This is a 50-item exam for the subject English for Academic and Professional Purposes during the first quarter. It follows the Bloom's taxonomy.

1. Bocboc National High School
Senior High School Department
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
First Quarter Exam (SY: 2022-2023)
Name:____________________________ Year & Section:____________ Score:________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the questions carefully. Write the LETTER of the correct
answer on your paper.
_____ 1. What do you call the type of texts written by professionals which use a formal language?
a. Academic Texts c. Literary Analysis
b. Creative Non-fiction d. Non-academic texts
_____2. Which of the following parts of the essay tells the topic, purpose, and structure of the paper?
a. Body c. Introduction
b. Conclusion d. Thesis Statement
_____3. What is the purpose of the thesis statement?
a. To catch the attention of the readers c. To show the main idea of the text
b. To elaborate the topic sentence d. To summarize the important ideas
_____4. What do you call the specialized form of writing in which a reader evaluates a particular work?
a. Concept Paper c. Reaction Paper
b. Position Paper d. Research Paper
_____5. Before writing a reaction paper, what is the first thing to do?
a. Edit your reaction paper.
b. Select a critical approach to be used.
c. Write a draft.
d. Write your reaction paper as soon as you finished reading or watching.
_____6. What statement presents or describes the main idea of each paragraph?
a. Background b. Conclusion c. Thesis Statement d. Topic Sentence
_____7. What does it mean to write academically?
a. To avoid copy pasting from the internet
b. To write to pass final exams
c. To write paper for scholars
d. To write using proper English language
_____8. Which of the following qualities of academic writing means that specific vocabularies to the
discipline are used?
a. Formal b. Impersonal c. Objective d. Technical
_____9. What type of reading strategy creates mental images of the setting, characters, and events in the
text?
a. Clarifying b. Evaluating c. Predicting d. Visualizing
_____10. Which critical approach focuses on each reader's personal reactions to a text?
a. Feminism b. Historicism c. Marxism d. Reader-response
_____11. Which critical approach focuses on "objectively" evaluating the text, identifying its underlying
form. It may study, for example, a text's use of imagery, metaphor, or symbolism?
a. Formalism b. Marxism c. Media Criticism d. Reader-response
_____12. Which of the following means to state briefly containing the chief points of an article?
a. Academic Writing b. Outlining c. Paraphrasing d. Summarizing
_____13. What type of critical approach states that you must use the elements of the story in writing a
critique?
a. Feminism b. Formalism c. Historical d. Reader-response
_____14. What should you focus on in a summary?
a. characters b. details c. everything d. main ideas
_____ 15. How long should a summary of one chapter be?
a. 3-4 words b. 1- 2 sentences c. 5-6 sentences d. 1-2 paragraphs
_____16. What do you call the specialized form of writing in which a reader evaluates a particular work?
a. Concept Paper c. Research Paper
b. Reaction Paper d. Technical Paper
_____17. A thesis statement is a complete sentence. Which of these make the best thesis statement?
a. Some of the major causes behind common diseases are caused by poor diet, lack of
exercise, and smoking.
b. What are some of the main causes behind many of our diseases today?
c. This essay examines some of the major causes behind many of the diseases today.

