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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF VICTORIAS CITY
VICTORIAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-GASTON EXTENSION

UNDERSTANDING IN CULTURE, SOCIETY AND POLITICS

2ND QUARTER EXAMINATION

Directions: I. Multiple Choice. Carefully read each item. Write the letter of the best answer on the
space provided.
______1. What form of business governed on the principle of one member, one vote?
A. Cooperatives B. Corporation C. States D. Unions
______2. What organization of the state which makes, implements, enforces, and adjudicates the
law?
A. Cooperatives B. Corporation C. Government D. Trade Unions
______3. What institution that allows people deposit their money for safe keeping and interests?
A. Banks B. Cooperatives C. Corporation D. Lending Company
______4. What institution is made up of individuals, shareholders, or stockholders who engage to
business?
A. Banks B. Cooperatives C. Corporation D. Trade Unions
______5. What type of corporation that are formed to generate revenues and provide returns to
their shareholders?
A. For-Profit B. Not-for Profit C. Trade Groups D. Union Groups
______6. What type of corporation that operates under the category of charitable organization?
A. For-Profit B. Not-for Profit C. Trade Groups D. Union
Groups
______7. What business organization that extends production and sales into several countries?
A. International Government Organization C. Multinational Corporations
B. International Organization D. Transnational Groups
______8. What organization is formed by workers for common interests of their co-workers?
A. Banks B. Cooperatives C. Corporation D.
Trade Groups
______9. What organization whose activities transcend to national boundaries to facilitates
cooperation?
A. International Organization C. Trade Unions
B. Multinational Corporations D. Union Groups
______10. What form of government in which supreme power is absolutely lodged with an
individual?
A. Democracy B. Monarchy C. Oligarchy D.
Theocracy
______11. What is the primary form of economic subsistence of a state?
A. Agriculture B. Banking C. Foraging D. Market
Exchange
_____12. What political term refers as a sovereign actor with a central government ruling over
population and
territory?
A. Banks B. Government C. State D. Trade
Unions
_____13. What is the institution that membership is drawn from two or more countries?
A. Cooperatives C. International Government
B. International Organization D. Trade Unions
_____14. Which of the following organizations is NOT an example of IGOs?
 A. International Monetary Fund C. North Atlantic Treaty Association
B. INTERPOL D. World Health Organization
_____15. What form of business operation declares the business as separate entity guided by a
group of officers
known as the Board of Directors?
A. Cooperatives C. International Government
B. Corporation D. Trade Unions
_____16. What are the members of a public international organization?
A. Board of Directors B. Private Business Owners C. Society
D. States
_____17. 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
____18. What licensed institution provides several financial services to different type of
customers to earn profits?
A. Banks B. Government C. State D. Trade
Unions
____19. Which of the following functions is NOT a function of Trade Unions?
A. Fights for Social welfare for workers
B. Advocation for fairness and equality for workers’ compensations
C. Trade unions will organize strikes and demonstrations on behalf of worker demands
D. Support local and international groups to localize the implementation of international
policies
____20. Which of the following statements is NOT a good effect of MNCs in a state?
A. Cause dependency B. Introduce technology
C. Encourage interdependently D. Encourage economic growth
For items 21-24
A. Family B. Education C. Government D. Religion
____21. The institution that administers the regulatory functions of law and order and maintains
security in society.
____22. The process of socialization, which begins informally at home and then formally in
educational institutions.
____23. The most basic social institution and is a system of organized relationship involving
workable and
dependable ways of meeting basic social needs.
____24. Constitutes a set of beliefs regarding the ultimate power in the universe, the ideal and
proper pattern of
behavior, and ceremonial ways to expressing these beliefs.
For Items 25-28
A. Formal Education C. Non-Formal Education
B. Informal Education D. Special Education
____25. It provides distinct services, facilities, curricula, and instructional materials geared to
pupils or students who
are significantly higher or lower than the average or norm.
____26. Refers to the systematic and deliberate process of hierarchically structured and
sequential learning.
____27. They are organized systematic education that provides selected types of learning to a
segment of the
population.
____28. It is a lifelong process of learning. What other function or purpose of education it is
referring to?
For Items 29-30
A. Education is Self-Empowerment B. Fosters Participant Democracy
C. Financial stability D. To complete the socialization
process
____29. Education helps you gain sufficient academic qualification, knowledge, and skills to get a
suitable
 employment with proper remuneration or salary.
____30. Literacy, which is the product of education, allows full participation of the people in
democratic process and
effective voting.
____31. Which of the following defines social stratification?
A. Social isolation of people from each other
B. System in which everyone is equal but perform very different tasks
C. System by which a person's place in society is defined by birth
D. None of these
____32. Which of the following best describes how social class is related to social stratification?
A. Each layer has many layers of social stratification
B. Each layer of social stratification constitutes a social class
C. The terms social stratification and social class mean the same thing
D. Social stratification exists in caste systems, whereas social classes only exist in non-
caste systems
____33. What is the key distinction between a caste system and a class system?
A. a marriage within a specific group B. occupational prestige
C. educational opportunity D. social mobility
____34. 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.
____35. The unequal sharing of scarce resources and social rewards is known as _____.
A. Social Inequality B. Social Mobility C. Social Sharing D. Social Stratification
____36. The most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system (where class is based on birth)
is that _______
A. People can only move intergenerationally
B. People can move vertically, but not horizontally
C. Social status is inherited and cannot be changed
D. Social status can be changed by education and hard work
____37. A factory worker's son earns his way through college and eventually becomes a physics
engineer.
This is an example of _______
A. Horizontal mobility B. Intergenerational mobility
C. Role mobility D. Vertical mobility
____38. Isidra moves from a job as a computer programmer to a job as a Web page designer. This
is an example of _
A. Horizontal mobility B. Intergenerational mobility
C. Role mobility D. Vertical mobility
____39. Which of the following perspective states that "inequality exists because some people are
willing to exploit
others"?
A. Conflict perspective B. Structural-Functionalist
C. Social Exchange D. Symbolic interactionist
____40. A politician describes inequality as a motivator of people to fill the different and
necessary positions in
Society. He is using example of _________.
A. Conflict theory B. Social Exchange theory
C. Structural-Functionalist theory D. Symbolic-interactionist theory
____41. Which of the states that stratification assures that the most qualified people fill the most
important
positions, that these qualified people perform their tasks competently, and that they are
rewarded for the
effort.
A. Conflict theory B. Structural-Functionalism
C. Symbolic interactionism D. None of the choices
____42. 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.
___43. Which of the following best describes the symbolic-interactionist perspective 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
___44. Which describes a society where people frequently can, by acquiring skills and working
hard, move from one
level of social stratification to a higher level of social stratification.
A. closed system B. open system C. ethnic system D. estate
system
___45. The child of an office clerk becomes a physician. This is an example of _______.
A. Geographical mobility B. Intergenerational mobility
C. Social mobility D. Role mobility
II. TRUE or FALSE. Write A if the statement is TRUE and B if the statement is FALSE.
____46. Social stratification the process where a society determines a person’s worth based on
their income and
wealth, as well as other characteristics like gender, class, and age, and distributes social
rewards accordingly.
____47. From a structural-functionalist perspective, poverty may serve positive functions for
society.
____48. Ethnicity is constructed from cultural traits, whereas race is constructed from biological
traits
____49. The idea that social inequality plays a vital role in the smooth operation of society is
consistent with the
structural-functional approach.
____50. The caste system is a more open stratification system than a class system