DO No. 030, s. 2019

1. What is the primary purpose of the DepEd Manual of Style (DMOS), as outlined in the text?

•   A. To enforce strict language regulations within the   Department of Education

•   B. To promote a culture of excellence in delivering   education to Filipino learners

•   C. To standardize the use of abbreviations in official   documents

•   D. To restrict the access of partners and stakeholders to   official DepEd communications

2. What key aspects does the DMOS aim to ensure in DepEd issuances and official documents?

• A. Complexity, verbosity, and inconsistency

•   B. Clarity, completeness, conciseness, and consistency

•   C.  Ambiguity, vagueness, and inaccuracy

•   D. Informality, informality, and informality

3. When should an article be used before an abbreviation or acronym?

• A. Always

•   B. Only if the abbreviation is read as a word

   

• C. Only if the abbreviation is read as a series of letters

   

• D. Never

4. How should acronyms and abbreviations be capitalized according to the text?

• A. Write acronyms and abbreviations in all lowercase   letters

•   B. Capitalize only the first letter of acronyms and   abbreviations

•   C. Write acronyms in capital letters and abbreviations in   initial upper case and lowercase as relevant

•   D. Capitalize all letters in acronyms and abbreviations

5. How should educational degrees be abbreviated after a person's name?

• A. With periods

•   B. In all lowercase letters

•   C. Without periods

•   D. Only for certain degrees

6. When should the abbreviated form of a term be used in footnotes?

• A. Always

•   B. Only if the term is longer than five letters

•   C. If the term is defined in the text

•   D. Only in the conclusion of the document

7. How should civil or military titles be abbreviated before names, based on the text?

• A. Always spell out the titles

•   B. Abbreviate only if the name is long

•   C. Abbreviate civil or military titles preceding a full name

•   D. Abbreviate only in formal documents

8. How should issuances such as Republic Acts be abbreviated in subsequent citations, according to the text?

• A. With periods in between letters

•   B. Without including the year series

•   C. Using lowercase for the word "No."

•   D. In all capitals without the word "No."

9. What is the correct format for citing DepEd Order No. 8, series 2013 in succeeding citations?

• A. DepEd 8, s. 2013

•   B. DO 8, S. 2013

•   C. DepEd Order No. 8, 2013

   

• D. DO 8, s. 2013

10. How should non-English terms be presented in academic writing, based on the guidelines provided in the text?

• A. Abbreviate non-English terms in all instances

•   B. Include the non-English abbreviation before the   English translation

•   C. Spell out the English translation first followed by the   non-English abbreviation in parentheses

•   D. Omit non-English terms in formal documents