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Exam No: _____
Mathematics
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Relax. This is just a diagnostic exam. But answer it like the real thing. Do not begin unless told to do so. Only pens are allowed on top of the table. Scratch paper shall be provided. For each question, encircle the letter of the best answer. You have 40 minutes for this part of the exam. Enjoy.
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Paolo has a total of ninety P20, P50, and P100-bills. She has three and a half times as many P50 as P20-bills, and one-half as many P100 as P20-bills. How much money does he have? a. P600 d. P4350 b. P1500 e. None of the above c. P2250
2. What number comes next in the following series? 4, 16, 36, 64, a. 94 d. 100 b. 81 e. None of the above c. 64 3. The larger of two numbers is six more than six times the smaller number. The larger number is also 122 more than two times the smaller number. What is the smaller number? a. 180 d. 29 b. 116 e. None of the above c. 36 4. The measures of two angles in a trapezoid are in the ratio of 2:4. The measure of the larger angle is twentyfour degrees less than three times the smaller angle. What is the measure of the larger angle? a. 24 degrees d. 108 degrees b. 48 degrees e. None of the above c. 72 degrees 5. Two airline buses leave an airport at the same time in opposite directions. The first plane is traveling at 325 kph and the other at 275 kph. How long will it take for the planes to be 2,700 kilometers apart? a. 4 hours d. 4.5 minutes b. 270 minutes e. None of the above c. 5 hours
9. The ratio of adult tickets to student tickets for the play was 4:5. If the sum of the adult tickets and one half of the students tickets is 260, how many adult tickets were sold? a. 80 d. 200 b. 100 e. None of the above c. 160 10. Factor: a3 27 a. (a 3)3 b. (a + 3)(a 3) c. (a2 9)(a + 3) d. (a 3)(a2 + 3a + 9) e. None of the above
11. The sum of the digits of a three-digit number is 12. The tens digit is two more than the ones digit. The hundreds digit is five less than three times the ones digit. What is the number? a. 642 d. 660 b. 453 e. None of the above c. 831 12. If Cyril were three times as old as he was five years ago, he will be sixty less than six times his current age. How old is Cyril? a. 60 d. 15 b. 30 e. None of the above c. 25
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GRAMMAR 1. a. b. c. d. e. 2. a. b. c. d. e. The Lobo Corporation _____ its losses over the past seven years. (2) had been doubling has doubling has doubled had doubled None of the above I _____ to Ilocos and seen the exhibits at Marcos museum. (10) will go had been have been went None of the above
3. If Marshall had locked his car properly, it _____ stolen. (3) a. b. c. d. e. 4. a. b. c. d. e. 5. a. b. c. d. e. was not would not have been would not be will not be None of the above _____ get tired of driving on the same route everyday? Had you ever Have you ever Are you ever Do you ever None of the above (7)
Neither Cyril nor the other janitors filed _____ income tax returns. (4) ours theirs their her None of the above
19. Debating the anti-contraceptive bill was the first order of business for the House; to set a b c the calendar for the upcoming session was to follow. None of the above d e 20. Youth, as the Egyptians and other early civilizations knew, are best spent a b c as a time of learning and of recreation. None of the above d e SENTENCE IMPROVEMENT 21. It is highly desirable that you furnish evidence of your expenses before you submit your ending accounts. a. It is highly desirable that you should furnish evidence of your expenses b. It is highly desirable that you furnish evidence of your expenses c. You must furnish evidence of your expenses d. It is highly to be desired that you furnish evidences of your expenses e. None of the above 22. The best way to promote innovative thinking is not to promise financial rewards for ideas, but to ensure that the person making the suggestion receives recognition for his contribution. a. b. c. d. e. but to ensure that the person who makes the suggestion will be receiving recognition for his contribution but to ensure that the person making the suggestion receives recognition for his contribution but rather ensure that suggestion-maker receives recognition for his contribution but rather by ensuring that the person making the suggestion receives recognition for his contribution None of the above
23. Only two out of every 150,000 chemical compounds proves useful in the field of pharmaceuticals, thus many research scientists spend their entire careers to investigate drugs that will never receive FDA approval. a. b. c. d. e. many research scientists spend their entire career in the investigation of drugs many research scientists spend their entire careers to investigate drugs many research scientists investigate drugs in their entire careers many a research scientist spends his or her entire career investigating drugs None of the above
25. The government requires that these forms should be submitted before the end of the fiscal year. a. b. c. d. e. that these forms be submitted these forms submission that these forms should be submitted for these forms to be submitted None of the above
