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REVIEWER IN MAJOR: SOCIAL SCIENCE

• The freeing of political prisoner when the 1987 Constitution took effect is an exercise of the
right against:
Ans: Detention by reason of Political beliefs
• Respect for parents is shown in various ways by different groups of people in different
places.
Ans: Cultural Relativism
• The earliest mode of economic life in human history according to Karl Marx.
Ans: Primitive Communism
• The Philippines was ruled by Spain through ______ until 1814.
Ans: Viceroy of Mexico
• This is a guarantee given by the Constitution to certain units of government where their
approved annual appropriations shall be automatically an regularly released.
Ans: Fiscal Autonomy
• The basic principle of taxation where the sources of funds revenues should be sufficient to
meet the needs of public expenditures.
Ans: Basic adequacy
• Legislation granting special privileges to senior citizen help to neutralize prejudice and
discrimination toward a social category based on.
Ans: Age
• Giving “abuloy” to bereaved family, an act of hospitality and the “bayanihan spirit” prove
which Filipino traits.
Ans: Pakikipag kapwa tao
• The process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of
another group
Ans: Assimilation
• The adoption of the behavior patterns of the surrounding culture:”the socialization of
children to the norms of their culture”.
Ans: Acculturation
• This can be identified with public purpose, public interest and public convenience
Ans: Public use
• The legislative power shall be vested in the Congress of the Philippines which shall consist
of _____ except to the extent reserved to the people the provision on initiative and referendum.
Ans: Senate & House Representative
• The state recognizes the Filipino ______ as the foundation of the nation accordingly, it shall
strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its total development.
Ans: Family
• The people in this country shows courtesy by living their footwear on the stairs.
Ans: Japanese
• Violators of RA 9165 are positive with the use and trafficking of ____ and sentenced to
lethal injection before the lifting of death penalty for the heinous crimes.
Ans: Shabu
• What values is being promoted by the Philippine Government when it launched the “Juan
Time project in 2011”.
Ans: Punctuality
• Bahala na is a daring attitude out of concern for others. What is/was strong demonstration
of this trait in our history?
Ans: The Filipino submission to Spain colonial rule for four centuries
• In the Philippines, it seems that the best candidates to a position or a job do not always get
hired. Which practice prevents the “best and the brightest” from being hired for position?
Ans: Nepotism
• Which contributes to the worsening solid waste system?
Ans: Clogged drainage
• President Magsaysay once said: “We must give more in law to those who have less in life.”
Those referred to as those who have less in life are:
Ans: The economically poor, The weak such as the aged, The defenseless such as children
• Which type of Biome are the cities of Moscow and Toronto situated?
Ans: Tundra
• Cunieform writing is for Sumerians as _____ is for the Egyptians.
Ans: Hieroglyphics
• For which reason was the Southeast Treaty Organization (SEATO) as a regional
organization conceived?
Ans: To fight communist aggression in the region
• Which issue caused for estrangement of the relations between the Philippines and
Malaysia in the past?
Ans: The Philippine claim of Sabah
• What does the statement “today the peso is worth twenty-five centavos” described?
Ans: Inflation
• From which do archeologists reconstruct pre-history?
Ans: Excavated tools
• Which of the following was known to man before the Neolithic period?
Ans: Using of fire
• Which is proof that the Philippines was inhabited as early as 21,000 years ago?
Ans: Skull cap discovered in Tabon Cave, Palawan
• When I conclude that my students are cheaters because I caught one of them cheating, I
commit the fallacy of:
Ans: Hasty generalization
• Which fallacy is committed by the following argument: “Love is blind; God is love; ergo, God
is blind.”
Ans: Equivocation
• Who was the ever present in the history of Cambodia from the time Cambodia broke away
from French rule in 1953 up to the establishment of Democratic Kampuchea?
Ans: Pol pot
• As a form of Government, the barangay during the Spanish period was a/an:
Ans: Aristocracy
• Which once/s is/are in line with the 1987 Constitution philosophy of “less government” and
more private enterprise?
Ans: Strengthening of Cooperatives, Limiting the powers of the president to incur foreign loans
• Which new development philosophy can be discerned from the 1987 Constitutions?
Ans: is seen merely in terms of economic growth
• The following are our constitutional rights EXCEPT to:
Ans: be presumed guilty until proven otherwise
• What is meant by the workers right to security of tenure?
Ans: To continue in their jobs, not to be contractual after six months, may not be dismissed
unless there is just valid cause provided by law
• In which place in the Philippines is the DOLE pineapple plantation found?
