SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY
& POLITICS

NAME: ________________________________________________ SECTION: __________________

TEACHER: MR. DARRYL MYR A. FLORANO, LPT

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read the instructions and all the items in each test type very carefully.
Use only black or blue pen ink in answering the examination. Avoid any form of erasures, alterations,
and superimpositions on the final answer on your answer sheet. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE
TEST PAPER.
A. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE (15 Points): Each item consists of two statements. Determine the
validity of the statements by writing the letter of the best answer on your answer sheet. Choose among
the following:

A if the 1st statement is TRUE and the 2nd statement is FALSE

B if the 1st statement is FALSE and the 2nd statement is TRUE
C if all the statements are TRUE
D if all the statements are FALSE

Anthropology, one of the disciplines of Social Science, emerged from

1. A B C D Europe during the Age of Enlightenment.
Sociology, flourished its ideas in the Industrial Revolution.
Values are a person’s or a collectivity’s principles of behavior and are
considered as judgment of what is important in life.
2. A B C D
Norms are the expectations or rules that develop out of a group’s
values.
Social facts are elements of society which has the capability of causing
cultural change or influences people.
3. A B C D
Things such as institutions, norms and values which exist external to
the individual are called social forces.
Both Structural-Functionalism and Conflict Theories are considered as
macro-sociological theories.
4. A B C D
On the other hand, Symbolic-Interactionism is a micro-sociological
theory.
According to C. Wright Mills, troubles affect large numbers of people
and have their origins in the instituted arrangements and history of a
5. A B C D society.
Conversely, issues are privately felt problems that spring from events or
feelings in a person’s life.
Politics is present in all social activities and in every corner of human
existence.
6. A B C D
Proletariats are people who control the resources and wield power in
our society.
Sociology utilizes ethnography as its method.
7. A B C D
Ethnography is done by recording the minute data of cultures.
Politics is seen as a particular means of resolving conflict: that is, by
compromise, conciliation and negotiation, rather than through force and
8. A B C D naked power.
Culture can exist in the absence of society.
Political Science assumes asymmetrical power relations.
9. A B C D This means that it assumes that there is equal power between the
different actors in the society.
Social maps limit possibilities of social mobility on individuals.
10. A B C D Charles Cooley’s “Looking Glass Self” Theory states that a
person's self grows out of society's interpersonal interactions and the
perceptions of others.

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 Society as omnipresent argues that individuals cannot run from society.
Culture shock is the feeling of uncertainty, confusion or anxiety that
11. A B C D
people experience when visiting, doing business in, or living in a society
that is different from their own.
Anthropology is pejoratively called a “child of colonization”.
12. A B C D This was because it was a discipline that whose origins were credited
to the missionary documenters who accompanied colonial voyagers.
Laws guarantee freedom.
13. A B C D
Laws can also limit freedom.
Society can be likened to a deity because it tells us what to do, how to
respond to certain situations, what to think about, and the
representations of certain events.
14. A B C D
Rules provide order in a system characterized by the presence of many
actors with varied agenda and businesses.
Symbolic-Interactionism is concerned on the idea of social harmony.
15. A B C D
Conflict Theory believes in the presence of social inequality.

B. STEM & OPTIONS VARIETY (20 Points): Write the letter of the best answer on your answer sheet.

____ 16. Yeji has been diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer, which has spread to her lungs. The
doctor tells her she has less than a year to live. She has decided not to tell her family, since she
knows they would encourage her to seek treatment, even if it meant putting themselves into
debt and leaving their own lives behind to take care of her. Instead, Mary refuses treatment and
ingests an entire bottle of sleeping pills, ending her life. What type of suicide is this?
A. Anomic B. Altruistic
C. Egoistic D. Fatalistic
____ 17. Anthropologist Ralph Linton made the remark, "The last thing a fish would ever notice would
be water." How does the meaning of this statement relate to the understanding of culture?
A. The effects of our own culture B. Fish are unable to grasp the meaning of
are imperceptible to us except culture because of their limited intellectual
in unusual circumstances. capacity.
C. Just as there is a universal D. Culture is a natural phenomenon that has a
chemical formula for water, universal definition transferable to all societies.
there is a universal definition of
culture.
____ 18. Mr. Dan Rosales always wears a label pin on his suit signifying that he was the recipient of
the Medal of Honor when he was in the service. Usually, only veterans recognize what the pin
actually means. In view of this, which of the following terms best describes Mr. Rosales' pin?
A. It is what anthropologist would B. It is a symbol to which people attach meaning.
call a totem.
C. The label pin represents a D. It is a cultural universal.
hypothesis.
____ 19. Which of the following is true about concepts?
A. According to Weber, concepts B. Concepts are created and have been used to
are one of the great tools of all have a firm grip of phenomena.
scientific knowledge.
C. It is a heuristic tool that allows D. All of the following
the discovery of new aspects of
a phenomenon.
____ 20. What term do Social Scientists use to describe the language, beliefs, values, norms,
behavior, and material objects shared by members of society that are also passed from one
generation to the next?
A. Technology B. Culture
C. Tradition D. Customs
____ 21. Harold Lasswell defined politics as the process of who gets what, when, and how.
Lasswell's question, "Who gets what?" applies best to the Social Science of ______________.
A. Economics B. Sociology
C. Anthropology D. Psychology

