PUPCET Practice Test 1 PDF

## PUPCET Practice Test 1 ### Language Proficiency #### Error Identification: Select the letter of the portion of the sentence that contains an error. If there is no error, select D to indicate that the sentence contains no error. Each item may only have up to one error underlined. 1. In the 1990...

## PUPCET Practice Test 1 ### Language Proficiency #### Error Identification: Select the letter of the portion of the sentence that contains an error. If there is no error, select D to indicate that the sentence contains no error. Each item may only have up to one error underlined. 1. In the 1990's, the People's Republic of China grew economically, territorially, and culturally. No Error. 2. Latin is practically a dead language, spoken only by students, academics, and the Catholic clergy. No Error. 3. In **November 29, 1890**, the Imperial Japanese Diet convened for the first time. No Error 4. The financial expert **which flew in to advice** the president, came from London. No Error. 5. In 2010, Harvard University had an acceptance rate of 6.9%, and **will have rejected** students with perfect SAT scores. No Error. 6. Akihiro tried to acquire as many of the valuable and **groundbreaking knowledge as he can** from the lecture. No Error. 7. Ateneo's rank of 307 in the 2010 QS University rankings is far ahead of La Salle, ranked 451. No Error. 8. The Continental Congress is drafting a constitution for the delegates **they will address** in June. No Error. 9. Xabi Alonso's shot was wide off the mark and the goalkeeper Casillias did not have to make a save. No Error. 10. The proposal made by the British Labour Party was in **opposition of** privatization of state holdings. No Error. ### Sentence Completion: Select the word/words that best completes/ the sentence. 1. Just like National Bookstore, Barnes & Noble sells ____ and writing tools. - a. Stationary - b. **Stationery** - c. Stationarry - d. Stationairy 2. The Royal Albert Hall, ____ South Kensington, London, was opened by Queen Victoria in 1871. - a. **On** - b. In - c. Over - d. Along 3. Alexei had ____ over the vast Siberian expanse more than once. - a. Drove - b. Drived - c. **Driven** - d. Been Driving 4. As one continues to play basketball, ____ will realize that handling the ball becomes second nature. - a. **He** - b. They - c. I - d. One 5. My dad gave Erik and ____ some UAAP season tickets. - a. **Me** - b. I - c. Them - d. Us 6. Economics students in Cambridge University's Trinity College are tipped to become ____ in the future. - a. A technocrat - b. **Technocrats** - c. Technocrat inclined - d. Technocrats themselves 7. Johnny ____ ate the cookies by the time we got home. - a. All ready - b. Al ready - c. **Already** - d. Readily 8. The amalgamation of the various unions across the ____ country ____ given workers more leverage. - a. **Has** - b. Have - c. Had - d. Will have 9. Students prefer the Ateneo ____ other private colleges and universities because of the unique Jesuit education it provides. - a. **Than** - b. More than - c. To - d. Compared to 10. Neither Mikhail Gorbachev ____ Boris Yeltsin emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union with his reputation intact. - a. **Or** - b. Nor - c. And - d. But ### Vocabulary #### Synonyms: Select the word/s that best capture the meaning of the italicized word. 1. As a result of inbreeding, some members of the Russian Imperial household suffered from *hemophilia*. - a. Bloodthirstiness - b. Infertility - c. **Uncontrollable Bleeding** - d. Mental Disorders 2. The candidate committed a serious *faux pas* when he described the laborers as "ignorant." - a. Sin - b. **Misstep** - c. Offense - d. Insult 3. Fabio never liked the ancient *necropolis* at the outskirts of town. - a. A large and old cemetery - b. A city on a hill - c. An elevated villa - d. A dark city 4. In medieval