NSCN 11A - PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Preliminary Exam
General Instructions:
Read the questions carefully.
Do not write anything on the questionnaire.
Choose and shade on your answer sheet the letter which corresponds to your answer.
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter that answers the questions or completes the
following statements. Shade the letter of your choice on your answer sheet.
1. What do you call the outer visible surface of the sun?
A. corona
C. photosphere
B. prominence
D. chromosphere
2. Which of the following theories states that the moon split off the earth?
A. co-accretion
C. fission
B. nebula
D. capsule
3. What branch in Geology is the study of nature, origin, processes and changes of
landforms?
A. geophysics C. geography
B. geomorphology D. geochemistry
4. Which group of scientists contributed on the knowledge about evidences on
mathematics, medicine and astronomy?
A. babylonians
C. egyptians
B. chinese
D. indians
5. Who is the father of medicine?
A. Aristotle
C. Mendel
B. Plato
D. Hippocrates
6. Whose group of scientists were practicing astronomy through the observation of
eclipse?
A. babylonians
C. egyptians
B. chinese
D. indians
7. The following are classified as classical planets except
A. mercury
C. neptune
B. venus
D. jupiter
8. Which of the following planet is the Earths sister planet?
A. mercury
C. neptune
B. venus
D. jupiter
9. Which of the following gases is important for photosynthesis to take place?
A. oxygen
C. carbon dioxide
B. nitrogen
D. carbon
10. What is formed when the water vapor will be cooled down below dew point then
condensed into tiny crystals?
A. fog
C. ozone
B. smog
D. clouds
11. ________ is the amount of moisture in the air.
A. temperature
C. pressure
B. humidity
D. fronts
12. What is the most common type of high cloud?
A. cirrostratus
C. cirrocumulus
B. cirrus
D. cumulus
13. Which of the following combinations of clouds are vertical growth clouds?
A. cumulus & cumulonimbus
C. cumulus & cirrus
B. cirrus & cirrocumulus
D. cumulonimbus & cirrocumulus
14. Which of the following middle clouds are made up of water and ice crystals?
A. altocumulus
C. altostatus
B. cumulus
D. nimbostratus

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Which of the following clouds is known as thunderstorm clouds?

A. cumulus
C. stratus
B. nimbostratus
D. cumulonimbus
What is formed when a particular snowflake turns back into ice?
A. freezing rain
C. drizzle
B. snow
D. rain
All are examples of severe weather except
A. hurricanes
C. tornadoes
B. thunderstorms
D. sleet
What do you call those water that falls into the earths surface?
A. precipitation
C. snow
B. fog
D. cloud
What is the most dangerous weather phenomena?
A. cold fronts
C. occulated fronts
B. hail
D. thunderstorms
What do you call the long-term average condition in a particular locality?
A. weather
C. monsoon
B. climate
D. rainfall
What is the large-scale seasonal wind?
A. weater
C. monsoon
B. climate
D. rainfall
Why wind is formed?
A. differences in temperature of the atmosphere
B. rotation of the earth
C. unequal heating of the continents and oceans
D. All of the above
Which statement is not true about Venus and Mercury?
A. they both have very thin atmosphere
B. it cannot protect living things
C. their atmosphere is made up of carbon monoxide & poisonous gases
D. very hot because of the heat coming from the sun
Which statement is not true about nitrogen?
A. about 78% of nitrogen is present in the atmosphere
B. is the major & important element of protein structure in the body
C. the atmospheres dry air
D. an active element
Which of the following statements is true about carbon dioxide?
A. it is a toxic gas
B. 20% of the earths atmosphere is carbon dioxide
C. it is a very important gas for photosynthesis
D. large amount of CO2 in the atmosphere can lower the temperature

For questions number 26-34 the following items describe the atmosphere,
identify which of the following layers.
A. troposphere
D. thermosphere
B. stratosphere
E. exosphere
C. mesosphere
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the layer that is located 10-20 miles above the sun

the region where atoms and molecules escape into space
the zone that is filled with charged particles
the region that extends from the top of the stratosphere
the layer that is slightly unstable
the wind moves in horizontal motion
the layer where most clouds are formed
the layer wherein temperature increases as the altitude increases
the layer where wind moves in vertical motion

