Multiple Choice:
Directions: Choose the letter of the item that best completes or answers each question.
Write the letter of your choice on your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following is/are an example/s of a Dip-Slip-Fault?
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II
2. Which of the following describes a fault?
A. It is a break in rocks, along which rocks have move.
B. Vibration of Earth due to rapid release of energy.
C. Are blocks of rocks that are strongly held by friction.
D. Pressure or force that acts on rock that change its shape or volume.
3. Which of the following type of stress is most significant in causing earthquakes?
A. Shear B. Tension C. Compression D. None of them
4. What type of fault where rocks on either side of a fault move sideways?
A. Normal fault B. Reverse Fault C. Strike-slip fault D. Faulting
5. What type of fault occurs when the block above the fault has moved downward
relative to the block below?
A. Normal fault B. Reverse Fault C. Strike-slip fault D. Faulting6. What fault occurs when the upper block rises in relation to the lower block?
A. Normal fault B. Reverse Fault C. Strike-slip fault D. Faulting
7. Which type of stress squeezes or pushes the rocks together?
A. Shear B. Tension C. Compression D. None of them
8. Which type of stress tends to pull the rocks or earth’s crust apart.?
A. Shear B. Tension C. Compression D. None of them
9. Which type of stress pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions.
A. Shear B. Tension C. Compression D. None of them
10. What makes the rocks stuck together before it slips or snaps?
A. Friction B. Energy C. Fault D. Stress
11. Which of the following is a pressure or force that acts on rock that change its shape or
volume?
A. Friction B. Energy C. Fault D. Stress
12. Which of the following best explains how movements along faults generate earth-
quakes?
A. when stress in rocks is built continuously.
B. when energy from inside the earth exerts a force on rocks.
C. when friction is overcome the rock shifts or slips along fault lines.
D. when friction across the surface of the fault still holds the rocks together.
13. Which of the following will most likely happen when bending of rocks is too much?
A. Rock’s shape will not change.
B. Energy in rocks will be built up.
C. The rock folding will continue.
D. The rocks will reach to its limit and will break.
14. Which of the following is referred to as a vibration of the earth due to rapid release of
energy?
A. Stress B. Fault C. Earthquake D. Friction
15. What type of stress is associated with the formation of a normal fault?
A. Shear B. Tension C. Compression D. None of them
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Answer:
1. A
2.D
3.C
4.B
5.D
6.B
7.C
8.A
9.D
10.A
11.C
12.C
13.A
14.D
15. C
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