England, *papists*, or Catholics, could be obtruncated if caught. - a. Deported - b. Beheaded - c. **Tortured** - d. Imprisoned 5. The rapid *staccato* of raindrops on the roof kept everyone from sleeping early. - a. **Sharp, rapid sounds** - b. Heavy banging - c. Incessant tapping - d. Flowing 6. George Orwell brilliantly portrayed a socialist *dystopia* in his book 1984. - a. Fable - b. **Anti-utopia** - c. Myth - d. Utopia 7. The Pope appointed a new apostolic *nuncio* to France. - a. Bishop - b. **Cardinal** - c. Envoy - d. Prelate 8. In the U.K. the name of the Scottish city Edinburgh, in the *vernacular*, is actually pronounced “E-din-burrah.” - a. Native Language or Dialect - b. **Local Slang** - c. Peculiar manner - d. Surrounding area 9. The nomadic Mongols lived in *yurts* since the days of Genghis Khan. - a. **Tents** - b. Houses - c. Caravans - d. Wagons 10. The *Apotheosis* of Washington is a unique work of art that can be found in the U.S. Capitol. - a. Glorification - b. Deification - c. Inauguration - d. **Archetype** #### Antonyms: Select the word that is the opposite of the meaning of the highlighted word. Choose the best answer available. 1. The defendant was *acquitted* by the court in yesterday's hearing. - a. Arrested - b. Absolved - c. **Convicted** - d. Released 2. After his coronation, Louis XIV was warmly *applauded* by the Parisians on the streets. - a. Acidulation - b. Decimation - c. Abdication - d. **Denunciation** 3. It was thought as late as the 1960's that a *proletarian* takeover was inevitable. - a. Bourgeoisie - b. Anarchist - c. Elitist - d. **Government** 4. Back in her time, Margaret Thatcher was an *eminent* world leader, although she was very unpopular with the U.K.'s leftist north. - a. Infamous - b. Obscure - c. **Unimportant** - d. Articulate 5. The government proved to be *profligate* in its spending, constructing unnecessary theatres and convention centers. - a. Wise - b. Careful - c. **Frugal** - d. Creative 6. Van Gogh certainly wasn't a *proponent* of achromatic painting. - a. Colorful - b. Abstract - c. Matte - d. **Multifaceted** 7. Coach Mike, ever the optimist, went into the game with such *confidence*. - a. Underdog - b. **Pessimist** - c. Antagonist - d. Naysayer 8. The shaft that kept the roof up stayed *rigid*, even as the wind and rain gained strength. - a. Flaccid - b. Pliable - c. Broken - d. Bent 9. The *redoubtable* Netherlands football squad, stacked with world-class players, was humbled in the recent European Championships. - a. Feeble - b. Doubtable - c. Formidable - d. **Perturbing** 10. Germany *abrogated* its agreements with the Allied powers, continuing with the Anschluß and the annexation of Czechoslovakia. - a. Ratified - b. Liquidated - c. Permitted - d. **Countermanded** ### Improving Sentences. Select the item that will change the underlined portion and make the sentence correct and more effective. Select choice A if no improvement is grammatically necessary. Choose the best answer. 1. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and the rapid creation of jobs is the objective of the incoming administration. - a. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and the rapid creation of jobs is - b. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and jobs created is already - c. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and rapid creation of jobs are - d. **Having moderated inflation, economic growth and rapid job creation is** 2. Right of the bat, the critics told the painter that his work was horrendous. - a. Right of the bat, the critics - b. **Right off the bat, the critics** - c. Right with the bat, the critics had - d. Right on the bat, critics have 3. Dan Brown is the author which had been the major cause of numerous conspiracy theories regarding the Church, the Masons and the Illuminati. - a. Dan Brown is the author which had been the major cause - b. Dan Brown has been causing - c. **Dan Brown is the author who caused** - d. Dan Brown has been the author who had caused 4. Erick was made to choose between staying at home for the game or his girlfriend's debut in the theatre. - a. Staying at home for the game or his girlfriend's debut - b. Staying at home for the game and attending his girlfriend's debut - c. Staying at home for the game or attending his girlfriend's debut - d. **Staying for the game and attending to his girlfriend** 5. Frederick the Great of Prussia exhibited wisdom and being idealistic, traits appropriate for the ideal monarch that the Enlightenment thinkers portrayed him as. - a. Exhibited wisdom and being idealistic, traits appropriate - b. **Exhibited wisdom and idealism** - c. Exhibited wisdom and idealistic traits that are especially proper - d. Exhibited wisdom and idealism, traits appropriate 6. The tensions between Japan and China were so high as to both countries have prepared their militaries for a potential attack. - a. China were so high as to both countries - b. China was so high that both countries - c. **China were so high that both countries** - d. China were so high that both, beginning today with missile barriers 7. The Philippine economy grew by 7.8%, which is higher than China, which grew by 7.5%. - a. Which is higher than China, which drew by 7.5% - b. Which is higher than 7.5%. - c. **Which is higher than China´s growth of 7.5%.** - d. Which is higher than the Chinese rate of growth. 8. The Ateneo is one of the oldest institutions in Asia, dating back to the 1800´s, when the Jesuits returned from its exile. - a. To the 1800´s, when the Jesuits returned from its exile. - b. **In the 1800´s, when the Jesuits returned it from exile.** - c. In the 1800´s, when the Jesuits have returned from their extensive exile. - d. To the 1800´s, when the Jesuits returned from their exile. 9. Most children in the world of today would have gone on to live by themselves. - a. **Most children in the world of today** - b. Most children in the modern world - c. Most children now - d. Most children, as of the present, ### Improving Paragraphs: Read the given paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Choose the most effective and grammatically correct answer. This is the first draft of an essay written by a journalist. It has multiple errors in usage and grammar. 1. The Japanese have built a reputation for the most eccentric things. 2. Its difficult to find a place to begin with, as this eccentricity is present in most facets of Japanese life. 3. For example, to show how this eccentricity affects everything, we can start with the humble toilet. 4. Japanese toilets are naturally weird. 5. First off, is the famous Washlet, which is one of the most advanced toilets in the world. 6. These toilets have heated seats, warm water massages, warm air dryers, automatic deodorizers and a digital thermostat. 7. Also, one more Japanese oddity in the toilet world is the Otohime or “Sound Princess.” 8. These devices are available in women's cubicles, mainly because Japanese women feel ashamed when other people hear the sounds they make when they are in the toilet. 9. The Otohime, when activated, creates the sound of flushing water, therefore drowning out the sounds the users make. 1. How can the first sentence be improved? - a. It cannot be improved - b. Replace the word "eccentric" with the word "weird" - c. Insert the word "creating" after "for" - d. **Replace the phrase "The Japanese" with the phrase "Japanese people"** 2. Which part of sentence 2 is erroneous? - a. No part is erroneous - b. "Its" - c. **"a place to begin with"** - d. "this eccentricity is present" 3. After which sentence is it most appropriate to begin a new paragraph? - a. 2 - b. 4 - c. 9 - d. **6** 4. How can sentence 7 be improved? - a. It cannot be improved - b. Replace the phrase "Also, one more" with "Another" - c. Remove the word "Otohime" - d. **Attach sentence 8 to sentence 7.