Ans: Bukidnon
• Agno river delta, Cagayan River delta, Pampanga river delta are good sources of:
Ans: Nipa Palm Products
• A UNESCO World heritage Site in Ilocos Norte.
Ans: Paoay Church
• The author of “Flora de Filipinas” circa 1837, the botanical Illustrations of plant specimen
that grew into the Philippines herbarium.
Ans: Fr. Manuel Blanco
• The municipal mayor is for today while _____ as during the Spanish period.
Ans: Gobernadorcillo
• After the Second World War, which emerged as new powers?
Ans: United States of America and Soviet Union
• What is the power of the state to take property for public use with “just compensation?”
Ans: Eminent Domain
• _____ Anthropology, focuses on the study of human population using an evolutionary
framework.
Ans: Biological & Physical Anthropology
• He coined the term “survival of the fittest”
Ans: Herbert Spencer
• The Philippines National Bank has used an icon for its advertisement. It is ____.
Ans: Eagle
• No country will experience economic progress unless it is part of a world organization.
What international organization this saying is true?
Ans: GATT
• It refers to the rightness and wrongness of our decisions
Ans: Morality
• Section 3. Article XIV states that “ALL education institutions shall include the study of ____
as part of the curriculum.”
Ans: History
• Who has the power to declare the existence of the state of war?
Ans: Congress
• How long can an elected President of the Philippines serve under the 1987 Constitution?
Ans: One term for 6 years
• It is a branch of Economics which analyzes issues and process on the development
international trade, globalization and national income.
Ans: Macroeconomics
• Which of the following may be considered as measures of the Philippine Economic
Performance?
Ans: Gross Domestic Product, Philippine Stock Market & Foreign Exchange Rates
• It is an economic system characterized by free enterprise and private ownership of the
means of production.
Ans: Market Economy
• In 1997, some countries in Asia were hit by the so called Asian Financial Crisis. The
Philippine Peso fell from US$1:P25 to US$1:P47 by the end of 1998. As of March 2005, it was
US$1:54. This is a manifestation of an economic concept called
Ans: Exchange Rate
• Based from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Report 2004, how many
people around the world are living on an income of US$1/day or less than US$1/day?
Ans: approximately 1.3 Billion
• The following are concerns of microeconomics EXCEPT
Ans: Gross National Product
• Supply: Microeconomics while _______:Macroeconomics
Ans: Gross National Product
• It refers to the removal of power from the government over the control and/or authority of an
industry
Ans: Deregulation
• Which of the following is still fully regulated by the Philippine Government?
Ans: System of Taxation
• Among the 8 Millennium Development Goals, which one addresses the issues of water and
air pollution?
Ans: Goal 7 – ensure environmental sustainability
• Which of the following Millennium Development Goals of the Philippines has emerged as a
top priority of our government from the late 1980s according to its progress report in 2003.
Ans: Poverty Eradication
• Sustainable development has a number of dimensions in the Philippines contest, which
dimension plays a very important role affecting other areas of Philippine Development?
Ans: Cultural and Spiritual Dimension
• Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals aims to develop a global partnership of
development, which of the following is relevant to this goal?
Ans: Developing further an open, rule-based, predictable, non-discriminating trading and
financial system. A commitment to good governance, nationally and internationally. Dealing
comprehensively with the debt problems of developing countries through national and
international measures.
• Among the health problems in the Philippines, which remains to have the highest incidence
in the world according to the Philippines Progress Report on MDG 2003?
Ans: Tuberculosis
• For the Philippines MDG Goal #3 – promote gender equality. What is the specific goal
relevant to this area
Ans: to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education by 2005
• What is relatively dominant type of economic system in the Philippines
Ans: Mixed Economy
• What form of investment takes place in the Stock Exchange?
Ans: Portfolio Investment
• Whe we divide the GNP with the total number of population in a particular country, we can
derive the ___.
Ans: GNP Per Capita Income
• Which of the following is a true statement relevant to employment in the Philippines?
Ans: There are more people who are underemployed that unemployed
• Which of the following is considered to be positive effects of globalization?
Ans: access to information
• The following are considered to be negative effects of globalization EXCEPT ____
Ans: Travel opportunities
• According to the Human Development Report 2004, the Philippines belongs to what
category in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI)?
Ans: Middle Human Development
• It is the restructuring or setting a new global economic order
Ans: Globalization
• It is concerned with issues and problems concerning the overall economy of a nation or the
world economy
Ans: Macroeconomics
• It is concerned with issues and problems facing the individual or the firm or specific goods
and services.
Ans: Microeconomics
• Arrange the following in the chronological order of events relative to sustainable
development?
