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University of the Philippines College Admissions Practice Test Booklet Name:___________________________________________ School:__________________________________________ Testing Center:____________________________________ Guidelines: The test will take ____ hours and _____ minutes to complete: -___ for Language Proficiency, _____ for Math, _____ for Science, _____ for Reading Comprehension and _____ for the Essay. Time yourself properly to get an accurate reflection of your performance. You may work on one section at a time only. Going back or ahead to other sections is not allowed. Use only a no. 2 pencil You may use any spaces in the booklet as scratch paper. You receive 1 point for each correct answer, 0 for each omission and -0.25 for every error. This simulated test was made by a non-profit group. The passages used in this simulated test do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the makers of the test.   1    SECTION 1 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY [1-70] 70 Items—60 minutes Error Identification [1-10] These sentences will test your ability to recognize grammar or usage errors. There are three underlined portions that may contain errors and a fourth option, which indicates that there is no error. Select the letter of the underlined portion that has an error or choice D if there is no error. There is no more than one error in every item. 1. While Anna was baking cookies, Arthur maked some refreshments. No Error A B C D 2. The new government was drafting a constitution, electing a legislative body and established diplomatic relations. A B C No Error D 3. As passionate musicians, Joe and Ernesto plan to become a member of the Manila Philharmonic. No Error A B C D 4. Neither Senate or Congress wants to pass the bill suggested by the President. No Error A B C D 5. Some scientists consider Sergey Koryolev’s rockets to be more revolutionary than Von Braun of NASA. No Error. A B C D 6. The students protested on the new tuition fee hike in the university quadrangle yesterday. No Error A B C D 7. These days, kids under 12 years of age prefer cellular phones more than toys. No Error. A B C D 8. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev brought the world to the edge of nuclear war in the 60’s. No Error A B C D 9. The resuscitation of multiple victims of the tsunamis have kept the death toll to a minimum. No Error. A B C D 10. May Day, or International Workers’ Day is celebrated annually. No Error. A B C D   2   Spelling [11-15] You will be given sets of four words, of which only one is spelled correctly. Select the correct word and shade the appropriate circle. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. a. Tourniqutte a. Equivocall a. Herbivor a. Gnat a. Connoisseur b. Croquete b. Arbitrary b. Eucalypteus b. Psuedonym b. Flourescent c. Bagguette c. Croissannt c. Artichoke c. Hier c. Auxilliary d. Parquet d. Iterinary d. Bulbouos d. Bacalaureate d. Ardvark Vocabulary [16-25] You will be given items where there is a sentence that uses a word in italics. Select the word/s that has/have the closest meaning to the italicized word and shade the appropriate circle. 16. Harry placed his hand gingerly on the fragile 17. The hallowed church has seen a decrease in sphere. visitors this year. a. Carefully a. Empty b. Firmly b. Destroyed c. Nervously c. Damaged d. Arduously d. Holy 18. The new table’s surface was immaculate. 19. Chef Ton’s new dish was palatable to the critics. a. Intricate a. Presentable b. Special b. Acceptable c. Unique c. Different d. Flawless d. Inedible 20. The book Crime and Punishment is considered by 21. Communism is considered as the antithesis of many to be Dostoevsky’s magnum opus. capitalism. a. Greatest work a. Opponent b. Favorite b. Opposite c. Longest work c. Raconteur d. Achievement d. Depredation 22. Cyrano swept into the party with such panache 23. Arturo began the long and arduous journey uphill. a. Speed a. Taxing b. Exuberance b. Winding c. Rudeness c. Complicated d. Flamboyance d. Effervescent 24. No person could articulate his ideas better than the 25. Paul Revere alerted the villagers to the arrival of the council president. British troops. a. Say a. Tricked b. Present b. Gossiped c. Organize c. Informed d.Translate d. Surrendered   3   Paragraph Arrangement [26-30] You will be given sets of items that correspond to a particular set of sentences that are not in order. Arrange these sentences logically and answer the questions given. a. Nobody can doubt the advantage of a good education. b. It is definitely something that will make a difference in your life. c. It gives you valuable knowledge and skills that you can apply in life. d. Education also provides a medium for you to make friends and connections. 26. Which sentence should go first? a. (a) b. (b) c. (c) d. (d) 27. Which sentence should go last? a. (a) b. (b) c. (c) d. (d) a. For sure, a better future lies ahead. b. The economy has been growing fast, and jobs are widely available. c. People here and abroad are upbeat about the Philippines. d. Additionally, the government is building a lot of new and useful infrastructure. 28. Which sentence should be first? a. (a) b. (b) c. (c) d. (d) 29. Which sentence should be last? a. (a) b. (b) c. (c) d. (d) 30. What is the correct order of the sentences? a. (b, d, c, a) b. (b, c, a, d) c. (c, b, d, a) d. (c, d, b, a)   4   Sentence Completion [31-40] You will be given incomplete sentences with missing words. Select the word/s that most appropriately completes the sentence and shade the corresponding circle. 