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EVENTS
8. The term of office of the President and Vice-
1. What are the 3 main branches of the president of the Philippines shall be up to how
Government of the Philippines? many years?
16. The three inherent powers of the state are 23. R.A. 6713 is an act to uphold the time-
the following except one: honored principle of public office being a public
trust, granting incentives and rewards for
exemplary service, enumerating prohibited acts
1. Police Power
and providing penalties for violations thereof
2. Power of Eminent Domain
and for other purposes.
3. Power of Taxation
4. Power to Impeach
1. Preamble
17. It is the power of the State to promote 2. Code of Ethics
public welfare by restraining the use of both 3. Code of Government Officials
liberty and property of all people. 4. Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards
for Public Officials and Employees
1. Police Power 24. The following are duties and responsibilities
2. Power of Eminent Domain of Public officials and Employees except:
3. Power if Taxation
4. Power to Impeach
1. Act promptly on letters, inquiries, calls or
18. It is the power of the State to take any other form of communications sent
properties for the purpose of public use upon by the public.
payment of just compensation. 2. Submit performance reports of the
agency or office regularly
3. Accept gifts from the public upon
1. Police Power prioritizing their queries.
2. Power of Eminent Domain 4. Process documents and papers
3. Power if Taxation expeditiously.
4. Power to Impeach
25. It is a written instrument containing the
19. It is the power of the State to impose proposition and required number of signatories
charge or burden to persons and properties, and shall be in a form determined by and
and property rights for the purpose of raising submitted to the Commission on Elections.
revenues to protect the people and extend
public projects and services.
1. Bill
2. Law
1. Police Power 3. Proposition
2. Power of Eminent Domain 4. Petition
3. Power if Taxation
4. Power to Impeach 26. It is the electoral process by which an
initiative on the Constitution is either approved
20. The following are members of the or rejected by the people.
Constitutional Commission except:
1. Referendum 3. Cybercrime Prevention Act
2. Plebiscite 4. Cyber Identity Theft Act
3. Petition
4. Initiative 33. __________waste breaks down into natural
components and can be recycled into the life
27. It is the power of the electorate to approve cycle naturally.
or reject a legislation through an election called
for the purpose.
1. Bio-chemical
2. Recyclable
1. Referendum 3. Biodegradable
2. Plebiscite 4. Non-biodegradable
3. Petition
4. Initiative 34. The following are examples of non-
biodegradable waste except:
28. This law promotes responsible family
planning and proper use of reproductive
methods to eliminate over-population growth. 1. Plastics
2. Metals
3. Styrofoam
1. RH Bill 4. Papers
2. Responsible Parenthood and
Reproductive Health Law 35. It is a project of DOST for more accurate,
3. Reproductive Law integrated and responsive disaster prevention
4. Family Planning and mitigation system especially in high-risk
calamity areas of the Philippines.
29. It is a specialized agency of the United
Nations that concerns international public
health. 1. PAGASA
2. I am Ready
3. DOST-Advanced Disaster Program
1. Department of Health 4. Project NOAH
2. World Health Organization
3. International Health Organization 36. PAGASA is the official government agency
4. All of the above for weather forecasting, flood control,
astronomical observations, and time service.
30. APEC is a summit that promotes free trade PAGASA stands for _______?
and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-
Pacific region countries. APEC stands for:
1. Philippine Atmospheric Geographical
and Astronomical Services
1. Asia Pacific Economic Corporation Administration
2. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 2. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
3. Asia Pacific Economic Council Astronomical Services Administration
4. Asia Pacific Economic Countries 3. Philippine Atmospheric Geological and
Astronomical Services Association
31. Association of Southeast Asian Nations 4. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
(ASEAN) aims to accelerate economic growth, Astronomical Services Association
stability, social progress and cultural
development in the spirit of equality and 37. PHIVOLCS is a branch of DOST to
partnership to strengthen prosperous and moderate disasters that may arise from
peaceful community along Southeast Asian volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunami and
Nations. Which of the following countries is not other related geotectonic phenomena in the
a member of ASEAN? Philippines. What is PHIVOLCS?
