AHEAD MAKATI UPCAT PROBLEM SET 4

TOTAL SCORE: /75

MATHEMATICS SCORE: /25

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What is the least number of people that 5. The third term of an arithmetic progression
should group together so that at least two is 4, while the eighth term is 19. What is the
of them were definitely born on the same sixth term?
month of the year? A. 10
A. 11 B. 13
B. 12 C. 16
C. 13 D. 17
D. 14
6. Francia has PhP380, composed of PhP10-
2. Pat can row her boat upstairs at 5 km/hr coins and PhP5-coins. She has one more
and downstairs at 7 km/hr. What is the PhP5-coins then PhP10-coins. How many
speed of the current? coins does she have in all?
A. 1 km/hr A. 25
B. 2 km/hr B. 26
C. 3 km/hr C. 51
D. 4 km/hr D. 56

3. If a square and an equilateral triangle have 7. What is the perimeter of the figure below?
the same perimeter, which has the longer A. 52
side? B. 100
A. Square C. 104 24
B. Triangle D. 120
C. They cannot have the same side.
D. Cannot be determined 10
8. Alexandra looks at a kite that got stuck on
√ top of a pole 15 m tall at a 30° angle of
4. If = and < 180, find .
elevation. Hershey is standing on the
A. –1 opposite side of the pole and sees the kite
B. at a 60° angle of elevation. How far apart
are they from each other?
C. A. 20 √ m
√ B. 22.5 m
D. C. 30 m
D. 15 + 15 √ m
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9. Jun Pyo deposited part of his $100 billion in 14. What value of x will satisfy the inequality
Bank A at 3% interest per annum, and 5x – 4 > 9x – 12?
deposited the remaining in Bank B at 8% A. x < –2
interest per annum. At the end of the year, B. x > –2
his total interest was $5 billion. How much C. x < 2
did he deposit in Bank B? D. x > 2
A. 40 billion
B. 50 billion 15. What is the surface area of a cube that has
C. 60 billion a volume of 125 cm3?
D. 100 billion A. 100 cm2
B. 125 cm2
10. If one of the roots of the equation C. 150 cm2
x2 – 8x + k = 0 is 3, find the other root. D. 300 cm2
A. –5
B. –4 16. Which of the following functions have
C. 4 negative values in Quadrant IV?
D. 5 A. Sine and cosine
B. Cosine and tangent
11. In the given triangle, find h. C. Sine and cosine
A. 3 D. Cosine and cosecant
B. 6
C. 9 h 17. If I can choose 3 best friends among France,
D. 12 Gwen, Jacque, Jasmin, and Kelly, and
3 12 choose another 2 best friends among
12. Which of the following is equal to one? Benedick, Ever, and JD, how many different
A. cos (0°) combinations of best friends can I have?
B. cot (180°) A. 8
C. csc (270°) B. 13
D. sec (90°) C. 30
D. 360
13. I have 6.02 x 1023 words in my Facebook
account. You have 1.204 x 1023 words in
18. If f(x) = , what is f(2)?
your Facebook account. How many words
do we have together in our Facebook A.
accounts? B. 0
A. 1.806 x 1023
C.
B. 1.806 x 1024
C. 7.224 x 1024 D. 12
D. 7.224 x 1047
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19. Starting at the same point, Ronald walked 5 23. Dean is at point (1, 1) and drives up to a
km to the north in 1 hour while France slanted road to save Sam who is at point
walked 12 km to the east in 1 hour. How far (6, 11). How steep is the road?
apart are they after 2 hours? A. –2
A. 13 km
B.
B. 15 km
C. 26 km C.
D. 39 km
D. 2

24. Papalibutan ni Leo ang lubid ang kanyang

20. Ano and 395° sa radians?
lote. Gaano kahaba ang lubid na
A. 28𝜋
kakailangan niya kung ang lote ay hugis
B. parihaba na may sukat na 20 metro x 25
metro?
C. A. 45 metro
D. 395𝜋 B. 65 metro
C. 90 metro
21. Lyndree started walking on a straight road D. 100 metro
from point (-1, -1) towards Raymond’s
house. She stopped by a flower shop at 25. Find the range of the function
point (2, 3) which is midway of her journey. f (x) = |x2 – 1| – 1
What are the coordinates of Raymond’s A. All real numbers
house? B. y ≤ – 1
A. (½, 1) C. y ≥ – 1
B. ( 3, 4) D. y > 1
C. ( 5, 5)
D. ( 5, 7)

