SANTIAGO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion Norte, Santiago, Ilocos Sur

Diagnostic/Achievement Test in
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
First Semester, S.Y. 2017-2018

Name: _______________________________________ Score: ____________

Grade & Sec.: _________________________________ Date: _____________

Read and analyze the statement carefully. Choose the best answer and write the letter only in your
answer sheet.
1. What is the process that starts with posing a question, problematizing a concept, evaluating an opinion,
and ends in answering question or questions posed, clarifying the problem, and/or arguing for a stand?
A. Critical thinking B. Critical reading C. Academic reading D. Academic writing
2. The following are purposes of academic writing except:
A. To inform B. To argue C. To give issues D. To persuadE
3. In academic writing, you:
A. Can just write anything that comes into your mind
B. Have to abide by the set rules and practices in writing
C. Have to write in any language that is inappropriate and informal
D. Don’t have evidences to back up your stamen
4. Which of the following are not part of the skills required in academic writing?
A. Reading B. Writing C. Speaking D. Walking
5. Which of the following are not used in academic writing?
A. Newspaper B. Jargons C. Mother tongue D. Vernacular
6. Which of the following refers to the clarity of the purpose and the thesis stamen in academic writing?
A. Mechanics B. Language and style C. Structure D. Content
7. Which of the following refers to the coherence and logical sequence of the ideas?
A. Mechanics B. Language and style C. Structure D. Content
8. Which of the following refers to the grammar, punctuations, capitalization, formatting and
documentation?
A. Mechanics B. Language and style C. Structure D. Content
9. It refers to the word choice and sentence construction.
A. Mechanics B. Language and style C. Structure D. Content
10. Academic writing is:
A. Critical thinking B. Creative essay C. Business letter D. Legal document
11. Which of the following is not a related to academic writing?
A. Active learning B. Process of discovery
C. Unimaginative solutions D. Critical reading
12. It is an active process of discovery.
A. Ability to pose a problematic question B. Critical writing C. Critical reading
D. Critical thinking
13. Which of the following skills in academic writing which involves the ability to read an article?
A. Reading B. Listening C. Writing D. Speaking
14. Which of the following skills in academic writing which involves the ability to pay attention to an article
being read?
A. Reading B. Listening C. Writing D. Speaking
15. Which of the following skills in academic writing which involves the ability compose an article?
A. Reading B. Listening C. Writing D. Speaking
16. Which of the following skills in academic writing which involves the ability voice out an article?
A. Reading B. Listening C. Writing D. Speaking
17. Critical reading involves:
A. Confuting information B. Believing all information C. Scrutinizing information
D. Contradicting information
18. Which of the following according to Ramage, Bean and Johnson is not a requirement in critical thinking?
A. The ability to pose question
B. The ability to tell tale stories
C. The ability to analyse all problems in all its dimensions
D. The ability to find, gather, and interpret data, facts, and other information relevant to the problem.
19. Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough, and careful thought and that is why it involves
A. Speaking B. Research C. Stories D. Narration
20. In academic writing, you are expected to engage the readers in a conversation by giving them
A. Unclear ideas and points to evaluate a question
B. Clear ideas and points to evaluate a question
C. Clear tale stories to evaluate a question
D. Clear legal documents to evaluate a question
21. It is a suggested way to help you become a critical reader wherein you are going to underline, circle, or
highlight words, phrases or sentences that contain important details.
A. Annotate what you read B. Outline the text C. Summarize the text
D. Evaluate the text
22. It is a suggested way to help you become a critical reader wherein annotating, outlining and
summarizing should already be mastered.
A. Annotate what you read B. Outline the text C. Summarize the text
D. Evaluate the text
23. It means you identify the main points of the writer and list them down in bullet or in numbers
A. Annotate what you read B. Outline the text C. Summarize the text
D. Evaluate the text
24. It is a suggested way of reading critically wherein you get the main points of the text you are reading
and write the gist in your own words.
A. Annotate what you read B. Outline the text C. Summarize the text
D. Evaluate the text
25. When you are able to respond with ideas and concepts related to a broad concept presented you are
A. Freewriting B. Brainstorming C. Clustering D. Outlining