B
following isofthe
I am bereft of my innocence, am devoid of optimism, and am dispossessed anyproper
sliver order
of of the above sentences?
A
hope.
A, B, C, D
B C, A, D, B
D Aside from which, I miss my idealism, my zest for life, and my vitality.
Question 2
Organization of Ideas: The following subsection consists of
C D, C, B, A
B
both of you
Repeat the procedure as many times as you like for the desired thickness andand the boat
number of were really ready to put to sea the
coating. summer would pass and the autumn would find you still at your
home mooring. No boat is ever entirely ready to put to sea, no
D Scrape the area to be painted clean of all traces of its old paint. have to forget about preparations and think about the stars and
the sea and the lengthening nights. You know that if you don’t
Question 3 go now you will never go. So you drop off your mooring and
by E.B. White shape your course to the wind. From then on things begin to
Preparation for fighting a war is like preparation for taking a move; you may not be ready for every particular, but you are
cruise in a small sailing boat— there is no end to it. It is under way and the ship is alive. And something vital in the
possible to get so absorbed in the details of preparation as to ship imparts sudden life and resourcefulness to her crew.
lose sight of the trip. Anyone who has ever had the What is the general tone of the author?
A
experience will know what I mean. If you were to wait until
both of you and the boat were really ready to put to sea the pessimistic
summer would pass and the autumn would find you still at your
home mooring. No boat is ever entirely ready to put to sea, no
country is ever fully prepared to go to war; always there remain
things which should be attended to, contingencies which
B advising
go now you will never go. So you drop off your mooring and
shape your course to the wind. From then on things begin to D forbidding
move; you may not be ready for every particular, but you are Question 7
under way and the ship is alive. And something vital in the by E.B. White
ship imparts sudden life and resourcefulness to her crew. The Preparation for fighting a war is like preparation for taking a
author believes that ____________________. cruise in a small sailing boat— there is no end to it. It is
possible to get so absorbed in the details of preparation as to
A a boat is never ready for a sailing trip lose sight of the trip. Anyone who has ever had the
experience will know what I mean. If you were to wait until
B
both of you and the boat were really ready to put to sea the
no country can win a war summer would pass and the autumn would find you still at your
home mooring. No boat is ever entirely ready to put to sea, no
D a boat is never totally ready for a cruise have to forget about preparations and think about the stars and
the sea and the lengthening nights. You know that if you don’t
Question 4 go now you will never go. So you drop off your mooring and
Figurative Expressions: Choose the statement which means shape your course to the wind. From then on things begin to
most nearly the same as the given figurative in each item. move; you may not be ready for every particular, but you are
Then on your answer sheet, blacken the circle that under way and the ship is alive. And something vital in the
corresponds to your answer. “Love increases directly with ship imparts sudden life and resourcefulness to her crew. From
convenience, indirectly with inconvenience.” what you have read, what could be the motto of the author?
A Love is measurable.
A A country must be decisive in matters of war.
C boredom
D Think about the view and your motivation to sail will rise.
A C
B B
B A
C C
C B Question 13
Figurative Expressions: Choose the statement which means
Question 10 most nearly the same as the given figurative in each item.
Identifying an Irrelevant Sentence: Read each group of Then on your answer sheet, blacken the circle that
sentences then identify which one should not be included in the corresponds to your answer. “The unexamined life is not worth
group. Blacken the circle that corresponds to your answer on living.” --Socrates
your answer sheet.
A Getting into the college of your choice wouldn’t be easy. A Reflection is the key to a truly meaningful life.
D There are lots of review centers that offer UPCAT review services.
D When you are no longer thinking, you are dead.
Question 14
Figurative Expressions: Choose the statement which means
most nearly the same as the given figurative in each item.
Then on your answer sheet, blacken the circle that
corresponds to your answer. “To be great is to be
misunderstood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Question 11
A Few people can understand the sentiments of truly great persons.