22. Which of the following gives the possible

lengths of the sides of a triangle?
A. 2, 2, 2
B. 2, 3, 7
C. 2, 4, 6
D. 2, 5, 10
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SCIENCE SCORE: /25

DIRECTIONS: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. When placed in a hypertonic solution, a 5. In what regions of the earth are

cell will __________. rainforests found?
A. swell A. Northern hemisphere
B. burst B. Southern hemisphere
C. shrink C. Near the North and South Pole
D. not change in size D. Near the equator

2. Which is NOT a function of 6. Which of the following is NOT a

testosterone? function of the kidneys?
A. It stimulates protein anabolism, A. They synthesize energy from amino
bone growth, and erythropoietin acids and other precursors.
secretion. B. They regulate water concentration,
B. It stimulates fertilization. inorganic ion composition, and
C. It induces differentiation of male volume of internal environment by
accessory reproductive organs. controlling their excretion.
D. It induces secondary male sex C. They excrete metabolic wastes,
characteristics. including urea, uric acid, and
creatinine into urine.
3. Which of the following will increase the D. They excrete foreign chemicals in
rate of a chemical reaction? urine.
A. Removing a catalyst
B. Decreasing the reaction 7. For a projectile fired horizontally, the
temperature vertical component of the velocity is
C. Increasing the surface area of the always ________.
reactants A. constant
D. Decreasing the concentration of the B. increasing
reactants C. decreasing
D. zero
4. What physical quantity is defined as the
force acting in a given time? 8. Which of the following is the largest?
A. Impulse A. Solar system
B. Inertia B. Milky Way
C. Momentum C. Supernova
D. Stress D. Black hole
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9. Based on the graph below, what could For question 12, refer to the reaction
be concluded about the relationship of below:
volume and temperature?
Photosynthesis
light energy
6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
volume

Respiration

C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy

Kelvin temperature
The first equation represents
A. Volume is directly proportional to photosynthesis. Plants use energy from
temperature. sunlight to produce sugar and oxygen from
B. The volume is independent of carbon dioxide and water. The second
temperature. equation represents aerobic respiration.
C. The temperature multiplied by the Plants and animals release stored energy in
volume is equal to a constant. a reaction between sugar molecules and
D. Pressure is proportional to the oxygen. This reaction produces carbon and
square of the volume. water.

10. Why does the leaf surface curve from 12. What does a plant need to produce 4
itself? molecules of sugar?
A. The water that transpires falls from A. 6 molecules of hydrogen
the leaf. B. 12 molecules of ATP
B. When the stomata open, the air C. 18 molecules of water
gets inside the leaf, causing it to D. 24 molecules of carbon dioxide
curve.
C. The leaf follows the sunlight. 13. Which of the following statements is
D. The water that transpires remains FALSE?
in close contact with the leaf. A. A lunar eclipse happens when the
earth is between the sun and the
11. A car is moving at 108 km/h. How fast is moon.
it moving in m/s? B. A solar eclipse happens when the
A. 10 m/s moon is between the earth and the
B. 30 m/s sun.
C. 1000 m/s C. A lunar eclipse happens when the
D. 3000 m/s shadow of the moon falls on the
earth.
D. A solar eclipse happens when the
shadow of the moon falls on the
earth.
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14. Allium cepa is the scientific name of 18. Which cell structure would restrict
onion. Allium is the onion’s _________. contraction if present in a skeletal
A. genus muscle cell?
B. species A. Cell membrane
C. kingdom B. Cell wall
D. phylum C. Vacuole
D. Cytoplasm
15. Ten moles of metallic iron were
dissolved in HCl. The reaction formed H2 19. What is the percentage composition by
and FeCl2. How many moles of HCl were mass of nitrogen in ammonium nitrate,
used? NH4NO3?
10Fe + __HCl 10FeCl2 + 10H2 A. 5%
A. 5 B. 17.5%
B. 10 C. 35%
C. 15 D. 60%
D. 20
20. A barrel rolls down an inclined plane.
16. When a man fires a rifle, he is pushed What happens to its potential energy
backward. What explains this (PE) and kinetic energy (KE)?
phenomenon? A. PE decreases, KE increases.
I. Law of Conservation of Momentum B. PE increases, KE decreases.
II. Law of conservation of Mass C. PE and KE are constant.
III. Law of Interaction D. PE and KE are zero.