** 5. What is wrong with sentence 9? - a. It refers to the gadget as "Otohime.” - b. **The use of the verb "drowning' is inappropriate.** - c. The word "creates" does not follow Subject-Verb Agreement rules. - d. There is no error. ### Paragraph Arrangement: Arrange the sentences in a coherent and logical manner, in the form of a paragraph. Select the best answer from among the choices. a. Before him, people thought of themselves as beings that were special, set apart from all creation. b. With this is mind, the notion of being no different from the heathen chimpanzees in the rainforests of Africa caused quite a stir back in his day. c. In time, Darwin has proved that he was correct, and his theory is now generally accepted students, teachers and academics everywhere. d. Charles Darwin was the man who formulated the theory of evolution. 1. What should be the first sentence? - a. (a) - b. (b) - c. (c) - d. **(d)** 2. What should be the last sentence? - a. (a) - b. (b) - c. (c) - d. **(d)** 3. What should be the third sentence? - a. (a) - b. (b) - c. **(c)** - d. (d) 4. What could be the title of this short essay? - a. The Life and Works of Charles Darwin - b. Survival of the Fittest - c. **Evolution's Eventual Acceptance** - d. The Socio-Political Ramifications of Darwinism ### General Information 1. The first nation to launch a satellite and a man to space was ____. - a. The United States of America - b. The United Kingdom - c. Japan - d. **The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics** 2. Taiwan's official name is ____. - a. Republic of China - b. Chinese Taipei - c. **Republic of Taiwan** - d. Kuomintang 3. Who was the author of Catcher in the Rye? - a. Henry Thoreau - b. Matthew Emerson - c. **J.D. Salinger** - d. William Faulkner 4. What was the most downloaded song on iTunes in the year 2012? - a. "Starships" – Nicky Minaj - b. **"Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen** - c. "Payphone" - Maroon 5 - d. "What Makes You Beautiful" - One Direction 5. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago narrowly lost a presidential election against which candidate? - a. Joseph Estrada - b. Gloria Arroyo - c. Corazon Aquino - d. **Fidel Ramos** 6. Who was the Japanese emperor that presided over Japan´s transition towards modernization? - a. Hirohito - b. **Mutsuhito** - c. Jimmu - d. Amaterasu 7. When was the Ateneo founded? - a. 1901 - b. 1764 - c. 1829 - d. **1859** 8. When a human is infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), ____ may occur. - a. HIV/AIDS - b. Sore Eyes - c. **Warts** - d. Smallpox 9. Which celebrity is the father of Kim Kardashian’s child? - a. Jay-Z - b. **Kanye West** - c. Kris Humphries - d. Kris Jenner 10. The South and North Korea are separated at which parallel? - a. 39th parallel - b. 43rd parallel - c. **38th parallel** - d. 29th parallel 11. Which writer wrote Historie de ma vie and became famous in history for his womanizing? - a. Henry XIII - b. **Giacomo Casanova** - c. Maximilien de Robespierre - d. Amerigo Vespucci 12. The Ottoman Empire had its beginnings where? - a. **Anatolia** - b. Syria - c. Persia - d. Constantinople 13. Which is the 12th longest river in the world? - a. Yangtze - b. Amazon - c. Mississippi - d. **Mekong** 14. During the Seven Years´ War, which country occupied Manila and most of Luzon? - a. The Netherlands - b. **Spain** - c. France - d. Great Britain 15. Which is not part of the United Kingdom? - a. Scotland - b. Wales - c. **Ireland** - d. England 16. What is inscribed on the gates of hell in Dante´s Inferno? - a. "Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost people." - b. **"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."** - c. "Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars." - d. "Hope not ever to see heaven again." 