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____ 22. Anthropology applies most to Political science based on which example?
A. People are born with B. People join groups because they have innate
predispositions towards desires to be with others.
conservative or liberal views.
C. Many ruling families maintained D. Power typically ends up with those with the
power by passing down their most resources.
authority from one generation to
the next.
____ 23. A political leaders' ability to command respect and exercise power is known as _________.
A. Authority B. Legitimacy
C. Sovereignty D. Corruption
____ 24. Which of the following statement is an example of trouble?
A. The poverty incidence in Metro B. The government is doing its studies to resolve
Manila is gradually increasing. the problem on global warming.
C. HIV cases in the Philippines is D. He cannot move on from the murder scene he
growing especially those who witnessed in their neighborhood.
belong in the youth population.
____ 25. Based on Emile Durkheim's research on suicide, which of the following individuals would be
the greatest suicide risk?
A. Amy, a mother of two who B. Howard, a devout Jew who is married with
belongs to the Catholic church seven children
C. Sheldon, a single Protestant D. Penny, a single parent supporting her
man living in the city daughter
____ 26. Which philosopher first stated the importance of a greater entity to command the whole
society for the benefit of maintaining social order among the social actors?
A. Jean Jacques Rosseau B. John Locke
C. Thomas Hobbes D. François-Marie Arouet
____ 27. Lance is examining the broad stream of events that have occurred over the past 50 years
and the specific experiences of his own life. By doing so, what sociological process has Miguel
undertaken?
A. Social Determinism B. Sociological Imagination
C. Social Location D. Sociological Constraints
____ 28. What is the element, pattern, or trait common to all human cultures worldwide?
A. culture diversity B. culture universal
C. culture change D. culture shock
____ 29. Which social scientist first proposed applying the scientific method to the social world, a
practice known as Positivism?
A. Maximilien Robespierre B. Auguste Comte
C. Herbert Spencer D. Karl Marx
____ 30.. What are the two components C. Wright Mills identified as being fundamental to
understanding the sociological imagination?
A. Political and economic systems B. Means of production and ownership
C. Race and ethnicity D. Biography and history
____ 31. People may change their opinions about an issue such as abortion based on a restructuring
of the image, the issues involved, and what they mean. This is an example of which sociological
perspective?
A. Structural-Functionalism B. Conflict
C. Symbolic-Interactionism D. Cognitivist
____ 32. Cordell has done an extensive study on the increase in divorce rates in the United States
since 1950. He has come to the conclusion that the transformation of American society has
resulted in a redefinition of love, marriage, children, and the rate of divorce. In view of this, with
which sociological perspective would Cordell's conclusion be most assigned?
A. Conflict B. Symbolic-Interactionism
C. Structural-Functionalism D. Realism
____ 33. If the government wanted to enact a policy to increase living standards in the country, it
should ___________________________.
A. Increase educational B. Make it more difficult to receive unemployment
opportunities for workers. benefits
C. Strictly enforce all workplace D. Prohibit any union from restricting
safety regulations. membership.

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____ 34. Which theoretical perspective stresses that society is a whole unit, made up of interrelated
parts that work together harmoniously?
A. Conflict B. Symbolic-Interactionism
C. Structural-Functionalism D. Dysfunction
____ 35. Which among the following concepts and terms are correctly paired with one another?
A. Politics- clothing B. Society- deviance
C. Culture- type of government D. None of the above

C. GROUP TERM VARIETY (10 Points): Determine what is being asked on each item. Write the letter
of the best answer on your answer sheet.

A. Structural-Functionalism
B. Conflict Theory
C. Symbolic-Interactionism

________ 36. Society can be best understood through power struggles.

________ 37. Society is composed of symbols that people use to draw meaning.
________ 38. Society has a structure and function.
A. Society as Omniscient (All-Knowing)
B. Society as Omnipotent (All-Powerful)
C. Society as Omnipresent (Everywhere)
________ 39. Because of history, people know the positive and negative impacts of Martial Law.
________ 40. Laws provide certain rights to some people like Student and Senior Citizen
Discounts.
________ 41. A person’s life is shaped not only by events but also by the people around him.
________ 42 Includes rules or the invisible hand of society
A. Culture
B. Society
C. Politics

________ 43. …that complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, law, morals, customs
and any other capabilities and habits acquired by a person as a member of society.”
(Tylor, 1871)
________ 44. A group of interacting persons living in a definite territory and sharing common
customs, beliefs, traditions and values
________ 45. Mr. Florando decided to leave his job because he’s been treated wrongly by his boss
who was threatened by his competence in his profession.

D. ESSAY (5 Points): Read and analyze the passage from the Chapter XVII of Machiavelli’s The
Prince. After reading the said passage, answer this question in 5-7 sentences only: As a leader, is it
better to be feared or love?

“Here a question arises: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The
answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the
two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in
being feared than in being loved…Love endures by a bond which men, being
scoundrels, may break whenever it serves their advantage to do so: but fear is
supported by the dread of pain, which is ever present.”