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For items 35-39 The following items are the distinguishable characteristics of the
planets from the given choices identify what planet.
A. Venus
B. Earth
C. Mars
D. Saturn
35. known for centuries as the ringed planet
36. named after the Roman goddess of love & beauty
37. has a bright reddish color
38. the only planet in the solar system known to harbor life
39. The planet that is described as the hottest & the coldest at the same time in the
solar system.
A. mercury
C. uranus
B. jupiter
D. Neptune
40. What suns region is visible to the eyes during total solar eclipse?
A. chromospheres
C. photosphere
B. corona
D. prominences
41. What is the dark depression part of the photosphere?
A. faculae
C. spicule
B. flares
D. sunspots
42. What do you call the bright filaments of hot gases emerging from the
sunspot regions?
A. faculae
C. spicule
B. flares
D. sunspots
43. What is formed above the sunspots brought about by the bright luminous
hydrogen clouds?
A. faculae
C. spicule
B. flares
D. sunspots
44. What part of the sun can solar energy pass through?
A. chromospheres
C. photosphere
B. corona
D. prominences
For items 45-46 Identify what theory of the origin of the universe is being described.
A. big bang theory
C. steady state theory
B. open universe theory
D. creation theory
45. that matter is created throughout the universe at a rate of about 10-10 nuclear
per meter cube per year
46. it was first developed in 1927 by Femaitre & revised in 1946 by Camow
47. What is the nationality of the scientist who formulated the dust cloud theory?
A. French scientist
C. German physicist
B. British physicist
D. French astronomist
48. All are classified as classical planets except
49. What internal structure of the sun can transport thermonuclear reaction through
radioactive diffusion?
A. core
C. convection zone
B. radiation zone
D. corona
50. Which theory explained that the gas and the dust particles come together
due to gravity then it started to rotate, forming a denser mass?
A. dust cloud theory C. companion star theory
B. nebular theory
D. planetisimal theory
51. What are the chief components of the jovian planets?
A. methane & helium
C. hydrogen & methane
B. neon & helium
D. helium & hydrogen
52. What is the name of the scientist who proposed the open universe theory?
A. George Gamow
C. Edwin Hubble
B. Herman Bondi & Thomes Gold D. Fred Hoyle

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53. What kind of turbulence in the atmosphere can exhibit a continuous and uniform
mixing mechanism?
A. homosphere
C. ionosphere
B. heterosphere
D. outer sphere
For numbers 54-56 identify what type of cloud
A. stratus
C. nimbostratus
B. stratocumulus
D. cumulus
54. The cloud that is associated with light rain or snow with a ragged base.
55. Description of this cloud are as follows: lumpy, gray in color; consist of water
droplets & precipitation occurs rarely.
56. cloud with uniform gray color, usually look like a fog
57. What instrument measures wind, moisture and temperature in the upper
atmosphere?
A. barometer
C. doppler radar
B. salinometer
D. spectrophotometer
58. Which instrument can provide information under the ocean environment, desert &
polar areas of the earth?
A. weather reports
C. sedgewick rafter
B. Doppler effects
D. satellite data
59. What is an artificial satellite?
A. weather optics
C. satellite photos
B. weather satellite
D. satellite data
60. Which of the following tropical cyclones sustained wind at 65-119 km/hr.
A. tropical cyclones
C. tropical storm
B. tropical depression
D. typhoon or hurricane
61. What is the meaning of an acronym PAGASA?
A. Philippine Astronomical Geophysical & Atmospheric Services Administration
B. Philippine Astronomical Geological & Astronomical Services Administration
C. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration
D. Philippine Athenosphere Geological Services and Administration
62. All are types of fronts except
A. cold fronts
C. basic fronts
B. occluded fronts
D. stationary fronts
63. What instrument is use in measuring the atmospheric pressure?
A. barometer
C. Doppler radar
B. salinometer
D. spectrophotometer
64. What do you call the horizontal movement of air that can equalize the lateral
pressure and temperature?
A. monsoon
C. typhoon
B. fronts
D. wind
65. If the pressure is falling or dropping this indicates that
A. a storm has gone
C. storm in progress
B. a storm is approaching
D. no storm is coming
66. If there is an increase or rise in pressure, this indicates that..
A. a storm has gone
C. storm in progress
B. a storm is approaching D. no storm is coming
67. What is Kepplers law of planetary motion?
A. the earth moves slow when it is closer to the sun
B. the earth moves fast when it is closer to the sun
C. there is no movement of the earth when it is close to the sun
D. all of the above
68. What is the broadest field of Earth Science?
A. astronomy
C. meteorology
B. geology
D. oceanography
69. Scientific method that can test the reliability and validity of a hypothesis
A. Testing the hypothesis
C. Formulating conclusions
B. Formulating hypothesis D. Generalization

