Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VI - WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ANTIQUE
ANTIQUE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
ILAYA, BUGASONG, ANTIQUE

DEPARTAMENTAL TEST IN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN PERSON

Name: ____________________________________________ Section: ___________________________

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Read each statement carefully. WRITE THE LETTER AND WORD of the correct
answer on the space provided.

________________________1. What is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and
evaluates human actions?

a. Epistemology b.Ethics c.Logic d. Aesthetic

________________________2. What is the Science of beautiful and its various manifestation?

a. Politics b.Logic c.Aesthetic d. Metaphysics

________________________3. What is the branch of philosophy which deals with correct reasoning?

a. Logic b.Metaphysics c. Ethics d. Aesthetic

________________________4. He is a mathematician and scientist and was credited with formulating the
Pythagorean theorem.

a. Plato b.Aristotles c.Pythagoras d. Heraclitus

________________________5. Study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of
public agents and institutions.

a. Logic b. Politics c. Metaphysics d. Aesthetic

________________________6. These requires a person to be willing to examines one’s thoughts, feelings and actions
and to learn more about one’s life and experience.

a. Holistic perspective b.Reflection c. Partial point of view d. Opinion

________________________7. The car is brand new and classy is an example of

a. Secondary reflection b. holistic thinking c. partial point of view d. Primary reflection

________________________8. It refers to the perspective that considers large scale pattern in systems and often
described as looking at the bigger picture when describing and analyzing situation or problem.

a. Holistic perspective b.Reflection c. Partial point of view d. Secondary reflection

________________________9. It refers to the clear awareness and understanding of something.

a. Bias b. Claim c. Knowledge d. Fact

________________________10. These are statements which need to be examined to determine whether they are
true of false.

a. Bias b. Claim c. Knowledge d. Fact

________________________11.An idea that a lot of people think is true but is in fact false.

a. Fallacy b. opinion c. Beliefs d. Bias

________________________12. It is a form of reasoning that takes specific knowledge, through observation and
experience, and then creates a general conclusion.

a. Inductive reasoning b. Deductive reasoning c. Reflection d. Premise

________________________13. A type of fallacy that attacking the person instead of the argument itself.

a. Ad hominem b. Appeal to force c. Appeal to popular d. cause and effect

________________________14. A type of bias that focus on a certain aspect of a problem while ignoring other
aspects.

a. Conflict of interest b. framing c. hindsight d. cultural bias

________________________15. It is a proposition used as evidence in an argument.

a. Premise b. Conclusion c. Deductive reasoning d. Hindsight

II. Holistic Perspective or Partial Point of View.

Write HP if the situation is in holistic perspective and PPV if Partial point of view.
________________________16. A teacher listened first to both stories of her two arguing students before making any
conclusion about the issue.

________________________17. Anna is a member of a religious group; she claims that only their religion is teaching
the true words of God.

________________________18. Jessica spread a gossip about a person infected of Covid-19 Without assessing
reliability of the source of the information.

________________________19. Instead of judging every single person viral on line, Sofie chooses to reserve her
judgement until she gets all the facts regarding what made those people act on that matter.

________________________20. Farmers have problems in eradicating beetles but before coming up with a solution
they consider the different impacts on the environment and will not cause disaster.

III. A. TYPES OF FALLACIES

Identify each example fallacy below. Write your answer on the space provided. Choices are in the box.

Fallacy of composition Appeal to emotion Ad hominem

Fallacy of division Appeal to force Appeal to popular
Cause and effect Appeal to tradition Begging the question
_______________________21. "Accept this position, or I'll punish you."

_______________________22. Senator X wants to reform education. Senator Y doesn’t. But instead of arguing against
Senator X’s proposals, Senator Y just calls Senator X a smelly goat-face. Voter’s cheer. Senator Y wins re-election.
Democracy continues as planned.

______________________23. "You need to pass me in this course, since I'll lose my scholarship if you don't."
______________________24. “Paul is the smartest student in our school. Since he is in my class, I must be in the
smartest class.”

______________________25. English people are good at football therefore john is good at football.

______________________26. Every time I wash my car, it rains.

______________________27. Someone in a job interview says, "The reason I am deserving of this job is because my
mother is on her death bed, and she really wants to see me have this job before she passes away."

______________________28. Everyone I know says that vaccines are dangerous, so it must be true.

______________________29. “This medicine has been used by people since ancient history, therefore it must be an
effective way to treat diseases.”
______________________30. My house is green therefore my front door is green.

B. TYPES OF BIASES
Analyze each statement. Write true if the statement is correct and false if wrong.

______________________31. My idea should have worked is an example of confirmation bias.

______________________32. Advising a client to invest in a company owned by your spouse is an example of

conflict of interest.

______________________33. Hiring managers seek to eliminate cultural biases in a number of ways, including hiding
names or pictures from resumes (making them anonymous) and using diverse interview panels is an example of
framing.

______________________34. I knew it was going to go down is an example of hindsight.

______________________35. Hiring an unqualified relative or friend conflict of interest.

IV. DEDUCTIVE OR INDUCTIVE REASONING

Direction: Read each argument. Identify if it is deductive reasoning or inductive reasoning. Write
your answer on the space provided.
______________________36. Red meat has iron in it, beef is red meat. Therefore, beef has iron in it.

______________________37. Most baseball players become coaches. Eduardo is a baseball player, so he’ll become a
coach.
______________________38. 90% of the sales team met their quota last month. Pat is on the sales team. Pat likely
met his sales quota last month.
______________________39.  I get tired if I don't drink coffee. Coffee is addictive. I'm addicted to coffee.
______________________40. Human beings need to breathe to live. You're a human. You need to breathe to live.
______________________41. Chickens are birds; all birds lay eggs; therefore, chickens lay eggs. 
______________________42. All fish live in water. Sharks are fish. Therefore, sharks live in water.
______________________43. The flamingos here are all pink. All flamingos I’ve ever seen are pink. All flamingos must
be pink.

______________________44. All dogs are mammals. All mammals have kidneys. Therefore, all dogs have kidneys.

______________________45. Every time you eat peanuts, you start to cough. You are allergic to peanuts.

V. 46-50 Write an example of deductive reasoning about your plants. (5points)

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"Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when
you have everything." –George Bernard Shaw.

Prepared by:

WELLA A. FERNANDEZ
Subject Teacher

Recommending Approval: Approved:

MA. FATHIE B. BANGCAYA ALBERT Q. ENOPIQUES, PhD
Noted: Assistant Principal II Principal III
RUPERTO J. MENDOZA III Senior High School

Department Head