Civil Service Reviewer | Environmental Issues - Part I

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DIRECTIONS: Choose from among the suggested answers the word that means most nearly the same as the word in capital letters. On your Answer Sheet, shade completely the box that corresponds to your answer.

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1. Nuclear power must be unfavorable because the waster from nuclear reactions is highly fatal to life and unfriendly to the environment.

a. anything that has ill-effects on the ecosystem must be prohibited
b. waste from nuclear reactors can be disposed safely and efficiently
c. nuclear scientist have not exerted enough effort to control and dispose the waste from radius safely
c. measures taken to control and dispose of waste from nuclear reactors have been fruitless d. today, technology cannot effectively reduce harmful effects of nuclear waste disposal

2. Chlorofluorocarbons are popular as propellants and solvents because they are

a. reactive
b. soluble
c. stable
d. cheap
e. biodegradable

3. Monoculture cropping or planting a single crop in a large area is not advisable because it

a. promotes pest infestation
b. requires more water
c. lowers the water table
d. requires less fertilizer
e. causes drought

4. Which of the following is the major cause of coral-reef destruction?

a. Dynamite fishing
b. sewerage pollution
c. moro-ami
d. siltation
e. oil spill

5. Putting up dams along rivers negatively affect on marine fishes because

a. less water will flow to the sea
b. less minerals will flow to the sea
c. when dams break, the connection wall can be harmful to fishes
d. some marine fishes spends part of their life cycle upstreams
e. some marine fishes need the coral reefs upstream

6. The government is established for the furtherance and guarantees of certain inalienabale human rights.

a. proclamation
b. suspension
c. transfer
d. prohibition
e. preservation

7. The court has resisted the clamor to issue a temporary injunction for the sake of

a. principle
b. expediency
c. integrity
d. honesty
e. sincerity

8. From the extensive date gathered in the Philippines for the period 1990-1995, there are indications that some rivers are still relatively clean particularly in Mindanao

a. the over-all quality of the rivers has deteriorated
b. not all rivers in the Philippines are polluted
c. Philippine rivers could no longer sustain life
d. The rivers in the Philippines are polluted
e. Rivers in Luzon and Visayas are unsafe for fishing and recreational purposes

9. In being economical, one must decide where the best place to begin really in some families engage in petty economic that requires effort disproportionate to the

a. happiness gained
b. sacrifice mode
c. resources conserved
d. money saved
e. time spent

10. Education is not a preparation for life, it is life itself.

a. education has no beginning or end
b. education does not prepare us for life
c. education is useless when we have short life
d. we do not need to study, we only need to live
e. the sum total of our happiness is the source of life-long learning

SHOW THE ANSWERS

Question 1: The correct answer is Answer A.

Question 2: The correct answer is Answer A.

Question 3: The correct answer is Answer A.

Question 4: The correct answer is Answer C.

Question 5: The correct answer is Answer D.

Question 6: The correct answer is Answer E.

Question 7: The correct answer is Answer B.

Question 8: The correct answer is Answer B.

Question 9: The correct answer is Answer C.

Question 10: The correct answer is Answer B.