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Sample Basic Science Exam Questions and Answers
TOPIC: A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. The removal of in a room and its replacement by fresh is called _____________.
A. aeration
B. ventilation
C. oxygenation
D. refreshing
2. Pollutants includes all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A. fumes from cars
B. dust in the
C. from a clean toilet
D. smell from burning mosquito coils
3. If fishes in a river near a factory are dying, what could possibly be the cause?
A. Someone threw paper in the river.
B. Fishermen are catching too many fish.
C. The factory may have been dumping pollutants into the river.
D. The factory has fishermen who get up at night to kill the fishes.
4. What is pollution?
A. It is the state of being sick.
B. It is the act of cleaning the surrounding.
C. It is the process of baking.
D. It is the state of being contaminated
5. Sewage is treated before returning it to the water in order to _________.
A. kill all harmful bacteria
B. remove entirely all the organic matter
C. reduce the amount of water in it
D. remove the colour
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TOPIC: PREVENTING DISEASES
DIRECTION: Choose the correct answer from the lettered options.
1. What does EPI stand for?
A. Expanded Programme on Immunization
B. Extended Programme on Immunization
C. Exterior Programme on Immunization
D. Extinct Programme on Immunization
2. Which one of the following is NOT a group of water related diseases?
A. Water-borne disease
B. Water-washed disease
C. Water-based disease
D. Water vector disease
3. What is drug abuse?
A. Adding neutralizers to drugs.
B. Giving drugs to patients who are about to die.
C. Showing abuses on drugs.
D. Taking drugs without the doctor’s advice and directions
4. Which of the following diseases can be prevented by vaccination?
A. Diarrhea
B. Goiter
C. Ulcer
D. Smallpox
5. Any disease that CANNOT be passed from one person to another is called a _____ disease.
A. communicable
B. curable
C. seasonal
D. non-communicable
