Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI
Division of Capiz
FELIX BALGOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Agbalo, Panay, Capiz

SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION
In
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

NAME: ________________________________________________ SECTION: __________________

I. 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
2. A B C D considered as judgment of what is important in life.
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
4. A B C D macro-sociological theories.
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 society.
5. A B C D
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.
Society as omnipresent argues that individuals cannot run from society.
Culture shock is the feeling of uncertainty, confusion or anxiety that people
11. A B C D
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.

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 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.

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

____ 16. 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 are B. Fish are unable to grasp the meaning of culture
imperceptible to us except in because of their limited intellectual capacity.
unusual circumstances.
C. Just as there is a universal D. Culture is a natural phenomenon that has a
chemical formula for water, there is universal definition transferable to all societies.
a universal definition of culture.
____ 17. 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 call B. It is a symbol to which people attach meaning.
a totem.
C. The label pin represents a D. It is a cultural universal.
hypothesis.
____ 18. Which of the following is true about concepts?
A. According to Weber, concepts are B. Concepts are created and have been used to have
one of the great tools of all a firm grip of phenomena.
scientific knowledge.
C. It is a heuristic tool that allows the D. All of the following
discovery of new aspects of a
phenomenon.
____ 19. 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
____ 20. 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

____ 21. 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 most
power by passing down their resources.
authority from one generation to
the next.
____ 22. A political leaders' ability to command respect and exercise power is known as _________.
A. Authority B. Legitimacy
C. Sovereignty D. Corruption
____ 23. 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 the
Manila is gradually increasing. 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.
____ 24. 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 belongs B. Howard, a devout Jew who is married with seven
to the Catholic church children
C. Sheldon, a single Protestant man D. Penny, a single parent supporting her daughter
living in the city

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 ____ 25. 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
____ 26. 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
____ 27. 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
____ 28. 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
____ 29.. 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
____ 30. 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
____ 31. 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
____ 32. If the government wanted to enact a policy to increase living standards in the country, it should
___________________________.
A. Increase educational opportunities B. Make it more difficult to receive unemployment
for workers. benefits
C. Strictly enforce all workplace safety D. Prohibit any union from restricting membership.
regulations.

____ 33. 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
____ 34. Which among the following concepts and terms are correctly paired with one another?
A. Politics- clothing B. Society- deviance
____ 35. They are a group of interacting persons living in a definite territory and sharing common customs,
beliefs, traditions and values.
A. Culture B. Society C. Politics D. Politicians

III. 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:

“There is a higher court than the court of justice and that is the court of conscience. It
supersedes all other courts.”