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UCSP-1ST QRT EXAM - first quarter exam in ucsp

Understanding culture society and politics (Laguna State Polytechnic University)

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
DIVISION OF LAGUNA
ALAMINOS INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Alaminos, Laguna
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
Understanding Culture Society and Politics
1ST Semester, AY 2023 - 2024
Name: ____________________________ Score: ___________________
Track /Section: ____________________ Date: ___________________

I.Multiple Choice. Choose from the given set of letters the best answer to the
required information. Write your answer on the answer sheet provided.
1. Among the concepts of Sociology, Anthropology and Political Science, which of the
following is referred to as the study of humankind at all times and all places?
a. Sociology b. Population c. Anthropology d. Social
Organization
2. It is defined as the art and science of governing city/state?
a. Governance b. Government c. Politics d. Political
Science
3. It is the process by which people learn and adapt the ways and manners of other
culture.
a. Ethnocentrism b. Enculturation c. Socialization d.
Acculturation

Directions: Read the following items carefully. Write the letter that corresponds to
your answer on a separate sheet of paper. For numbers 4-6 identify the branch of
science described in each item. Choose your answer from the given choices below:
a. Anthropology b. Political Science c. Sociology

4. This is the study of society, patterns of social interactions, and culture of everyday life.
5. Its main concern is to learn how to use power over others to maintain social order and
harmony among citizens.
6. If we want to know why certain social phenomena happened, such as the television
program Eat Bulaga’s Kalyeserye gaining millions of tweets worldwide, this field of
social science answers these occurrences.

For numbers 7-15, choose the best answer for each item.
7. Food habits like the way of cooking foods, habits of dressing up, relationship with family
members or with in-laws, and many others are some of the focuses of this
anthropological field.
a. Archaeology c. Linguistics
b. Biological anthropology d. Cultural & social anthropology
8. A researcher chose to write about indigenous people in Mindanao and he described
them using some concepts such as kinship, gender, and power. He tried to compare
them to other groups of people. Which of the following fields of science did the
statement above portray?
a. History c. Political science
b. Anthropology d. Sociology
9. The following are types of social organizations EXCEPT:
a. Political Organization c. Financial Organization
b. Concrete Organization d. Economic organization
10. Which of the following best describes a democratic participation in a social
organization
a. This type of organization is based on the use of coercive power

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b. The leader makes decisions independently

c. The leader encourages participation of the group members
d. There is little or no input from the rest of the group
11.The following describes a voluntary organization EXCEPT:
a. They are composed of the NGO’s
b. These are group of persons on the basis of voluntary membership
c. They voluntary enter into an agreement for a common purpose
d. They are under the management of the government
12.Which is NOT TRUE about voluntary organizations
a. It is registered under some act for legal status
b. It has definite aims and objectives and programmes for fulfillment and achievement
c. It has administrative structure
d. It has an undefined system
13.The following are elements of social organization EXCEPT:
a. Sanctions
b. Role and status
c. Pressure
d. Goals
14.The following describes an Authoritarian participation in a social organization EXCEPT:
a. This type of organization is based on the use of coercive power
b. The leader makes decisions independently
c. There is little or no input from the rest of the group
d. The leader encourages participation of the group members
15.The following are examples of economic organization EXCEPT:
a. Malls c. Factories
b. Banks d. Food chains

Test II – IDENTIFICATION. Identify what is being described in each sentences below.

Write the correct answers on the space provided before each number. Choose the
answers from the box below.
________________16 Norms that stems from and organizes casual interactions.
________________17. Norm that structures the difference between right and wrong.
________________18. Strong negative norm; violating it results in extreme disgust.
________________19. Norm that is formally inscribed at the state or federal level.
________________20. This theory holds that man descent from simple forms and transformed to
complex forms.
________________21. Is someone who lives by traveling from place to place.

________________22. This refers to the changes or development in cultures from a simple to a

more complex form of human culture.

________________23. It refers to the state of being intellectually gifted and/ or having physically
or mentally challenged conditions.

________________24. It is a segment of society which shares a distinctive pattern of

mores, folkways, and values which differ from the pattern of larger society.
_________________25. It is a group whose values and norms place it at odds with
mainstream society or a group that actively rejects dominant cultural values and norms.
________________26. It serves as a guide on how males and females
think and act about themselves.
________________27. It refers to the differences in social behaviors that different cultures
exhibit around the world.
________________28. Are those that have a disproportionate subsistence emphasis on herding
domesticated livestock.

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________________29. Is a society driven by the use of technology and machinery to enable mass
production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour.

________________30. This refers to the changes, modifications, and variations in the genetics.
________________31. Is the study of human social relationships and institutions

________________32. Is the study of human mankind.

________________33. A simple object (such as a tool or weapon) that was made by people in the
past

________________34. It is the general term to categorize the group of early humans.

_______________35. Is someone who does not use or know about agriculture. They hunt wild
game and gather plant resources for food.

_______________36. They rely on simple tools to produce food. Thus, one characteristic is that
they use simple tools and not machinery or even animals like oxen.

________________37. Is one that has transitioned from an economy of goods to an economy of

services and has increased the rate of innovation and invention of new technologies and
explored their applications.

HOMINID CULTURAL EVOLUTION TABOO LAWS

EVOLUTION EXCEPTIONALITY GENDER CULTURAL VARIATION

ETHNOGRAPHY SUBCULTURE ANTHROPOLOGY FOLKWAYS

POSITIVE MORES COUNTERCULTURE SOCIOLOGY INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES

SYMBOLS MORES ARTIFACTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES

THEORY OF EVOLUTION NOMADS POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES HUNTING AND GATHERING

SOCIETIES

PASTORAL SOCIETIES

Test III. DIRECTION. Read the statements carefully and identify if it implies
ethnocentrism or cultural relativism. Write the answers on the space provided.

38 How pampangenos prefer to look at the

other regional cultyures likely similar.
39. Ana and Pedro have different religions.
However they respect each other.
40. Some tribes isolate themselves from
others because they are a threat to them.
41. Mr. Henry Sy believes that men and
women are equal in workplace.
42. Other countries express disgust at other
culture cuisines and think that its gross.
43. Americans believe that their culture is
better than British.
44. Celso understands the culture of others.
45. Linda uses her culture to judge other
culture.
46. Pedro believes that tribe paint faces for
religious ceremonies, there must be a good
reason why they do that?

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Test IV. ENUMERATION. Identify what is being described in the following questions
below.
47 – 50. What are the different types of symbols?

KEY ANSWERS

1. C
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. B
6. C
7. D
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. D
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. B
16. FOLKWAYS
17. MORES
18. TABOO
19. LAWS
20. THEORY OF EVOLUTION
21. NOMADS
22. CULTURAL EVOLUTION
23. EXCEPTIONALITY
24. SUBCULTURE
25. COUNTER CULTURE
26. GENDER
27. CULTURAL VARIATION
28. PASTORAL SOCIETIES
29. INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
30. EVOLUTION
31. SOCIOLOGY
32. ANTHROPOLOGY
33. ARTIFACTS
34. HOMINID

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35. HUNTING GATHERING SOCIETIES

36. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES
37. POST INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
38. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
39. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
40. ETHNOCENTRISM
41. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
42. ETHNOCENTRISM
43. ETHNOCENTRISM
44. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
45. ETHNOCENTRISM
46. CULTURAL RELATIVISM
47. SOCIAL SYMBOL
48. ECONOMIC SYMBOL
49. POLITICAL SYMBOL
50. CULTURAL SYMBOL

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