17. Who is the current manager of Reading Football Club? - a. Arsene Wenger - b. **Bryan McDermott** 18. Who was the communist revolutionary who led a revolution in Cuba, died in Bolivia, and then was immortalized in countless T-shirts and merchandise? - a. Vladimir Lenin - c. Sir Alex Ferguson - d. Nigel Adkins - b. **Ernesto "Che" Guevara** - c. Mao Zedong - d. Leon Trotsky 19. Which was the last dynasty to rule over China? - a. Zhou - b. Tang - c. Han - d. **Qing** 20. Where are white blood cells in the human body made? - a. **Bone Marrow** - b. Thymus Gland - c. Spine - d. Spleen 21. Which celebrity/personality has the most number of Twitter followers? - a. Lionel Messi - b. **Justin Bieber** - c. Lady Gaga - d. Barack Obama 22. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was educated where? - a. Switzerland - b. **North Korea** - c. U.K. - d. China 23. Who made St. Peter's Baldachin or Ciborium in St. Peter's Basilica? - a. Michelangelo - b. **Gian Lorenzo Bernini** - c. Raphael - d. Sandro Botticelli 24. On the feast day of whom did the Imperial Japanese Army invade the Philippines? - a. San Isidro Labrador - b. The Black Nazarene - c. Francis Xavier - d. **The Immaculate Conception** 25. In the War of the Austrian Succession, Frederick the Great of Prussia took what part of Habsburg Austria and made it part of Prussia? - a. Silesia - b. Venice - c. Vienna - d. **Salzburg** ### Numerical Ability 1. 27,813 students took the ACET this year. If only 2,836 students were admitted into the Ateneo among those students, what is the Ateneo’s acceptance rate? - a. 7.5% - b. **10.2%** - c. 13.4% - d. 9.0% 2. Simplify the expression: $x^2 + 25 \over x^2 - 10x + 25$ - a. (x-5) - b. **(x+5)** - c. -10x - d. 25x 3. Given the equation (x − y) × (y − x) = −4, where x and y are whole numbers, which of the following can be the value of x? - a. 3 - b. 5 - c.10 - d. -3 4. Given the functions $f(g) = x + x^2$, $x(y) = y -1$ and $g(x) = x + 6$, what is the value of f(g( x( y))) if y = 5? - a. 100 - b. 56.7 - c. 102.5 - d. **64.5** 5. What is the x-intercept of y = 17x + 51? - a. 5 - b. 3 - c. 14 - d. **-3** 6. Given the equation $x^3 \over x^2 - 4 = y$, what is y equal to if x = 4 ? - a. 64 - b. 24 - c. **16** - d. 42 7. What is the expression $x^7\over x^4$ equivalent to? - a. $x^7\over 3$ - b. $x^{16}\over 16$ - c. $x^16$ - d. **x^3** 8. The flat rate of taxis is 45 pesos. For every half-kilometer, 2 pesos and 50 centavos are added to the fare. What is the equation for the total fare if k is the distance traveled in kilometers and t is the cost? - a. 1.25(36 + k) = x - b. **45 + 2.5k = x** - c. 45 + 5k = x - d. k + 48 = x 9. What is the volume of the biggest sphere that can fit in a cube with a volume of 216 cm³? - a. 9π - b. 20π - c. **36π** - d. 40π 10. Given the figure, what is the x-intercept of the ray with endpoint (0,3)? - a. (0, 3) - b. (0,2) - c. (0,1) - d. **(0,2.1)** 11. Given the figure, where AC=5, and BC=12, what is the area of the shaded portions of the circle? - a. 21.125π - 30 - b. 20π + 30 - c. 14π - 30 - d. **13π - 30** 12. What is the point of intersection of the following lines: Line A: y = 4x + 8 Line B: y = 7x + 5 - a. (4, 16) - b. (5, 10) - c. **(1, 12)** - d. (1, 24) 13. Given figure with cubic and linear functions f(x) and t(x), where f(y)=t(y), which could be a value of y? - a. -1 - b. 567 - **c. 2** - d. -6 14. What is the standard deviation of the set of values {2,4,4,4,5,7,9}? - a. 4 - b. 2 - c. 7 - d. 9 15. Simplify the expression $\sqrt{256}\over x^2 - 4$ if x = 4. - a. 1 - b. 16 - c. 4 - d. **21** 16. $1 + tan^2 θ = ?