2023 Pop Quiz Questions

EASY

1. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
By approximately how many people does the world grow each year?
A. 10 million
B. 26 million
C. 41 million
D. 67 million
Answer: D. 67 million
2. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which world region has the most people?
A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. North America
Answer: B. Asia
3. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which world region is experiencing the fastest population growth?
A. Africa
B. Asia
C. Europe
D. North America
Answer: A. Africa
4. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which has NOT been a major cause of the global population growth over the past two
centuries?
A. An increase in birth rates
B. Modern preventive medicine
C. Improved sanitation
D. Lower infant mortality e) longer life expectancy
Answer: A. An increase in birth rates
5. Identification. Write the correct answer. (10 seconds)
This refers to the attraction of a person to a specific sex (e.g., same sex, other sex, or
both).
Answer: Sexual Orientation or Sexual Preference
6. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
1. A. Birth, Health and Death
2. B. Migration, Birth and Health
3. C. Birth, Death and Migration
4. D. Death, Birth and Heath
5. hat are the components of population growth?
6. A. Birth, Health and Death
7. B. Migration, Birth and Health
8. C. Birth, Death and Migration
9. D. Death, Birth and Heath
10. hat are the components of population growth?
11. A. Birth, Health and Death
12. B. Migration, Birth and Health
13. C. Birth, Death and Migration
14. D. Death, Birth and Heath
 15. hat are the components of population growth?
16. A. Birth, Health and Death
17. B. Migration, Birth and Health
18. C. Birth, Death and Migration
19. D. Death, Birth and Heath
20. hat are the components of population growth?
21. A. Birth, Health and Death
22. B. Migration, Birth and Health
23. C. Birth, Death and Migration
24. D. Death, Birth and Heath
25. hat are the components of population growth?
26. A. Birth, Health and Death
27. B. Migration, Birth and Health
28. C. Birth, Death and Migration
29. D. Death, Birth and Heath
30. hat are the components of population growth?
31. A. Birth, Health and Death
32. B. Migration, Birth and Health
33. C. Birth, Death and Migration
34. D. Death, Birth and Heath
35. hat are the components of population growth?
36. A. Birth, Health and Death
37. B. Migration, Birth and Health
38. C. Birth, Death and Migration
39. D. Death, Birth and Heath
40. hat are the components of population growth?
41. A. Birth, Health and Death
42. B. Migration, Birth and Health
43. C. Birth, Death and Migration
44. D. Death, Birth and Heath
45. hat are the components of population growth?
46. A. Birth, Health and Death
47. B. Migration, Birth and Health
48. C. Birth, Death and Migration
49. D. Death, Birth and He Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10
seconds)
What are the components of population growth?
A. Birth, Health and Death
B. Migration, Birth and Health
C. Birth, Death and Migration
D. Death, Birth and Health
Answer: C. Birth, Death and Migration
7. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
How would you describe the age structure of a population where fertility is declining?
A. The population is aging
B. The population is declining
C. The population is increasing
D. The population is constant
Answer: A. The population is aging
8. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
What Republic Act correspond to the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995?
A. Republic Act 8583
B. Republic Act 8505
C. Republic Act 9262
 D. Republic Act 7877
Answer: D. Republic Act 7877

AVERAGE
1. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
What is the name given to the rapid growth of world population that has taken place
since the industrial revolution?
A. Population Crash
B. Population Bomb
C. Population Explosion
D. Population Dive
ANSWER: C Population Explosion
2. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
How is population density calculated?
A. Area divided by population
B. Population divided by GNP
C. Resource capacity divided by population
D. Population divided by area
ANSWER: D Population divided by area
3. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which one of these statements best describes a theoretical situation where the number
of resources match the population of an area?
A. Overpopulation
B. Optimum Population
C. Dense Population
D. Under Population
ANSWER: B Optimum Population
4. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which one of these is not a problem associated with an overpopulated country?
A. Lack of workers to exploit the country’s natural resources
B. Overcrowded cities
C. Lack of Sustainable Housing
D. High employment and/or underemployment rates.
ANSWER: A Lack of workers to exploit the country’s natural resources
5. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
How does one calculate the natural increase of a population?
A. Birth Rate + Death Rate
B. Death Rate x Birth Rate
C. Death Rate divided by Birth Rate
D. Birth Rate – Death Rate
ANSWER: D Birth Rate – Death Rate

6. Computation. Compute and write the correct answer. (30 seconds)

Compute for the sex ratio where there are:
Males - 46,751
Females - 62,888
Round off your answer to the nearest whole number.
Answer: 74 “There are 74 males for every 100 females.”

7. Computation. Compute and write the correct answer. (30 seconds)

Age Dependency Ratio is the ratio of persons in the dependent ages to those in the
economically productive ages in a population. Compute for the Age Dependency Ratio where
the population for the following are:

0-14: 450,000
15-64: 1,800,000
64 and over: 250,000
Round off your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer: 450,000+250,000 X 100 = 39

1,800,000

DIFFICULT
1. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which of the following is not a consequence of the decline in the working-age
population?
A. Decline in productivity
B. Economic instability
C. Increase in the skilled workers’ availability
D. Fewer working-age people
ANSWER: C Increase in the skilled workers’ availability
2. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
World Health Organization has declared _________ as the decade of healthy aging.
A. 2011-2022
B. 2031-2040
C. 2001-2010
D. 2021-2030
ANSWER: D 2021-2030
3. Identification. Write the correct answer. (10 seconds)
What is the name of the studying of Human Population?
ANSWER: DEMOGRAPHY
4. Computation. Compute and write the correct answer. (30 seconds)
Age Specific Fertility Rate (ASFR) is the number of births to women of a given age group
per 1,000 women in that age group. Compute the ASFR where:

Number of women (15-19): 33,450

Number of births (15-19): 4,120

Round off your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer: ___No. of births____ X 1000

No. of women (15-19)
 Answer: __4,120__ X 1000 = 123
33,450

5. Computation. Compute and write the correct answer. (30 seconds)

Net Migration Rate shows the net effect of immigration and emigration on an area’s
population, expressed as increase or decrease per 1,000 population of the area in a given
year. Compute for the Net Migration Rate where the following are:

Total Population: 7,536,383

Immigrants: 52,300
Emigrants: 22,100

Answer: Immigrants-Emigrants X 1000

Total Population

Answer: 52,300 - 22,100 X 1000 = 4.0

7,536,383

6. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer. (10 seconds)
Which of the following is not a push factor?
A. Desertification
B. Poor medical Care
C. Primitive Conditions
D. Higher-income
ANSWER: D Higher-income