31. There ______ no doubt in Josephine’s mind 32. Amazingly, the chef was chopping onions, that she will take up medicine. baking bread, ___________ to his assistant at the same time. a. were b. was a. and talked c. being b. and talking d. is going to be c. talking d. and were talking 33. Winston had ______ across the English 34. Vincent van Gogh was known not just for his Channel more than once. works of art, ________ his famous ear. a. swum a. but b. swam b. and also c. swim c. also d. swamth d. but also for 35. UP Manila offers the most sought after 36. The Universite Paris IV Sorbonne, _____ course ____ aspiring doctors: the UP Paris, France, was once part of the second INTARMED program. oldest university in the world. a. to a. in b. among b. at c. from c. on d. with d. under 37. The progress made with different 38. Shakespeare’s work is considered by many to technologies _______ made the world a be more influential than _______________. much smaller place. a. Mark Twain a. had b. the writer Mark Twain b. has c. Mark Twain’s work c. have d. ones of Mark Twain’s d. will have 39. Between you and _____, Ivan has really 40. Despite his flu, Leo is feeling _______ today. started to become annoying to converse with. a. good a. me b. best b. I c. ok c. them d. arched d. us   5   Pagtukoy ng Mali [41-50] Piliin ang titik ng bahagi ng pangungusap na may mali sa balarila. 41. Bihira uhawin si Ramon kapag naglalaro siya sa kalye. Walang Mali A B C D 42. Naguunahan ang mga bata na makahuli ng tutubi sa bukid. Walang Mali. A B C D 43. Nakakaginhawa sa kaloobang malaman na may lunas ang sakit ni lolo. Walang Mali. A B C D 44. Sino ba naman ang mag-aakala na magiging pangulo siya nang Pilipinas? Walang Mali. A B C D 45. Sikat si Fernando Amorsolo sa kanyang paglalarawan ng buhay sa probinsya. Walang Mali. A B C D 46. Kundi man ngayon makaluwas si Jorge sa Maynila, ay sa Agosto pa siya luluwas. Walang Mali. A B C D 47. Mahilig sa mga kwentong luma si Ina, kaya napakalalim ng kanyang Filipino. Walang Mali. A B C D 48. Ang mga Dominicano ang nagtatag ng Universidad de Santo Tomas, na mas sikat sa tawag na UST. Walang Mali. A B C D 49. Hindi bumoboto doon si manong Jose dahil laging mahaba ang pila. Walang Mali. A B C D 50. Mas maginhawa sana ang buhay nila ngayon kung hindi labimpito ang anak nila. Walang Mali. A B C D   6   Pag-Aayos ng Talata [51-55] Ayusin ang talata nang kronolohikal at naayon sa lohika at sagutin ang mga tanong na ibibigay. a. Kada taon, maraming bagyo ang bumabayo sa mga isla ng Pilipinas. b. Dahil alam natin na malaki ang pinsalang naidudulot nito, dapat lagi tayong handa. c. Nagdadala ang mga ito ng malalakas na hangin at maraming ulan. d. Ito ay nagiging sanhi ng pagbaha at pagkasira ng maraming bagay 51. Alin ang unang pangungusap? a. ( a ) b. ( b ) c. ( c ) d. ( d ) 52. Alin ang pangatlong pangungusap? a. ( a ) b. ( b ) c. ( c ) d. ( d ) 53. Alin ang panghuli na pangungusap? a. ( a ) b. ( b ) c. ( c ) d. ( d ) a. Ang basketball ang pinakasikat na laro sa Pilipinas. b. Sikat din ang mga paligsahan sa laro na ito, tulad ng PBA at UAAP, na pinapalabas sa telebisyon. c. Subalit, dahil hindi gaanong matangkad ang mga Pilipino, nahihirapan ang Pilipinas sa pandaigdigang mga kompetisyon. d. Nilalaro ito ng halos lahat ng mga bata at matanda, mahirap man o mayaman. 54. Alin ang pangalawang pangungusap? a. ( a ) b. ( b ) c. ( c ) d. ( d ) 55. Alin ang pangatlong pangungusap? a. ( a ) b. ( b ) c. ( c ) d. ( d )   7   Talasalitaan [56-65] Pillin ang titik ng salita/mga salita na pinakamalapit sa kahulugan ng salitang nakasalangguhit. 56. Naniniktik ang mga Espanyol sa mga posisyon ng mga 57. Madalas kang makakakita ng sambalilo sa ulo ng Katipunero. kinakalbong si Padre Francisco. a. Umaatake a. Sombrero b. Nanghihimasok b. Kapa c. Nag-eespiya c. Huwad na buhok d. Sumusugod d. Takip sa ulo ng mga pari 58. Hindi pa rin humuhupa ang baha. 59. Bumalik lang ang Kapisanan ni Hesus sa Pilipinas noong ika-19 na siglo. a. Umuurong b. Humihina a. Kaparian c. Dumadami b. Samahan d. Gumagalaw c. Eklesyastiko d. Banal na estatwa 60. “Bangon mga busabos!” Ito ang sigaw ng mga 61. Hindi napukaw ang atensyon ng mga manonood ng rebolusyonaryo noong panahon ng kolonisasyon. bagong kanta. a. Tao a. Nakuha b. Pesante b. Naantala c. Kulugo c. Nasik d. Alipin d. Nagulat 62. Bumubulaslas si Maria Clara sa kanto ng Kalye 63. Masyado maselan ang mga mayayaman sa pagkain. Anloage a. Mahilig a. Tumatakbo b. Matakaw b. Nagwawala c. Magastos c. Umiiyak d. Mapili d. Kumakanta nang malakas 64. Si Salvi ang pasimuno ng lahat ng ito. 65. Sinulot ni Angelika ang asawa ng kapibahay niya. a. Tumgil a. Inagaw b. Nagsimula b. Binastos c. Nagpakalat c. Pinagsamantalahan d. Naghasik d. Inakit   8   Pagkumpleto ng pangungusap [66-70] Piliin ang titik ng pinakawastong salita/mga salita para sa pangungusap. 66. __________ siya sa kanto gabi-gabi. 67. Madaling makakita ng ________ sa bahay niya. a. Sumisigarilyo a. Paru-paro b. Nagsigarilyo b. Paruparo c. Naninigarilyo c. Paro-paro d. Nagnigarliyo d. Paro paro 68. Sa Laguna ______ naman pala siya pupunta bukas. 69. ________ si Padre Damaso, kaya mahusay siya magsalita ng wikang Espanyol. a. rin b. din a. Taga Espanya c. pala b. Taga-Espanya d. talaga c. TagaEspanya d. Taga-Espanyol 70. ____________ siya sa kalagayan ng kanyang tatay na nasa ospital. a. Nag-aalala b. Nagaalala c. Nag aalala d. Nagalala STOP! -END OF SECTION- Do not move on to other sections or return to any previous sections.   9    SECTION 2 MATHEMATICS (71-130) 60 items- 1 hour You will be given a series of questions that will test your ability in mathematics. Select the best answers to the questions and shade the appropriate circle. Figures are not drawn to scale. 3x 2x 3 71. If =30, then x=? 72. If f (x) = , and f (x + 2) = 18, then x=? 