Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III-CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PAMPANGA

PRE TEST in UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

SY 2021-2022

Name:___________________________________________ Score:__________

Direction: Multiple Choice: Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose and encircle the letter of the correct
answer.

1. What is a complex whole that includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other
capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society?
A. Culture B. Lifestyle C. Traditions D. Worldview

2. What type of social science discipline which deals on human interaction, association and group
behavior?
A. Anthropology B. Political Science C. Psychology D. Sociology

3. Which of the following best describe how anthropologist learned information about humans?
A. Field work B. Laboratory Experiments C. Reading Travelers D. Quality Assurance

4. If you were sitting next to a stranger, how would you describe the field of comparative politics?
A. Political Science is the study that relates to govern and politics
B. Vital in all aspects of all in the society
C. Applicable in sociological perspective
D. Political Science analysis

5. Which of the following is true about anthropology?

A. Anthropology acts as academic discipline is comparatively young. It roots go back to the intellectual
Enlightenment of the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and North America
B. It usually is preferable to do anthropological research alone rather than with a team of researchers
C. Most anthropologist today are generalist to master all of the fields of anthropology
D. All professional anthropologist now work in college, universities or museum

6. Mommy Elsa and Daddy Pitoy taught their one year old son Mighty how to play ABC song with the use
of their Samsung cellphone. Now, Mighty can open the phone and sing the ABC song. What
characteristic of culture is shown in the situation?
A. Culture is learned
B. Culture is shared
C. Culture is symbolic
D. Culture is integrated

7. The following are significance of studying society EXCEPT:

A. Gives meaning to the importance of the self in relation to others
B. Broadens our perspectives on how we value our own and others
C. Acknowledges that social constitutions shape and affect how we live our life.
D. Gives us a full understanding of how social groups affect our thinking and behavior

8. Technological tools, architectural, structures, fashion and accessories, and food are all examples of
what component of culture?
A. Basic culture C. Non -material culture
B. Commercial culture D. Material culture

9. A tractor is introduced to Alden Richards, a traditional farmer who doesn’t know to operate it. This is an
example of what concept of culture?
A. Culture lag C. Counterculture
B. Contra culture D. Culture shock
10. What cultural term refers to the perspective that promotes an individual’s culture as the most efficient
and superior?
A. Cultural relativism C. Culture variation
B. Cultural shock D. Ethnocentrism

11. Which of the following statement is NOT an aspect of culture?

A. Air C. Cuisine
B. Arts D. Music

12. Which is NOT correct about culture?

A. It may be challenged
B. It is something biological
C. Much of learning culture is unconscious
D. More on how we interact with people in our environment

13. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about cultural relativism?
A. It is a problematic form of classification of human groups
B. It is a culturally relative approach to understand human group
C. It is a perspective that promotes cultures in the context of locality
D. Understanding the society using cultural relativity promotes respect

14. What does it mean when we say culture is holistic?

A. It is integrated
B. It is a patterned social interaction
C. It is adaptive, dynamic, and flexible
D. It is shared and may be challenged

15. What type of materials they produced or made to help them in harvesting crops?
A. Bangay B. Basket C. Plough D. Weaving of cloth

16. The period when the considered new people learned farming, domesticating animals and use woven as
protection of their skin.
A. Age of Modern Technology
B. Metal Age
C. Neolithic Period
D. Paleolithic Period

17. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?

A. Cultural symbol is a physical manifestation that signifies the ideology of a particular culture.
B. Political symbol is symbolism that is used to represent a political standpoint or party.
C. Social symbol is an invisible, internal symbols of one’s social position.
D. Economic symbol is an income and numbers of compounding periods

18. According to Swani Swahananda, a sociologist , the major characteristics of symbolism are as follows
EXCEPT:
A. It holds a comprehensive view and carries the value of the whole.
B. Symbols do not introduce unknown to familiar.
C. Symbols translates the complex to simple
D. It provides models to guide.

19. What are the significance of culture, social, economic and political symbols and practices?
A. Symbols are the basis of culture. Everything one does throughout their life is based and organized
through cultural symbolism.
B. Symbols are important because they keep people compose their interactions with one another.
C. Symbols serve as an identity or basis of a culture.
D. All of the above

20. What branch of anthropology deals with the study of communications origins.
A. Archaelogy
B. Biological Anthropology
C. Cultural Anthropology
D. Lingusitic Anthropology
 21. Which of the statements is CORRECT?
A. Socialization refers to the culture, language, social structures and one’s position within that
particular society.
B. .Gender stereotypes bear strong influences on socialization processes
C. Context concerns both social structure and interpersonal relations.
D. Sex plays a factor in socialization

22. Sandara Park wants to be an engineer when she grows up. When she was younger, she used to play
with her brother’s toy robot. What type of socialization is shown in this situation?
A. Out group socialization
B. Primary socialization
C. Secondary socialization
D. We group

23. Suppose you want to marry a girl that you love, how are you going to do that?
A. Talk to the girl and tell her that you want to marry her.
B. Go to the parents of the girl and ask their permission.
C. Communicate with your friends about what to do
D. Ask a Marriage Counselor for the advise
24. The Philippine national dragon-boat team represented our country during the SEA Games in the
traditional boat race. They competed against other teams in Southeast Asia. The team considered the
opponents of the Philippine team as their:
A. In-Group
B. Network
C. Out- Group
D. Reference Group

25. Mary is a millennial. This generation is described as socially conscious, ethnically diverse, and
optimistic. This generation is an example of :
A. In-Group
B. Network
C. Out- Group
D. Reference Group

26. Angel Locsin with her team, set-up and donated tents for COVID-19 patients in 135 hospitals. What
sociological theory/perspective is shown in this situation?
A. Conflict theory
B. Structural functionalism
C. Symbolic group
D. symbolic interactionism

