Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X – Northern Mindanao
DIVISION OF LANAO DEL NORTE
Gov. A. Quibranza Prov’l. Gov’t Compound
Pigcarangan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Personal Development
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
S.Y. 2022-2023

Directions: Read and analyze each question carefully and select the letter that best
represents your answer.

1. It is the one that you hope you possess that has characteristics similar to that of a
mentor or some other worldly figure.
A. Actual self C. Oneself
B. Ideal self D. Future self

2. Why is knowing yourself so important?

A. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help you easily get along
with others.
B. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help your future becomes
Better.
C. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help you understand
What life is.
D. Because knowing and understanding yourself would help you make better
decisions and living more productively.

3. Which of the following statements is most likely not a good habit?

A. Adventure Maniac C. Computer geek
B. Chain smokers D. Early riser

4. It is the first thing that people would visualize when they think of you.
A. Appearance C. Habits
B. Attitude D. Style

5. Which of the following statement below does NOT describe a NAÏVE persona?
A. They talk a little about themselves and spend a significant amount of time
in their own private world.
B. They know relatively little about themselves, not being able to relate either to
themselves or to others.
C. They are comfortable with themselves and are not ashamed nor troubled with
the notion of other people seeing them for who they really are.
D. They hide little about themselves and are considered harmless by others.

6. Which of the following statements is NOT true about adolescent developmental

tasks?
A. Being an adolescent means you can decide on your own.
B. Parents and adults have an important role to play. These roles give a
positive impact on the lives of adolescents.
C. Adolescents must prioritize enjoyment rather than following the task given to
them.
D. Adults should not provide adolescents some room to make their own
decisions and to be accountable for the consequences of those decisions.

7. Which of the following statement is not an important concept or idea implied in the
story of the two wolves:
A. The mind seems to be a unitary entity.
B. The “you” means your ability to decide which wolf will you feed.
C. The two wolves fight for dominance over our minds and behavior.
D. The feeling and experience of happiness come from feeding the wolf from
within.
8. These are things you do or the way you behave.
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A. Actions C. Feelings
B. Emotions D. Thoughts.

9. It is one of the developmental stages, where one has to adjust in decreasing strength
and health, life review, retirement, and new social roles.
A. Late Childhood C. Middle Childhood
B. Infancy D. Late Adulthood

10. In your perception, how can encouragement help one’s person?

A. It helps a person able to set his goals without considering others.
B. It develops negative impacts on one’s person.
C. It dominates others by being overly helpful, implying that they are unable to do
it as well.
D. It develops psychological hardiness and social interest in a way that one has
the ability to function when things aren’t going their way.

11. When a person knew who he is, he is likely to be as the following except,
A. He can express his emotions, live life to the fullest and did not even care for
others.
B. He develops an understanding of himself, he would be happier because he
can
express who he is.
C. He makes better decisions and better choices about everything and
understands what motivates him.
D. He understands his strengths and weaknesses, his passions and fears, his
life’s
desires and dreams.

12. The following statements will help a teenager to become a responsible adolescent
prepared for adult life except
A. Take care of your health and hygiene.
B. Give in to temptations and do bad things.
C. Focus on your studies and do well in all your endeavors.
D. Establish open and good communication with parents and guardians

13. Which of the following statements is an act of a responsible adolescent?

A. Forget to self-control and self-discipline.
B. Let your teenage hormones get into you.
C. Think many times before you act on something.
D. Ignore the probable consequences of the action that you will make.

14. It is a physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very
demanding circumstances. It is the body’s response to a threatening situation or to
change.
A. Problem C. Tension
B. Stress D. Adrenaline rush

15. It refers to a positive and healthy response of the body from a stressor. It produces
good feelings to one’s well-being.
A. Tension C. Stress
B. Eustress D. Depressed

16. Which of the following may help teens in coping with stress EXCEPT?
A. Get enough rest C. Engage in physical activity
B. Focus on your weaknesses D. Do things that make you happy

17. Which of the following situations develop eustress?

A. Arguing with a classmate C. Losing a cellphone
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B. Bonding with family D. Failed in Math subject

Mary considered her failed grade in Math during the first grading period as a challenge.
Thus, she studied harder and improved her time management skills to perform better in
the next grading periods. Grace, on the other hand, got angry with her teacher, dislike
the subject and became demotivated to study math, eventually cut classes and worsen
her situation.

18. Which of the following is NOT a coping strategy and approach done by Mary?
A. Mary keeps herself busy with other leisure activities.
B. Mary instill the values her parents taught her.
C. Mary managed her time wisely and studied harder.
D. Mary challenged herself and studied harder to perform better.

19. What do you think is the coping strategy done by Grace?

A. Grace acted wrongly as she became motivated to study.
B. Grace is a loser who never tried after she failed in her Math subject.
C. Grace was contented in her failing grades.
D. Grace takes her failing grades negatively and eventually engage to cutting
classes as scapegoat of her stressful situation.