2 3 a. 8.4 a. 2 b. 20 b. 8 € € c. 15 € c. 3 d. 6 d. 1 73. Given this regular figure: 74. i 216 =? a. i b. 1 € c. -1 d. -i How big is the exterior angle x? a. 154 b. 216 c. 243 d. 276   10    x 3 yz 75. The expression is equal to? 76. Given this figure with equal sides: xy 5 z 4 6 2 a. x y z 2 −5 b. x y c. 1 € 2 −4 d. x y € € € What is the sum of the angles a, b, c, d, and e? a. 180 b. 175 c. 140 d. 210 77. Pedro can finish painting a wall in 6 hours. Juan 78. The expression x 2 − 8x +16 can be factored as? can finish painting the same in wall in 3 hours. How long will it take them to finish painting the wall together? a. (x + 4) 2 b. (x + 4)(x − 4) a. 2 €2 c. (x − 4) b. 3 d. (x − 5)(x − 3) c. 1 € d. 2.5 € 2 € 79. The expression x is equivalent to: 3 € 80. If 2x − 3 = 7 , x is equal to what value? a. x6 a. -2 b. x 3 b. -4 3 € € c. 2 c. d. 4 € x 3 2 € d. x 81. Company A invested 10,000 pesos in a bond that 82. log x 8 = 3 € yields 10% per year. How much more do they need to x=? € invest in another bond that yields 5% if they want to earn 1,500 pesos in a year? a. 2 € b. -2 a. 5,000 c. 4 b. 10,000 d. 1 c. 7,500 d. 15,000   11    83. A certain car dealer offers customizable cars. It offers 3 84. Which of the following parabolas have no negative x different colors, 2 different transmissions, and 5 different values? seat covers for every car. How many different customizations are possible? a. x = 2(y +1) 2 − 4 2 a. 120 b. y = −1(x − 4) − 2 2 b. 10 c. y = 4(x − 3) +1 c. 30 2 € d. x = 2(y +1) + 4 d. 20 € 5x € 86. The line y = 4 x + 6 is perpendicular to line  , which 85. If =125, what is x? intersects it at point (0, 6). What is the equation of line  ? 57 € a. y = 4x + 6 a. 3 b. 10 € 1 € b. y = x + 6 € € c. 9 4 d. -10 c. y = −4 x + 6 € 1 d. y = − x + 6 4 € € of 88. The number of ice cream cones eaten is directly 87. If the sum of the values x and y is z, what is the average the three values? proportional to the amount of burgers available. If 10 ice € cream cones were eaten when there were 50 burgers 2z available, how many ice cream cones will be eaten if 75 a. burgers are available? 3 b. z a. 6 3(a + b) b. 15 c. z c. 7 € d. z − 3(a + b) d. 13 89. In the following equation, x = z 3 for all integers y. What 90. What is the probability that you will pick a green marble € is y in terms of z? out of a bag with 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles and 7 green € marbles? y = 2 + x2 5 € a. a. z5 14 1 b. z6 b. c. 2+z 2 d. 2 + z6 7 € c. € 10 € 1 € € d. 14 € € €   12    91. You blindly guessed the last five multiple-choice items of 92. If you can buy x of a certain item for 100 pesos, how an UPCAT practice test. What is the probability that you will many items can you buy with y pesos? answer all five questions correctly? xy 1 a. a. 100 1024 2 b. x(y 100) 1 100x b. c. 4 y 1 € € c. d. 100xy 2 524 € 1 € d. 16 € € x + 4 2x + 8 x + 4 € 94. If x 2 + 8x +16 = 30 , (x+4) is equal to? 93. If − = then x=? 8 16 4 € a. 30 a. 0 b. 225 b. 1 € c. 30 c. -4 d. 10 € d. 4 € 95. sin 2 + cos2 = ? 96. Given the series 1, 5, 13, 29, … a. Cot θ What is the 6th term? b. 1 c. θ a. 125 € b. 61 2 d. (sin+ cos) c. 53 € d. 106 € € 97. Find the sum of the arithmetic series 1, 5, 9, 13, … , 45. 2 2 98. A circle with the equation (x − 2) + (y − 2) = 4 is on the xy-coordinate plane. What is the point on the circle a. 276 opposite the point (0, 2), which is also on the circle? b. 300 c. 254 a. (0, 4) d. 297 € b. (2, 0) c. (2, 4) d. (4, 2) 99. x is an odd number. Which of the following numbers are 100. Theo is x years old and Julian is 5 years younger. In 3 odd numbers too? years, Theo’s age will be double that of Julian’s. How old is Theo now? a. 2x+4 2 b. x +1 a. 7 c. 3x+1 b. 10 d. 4 x +1 c. 21 d. 31 € €   13    101. Figure 3: 102. What is the area of figure 3 given in item 101? a. 42 + 6 3 b. 36 +18 2 c. 36 3 € d. 36 + 6 3 € € € Given the figure above with a square attached to a triangle, what its perimeter? 12 a. 18 + 3 b. 18 + 6 2 c. 18 + 6 3 € d. 24 + 6 3 € 103. What is the radius of the biggest cylinder you can fit in a 104. 6y(2x + 7) = 36 € prism that has a length and width of 5, and a height of 21? What is the value of xy in the equation above? € a. 5 a. 3− y b. 5 2 € 6 − 7y c. 3 b. d. 2.5 2 3+ y € c. € 6 d. 3 + y 105. If x + 7y = −8 , and 2x + 6y = 6 , what is (x − y)€ 2 3 10 106. If x (x ) = y what is x in terms of y? equal to? € y a. 14 + y € a. b. 14 y5 € € € € 7 b. c. 3 € d.17 € c. 4 y10 2 d. y € € €   14    107. 108. What is the cardinality of set A from item 103? Set A: {2, 3, 4, 5} Set B: { x|x is an even number} a. 4 b. 14 Which of the ff. is the set representing A ∩ B? c. 2 d. 5 a. { } b. {2, 4} c. {x|x is an even number} € d. {-4, -2, 2, 4} 109. Two runners started running from the same area. Runner 110. What is the probability of getting 2 heads when you throw A ran with a speed of 3 m/s, and runner B ran with a speed of 2 coins together? 5 m/s. By how many meters does runner B lead after 15 seconds? 1 a. a. 15 m 2 b. 25 m 1 b. c. 11.5 m 4 d. 30 m 1 € c. 8 1 € d. 10 111. How many real roots does the quadratic equation € π 112. Convert to radians. x 2 − 4 x +12 have? 3 € a. 60 a. 0 b. 80 b. Infinite 2 c. 60π c. 1 d. € 1.047 d. 2 113. Car A went 6km north and Car B went 8km east from a 114. Which of the following can be sides of a triangle? certain point. How far apart are they? € a. 6, 7, 13 a. 14 km b. 4. 5, 10 b. 10 3 km c. 10, 12, 44 c. 10 km d. 5, 12, 13 d. 12 km € 115. What is the next term in this series? 116. What is the median of the following numbers? 1, 3, 7, 17, _____ 1, 2, 3, 4 a. 41 a. 3 b. 21 b. 2 c. 18 c. 3 and 2 d. 26 d. 2.5   15    x 576 118. PQRS is a positive, even integer with its digits 117. Solve for x: 2 = represented by the respective variables P, Q, R & S. How many x + 6x + 8 x + 2 possible number combinations are there if no digits can repeat? −4 a. 23 a. 999 b. 1 € b. 1680 c. 2520 22 d. 3024 c. 3 € −96 d. 23 119. Given the equation 2x 2 + 7x + 6 = 0 , what are possible 120. € values of the variable x? € a. -2 b. 3/2 € c. 2/3 d. 4 Given that the population of the Philippines is 100,000,000 people, how many individuals are not Roman Catholic? a. 12,000,000 b. 82,000,000 c. 19,000,000 d. 18,000,000 2 2 121. Given the equation, a − b = 9 where b is a positive 122. On the xy-coordinate plane, the following points are part integer less than 10, what is the value of a? of rhombus ABCD. a. 4 Point A: (1, 2) b. 4.7 Point B: (3, 2) € Point C: (2, 0) c. 9 d. 5 What is the length of diagonal BD? a. 13 b. 1 c. 2 d. 1 3 € € €   16    123. In the English Premier League, there are 20 teams that 124. A shipping company charges 50 pesos as a base charge go against each other twice in one season. How many games for packages weighing 1kg and under, then adds 20 pesos for in total are played in one season? every additional kilogram. How much will packages weighing 10 kilograms cost to ship? a. 20! b. 19! a. 250 c. 190 b. 150 d. 380 c. 210 d. 230 125. 