(A) 1,010

(8) 1,100
(C) 1,600
(D) 1,000
315r. This qualitative method from ethnography immerses the observer into the same conditions as
those s/he is observing so that, in an uncontrolled environment, participants can surface their
own ideas, mental categories, concems, and behaviors as naturally and as spontaneously as
possible.
(A) Quasi-Experiment
(B) Naturalism
(C) Direct Observation
(D) Participant Observation
316r. 'Demography' is the study of human population using statistical methods. The demographic
concepts described as sources of change in the size and magnitude of population are:
(A) copulation, procreation, and reproduction
(B) births, deaths, and migration
(C) transition, stagnation, progression
(D) famine, war, and disease
317r. Based on the 2010 NSO Census of Population and Housing, the total urban population of the
Philippines is
(A) larger than the total rural population
(B) plateauing at a steady growth rate
(C) stabilizing at the level almost equal to the rural population
(D) fluctuating because of numerous urban calamities and terrorist attacks
318r. This refers to amount of population increase attributable to greater number of births than
deaths per thousand population without considering in-migration and out-migration.
(A) Reproductive Rate
(B) Average Growth Rate Per Annum
(C) Population Shift
(D) Natural Increase
319r. The simplified "Rule of 69" to determine population 'doubling time' gives the formula 'dt =
0.693+r', such that if the Philippines AGR in 2000-2007 is 2.04%, the total Philippine population
is expected to double in approximately travel
(A) 32 years
(B) 34 years
(C) 36 years
(D) 38 years
320r. A remote village with 200 all-indigent households engaged in rainfed farming, with an
average household size of 6, would likely grow arithmetically, due to isolation, poverty,
disease, and lack of food. With their births-minus-deaths average of 30 persons per year, what
would be the village's projected total population in 3 years?
(A) 1,230
(B) 1,090
(C) 1,180
(D) 1,290
321r. Town ABCDE had a total year-end population of 20,000 in 2008, 20,400 in 2009, 20,808 in
2010. Using geometric growth formula of P= Po(1+r)t at uniform r=2% per annum, what would be its
total year-end population by 2011?
(A) 21,224
(B) 21,400
(C) 21,820
(D) 22,130
322r. This pattern of rapid population growth expressed by the formula P= P. et is "seemingly
without bounds" and is called "Malthusian,” but is premised on the widespread abundance of food,
which is not true in all places.
(A) polynomial growth rate
(B) parabolic growth rate
(C) logistic growth rate
(D) exponential growth rate
323r. A country currently has a population of 100 million and an annual growth rate of 3.5
percent. If the growth rate remains constant, what will be the population of this country in 40
years?
(A) 150 million
(B) 200 million
(C) 300 million
(D) 400 million
(E) 600 million
324r. According to NSO 2009, heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, stroke, cancer, and
malignant neoplasms which are degenerative disorders due to lifestyle, together account for 50%
of total deaths, and are called leading causes of
(A) Fatality
(B) Terminality
(C) Corporeality
(D) Mortality