napakasaya

The meaning of the literary phrase "ako'y nasa langit na" in a song.

Hydroponics

The method of growing plants in a nutrient-packed solution with no soil.

Cerebrum

The part of the brain responsible for memory and intelligence.

Social equity in CARP

Achieved by distributing agricultural lands to landless farmers free of charge.

Service cooperative

A type of cooperative that operates taxis, tricycles, and buses.

Unemployment benefits

A specific example of a transfer payment.

Objectivity

A scientific attitude where feelings and biases do not influence data interpretation.

Baseball home run projection

At a rate of 10 runs in 45 games, a player expects $36$ runs in 162 games.

Sexual reproduction

The method of reproduction providing for the most variety of offspring.

Global orientation development

Fostered by exploring differences in living ways and teaching about the United Nations.

Pagdarasal

The subject (paksa) in the sentence "Ginagawa niya ang pagdarasal araw-araw."

Seismograph

The instrument used to measure the intensity of earthquakes.

Your

The possessive adjective used in "can I borrow your dictionary?"

Teka

The non-standard/common form of the verb "Hintay ka."

Ang Alamat ni Mariang Makiling moral

Dahil sa pagmamalabis at pagsasamantala, maraming biyaya ang sa kanya'y nawawala.

Goal of drug abuse education

Prevention.

Mole

The amount of substance having $6.02 \times 10^{23}$ chemical units.

Committee selection combinations

The number of ways to select 4 people from 7 is $35$.

Rectangle dimensions ($4x$ length)

Calculated as $4 \times 16$ based on specific perimeter conditions.

R.A. 7277

The law passed in 1995 affirming total integration of persons with disabilities.

Below

The preposition used for spatial location in "Far below Terry’s small plane…"

E-waste recycling system

Includes repair, reuse, and upgrading of existing equipment.

Lewis base

A molecule or ion that accepts a proton from water.

Linggo ng Wika

Celebrated from Agosto 13-19.

Have you got

The phrase used to ask for the current time.

Teenagers

The correct plural noun form for young people.

Evaluation of $x^2-2xy-4x+3xy^2$

When $x = 1$ and $y = -2$, the value is $-7/2$.

Complement of an acute angle

Always an acute angle.

Electoral Tribunal

The body that assumes jurisdiction over protests filed by senatorial candidates.

KKPK

The syllable formation of the letters "prin" in prinsesa.

Tropical rainforest

The type of biome to which the Philippines belongs.

Perimeter of a square ($400\,cm^2$)

$80\,cm$.

Graduating class size calculation

If 500 girls represent $25\%$, the total is $2000$.

Nuclear fusion

The thermo-nuclear reaction in the sun that generates heat energy.

Pres. Quirino Nobel category

Economics.

Herbivores

Organisms that eat plants only.

Kamay

A Filipino word containing a diptonggo.

Prime numbers 1-100

There are exactly $25$ prime numbers in this range.

Redemption through suffering

Portrayed by "The Man scorned on the Cross."

Multicultural literacy

The ability to appreciate similarities and differences in customs, values, and beliefs.

10-peso bills calculation

Out of 29 bills totaling 225 pesos ($5s$ and $10s$), there are $16$ ten-peso bills.

Inuman

The correct verb usage for "Huwag mong inuman yan!"

Center of gravity

The point adjusted when holding a free hand away from the body while carrying a heavy load.

Ratio of 27 cm to 18 cm

$3:2$.

Free legal service

A right of teachers charged with administrative cases in the discharge of professional duties.

Basketball team selection ($10$ from $12$)

There are $66$ ways to choose the team.

Proportion calculation ($m/12 = 30/24$)

The value of $m$ is $15$.

Credulous

Describing people who are easily deceived by unscrupulous individuals.

Iwanan

The correct verb in "Iwanan natin ng mapa si Kenny."

Magalis

The correct adjective form for a dog with mangy skin.

Habeas corpus

The right to question an arrest and summon accusers to court.

Elevator capacity calculation

A $605\,kg$ limit holds $11$ passengers weighing $50.5\,kg$ each.

$$4 \frac{1}{5} + 3 \frac{2}{7}$$

The sum is $7 \frac{3}{12}$ according to provided materials.

Dekaliters conversion ($3050\,mL$)

$0.305\,daL$.

Wika Panregulatori

The linguistic function in "Ang babae ay huwag mong tingnang isang bagay na libangan…"

Pagwawangis

The figure of speech meaning metaphor, used in "Durog ang katawang bumagsak sa semento si Miguel."

Extremely

The adverb used for high intensity in "performances were extremely weak."

Triangle angle measures ($2/3$ and $3/7$ ratios)

$30^{\circ}$, $45^{\circ}$, and $105^{\circ}$.

Ukol

The correct preposition in "paghihirap ni Luis ay ukol sa iyong magandang kinabukasan."