126. 3 f (x) = 2x x(g) = 2g +1 z2 g(z) = 2 If z=4, f (x(g(z))) = ? a. 8165 b. 1326 € c. 9826 d. 254 Martin walks 31 meters home from school using some of the roads represented by the lines above. If the distance between the school and the park, and the store and his home is the same, how much shorter would he walk if he went directly, without using the roads, from the school to his home? a. 25 b. 24 c. 6 d. 8 127. Nicky wanted to mix 5 liters of a drink that was 10% 128. The ratio of tomatoes to potatoes in a recipe is 5:3. The sugar with a drink that was 50% sugar to make a drink that ratio of potatoes to eggs is 5:7. What is the ratio of eggs to was 25% sugar. How many liters of the 50% sugar drink must tomatoes? he add to get the 25% sugar drink? a. 15:21 a. 2 b. 21:25 b. 5 c. 5:7 c. 4 d. 25:21 d. 3   17    129. 130. Given is the right triangle ADC, with right angles ADC and DBC. What is the length of line BD? a. 5 b. 12 c. 6 What is the length of the circle’s radius? d. 15 a. 25 b. 23 c. 11.5 € d. 12.5 STOP! --END OF SECTION— Do not turn to any other section in the test booklet.   18    SECTION 3 SCIENCE (131-189) 60 items - 50 minutes You will be given a series of questions that will test your ability in science. Select the best answers to the questions and shade the appropriate circle. 131. Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the 132. When you go to a higher altitude, what happens to the sky? boiling point of water? a. Sirius a. It increases b. Venus b. It stays the same c. Betelgeuse c. It decreases d. The Big Dipper d. It fluctuates 133. Which of the following is a colloid? 134. Which of the following depletes the ozone layer? a. Diamond a. Carbon Dioxide b. Fog b. Methane c. Salt Water c. Chlorofluorocarbons d. Isopropyl Alcohol d. Carbon Monoxide 135. Which of the following is NOT a chemical change? 136. All of the following are solutions except _____. a. Compression of carbon a. Brass b. Mixing zinc and HCl b. Coffee c. Burning of wood c. Seawater d. Decomposition of leaves d. Milk 137. The Milky Way is a ______. 138. The founder of the science of genetics is ______. a. Supernova a. Dmitri Mendeleev b. Galaxy b. Sergey Koryolev c. Nebula c. Gregor Mendel d. Constellation d. Hans Aufbau 139. How many chromosomes does a sperm cell have? 140. What is the last phase of mitosis? a. 46 a. Telophase b. 42 b. Metaphase c. 24 c. Anaphase d. 23 d. Prophase   19   141. How many moles of CO2 does 88 grams of Carbon 142. Which of the following will NOT increase the speed of Dioxide contain? a reaction? a. 2 a. A Catalyst b. 3 b. Heat € c. Carbonates in water c. 4 d. 5 d. Increasing surface area 143. Which factors are involved in Gay-Lussac’s Law? 144. Which is a not a scalar quantity? a. Pressure and Temperature a. Speed b. Pressure and Volume b. Temperature c. Temperature and Volume c. Time d. Volume and Moles d. Velocity 145. Which electromagnetic wave has the shortest 146. When an object is placed in a higher position, what wavelength? increases? a. Radio a. Potential Energy b. UV b. Kinetic Energy c. Visible Light c. Velocity d. Gamma d. Weight 147. What do you call the apparent force that pulls a 148. Which has the highest Ph value? rotating object away from the center of its rotation? a. Benzoic Acid a. Centripetal Force b. Water b. Centrifugal Force c. Hydrochloric Acid c. Gravity d. Milk of Magnesia d. Electromagnetic Force 149. What are the components required for respiration? 150. What the value 6.02 × 10 23 represent? a. Oxygen a. The number of particles in a mole b. Oxygen and Nitrogen. b. The number of particles per atom in a substance. c. Oxygen and Glucose c. The € density of moles per square nanometer. d. Nitrogen and a phosphate d. The length of time for a material to decompose.   20   151. Which member of the following members of a food 152. What does the acronym ATP mean? chain gets the least amount of energy? a. Adenine Triphosphor a. Deer b. Adenosine Triphosphate b. Mango Tree c. Amylase Tripehnylithium c. Grass d. Sugar d. Cheetah 153. Which scientist pioneered the planetary model of the 154. Which of the following mediums cannot transmit atom? sound? a. Niels Bohr a. Pure Oxygen b. Albert Einstein b. Metal c. Ernest Rutherford c. A Perfect Vacuum d. Antoine Lavoisier d. Corrugated Carbon 155. An object traveling at 100 mph, if not acted upon by 156. A heavy metal ball and a plastic ball of equal an unbalanced force will ________. diameters were dropped from a height of 30 meters. Which will hit the ground first? a. Continue moving at 100 mph b. Move at 100 mph, but slow down as energy gets a. They will hit the ground at the same time. used. b. The heavy ball will hit the ground first. c. Stop after 100 miles c. The plastic ball will hit the ground first. d. Increase its speed due to the lack of an opposing d. It depends on the air under each ball. force. 157. Which of the following is the scientific name of the 158. Which section of the brain is responsible for releasing fruit fly? growth hormones? a. Allium Cepa a. Thyroid Gland b. Drosophila Melanogaster b. Pituary Gland c. Rithrogena Germanica c. Endocrine Gland d. Musca Domestica d. Hypothalamus 159. The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion 160. Salt is an example of a/an _________ compound. is dependent on: a. Covalent a. Weight b. Di-element b. Temperature c. Ionic c. Speed d. Transition d. Mass   21   161. What enzyme in saliva breaks down sugars? 