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70. What is the richest source of electromagnetic energy in the form of heat & and
light?
A. moon
C. sun
B. stars
D. asteroids
71. What scientific explanation is tentative and requires more investigation?
72. Whose civilization was developed and purified based on the early astronomical
belief?
73. What constellation is the Babylonian god of war?
74. What material of the moon are formed by meteorite that is older than maria?
A. regoliths
C. terrae
B. mare rocks
D. lunar soil
75. The following are the concerns of Physical Science except
A. earths surface processes
C. the earths material
B. examining the earth through fossils
D. earths internal processes

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PSYNO1A - General Psychology

Preliminary Examination
General Instructions:
Read the questions carefully.
Do not write anything on the questionnaire.
Choose and shade on your answer sheet the letter which corresponds to your answer.
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter that answers the questions or completes the
following statements. Shade the letter of your choice on your answer sheet.
1. He was known for designing the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaires and made a
standardized psychological test.
A. G. Stanley Hall C. J. Mckeen Cattell
B. Francis Galton D. John B. Watson
2. A philosopher who stated that Psychology is an old subject but a young science
A. Plato
C. Rene Descartes
B. Myers
D. Aristotle
3 A philosopher who wrote the book about The Mind and Body Relationship/
De Anima
A. Plato
C. Rene Descartes
B. Myers
D. Aristotle
4 Who is Sigmund Freud?
A. a French neurologist
B. an American psychologist

C. an English philosopher
D. an Austrian neurologist

5. Who established the 1st psychological/experimental laboratory in the University of

Leipzig?
A. Rene Descates
C. Wilhelm Wundt
B. G. Stanley Hall
D. Francis Galton
For items 6-14 Identify what appropriate psychological thought are the following
statements: A. school of structuralism
C. Gestalt Psychology
B. school of functionalism
D. Psychoanalysis
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views the human mind and behavior as a whole

all our behavior is influenced by the unconscious mind
that the operational principle of the brain is holistic
INTROSPECTION is the one used in gathering the data
by natural selection
the totality of organization and experiences in understanding behavior
the process of objectively analyzing and measuring ones own thoughts and mental
activities
13. environmental survival
14. cannot be determined/explained by its component parts alone
For items 15-19 Identify what type of Gestalt Principle
A. Law of Proximity C. Law of Closure
E. Law of Good Pragnanz
B. Law of Similarity D. Law of Good Continuation
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these are the objects that are grouped together & are seen as a whole
objects that look similar will be perceived as part of the same form
examples are direction, street & mall guides
objects that are near to each other will tend to be grouped together
organized into as good as figure as possible
GESTALT means _________
A. metacognitive
C. configuration
E. A & D are correct
B. perception
D. form

For items 21-30 Identify the STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY

A. id
C. superego
B. ego
D. B & C are correct
21. protects the individual from harsh punishment; may result from the
callousness of the id
22. provides guidelines for making judgements
23. personality that is responsible for dealing with reality
24. driven by the pleasure principle
25. strives for immediate gratification of all desires
26. would not go against the norm
27. restrain the impulses of the id making the ego feel guilt when a wrong
had been done
28. abides by the existing social & cultural norms
29. pleasure is sexual/sexual instinct
30. sense of right & wrong
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Identify the approach to be used in understanding the behavior

