USTET case studies
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The University of Santo Tomas Entrance Test (USTET) is the admissions examination associated with the University of Santo Tomas, one of the leading private research universities in the Philippines, and is administered through the University's Office for Admissions (OFAD). 2027-2028" and "USTET College Application for A.Y. Applicants apply through OFAD and later check outcomes through the USTET Results link published on the UST and OFAD sites. The publicly available UST and OFAD pages reviewed here do not state the test's item count, time limit, fee, passing score, subject weights, or retake rules, so any specific figures circulating outside official announcements should be treated as unverified until OFAD confirms them. The USTET case studies are 5 cases and about 3,151 words.
1The Assembly Queue
Five students - Arnel, Bea, Carlo, Divina, and Elmer - must arrange themselves in a single-file queue for a school assembly. The student council has set four rules.
647 words, about 3 min2The Editorial Mark-Up
The editor of a school paper marks five sentences in a draft editorial. For each of the five sentences, state whether it contains an error, and give the corrected version where one is needed.
646 words, about 3 min3The Rooftop Tank
A rooftop tank is fed by two intake pipes and drained by a third. Pipe A alone fills the empty tank in 6 hours.
563 words, about 3 min4The Fertilizer Trial
Four groups of ten bean seedlings were grown for three weeks in the same potting mix, watered on the same schedule, and given the same volume of liquid each week. The only intended difference was fertilizer concentration: 0% (plain water), 1%, 2%, 4%, and 8%.
669 words, about 3 min5Ninety Per Cent Complete
Read the passage, then answer the questions that follow. What appeared instead was a narrower detour: a two-plank walkway bolted to the canal wall, with a single rope for a handrail.
626 words, about 3 min