SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

2ND QUARTER EXAMINATION Raw Score Percentage

SY: 2020-2021 Score

Subject Title : Understanding Culture, Society and Politics

Type of Subject : CORE Subject

Name of Student: _______________________________ Name of Teacher : ______________________

Grade/Section/Strand: __________________________Date of Examination :
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Use black pen to answer the questions.

2. Answer legibly and neatly.
3. No erasures.
Test I. Multiple Choice. Choose the correct/best answer. Write the letter that correspond your answer on the
space provided.

A. Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism.

_______1. What refers to a tendency to believe that one’s culture is above other cultures?
a. Ethnocentrism c. Cultural Relativism
b. Society d. Exceptionality

_______2. Which of the following view that sometimes people cannot avoid having judgment another culture base
on their belief or culture?
a. Socioeconomic Status c. Ethnocentric View
b. Social Classes d. Cultural Relativism

_______3. What refers that every cultures or belief are unique and equal?
a. Society c. Ethnocentrsim
b. Cultural Relativisim d. Organization

_______4. Which of these is an example of ethnocentrism?

a. Girl picking on her little sister because she's got freckles
b. Big brother picking on a little brother for being short
c. Westernized woman looking down on a tribal woman for not wearing clothing
d. Father being angry with his son for not doing his homework
e. Mother refusing to pay for her daughter's prom gown

_______5. All of these points about ethnocentrism are true, EXCEPT:

a. It's natural to see your own culture as 'normal.'
b. Ethnocentrism can prevent you from giving new ideas a chance.
c. Many people are guilty of ethnocentrism.
d. Ethnocentrism is largely dependent on whether or not you are a vegetarian.

_______6. Which of the following is FALSE regarding cultural relativism?

a. When studying another culture, you must convert to its religious beliefs to understand its customs.
b. Something that might be taboo in your own society might be perfectly acceptable in another society.
c. It's difficult or even impossible to force your own culture's rituals onto another group.
d. People tend to be more tolerant of another culture's customs when they learn the meaning behind them.

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_______7. The principle that an individual human's belief and activities should be understood by others in terms
of that individual culture?
a. Society c. Ethnocentrsim
b. Cultural Relativisim d. Organization

_______8. Anyone who is not a member of the Hutu Tribe in Eastern Africa should not have a leadership position
in the government. Which of the following describes the statement?
a. Society c.
Ethnocentrsim
b. Cultural Relativisim d.
Organization
_______9. Who is the German-American anthropologist who conceptualized and introduced the theory of Cultural
Relativism?
a. Franz Boas c. Karl Marx
b. Charles Murray d.Will Smith

_______10. It is the sub result of Ethnocentrism and it has been the chronic problem of all the entire human race
that has dealt with discrimination and violence from different races?
a. Racism c. Cultural Relativism
b.Ethnocentrism d. Sexism

B. Social Stratifications and Inequalities

_______11. What refers to the jobs that people in the working class have are often called?
a. Blue Collar b. White Collar c. Green Collar d. Gray Collar

_______12. Randy and his wife Stephanie each work full-time in a factory assembling windows for $13 an hour.
They rent a 2 bedroom apartment and have one child. They can pay most of their bills but
occasionally run into money problems. In which social class do they best fit?
a. Middle Class b. Lowe Class c. Working Class d. Under Class

_______13. What is Social Stratification?

a. The division of society into categories, ranks, or classes.
b. The unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards
c. A social structure in which classes are determined by ascribed status.
d. A social structure in which classes are determined by achieved status.

_______14. Social position is based on an ascribed status. Which of the best describes the statement?
a. Open Status System c. Achieved Status System
b. Close Status Sytem d. IQ base status system

_______15. In United Kingdom this term was used to describe individuals attained their status by their talents and
hard work?
a. Meritocracy c. Ethnicity
b. Ascribed d. Nationality

_______16. What are the three things that affect socioeconomic status?
a. income, heredity, and occupational prestige
b. income, education and heredity
c. education, heredity and work ethic
d. income, education and occupational prestige.

_______17. What refers to a degree of social honor attached to your position in society is?
a. Power b. Popularity c. Property d. Prestige

_______18. Which of the following refers to a social structure in which classes are determined by achieved
status?
a. Class System c. Caste System
b. Social Stratification d. Conflict System

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_______19. Your position changes without changing your place in the hierarchy. Which of the following best
describe the statement?
a. Horizontal Mobility c. Vertical Mobility
b. Side by Side Mobility d. Top Mobility

_______20. Which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?
a. Caste System c. Monarchy
b. Slavery d. Unitary

C. Organizations in Society
_______21. In the Philippines, most Filipino families live with their grandparents and relatives. Which of the
following best describe the statement?
a.Nuclear Family b. Extended Family c. Single Parent Family d. Step Family

_______22. What refers to the relationship through bloodline?

a. Household b. Kinship c. Family d. Clan

_______23. What refers to the basic residential unit where economic, production, consumption, inheritance,
child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out.
a. Household b. Kinship c. Family d. Clan

_______24. What are the three main categories of Family?

a. Nuclear, Extended, Mixed Family c. Nuclear, Clan, Mixed Family
b. Household, Kinship, Nuclear d. Kinship, Clan

_______25.It is when a married couple builds household in a different location; in this type of residence, the
independence of the nuclear family is emphasized. Which of the following best describe the
statements?
a. Patrilocal residence c. Neolocal residence
b. Matrilocal residence d. Ambilocal residence

_______26. It is when a married couple lives in the husband's father's place of residence. Which of the following
best describe the statement?
a. Patrilocal residence c. Neolocal residence
b. Matrilocal residence d. Ambilocal residence

_______27.It is when a married couple reside's in the wife's mother's house. Which of the following best describe
the statement?
a. Patrilocal residence c. Neolocal residence
b. Matrilocal residence d. Ambilocal residence

_______28.What refers to a "pattern in which a married a couple may choose either patrilocal or matrilocal
residence. ?
a. Patrilocal residence c. Neolocal residence
b. Matrilocal residence d. Ambilocal residence

_______29. Polygamy occurs when one individual has multiple spouses. Mr. Robert happened to have not two
but three wives. Which of the following best describe the action of Mr. Robert?
a. Polygyny c. Polyandry
b. Arranges Marriages d. Monogamy

_______30.What refers to the condition when a woman is married to more than one man simultaneously?
a. Polygyny c. Polyandry
b. Arranges Marriages d. Monogamy

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Test II – Modified True or False. Write true if the statement is correct, if it is false underline the word/phrase that
make the statement incorrect and write the correct answer on the space provided.

________1. Reciprocity refers to the voluntary giving or taking of objects without the use of money in the hopes
that, in the future, they could be given back.
________2. A good example of Reciprocity is the Filipino culture of “Utang na Loob”.
________3. Balanced reciprocity is the exchange of goods and services without a definite time frame of when
the favor should be returned..
________4. Phil. Health and SSS, are the most common third parties for “goverment payments or transfer of
payments”
________5. Negative reciprocity, groups try to maximize their gains while giving as little as possible. This form is
usually
motivated by the desire to acquire a large number of goods using minimal resources
________6. Household and Bussiness firm are always in between and economic circular flow model.
________7. Factor market and product market are two components that always next to each other.
________8. Redistribution occurs when individuals’ goods or services are pooled together by a central authority
to be used at a later time.
________9. Supply refers to the quantity of goods and services that are available to sell at given price and period
of time”
________10. Prices serve as the means of exchange of goods and services in the market place.

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