GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

DO NOT WRITE, FOLD OR LEAVE MARKINGS ON THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. A SEPARATE ANSWER SHEET WILL BE
PROVIDED ACCORDINGLY.
Write all answers legibly. STRICTLY NO ERASURES/SUPERIMPOSITION, and wrong spelling wrong. No using
of friction pens, or your paper will be returned to you BLANK.
At the end of the exam, submit your questionnaire, together with your answer sheet.
Indicate the QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER located on the top left corner. NO QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER, MINUS
5 POINTS.

I. Matching Type: Match Column A with Column B. Capital Letters only. NO ERASURES/SUPERIMPOSITIONS. (20
pts.)
COLUMN A
___1. Environmental Impact Statement System
___2. Water Code of the Philippines
___3. Philippine Mining Act of 1995
___4. Climate Change Act of 2009
___5. Tobacco Regulation Act
___6. Coral Resources Development and Conservation Decree
___7. Sanitation Code of the Philippines
___8. Revised effluent regulations
___9. Philippine Environmental Policy
___10. An act to control toxic substances
___11. Revised water usage and classification
___12. Pollution Control Law
___13. Clean Air Act of 1999
___14. Fisheries Code of the Philippines
___15. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
___16. Biofuel Act of 2006
___17. Chemical Control order for asbestos (CCO)
___18. Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act of 2001
___19. Philippine Environmental Code
___20. Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004

COLUMN B
A) P.D. 1151
B) P.D. 1152
C) P.D. 984
D) DAO 34
E) DAO 35
F) R.A. 6969
G) R.A 8749
H) P.D 856
I) R.A. 9003
J) P.D. 1586
K) P.D. 1067
L) R.A. 8550
M) R.A 9275
N) R.A. 9147
O) R.A. 7942
P) P.D. 1219
Q) R.A. 9211
R) DAO 2000-92
S) R.A. 9367
T) R.A 9729

II. True or False: Write TRUE if the statement is correct, and write FALSE if otherwise. NO ERASURES. (15 pts.)
_______ 1. Colloids are also very large particles that are suspended but often exhibit many characteristics of dissolved
substances.
_______ 2. Through evaporation from surface waters or transpiration from plants, water molecules return to the atmosphere to
repeat the cycle. The term evapo-transpiration is used referring to combined evaporation and transpiration.
_______ 3. Environmental laws assist the government in adhering to international protocols and building national capacities to
address major global, national, regional and local environmental issues and problems in the context of sustainable
development.
_______ 4. In general, of 100 units of rain that falls on grassland in temperate zones, 10 to 20 units will go to groundwater, 20
to 40 units will evaporate and 40 to 70 units will become stream runoff.
_______ 5. The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer stipulates that the production and consumption of
compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere.
_______ 6. Sulfur is carried back to Earth's atmosphere as acid deposition when it rains or snows.
_______ 7. Material cycles describe the flow of matter from the nonliving to the living world and back again.
_______ 8. Sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. The sex ratio varies according to the age profile of the
population.
_______ 9. The end products of a microbial decomposition of organics, under anaerobic conditions are stable and acceptable
compounds.
_______ 10. Fishes are affected by temperature and dissolved oxygen levels. Temperature changes also affect the reaction
rates and solubility of chemicals as well as other physical properties of water such as viscosity, density, etc.
_______ 11. The organic fraction of the residue for both total and suspended solids can be determined by firing the fresh
samples in a muffle furnace at 550C.
_______ 12. Environmental issues also involve a consideration of ethics and morals. Since ethics is different from morals, it is
quite difficult to determine what is right and what is wrong.

_______ 13. This bloom of algae disrupts normal ecosystem functioning and causes many problems. The algae may use up all
the oxygen in the water, leaving none for other marine life. This results in the death of many aquatic organisms such as fish,
which need the oxygen in the water to live.
_______ 14. Each time you exhale, you are releasing carbon dioxide gas (CO 2) into the atmosphere. Animals and plants get rid
of carbon dioxide gas through a process called exhalation.
_______ 15. Herbivores are those that eat only plants or plant products. Examples are grasshoppers, mice, rabbits, deer,
beavers, moose, cows, sheep, goats and groundhogs.