26. In the early stages of learning a new language we learn more through listening and attempting to copy speech patterns and not through reading grammar books. a. b. c. d. e. and attempts to copy speech patterns than through reading grammar books and attempting to copy speech patterns and not through reading grammar books and attempts at copying speech patterns than through reading grammar books and attempting to copy speech patterns than through reading grammar books None of the above
27. In the fine print at the end of the paper lies the clauses that make us liable for any expenses that result from civil unrest. a. b. c. d. e. lies the clause that make us liable for any expenses that lies the clauses that make us liable for any expenses that lies the clauses that make us liable for any expenses which lie the clauses that makes us liable for any expenses which None of the above
28. Rembrandts early work has often been interpreted as being in sharp contrast with his later work, despite there is an essential continuity between the two. a. b. c. d. e. with is later work, but with his later work, despite the fact that with his later work, despite with is later work, notwithstanding None of the above
30. If the gardener would sow the seeds in the greenhouse rather than the garden, he might come up with a better display of leaves. a. b. c. d. e. If the gardener were to sow the seeds in the greenhouse rather than in the garden If the gardener would sow the seeds in the greenhouse rather than the garden If the gardener would sow the seeds in the greenhouse instead of the garden If the gardener would sow the seeds in the greenhouse rather than the garden None of the above
SYNONYMS 1.
vituperative comments
a. b. c. d. e. slanderous profitable constructive criticism None of the above
6. occlude the path a. obstruct b. presume c. pursue d. discover e. None of the above 7. vitiate the reputation a. debase b. promote c. suspect d. foster e. None of the above 8. concept of gemeinschaft a. apportionment b. individual c. community d. pleasure e. None of the above 9. pith of her argument a. abyss b. bottom c. quintessence d. benevolence e. None of the above 10. lack of compunction a. remorse b. determination c. trepidation d. poise e. None of the above
2. scan the gestalt a. appearance b. summary c. pretense d. modification e. None of the above 3. place a malediction on the evildoers a. blight b. decree c. warrant d. proclamation e. None of the above 4. recommending a nostrum a. adjournment b. remedy c. explanation d. stalemate e. None of the above 5. contretemps in the plan a. antagonists b. derision c. hindrance d. enticement e. None of the above
A ___(55)___ critic has to ___(56)___ the particular content, unique structure, and special meaning of a work of art. And here she faces a ___(57)___. The critic must recognize the artistic element of uniqueness that requires subjective reaction; yet she must not be unduly ___(58)___ by such reactions. Her likes and dislikes are less ___(59)___ than what the work itself communicates, and her preferences may ___(60)___ her of certain qualities of the work and thereby prevent an adequate understanding of it. 55. a. b. c. d. e. 56. a. b. c. d. e. 57. a. b. c. d. e. serious critical novice laconic None of the above comprehend esteem question admire None of the above dilemma retribution gratefulness realization None of the above 58. a. b. c. d. e. 59. a. b. c. d. e. 60. a. b. c. d. e. strained objectified admired prejudiced None of the above biased attuned dictated important None of the above blind prevent relieve aid None of the above
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PREMISES/ASSUMPTIONS 1. Given: 1 out of 5 children catches colds everyday. I am going to teach a class of 40 children today. Statement: I have eight children sick with colds today. a. The statement is an assumption. b. The statement is not an assumption. 2. Given: The Senator has admitted to having an illicit affair and lying to his wife about it. Although the affair ended a few years ago, and the Senator and his wife are now reconciled, this fact disqualifies him from seeking higher public office. How could world leaders be expected to negotiate with a President who has admitted lying to his spouse? Statement: A person who could be dishonest in a personal situation is likely to tell a lie in public. a. The statement is an assumption. b. The statement is not an assumption. 3. Given: The best mentors never tell their apprentices what to write. They just try instead to establish an environment that is conducive to thorough and creative research, because training an apprentice through indoctrination is never as effective as encouraging him to develop his skills independently. Truly impressive scholarly work can be produced only by a student who feels that he is breaking new ground, or at least treating familiar ground in a new and original manner. Statement: An apprentice cannot create impressive scholarly work if he has been encouraged to create his own ideas. a. The statement is an assumption. b. The statement is not an assumption.