ILO for carrying out research relevant to the above issues.
B Being great means having many enemies. From the passage, it can be inferred that ________________.
C Being misunderstood is being great. A skilled people tend to move where they are paid more for their exp
D Being great means standing apart and being lonely. B globalization is a regrettable phenomenon
Question 15
by Kahlil Gibran C the developing countries’ liberal policy to migrants is the main rea
C
a piece of paper and blown it away. A generation ago, in a
love philosophical discourse, one might have chosen this as an
example of an event completely devoid of any significance,
D life
completely chance. But not in the air age. The tiny
occurrence demonstrates an important fact concerning the air
ocean – one that is only now becoming the practical
Question 16
by Kahlil Gibran knowledge of practical airfaring men: there are winds which
Love and Lovelife “When love beckons you, follow blow neither east nor west, neither north nor south, but in the
him, Though his ways are hard and steep And when his wings third dimension: straight up. The author’s main point was that
enfold you yield to him Though the sword be hidden among his ______________.
opinions may wound you.”
The author is convinced that in the face of love
A about how a philosopher’s discourse is done
_______________.
B there’s a third dimension to wind movement
A one is helpless
the secondsentence?
C Every man thinks of himself first, watches out for himself first, and
A Scrape the area to be painted clean of all traces of its old paint.
D All men are equal.
C
Census 2000
Repeat the procedure as many times as you like for the desired thickness and number of
coating. REGION
Philippines
Question 22
From the National Statistics Office, Population by Region:
Census 2000
C My father’s dream has come true and he was really happy.
D
REGION
Philippines It was my graduation day at the University of the Philippines.
NCR - National Capital Region
Question 26
CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region
Organization of Ideas: The following subsection consists of
Reg. I - Ilocos Region
paragraphs, the parts of which are presented in scrambled
Reg. II - Cagayan Valley
order. Read each group of sentences and decide what should
Reg. III - Central Luzon
be the best order in which to arrange them so that they form a
Reg. IV - Southern Tagalog
well-organized paragraph. After you have decided the best
Reg. V - Bicol
order, answer the questions that follow. Blacken the circle that
Reg. VI - Western Visayas
corresponds to your answer. Which of the following sentences
Reg. VII - Central Visayas
should be third?
Reg. VIII - Eastern Visayas
Reg. IX - Western Mindanao
Reg. X - Central Mindanao
Reg. XI - Southern Mindanao
A In fact, I have lost so many things it would take one whole shelf of
them.
D
given is FALSE C = if there’ s no basis for saying NCR has the I am bereft of my innocence, am devoid of optimism, and am disp
largest population of children. hope.
A C Question 27
From Florian A. Alburo and Danilo A. Abella’s Skilled Labour
Migration from Developing Countries: Study on the Philippines
B A International migration of skilled persons has assumed
increased importance in recent years reflecting the impact of
C
globalization, revival of growth in the world economy and the
B explosive growth in the information and communications
technology (ICT). A number of developed countries have
Question 23 liberalized their policies for the admission of highly skilled
From Wolfgang Langewiesche’s A Flier’s World. professionals. The problem lies in that this demand is largely
A puff of wind comes down on the street. An old newspaper met by developing countries, triggering an exodus of their
stirs in the gutter, jumps up on the sidewalk, spirals up to skilled personnel. While some amount of mobility is obviously
second-story height and flaps about there for a moment; then necessary if developing countries are to integrate into the
with a new burst of energy, it sweeps upward again, and when global economy, a large outflow of skilled persons poses the
you last see it, it is soaring high above the rooftops, turning threat of a ‘brain drain’, which can adversely impact growth
over and over, blinking in the sunlight. The wind has picked up and development. The recent UK government (DFID) White
a piece of paper and blown it away. A generation ago, in a Paper on International Development, “Eliminating World
philosophical discourse, one might have chosen this as an Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor” has rightly
example of an event completely devoid of any significance, pointed out the need on the part of developed countries to be
completely chance. But not in the air age. The tiny more sensitive to the impact on developing countries of the
occurrence demonstrates an important fact concerning the air brain drain. It was in this context that the Department for
ocean – one that is only now becoming the practical International development, United Kingdom, approached the
knowledge of practical airfaring men: there are winds which ILO for carrying out research relevant to the above issues. How
blow neither east nor west, neither north nor south, but in the is the above selection organized?
third dimension: straight up.
