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Geology of the Philippines
Mock Board Exam
1. Which of the following is true about the Cordon Syenite exposed in northern Luzon:
a. It represents a late Oligocene to early Early Miocene magmatic event
b. It consists of alkalic bodies
c. Its formation may be related to intra-arc rifting that led to the formation of the Cagayan Valley Basin
d. A and b
e. A,b and c
2. The Philippine Fault cutting through the Mindanao Island can be considered as a suture boundary. This statement is:
a. True
b. False
c. No conclusion can be drawn
3. The sequence of volcanic rocks, volcaniclastic rocks and limestone which constitutes the substratum of the Catanduanes Island comprises the:
a. Yop Formation
b. Codon Formation
c. Payo Formation
d. Del Pilar Formation
e. none of the above
4. The Pleistocene, chiefly shallow marine deposits of poorly consolidated tuffaceous sandstone and mudstone previously attributed to the Carmen Formation in Mindanao Central Cordillera comprise the:
a. Koronadal Formation
b. Kalagutay Formation
c. Nilabsan Formation
d. Malambo Formation
e. none of the above
5. The Cretaceous (?) Samar Ophiolite in Samar island comprises of:
a. Anagasi Basalt
b. Giporlos Ultramafic Complex
c. Camcuevas Volcanic Complex
d. b and c
d. a, b and c
6. The basement rock of Southern Cebu is:
a. Kanglasog Volcanic Complex
b. Pandan Formation
c. Tunlob Schist
d. Cebu Ophiolitc Complec
e. none of the above
7. The following rock units comprise the Agusan-Davao Basin except:
a. Kabanglican Formation
b. Upian Limestone
c. Masuhi Limestone
d. Wawa Formation
e. none of the above
8. Which of the following formational units is the basinal clastic equivalent of the San Nicolas Claystone in northeastern Samar?
a. Mapanas Limestone
b. Daram Formation
c. Lawaan Formation
d. Balo Formation
e. Anagasi Formation
9. The Mesozoic ophiolitic complex, also designated as the Camarines Norte Ophiolite Complex, exposed in Jose Panganiban-Paracale areas is referred to as:
a. Cadig Ophiolitic Complex
b. Caramaoan Ophiolite Complex
c. Lagonoy Ophiolite
d. a and c
e. none of the above
10. The molasse- type of deposit attributed to the former Plio-Pleistocene Kapalong Formation exposed in the Mindanao Central Cordillera are correlated with this formational unit:
a. Lumbayao Formation
b. Koronadal Formation
c. Kalagutay Formation
d. Tagbacan Formation
e. none of the above
11. The Danao Limestone introduced by Florendo (1987) in southwestern Leyte is equivalent to the:
a. Kantaring Limestone
b. Hubay Limestone
c. Calubian Limestone
d. Visares Limestone
e. none of the above
12. The Lower to Middle Miocene clastic rocks with associated lenses of conglomerates and thin beds of limestone, coal and manganese previously referred to form part of the Motherlode Turbidite Formation in the Mindanao Pacific Cordillera form part of this formation:
a. Mabuhay Formation
b. Barcelona Formation
c. Bislig Formation
d. Tugunan Formation
e. none of the above
13. The Middle Miocene formation consisting of interbeds ftuffaceous sandstone, shale and mudstone with occasional lenses of calcarenite and calcisiltite exposed in the vicinity of Carmen, Danao and Sierra Bullones in Bohol is called:
a. Sierra Bullones Limestone
b. Sierra Bullones Formation
c. Carmen Formation
d. Danao Formation
e. none of the above
14. The famous beach of Boracay Island is underlain by basement rocks of Philippine Sea Plate affinity. This statement is:
a. True
b. False
c. No conclusion can be drawn
15. The Mesozoic basement of the Zamboanga Peninsula that is unconformably overlain by the Sirawai Formation is the:
a. Bungiao Melange
b. Tungauan Schist
c. Anungan Schist
d. a and b
e. none of the above
16. An ovoid stock of Early (?) to Middle (?) Miocene age intruding the ultramafic rocks and hosting gold-bearing quartz veins in Camarines Norte is called:
a. Bosigon Granodiorite
b. Paracale Granodiorite
c. Tamisan Diorite
d. Vinas Diorite
e. none of the above
17. The Mesozoic Antique Ophiolite in western Panay-Antique range corresponds in part to this rock unit early introduced by Momongan (1979):
a. Cabariohan Ophiolite
b. Igbayao Ophiolite Complex
c. Bongbongan Series
d. b and c
e. none of the above
18. The basement rock of the northern Pacific Cordillera in Mindanao is:
a. Surigao Ophiolite Complex
b. Pujada Ophiolite
c. Sohoton Greenschist
d. Casiga Ophiolite Complex
e. None of the above
19. The intrusive body of probable Eocene age in Leyte Central Highland that is probable manifestation of arc magmatism associated with the subduction of the West Philippone Basin along the eastern Philippines during the Eocene is called:
a. Kanturao Volcanic Complex
b. Albuera Diorite
c. Hibulungan Volcanics
d. Pangasugan Formation
e. None of the above
e. None of the above