III. Identification. Write the word/term described on the blanks provided. STRICTLY Wrong spelling wrong. (25 pts.)
________________________ 1. Means water-loving.
________________________ 2. Those acquired by ingestion of pathogens not only in drinking water but also from water that
makes into a persons mouth from washing food, utensils and hands.
________________________ 3. Organics resistant to biological degradation, also called non-biodegradable organics.
________________________ 4. Biological organisms in water capable of infecting or of transmitting diseases to humans.
________________________ 5. For nitrogen, the bond is so tight that it is only broken by very energetic natural events, like
lightning. When this happens, and it happens often, various compounds of nitrogen and oxygen are formed in a process called
________________________ 6. Famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007.
________________________ 7. A thin shell encompassing the earths surface where all the living things subsist.
________________________ 8. Legal entity designed to operate at a profit.
________________________ 9. Means water-fearing.
________________________ 10. Biological water quality parameter that does not require that individuals ingest the water.
________________________ 11. A unit of radioactivity. It tells us how many radioactive atoms in particular collection of atoms are
giving off radiation.
________________________ 12. International conventions where nations can work together to solve common environmental
problems.
________________________ 13. Have been formulated to guide and evaluate corporate conduct towards the environment.
________________________ 14. Have been effective in influencing public opinion and in moving the business community towards
environmental ethics.
________________________ 15. A unit of radiation dose. It is typically used to describe how much radiation energy is deposited in
someone or something.
________________________ 16. Transfer of food energy from the source through a series of organisms in a process of
repeated/sequential eating or being eaten pattern.
________________________ 17. Meaning of the acronym AIDS.
________________________ 18. Organism interaction where two species share a requirement for a limited resource.
________________________ 19. All the organisms that cannot make their own food (and need producers) are called
________________________ 20. Lithosphere that has a low density because it is made of relatively light-weight minerals.
________________________ 21. A landmark international agreement designed to protect the stratospheric ozone layer.
________________________ 22. Convention on the global climate change.
________________________ 23. A stratum containing a substantial amount of groundwater.
________________________ 24. One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and
1350, carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships.
________________________ 25. Travellers are some of the most vulnerable to this disease because they drink the untreated water
found in cold streams.

IV. Matching Type: Match Column A with Column B. Capital Letters only. (30 pts.)

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COLUMN A
Worlds tallest cable-stayed road bridge, as tall as the Empire State
Building. Started to reduce the congested traffic between Paris and
Barcelona.
Consists of a group of organisms that look alike and have similar
characteristics, share the same ecological niche and are capable of
interbreeding.
locked up in rocksit can only be released by weathering.
A worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the
planet, and is organised by WWF.
Comprise a group of minerals that have no known function in the
body and, in fact, are harmful.
The state of layer adjoining the earth and extends up to 500 kms
above the earths shell; Layer of Gases.
Organics that can be utilized for food by naturally occurring
microorganisms within a reasonable length of time.
Spherical bacteria.
This comprise all water possessions both surface and ground water.
Process in which a substance is completely destroyed, used up, or
incorporated or transformed into something else.
It acts as a
regulator for production and decomposition.
Severe, sometimes fatal, form of leptospirosis transmitted by rats via
contaminated water.
The worlds largest man-made island. The project has added 320
miles of beaches to the shoreline of Dubai.
Over 1400 people were affected, 98 died. Chicago World's Fair
outbreak in 1933 caused by contaminated drinking water; defective
plumbing permitted sewage to contaminate the drinking water.
The largest development project in Egypt is also the most ambitious.
The New Valley Project consists of building a massive irrigation
system to reclaim a half-a-million acres of desert.
A landmark international agreement designed to protect the
stratospheric ozone layer.
Chemicals that are toxic to the kidneys.
smallest biological structures which are known to contain all the
genetic information necessary for their own reproduction.
Rod-like bacteria.
The natural environment in which an organism lives.
Yellow discoloration of the skin.
On Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a global treaty to protect
human health and the environment from chemicals that remain intact
in the environment for long periods.
Lowest form of animal life.
Organics resistant to degradation.
A thin shell encompassing the earths surface where all the living
things subsist.
Process by which nitrogen is converted between its various chemical
forms.
single-celled microorganisms that can exist either as independent.
Those metals that are harmful in relatively small amounts.

