General Information Reviewer - Part 16

Practice 20 General Information questions for the Civil Service Exam (CSE), each with the correct answer and an explanation.

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Part 16 of our General Information reviewer has 20 practice questions in the style of the Civil Service Exam. Answer them in order, read the explanation after each one, and check your score against the 80% passing mark at the end. Questions and choices are reshuffled every time you retake the part.

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Sample questions from Part 16

Here are a few questions from this part. Take the full test to answer all 20 and get your score.

Sample question 1

Under Section 20 of RA 9003, LGUs must divert at least what percentage of solid waste from disposal facilities through re-use, recycling and composting within five years from effectivity?

  • seventy-five percent
  • twenty-five percent
  • fifty percent
  • ten percent
Answer: twenty-five percent
The waste diversion goal may be increased every three years by the National Solid Waste Management Commission. Answer: twenty-five percent.

Sample question 2

The Philippine Clean Air Act of 1999 (RA 8749) bans which waste disposal method?

  • Sanitary landfilling of municipal waste
  • Recycling of plastics
  • Composting of biodegradable waste
  • Incineration of municipal, biomedical and hazardous waste that emits toxic and poisonous fumes
Answer: Incineration of municipal, biomedical and hazardous waste that emits toxic and poisonous fumes
RA 8749, Section 20, bans incineration. Answer: Incineration of municipal, biomedical and hazardous waste that emits toxic and poisonous fumes.

Sample question 3

Under the Philippine Clean Water Act (RA 9275), an area with similar hydrological, hydrogeological, meteorological or geographic conditions affecting pollutants, designated by the DENR, is a:

  • Critical watershed
  • Protected area
  • Water Quality Management Area
  • Airshed
Answer: Water Quality Management Area
A Governing Board manages each WQMA. An "airshed" is the corresponding concept under the Clean Air Act. Answer: Water Quality Management Area.

Sample question 4

Under the Clean Water Act, owners or operators of facilities that discharge regulated effluents must secure from the DENR a:

  • water permit from the NWRB for abstraction
  • certificate of non-coverage only
  • permit to discharge
  • mining permit
Answer: permit to discharge
Section 14 of RA 9275 requires a discharge permit. Answer: permit to discharge.

Sample question 5

Under RA 10121, the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund must be at least what percentage of the estimated revenue from regular sources, with what portion set aside as the Quick Response Fund?

  • three percent, with thirty percent of it as the Quick Response Fund
  • five percent, with thirty percent of it as the Quick Response Fund
  • five percent, with fifty percent of it as the Quick Response Fund
  • ten percent, with twenty percent of it as the Quick Response Fund
Answer: five percent, with thirty percent of it as the Quick Response Fund
Section 21 of RA 10121. Answer: five percent, with thirty percent of it as the Quick Response Fund.

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