BICOL MERCHANT MARINE COLLEGE, INC

FINAL EXAMINATION
CONTEMPORARY WORLD
Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________

Program & Section: _______________________ Score: ______________

Course: ________________________________ Rating: _____________

Directions: read silently the following sentences. Select the best answer from the given options and
write on the blank the letter corresponding to your chosen answer for each item.

____1. All societies past and present are characterized by ______________.

a. Social differentiation c. social awareness

b. Social inequality d. both a and b

____2. A process produced states, now recognized as sovereign under the system of international law
promoted by the united nations.

a. Decolonization c. colonization
b. Globalization d. nationalization

____3. The united states have implemented a foreign policy shift dubbed as the ________________.

a. Pacific pivot c. external phenomenon

b. Atlantic century d. first globalization

____4. The mass media also referred to as _______________.

a. Mass communication c. communicator

b. Mass scale d. both a and b

____5. It refers to the collection and distribution of information both within and outside a society.

a. Surveillance c. mainstreaming
b. Propaganda d. entertainment

____6. All set of symbols which influences opinion, belief or action on issues regarded by the community
as controversial.

a. Surveillance c. mainstreaming
b. Propaganda d. entertainment

____7. It refers to a common outlook and set of values that exposure to television tends to cultivate.

a. Surveillance c. mainstreaming
b. Propaganda d. entertainment
____8. Advertisers must induce buying behavior on the part of the media consumer, they sometimes
use _______________.

a. Communicators c. mass media

b. Doublespeak d. advertising

____9. The bedrock of ethics is called ________________.

a. Accuracy c. fairness and balance

b. Objectivity d. truth

____10. Reporting facts without bias or prejudice, including a deliberate attempt to avoid interpretation.

a. Accuracy c. fairness and balance

b. Objectivity d. truth

____11. Social and personal activities and contacts can subtly influence the ability of mass media
professionals to conduct objective reporting. This is called ________________.

a. Conflict of interest c. truth

b. Integrity of sources d. objectivity

____12. _______________ is the ethics of duty.

a. Teleological ethics c. teleological ethics

b. Deontology ethics d. situation ethics

____13. The end never justifies the means. Some refer to this kind of ethical philosophy as __________.

a. Pragmatism c. relativism
b. Absolutism or legalism d. existentialism

____14. It holds that what makes an act ethical is not the act itself but the consequences of the act.

a. Teleological ethics c. teleological ethics

b. Deontology d. situation ethics

____15. Covers a wide range of practices.

a. Deceit c. payola
b. Friendship d. freebies

____16. a system of beliefs in which supernatural forces rather than beings (gods or spirits) are the
dominant power in the universe.

a. Animatism c. theism
b. Animism d. polytheism

____17. Is the belief that spirit beings inhabit the same world as humans, but on another plane of
existence.

a. Animatism c. theism
b. Animism d. polytheism
____18. ____________ a belief in one or more supreme beings or gods who, because of their power and
influence in human affairs, are deserving of worship.

a. Animatism c. theism
b. Animism d. polytheism

____19. People worship numerous gods whom they recognize as having varying degrees of power.

a. Animatism c. theism
b. Animism d. polytheism

____20. It has a large, formally organized religious body that includes most member of a society.

a. Cult c. denomination
b. Sect d. ecclesia

____21. One of several established, socially accepted religious organizations that maintain tolerant
relations.

a. Ecclesia c. sect
b. Denomination d. cult

____22. A small, less formally organized group that usually has separated from a denomination and is in
a negative tension with the larger society.

a. Cult c. sect
b. Ecclesia d. denomination

____23. A loosely organized and transient religious organization.

a. Cult c. sect
b. Ecclesia d. denomination

____24. A process whereby the dynamism of leadership is transformed into formal rules and
procedures.

a. Routinization c. mediating variable

b. Totemism d. union activities

____25. The worship of mythical clan ancestors, which was practiced by Australian aborigines.

a. Animism c. animatism
b. Theism d. totemism

____26. Maintains the global spread of modernization and of more rational and pragmatic approaches.

a. Protestant ethic c. liberation theology

b. Secularization thesis d. religious nationalism

____27. “Born again Christians” have encountered suspicion and hostility from ruling elites and at the
times from catholic authorities, the meaning will be attached to the term __________.

a. Protestant ethic c. liberation theology

 b. Secularization ethics d. religious nationalism

____28. An extremely significant trend in global religion today is called ______________.

a. Protestant ethic c. liberalization theology

b. Secularization ethic d. religious nationalism

____29. Argued that during the past century, only one social science thesis has had near universal
acceptance.

a. Karl Marx c. Rodney stark

b. Emile Durkheim d. Irving Horwitz

____30. Are concerned with philosophical ideals that emphasize contemplation and proper thoughts
and actions.

a. Theodicies c. ethical religions

b. Monotheistic religion d. both a and c

II. ENUMERATION

1-5. Fundamental media ethics

6-8. Three ethical philosophies

9-12. Four elements of potter box

13-16. Four ideal type of religious belief

17-20. Four ideal types of religious organization