162. The electron configuration of O is __________. a. Aqua-enzymes b. Amylase a. 1s2 2s2 2 p 4 3s2 3p 6 2 4 c. Adenine b. [He]2s 2 p d. Glyoxalase 2 c. 2s 2 p 4 d. [Ne] € € 163. Of the first 101 elements, which is the most € 164. When electrons of a gas collide more frequently with unstable? each other and the container, ______ is increased. a. Francium a. Temperature b. Plutonium b. Pressure c. Arsenic c. Volume d. Uranium d. Molarity 165. The reaction 166. Which element is the most electronegative? Zn + HCl ZnCl + H a. Neon b. Francium Is classified as a/an ___________ reaction. c. Sodium d. Fluorine a. Double Displacement b. Single Replacement c. Direct Combination d. Hydrolysis 167. Wood is primarily made up of what organic 168. Cellulose is what type of compound? compound? a. A sugar a. Cellulose b. An inorganic compound b. Carbon Tetrachloride c. A thermoplastic c. Carotid d. A non-digestive enzyme d. Celluloid 169. Why does semen have alkaline bases as part of its 170. What is the probability that a father with a composition? homogenous dominant trait and a mother with the same homogenous dominant trait will produce an offspring a. To maintain a neutral environment for the sperm to with the recessive trait? “swim” in. b. To protect the sperm from the acidic environment in a. 25% the vagina. b. 15% c. To speed up the transport of the sperm to the c. 0% fallopian tube. d. 100% d. To destroy any rival sperm cells inside the vagina.   22    171. How does the esophagus bring food down to the 172. Mount Mayon is what type of volcano? stomach in space, where there is zero gravity? a. Stratovolcano a. There is micro-gravity in space caused by the b. Shield centrifugal force created by orbiting around Earth c. Caldera b. Peristalsis d. Cinder c. Mucous membranes in the esophagus help the food go down d. Food is liquefied and makes use of osmosis in the esophagus to bring food down. 173. Why doesn’t oil mix with water? 174. What is 500 degrees Celsius in Kelvin? a. Oil is lighter than water a. 773 K b. Oil has a lower density compared to water. b. 227 K c. Oil is non-polar while water is a polar substance. c. 772 K d. Oil’s carbon content cannot mix with water’s d. 1197 K hydrogen. 175. What is the equation that represents the relationship 176. A student boils water in different altitudes to see if it has between pressure P, and volume V, if pressure is an effect on boiling time. What is the independent variable in inversely proportional to volume? his experiment? a. PV=k a. Altitude P b. Temperature b. =k c. Boiling time V d. Water type P2 c. PV = V 2 d. PV = k € 177. Which planet has the shortest orbit? 178. Which of the following is a constituent of acid rain? € a. Jupiter € b. Mercury a. Sulfuric Acid c. Pluto b. Carbon Tetrachloride d. Venus c. Carbon Dioxide d. Benzoic Acid 179. Which of the following sources of energy is 180. What is the symbol for ozone? the cleanest? a. O 2 a. Coal b. O3 b. Natural Gas c. O4 c. Crude Oil d. Wind d. O5 € € € €   23   181. What blood type can be donated to a person 182. The following are derived quantities except of any blood type? ____. a. A a. Electric Current b. AB b. Velocity c. B c. Specific Gravity d. O d. Weight 183. How many significant figures does the value 184. When mothballs turn into gas, the process is 1000.0 grams have? called __________. a. 1 a. Evaporation b. 4 b. Sublimation c. 5 c. Deposition d. 0 d. Condensation 185. What process can be used on a liquid to 186. Who discovered radioactivity from Uranium separate its components without losing either salts? component in the process? a. Henri Becquerel a. Distillation b. Marie Curie b. Evaporation c. Albert Einstein c. Sieving d. Joseph Proust d. Paper Chromatography 187. What is the most common isotope of Carbon? 188. Which of the following characterizes water? a. Carbon-12 a. Water releases only heat quickly. b. Carbon 16 b. Water releases and gains heat quickly. c. Carbon-14 c. Water releases and gains heat slowly. d. Carbon-13 d. Water gains only heat slowly. 189. 1 atm is equal to ______ Torr. 190. Which organ produces bile, which helps digests lipids? a. 700 b. 720 a. Prostate Gland c. 273 b. Pancreas d. 760 c. Liver d. Gallbladder STOP! --END OF SECTION— Do not turn to any other test sections.   24    SECTION 4 READING COMPREHENSION [191-260] 70 items; 1 hour and 10 minutes I. Passage Based Reading: You will be given sets of passages that cover various topics. With these passages are questions that test your ability to infer, comprehend, and understand a reading material effectively. Choose the letter of the answer that best answers the question. -Taken from Christine Pantaleon of the Cebu Daily News at Inquirer.net. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/375475/k12-system-seen-to-address-ph- unemployment-problem The new K+12 education program is one way of addressing the country’s unemployment woes. Fr. Dionisio Miranda, president of the University of San Carlos, said the reforms in the educational system would help address this problem. The K+12 program of the government requires students to undergo kindergarten classes, and two more years of high school. In K+12, there is a Philippines Qualifications Framework (PQF), where technical and vocational courses are introduced, said Miranda during the Conference of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) at the Radisson Blu Hotel last Thursday. In the PQF, “technopreneurship” and “green” skills for “green” jobs are also included and students would be assessed according to their competencies and skills related to the topics. In Level One, which is in Grade 10, a student will receive a National Certificate I after he passes the level of competence in knowledge, skills, and values for