Introduction to the

Philosophy of the
Human Person
(Pre-Assessment)
Prepared by: Jed A. Tomarong
1. Philosophy comes from the Greek words “Philia”
and “Sophia” which means?

A. Doing wisdom
B. Love of wisdom
C. Love of knowledge
D. Knowledge and wisdom

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2. Why is Philosophy considered to be a “science”?

A. It is an art.
B. It studies all things.
C. It is systematic.
D. It is synthesizes all knowledge.

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3. In Philosophy, what faculty of man does one use
to study all beings?

A. Affection
B. Passion
C. Reason
D. Will

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4. What branch of science states that truth is based
on the person’s consciousness?

A. Aesthetics
B. Epistemology
C. Metaphysics
D. Phenomenology

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5. “I ate 3 mangoes yesterday and they were sour.
Therefore, all mangoes are sour.” What type of
fallacy is this statement?

A. Ad Hominem
B. Begging the question
C. False cause
D. Hasty generalization

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6. Which of the following is an attribute of a critical
thinker?

A. Accepts irrelevant and innocent information

B. Blinded on proofs
C. Examines the problem
D. Stand firms on opinions

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7. What limitation of the human person as an
embodied spirit refer to the things already given in
our lives?

A. Consciousness
B. Facticity
C. Spatial-temporal being
D. The body as intermediary

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8. What limitation of man makes it impossible for
man to be present in two or more places at the
same time?

A. Consciousness
B. Facticity
C. Spatial-temporal being
D. The body as intermediary

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9. Filipino blame poverty for their difficulty and
failures in life. To which limitation is this anchored?

A. Consciousness
B. Facticity
C. Spatial-temporal being
D. The body as intermediary

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10. When the present is able to develop without
compromising the future’s need, what development
is present?

A. Economic development
B. Environmental development
C. Industrial development
D. Sustainable development

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11. What type of value refers when something has
inherent worth in itself?

A. Extrinsic value
B. Intrinsic value
C. Instrumental value
D. Valuable

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12. Man has its own value. To which view of moral
consideration does it fall?

A. Anthropocentrism
B. Biocentrism
C. Ecocentrism
D. Panthocentrism

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13. What view of moral consideration state that all
living things, human, animals, and plants, should be
morally considerable?

A. Anthropocentrism
B. Biocentrism
C. Ecocentrism
D. Panthocentrism

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14. What philosophy considers the choice and
freedom of an individual?

A. Behaviorism
B. Essentialism
C. Existentialism
D. Naturalism

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15. According to Social Contract, human beings have to
form community or civil community to protect themselves
from one another. Who was the proponent of this idea?

A. St. Thomas Aquinas

B. Jean Paul Sartre
C. Jean Jacques Rousseau
D. B.F. Skinner

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16. A human being has a supernatural
transcendental destiny. What does this statement
mean?

A. Man will become a soul.

B. Man will remain as a human being.
C. Man will rise from an ordinary being to a
higher being.
D. Man will transform as a spirit.

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17. What theory in philosophy state that one’s
existence is the only thing that is real?

A. Solipsism
B. Intersubjectivity
C. Existentialism
D. Behaviorism

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18. What branch of philosophy deals with the nature
and relations of being?

A. Psychology
B. Ontology
C. Logic
D. Ethics

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19. Which of the following would worsen the case of
an ADHD child in his studies?

A. Inclusive education
B. Negative attitude
C. Open communication
D. Supportive environment

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20. At what period is it called the “Dark ages”?

A. Ancient-Classical Greek period

B. Contemporary period
C. Medieval period
D. Modernity period

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21. Leadership in art and science reached peak in
which period?

A. Ancient-Classical Greek period

B. Contemporary period
C. Medieval period
D. Renaissance period

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22. What revolution caused manpower to be
transformed into machine power?

A. American revolution
B. French revolution
C. Industrial revolution
D. War of independence

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23. What term refers to a list of things that one has
not done before but wants to do before dying?

A. Bucket list
B. Diary list
C. Dream list
D. Wish list

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24. What philosophical concept is believed that a
living being starts a new life in a different physical
body after a biological death?

A. Karma
B. Enlightenment
C. Reincarnation
D. Transcendence

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25. What is the traditional definition of death?

A. The end of heartbeat and breathing

B. Resuscitation would not be possible
C. Irreversible cessation of circulatory and
respiratory functions
D. Absence of natural respiratory and cardiac
functions

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