Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of City Schools - Sorsogon City
SORSOGON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
School Year 2018-2019

PRE-TEST
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

PHYSICS

The illustrations below show different sine curves of vibrating springs having the same frequency and
velocity.

WAVE A

WAVE B

1.What evidence shows that Wave A carries more energy?

a. greater amplitude c. longer wavelength

b. lower wave speed d. higher number of

oscillations per unit time

2. Why are octopus connections potential fire hazard?

a. The total resistance becomes very high
b. The connection draws a higher voltage from the main supply
c. The current in the wires san become very high
d. All of the above

3. Which of the following has the highest momentum if all are moving at a velocity of 5 m/s?
a. car c. train
b. motor d. bicycle

4. A brooder house can be lighted using three bulbs each having a resistance of 6.0 Ohms. What is the total
resistance of the bulbs when they are connected in parallel?

a. 2 Ω c.18 Ω
b. 4 Ω d. 20 Ω

5. The relationship between electricity and magnetism can be seen in all of the
Following EXCEPT:
a. a battery converts chemical energy into electrical energy
b. a magnet pushed inside a loop of wire produces current in the wire
c. a compass needle is deflected when placed near a current carrying wire
d. electric current set up in a coil of wire affects another coil placed near the first one
6. Which circuit diagram shows an arrangement the bulbs would shine brightest?

7. Which of the following statements is TRUE for an object falling in air?

a. The object falls faster and faster in air because it is acted upon by the force of gravity.
b. The object falls faster and faster but reaches terminal velocity when air resistance equals
the force of gravity
c. The object speeds up for a while then slow down as air resistance increases
d. The object accelerates towards the ground at a constant rate of 9.8 m/s.

8. The graph below shows how the speed of a skater changes with time. At which point are the forces acting
on the skater balanced?

9. After a storm, a rainbow appears in the sky. Which statement explains the observation?

a. The white clouds are actually prism composed of different colors

b. When sunlight is reflected by the ground towards the cloud, it separates into different colors
c. Raindrops act as prisms separating sunlight into colors
d. The colors of the rainbow come from raindrops in the atmosphere

10. An electric meter showed an increase in reading of 8 kWh after a flat iron was used about how many
hours was it used if it carried a 5 A current from 220 V line?

a. 1 c. 7
b. 4 d. 40

Chemistry
1. The atoms of elements in the same group must have the same__________.
a. no. of p+ c. no of e –
b. no. of valence e- d. no. of neutrons
2. It refers to the number of moles of solutes present in 1 kg of a solvent.
a. Molality c. Normality
b. Molarity d. Formality

3. When a helium atom loses an electron it becomes____________.

 a. An alpha particle c. A positive helium ion
b. A proton d. A negative helium ion
4. Combustion is a_________.

a. Physical and chemical process c. Physical process

b. Biological process d. Chemical process
5. What are the needed coefficient to balance the given chemical equation?

KCIO3  KCL  O2

a. 4,4,6 c. 2,1,3
b. 2,2,3 d. 2,2,2

6. Who discovered natural radioactivity?

a. Rutherford c. Henri Becquerel
b. Marie Curie d. Enrico Fermi
7. The rusting of metal iron in air needs both________.

a. Oxygen and moisture c. Water and paint

b. Carbon dioxide and moisture d. Oxygen and grease
8. Dry Ice is nothing but__________.
a. Gaseous and carbon dioxide c. Solid carbon dioxide

b. Washing soda d. Carbon monoxide

9. When hydrogen gas is allowed to expand from a region of high pressure to a region of low pressure, the
temperature of the gas____
a. Decreases to a small extent
b. Increases
c. Does not change
d. Decreases suddenly
10. What is the percentage composition of hydrogen in water?
a. 10.02% c. 11.19%
b. 12.91 % d. 20.12%

BIOLOGY

1. All living things are made up of cells. Different cells and organs are adapted for their different roles in life
process. All living cells contain a nucleus, cytoplasm and a cell membrane. In addition to these, plant cells
also have a cell wall, chloroplasts and vacuole. Which part of the cell contains the mitochondria?

a. nucleus c. cytoplasm
b. cell membrane d. hypertonic
2. A red blood was placed in distilled water and bursted afterwards. The environment is
a. isotonic c. saturated

b. hypotonic d. hypertonic
3. Which of the following process involved in cellular respiration does not occur in the mitochondrion?
a. oxidative phosphorylation c. glycolysis
b. Kreb ‘s cycle d. pyruvate oxidation

