Education Exams (Educ English) – Page 6

#100. Which statement/s is/are libelous when no evidence is presented?
  1. Funds were released when needed but liquidation documents were missing
  2. The recipients denied receiving the supplies and materials
  3. Bidding procedures were violated with fake signatures
A I only
B II only
C I, II and III
D II and III
Answer: I, II and III
#101. Which statement is clear distinction between news features?
A Lengths
B Treatments
C Events
D Topic
Answer: Treatments
#102. If an inaccuracy is brought to the attention of the paper, it should immediately publish any of the following EXCEPT _____________ .
A verification
B correction
C erratum
D rectification
Answer: verification
#103. The instinct of a reporter to identify or sort out news form an array of facts is a skill that is called the newsman’s sixth sense and referred to as _____________ .
A expertise
B objective journalism
C watchdog function
D nose for news
Answer: nose for news
#104. Which word is erroneous in the sentence “Who do you choose to lead the nation”?
A Nation
B Who
C Choose
D Lead
Answer: Who
#105. Which type of error is evident in the sentence “ I came, I saw, I conqueres”?
A Spelling
B Parallelism
C Punctuation
D Capitalization
Answer: Punctuation
#106. Which of the following components are required by most translation perspectives?
A Faithfulness to content and avoidance of domestication
B Sensitivity to style and faithfulness to content
C Sensitivity to style and faithfulness to register
D Faithfulness to register and avoidance of utopia
Answer: Sensitivity to style and faithfulness to content
#107. Which perspective considers the speaker and his/her background when translating text?
A Communicative
B Philological
C Socio-semiotic
D Linguistic
Answer: Socio-semiotic
#108. What technique does a translator utilize when s/she uses generic terms to culturally sensitive words such as “pasma” and “tampo“ without direct equivalent?
A Closest Equivalence
B Generic Corresponding
C Cultural Equivalence
D Idiomatic Translation
Answer: Cultural Equivalence
#109. Which is the best translation for the verse “For He gave order and perfection to seven firmaments” (Koran 2:290)?
A Sapagkat Siya ang nagbigay kaayusan a perspeksyon mula sa pitong kalangitan
B Dahil Siya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan mula sa pitong kalangitan
C Dahil sya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan sa pitong kalangitan
D Sapagkat Siya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan mula sa pitong kalangitan
Answer: Dahil sya ang nagbigay kaayusan at kagalingan sa pitong kalangitan
#110. The author of the novel Picture of Dorain Gray.
A Edgar Allan Poe
B John Steinbeck
C Oscar Wilde
D Rudyard Kipling
Answer: Oscar Wilde
#111. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction adventure novel by ________
A Jules Verne
B Oscar Wilde
C Edgar Allan Poe
D D.H. Lawrence
Answer: Jules Verne
#112. "Of man’s first disobedience , and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree " is the opening to ________.
A The Vision of Delight by Ben Jonson
B Paradise Lost by John Milton
C The Fairie Quenne by Edmund Spenser
D The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
Answer: Paradise Lost by John Milton
#113. The wounded soldiers were visited by the president who honoured them with ____ for their _____.
A appointments – dedication
B gun salute – bravery
C medals – valor
D money – sacrifice
Answer: medals – valor
#114. Robert Frost wrote the poem Acquainted with the Night from which the stanza is taken:

I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain-back in rain.

I have out walked the farthest city light

The poet in the stanza talks of?
A happiness in having been acquainted with the night
B youthful delight playing in the rain
C joy getting out of the house
D isolation and loneliness
Answer: isolation and loneliness
#115. Which is the BEST WAY to write the underlined portion of this sentence? Researchers also speculate that some teachers might have given boys more computer time because parents and teachers expected boys to need computers for future careers.
A expected
B will have expected
C will expect
D expecting
Answer: will have expected
#116. Every June, Manila has its festival of outstanding Filipino films. This was a project initiated by
A German Moreno
B Antonio Villegas
C Arsenio Lacson
D Ramon Bagatsing
Answer: Antonio Villegas
#117. Which among the sounds below is voiceless?
A /b/
B /z/
C /p/
D /g/
Answer: /p/
#118. “Only the heart can see rightly.” This statement is lifted from what particular novel?
A The Pearl
B The Prince and the Pauper
C The Right One
D The Little Prince
Answer: The Little Prince
#119. He was the American President who said, “Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
A Gerald Ford
B Henry Truman
C John F. Kennedy
D Franklin Roosevelt
Answer: John F. Kennedy