18. Goats make milk out of grass. Farmers take care of the goats that produce milk. Cheese is made of milk and milk is made of grass. a. Therefore, cheese is made by farmers. b. Therefore, goats are made of grass. c. Therefore, cheese and milk are made of grass. d. Conclusion cannot be drawn. e. None of the above
25. Which one of the following must be true about any acceptable product code? a. The digit 1 appears in some position before the digit 2. b. The digit 1 appears in some position before the digit 3. c. The digit 2 appears in some position before the digit 3. d. The digit 3 appears in some position before the digit 0. e. The digit 4 appears in some position before the digit 3. 26. If a. b. c. d. e. the third digit of an acceptable product code is not 0, which one of the following must be true? The second digit of the product code is 2. The third digit of the product code is 3. The fourth digit of the product code is 0. The fifth digit of the product code is 3. The fifth digit of the product code is 1.
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Passage 1 For decades, there has been a deep rift between poetry academic settings; graduate writing programs in universities, for example, train students as poets or as writers and fiction in the United States, especially in of fiction, but almost never as both. Both poets and writers of fiction have tended to support this separation, in large part because the current conventional wisdom holds that poetry should be elliptical and lyrical, reflecting inner states and processes of thought or feeling, whereas character and narrative events are the stock-in-trade of fiction. Certainly it is true that poetry and fiction are distinct genres, but why have specialized education and literary territoriality resulted from this distinction? The answer lies perhaps in a widespread attitude in U.S. culture, which often casts a suspicious eye on the generalist. Those with knowledge and expertise in multiple areas risk charges of dilettantism, as if ability in one field is diluted or compromised by accomplishment in another. Fortunately, there are signs that the bias against writers who cross generic boundaries is diminishing; several recent writers are known and respected for their work in both genres. One important example of this trend is Rita Dove, an African American writer highly acclaimed for both her poetry and her fiction. A few years ago, speaking at a conference entitled Poets Who Write Fiction, Dove expressed gentle incredulity about the habit of segregating the genres. She had grown up reading and loving both fiction and poetry, she said, unaware of any purported danger lurking in attempts to mix the two. She also studied for some time in Germany, where, she observes, Poets write plays, novelists compose libretti, playwrights
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Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage? a. Rita Doves work has been widely acclaimed primarily because of the lyrical elements she has introduced into her fiction. b. Rita Doves lyric narratives present clusters of narrative detail in order to create a cumulative narrative without requiring the reader to interpret it in a linear manner. c. Working against a bias that has long been dominant in the U.S., recent writers like Rita Dove have shown that the lyrical use of language can effectively enhance narrative fiction. d. Unlike many of her U.S. contemporaries, Rita Dove writes without relying on the traditional techniques associated with poetry and fiction. e. Rita Doves successful blending of poetry and fiction exemplifies the recent trend away from the rigid separation of the two genres that has long been prevalent in the U.S.
The two passages discuss recent scientific research on music. They are adapted from two different papers presented at a scholarly conference.
Passage A Did music and human language originate separately or together? Both systems use intonation and rhythm to communicate emotions. Both can be produced vocally or with tools, and people can produce both music and language silently to themselves. Brain imaging studies suggest that music and language are part of one large, vastly complicated, neurological system for processing sound. In fact, fewer differences than similarities exist between the neurological processing of the two. One could think of the two activities as different radio programs that can be broadcast over the same hardware. One noteworthy difference, though, is that, generally speaking, people are better at language than music. In music, anyone can listen easily enough, but most people do not perform well, and in many cultures composition is left to specialists. In language, by contrast, nearly everyone actively performs and composes. Given their shared neurological basis, it appears that music and language evolved together as brain size increased over the course of hominid evolution. But the primacy of language over music that we can observe today suggests that language, not music, was the primary function natural selection operated on. Music, it would seem, had little adaptive value of its own, and most likely developed on the coattails of language.
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9. Both passages were written primarily in order to answer which one of the following questions? a. What evolutionary advantage did larger brain size confer on early hominids? b. Why do human mothers and infants engage in bonding behavior that is composed of musical elements? c. What are the evolutionary origins of the human ability to make music? d. Do the human abilities to make music and to use language depend on the same neurological systems? e. Why are most people more adept at using language than they are at making music?