A. I only 21. The half-life of uranium is 4.5 billion

B. II only years. If a rock containing uranium was
C. I and III formed 13.5 billion years ago, how
D. I, II, and III much of the uranium will be found
today?
17. Igneous rock crystals commonly have a A. 100%
difference in grain size. This is due to B. 50%
the __________. C. 25%
A. rate of cooling D. 12.5%
B. amount of silicate material
C. amount of gas molecules present
D. changes in chemical composition
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22. A child is sick with chronic bacterial 24. Which of the following correctly
infections. Clinical tests show that the supports the Cell Theory?
child’s white blood cells are loaded with A. Viruses are made up of cells.
vacuoles containing intact bacteria. The B. The cell is the most complex unit of
explanation that could account for this life.
finding is a defect in: C. New cells can arise from organic
A. the golgi apparatus preventing the molecules.
cells from processing and excreting D. All living things are composed of
the bacteria. cells.
B. rough endoplasmic reticulum
preventing the synthesis of 25. Hydrogen and carbon monoxide can be
antibodies that would have converted into methanol. What is the
inactivated the bacteria. correct equation for this reaction?
C. cell walls of the white blood cells A. H + CO COH
permitting bacteria to enter the B. H2 + CO COH2
cells. C. 2H2 + CO CH3OH
D. the lysosomes of the white blood D. 2H + CO CHOH
cells preventing the cells from
destroying the engulfed bacteria.

23. Which of the following contains the

same number of molecules as 9g of
water?
A. 2g of hydrogen gas
B. 14g of nitrogen gas
C. 32g of oxygen gas
D. 44g of carbon dioxide
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LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY SCORE: /15

I. IDENTIFICATION OF ERRORS. In each of the following sentences there are four underlined words or
phrases. Encircle the letter of the word or phrase that is incorrect.

1. Parties, endless booze and just to rock the whole night away every night might be a great
A B C

life, but it’s not what I dream of living.

D
2. In college, one gets to learn, among many other things, how to survive, to fail, and living the
A B C D
life of independence and responsibility.

II. SENTENCE COMPLETION. Choose the letter of the answer that best completes each of the sentences
below.

3. ______ the two books, I found the 5. Although a previous survey indicated
thicker one less helpful. that he had a good chance of winning,
A. Out of only ______ people actually voted for
B. Between him during the elections.
C. Besides A. much
D. Among B. less
C. some
4. ______ Filipino-Chinese households D. a few
strictly observed the rituals of the
celebration of the Chinese New Year
this year compared with previous years.
A. Lesser
B. Fewer
C. Little
D. Few
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III. VERBAL ANALOGY. Choose the letter that best expresses a relationship similar to that of the
original pair.

6. test : examiner :: 8. tutor : student ::

A. pass : checker A. manager : singer
B. life : saver B. doctor : patient
C. organ : donor C. master : slave
D. book : writer D. broker : buyer

7. conductor : orchestra ::
A. ventriloquist : puppet
B. janitor : mop
C. typist : printer
D. engineer : engine

IV. LOGICAL ORGANIZATION. Read the following groups of phrases or sentences labeled a to d, which
may not be arranged in logical order. Determine their correct order so that the sentence or paragraph
conveys a complete and logical thought, then answer the questions that follow.

a. It’s not easy to juggle college life and crime fighting, as Peter also needs to face other
challenges,
b. By night, he’s a web-crawling Spiderman fighting off Doctor Octopus, the four armed half-
man, malf-machine villain.
c. By day, Peter Parker attends New York’s Empire State University.
d. First of which is Mary Jane’s rising career as a model and her new boyfriend who happened
to be a hotshot astronaut.

9. Choose the best order for the sentences.

a. a, b, d, c
b. c, b, a, d
c. c, b, d, a
d. c, d, a, b
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VII. FILIPINO

SAWIKAIN. Piliin ang salitang kasingkahulugan ng sawikaing nakasalungguhit.

10. Sobra na talagang magpahirap si Don Anastacio! Sabi ko na’t haling ang bituka nung
matatandang ‘yun!
A. Walang malasakit
B. Ganid
C. Maysakit
D. Matapobre

11. Ganoon ba talaga kasakit ang nangyari at wala ka nang ginawa kundi mag-tengang kawali
tuwing nababanggit ito?
A. Mang-usisa
B. Magpakwento
C. Magbingi-bingihan
D. Umalis

BALARILA. Basahin ang pangungusap at piliin ang tamang sagot.