20. Which part of the brain is responsible for reasoning, planning, speech and
movement,
emotions and problem-solving?
A. Frontal lobe C. Parietal lobe
B. Occipital lobe D. Temporal lobe

21. Which of the following is NOT a major part of the brain?

A. Brain stem C. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum D. Midbrain

22. How can you enhance your brain functions?

A. I will sleep from time to time.
B. I will play mind games on the computer even at late hours,
C. I will read books continuously from morning until evening.
D. I will routinely exercise and eat healthy fruits and vegetables

23. It refers to when people are aware of what is happening around them and to other
people’s emotions.
A. Emotional Alchemy C. Emotional Lifestyle
B. Emotional Domain D. Emotional Literacy

24. Being angry is described as

A. Feeling full of energy
B. Feeling alone and nobody cares
C. Feeling upset with a person, act or idea
D. Feeling sad, blue, discouraged and unhappy

25. Which of the following is NOT a method of managing emotions physically?

A. Performing yoga at home.
B. Develop relaxation techniques.
C. Exercise to help deal with depression.
D. Be open with whoever is willing to help you.

26. Which of the following is NOT involved in identifying your emotions?

A. Learning how to change your mood.
B. Knowing why you feel the way you do.
C. Thinking about the best way to express your emotion.
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D. Engaging in all school activities.

27. Which of the following Ancient Greek types of love is for friendship?
A. Agape C. Pragma
B. Eros D. Storge

28. Which of the following influence the person to get attracted to others and like them
back?
A. Physical Attractiveness C. Similarity
B. Infatuation D. Affection

29. What act refers to deciding consistently fulfill and live by agreements made with
another person, entity, or cause, and where the values of integrity and respect serve
as a guide to one’s behavior and thinking?
A. Agreement C. Commitment
B. Attraction D. Acceptance

30. Which of the following is a sign of an abusive relationship?

A. Remembering special dates and occasions.
B. Apologizing is someone commits mistakes.
C. Bruises, scratches and other signs of injuries in your body
D. Understanding each other’s lapses.
.

31. Which of the following is an element of a healthy relationship?

A. One person makes all the decisions C. Be disrespectful
B. Trust one another D. You are threatened

32. Who among the individuals below creates and implements the laws of the land?
A. celebrities C. children
B. political leaders D. religious leaders

33. What do you think will happen if people will not obey the rules implemented by the
people in authority?
A. They will enjoy the perks of being a member of society.
B. They will be sanctioned for violating the law or rules.
C. They can continue to do anything they want to do.
D. They can fight as if nothing happened.

34. It is where we adopt attitudes and beliefs about spiritual matters from one source or
another.
A. Social Legacy C. Spiritual Legacy
B. Emotional legacy D. Attitudes and beliefs

35. Which type of family below where it only consists of one adult with one child in a
household because the couple may be separated, divorced, widowed, or never
married?
A. Foster Family C. Extended Family
B. Adoptive Family D. Single-Parent Family

36. What particular part of the planning procedure should be definite, clear, and direct to
the point?
A. Specific C. Attainable
B. Measurable D. Relevant

37. What specific career pathing requires self-analysis and self-assessment in order to
know your full potential as an individual?
A. Personal Plan C. Personal Decision
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B. Self-awareness D. Opportunity and Awareness

38. It is a certain perception by which you prepare and intensify a design at
present believing that it will become purposeful in the future?
A. Self-Plan C. Long-Term Goals
B. Short-Term Goals D. Future Plans

39. What factor consists of the nervous system, glands, and blood chemistry which
determine our characteristics and habitual modes of behavior?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. Biological Factor D. Cultural Factor

40. Which among the factors below, refers to customs and traditions, ideas and values
of
the society?
A. Environment Factor C. Heredity
B. Cultural Environment D. School Environment

41.Who among the Brazilian authors below, wrote the book entitled “The Alchemist”,
A. Pablo Coelho C. Paolo Coelho
B. Paolo Cervantez D. Pablo Cervantez

42.What are the three distinguishing factors of personality development that are
responsible for total human formation?
A. Physical, Heredity and Personality
B. Heredity, Environment and Psychology
C. Cultural, Physical and Hereditary
D. School, Heredity, Physical

43. It is a dynamic concept and you tend to imbibe things, which you learn out of your
daily experiences.
A. Appearance C. Personality
B. Hobbies D. Self-Concept

44. In Johari Window, it refers to the quadrant where others know about you and you
know too.
A. Blind Self C. Open Self
B. Hidden Self D. Unknown Self

45. It is a developmental stage of a person in which one needs to adjust to the

happenings
of his life and understand everything, especially death.
A. Adolescent C. Late Maturity
B. Early Adulthood D. Middle Age

46. Which of the following is NOT a developmental task in early childhood?

A. Learning body parts
B. Become engaged in social groups
C. Acceptance of changes in physical appearance
D. Develop the capacity to manage powerful emotions.
47. Which is false about the brain stem?
A. It’s responsible for the brain’s highest level of thinking and perception.
B. It controls the flow of messages between the brain and the body.
C. It consists of three parts: the medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain.
D. It is the oldest and innermost region of the brain.

48. A family consisting of parents and children, along with either grandparents,
grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins, etc.
A. Nuclear Family C. Extended Family
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B. Step Family D. Blended Family

49. A family where the parents are members of different racial identity groups.
A. Conditionally separated families C. Bi-racial or multi-racial family
B. Blended family D. Trans-racial adoptive family

50. Which of the following illustrates neglect of responsibility?

A. Giving time to do household chores.
B. Not doing your homework
C. Eating less nutritious food
D. Watering the plants every morning.