26. What do you call the techniques wherein you are going to provide a graphic representation of your
ideas, allowing you to visualize the connections and/ot relationships of your ideas?
A. Freewriting B. Brainstorming C. Clustering D. Outlining
27. It is similar to brainstorming in that you just write any idea that comes to your mind.
A. Freewriting B. Brainstorming C. Clustering D. Outlining
28. What is the most crucial step in pre-writing?
A. Knowing misconceptions and biases
B. Knowing your purpose and identifying reader or audience
C. Knowing your interests
D. Knowing everyone’s beliefs
29. The following are forms of plagiarism except
A. Paraphrasing someone’s work
B. Using somebody else’s work or ideas without proper acknowledgement or citation
C. Deliberate copying of somebody else’s work and claiming that work to be yours
D. Copying text without paraphrasing it
30. It is rendering the essential ideas in a text using your own words
A. Copying B. Clustering C. Paraphrasing D. Freewriting
31. How do we avoid plagiarism?
A. Directly quote the sentence or the paragraph that you will use in your paper
B. Copying text without paraphrasing it
C. Using somebody’s output without acknowledgement
D. Claiming somebody else’s work
32. It is the claim or stand that you will develop in your paper and the controlling idea of your essay.
A. Short story B. Thesis statement C. Legal document D. Creative writing
33. It is a means of finding the connections of one point to another and establishing a link from one idea to
another.
A. Outlining B. Thesis statement C. Organizing your ideas D. Creative writing
34. It is an effective way of ensuring the logical flow of your ideas.
A. Outlining B. Introduction C. Organizing your ideas D. Creative writing
35. What part of an essay which provides background of your topic, poses a question regarding the topic,
explains how the question is problematic and significant and gives the writer’s thesis statement
A. Outlining B. Introduction C. Organizing your ideas D. Creative writing
36. According to Murray, writing is
A. Revising B. Outlining C. Paraphrasing D. Brainstorming
37. Writing is also a work in
A. Process B. Progress C. Practice D. Preparation
38. What are the two processes involved in post-writing?
A. Progression and process B. Preparation and development
C. Revising and editing D. Practicing and improving
39. It means re-seeing the entire draft so that the writer can deal with the large issues that must be resolved
before he or she deals with the line-by-line, word-by-word issues involved in editing.
A. Revising B. Paraphrasing C. Outlining D. Editing
40. It answers the question, “Does each section support and advance the meaning?”
A. Context B. Structure C. Documentation D. Quantity
41. It answers the question, “Where does the draft need to be developed?”
A. Context B. Structure C. Documentation D. Quantity
42. It answers the question, “Does each reader have enough evidence to believe each point in the draft?
A. Context B. Structure C. Documentation D. Quantity
43. It is paper where you express your opinion and it requires a close reading of the text that goes beyond
the surface meaning.
A. Composition paper
B. Reaction Paper
C. Concept paper
D. Documented position paper
44. In writing reaction paper, the following are important except
A. Get readers interested in the event
B. Summarize the event
C. Come up with fake insights about the event
D. Try to look at the event from different angles
45. It is a mode of paragraph development that answers the questions: What is it? What does it mean?
What are its special features?
A. Definition B. Composition C. Table D. Brainstorming
46. The following are examples of words that can be defined except
A. Object B. Concept C. Person D. Writing
47. What is the importance of definition?
A. Clarification of tale stories
B. Knowing people
C. Clarifies the meaning of a word or a concept
D. Composition of legal document
48. It is a technique of defining wherein you are given a term to be defined and you define the term by
giving the class where the word/term belongs.
A. Differentia B. Genus C. Extended definition D. Formal definition
49. It is a technique wherein it is needed to define abstract concepts and allows you to broaden your
definition.
A. Differentia B. Genus C. Extended definition D. Formal definition
50. What are words which cannot be defined through formal definition technique?
A. Love, equality and democracy
B. Table, definition, techniques
C. Phenomenon, concept, idea
D. Person, object, place
51. Extended definition can be broadened by using
A. Table, definition, techniques
B. Analogy, metaphors, comparison and contrast
C. Love, equality and democracy
D. Person, object, place
52. What word is defined as “rule of the people?”
A. Equality B. Democracy C. Love D. Politics
53. When you define a word using the source of word, it is
A. Definition by etymology B. Definition by contrast C. Definition by synonym
D. Definition by function