12. Ang galit na iyong nadarama ay nagbubukal mula sa pangangailangan mo ng mga taong
umuunawa at nagmamahal sa iyo.
Aling salita ang may katulad na paggamit sa salitang bukal?
A. Naligo ang magpipinsan sa bukal.
B. Bumubukal ang iyong kabutihang loob.
C. Diyan bumubukal ang tubig mula sa sirang tubo.
D. Bukal sa puso ang pag-ibig ni Lito kay Jesh.

ANALOHIYA. Piliin ang salita o mga salitang bubuo sa pares ng analohiya. Bilugan ang titik ng
tamang sagot.

13. pagmumuni : pagninilay :: pagsasapantaha : ________

A. paggawa
B. panghuhula
C. paglimot
D. pagbibiro
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PAGBUO NG LOHIKAL NA TALATA. Basahin ang bawat pangungusap mula a hanggang e at

ayusin ang pagkakasunod-sunod. Piliin ang titik ng tamang sagot.

14. a. Maraming nag-aakalang sila ay mga tagahalo lamang ng mga kemikal sa isang planta.
b. Maraming nagkakamali sa kanilang akala hinggil sa propesyong Chemical Engineer.
c. Sa isang banda, ito ay totoo.
d. Sa madaling sabi, ang isang Chemical Engineer ang siyang namamahala sa buong
proseso ng isang planta – mula sa mga kemikal, hanggang sa mga tangke at tubong
gagamitin sa paggawa ng mga produckto, kasama na rin ang pamamahala ng kaligtasan
ng mga tao sa planta at kapaligiran nito.
e. Ngunit mas malawak pa ang sakop ng trabaho ng isang Chemical Engineer kaysa sa
paghahalo ng kemikal.

Ano ang huling salita sa unang pangungusap?

A. Engineer
B. kemikal
C. totoo
D. nito

15. a. ang nasabing pangkat ay

b. sila bilang mga kaibigan
c. dapat tanggapin
d. sa halip,
e. di dapat ituring na mga bihag

Alin ang tamang pagkasunud-sunod ng mga salita?

A. a-e-c-d-b
B. a-e-d-c-b
C. a-c-b-d-e
D. c-e-d-b-a
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READING COMPREHENSION SCORE: /10

DIRECTIONS: Read the selections carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer to each question that
follows.

Selection A

Ang TB ay isang nakakahawang sakit na karaniwang dumadapo sa baga, bagaman maaari nitong
maapektuhan ang halos alinman bahagi ng katawan. Tinatayang 150 taon ang nakalipas, ito ang naging
sanhi ng humigit-kumulang isa sa bawat walong kamatayan sa Europa, ngunit pagsapit ng dekada ng
1980, sa pamamagitan ng pinagsanib na mas mahusay na sistema ng pamamahay at sustansiya at mas
mabisang mga paggamot, ay naging bihira na ang nagkakasakit ng ganito lalung-lalo na sa mga bansa sa
Europa na nagkaroon ng 5745 na kaso noong 1987. Ngunit hindi pa rin tuluyang nalilipol ang sakit ng
TB.

Hindi ganoon kadaling mahawaan ng TB ngunit ang lahat ay kailangang magkaroon ng

kamalayan ukol sa karamdaman, upang makapagpagamot sila sa lalong madaling panahon kung
sakaling mahawaan nga sila nito. Ang TB ay maaari lamang makuha nang direkta mula sa isang taong
may TB. Bagaman ang sakit na ito ay kumakalat sa hangin kapag ang mga taong may ganitong sakit ay
umubo o bumahing, kinakailangan ng malapitan at matagalang pakikipagharap sa isang nakahahawang
tao upang makuha ang sakit. Ibig sabihin ay hindi mo kaagad-agad makukuha ang sakit na ito kapag
nakatabi kang may TB sa loob ng bus o MRT.

Malalaman mong ikaw ay mayroon nang TB kung mayroon ka ng mga sumusunod na sintomas:
pagkakaroon ng ubo na tumatagal nang higit tatlong linggo, pagbabawas ng timbalang nung walang
halatang dahilan, pagkakaroon ng lagnat at matinding pagpapawis kung gabi, pagkawala ng ganang
kumain, at pangkalahatang di-pangkaraniwang pagkahapo at hindi magandang pakiramdam.

