General Education (Part 3)

1. Which one of the following is an appropriate routine to shut down a non-responding application?

A. Close all open documents and press the power button until the computer automatically switches off.

B. Press "Ctrl + Alt + Delete", then select the non-responding application in the Task Manager window and click "End Task".

C. Pull out the power cable from the back of the computer.

D. Click "Shut Down" on the on the Start menu and choose "Shut down" from the Shut Down Windows drop-down list.

 

2. 1/5 of the width and 1/4 of the length of a rectangular cardboard is cut off. What part of the original cardboard is the area of the remaining piece?

A. 30% of the original area

B. 40% of the original area

C. 50% of the original area

D. 60% of the original area

 

3. What is the measure of an interior angle of a regular dodecagon?

A. 120 degrees

B. 130 degrees

C. 140 degrees

D. 150 degrees

 

4. Which one of the following is a result of compressing a file?

A. The file is deleted.

B. The file size is smaller.

C. The three character extension is hidden.

D. All file properties are lost.

 

5. Given the following scores of 70, 95, 60, 80, and 100, what can you infer from the measures of variability that can be obtained from this?

A. The population is very homogeneous.

B. The measures are very unstable.

C. The grades are very scattered.

D. The range of scores is a very reliable measure of variability.

 

6. What is the exact date of Rizal’s birth?

A. June 19, 1862

B. June 19, 1858

C. June 19, 1861

D. June 19, 1860

 

7. I really object _____ in rooms where other people have to eat.

A. people smoking

B. to people smoke

C. people to smoke

D. to people smoking

 

8. Basically, the Philippine agrarian reform is a question of _____.

A. land distribution

B. nepotism and corruption

C. graft and corruption

D. environmental degradation

 

9. Which of the following is expressed clearly, effectively states the idea, and has no structural error?

A. I learned the distance of the sun from the earth was 90 million miles.

B. I learned that the sun was 90 million miles from the earth.

C. I learned that the sun is 90 million miles from the earth.

D. I learned that the earth and the sun are 90 million miles apart.

 

10. Which enables the computer to communicate with other computers over the telephone?

A. network

B. modem

C. internet

D. hypermedia

 

11. Wise people can _____ with frustrations.

A. cope in

B. cope up

C. cope

D. cope on

 

12. _____ tell her professor next time.

A. She does

B. She

C. She'll

D. She's

 

13. What measure of central tendency can best describe the size of t-shirts commonly used by teenagers?

A. mean

B. median

C. mode

D. both a and c

 

14. Two air masses have the same humidity. Which of the following can also be said about them?

A. They have the same temperature.

B. They have the same volume

C. Both have rain clouds.

D. none of the above

 

15. What is the equation of the line whose slope is -2 and whose y-intercept is 3?

A. 2x +3y =6

B. x +2y =3

C. 2x +2y =4

D. 2x +y =3

 

16. The Rizal Day celebration reminds us about heroes worth _____.

A. appreciating

B. emulating

C. reading about

D. studying

 

17. Which of the following BEST demonstrates the greenhouse principle?

A. a heated aquarium

B. a car with rolled-up windows

C. a microwave oven

D. a solar battery -powered calculator

 

18. The army’s retreat was IGNOMINICUSFUL. This means _____.

A. reputable

B. honorable

C. shameful

D. mysterious

 

19. Ibigay ang tayutay na nagamit sa sumusunod: Ikaw ang payong ng aking buhay - silungan ng init - hatid ay proteksyon sa panahong masungit

A. simile

B. personipikasyon

C. metapora

D. paglilipat-wika

 

20. Charity begins at home. What illustrates this value?

A. Millionaires send checks anonymously

B. Patrons check out donations by the size of the advertisement

C. Grandparents stay with the Home for the Aged. They are nuisance to modern families

D. An ambassador in Jeddah shelters battered Filipino OCW’s and avoid social gatherings to be able to save food for these refugees