General Education Comprehensive Review – Practice Flashcards

Flashcards cover vocabulary, grammar, literature, math, science, social studies, education theory, and technology drawn from the extensive review notes. Use the term side as the question prompt and the definition side as the correct answer.

What does HIATUS mean as used in the sentence “There was a hiatus of two years before I went back to college”?

A break or lapse

In telephone English, what expression means a sudden loss of connection?

To be cut off / disconnected

HUBBUB refers to _

A commotion or noisy confusion

Which U.S. general said the famous line “I shall return” in WWII?

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Who uttered the line “The Filipino is worth dying for”?

Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.

Who said: “My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty to my country begins”?

Manuel L. Quezon

Choose the grammatically correct completer: “Both Nenita and ___ plan to go.”

I

Tag question: “Your brother is paying for your plane ticket, ___?”

isn’t he?

Correct proposition: “We should work for a total ban ___ pesticides that are harmful to man.”

on the use of

Simple past of LIE (to recline): “Joevy ___ in bed too long.”

lay

Choose the sentence without structural error:

The farmer plowed, planted and harvested his corn in record time.

Correct phrasal verb: “Manny feared getting late so he ___ with a bus and leaped at the door.”

caught up

Best synonym of PRINCIPALLY as used in comparison of kindness:

especially

Meaning of the aphorism “Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”

Forget the hurts; remember the favors.

Correct sequence of NCBTS paragraph (item 14)

2-4-3-1-5

Function of ‘story frame’ in teaching literature

Helps pupils sequence events of a story

What virtue is highlighted in the poem “Little Things”?

Kindness

Constructivist theory of reading views children as able to organise knowledge in

schemata

Which learning principle is improperly stated? “Effective teachers go out of the structured classroom to create community of readers.”

It is the improper one (not always required).

Meaning of ‘erratic’ behaviour

Inconsistent or unpredictable

Culprit means _

Guilty or blameworthy

Idiom: “white lies” are _

harmless or little lies

Mathematics: 1/2 + 1/3 equals

5/6

Which has the largest value: 75, 39, 64, 93?

93

Angle measures of other angles in a parallelogram if one angle is 35°

145°, 35°, 145°

Volume of a rectangular solid 1.5 ft × 0.5 ft × 3 in (convert):

324 cubic inches

Degrees between the hands of a clock at 4:30

150°

Simplest form: 15 % equals _ as a fraction

3/20

Base angle of an isosceles triangle with vertex angle 30°

75°

Day of week: If July 12 2003 was a Saturday, July 12 2005 fell on a

Tuesday (two non-leap years later; check) Correction: 2004 leap year adds 2 days → Tuesday

Definition of SUBLIMATION

Direct change of solid to gas without becoming liquid

Why do we hear thunder after lightning?

Light travels faster than sound

Weakest intermolecular forces exist in which state?

Gas (or plasma) – among common states, gas.

Specific heat – which heats faster sand or water?

Sand heats faster; water has higher specific heat.

Part of speech highlighted: “Malungkot ANG MGA nagtapos …”

Pananda (marker of plural noun phrase)

Ponema – how many phonemes in Filipino?

21 (if counting 16 consonants, 5 vowels).

Source of parables

Bible

Correct tagalog simile device: “Ang mga mata mo ay tulad ng mga bituin…” uses

pagtutulad (simile)

Mathematics: 35 % of P220 minus 50 % of P140 difference

₱7.00

Greatest Common Factor of 48, 12, 32

4

When gasoline stored tightly & away from heat: reasons include reducing evaporation, preserving quality and

decreasing fire hazard (I, II, III)

Device for wide rear-view images in a car

Convex mirror

Genetic carriers of traits

Genes

Prevent osteoporosis by adequate intake of

calcium and vitamin D

Difference between boiling and evaporation (key point)

Boiling occurs at definite temp when vapor pressure equals atmospheric; evaporation at any temp from surface.