$ - a. $sin^2 θ$ - b. $2^2$ - c. $cos^2 θ$ - d. **$sec^2 θ$** 17. (4 + 3√2)² = ? - a. 7 + 2√2 - b. 7 + 2√7 - c. 25 + 2√17 - d. **5 + 49** 18. Simplify the expession: $(z^4x^6)\sqrt{15}$ - a. $z^{15}\over z^3x^3$ - b. $z^2 \sqrt{15} \over x^3$ - c. $z^2 \sqrt{45} \over x^3$ - d. **$z^4 \sqrt{45} \over x^3$** 19. Gian wants to build a kite, shown in the figure below, with an area of 30cm². What could be the lengths of the diagonals that support the kite? - a. 15 and 10 - b. **15 and 15** - c. 6 and 10 - d. 6 and 5 20. What is the perimeter of the triangle ABC, which is within an equilateral triangle with line AB as its altitude, if AC=6? - a. 9 + 3√2 - b. 9 + 3√3 - c. 12 + 6√3 - d. **14** 21. Given the inequality -6x - 4 < -1, $5x + 4\over -1$, what are the possible values of x ? - a. {x | x > 0} - b. {x | x < 0} - c. {x | x = 1} - d. **{x | x ∈ W}** 22. Given the equation 4³ = 2y + 6, what is a possible real value of y? - a. - 35 - b. There are no real values for y - c. $3\over2$x + 6 - d. -32 23. Given triangle ABC, where angle ABC is a right angle, AB = x, BC= y, and AC= (x+4)² , what is y in terms of x? - a. (x + 4) - b. √x + 4 - c. x√3 - d. **2x + 4** 24. If 5x + n = 45 + 2n, what is n in terms of x? - a. 9 + n/5 - b. 5x + 45 - c. - 45 + 5x - d. **x - 9** 25. How many values of x can satisfy the following equation: $x^3\over y = 5$, $x - 4\over y = 1$ ? - a. One - b. Two - c. Three - d. More than three 26. Given the equation (4 × ) 4 = 4⁷ • 4⁶, what is x in terms of y? - a. 2y/3 - b. y/3 + 2 - c. 4⁶ + y - d. **4y + 6** 27. The radius of a circle is 4. What is the length of 1/10 of its perimeter? - a. 1.6π - b. 10π - c. 0.8π - d. **1.2566** 28. What is the height of a trapezoid with an area of 30cm² and bases with lengths of 10 cm and 5 cm? - a. 1.2 cm - b. 8 cm - c. **4 cm** - d. 0.25 cm 29. The sum of two integral numbers is 20. The larger number is the square of the smaller number, and the larger number when squared, has a value greater than 600. What are the two numbers? - a. 16 and 4 - b. 25 and - 5 - c. **36 and 6** - d. 23 and - 3 30. What is the 6th term of this series: 1, 5, 11, 17, 33,...? - a. 61 - b. 50 - c. 59 - d. **47** 31. The ratio of females to males in the Loyola Schools is 4:6. If you add the 6000 male students of the Grade School and High School to the 8000 students of the Loyola Schools, what will be the approximate ratio of females to males? - a. 3:10 - b. 2:5 - c. 3:20 - d. **4:11** 32. Given a circle with the equation (x - 4)² + (y - 6)² = 49, what is the equation of the line that intersects the origin and the center? - a. $3\over2$y = x - b. y = 7x + 6 - c. **y = -3x/2** - d. $2\over3$y = -x 33. If 3x + 4 = n, 6x + 8 is equal to what? - a. n - b. 4n - c. 2n - d. **2n + 3** 34. What is the area of a circle inscribed in a square with diagonals that are 4√2 units long? - a. 32π - b. **4π** - c. 16π - d. 8π 35. Given this figure, what is the length of x? (Reminder: figures are not drawn to scale.) - a. 9 - b. **6** - c. 1.5 - d. 3 36. log5 z = 2. What is the value of z ? - a. 10 - b. 5 / 2 - c. 7 - d. **25** 37. A rhombus with a perimeter of 20 cm has a diagonal that has a length of 8 cm. What is the length of the other diagonal? - a. 4√2 - b. 4√3 - c. 3√3 - d. **3√3** 38. The amount of sodas sold, x, is inversely proportional to its price, y. Which of the following could be the equation that represents the relationship between the sodas sold and its price? - a. xy = 40 - b. xy² = 40 - c. **x²y = 40** - d. x²y² = 40 39. The Trans-Siberian Railway travels 9000 km from Vladivostok to Moscow in 4 days. It then travels another 3000 km from Moscow to Novosibirsk in 1 day. What is the average speed of the train in kilometers per hour throughout its journey? - a. 100 km/hr - b. **90 km/hr** - c. 110 km/hr - d. 120 km/hr 40. Every year, the price of a Big Mac increases by 15%. If a Big Mac currently costs 145 pesos, around how much will it cost in 4 years? - a. 254 pesos - b. **270 pesos** - c. 284 pesos - d. 195 pesos 41. What is the length of the longest segment that can fit into a cube with sides 4 cm long? - a. 8√3 - b. 4√3 - c. 5√1 - d. **4√2 + 5** 4