Ang sakit na ito ay maaaring mapagaling sa pamamagitan ng mga espesyal na antibiotics.

Ngunit kailangang magpatuloy ang pagagamot nang hindi bababa sa anim na buwan. Lubhang
napakahalagang makumpleto ang kabuuan ng paggamot upang mapagaling ang TB. Kapag naudlot ang
paggagamot, puwedeng bumalik ang TB at maaaraing hindi na ito tablan ng mga karaniwang gamut at
magiging lubhang mas mahirap at mapagaling.
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1. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang sintomas ng 4. Gaano katagal kailangang ipagpatuloy ang
pagkakaroon ng TB? paggagamot ng TB upang tuluyan itong
A. Pagsuka ng dugo mapagaling?
B. Madalas at pabalik-balik ns sipon A. Anim na araw
C. Magbaba ng timbang nang walang B. Anim na buwan
dahilan C. Anim na lingo
D. Biglaang pagkawala ng malay at D. Anim na taon
malinaw ang pag-iisip
5. Masasabing anong uri ng sanaysay ang
2. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang mahihinua mo seleksyong nasa itaas?
mula sa akda? A. Nagsasalaysay
A. Ang tao ay maaaring mawaha ng TB B. Nagtatanong
kapag siya ay naubuhan ng kanyang C. Nagbibigay impormasyon
katabi sa bus. D. Nang-uusig
B. Wala nang kaso ng TB na nakatala sa
bansang Europa.
C. Maaaring mamatay ang taong
nakaramdam ng sintomas ng TB ngunit
hindi nagpatingin sa manggagamot.
D. Ang paggamot ng TB ay maaari nang
itigil kapag humupa na ang mga
sintomas na nararamdaman.

3. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang kasalungat ng

salitang kamalayan?
A. Kaalaman
B. Kamangmangan
C. Katauhan
D. Kawalang bahala
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Selection B

Treats and tradition at UP Diliman’s arts month

The old and the new happily come together at the University of the Philippines-Diliman as the
flagship campus of the National University celebrates culture and the arts in February.
A merry mix of concerts, contests, art and film exhibitions, and theater presentations beckon to
delight the youth and the young at heart.
For audiophiles are two concerts weekly: classical music on Thursday evenings at the Abelardo
Hall featuring the talents of the College of Music; and the open air Himgsikan sa Lagoon concerts at
University Theater Grounds on Sunday afternoons.
Dance enthusiasts are in for a treat with Indakan, to be staged by the College of Human Kinetics
at the University Theater Grounds at 3 p.m. on February 20.
Two unique exhibits are also in store. PA(ng)LABAS: Architecture =+ Cinema: Projection of
Filipino Space in Film at the University Theater. Architect and UP professor Dr. Gerard Lico dramatizes
the juxtaposition of architecture and the imaginary enjoyment of the cinema. Marine science professor
Dr. Gil Jacinto, on the other hand, presents a collection of photographs whose images reflect not only
science in art or art in science but the disappearance of boundaries of science in art in Coalescence…
Science & Art at The Edge at the UP Vargas Museum.
At the heart of the month-long celebrations in the Sarsuwela Festival 2009.
The sarsuwela is derived from the Spanish term Zarzuela, a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that
alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well
as dance. The name derives from a Royal hunting lodge, the Palacio de la Zarzuela near Madrid, where
this type of entertainment was first presented to the court. The zarzuela was introduced to Manila
audiences by Spanish playwright Dario de Cespedes in 1879 and was eventually transformed and given
a local twist.
From www.upd.edu.ph, updated 02/18/09
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6. Beckon as used in the second paragraph is 9. Juxtaposition as used in the fifth paragraph
synonymous with _________. is the antonym of _________.
A. attempt A. blend
B. dismiss B. intermingling
C. promise C. severance
D. summon D. union

7. An audiophile is someone who _________. 10. A sarsuwela belongs to the lyric-dramatic

A. is a musician genre because _________.
B. is a hi-fi enthusiast A. there is singing and acting
C. fixes musical instruments B. it is a Spanish form given a local twist
D. makes musical instruments C. it incorporates operatic and popular
songs
8. Kinetics best refers to _________. D. it involves dancing
A. biology
B. energy
C. movement
D. potential