Heterogeneous mixture example among rain water, clean air, sea water, kerosene

Sea water

Most effective personal hygiene against communicable disease

Frequent hand-washing

Iron-rich food best for deficiency

Liver

Ecosystem definition

Interaction of living organisms with non-living environment

Earthquake intensity vs magnitude

Intensity = surface damage; magnitude = energy released

Positive geotropism is exhibited by

plant roots growing downward

Law integrating persons with disabilities (1995)

RA 7277 (Magna Carta for Disabled Persons)

Constitutional indicator of “quality” education

Educational outcomes

Right invoked by the Writ of Amparo

Right to life, liberty and security

Private property cannot be taken for public use without

just compensation

Peace education excludes which? Independence of nations, global awareness, interdependence, conflict resolution

Independence of nations (focus is on interdependence)

Meaning of idiom “at sixes and sevens”

In a state of confusion

Definition of progressive tax

Higher income → higher tax rate

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform basic assumption

People are more productive if they own the land they till

John Dewey said school is a

continuation of home; education is a social process

Filipino trait of limiting concern to family & friends

Particularism (kanya-kanya)

Strongest driver for Filipinos working abroad

Poverty / economic need

Identify a simile among lines: “Holding wonder like a cup.”

That is the simile (uses ‘like’).

Thermal pollution from factories dumping warm water can decrease in water

dissolved oxygen

Biology: meiosis prevents offspring from having

double the chromosome number

Buoyancy devices include life preservers, submarines, canoes; which does NOT rely on buoyancy?

Kite

Alkyl benzene sulfonate in detergents causes

foaming in rivers (water pollution)

Best prevention of lightning strike inside building framed with

steel (Faraday cage effect)

Gas law: Volume inversely proportional to pressure (Boyle’s). When P=30 cm Hg, V=600 cc. Volume 259 cc gives pressure ≈

69.5 cm Hg (P1V1=P2V2)

Meaning of ‘sophomore’ from SOPHOMORIC

Immature or juvenile

Electromagnetic waves – which form has longest wavelength in visible range?

Red light

Computer – secret word to access system

Password

SBM empowers whom to lead school improvement?

School head / principal

Early childhood guidance: You can’t make flowers bloom faster by pulling them – message?

Children develop at their own pace; avoid hurrying development.

Human dignity belongs to

all persons, no exception

Right triangle legs 9 & 12; perimeter difference compared to triangle with 12 & 16 legs

14 units longer

Metric conversion: 1 square yard equals square inches

1296 in²

Equation for total cost y when calculators cost 850 each plus 250 shipping per order

y = 850x + 250

Poem line “Do not go gentle into that good night” attitude

Courageous resistance to death

“No pain, no gain” implies

Achieving goals requires sacrifice

Environmental cause of fish kill:

Eutrophication (oxygen depletion)

Critical thinking level – literal comprehension question asks for

explicit facts (who, what, when, where)

Education article: “State shall protect and promote right of all citizens to quality education at all levels” – EFA goal?

Universal completion of full basic education with satisfactory achievement

Mathematics proportion: 13 : x = 3.25 : 8 x equals

32

Volume of cube edges difference: edges 10 cm vs 8 cm; extra length of frame (12 edges)

32 cm

Light fastest travels in which medium?

Solids for sound; but for sound waves fastest in solids

Culture transmission by immersion: children learning chores on coconut farm shows

enculturation

Brain drain refers to

loss of qualified professionals to other countries

Pinatubo ash gold content 20 ppb message

Economically unviable for gold mining

Lethal heroin, alcohol, nicotine are addictive; aspirin & penicillin are not – set of addictive drugs

Alcohol, heroin, nicotine

Writing tool to organise text & numbers with formulas

Spreadsheet (e.g., Excel)

Boiling point of water on a mountain lower because

lower atmospheric pressure

Best strategy to check all homework efficiently

Assign group leaders/peers to initial checking then teacher spot-checks

Preventive discipline is rather than reactive

anticipatory / proactive