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