27Jimin is being bullied in school for being more feminine than other boys his age. His classmates tell him that
boys should not act like girls as expected by society. What is shown in this situation?
A. Society dictates how one should act and based on their sexual preferences.
B. Society dictates how a person should act based on being male or female
C. Gender roles are followed by everyone in society
D. Gender roles do not dictate who a person is

28. Jose Manalo is a businessman who sells delicious Pizza in his own town. He invested his money to
Domino Pizza, a global food chain company that delivers quality food worldwide. What form of non- state
institutions are shown in the situation?
A. Banks B. Cooperatives C. Corporations D. Trade unions

29. What happens if the non-state institutions interfere with the government?
A. Conflicts and tensions may arise
B. Equal context of political and economic development
C. Non -state organization provides support and assistance
D. Equitable health and social development will be distributed
30. Which of the following functions is NOT a function of Trade Unions?
A. Trade unions fights for Social welfare for workers
B. Trade unions advocate for fairness and equality for workers’ compensations
C. Trade unions will organize strikes and demonstrations on behalf of worker demands
D. Trade unions support local and international groups to localize the implementation of international
policies

31. How would you describe a state institution?

A. An institution is supported as a whole or in part by general fund money.
B. An institution need a taxation system to pay for everything
C .An institution need a consumer protection agency
D. None of the above

32. How do institutions promote development?

A. To determine the cost of economic transactions
B. To determine the degree of appropriability of return of investment
C. To determine the level for oppression and expropriation
D. All of the above

33. What type of institution that administers the regulatory functions of law and order, and maintains security in
society.
A. Family B. Education C. Government D. Religion

34. Which constitution sets of beliefs regarding the ultimate power in the universe, the ideal and proper pattern
of behavior, and ceremonial ways to expressing these beliefs?
A. Family B. Education C. Government D. Religion

35. The scenario: Mario is 18 years old now. He stopped schooling when he was 8 years old. He may be too
old to go back to school to forward education. What will be your advise to him to continue to his schooling?
A. It’s not too late, enroll to Alternative Learning System (ALS)
B. Stay home and play online games
C. Do take care of your siblings
D. Hang out with your group

36. The following are the types of educational system EXCEPT:

A. Curricula and instructional materials
B. Non –formal education
C. Informal education
D. Formal education

37. 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

38. What is the key distinction between a caste system and a class system?
A. A marriage within a specific group
B. Educational opportunity
C. Occupational prestige
D. Social mobility

39. The child of an office clerk becomes a physician. This is an example of .

A. Geographical mobility
B. Intergenerational mobility
C. Role mobility
D. Social mobility

40. Which of the following best describes the structural-functionalist theory of social stratification?
A. Inequality exists because some people are willing to exploit others.
B. Social stratification will eventually be eliminated when the workers revolt.
C. Children are taught that a person's social class is the result of their talent and effort.
D. The inequality of social classes helps assure that the most qualified people fill the most important
positions.
41. Which law describe as a comprehensive women’s human rights law that seeks to eliminate discrimination
through the recognition, protection, fulfillment, and promotion of the rights of Filipino women, especially those
belonging in the marginalized sectors of the society.
A. Anti-bullying law
B. Magna Carta of Women (MCW)
C. Philippine Plan for Gender-Responsive Development (PPGD)
D. Republic Act 8371, known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA)

42. Which of the following programs addresses gender inequality?

A. Anti-Bullying Act
B. IPRA Law
C. Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
D. Magna Carta of Women

43. Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, and For Other Purposes’ Granting Additional Privileges and Incentives
and Prohibitions on Verbal, Non-verbal Ridicule and Vilification Against Persons with Disability. Its objective is
to provide persons with disability, the opportunity to participate fully into the mainstream of society by granting
them at least twenty percent (20%) discount in all basic services. Which of the following inequalities does it
addresses?
A. Ethnic minority
B. Gender inequality
C. Global inequality
D. Other minority

44. Under the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA), self-delineation shall be the guiding principle in
identifying and delineating ancestral domains. As such, indigenous cultural communities (ICC) and indigenous
people (IP) shall have a decisive role in all activities pertinent thereto. Which of the following inequalities does
it address?
A. Gender inequality
B. Global stratification
C. Ethnic inequality
D. Social deviance

45. These are groups composed of less dominant classifications in the society that experience
disproportionately lower opportunities than their dominant counterparts.
A. Ethnic minorities C. Other minorities
B.LGBT D. PWD’s

46. What type of organization that is referred to as an individual or organization that has powerful economic,
political, and social power.
A. Non-state actor C. Society
B. State actor D. Symbolic capital

47. According to Karl Marx , he describe about social inequalities that apply people with disabilities or people
with religions that are less prevalent in society.
A. Access to social, political, and symbolic capital
B. Ethnic minorities
C. Gender inequality
D. Other minorities

48. Which method that addressed global inequalities?

A. Inclusive partnership across nations that focus on technological advancements and innovations.
B. Privatization of the different companies
C. Individual monitoring of crimes
D. Sexual abuse among children
49. This kind of migration exists when a person is moved against his will such as slaves, or when the move is
initiated because of external factors like natural disaster or civil war.
A. Circulatory migration
B. Force migration
C. Internal migration
D. International migration

50. All of the following are examples of mitigation, EXCEPT:

A. Using more efficient energy end user technology.
B. Using a more efficient energy generation technology.
C. Replacing fossil fuels with none or low carbon emitting energy.
D. Conducting local or regional assessment of sensitivity to environmental impacts.

Prepared by:

Sernor Cherryl S. Gatchalian MT-I

Potrero National High School Division of Pampanga