Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
Schools Division of Palawan
North Brooke’s Point District
GOV. ALFREDO ABUEG SR., NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
School ID: 301699
Barongbarong, Brooke’s Point, Palawan
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THIRD QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT IN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON 11
FEBRUARY 6-7, 2025

Directions: Read and analyze the questions. Shade only the letter of the correct answer in the provided
answer sheet. Erasures and/or multiple marks are considered wrong.
1. The term philosophy comes from the Greek words philo and Sophia. The meaning of the Greek word “philo”
is _____.
A. love C. wisdom
B. knowledge D. being
2. The meaning of the Greek word “Sophia” is _____.
A. love C. wisdom
B. knowledge D. being
3. A philosopher is a ___.
A. “lover of knowledge” C. “great lover”
B. “lover of being” D. “lover of wisdom”
4. It is the study of society in its form, structures, and functions.
A. philosophy C. anthropology
B. sociology D. botany
5. It is the study of human beings in relation with the society.
A. linguists C. anthropology
B. sociology D. botany
6. It is the study of plants.
A. philosophy C. anthropology
B. sociology D. botany
7. An etymological definition states or explains the _____.
A. the origin of the term C. the object of the study
B. what it actually studies D. the importance of the study
8. “Whatever is is; and whatever is not is not; everything is what it is. Everything is its own being, and not being
is not being”
A. principle of sufficient reason C. principle of identity
B. principle of non-contradiction D. principle of excluded middle
9. We possess the capacity to reflect on our experiences, and we have a never-ending need to learn and
discover. Hence, each one of us is considered a ______.
A. philosopher C. anthropologists
B. linguists D. theologians
10. Philosophy is also defined as the science that by natural light of reason studies the first cause or highest
principles of _____.
A. science C. Palmistry
B. art D. all things
11. It is one of the characteristics of philosophy because a philosopher does not limit himself to a particular
object of inquiry.
A. partial C. holistic
B. dimensional D. certain
12. Philosophy is based on certain knowledge derived from reasoned demonstration
of causes and reduced to a _____.
A. principle C. system
B. proposition D. an argument
13. “When knowledge follows procedures, structures, principles, and rules”
A. it is false C. it is seemingly false
B. it is seemingly true D. it is systematized
14. It follows certain steps or it employs certain procedures.
A. science C. Palmistry
B. art D. horoscope
15. We all have the potential to philosophize since we have the tendency to wonder and doubt. Hence, each
one of us is considered a ______.
A. philosopher C. anthropologists
B. linguists D. theologians
16. Philosophy investigates things through ____. It does not use any other laboratory instrument or
investigative tools, neither on the basis of supernatural revelation, otherwise it becomes theology.
A. science C. argument
B. study of all things D. natural light of reason
17. This sets the distinction between philosophy from other sciences. All other
sciences concern themselves with a particular object of investigation.
A. principle of identity C. reasons, causes & principles
B. study of all things D. natural light of reason
18. A thing is either is or is not; everything must either be or not be; between being
and not-being, there is no middle ground.
A. principle of sufficient reason C. principle of non-contradiction
B. principle of identity D. principle of excluded middle
19. They study human beings, society, religion, language, and God among others.
A. philosopher C. anthropologists
B. linguists D. theologians
20. Philosophy is not based on mere opinion or theories or hypothesis; it is based on certain knowledge
derived from reasoned demonstration of causes and reduced to a system.
A. natural light of reason C. study of all things
B. science D. highest principle
21. Philosophy does not base its knowledge on authority, but solely on the reasoning power of the human
mind.
A. natural light of reason C. study of all things
B. science D. highest principle
22. Many philosophers hold that there are three great original centers of philosophy in the world.
A. Greek, Russian, and Indian C. Greek, German, and Chinese
B. Greek, Indian, and Germa D. Greek, Indian, and Chinese
23. Its philosophy existed before Greek Philosophy.
A. Roman C. Singaporean
B. German D. Chinese
24. He is the first known Greek philosopher
A. Plato C. Socrates
B. Thales D. Aristotle
25. They started to indulge in intense philosophical assumption.
A. Western thinkers C. Northern thinkers
B. Eastern thinkers D. Southern thinkers
26. Filipinos believe that life may be sorrowful, but precisely because suffering is ultimately salutary, there is