Neurobiological
D. Psychodynamic
Behavioral
E. Phenomenomenal
Cognitive

humanistic perspective
id, ego, superego
can be controlled/trained
involves mental processes
learning can either be classical, operant/connectivism
functional individual with three personality in balance
subjective
electrochemical activities in the brain

For items 39-45 Identify the approach to be used in understanding the behavior
A. Cognitive
D. Socio-cultural
B. Psychodynamic
E. Evolutionary
C. Phenomenological
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positive view of human nature

behavior is always geared towards environmental adaptation & survival
focuses on lifestyle, values & social roles
capacity to make choices for actions
examples are thinking, learning, remembering & analyzing
the concept of survive and perish
interpersonal relationships & expectations, and group dynamics

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For items 46-50 Identify the major field in Psychological Speciation:

A. Biopsychology
D. Clinical
B. Health
E. Forensic
C. Medical
46. the relationship between the mind and the body & how behavior affects health
47. the etiology of crime, profiles of criminal behavior
48. concentrates on the alleviation of the patients condition by conducting
psychotheraphy
49. studies on the physiological determinants of behavior particularly the brain,
nervous system, & endocrine system
50. involves consultation for rehabilitation programs for prisons
For items 51-55 Identify the major field in Psychological Speciation:
A. School
C. Industrial-Organization
B. Educational
D. Paranormal
51. studies intelligence memory & human thought processes
52. focuses on psychological testing, referrals, assesses & gives intervention
to learning disabilities
53. it involves in the selection, training & evaluation of employees on the job
54. studies documents & events which may be classified as supernatural
55. evaluates institutional programs & curricula
For items 56-60 What method in psychological research will be used:
A. Naturalistic Observation
C. Case Study
B. Survey Questionaire
D. Phenomenological Research
56. The writer will form the structure of experience based on reflection & interpretation
of the individuals story.
57. The researcher would want to find out how the situations and events in the past
contributed to the persons present psychological state.
58. Researchers lack of control of the situation, awareness of the subjects that theyre
being observed.
59. There will be chosen sample of respondents as representative of the population
being studied.
60. It utilizes other methods of research like observation, interviews and testing.
61. What do you call the total characteristics or qualities of an individual?
A. trait
C. individual differences
B. attitude
D. personality
62. The kind of behavior that can be observed by the person who experienced it is
what type of behavior?
A. overt behavior
C. covert behavior
B observed behavior
D. extrinsic behavior
63. What is the etymological definition of Psychology?
A. study of freewill
C. study of mind & soul
B. study of mind & intellect
D. study of mind & behavior

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64. What method is involved in EXORCISM?

A. torturing ang hunging
B. the idea that abnormal behavior is caused by supernatural forces, evil spirit &
witchcraft
C. an operation where stone instrument were used to chip the skull to allow evil
spirit to escape
D. it involves prayer & noise making
65. What method is used in TREPHINING?
A. torturing ang hunging
B. the idea that abnormal behavior is caused by supernatural forces, evil spirit &
witchcraft
C .an operation where stone instrument were used to chip the skull to allow evil
spirit to escape
D it involves prayer & noise making
66. What is the name of the psychologist who mentioned that , sick mind must be
treated humanely A. Rene Descartes
C. George Berkeley
B Philippe Pinel
D. John Locke
67. Granville Stanley Hall established psychological laboratory at _______
A. Leipzig Germany
C. John Hopkin Univ. U.S
B. San Carlos University Phils. D. London
68. Who developed the 16 Personality Factor standardized test?
A. Granville Stanley Hall
C. Wilhelm Wundt
B. Raymond B. Cattel
D. Francis Galton
69. Psychology in the Philippines was taught in ______ century at San Carlos
University and UST.
A. 20th C
C. 18th C
th
B. 19 C
D. 17th C
70. In behaviorism, the behavior is the result of ______
A. instinct
C. experience
B. overt behavior
D. observation

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