The newspaper was lifted by a particularly _____________
wind. A a myth is refuted
A mild
B the selection is ordered according to time
B puff
C examples are given and a generalization follows
C strong
D a problem is explored and exposed
D
Question 28
gale Figurative Expressions: Choose the statement which means
most nearly the same as the given figurative in each item.
Question 24 Then on your answer sheet, blacken the circle that
Identifying an Irrelevant Sentence: Read each group of corresponds to your answer. “For of all sad words of tongue or
sentences then identify which one should not be included in the pen, the saddest are these: It might have been!” –John
group. Blacken the circle that corresponds to your answer on Greenleaf Whittier
your answer sheet.
A A There are lots of sad things, and one of them is hankering for wha
The birth of myself by my mother was very difficult; Caesarean was necessary.
B B Lost opportunities are lost forever and will never come again.
Stillbirth is the expulsion of a dead fetus which died late in the gestation period.
C C It iswho,
Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception
extraction, exhibits any evidence of life.
very after
sad to think about what might have been.
such
D D
Birth is the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception.
The saddest feeling that can be expressed is the longing for lost o
Question 29
Question 25 From the National Statistics Office, Population by Region:
Identifying an Irrelevant Sentence: Read each group of Census 2000
sentences then identify which one should not be included in the REGION
group. Blacken the circle that corresponds to your answer on Philippines
your answer sheet. NCR - National Capital Region
B
Reg. XI - Southern Mindanao
Reg. XII - Northern Mindanao A man is not alone; he belongs to a family.
Reg. XIII - CARAGA
ARMM - Autonomous Region of
Muslim Mindanao
Choose A = if the statement given is TRUE B = if the statement
C A man must have concern for all of mankind because men are inte
A
sentences then identify which one should not be included in the
C group. Blacken the circle that corresponds to your answer on
your answer sheet.
B B
A A play is going to open tomorrow at La Piazza.
C A
B The members of the cast gave their best to the play because of th
belonging gives.
Question 30
by E.B. White
Preparation for fighting a war is like preparation for taking a C The fact that the cast members felt themselves part of a team, con
success of the play.
cruise in a small sailing boat— there is no end to it. It is
possible to get so absorbed in the details of preparation as to
lose sight of the trip. Anyone who has ever had the D The feeling of belonging always makes a person care more for the
belongs.
experience will know what I mean. If you were to wait until Question 34
both of you and the boat were really ready to put to sea the From Florian A. Alburo and Danilo A. Abella’s Skilled Labour
summer would pass and the autumn would find you still at your Migration from Developing Countries: Study on the Philippines
home mooring. No boat is ever entirely ready to put to sea, no International migration of skilled persons has assumed
country is ever fully prepared to go to war; always there remain increased importance in recent years reflecting the impact of
things which should be attended to, contingencies which globalization, revival of growth in the world economy and the
should be provided for. But there comes a moment when you explosive growth in the information and communications
have to forget about preparations and think about the stars and technology (ICT). A number of developed countries have
the sea and the lengthening nights. You know that if you don’t liberalized their policies for the admission of highly skilled
go now you will never go. So you drop off your mooring and professionals. The problem lies in that this demand is largely
shape your course to the wind. From then on things begin to met by developing countries, triggering an exodus of their
move; you may not be ready for every particular, but you are skilled personnel. While some amount of mobility is obviously
under way and the ship is alive. And something vital in the necessary if developing countries are to integrate into the
ship imparts sudden life and resourcefulness to her crew. global economy, a large outflow of skilled persons poses the
To what is fighting a war compared by the author? threat of a ‘brain drain’, which can adversely impact growth
and development. The recent UK government (DFID) White
A Preparation for taking a cruise Paper on International Development, “Eliminating World
Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor” has rightly
B
pointed out the need on the part of developed countries to be
Sailing a small boat more sensitive to the impact on developing countries of the
brain drain. It was in this context that the Department for
Question 31
From Wolfgang Langewiesche’s A Flier’s World.
