Department of Science and Technology Examination Review 2013

Department of Science and Technology CALABARZON

In Collaboration with the
UPLB Department of Science and Technology Scholars’ Society
University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna 4031
Email: uplbsikat@yahoo.com

SCIENTIFIC ABILITY
Direction: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the best answer on the answer sheet provided. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING
ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.

A. CONCEPT FORMATION B. yellow D. purple

proxima centauri black hole 7. SOUTH KOREA: hula hoop, ring, tire, donut
corona red giant NORTH KOREA: mug, brownies, cellphone, pen
phloem constellation Which does not belong to NORTH KOREA?
A. 5-centavo coin C. staple wire
1. Which word in the box differs from the rest? B. mirror D. cap
A. red giant C. corona
B. proxima centauri D. phloem 8. GROUP A: Andrew, Edward, Ivan, Oscar
GROUP B: Mark, Christian, Dexter, Tristan
For item no. 2 examine the words below. To which group does Billy belong?
A. Group A C. Group A and B
A B B. Group B D. Neither
platypus frog
dolphin eel Members Non-Members
monkey snake
Seal Flying Lemur
bat owl
Sea otter Rhinoceros
Killer whale Cat
2. Which of the following belong to A?
Dugong Kangaroo
A. cat C. butterfly
B. eagle D. alligator
9. Given the above data, which of the following is another
3. WEST: eye, knee, lips, arm “member”?
EAST: nose, tongue, hair, ankle A. Bats C. squirrel
Which of the following belongs to WEST? B. Polar bear D. armadillo
A. ear C. toe
B. foot D. navel For numbers 10 and 11, use the data below.

4. APPLE: iron, calcium, oxygen, aluminum

GROUP
SAMSUNG: steel, glass, sodium chloride, dust
Soybean
Which belongs to APPLE?
Squash
A. water C. chemistry
Eggs
B. gold D. air
A Nuts
Beans
B
5. CHINA: snake, horse, angel fish, lizard
Pork
PHILIPPINES: snail, octopus, worm, jellyfish milk coffee
Fish
Which does not belong to CHINA?
Beef
A. butterfly C. parrot
Cheese
B. turtle D. mouse
Peas

6. HOLIDAY: pink, violet, orange, magenta

Which does not belong to HOLIDAY?
A. cyan C. green
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10. One of the items in GROUP does not actually belong to the list. B. neck
Which item is it? C. knees
A. soybean C. beans D. thumb
B. squash D. cheese
20. RUSSIA: grapes, watermelon, pumpkin
11. Beside GROUP are items A and B, which of the following is true? AMERICA: apple, mango, orange
A. B can be a member of GROUP. Which belongs to RUSSIA?
B. A can be a member of GROUP. A. avocado
C. Both A and B can be part of GROUP. B. strawberry
D. Neither A nor B can be part of GROUP. C. pear
D. jackfruit
For items 12 and 13, refer to the list of words below.
21. violet, red, orange, indigo, green, blue
face book Which belongs to the above list?
rhythm shuttle A. yellow
music canoe B. cyan
style science C. pink
D. gold
12. Which word does not belong in the list?
22. A: carabao, horse, sheep
A. science C. rhythm
B: tiger, lion, vulture
B. style D. music Which belongs to B?
A. elephant
13. Which is not a potential member of the list above? B. parrot
A. hymn C. miles C. fox
B. rhyme D. math D. bats

