Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges

General Santos City

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
Prelim Examination
Name:______________________________________ Score:__________________
Year & Course:______________________________ Date:___________________

I. Fill in the Blanks

_________________1.Simply a notion of distinction as male or female, man or woman,

boy or girl.
_________________2. World War II; women took over the industries as men were sent
to war.
_________________3. Date when UN was created.
_________________4. Location where UN was created.
_________________5. Year when plan for equality between men and women started.
_________________6. Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in Parish,
France.
_________________7. The first official worldwide recognition of women's equality and
non-discrimination on the basis on sex.
_________________8. Three Development Paradigms
_________________9. Increase women's political participation and harness their labor
capacities to meet national development goal. The participants were only women and
eventually the project failed.
_________________10. Began to examine the relationship between men and women
and the role of the both development process.
________________________11. “Aside from age, children often self-segregate by sex while
playing in groups.” This gender difference explanation is _______.
II. True or False
_______1. The usual gonads for Female are ovaries.
_______2. In Thailand, the “kathoey” or ladyboys are individuals whose sex is male biologically
but identify themselves eventually as being women.
_______3. “Boys play with guns and cars more than girls do in school.” This is a cultural
explanation of gender differences.
_______4. The systematic gathering and examination of information on gender differences and
social relations in order to identify, understand and redress inequities based on gender.
_______5. Gender analysis is a valuable descriptive and diagnostic tool for development
planners and crucial to gender mainstreaming efforts.
III. Multiple Choice
1.Which of the following best describes sex?
A. It refers to the internal and external differences of male and female.
B. It refers to the levels and types of hormones both present in male and female bodies.
C. The difference in genitals of male and females.
D. All the above
2.Which of the following is true about intersex?
A.A person is born without a reproductive organ that fits the typical male or female.
B. The sex is assigned at birth through surgery if the external genitals are obvious.
C. Their gender matches the sex selected for them.
D. of the above
3.The following are functions of the female vagina, except:
A. Passageway during woman’s monthly period
B. Releases female hormones.
C. Passageway for child birth
D. Receives penis during reproduction
4.External and common differences between men and women such as height, men's ability to
grow beards, and women's breasts, are examples of _____.
A. Primary sex characteristics
B. Secondary sex characteristics
C. External hormonal effect
D. Sex
5.John is born with the chromosomes XYY. Based only on this information, which category of
people does John fall into?
A. Male
B. Female
C. Intersex
D. Transsexual
6. The person has the chromosomes of a woman, the ovaries of a woman, but external genitals
that appear male.
A.46, XX Intersex
B.46, XY Intersex
C.True Gonadal Intersex
D.Complex or Undetermined Intersex Disorders of Sexual Development

7. .The person may have XX chromosomes, XY chromosomes, or both.

A.46, XX Intersex
B.46, XY Intersex
C.True Gonadal Intersex
D.Complex or Undetermined Intersex Disorders of Sexual Development

8. They carry all of the information used to help a cell grow, thrive, and reproduce.
A.Chromosomes
B.Hormones
C.Reproductive Organ
D.None of the above
9. .Which of the following is true about gender?
A.Physiological
C. Social and Cultural
B.Congenital
D. Doesn’t change over time
10..The following is true about gender, except:
A.Gender roles were developed in response to environment, media and peers.
B.Predominance of estrogen and testosterone in genders.
C.It is socially constructed characteristics of men and women such as norms and roles.
D.It is a result of social, economic, and technological trends.
11.Which of the following institutions affects one perception about marriage of the opposite sex?
A.Family
C. Church
B.School
D. None of the above
12.What denotes the social and cultural role of each sex within a given society?
A.Sex
C. Gender role socialization
B.Gender
D. Gender Stereotypes
13.What is the process of learning and internalizing cultural approved ways of thinking, feeling
and behaving?
A. External Regulations
C. Gender role socialization
B. Internalized self- control
D. Gender Stereotypes
14.Qualities and attributes regarded as characteristic of men.
A. Strong
C. Masculine
B. Defensive
D. All of the above
15. The woman’s body also makes testosterone.
A. False, it is only present in men.
B. True, only lesser than men.
C. True, it is part of their sexual anatomy.
D. None of the above.
IV. Enumeration
1-4. Types of Cultural Norms
5-8. Existing Laws and Regulations
9-10. Differences Between Gender and Sex
V. Essay
1. What is the importance of gender and development?
2. How can we promote gender and development?

Prepared by:

LITO S. ADANZA, PHD.

Instructor