that level. In Level Two, which is already between grades 11 and 12, a student will receive a National Certificate II if he passes the different standards for the level. “A student in the Philippine system, coming out of junior high or senior high, and for the first year can acquire a national certificate in the various categories. With that, they can already go to work,” Miranda said. “That is the missing link we had in the Philippines. That is why the reform components are very critical,” Miranda added. There are also National Certificates III and IV, which are for students who want to focus on technical skills. After taking the national certificates III and IV, a student can take the post baccalaureate then doctoral and post doctoral education which a person can now be classified a Level 8 professional. “That degree would be recognized in a Malaysian Qualifications format. This means that if a Filipino would go to Malaysia and brings his degree with him, then he will be recognized there,” Miranda said. Miranda said as of the moment, there’s a mismatch between our education and present day jobs. “That’s a great missing link in our educational system and we’re going to need to understand these levels once ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) opens up because the rest of the world is going to come here and will be bringing along with them their certificates,” he said. “Your diploma would not mean very much. What would mean more is the diploma supplement which describes what you can actually do or cannot do,” Miranda said referring to the national certificates. Miranda said the old educational system, the K+10 program, lacked more years of quality education and made vocational courses as an afterthought, which were not the case with some ASEAN member countries. Dato Ghazali Bin Dato Mohd Yusoff, executive chairman Nusantara Technologies Sdn Bhd, said the Malaysian education was focused in providing equal access to quality education of an international standard and they had already formatted their education in a way that it could meet the needs of the industry 191. Under the new K-12 program, what additional year levels are 192. What will a student receive after completing Level students required to go through? 1 or Grade 10? a. Two years of High School a. Junior High Diploma b. Three years of High School b. National Certificate I c. Two years of High School and Kindergarten c. National Certificate 10 d. Two years of High School and Prep School d. Teenpreneur Certificate   25   193. According to Fr. Miranda, the Diploma Supplement 194. What is the overall message of the passage? is important because ___________. a. To show what the national government is doing to improve a. It shows what you can actually do in life. the educational system. b. It gives colleges an assurance of your academic capabilities. b. To illustrate the increasing regional cooperation between c. It certifies that you have passed through the K-12 system. ASEAN states in education d. It gives an indication of your college-readiness. c. To show how the K-12 system can help students be recognized internationally and be better prepared for work. d. To expose how much our education system has lagged behind ASEAN’s. Don't Go Far Off Pablo Neruda 1 Don't go far off, not even for a day, because -- because -- I don't know how to say it: a day is long and I will be waiting for you, as in an empty station when the trains are parked off somewhere else, asleep. 5 Don't leave me, even for an hour, because then the little drops of anguish will all run together, the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift into me, choking my lost heart. Oh, may your silhouette never dissolve on the beach; 10 may your eyelids never flutter into the empty distance. Don't leave me for a second, my dearest, because in that moment you'll have gone so far I'll wander mazily over all the earth, asking, 14 Will you come back? Will you leave me here, dying? 195. What does the author dread the most? 196. How does the author express his unwillingness to part with his lover? a. That his lover will soon die b. That he may never see her again a. Repetitively; with metaphors that express the same c. That his lover be away from him even for just a while. message. d. That his lover will never come back after leaving in the b. Progressively; asking her not to leave him in decreasing station. time intervals. c. Desperately; with an increasing amount of emotion and passion. d. Hopelessly; with an increasing tone of resignation. 197. What figure of speech does the author use in lines 198. What figure of speech does the author use in lines 3-4? 7-8? a. Metaphor a. Metaphor b. Simile b. Simile c. Personification c. Personification d. Hyperbole d. Allusion 199. What does the word anguish, used in line 6, 200. What is the author trying to say in the last stanza, mean? in lines 12-14? a. Suffering a. He will die if she won’t return. b. Love b. His life will be shorn of direction and meaning for every c. Desperation moment she’s gone. d. Death c. His thoughts will be lost in nothingness while she’s gone d. His misses her so much that he cannot put his mind on anything else.   26   The next questions will be based on Passages 3 and 4. PASSAGE 3-Adapted from the BBC website. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-12661377] 1 When Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth after his pioneering space flight five decades ago, he undertook a world tour in which he remarked on the "smiling faces" greeting him. Among those smiling faces was an 11-year-old Glasgow schoolboy, Robin McKie. 4 In the summer of 1961, he made a special trip to Earls Court in London with his mother to meet Major Gagarin - the first man in space. This April will be the 50th anniversary of the flight and scientists are marking the occasion by launching an appeal for anyone who met the Soviet during his visit to the UK. 8 Major Gagarin became an instant celebrity during his globetrotting tour, which had been engineered to trumpet the USSR's achievement in beating America into manned space flight. 