B. CRITICAL THINKING
14. triangle, pentagon, heptagon,_________
What’s next? 23. It was an ordinary afternoon and you were having an orange
A. decagon C. octagon juice in a glass. You left it on a table for five minutes. When you
B. nonagon D. polygon returned, you noticed that nothing of it was left except the cup.
15. water, vinegar, coffee, ________ Which of the following is the least probable reason of the
What’s next? disappearance of your orange juice?
A. oil C. margarine
A. Somebody drank it.
B. lotion D. hydrogen peroxide
B. It evaporated.
16. penguin, eagle, parrot, crow C. Your mother threw it thinking nobody would drink it anymore and
Which does not belong to the list above? then she left the glass on the table.
A. crow D. It was accidentally spilled by someone so he cleaned the table
B. seagull leaving the glass.
C. eagle
D. penguin
24. In your backyard you found an organism with a very strange
17. paper, PET bottle , styrofoam, plastic physical appearance. It has five eyes, ten legs and four pairs of
Which does not belong to the list above? wings. Which of the following is the most appropriate thought to
A. paper think?
B. styrofoam A. Extra-terrestrial creatures exist and they are visiting our world.
C. PET bottle B. The organism is a species which is already known and identified
D. plastic but is unfamiliar to you.
18. gold, silver, mercury, aluminum
C. Something radioactive is within your area which caused the
Which does not belong to the list above?
A. gold dragonfly to mutate.
B. silver D. Someone send that bug to curse you.
C. mercury
D. aluminium 25. You wanted to cultivate some molds that you’re going to use in
your project on product development. You know that molds are
19. POSITIVE: arms, ears, eyes, feet
aerobic, that is, they require oxygen for growth and reproduction.
NEGATIVE: nose, navel, forehead, mouth
Which does not belong to NEGATIVE? You left your culture in the lab for incubation. After you left, your
A. cheeks friend came into the lab and put your culture in a jar containing a
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lighted candle, and then covered it. The next morning, you went
back into the lab and noticed the jar with the candle and your
culture inside it. What do you think is the scenario inside the jar that
morning?
A. The candle was unlighted, surrounded by a large volume of
molds.
B. The candle was unlighted, no molds observed.
C. The candle was lighted, surrounded by a large volume of molds.
D. The candle was lighted, no molds observed.
26. A wooden block has a density 10 g/cm3. What will happen to its
density if it is cut into half?
A. Its density will also be halved.
B. Its density will be doubled.
C. Its density will be tripled.
D. Its density will remain constant.
27. It is known that sunlight, oxygen and water are some of the
requirements for growth of plants. Your science class experiment
involved the following set-ups:
1 2
4 B. Solid A will sink when placed on oil.
3
Different types of soil but same plant species were used for every
set-up. All set-ups were exposed to sunlight and air. They were also
watered regularly. After one week, your class observed that plant
four’s growth was poor. With these information, what can you
conclude about the experiment?
A. Sunlight, water and air do not really affect plant’s growth.
B. Only sunlight affects plant growth.
C. Only the type of soil affects plant growth.
D. The type of soil is one of the factors that might have affected the
plant’s growth.
28. Henry drank a cup of milk, one cup of chocolate and one cup of
water. Then he suffered from stomach ache. Which drink caused his
stomach ache?
A. Water because it might contain amoeba.
B. Cannot be determined because he needs to consider a lot of
factors.
C. Milk because he might be lactose intolerant.
D. All drinks caused his stomach ache because they are
incompatible.
29. A bird dropped identical seeds on an island, one in the eastern
most part while the other on the western most part. Which seed will
have the chance to grow better?
A. The one on the east because the sun shines on the east.
B. The one on the west because the sun sets in the west.
C. More information is needed to determine which will grow better.
D. Both will grow equally since both are on the same island and
exposure to sunlight.
30. Somebody told you about Plant X. They say it enhances growth
and being short, you gained interest in it. You want to verify the
claim and satisfy your curiosity, what should be the right thing to
do?
A. Try it and observe what will happen to your height.
B. Research first about it before trying it.
C. Research about the plant but never try it.
D. Try it on other people and observe them.
31. You have substance D. Substance D dissolves in substance O.
Substance O dissolves in substance S but not in substance T. What
will happen if you put substance D in substance T?
A. Substance D will not be dissolved.
B. Substance D will be dissolved.
C. The mixture will just produce heat.
D. You cannot put substance D and T in a single container.
32. Solid A, when placed on water, floats. Which of the following do
you think is true when solid A is placed on oil?
A. Solid A will also float on oil.
C. Solid A can either float or sink on oil.
D. Solid A will be dissolved when placed in oil.
33. You noticed that a coin sinks in water while a ship floats. A
plastic bottle will float while a train will definitely sink. A 50-kg
Styrofoam floats and an equivalent mass of rice sinks. What can you
conclude based on your observations?
A. Bigger objects sink.
B. Heavier objects sink.
C. Both A and B are correct.
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D. Both A and B are incorrect.
34. In a farm you saw two pieces of eggs on a grass several feet
away from a hen’s nest. What is the best thing to do?
A. Pick up the eggs and put them in the nest.
B. Label the eggs before placing them in the nest.
C. Do not mix the eggs you saw with those in the nest.
D. Throw stones at the egg.
35. Inside a glass bottle, you inserted a balloon (see figure below) to
a tight fit at the opening and started blowing it. What do you think
will happen?
AIR
C. Kerosene spilled and lit on North Pole.
D. All set ups will cause fire.
40. Joe, John and Jane are debating about water. Joe claims that
water will only boil at 100 oC. According to John water can never boil
at temperature higher than 100 oC. Jane believes that water will not
boil at temperature lower than 100 oC. Who do you think among
them is right?
A. Joe C. Jane
B. John D. none of them
41. You are conducting studies about mountains and you found out
that Mt. Apo is the highest Mountain in the Philippines, Mt. Everest
in the world, and Olympus Mons in the solar system. Which of the
following can you conclude?
A. Mt. Olympic Mons was the last mountain formed
among the three due to its height.
B. No organisms exist at the peak of all these mountains.
C. None of these mountains can stay as mountain forever.
D. These mountains are so popular that there are no
possibilities for them to be destroyed.