Ans: UN conference on The Human Development, Report of the World Commission on
Environment, UN Conference on Environment and Development & World Summit in Sustainable
Development
• It refers to the Filipino translation of sustainable development
Ans: Likas-kayang pag-unlad
• The following are included in the environmental dimensions of sustainable development
EXCEPT
Ans: Education
• According to a report of UNESCO in 2002, what is the state of water resources in the
world?
Ans: only 3% of the world’s water is fresh and the rest are salty
• What is considered as the main source of energy in the world based from the report of
UNESCO in 2004?
Ans: Crude oil and coal
• In the measurement of the HDI, what data is being used to measure the educational
attainment of a particular country?
Ans: Basic Literacy Level/Rate
• Which of the following measures relevant to the Philippine goals of eradicating extreme
poverty and hunger as one of its targets in the 8 Millennium development goals?
Ans: Halve the proportion of people living in extreme poverty between 1990-2015. Halve the
proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption and halve the
proportion of underweight children. Halve the proportion of people with no access to safe
drinking water of those who cannot afford it by 2015.
• The United Nations has declared the Year 2005 as
Ans: International Year of Microcredit
• According to the Philippines Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals, which
of the following statements is correct?
Ans: Poverty in the Philippines is still largely in rural phenomenon
• Specifically, what is the aim of the MDG Goal number 2 of achieving universal primary
education?
Ans: To achieve universal access to elementary education by 2015
• Which of the following is the short-term development plan of the Philippine Government?
Ans: The Philippine Medium Term Development Plan
• The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) otherwise
known as the “Earth Summit” in 1992 was held in
Ans: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• The following EXCEPT one are all included in the Millennium Development Goals
Ans: Achieve universal primary and secondary education
• The 8 Millennium Development Goals cover the following years
Ans: 2000-2015
• As the result of the UNCED in 1992, a program of action for a sustainable development
was adopted and it is known as ___
Ans: AGENDA 21
• Which of the following best describes sustainable development?
Ans: Military Dimension
• It was the most significant initiative of the Philippine government in line with our
commitment for sustainable development in 1997.
Ans: Philippine AGENDA 21
• The World Summit for Sustainable Development in 2002, was held in ___
Ans: Johannesburg, South Africa
• Republic Act 8749 otherwise known as _____ is a measure addressing air pollution in the
Philippines.
Ans: The Clean Air Act of 1999
• What is important world celebration is being held every June 5?
Ans: World Environment Day
• In sustainable development the concept of 1 generation is equivalent to how many years?
Ans: 25 years
• Globalization was formally used to popularize the neoliberal thought which flourished during
the Reagan-Thatcher administration in the United States and Great Britain. It has 3 elements
such as:
Ans: Liberalization, Privatization, Efficiency
• It is the sale of government owned and controlled institution to private sector
Ans: One Privatization
• The study of economics focuses on which of the following?
Ans: How to get most out of scarce resources
• Which of the following is the primary objective of economics?
Ans: To satisfy human wants and needs
• Which of the following is TRUE for all factors of production?
Ans: They are scarce
• One reason that air pollution exist is that
Ans: Air is not scarce
• What is meant by the statement, “Resources are scarce”?
Ans: Resources must be produced
• If resources were NOT scarce, which of the following would be TRUE?
Ans: Resources would be free
• Which of the following is TRUE for all factors of production?
Ans: Their production requires land, labor capital
• Which of the following is rare but not scarce?
Ans: Radioactive waist
• Which of the following resources is/are scarce?
Ans: Land, Labor and Capital
• Economists consider technology to be what kind of resource?
Ans: Energy
• The supply of which the following factors of production (resources) can be most easily
controlled by society?
Ans: Capital
• Which factor of production is both produced by an economy and used to produce other
economic goods?
Ans: Capital
• Petroleum is included in which classification of the factor of production?
Ans: Land
• What is entrepreneur?
Ans: Any person who combines resources to make economic goods
• Choosing to use our limited amount of steel for cars rather than tanks is an example of
what?
Ans: A trade-off
• Which of the following is an example of economic trade-off?
Ans: Producing an auto instead of a tank with a ton of steel
• Why are trade-offs necessary in all-economic society?
Ans: Resources are scarce
• Which of the following makes trade-offs?
Ans: Consumers, Producers & Government
• Which of the following makes a true statement?
Ans: Opportunity cost are always associated with trade-offs
• The choice between different uses for a resource is called
Ans: A trade-off
• What is the opportunity cost of Pepsi-Cola that you buy to go with your pizza?
Ans: The seven-up you could have had instead