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F.L. VARGAS COLLEGE Final ExaminationTuguegarao City Basic Geogrpahy

Name : __________________________________ Course & Year : ________________

I. Multiple Choice:Directions: From the given options, select the ones that give the correct answer to the questions. Write at the

left of questions the letters that correspond to the correct option.

___1. Group of individuals of the same species inhabiting the same area simultaneously is called________.a. community b. environment c. population d. habitat

___2. It refers to the number of individuals added through reproduction.a. fatality b.humanity c. mortality d. natality

___3. Which of the following terms id often expressed as a percentage of the total population?

a. birth rate b. death rate c. population growth rate d. survivor curve___ 4. It shows proportion of individuals likely to survive to each age.

a. birth rate b. death rate c. population growth rate d. survivor curve___ 5. What term shows the relative number of males and females in a population?

a. birth rate b. death rate c. sex ratio d. age distribution___ 6. The number of individuals of each age in the population and is greatly influencing population growth

rate.

a. birth rate b. death rate c. sex ratio d. age distribution____7. What expression refers to the number of individuals per unit area?

a. biotic potential c. survivor curveb. population density d. . population growth rate____8. High population may lead to increased competition for resources. What is your stand on the preceding

statement?a. true b. false c. maybe d. it depends

____ 9. What terminology is referred to the ability to produce offspring?

a. abiotic potential c. infertilityb. biotic potential d. pregnancy

____10. Movement of individuals from densely populated locations to new areas is called ________.a. demography b. density c. dispersal d. disposal

____11. The number of individuals of a species that can be indefinitely sustained in a given area withoutharming the habitat is ___________.

a. sustainability b. balance of nature c. carrying capacity d. population_____12. What kind of graph that allows us to see the gender and age structure of a population?

a. population growth curve c. population pyramidb. exponential growth curve d. all of these

____ 13. How do we calculate the dependency ration of a given population? By knowing the _______.a. age groups. c. non-working age groupsb. working age groups. d. percentage of the 3 cohorts

____ 14. What terminology is referred to as any factor (limiting factor) in the environment limiting carrying

capacity?

a. environmental resistance c. environmental successionb. friendly environment d. environmental degradation

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Answer item number 15 to 20 based on the graph below.

____ 15. What do you call the graph as shown above?

a. exponential growth curve c. population age group graphb. population pyramid d. none of these

____ 16. What does the first portion of the curve show about population?

a. accelerated growth c. continuous growthb. slow population growth d. equilibrium growth

_____17. How many phases are there in the graph?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4____ 18. What term is used in the first phase of the population curve?

a. lag b. log c. exponential d. stable____ 19. What can you infer during the exponential phase of the graph?

a. accelerated population growth c. continuous growth in populationb. slow population growth d. equilibrium growth in population

____ 20. Why is the last phase of the curve called stable equilibrium?

a. Birth rate and death rate differ. c. Population keeps on growing.b. Population stops growing. d. Population keeps on declining.

____ 21. Who are the dependents in the given population?

a. young age c. non-working ageb. working age d. all of these

____ 22. What does the dependency ratio indicate?

a. The proportion between working and non working age.b. The proportion between male and female groups.c. The proportion between young and retirees.d. All of the above.

____ 23. What is the implication of higher dependency ratio?

a. The lesser the number of dependents.b. The greater the number of dependents.c. There is one to one correspondence between working and non-working.d. All of the above.

____ 24. What prediction can you give when the birth rate is greater than the death rate?

a. population is constant c. population decreasesb. population increases d. population stops

____ 25. What is the study of human population?

a. biology b. demography c. ecology d. taxonomy____ 26. The term usually referring to an official count by a national government of its countrys population is

a. census b. survey c. statistics d. profile

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____ 27. What is the rank of the Philippines in terms of population value based on the 1998 United StatesCensus International Program Center?

a. 1st b. 5th c. 10th d. 12th___ 28. Which of the following countries in the world is the topnotch in terms of population values based on

the 1998 United States Census International Program Center?

a. China b. India c. United States d. Indonesia____ 29. The movement of people into another nation with the intention of residing there permanently is called

________.

a. dispersal b. emigration c. immigration d. going abroad____ 30. The movement of people permanently leaving a nation is called __________.

a. dispersal b. emigration c. immigration d. going abroadII. Complete the sentence and or answer the questions asked.

1. What I like most in this subject is 2. If I could have one wish with this subject, it would be3. Most people do not know that I 4. What comes to your mind when you hear the word basic geography?5. If you were to rate your performance with this subject ranging from 75% to 100%, what rating will

that be and why?