A. The balloon will be filled with air. 42. A simulation activity was done in your class. Each of you in class
B. The balloon will not be filled with air. was assigned with different times and characters to portray. You
C. The balloon will burst. were assigned to be a caveman from 1000 B.C. Your teacher told
D. The bottle will shrink. you to observe day and night while portraying your role. Which of
the following statements will best fit your character?
A. There are no stars during the day because stars are
there during the night only.
36. You were stuck in a forest during a long dry and hot season. B. Stars are always there any time of the day.
Which of the following is the most reasonable thing to do? C. The Earth’s rotation causes night and day.
A. Eat anything you can find. D. The moon does not have its own light.
B. Burn trees and grasses to create giant smoke for the rescuers to
see. C. PATTERN RECOGNITION
C. Look for bodies of water such a river, and walk along it.
D. Don’t do anything to save your energy. 43. atom, molecule, compound,___________
What’s next?
37. Animal X is the largest animal on earth today. On 2050, it will be A. mixture C. electron
gone due to many factors, which of the following will be true about B. isotope D. carbon dioxide
animals on 2050?
A. On 2050, all animals will be small. 44. iPad, TV, typewriter, steam engine, __________
B. On 2050, all animals will be smaller than animal X.
What’s next?
C. On 2050, there will be no animals.
D. On 2050, all animals are larger than animal X. A. space shuttle C. android
B. karaoke machine D. wheel
38. Viscosity is the measure of liquids’ resistance to flow. With
increasing viscosity, a liquid’s resistance to flow increases. Which of 45. atom, molecule, organelle, cell, _________
the following is true? What’s next?
A. A liquid with high viscosity when placed in a strainer will
A. organ C. tissue
pass through it quick.
B. A liquid with high viscosity will pass faster than a liquid B. organism D. Muscle
with low viscosity.
C. A liquid with low viscosity will pass faster than that with 46. Which number should come next to the series?
a higher viscosity. 12, 35, 813, 2134,_______
D. Regardless of viscosity, liquids will pass though the A. 5598 C. 5588
strainer at the same rate. B. 5589 D. 5689

39. Which of the following set up will produce fire?

A. Kerosene spilled and lit inside a vacuum. 47. 13, 57, 913, 1517, ________
B. Kerosene spilled on a bed. What’s next?
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A. 1821 C. 2123 C. era
B. 1921 D. 1923 D. millennia

55. unicycle, motorcycle, pedicab, _______

48. If PHILIPPINES can be encrypted as RJKNKRRKPGU, how can you
What’s next?
code the word LAGUNA? A. jeepney
A. NCIWPC C. NCIVRC B. bicycle
B. NICPWC D. NCIPWC C. 14-wheeler truck
D. sled
49. If in a certain language code, UNIVERSITY can be written as
IRTIRTIRT, then how would you write TECHNOLOGY in the same 56. grapes, orange, melon, ______
code language? What’s next?
A. CHYCHYCHY C. COGCOGCOG A. avocado
B. EHOEHOEHO D. CNOCNOCNO B. guava
C. jackfruit
D. banana
50. Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, _______
What’s next? 57. running, walking, sitting, ________
A. Earth What’s next?
B. Jupiter A. sleeping
C. Saturn B. working
D. Mars C. playing
D. jogging
51. cat, dog, lion, carabao, _________
What’s next? 58. thumb, little finger, thumb, ring finger, thumb, ________
A. tiger What’s next?
B. monkey A. thumb
C. elephant B. index finger
D. chicken C. middle finger
D. little finger
52. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, _____
What’s next? 59. red, blue, violet, yellow, red, orange, blue, yellow,_________
A. 20 What’s next?
B. 32 A. red
C. 24 B. cyan
D. 48 C. green
D. magenta
53. dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, ________
What’s next? 60. If in a certain language code, BOSTON can be written as SNSNSN,
A. night then how would you write CALIFORNIA in the same code language?
B. dusk A. OAOAOA
C. new moon B. LONLON
D. eclipse C. LOILOILOI
D. LONLONLON
54. year,_______, century, millennium
What is missing?
A. epoch
B. decade