Social Science 11 – Second Quarterly Assessment

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I. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank before each number. (35 points)

________ 1. It is a social institution that has pervasive influence in shaping the minds of the younger                          
generation.  
A. Religion C. Family
B. Education  D. Mass Media           
________ 2. He is an American educational reformer who proposed that education could cure                           social
ills.  
A. Jean-Claude Passeron    C. Samuel Bowles 
B. Horace Mann D. Herbert Gintis
________ 3. It refers to the common practice of relying on earned credentials when hiring staff or                          
assigning social status rather than on actual skills.
A. Meritocracy C. Credentialism
B. Rationalism D. Neoliberalism
________ 4. He is a French sociologist, who proposes that educational is advantageous to middle                           class
children by teaching and rewarding behaviors that are generally expected                             from middle class families.
A. Jean-Claude Passeron C. Samuel Bowles
B. Pierre Bourdieu D. Herbert Gintis
________ 5. He proposes that education is a tool for capitalism to equip the workers with
necessary skills so they can be hired and exploited by the employers.  
A. Jean-Claude Passeron C. Samuel Bowles
B. Pierre Bourdieu D. Herbert Gintis
________ 6. It refers to the worldwide discussion, processes and institutions affecting local                              
education practices and policies
A. Globalization C. Neoliberalism
B. Managerialism D. Internationalization
________ 7. It refers to the “Communist Manifesto” as owners of the means of social production                            
and employers of modern wage-laborers.
A. Bourgeoisie C. Peasant
B. Proleteriat D. Lumpenproletariat
________ 8. It refers to the dangerous class or the social scum that passively rotting mass thrown off
by the lowest layers of old society.
A. Bourgeoisie C. Peasant
B. Proleteriat D. Lumpenproletariat
________ 9. It refers to the working class which are said to be the class of modern wage-laborers                            
who, having no means of production of their own are reduced to selling their labor                               power in order to
live.    
A. Bourgeoisie C. Peasant
B. Proleteriat D. Lumpenproletariat
________ 10.  It is a social stratification differs from in its rigidity and in the basis of legitimation and                            
it is also called closed system.  
A. Class system C. Caste system 
B. Status   D. Social mobility 
________ 11. It is system that individuals are positioned according to their access to the means of                            
production and contribution to productive labor.   
A. Class system C. Caste system 
B. Status   D. Social mobility 
________ 12. It refers to the capability of a certain individual to move from one stratum or class to
another class.  
A. Class system C. Caste system 
B. Status   D. Social mobility 
________ 13.  It refers to the resources based on group membership, relationship, and networks of                            
influence and support.  
A. Symbolic capital C. Person’s habitus
B. Social capital  D. Social mobility 

________ 14. It refers to the personal psychological disposition of a person that are shaped by                            
these forms of capital and family background.  
A. Symbolic capital C. Person’s habitus
B. Social capital  D. Social mobility   
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________ 15. It is the process whereby global commodities and media images are transformed to
meet local cultures.                                              
A. Glocalization C. Cyberdemocracy
B. Digital divide D. Communicative Capitalism
________ 16. He explains this statement “In the new global electronic economy, fund managers,                             bank
corporations and individual owners can transfer vast amounts of capital from                             one side of the world to
another at the click of the mouse.
A. Anthony Giddens C. Max Weber
B. Karl Marx D. Cynthia Bautista
________ 17.  The “WTO” stands for_________________________.    
A. World Trade Organization  C. World Transformation Organization                
B. World Taxpayer Organization D. World Transnational Organization
________ 18.  It is a process that one company takes over controlling the interest in another                              
company.  
A. Consolidation   C. Corporate social responsibility
B. Acquisition D. Social Mobility
________ 19. It is a process when two corporations are combined into a new corporation.  
A. Consolidation    C. Corporate social responsibility  
B. Acquisition   D. Social mobility  
________ 20. It refers to any activity that promotes the welfare of any stakeholder of a business                            
corporation.                
A. Consolidation    C. Corporate social responsibility  
B. Acquisition   D. Social mobility  
________ 21. It is a world system that makes capital intensive, and high value adding production.                            
A. Advanced industrial countries C. Corporate social responsibility
B. Peripheral societies D. Globalization
________ 22. It is a world system that less developed countries do labor-intensive and low value-                            
adding production.
A. Advanced industrial countries C. Corporate social responsibility
B. Peripheral societies D. Globalization
________ 23. It is an ideological version of neoliberal globalization.  
A. Advanced industrial countries       C. Globalism   
B. Peripheral societies D. Globalization                                                    
________ 24. It is the belief in endless growth, simply advocated for continuous growth and                            
rejected any notion of limits to the environment and resources.  
A. Productivist paradigm   C. Ecological economics 
B. Manufactured risk    D. Globalization    
________ 25. It is a belief that we must limit growth to ensure the well-being of the future, but                              
cannot ethically tell poor people they must continue to suffer deprivation to ensure                             that the future does
not suffer.    
A. Productivist paradigm   C. Ecological economics 
B. Manufactured risk    D. Globalization    
________ 26. It is a man-made risk, having arisen as a result of advancement in scientific knowledge.  
A. Productivist paradigm C. Ecological economics 
B. Manufactured risk  D. Reflexive society 
________ 27. It is a society where people constantly monitor their lifestyle and people are more                              
conscious of the impact of globalization on their economic life.    
A. Productivist paradigm C. Ecological economics 
B. Manufactured risk  D. Reflexive society 
________ 28. The EPA stands for __________________________.                            
A. economic partnership agreement
B. ecological partnership agreement
C. economic partner agreement
D. None of the above