10 The trip took him to Manchester and to London where, during a news conference, he expressed gratitude for the wonderful welcome he had received. Young self-confessed "space-nut" Robin was delighted when his mother said she would be taking him to the Soviet trade fair where Major Gagarin was to visit. "All the science fiction stories I'd been reading were now true, and there was a man in space," said Robin. The major's space flight left its mark on the Scotsman's life and he's now science editor at the Observer newspaper. 16 Robin insists: "I'm not saying I wouldn't have been a science writer if I hadn't gone to see Gagarin. But it really reinforced it. And I am eternally grateful to my mother, that she gave me that opportunity." 18 The trade fair was full of life size models of Soviet space rockets and satellites, and they were what really excited the schoolboy, but Robin continues to have a vivid memory of Gagarin arriving at the exhibition. 20 He said: "The thing that struck me really was the smile. He had the most beautiful smile. It was just hypnotic. "We weren't quite close enough to touch him. He walked past us at some speed. "He waved at - not me, but in my general direction. Therefore, in my memory he waved at me. And I waved very excitedly back. "I was absolutely - over the moon is a stupid phrase - but, that really was absolutely fantastic." 24 Gagarin's tour did not bring him to Scotland, but there is a corner of Fife that marks his triumph. 25 The Scottish Special Housing Association was building a new scheme at Lumphinans, a former mining village on the outskirts of Cowdenbeath and in December 1961 local councilors decided that one of the roads should be called Gagarin Way. 27 Not everyone who lives there now is very clear about how, or why, the street got its name but one resident says that the area used to be known as "Little Moscow". She suspects that the name might have been chosen to celebrate the USSR's achievement.   27   29 And indeed at Dunfermline library the local history librarian, Janice Erskine, confirms that part of the kingdom of Fife had a very particular political history, linked to the local mining industry. She says that though their union had affiliated to the Labour Party, miners were frustrated that the party wasn't left-wing enough. 32 Later, the area became one of the first in Britain to return a communist MP to Westminster and it was a tradition that lived on, with communists elected to the council. 34 Looking through the archive, Janice Erskine says it is pretty clear that it was one of them who suggested the name for the new road. PASSAGE 4-Adapted from The Guardian. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/13/yuri-gagarin-first-space-korolev] 36 I have an intense, very personal memory of Yuri Gagarin. The young pilot, newly promoted to the rank of major, visited Britain a few months after his great flight. I was 12 years old at the time and fanatical about astronomy and space science. My mother, to my eternal gratitude, spotted that Gagarin would be opening the Soviet Trade Fair in London on 11 July when our family was on holiday in the city visiting relatives. (We lived in Glasgow.) I remember standing at the front of a fairly large crowd that afternoon. A car drew up and Gagarin bounced out. He marched smartly towards us, waving cheerfully before bounding into the exhibition. I could only have had a few seconds' sight of him but have a vivid recollection of his smartness, compact body and, most noticeable of all, his angelic smile. 42 My fleeting glimpse of the first man in space has stayed with me in the intervening half-century though at the time I was more interested in the trade fair itself, with its full-size models of the Soviets' early Sputnik probes and other scientific paraphernalia. I also collected a magazine that showed - in detail - how the USSR would get to the moon long before America. Sadly I did not keep it. 45 Gagarin went on to meet the Queen, lay a wreath at Karl Marx's grave and visit Manchester, rather bizarrely as the guest of the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers. Gagarin charmed wherever he went, though I rather liked the remark by then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who noted the people who lined the streets to see the cosmonaut. "There would have been twice the number if they had sent the dog," he muttered.   28   201. Both passages describe ____________. 202. The word “amalgamated” in sentence 1, paragraph 3 of passage 4 most nearly means ________. a. The space flight of Yuri Gagarin b. Yuri Gagarin’s visit to the Queen a. Combined c. Yuri Gagarin’s visit to the UK b. Empowered d. The childhood of Robin Mckie c. Political d. Chartered 203. The authors of both passages most vividly recall 204. In passage 3, line 32, the term “Westminster” ________. probably refers to what? a. The USSR space magazines a. A Rallying place b. Gagarin’s smile b. A city council c. The car that Gagarin used c. The regional science department d. Gagarin waving to the crowd. d. The British legislature 205. Both authors lived where at the time of Gagarin’s 206. Robin McKie from passage 3, eventually becomes arrival? _______. a. London a. An astronaut b. Westminster b. A scientist in London c. Glasgow c. The science editor at The Observer. d. Moscow d. A member of parliament 207. It can be inferred the citizens of the UK were 208. Both authors were piqued particularly by the _____. ________. a. Captivated by Gagarin’s personality and charm. a. Comments of Prime Minister Macmillan b. Impressed by the USSR’s achievements b. Photos of Gagarin’s flight c. Paranoid over a communist takeover c. Soviet Trade Fair d. Respectful of