General Education Notes

General Education Diagnostic Test Notes

Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Age Problem

  • Problem: A man is 32, his daughter is 8. In how many years will the man be twice as old as his daughter?

  • Solution: The answer is 16 years.

2. Spanish Regime

  • Question: Europe-educated Filipinos from affluent middle-class families during the Spanish regime were called what?

  • Answer: Ilustrados

3. Element X Configuration

  • Question: Element X has an electron configuration of 1s22s22p51s^2 2s^2 2p^5. What family does it belong to?

  • Correct Answer: "Coinage"

4. Greatest Common Factor

  • Question: What is the largest common factor of two or more numbers called?

  • Answer: Greatest common factor

5. Earth's Surface

  • Question: Which best describes the surface of planet Earth?

  • Answer: Mostly water surface with some areas of land

6. Green-Eyed Monster

  • Question: "She called her best friend a green-eyed monster." The underlined phrase is what?

  • Correct Answer: Objective complement

7. Representation in Spanish Cortes

  • Question: Who represented the Philippines in the Spanish Cortes?

  • Correct Answer: Jose Alberto

8. Homologous Structures

  • Question: A human's arm, a bat's wing, and a dolphin's flipper are classified as what?

  • Correct Answer: Homologous structure

9. Coefficient

  • Question: What is the coefficient in the expression 18−3y318 - 3y^3?

  • Correct Answer: -3

10. Yeast

  • Question: Yeast used in alcoholic drinks and baking is a type of what?

  • Correct Answer: Fungus

11. Emergence of Oral Traditions

  • Question: During which period did chants, proverbs, songs, and folk narratives first emerge?

  • Answer: Pre-colonial Period

12. Sociological Perspective on Culture

  • Question: Which sociological perspective believes culture represents solutions to environmental and historical challenges?

  • Answer: Functionalist

13. The Human Face

  • Question: Why does the human face of the other become the focus when accepting the other? It is because the human face…

  • Correct Answer: Reflects the real needs of a person.

14. Least Common Multiple

  • Question: What is the LCM of 5, 2, and 7?

  • Correct Answer: 70

15. Age Problem

  • Question: Ms. Dani is 44. She was 21 when her oldest daughter was born, who is 6 years older than her youngest son. How old is her youngest son?

  • Correct Answer: 17

16. Ilustrados

  • Question: All were "ilustrados" EXCEPT whom?

  • Answer: Andres Bonifacio

17. Fish Kill

  • Question: What is the natural cause of fish kills in lakes and estuaries?

  • Answer: Use of oxygen by decaying algae

18. Forced Labor Exemption

  • Question: The following are exempted from forced labor, EXCEPT whom?

  • Correct Answer: Poor and uninfluential Filipinos

19. Living Organism's Habitat

  • Question: A living organism thrives best in its what?

  • Answer: Habitat

20. Authentic Dialogue

  • Question: What does authentic dialogue mean?

  • Correct Answer: Accepting others who are different from themselves

21. Mnemonics

  • Question: A rhyme providing memory cues for the number of days in each month is called what?

  • Correct Answer: Mnemonics

22. Herbivores

  • Question: What is true about herbivores?

  • Correct Answer: They are only consumers

23. Role of Species

  • Question: The concept that all species, no matter how small, play an important role is called what?

  • Answer: Biodiversity

24. Artist as Teacher

  • Question: Which statement describes an artist as a teacher?

  • Correct Answer: Someone who taps audience's experience to make the message more personal

25. Greek Dramatist

  • Question: Which Greek dramatist authored “Alcestis” and “Andromache”?

  • Correct Answer: Euripides

26. Combined Tissues

  • Question: Which combined tissues are directly involved when a boy kicks, a frog leaps, or a bird flies?

  • Correct Answer: Muscles and bones

27. Middle Class Family

  • Question: Which term refers to a middle-class family?

  • Correct Answer: Ilustrados

28. Simplify Expression

  • Question: Simplify 8x−242x2−x−15\frac{8x - 24}{2x^2 - x - 15}

  • Answer: 82x+5\frac{8}{2x+5} (Option B)

29. Levels of Reading Comprehension

  • Question: Which level of reading comprehension involves understanding information stated directly?

  • Correct Answer: Literal

30. Rizal Law Debate

  • Question: On the debate regarding the Rizal Law, whose argument won during the debate on the reading of the unexpurgated version of the two novels?

  • Correct Answer: Rizal’s cause

31. Paradise Lost

  • Question: What was the basis for the epic poem Paradise Lost?

  • Correct Answer: Sinning of Adam and Eve

32. Phylogenetic Tree

  • Question: Which is NOT a use of a Phylogenetic Tree?

  • Correct Answer: Estimate the age of living things

33. Cause of Malaria

  • Question: Which protozoa causes malaria?