_____ beyond suffering.
A. food C. luck
B. money D. hope
27. What is in a Filipino that has an internal code and sanction that flows from within itself?
A. ethics C. luck
B. logic D. hope
28. At present, almost all the major philosophical ideas originate from these thinkers.
A. Western thinkers C. Northern thinkers
B. Eastern thinkers D. Southern thinkers
29. Generally, Filipinos believe in the innate goodness of human being. There is in every Filipino more constant
than in other legalistic moral philosophies that are rather negative.
A. ethics C. luck
B. logic D. hope
30. Following the teaching of Socrates, he advanced the idea of the soul and the theory of virtue.
A. Plato C. Anaximander
B. Aristotle D. Protagoras
31. “In a manner of speaking, nothing actually begins absolutely or ends absolutely. A man may have been
born at a precise time and may have died at a precise time, but it cannot be said that his existence can be
congealed at a specific time, and when he dies, his life continues in another form.” Where would you attribute
this line of thinking?
A. Western thinkers C. Northern thinkers
B. Eastern thinkers D. Southern thinkers
32. The method for arriving at truth was to link knowing to doing, for example, to know the good is to do the
good.
A. Plato C. Socrates
B. Aristotle D. Protagoras
33. Their philosophy emphasized benevolence, harmony, wisdom, and family.
A. Western thinkers C. Northern thinkers
B. Eastern thinkers D. Southern thinkers
34. The first philosophers were called ___ because the birthplace of philosophy was in this coastal city, located
across the Aegean Sea on the western shores of Ionia in Asia Minor.
 A. Milesians C. Ephesians
B. Myus D. Colophons
35. For him, the human being’s function as a person is the proper functioning of his/her soul. So, he sought to
know the nature of the soul.
A. Plato C. Anaximander
B. Aristotle D. Soctrates
36. They are perceived as transcending the limitations of the human intellect and treading on a no-man's land
where verification of one's premise is not possible. Their thoughts do not follow a structured mode. By its very
nature, it cannot but be intuitive and mystic.
A. Western thinkers C. Northern thinkers
B. Eastern thinkers D. Southern thinkers
37. Now the sun is up. Thanks to the rooster! This is a typical example of what fallacy?
A. fallacy of figure of speech C. non sequitor
B. tu quoque D. false cause
38. A priest calls people to repentance and religious renewal by explaining natural calamities as God’s wrath.
This is an example of what fallacy?
A. non sequitor C. tu quoque
B. argumentum ad vericundiam D. argumentum ad populum
(argument to authority) (argument to people)
39. Granting that the premises are true, the conclusion is necessarily also true. Such an argument is___.
A. valid C. strong
B. true D. cogent
40. This fallacy is committed when an appeal to evidence is replaced by an appeal to sympathy.
A. argumentum ad baculum (argument to force)
B. argumentum ad misericordiam (argument to pity)
C. argumentum ad hominem (argument to the people)
D. none of the above
41. The premise is false and the conclusion has a strong probability of being false.
This argument is ___.
A. invalid C. weak
B. unsound D. false
42. This fallacy is committed when an appeal to evidence is replaced by an appeal to sympathy.
A. argumentum ad baculum C. argumentum ad hominem
B. argumentum ad misericordiam D. none of the above
43. The premise is false but there is a high probability that the conclusion will come true. This argument is___.
A. sound C. true
B. valid D. strong
44. “Logic teaches you how to argue. People argue entirely too much. Therefore, we don’t need to teach
people logic.” This is an example of what fallacy?
A. fallacy of composition C. equivocation
B. fallacy of Division D. amphiboly
45. “All of you are cheaters since I caught two of you cheating. This class of forty students cannot, therefore,
be trusted.” This is an example of what fallacy?
A. fallacy of accident C. argumentum ad hominem (argument to the man)
B. tu quoque D. hasty generalization
46. It aims to develop the habit of thinking easily, spontaneously, and effectively.
A. Science C. judgment
B. Art D. logic
47. The premise is true and the conclusion is highly to be true. This argument is ___.
A. invalid C. false
B. unsound D. cogent
48. Without it, science would not be possible; and without science, human civilization would not have gone this
far.
A. Social Philosophy C. logic
B. Theology D. Axiology
49. “You claim that atheists can be moral – yet I happen to know that you abandoned your wife and children.”
This is an example of what fallacy?
A. fallacy of accident C. argumentum ad hominem (argument to the man)
B. tu quoque D. hasty generalization
50. It helps one to explain exactly what is wrong with the arguments and to give the flaw a name.
A. logic C. reasoning
B. common sense D. judgment

Prepared by:

FRANCIS A. VALDESTAMON
Subject Teacher