Gagarin as a person. d. Globetrotting of Gagarin 209. What did Janice Erskine refer to when she 210. In line 34, Passage 3, it can be inferred that _____ mentioned “political history” in line 30, passage 3? suggested the name for the road. a. The area’s leftist history a. The Scottish Special Housing Association members b. The democratic unions b. Robin McKie c. The Miners’ Union c. The Miners’ Union d. The history of having a communist MP d. Yuri Gagarin   29   Passage 5-Taken from “Bethroed” by Anton Chekov 1 It was ten o'clock in the evening and the full moon was shining over the garden. In the Shumins' house an evening service celebrated at the request of the grandmother, Marfa Mihalovna, was just over, and now Nadya -- she had gone into the garden for a minute -- could see the table being laid for supper in the dining-room, and her grandmother bustling about in her gorgeous silk dress; Father Andrey, a chief priest of the cathedral, was talking to Nadya's mother, Nina Ivanovna, and now in the evening light through the window her mother for some reason looked very young; Andrey Andreitch, Father Andrey's son, was standing by listening attentively. 6 It was still and cool in the garden, and dark peaceful shadows lay on the ground. There was a sound of frogs croaking, far, far away beyond the town. There was a feeling of May, sweet May! One drew deep breaths and longed to fancy that not here but far away under the sky, above the trees, far away in the open country, in the fields and the woods, the life of spring was unfolding now, mysterious, lovely, rich and holy beyond the understanding of weak, sinful man. And for some reason one wanted to cry. 10 She, Nadya, was already twenty-three. Ever since she was sixteen she had been passionately dreaming of marriage and at last she was engaged to Andrey Andreitch, the young man who was standing on the other side of the window; she liked him, the wedding was already fixed for July 7, and yet there was no joy in her heart, she was sleeping badly, her spirits drooped.... She could hear from the open windows of the basement where the kitchen was the hurrying servants, the clatter of knives, the banging of the swing door; there was a smell of roast turkey and pickled cherries, and for some reason it seemed to her that it would be like that all her life, with no change, no end to it. 16 Some one came out of the house and stood on the steps; it was Aleksandr Timofeitch, or, as he was always called, Sasha, who had come from Moscow ten days before and was staying with them. Years ago a distant relation of the grandmother, a gentleman's widow called Marya Petrovna, a thin, sickly little woman who had sunk into poverty, used to come to the house to ask for assistance. She had a son Sasha. It used for some reason to be said that he had talent as an artist, and when his mother died Nadya's grandmother had, for the salvation of her soul, sent him to the Komissarovsky school in Moscow; two years later he went into the school of painting, spent nearly fifteen years there, and only just managed to scrape through the leaving examination in the section of architecture. He did not set up as an architect, however, but took a job at a lithographer's. He used to come almost every year, usually very ill, to stay with Nadya's grandmother to rest and recover. 24 He was wearing now a frock-coat buttoned up, and shabby canvas trousers, crumpled into creases at the bottom. And his shirt had not been ironed and he had somehow all over a look of not being fresh. He was very thin, with big eyes, long thin fingers and a swarthy bearded face, and all the same he was handsome. With the Shumins he was like one of the family, and in their house felt he was at home. And the room in which he lived when he was there had for years been called Sasha's room. Standing on the steps he saw Nadya, and went up to her. 211. At the start of the passage, a/an ________ had 212. From the way the narrator describes Father just finished. Andrey’s son, Andrey Andreitch, it can be inferred that _________. a. Dinner b. Party a. Father Andrey is a sinful clergyman c. Religious Service b. Father Andrey is from a different branch of Christianity that d. Evening Tea approves of marriage within the clergy. c. She is also the child of Father Andrey d. She desires Andrey Adreitch so much that she does not bother with his status as the son of a priest.   30    213. The garden that Nadya went to in line 6 can 214. In paragraph 3, lines 10-15, Nadya expresses be described as __________. her _______. a. Warm and Stuffy a. Anxieties regarding the marriage b. Pleasant and Chilly b. Excitement c. Grassy and Wild c. Infatuation with Andrey d. Unkempt but Serene d. Inner dislike for Andrey 215. Aleksandr Timofeitch is better known as 216. Why did Nadya’s grandmother send ________. Aleksandr to the Komissarovsky School? a. Marya a. Out of pity b. Shumin b. For religious reasons c. Andreyevitch c. Because they were kin d. Sasha d. Because they have a shared past 217. From the statement in line 20-21 reproduced 218. The word lithographer used in line 22 most below, it can be inferred that _______. nearly means ______. “…two years later he went into the school of painting, spent nearly a. A person who prints. fifteen years there…” b. A newspaper columnist c. A silk-screen printer a. Aleksandr was a failure at school d. A professional sketcher b. Aleksandr enjoyed his life at school too much c. Aleksandr was taking advantage of their generosity d. Aleksandr was urged to stay on by his professors. 219. The description of Aleksandr in line 24 shows 220. Aleksandr is considered _________ by the that he is _________. family. a. Creative a. A nuisance b. Sick b. A distraction c. Homely c. As another member d. Impoverished d. A loyal servant 221. From what point of view is the story narrated? 222. When is Nadya’s wedding? a. First Person a. June 7 b. Second Person