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The earths outer layer consisting of the soil and rocks.
_____29. a) The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area;
expressed per 1000 per year.
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Convention on the global climate change.

COLUMN B
A. Kyoto Protocol

B. Montreal Protocol

C. Protozoa
D. Heavy Metals
E. Millay Viaduct
F. Refractory
G. Consumption
H. Jaundice
I. Toxic Metals
J. Earth Hour

K. Biosphere
L. Habitat
M. Stockholm Convention

N. Species

O. Lithosphere
P. Mortality
Q. Biodegradable Organics
R. Palm Islands
S. Bacteria
T. Cocci
U. Hydrosphere

V. Weils disease
W. Phosphorus
X. Nephrotoxins
Y. Bacilli
Z. Virus
AA. The New Valley Project (Western
Desert of Egypt)
BB. Amoebiasis
CC. Nitrogen Cycle
DD. Atmosphere

V. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer, capital letters only. NO ERASURES or SUPERIMPOSITIONS allowed. (10 pts.)
1) Which of the following is not a role of Environmental Engineers?
a) Develop site-specific health and safety protocols, such as spill contingency plans and methods for loading and transporting
waste.
b) Implement environmental programs
c) Design systems, processes, and equipment for control, management, and remediation of water, air, and soil quality
2) Which of the following words does not belong to the group?
a. Photosynthesis
c. Production
b. Respiration
d. Consumption

3) Choose the correct series of steps/processes for the Carbon Cycle

i. Carbon moves from plants and animals to the ground.
ii. Carbon moves from plants to animals.
iii. Carbon moves from fossil fuels to the atmosphere when fuels are burned.
iv. Carbon moves from the atmosphere to the oceans.
a. 2,1,3,4
c. 1,2,4,3
b. 1,2,3,4
d. 2,1,4,3,

4) All of the following words describe diversity except

a. variety of habitats
c. extent that an ecosystem possesses different species.
b. variety of biological processes
d. frequency of occurrence or the natural geographic range or place where
species occur
5) There are four ways to convert N2 (atmospheric nitrogen gas) into more chemically reactive forms. What is one of them?
a. Ammonification
c. Biological fixation
b. Denitrificaton
d. Nitrification
6) Best describes the Valdez Principles.
a. minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment
b. certification for environmental management
c. Protection of the biosphere is one of its objectives, and it encourages industries to minimize or eliminate the emission of
pollutants.
d. a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations
7) It recognizes the desirability of decent living standards but works towards a balance of resource use and resource
availability
The above statement is a description of what environmental attitude and ethics?
a. Preservation Ethics
c. Conservation Ethics
b. Development Ethics
d. Environmental Ethics

8) Which of the following is not pollution control regulation?

a. R.A. 3931
c. P.D. 1586
b. P.D. 1152
d. P.D. 825
9) Odd one out;
a. Food Chain
b. Food Web
10) Odd one out;
a. Elephants

c. Trophic Level
d. Food pyramid

c. Sea Otter

b. Sea Urchin

d. Mountain Lion

VII. Enumeration:
3 ORGANISM INTERACTIONS
1.
2.
3.
TYPES OF SUCCESSION
1.
2.
PHYSICAL WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

In order to be successful, one must have three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy.
And if you dont have the first, the other two will kill you.
Godspeed!
Prepared by: Engr. M.M.A