SOUTHERN LUZON TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.COLLEGE OF EDUCATION1st Semester, 2015-2016

Prelim Examination in English 01: Study and Thinking Skills

Name___________________________________Year and Block ________________Date ______________________________Score __________________

I. USING THE LIBRARYA. On the blanks provided, give the topic, concept, person, or thing being described by the statements below.____________________1. This section contains the largest portion of the library collection. Most of the books here are fiction and non-fiction.____________________ 2. It is a cabinet that contains file cards arranged in alphabetical order.____________________ 3. You first read them when getting an overview of a non-prose material.____________________ 4. He created the Dewey Decimal System.____________________ 5. The DDC call number can be found on this part of a book.____________________ 6. The Library of Congress Classification divides all knowledge into _______ basic classes/categories.____________________ 7. It is a repository of knowledge, information, entertainment, and all recorded thinking, works and activities of mankind-- stored in varied forms.____________________ 8. This material contains articles by experts on a wide range of subjects and is published in volumes.____________________ 9.The resources found in this section are magazines, newspapers, journals, etc.____________________ 10. It presents and classifies information in order to make comparisons between and among data.

B. Indicate the Dewey Decimal Class Number of the following:

Topic/SubjectDewey Decimal Number Range

1. The Philosophy of Man

2. Three Branches of Government

3. Subject-Verb Agreement

4. Monalisa

5. History of Christianity

6. Physical Fitness

7. Biographies of Scientists

8. Biodiversity

9. The Story of Creation

10. Pair of Equilaterals

II. NON-PROSE MATERIALS. Study the following non-prose forms below. Answer the questions that follow.

1. Which Asian country had the most number of tourists in the Philippines for the first half of the year? The least?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Which North American country had the most number of tourists in the Philippines? The least?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Of the total number of tourists, how many Asians toured the Philippines during that period? Europeans? Americans?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. What does the scale on the left beginning with 0 and ending with 7 represent?A. B. Number of students selling candyC. Number of cases of candy soldD. Number of candy in each caseE. Number of days each month that candy was sold5. 6. The amount of candy sold in December is twice the amount of candy sold in which other month?A. B. OctoberC. MarchD. JanuaryE. September

III. INTERPRETING NON-PROSE MATERIALS/FORMS. Go back to the pie graph on page 2: Top Ten Visitors Arrivals in the Philippines and interpret it. (15 points)CRITERIACompleteness and Correctness of Interpretation10Organization and Grammar 5TOTAL15