4. In meiosis, at what phase do homologous chromosomes randomly assemble

At the metaphase plate?
a. anaphase I c. metaphase I
b. metaphase II d. anaphase II

5. The observable traits expressed by an organism are described as its

a. phenotype c. genotype
b. alleles d. zygote
6. The process in which proteins are being synthesized from mRNA is
a. transcription c. transmission
b. translation d. transduction
7. Human’s arms, bats’ wings and seals’ flippers are
a. vestigial structures c. analogous structure

b. homologous structure d. none of these

8. Organism most likely to be found in extreme environments are
a. fungi b. bacteria c. viruses d. archea
9. Which is not an insect?

a. ant b. butterfly c. spider d. mosquito

10. A sampaguita plant is planted beside a mango tree. What relationship occurs between these plants?
a. mutualism b. parasitism c. competition d. no relationship

MATHEMATICS

1. Perform the operation given that A = { -4, -2, 0, 2, 4 } , B = { -4, -2, 0, 3, 4 }, what’s A U B ?
a. { -4, 2, 0, 3} b. { -4, -2, 0, 2, 3, 4} c. { -4, -2, 0, -3} d. { -4, -2, 0, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5 }

(𝑎2 −5𝑎)
2. Simplify (5−𝑎)
a. 5 – a b. a c. -5 d. –a

3𝑥−15 2𝑥 2 +16𝑥+30
3. Simplify the expression: 2𝑥 2 −50 × 6𝑥+9
𝑥−3 𝑥+3 𝑥−3 𝑥−3
a. b. c. d.
2𝑥+3 2𝑥+3 2𝑥−3 2𝑥−3

4. List of four smallest elements of the set, { 𝑦|𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1 , 𝑥 ∈ ℕ }

a. 1,2,3,4 b. 1,3,5,7 c. 3,5,7,9 d. 3,4,56
1
1−
𝑎2
5. Simplify the complex fraction: 1
1+
𝑎

𝑎 𝑎+1 𝑎 𝑎−1
a. 𝑎+1
b. −𝑎
c. 𝑎−1 d. 𝑎

6. If f(x) = 2x +3 and g(x) = x2-1, find (g o g) x

a. 4x – 9 b. 2x5 - 5 c. x4 – 2x2 d. 4x2 – 12x + 8
7. The angles of the triangle have the ratio 3:4:5. What is the measure of the smallest angle?
a. 20 deg b. 20 deg c. 45 deg d. 60 deg

8. A booklet has tickets that are consecutively numbered from B123480 to B 123555. If each ticket is worth
P25.00, how much is the total value of the booklet?
a. P1,875 b. P1,900 c. P2,000 d. P2,500

9. What should be the least value of N so that the number 314,201,413,6N4 is divisible by 6?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3

10. What is the smallest number that can be divided exactly by 18, 20, 15?
a. 5 b. 120 c. 180 d. 360

11. What is the reference angle of 120 degrees?

a. 30 degrees b. 60 degrees c. 180 degrees d. 20 degrees

12. The conjugate angle of a 218° angle is

a. 128-degree angle b. 578-degree angle c. 142-degree angle d. 52-degree
angle

13. Let f be the squaring function defined as 𝑓(𝑥)= 𝑥2, find 𝑓(−1), 𝑓(0) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓(12) respectively.
a. 1,0,121 b. -1,0,12 c. 1,0,144 d. -1,0,144

14. Which of these is equal to 1 + tan2 x?

a. cot2 x b. sin2 x c. cos2 x d. sec2 x

15. If y varies directly as x, and y = 15 when x = 30. Find y when x = 8.

a. ½ b. 2 c. 4 d. 8

16. Evaluate lim𝑥→2(𝑥2− 4)/𝑥+2 .

a. 4 b. -4 c. 2 d. 0

17. Determine the first derivative of f(x) = (5x2 + 6)(2x).

a. 10x2 + 12 b. 20x2 + 12 c. 30x2 + 12 d. 12x2 + 10

18.

a. 4 b. -4 c. 2 d. 0

19. Find Lim (x2 + 3x – 5)

X4

a. 9 b. 15 c. 28 D. 23

20. Find the second derivative of (x2 + 2x) (x3)

A. 3x^4 + 6x^3 b. 8x^3 + 6x^2 c. 5x^3 + 8x^3 D. 20x^3 + 24x^2