________ 29. They are images that can be adopted about specific types of individuals, groups, or
certain ways of doing things.  They may or may not accurately reflect reality.
A. Development journalism C. Prejudices
B. Stereotypes D. Spectacle
________ 30. It refers to the opinion or prejudgment that people have before knowing the full
circumstances about a person or an event.
A. Development journalism C. Prejudices
B. Stereotypes D. Spectacle
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________ 31. It refers to the pervasive effects of mass media on how people see and interpret social
events.
A. Spectacles C. Mediatization
B. Glocalization D. Globalization
________ 32. They play a big role in shaping the image of the politicians through mass media
campaigns and lobbying
A. Mediatization C. Public relations consultants
B. Development journalism D. Information societies
________ 33. It allows for the proliferation of divergent opinions and political positions in cyberspace.
A. Communicative capitalism C. Digital divide
B. Cyberdemocracy D. Development journalism
________ 34. It teaches citizens how to be money-smart when the government has transferred most of
its responsibilities for managing risks to consumers
A. Modernization C. Financial literacy
B. Development journalism D. Mediatization
________ 35. It is an inclusive concept used to describe a wide variety of school practices, programs,
and materials designed to help children from diverse groups to experience educational
equality.
A. Managerialism C. Internationalism
B. Multicultural education D. Knowledge economy

II. True or False: Read and analyze each sentence and write TRUE if the statement is correct and
FALSE if it is incorrect. (20 points)

________ 36. Karl Marx is basically arguing that the different kinds of social relations that are                                      
generated by the economic production of human beings of a particular society                                      shape the entire life.
________ 37. Everyone has the right to education and it shall be free at least in the elementary and                          
fundamental stages.
________ 38. Women are not only in a position of disadvantage in macroeconomic terms but also
suffer from discriminatory practices within the school culture.
________ 39. Education is a tool for capitalism to equip the workers with the necessary skills so they                            
can be hired and exploited by the employers.
________ 40. Middle class children possess relatively more cultural capital, which is acquired in the                            
family from which one belongs.
________ 41. The traditional MNCs have been a driving force behind the dramatic transformation in                           the
global economy.
________ 42. The transnational corporation is a globalizing force which influence national                                        
government policies through their ability to invest and reinvest capital.
________ 43. Neoliberalism is a plural set of ideas rather than as a singular body of economic theory.
________ 44. Education refers to the formal and informal process of transmitting the knowledge,
beliefs and skills from generation to next.
________ 45. Many humanist educators argue that managerialism and the spread of neoliberal                                
reforms to higher education compromise the academic nature and public character                             of universities
________ 46. Managerialism is the application of corporate logic and culture to education.
________ 47. Knowledge economy can provide new knowledge and retooling of existing skills of the
people to expand labor productivity.
________ 48. Washington Accord is concerned with relationships among and between individual,
countries, and "presupposes the nation-state as the essential unit."
________ 49. Inequalities created by the access and use of ICT's is called digital divide.
________ 50. Spotting the difference between fake news and real news is part of media literacy.

________ 51. Education in globalizing world must be culture-responsive and must respect cultural
differences.
________ 52. The distribution of wealth in society will always be dependent on its economic structure,
________ 53. The rise of consumerism is also felt in developing countries wherein secondhand clothing
markets are popular.
________ 54. The economic structure is not the pillar of social structure instead it is the people.
________ 55. Mass media today is rapidly changing due to globalization and the advent of Web 2.0
technologies.

III. ESSAY:  Answer the following questions in not less than 5 sentences. (20 points)

1.  Why is education important for social development?  Explain.

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2. How does education contribute in reinforcing social inequalities while also contributing in creating
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3. How does one’s economic status shape and influence one’s identity?    
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4. How does mass media make and unmake the life of an individual?  Cite an example.
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