A the encouragement of developed and developing countries
A
blow neither east nor west, neither north nor south, but in the
third dimension: straight up. Which of the following statements Move on and do not let any opportunity pass you by anymore.
describes the organization of the passage?
A The passage moves from the least to the most recent event. B Leave behind might-have-been’s, what if’s and if only’s.
B Something specific is discussed to exemplify a generalization C There are lots of opportunities if you know where to look.
C Something specific is discussed, its components are given. D Regrets are such a heavy burden to lug around.
Question 36
D A generalization is made and examples are given Figurative Expressions: Choose the statement which means
most nearly the same as the given figurative in each item.
Question 32 Then on your answer sheet, blacken the circle that
corresponds to your answer. Man is the measure of all things.”
– Protagoras
C Man owns his body and his hands.
D Knowledge is subjective and a man can only know as much as hisglobalization, revival of growth in the world economy and the
personality and
characteristics allow him to. explosive growth in the information and communications
technology (ICT). A number of developed countries have
Question 37
liberalized their policies for the admission of highly skilled
From the National Statistics Office, Population by Region:
professionals. The problem lies in that this demand is largely
Census 2000
met by developing countries, triggering an exodus of their
REGION
skilled personnel. While some amount of mobility is obviously
Philippines
necessary if developing countries are to integrate into the
NCR - National Capital Region
global economy, a large outflow of skilled persons poses the
CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region
threat of a ‘brain drain’, which can adversely impact growth
Reg. I - Ilocos Region
and development. The recent UK government (DFID) White
Reg. II - Cagayan Valley
Paper on International Development, “Eliminating World
Reg. III - Central Luzon
Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor” has rightly
Reg. IV - Southern Tagalog
pointed out the need on the part of developed countries to be
Reg. V - Bicol
more sensitive to the impact on developing countries of the
Reg. VI - Western Visayas
brain drain. It was in this context that the Department for
Reg. VII - Central Visayas
International development, United Kingdom, approached the
Reg. VIII - Eastern Visayas
ILO for carrying out research relevant to the above
Reg. IX - Western Mindanao
issues. From the passage, what may be meant by “brain
Reg. X - Central Mindanao
drain”?
Reg. XI - Southern Mindanao
Reg. XII - Northern Mindanao
Reg. XIII - CARAGA
ARMM - Autonomous Region of
A globalization
Muslim Mindanao
Choose A = if the statement given is TRUE B = if the statement B inflow of skilled labor to developing countries
A A
D a fatal accident resulting to head injury
B C
C B
Question 38
From Wolfgang Langewiesche’s A Flier’s World.
A puff of wind comes down on the street. An old newspaper
stirs in the gutter, jumps up on the sidewalk, spirals up to
second-story height and flaps about there for a moment; then
with a new burst of energy, it sweeps upward again, and when
you last see it, it is soaring high above the rooftops, turning
over and over, blinking in the sunlight. The wind has picked up
a piece of paper and blown it away. A generation ago, in a
philosophical discourse, one might have chosen this as an
example of an event completely devoid of any significance,
completely chance. But not in the air age. The tiny
occurrence demonstrates an important fact concerning the air
ocean – one that is only now becoming the practical
knowledge of practical airfaring men: there are winds which
blow neither east nor west, neither north nor south, but in the
third dimension: straight up.
The scene in the first paragraph could be best described as
______________.
A Philosophic
B Frantic
C idyllic
D indifferent
Question 39
Figurative Expressions: Choose the statement which means
most nearly the same as the given figurative in each item.
Then on your answer sheet, blacken the circle that
corresponds to your answer. Man’s property is his body and
the product of his hands. – John Locke