  • Correct Answer: Plasmodium

34. Protestantism in the Philippines

  • Question: Who brought Protestantism to the Philippines?

  • Correct Answer: American

35. Social Role

  • Question: Which classification of society refers to expected behaviors based on position?

  • Correct Answer: Social role

36. Trisomy 21

  • Question: True of trisomy 21:

  • Correct Answer: An abnormality of chromosomes inheritance in which there are 3 copies of chromosomes

37. Factors for Organisms to Live on Earth

  • Question: Which factors are needed for organisms to live on Earth?

  • Correct Answer: Both Temperature and nutrient, Atmosphere and energy (Option D: Both A and B)

38. Semantic Interference

  • Question: Isang halimbawa ay ang ingay sa paligid, distraksyong biswal, suliraning teknikal na kaugnay ang sound system.

  • Answer: Pisikal sa sagabal

39. Scurvy

  • Question: Scurvy is caused by deficiency in what?

  • Answer: Ascorbic acid

40. Spanish Colonial Art

  • Question: Which artwork was created during the Spanish Colonial Tradition?

  • Correct Answer: St. Metropolitan Cathedral

41. Terrestrial Planet

  • Question: Why is Earth called a terrestrial planet?

  • Answer: It has life.

42. Communication

  • Question: Ito ay ang akto ng paglipat ng mensahe mula a pinaggaligan tungo sa tagatanggap.

  • Answer: Komunikasyon

43. Element of Art

  • Question: This element of art be illustrated as horizontal, vertical curve or circular

  • Answer: Line

44. Metonymy

  • Question: An association wherein the name of something is substituted by something that represents it.

  • Correct Answer: Metonymy

45. Filipino Words

Question: *Ang mga salitang “saliw”, “maestra”, at “gabay” ay mga _.
*Answer:* Katinig

46. Gibi Shoes

Question: *I gave my younger brother ___.
*Answer:* Pure-leather classy latest black Gibi shoes

47. Earth vs Mars

Question: Which is not true about Earth when compared to Mars?
Correct Answer: It has water and atmosphere.

48. Eukaryote vs Prokaryote

Question: Which of the following differentiates a eukaryote from a prokaryote?
Correct Answer: A eukaryote has a mitochondria and a prokaryote does not

49. Suez Canal

Question: It is a waterway that connects Europe to Asia by creating a direct shipping route without having to circumnavigate the African continent.
Correct Answer: C.Suez Canal

50. Falla

Question: Which term refers for the payment given by wealthy Filipinos to be exempted from forced labor?
Correct Answer: C.Falla

51. Communism

Question: What political ideology was prevailing in the 1950s that weekend the democratic stability of most nations?
Answer: D.Communism

52. Earth for living organisms

Question: What makes planet Earth a “house” for living organisms?
Answer: D.Both A and B. (It has comfortable distance from the sun, the atmosphere serves as shields from the sun.)

53. Abundant and lightest element found on primitive Earth

Question: What is the most abundant and lightest element found on primitive Earth?
Correct Answer: Hydrogen

54. Missing Term in Series

Question: What is the missing term in the series? 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, __.
Answer: 95

55. Functionalist

Question: Which sociological perspective/ approach views society as having system of interdependent and connected parts?
Answer: B.Functionalist

56. Calcium

Question: Among the elements useful for the human body, which is the most abundant mineral in the body that aids in the blood- clotting process?
Answer: Calcium

57. Hanapin:

Question: Hanapin mo ako sa _ ng mga sasakyan.
Answer: Pag-abangan

58. Spanish Colonial

Question: In this art tradition, art forms were primarily influenced by religion.
Answer: b. spanish colonial tradition

59.Mandated by Law

Question: Which of the following is one of the reasons why we need to study the Rizal subject?
Answer: A.Because it is mandated by the law

60. Geographical Isolation

Question: A species of fish lived in a lake. When a dam was constructed in the area, a group of fish was separated and populated a new pond. They then developed differing characteristic and became a distinct species. Which of the following concepts explain this speciation?
Answer: Geographical isolation

61. Sarbey

Question: Isang disenyo ng pananaliksik na nagsisiyasat sa pamamagitan ng palatanungan o pakikipanayam ay _.
Answer: Sarbey

62. Larynx

Question: Where are the human vocal cords located?
Correct Answer: Larynx

63.Matikas

Question: Alin sa mga sumusunod ang mahalagang salik ng talumpati?
Answer: Malinaw na paliwanag

64. Probability

Question: If a die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a number divisible by 2?
Correct Answer: ½

65. Laurel

Question: Who was the main proponent or author of the Rizal Law?
Answer: B.Senator Claro M. Recto

66. Gardening

Question: For a synecdoche figurative expression “my mother has a green thumb. I can’t wait to show you her garden” What is the equivalent meaning?
Answer: She is good at gardening

67. Trochaic

Question: In English verse, a poetic foot having 1 stressed syllable followed by 1 unstressed syllable is .
Correct Answer: Trochaic

68. Rules about Adenine

Question: Which of the following statement states that in a given species, the amount of adenine is equal to thymine, and the amount of guanine is equal to the amount of cytosine?
Answer: Chargaff’s rules

69. Early Humans

Question: Which of the following early humans is thought to be the first migratory species?
Answer: A.Homo erectus

70. Distinct planet

Question: What makes planet Earth different from the other planets in the solar system?
Answer: D.All of the above.