2. _____18. How long should your thesis statement be?
a. 1-2 sentences b. 3-4 sentences c. 5-6 sentences d. 7-8 sentences
_____19. Which of the following means arranging the summary of ideas hierarchically?
a. Critiquing b. Outlining c. Paraphrasing d. Summarizing
_____20. Which of the following types of outlining shows the main ideas in phrases?
a. Alphanumeric b. Decimal c. Sentence Outline d. Topic Outline
_____ 21. Which among the three words best describe academic writing?
a. decisive, divisive, derisive c. subjective, obscure, vague
b. precise, clear, objective d. talented, stylish, inspiring
_____ 22. Which of the following is the the best definition of a critique paper?
a. It gives a critical evaluation of a piece of work.
b. It focuses on the reader’s opinion.
c. It makes a judgment on the work’s weaknesses.
d. It shows the summary of a movie or a book.
_____ 23. Which of the following is true of a summary in a critique paper?
a. Comprises at least 20% of the paper
b. Includes both important and unimportant details
c. Is brief and to the point
d. Placed in the introduction part
_____ 24. Which of the following characteristics supports a good critique paper?
a. broad b. comprehensive c. confusing d. subjective
_____ 25. Which of the following follows the correct steps in writing a critique?
1. Read and understand the text.
2. Write the type of approach you will be using.
3. State a conclusion as well as the reasons for it.
4. Write the strengths and weaknesses of the piece.
a. 1234 b. 1243 c. 2431 d. 3412
For items 26-29, study this outline and answer the questions that follow:
I. Types of measurement
A. Volume
1.Quarts
2.Pints
3.Gallons
B. Length
1.Miles
2.Feet
3.Inches
II. Types of money
A. United States
1.Pesos
2.Cents
B. Other countries
1.Lira
2.Yen
3.Francs
_____ 26. In the above outline, which is the most important idea?
a. Types of measurement c. Types of money and types of measurement are equal
b. Types of money d. United States
_____ 27. In the above outline, which is the more important idea?
a. Francs b. Inches c. Miles d. Other countries
_____ 28. In the above outline, which item is in the wrong place?
a. Pesos b. Pint c. Types of measurement d. Yen e. Quartz
_____ 29. If you had to add the word "meters" to the outline, where would it go?
a. as number 4 under B - "Other Countries"
b. as number 4 under B - "Length"
c. as number 3 under A - "United States"
d. as C under II-"Types of Money"
e. as new section III

3. TEST II. Choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the following paragraphs.
_____ 30. For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a
border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She
already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue, and yellow
that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet
that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was
done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.
a. Jenny likes bright colors.
b. Jenny was going to paint her room.
c. Jenny picked out materials to decorate her room.
d. Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.
_____ 31. Right now, Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier
this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third
base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls.
When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing,
Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
a. Jason really wanted to play third base.
b. Jason was the best player on his team.
c. Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
d. Jason was too lazy to practice.
_____ 32. San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay
Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting cold or hot. Its
mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco
and generally, does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of
summer, temperatures may be in the mid-80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping
the weather very comfortable.
a. San Francisco has many neat things to do.
b. It seldom snows in California.
c. Many people choose to live in California.
d. The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.
_____ 33. Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She
thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed
busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying
food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is
that they sure aren't lazy.
a. Ants carry many things.
b. Some ants may bite you.
c. Ants are hard workers.
d. Some ants help take care of the queen.
_____ 34. The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he reads a book
about a family of bears, and then he reads about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems
every book Chris reads about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes
and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and
he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.
a. Chris likes kangaroos.
b. Chris is in the fifth grade.
c. Chris reads a lot of books about animals.
d. Dolphins and whales live in the sea
TEST III. Write E if the statement shows an effective way of writing a concept paper and N if not.
_____ 35. Rino uses explication to explain a concept in his concept paper.
_____ 36. Andrew included a literature review for the concept paper he made for his term paper.
_____ 37. Geryl includes in the references all journals he used and excludes the books he cited.
_____ 38. Thea wants to use extended definition in her concept paper; hence, giving a short explanation of the term.
_____ 39. Yana requested a budget from the funding agency on the preparation of the concept paper.
_____ 40. Sharee states her thesis statement in the conclusion.
_____ 41. Maxine sticks to one format every time she submits concept paper to various funding agencies.
_____ 42. Ellie uses data from government agencies to prove the existence of a problem that she and her team would
like to address.
_____ 43. Irish clarified the working definition of the concept she is preparing to ensure that the reader understood it
properly.
_____ 44. When Theresa knew that her target readers are ordinary persons, she defined the technical terms that she
used in the concept paper.

4. TEST IV. 45-50. Interpret the chart below using explication (6 points).
The rubric which will serve as the basis in grading your essay will be explained by your
teacher.
Figure 1.1 Comparative Enrolment of SOUTHVILLE NHS for SY 2019-2020 and 2020-2021
The chart shows _______________________________________________________________________
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Prepared by:
MARY GRACE E. LUMABI
Subject Teacher
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