12. The authors would be most likely to agree on the answer to which one of the following questions regarding musical capacity in humans? a. Does it manifest itself in some form in early infancy? b. Does it affect the strength of mother-infant bonds? c. Is it at least partly a result of evolutionary increases in brain size? d. Did its evolution spur the development of new neurological systems? e. Why does it vary so greatly among different individuals? 13. Which one of the following principles underlies the arguments in both passages? a. Investigations of the evolutionary origins of human behaviors must take into account the behavior of nonhuman animals. b. All human capacities can be explained in terms of the evolutionary advantages they offer. c. The fact that a single neurological system underlies two different capacities is evidence that those capacities evolved concurrently. d. The discovery of the neurological basis of a human behavior constitutes the discovery of the essence of that behavior. e. The behavior of modern-day humans can provide legitimate evidence concerning the evolutionary origins of human abilities. 14. Which one of the following most accurately characterizes a relationship between the two passages? a. Passage A and passage B use different evidence to draw divergent conclusions. b. Passage A poses the question that passage B attempts to answer. c. Passage A proposes a hypothesis that passage B attempts to substantiate with new evidence. d. Passage A expresses a stronger commitment to its hypothesis than does passage B. e. Passage A and passage B use different evidence to support the same conclusion.
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15. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage? a. Since distribution of a document placed on a Web page is controlled by the author of that page rather than by the person who creates a link to the page, creating such a link should not be considered copyright infringement. b. Changes in copyright law in response to the development of Web pages and links are ill-advised unless such changes amplify rather than restrict the free exchange of ideas necessary in a democracy. c. People who are concerned about the access others may have to the Web documents they create can easily prevent such access without inhibiting the rights of others to exchange ideas freely. d. Problems concerning intellectual property rights created by new forms of electronic media are not insuperably difficult to resolve if one applies basic commonsense principles to these problems. e. Maintaining a free exchange of ideas on the Web offers benefits that far outweigh those that might be gained by a small number of individuals if a radical alteration of copyright laws aimed at restricting the Webs growth were allowed. 16. Which one of the following is closest in meaning to the term strengthened as that term is used in line 8 of the passage? a. made more restrictive b. made uniform worldwide c. made to impose harsher penalties d. dutifully enforced e. more fully recognized as legitimate 17. With which one of the following claims about documents placed on Web pages would the author be most likely to agree? a. Such documents cannot receive adequate protection unless current copyright laws are strengthened. b. Such documents cannot be protected from unauthorized distribution without significantly diminishing the potential of the Web to be a widely used form of communication. c. The nearly instantaneous access afforded by the Web makes it impossible in practice to limit access to such documents. d. Such documents can be protected from copyright infringement with the least damage to the public interest only by altering existing legal codes. e. Such documents cannot fully contribute to the Webs free exchange of ideas unless their authors allow them to be freely accessed by those who wish to do so.
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23. Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage? a. Analysis of fossilized pollen is a useful means of supplementing and in some cases correcting other sources of information regarding changes in the Irish landscape. b. Analyses of historical documents, together with pollen evidence, have led to the revision of some previously accepted hypotheses regarding changes in the Irish landscape. c. Analysis of fossilized pollen has proven to be a valuable tool in the identification of ancient plant species. d. Analysis of fossilized pollen has provided new evidence that the cultivation of such crops as cereal grains, flax, and madder had a significant impact on the landscape of Ireland. e. While pollen evidence can sometimes supplement other sources of historical information, its applicability is severely limited, since it cannot be used to identify plant species. 24. The passage indicates that pollen analyses have provided evidence against which one of the following views? a. The moldboard plough was introduced into Ireland in the seventh century. b. In certain parts of County Down, cereal grains were not cultivated to any significant extent before the seventh century. c. In certain parts of Ireland, cereal grains have been cultivated continuously since the introduction of the moldboard plough. d. Cereal grain cultivation requires successful tilling of the soil. e. Cereal grain cultivation began in County Down around 400 A.D. 25. The phrase documentary record (lines 20 and 37) primarily refers to a. documented results of analyses of fossilized pollen b. the kinds and quantities of fossilized pollen grains preserved in peats and lake muds c. written and pictorial descriptions by current historians of the events and landscapes of past centuries d. government and commercial records, maps, and similar documents produced in the past that recorded conditions and events of that time e. articles, books, and other documents by current historians listing and analyzing all the available evidence regarding a particular historical period