20. The pre-Cenozoic metamorphic rocks consisting of garnetiferous quartz-sericite-epidote amphibolite, greenschist, phyllite and slate in Mindanao Central Cordillera is:
a. Mabuwaya Metamorphics
b. Awang Ultramafic Complex
c. Lipacon Schist
d. Tago Schist
e. none of the above
21. The Early to Middle Miocene quartz diorite bodies that are associated with copper and iron deposits in the southern Pacific Cordillera form part of the:
a. Cateel Quartz Diorite
b. Diwata Diorite
c. Asiga Diorite
d. Tagabakid Diorite
e. a and d
22. The following comprises part of the Central Mindanao Volcanic Zone except:
a. Parker Volcanic Complex
b. Apo Volcanic Complex
c. Matutum Volcanic Complex
d. Camiguin Volcanic Complex
e. none of the above
23. The rock unit consisting of tectonic and sedimentary mélange distributed linearly along the Siayan-Sindangan Suture Zone is called:
a. Gunyan Melange
b. Tampilisan Melange
c. Sindangan Melange
d. Bungiao Melange
e. none of the above
24. The Lower Miocene Taog Formation exposed in western Leyte consists of the following members except:
a. Tagabaca Member
b. Salomon Member
c. Calubian Limestone Member
d. a and b
e. a, b and c
25. The following comprises the Leyte Volcanic Complex except:
a. Cabalian Volcanic Complex
b. Biliran Volcanic Complex
c. Cancajanag Volcanic Complex
d. a and b
e. a,b and c
26. Which of the following formation/s in northwestern Panay is/are considered to be of Eurasian-Palawan Micocontinental Block affinity:
a. Saboncogon Formation
b. Unidos Formation
c. Gibon Formation
d. a and b
e. a, b and c
27. The following comprises the Tacloban Ophiolite in Eastern Leyte except:
a. Tagawili Ultramafic Complex
b. Caibaan Basalt
c. Paglaum Diabase Complex
d. Tigaobran Gabbro
e. none of the above
28. The upper Middle Miocene formation that directly and unconformably overlies the Paniciuan Melange and the Antique Ophiolite in Western Panay is called:
a. Lagdo Formation
b. Apdo Formation
c. Mayos Formation
d. Baloy Formation
e. none of the above
29. The Chocolate Hills of Bohol forms part of this formation:
a. Sierra Bullones Limestone
b. Maribojoc Formation
c. Carmen Formation
d. Wahig Formation
e. a and b
30. Which of the following formations are considered as allochthonous blocks in northern Cebu island?
a. Tuburan Limestone
b. Tunlob Schist
c. Tuburan Formation
d. Baye Formation
e. none of the above
31. The following rock units comprise part of the complete ophiolite sequence of the Malitbog Ophiolite in Western Leyte except:
a. Lawagan Gabbro
b. Cagbaong Basalt
c. Tigbauan Formation
d. Babatngon Schist
e. none of the above
32. The Bohol Ophiolite exposed in southeastern Bohol is correlated with:
a. Boctol Serpentinite
b. Southeast Bohol Ophiolite Complex
c. Alicia Schist
d. a and b
e. a, b and c
33. The Bonagbonag Limestone earlier introduced in Catanduanes Island forms as olistolith blocks within this formation:
a. Yop Formation
b. Codon Formation
c. Payo Formation
d. Batalay Formation
e. none of the above
34. The Sierra Bullones Limestone in Bohol is correlative with the lower limestone member of this formation in Cebu:
a. Barili Formation
b. Carcar Formation
c. Butong Limestone
d. Baye Limestone
e. none of the above
35. The Late Eocene to Oligocene Salog Andesite Formation introduced by the UNDP (1987) exposed in northwestern Bohol is likely equivalent to ______________of MGB (2010).
a. Jetafe Andesite
b. Jagna Andesite
c. Talibon Andesite
d. Iwahig Andesite
e. none of the above
36. The intertonguing Cebu Formation and the Malubog Formation in central Cebu comprises the:
a. Naga Group
b. Toledo Group
c. Carcar Group
d. Linut-od Group
e. none of the above
37. This refers to the northeast trending elongated masses of diorite and related intrusive brocks that occurs as stocks and dikes intruding the Cretaceous sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Cebu central highlands:
a. Talamban Diorite
b. Bantoon Peridotite
c. Lutopan Diorite
d. Linook Diorite
e. none of the above
38. The Early Miocene (?) mélange disposed along a NE-SW shear zone cutting across several areas in north-central Zamboanga is called:
a. Gunyan Melange
b. Tungauan Melange
c. Tampilisan Melange
d. a and c
e. none of the above
39. The following formations comprise the Talavera Group cropping out in the hills bordering western Cebu east of Talavera Bay and the municipality of Talavera in Central Cebu:
a. Carcar Limestone
b. Toledo Formation
c. Maingit Formation
d. a and b
e. b and c
40. The fault-bounded Cretaceous blocks of crust-mantle suite in north-central Zamboanga is called:
a. Mangabei Formation
b. Bungiao Melange
c. Polanco Ophiolite
d. Dansalan Ophiolite
e. none of the above
Bonus:
The following rock units comprise the Mananga Group exposed at the Mananga Valley in Cebu except:
a. Tunlob Schist
b. Tuburan Limestone
c. Cansi Basalt
d. Pandan Formation
e. none of the above
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