Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
Aurora West District
314212 MONTE ALEGRE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Monte Alegre, Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur

DISTRICT ACHIEVEMENT TEST

UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS 12

NAME: _______________________________________________ DATE: ______________

YEAR LEVEL / SECTION: ____________________________ SCORE: _____________

Intructions: Read and understand each question below. Encircle the correct
answer.

1. “In cultural anthropology, we compare ideas, morals, practices, and systems

within or between cultures. We might compare the roles of men and women in
different societies, or contrast how different religious groups conflict within a
given society.” Which of the following anthropological perspective does it
represent?
A. Holism
B. Cultural relativism
C. Comparison
D. Legal force
2. The statements below are the goal of Anthropology, except one. Which one?
A. To find out about both the natural and social parts of humankind all
throughout the planet and all through time.
B. To comprehend the fossil record of early people and their precursors just
as the archeological record of later ancient social orders.
C. To comprehend the conduct of monkeys and gorillas in their regular
settings.
D. Is to describe how various political systems function, and to find
more effective political systems.
3. What is the best description of “Culture is ideational”?
A. It sets out an optimal example of conduct.
B. It is a framework that has few commonly reliant parts.
C. There are new social qualities added.
D. No culture stays on a perpetual state.
4. Culture is learned and acquired, which is the major factor for justification?
A. books
B. news
C. heredity
D. language
5. 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 perspective that promotes cultures in the context of locality.
C. It is a culturally relative approach to understand human groups.
 D. Understanding the society using cultural relativity promotes respect and
equality.
6. What cultural term refers to the rich diversity of traditions and patterns the
different human groups exhibit around the world?
A. Cultural Relativism
B. Culture Shock
C. Cultural Variation
D. Ethnocentrism
7. How is the Bayanihan spirit expressed in modern life?
A. Practicing the kissing of the hands of elders.
B. Singing love songs to the girl you want to court.
C. After a typhoon, people help cleaning and rebuilding houses.
D. Participating in religious rituals to profess faith.
8. Which of the following things is normally learned during the socialization
process?
A. The roles we are to play in life
B. The language of the people around us
C. The culture's norms
D. All of the above
9. Which of the following refers to a preference and affinity for one’s in-group over
the out-group or anyone viewed as outside the in-group?
A. In-group favoritism
B. Out-group favoritism
C. Primary favoritism
D. Secondary favoritism
10.Which of the following groups is categorized as individuals whom you compare
yourself against and may strive to be like?
A. Comparative reference group
B. Negative reference group
C. Normative reference group
D. Positive reference group
11. What happens if the nonstate institutions interfere with the government?
A. Conflict and tensions may arise.
B. Equal context of political and economic development.
C. Equitable health and social development will be distributed.
D. Nonstate Organization provides support and assistance through
organized frameworks.
12.Which of the following best describes insurance and companies?
A. Transcend borders in pursuit of a common cause.
B. Develop and support economic growth especially for the poor.
C. Propose insurance policies to the public either by selling them
directly to a person or through an employer’s benefit plan.
D. Manage withdrawals and deposits as well as supplying short-term loans
to a person and small-scale businesses.
13.Which of the following is the purpose of TESDA?
A. Develop the skill of unemployed.
B. Enhance the skills of teachers.
C. Educate all.
D. To create jobs.
14. It is a lifelong process of learning. What other function or purpose of education
it is referring to?
A. Formal Education
B. Informal Education
 C. Non-Formal Education
D. Special Education
15.Which is not true to Gender Stereotypes?
A. Everyone experiences inequality the same way.
B. Gender Stereotypes impact individuals throughout their lives.
C. Gender Stereotypes affect children's sense of self from a young age.
D. Gender stereotypes affect behavior, study choices, ambitions and
attitudes about relationships.
16. The Department of Education has adopted the policy to provide special
protection to children who are gravely threatened or endangered by
circumstances which affect their normal development and over which they
have no control, and to assist the concerned agencies in their rehabilitation.
This government initiative wants to address which of the following inequality?
A. Inequality in the access to social, political, and symbolic capital
B. Gender Inequality
C. Global Inequality
D. Other Minority
17.How can I call out gender inequality when I see it?
A. Speak out about your own experiences.
B. Call out discrimination in the media and advertising.
C. It’s OK to not challenge discrimination every time you see it.
D. All of the above
18. Which is not true in the statements below?
A. Persons with disabilities often live on the margins of society.
B. Persons with disabilities receive special treatment in society.
C. Persons with disabilities are deprived of some of life’s fundamental
experiences.
D. Persons with disabilities make up the world’s largest and most
disadvantaged minority.
19. Which of the following concept best defined as the collective failure of an
organization to provide an appropriate and professional service to people
because of their color, culture or ethnic origin?
A. Social Mobilization
B. Social Stratification
C. Institutionalized Racism
D. Institutional Prejudice and Discrimination
20.Which is not true to Gender Stereotypes?
A. Everyone experiences inequality the same way.
B. Gender Stereotypes impact individuals throughout their lives.
C. Gender Stereotypes affect children's sense of self from a young age.
D. Gender stereotypes affect behaviour, study choices, ambitions and
attitudes about relationships.

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Prepared by:

MAY LANIE A. CALIAO

Subject Teacher in UCSP

Address: Monte Alegre, Aurora, Zamboanga del S Strengthening

Email Address: glenn.ondiano@deped.gov.ph Unequivocal
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