54. When you define a word using the opposite, it is

A. Definition by etymology B. Definition by contrast C. Definition by synonym
D.Definition by function
55. When you define a word using similar words or phrase, it is
A. Definition by etymology B. Definition by contrast C. Definition by synonym
D.Definition by function
56. When you define a word stating what the term is for, it is
A. Definition by etymology B. Definition by contrast C. Definition by synonym
D.Definition by function
57. When you define a word comparing the term to another object/concept/idea that shares the same
characteristic as the term being defined, it is
A. Definition by etymology B. Definition by comparison and contrast C. Definition by analogy
D.Definition by negation
58. When you define the term by stating what it is not, it is
A. Definition by etymology B. Definition by comparison and contrast C. Definition by analogy
D. Definition by negation
59. It defines an idea or a concept and explains its essence in order to clarify the “whatness” of that idea or
concept.
A. Reaction paper B. Concept paper C. Documented position paper D. Report paper
60. What questions are being answered in concept paper?
A. What is it and what about it? B. How is it and when is it? C. Who are you and who is he?
D.Where is it and when is it?
61. Concept paper contains the following except
A. Definition B. Term or the concept C. Proceeds with an expanded definition
D.Phrases that are not reliable
62. What is the main purpose of a concept paper?
A. To stipulate the meaning of a term by limiting, extending, or redirecting the reference
B. Rephrasing statements
C. Outlining text
D. Annotating text
63. Concept paper can be subjective because of the following except.
A. The writer cannot choose what areas to emphasize
B. The writer can choose what explanations and analyses to include and exclude
C. The writer can choose what areas to emphasize
D. The writer can choose what complex ideas have to be simplified
64. It is a publication which contains current news and events.
A. Newspapers B. Magazines C. Academic journals D. Books
65. It is a printed work, usually sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
A. Newspapers B. Magazines C. Academic journals D. Books
66. It is a periodical publication generally published and features topical issues.
A. Newspapers B. Magazines C. Academic journals D. Books
67. It is a periodical publication relating to scholarship and academic discipline.
A. Newspapers B. Magazines C. Academic journals C. Books
68. It consists of the bibliographic matter of the sources you have read, as well as a summary and
commentary for each source
A. Newspapers B. Annotated bibliography C. Academic journals D. Books
69. What is the first thing that you must do when you build a position?
A. Read newspapers B. Read widely about the topic C. Rely on your common sense
D. Rely on personal experience
70. What will you do in order to succeed in building a position?
A. You must read what other people have written about it first
B. You just rely on your common sense
C. You just rely on your personal experience
D. You just read newspapers
71. Position paper comes from different takes except
A. Equality B. Morality C. Social backgrounds D. Political ideologies
72. When you disagree with a position and you ridicule, ignore, or demonize it is called as the stance of the
A. Innocent B. Ignorant C. Guiltless D.Open-minded
73. These are opinions that people may or may not agree with
A. Outlines B. Phrases C. Summaries D.Assertions
74. An assertion is a stamen of:
A. Argument B. Opinion C. Outlines D. Summaries
75. What serves as the controlling idea of a position paper?
A. Legal document B. Creative writing C. Thesis statement D. Assertion
76. Evidence can be any of the following except
A. Controversy B. Statistics C. Interviews with experts D. Facts
77. It is an evidence which refers to actualities and particulars?
A. Facts B. Statistics C. Interviews with experts Perceived philosophical
78. It is an evidence which refers to having dialogues and consultations with knowledgeable people?
A. Facts B. Statistics C. Interviews with experts D. Perceived philosophical
79. It is an evidence which refers to figures, numbers and measurements?
A. Facts B. Statistics C. Interviews with experts D. Perceived philosophical
80. It is an evidence where observed theoretical ideas are presented
A. Facts B. Statistics C. Interviews with experts D. Perceived philosophical
81. It is an evidence gathered through mental facts.
A. Psychological truths B. Socio-political C. Interviews with experts
D. Perceived philosophical
82. It is an evidence gathered based on societal and governmental factors.
A. Psychological truths B. Socio-political B. Interviews with experts
D. Perceived philosophical
83. Which of the following are inappropriate to use in gathering evidence?
A. Research studies B. Dissertation C. Moral or religious truths D. Thesis
84. Which of the following is not a credible source of evidence?
A. Bills B. Laws C. Declarations D. Word of mouth
85. The following are scholarly articles except
A. Academic journals
Magazines published by a non-reputable organization
B. News media sources
C. Encyclopaedias
86. Which of the following is not a credible source of information?
A. Facebook B. Newspaper C. Academic journals D. Dictionaries
87. It is a non-credible source of information wherein it is only a malicious deception.
A. Twitter B. Facebook c. Hoax D. Chat room
88. The following are elements of an argument except
A. Deception B. Assertion C. Evidence D. Explanation
89. A term wherein a position will have a negation of that same position.
A. Evidence B. Opposition C. Assertion D. Explanation
90. What do you call the term which is not a mere summary of the opposition’s arguments instead it is a
way to go against the arguments of the opposition?
A. Refutation B. Opposition C. Assertion D. Explanation
91. It is considered as the most objective of all academic papers, devoid of subjective comments and
opinions, and believed to have no particular bias
A. Concept paper B. Report C. Position paper D. Reaction paper
92. Which part of a report paper which give way to insights about what you have seen?
A. Conclusions B. Introduction C. Definition D. Outline
93. In writing a report, it
A. Is not anchored to the abstract
Cannot have principles
B. Cannot have philosophies to stand as evidence
C. Should have concrete data
94. Which of the following is not an example of concrete data?
A. Statistics B. Textual evidence C. Controversy D. Surveys
95. Which data is not anchored to numbers but is dependent on observation, textual analysis and
interviews?
A. Quantitative data B. Qualitative data C. Quantitative report
D. Qualitative report
96. Which data relies mainly on numbers such as statistics, surveys and scientific experiments?
A. Quantitative data B. Qualitative data C. Report
D. Dissertation
97. It is a type of qualitative data which is tested under controlled condition in order to examine the validity
of a hypothesis
A. Observation B. Scientific experiments C. Textual analysis D. Surveys
98. It is a type of qualitative data where researchers interpret the characteristics of a recorded or visual
message.
A. Observation B. Scientific experiments C. Textual analysis D. Surveys
99. It is a type of qualitative data which is formal and official examination of the particulars of something
A. Observation B. Scientific experiments C. Textual analysis D. Surveys
100. It is a type of qualitative data in which you are going to observe something or someone in order
to gain an information.
A. Observation B. Scientific experiments C. Textual analysis D. Surveys

Prepared by:

LOUVELLE D. MARIANO
Teacher II

Approved by:

NATIVIDAD B. REYES, Ph. D.

School Principal III