71. Rizal Law

Question: Which of the following is the correct description of the Rizal Law?
Answer: C.An act to include in the curricula of all public and private schools, colleges and universities courses on the life, works and writings of Jose Rizal, particularly his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, authorizing the printing and distribution thereof, and for other purposes.

72. Earth characteristic

Question: Which distinct characteristic made Earth different from any other planet?
Answer: C.It is the only planet that has a large amount of liquid water.

73. Evidence of Evolution

Question: Which of the following is NOT an evidence of evolution?
Correct Answer: d. Behavioral Science

74. Rate of Discount

Question: A suit sold for PHP 6,800 while marked at PHP 8, 000. What is the rate of discount?
Answer: 15%

75. Wisdom

Question: Which if the following statements describe a person with wisdom?
Answer: C.When he/she knows a lot of things, and he/she acts according to what he/she knows

76. Dinamiko

Question: Ang salitang net ay maaring mangangahulugang lambat o network sa kompyuter.
Correct Answer: B.Ang wika ay malikhain

77.Supports life

Question: Which statements best define planet Earth?
Answer: B. It supports life.

78.The Greatest Common Factor

Question: The greatest common factor of 22, 15, 7 is
Correct Answer: The greatest common factor is 1.

79.Defination of Philosophy

Question: Which of the following is the CORRECT etymological definition of Philosophy?
Correct Answer: C.Philo and sophia

80.Terrestrial planet - Earth

Question: Which among the set of planets are called terrestrial?
Answer: B. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth

81.Textbook

Question: If you forgot__ textbook, you can use , Mark.
Answer: Yours, ours

82. Mismatched biologist

Question: What are mismatched in ways of biologists and their great contributions to science?
Correct Answer: D. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek: Antiseptic surgery

83. Nang

Question: Pahalagahan ang pangaral hindi malihis ng landas. Anong pangatnig ang angkop sa pahayag na ito?
Answer: Nang

84. Master of the World

Question: Which was the name accorded to Spain during the peak of its influence as an imperialist?
Answer: C.Mistress of the world

85. President Magsaysay

Question: Who created a wide-scale propaganda program to educate the youth and student on the evils of communism during the 1950s?
Answer: A.Former President Ramon Magsaysay

86. Pithecophaga jefferyi

Question: What is the Philippine species known as Pithecophaga jefferyi that was listed as an endangered species by the 1975 convention on International Trade OF Endangered Species?
Answer: Monkey- eating eagle

87. Percentage

Question: What is 120% of 275?
Answer: 330

88. Levi Celerio

Question: A national artist , composer and lyricist who could play music using a leaf.
Answer: a. Levi Celerio

89. Area of a Triangle

Question: The altitudes of the base of a triangle are 24 meters, and 5 meters respectively. What is its area?
Answer: A.60 Square meters

90. Eukaryote

Question: Which is not a Eukaryote?
Answer: A. Bacteria

91. Proteins

Question: There are main foods rich in proteins that provide energy for man, but this is not an example of these foods:
Answer: Butter

92. Humans

Question: In social trends, how do you call those who are for the revival of the classics?
Answer: C. Humanist

93.Conflict

Question: What element of a story is depicted in this text: “The hero faces the fiercest enemy of all- his monstrous other self”?
Answer: B. Conflict

94. Amount after interest

Question: What is the amount due on P12,000.00 after adding the annual interest of 8% for 3 years?
Answer: A.P 14, 880.00

95. Describes planet Earth

Question: Which statement does not describe planet Earth?
Answer: D.It has atmosphere made of nitrogen alone.

96. Rizal Law

Question: The following are the lessons contained in the Rizal course, EXCEPT .
Answer: C.To develop an appreciation and deeper understanding of all that the Spanish colonizers fought and died for

97. Times will blink together

Question: A blue neon light blinks every 4 seconds. A red one blinks every 5 seconds while a green one blinks every 6 seconds. How many times will they blink together in half an hour?
Answer: C.5

98. Effectivity Date RA 1425

Question: What is the effectivity date of RA 1425?
Answer: B.June 12, 1956

99. Father of Philippine Paintings

Question: *He is known as the