SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION IN MAPEH 8

General Directions: The test is subdivided into four components- Music, Arts,
Physical Education and Health. Read each question carefully. Write the correct
answers on your answer sheets.

MUSIC
1.How is Chinese music described?
a. It is gentle and lyrical.
b. It is slow in tempo and is very peaceful.
c. It is meditative and highly ritualized.
d. It is slow and melancholy.
2.Which Korean music category is traditionally associated with the lower class?
a. tang-ak b. chong-ak c. sog-ak d. a-ak
3. What is the message depicted in the Japanese song Sakura?
a. spring time b. summer time c. winter season d. autumn season
4. How is the Arirang song classified?
a. welcome song b. love song c. song for spring d. parting song
5. What melody is used in the folk song Mo Li Hua?
a. melodic b. pentatonic c. diatonic d. harmonic
6. What meter is used in the Japanese song Sakura?
a. quadruple b. triple c. duple d. compound
7-8. Which of the following local Filipino instruments can be appropriately used to simulate
the sound of the Chinese folk song Mo Li Hua? Choose at least two.
a. guitar b. drums c. xylophone d. cymbals
9-11. Your MAPEH teacher instructed you to create or improvise instruments that have
similar sound of the instruments of China, Japan and Korea. Which of the following objects
that are found in the environment can be used to improvise each of the instruments given?
9. taiko ______ 10. Hichiriki________ 11. Pengling ____________
a. bottles b. aluminum containers c. cans c. strings
12-15. If you were asked to make criteria for judging a Battle of the Bands competition,
how many percent would you consider in each of the following musical elements? (4points)
12. Dynamics __________ %
13. Rhythm __________ %
14. Timbre __________ %
15. Melody __________ %
Total 100 %
ARTS
16-18. Study the East Asian paintings below. Identify the subject of each painting.
a. animals b. people c. landscapes d. anything about the environment
16. ________ 18. ____________

17. __________ 19. ____________

20. Which of the following is being expressed in traditional Chinese Art?
a. Human understanding of the relationship between nature and humans
b. Life of the people who belong in the upper class
c. Life of the common people in the countryside
d. Political system of the Chinese government
21. Why mountains and water are considered as the important features in Korean
landscape painting?
a. It is a site for building temples and buildings.
b. It is where they get their food supply.
b. It is their favorite tourist spot.
c. It is the place for business.
22. What is the common theme in Japan for printmaking?
a. scenes from everyday life c. plants and flowers
b. people and animals d. mountains and rivers
23. What is the most popular style of Japanese art which means “pictures of the floating
world”?
a. kabuki b. ukiyo c. ukiyo-e d. calligraphy
24. Why do the characters of Peking Opera and Kabuki wear make-up or face painting?
a. To make their character realistic c. To show off face paint art
b. To hide/cover gender d. To entertain the audience
25. How important is painting in East Asian art?
a. Regarded as the most refined and highest form of art
b. Painting offers the richest variety and are the styles most limited today
c. Painting represents both a portrayal of nature itself and a codified illustration of
the human view
d. Painting illustrates the scenes that are full with figures and details
26-27. Why do East Asian temples have sweeping roof? Choose at least two (2) best
answers.
a. They believe that it will protect them from elements of water, wind, fire
b. It is used for residences of wealthy Chinese
c. Helped ward off evil spirits
d. To make their temples beautiful
28-30. Which of the following statements best describe the significance of Chinese roofs?
Pick at least three(3) statements. 28.___________ 29.__________ 30.___________
a. Roof identifies the class of the people living.
b. Roof identifies the function of the structure.
c. Roof symbolizes power.
d. Roof is used as evidence how expensive the structure is.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
31. Which of the following is a team sport wherein the objective is to shoot a ball
through a basket horizontally positioned to score point?
a. basketball b. baseball c. soccer d. volleyball
32. In December 1981, a Canadian educator and physician invented basketball game.
Who is he?
a. Dr. Luther Gulick b. James Naismith c. Abdul-Kareem Jabbar d. Larry Bird
33-34. Study the illustrations given and identify what referee hand signals
were shown. Choose from choices below.

CHOICES a. Illegal dribble b. traveling c. jump ball d. charging

e. loose ball foul

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35-36: Draw an arrow to show the right direction of the ball when executing the
type of pass specified in each item.

35. Bounce Pass

36. Chest Pass

37-38. Which of the following are the indicators that you have achieved normal level of
physical fitness? Choose at least two (2) answers.
a. Can perform or execute the skills
b. Has sound mind and body
c. Has enough energy to do tasks
d. Gets tired easily
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43. Why is playing team sports necessary in the promotion of family fitness and wellness?
a. It involves all family members to perform as a team.
b. It enhances health related fitness components.
c. It strengthens family relationship and camaraderie.
d. It involves different skills that can develop holistic physical development.
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HEALTH
46. Which of the following terms refers to the legal union of man and woman as husband
and wife?
a. courtship b. dating c. engagement d. marriage
47. What term refers to a period in a person’s relationship when one tells his/her intense
feeling or desire to another person?
a. courtship b. dating c. engagement d. marriage
48-49. Which of the following statements explains why it is important for couples to
undergo courtship? Choose at least two best answers.
a. It reveals one’s interests, likes ,and dislikes, limitations and aspirations
b. It develops security and establishes respect for each other.
c. It allows couples to decide whether they are ready to be committed.
d. It gives time to know better the character and background of a person.
50. Which of the following courtship is practiced in Visayas wherein the suitor
accomplishes household farm chores for the family of the woman?
a. paninilbihan b. naninilong c. tapat d. rooster courtship
51. Which of the following courtship practices means serenading in front of the woman’s
house?
a. paninilbihan b. naninilong c. tapat d. rooster courtship
52-53. Which of the following behaviors can promote healthy relationship in marriage and
family life? Choose at least two best answers.
a. James and Olivia are complementing each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
b. James is always criticizing his wife’s actions or decisions.
c. James and Olivia are always spending quality time to each other.
d. Olivia is always jealous with her husband especially when he is at work.
54. Which of the following is NOT a factor to consider in choosing a lifetime partner?
a. love b. economic readiness c. physical appearance d. commitment
55. What do you call a reproductive process where the female gamete and female gamete
unite to form a new single cell?
a. fertilization b. ovulation c. implantation d. gestation
56. Which of the following term refers to the developing human from the time the ovum and
the sperm unite until the 8th week?
a. fetus b. zygote c. baby d. embryo
57. Which of the following statements BEST signifies the importance of maternal nutrition
during pregnancy?
a. It affects the offspring’s health.
b. It helps avoid miscarriage.
c. It ensures normal childbirth.
d. It aids baby’s full development.
58. Which of the following statements best explains the importance of responsible
parenthood?
a. It helps the couple plan how many children to have.
b. It ensures the best possible life for the couple and their children.
c. It ensures to provide all the needs of the children.
d. It helps make wise family decisions.
59. How does family size affect family health?
a. It affects our nutritional status.
b. It affects susceptibility to a specific disease or ill-health.
c. It affects the availability of health care services.
d. It affects the state of physical and mental well-being.
60. Which of the following is NOT part of the duties and responsibilities of parents to their
children?
a. Provide physical care and love
b. Inculcate moral and spiritual discipline.
c. Provide education and other basic needs.
d. Allow children to marry at a young age.

God bless you!