SOCIAL STUDIES c. values 22.

Private sector groups for national

1. What major change creates a trend? d. institution advocacies are commonly referred to
a. innovation Ans. : D as__________.
b. stagnation 12. The desire of government for all citizens to a. public sector
c. revolution obey all laws is a/an __________ culture. b. civil society
d. involution a. ideal c. cooperatives
Ans. : A b. real d. party-list representatives
2. Among social trends, which is very difficult to c. conventional Ans. : B
psychologically overcome? d. virtual 23. Which statement on human rights is
a. tendency Ans. : A CORRECT?
b. learning 13. Showing respect by kissing the hand that has a. Human rights are limited
c. bias changed to kissing the cheek or hugging b. Human right is might
d. inclination shows__________ culture in society. c. Human right is moral power not a physical
Ans. : C a. ideal power.
3. Among social trends, which easily passes, e.g. b. real d. All rights are inalienable.
fashion? c. conventional Ans. : C
a. mores d. virtual 24. Royally rights acquired through the
b. fad Ans. : C authorship of a book are examples of
c. laws 14. What particular event awakened national __________.
d. norms awareness of human indignity during the 1980s a. inalienable rights
Ans. : B prior to the EDSA revolution? b. acquired rights
4. Change becomes an issue when it creates a a. Slay of Ninoy Aquino c. alienable rights
___________. b. Human rights violations d. imperfect rights
a. disagreement c. Call of Cardinal Sin Ans. : A
b. discomfort d. Parliament of the streets 25. Rights which cannot be renounced or
c. drawback Ans. : A transferred because they are necessary for the
d. duplication 15. What was founded by six nations in 1967 fulfillment of man's primordial obligations are
Ans. :A for partnership in regional development? called _________.
5. In 1952 the organization of the ___________ a. SEATO a. alienable rights
marked a milestone in the development of b. ASEAN b. acquired rights
Philippine sociology. c. APEC c. perfect rights
a. Philippine Social Science Council d. Great Six Nations d. acquired rights
b. Philippine Sociological Society Ans. : B Ans. : B
c. Research Foundation of the Philippines 16. Who was the Asian senior statesman who 26. Under which type of right does the right to
d. Institute of the Philippine Culture removed drugs, unemployment and dirt waste life fall?
Ans. :B from his city-state? a. Inalienable rights
6. There is violation of _____________ in cases a. Lee Kuan Yew b. Alienable rights
of extra-judicial killings. b. Rodrigo Duterte c. Perfect rights
a. search and seizure order c. Arsenio Lacson d. Imperfect rights
b. due process of law d. Jawaharla Nehru Ans. : A
c. arrest warrant Ans. : A 27. Rights cannot be unduly trampled upon or
d. equal protection under the law 17. What marked people empowerment in suppressed without moral guilt because they are
Ans. : B 1986? _________.
7. As a science of humanity and its society, a. Yellow Ribbons a. adventitious
Anthropology seeks to present an integrated b. KKK revolution b. inalienable
picture of __________. c. New Society c. perfect
a. man d. EDSA revolution d. inviolable
b. early man Ans. : D
c. hominid 28. Which human rights doe libel violate?
d. human fossils Ans. : D a. The right to property
Ans. : A 18. Given issues of election cheating, b. The right to one's honor
8. Among the fields of anthropology which psychologists see Philippine politics as c. The right to one's own life
studies the evolution of man and biological intrinsically known to be____________. d. The right to make a livelihood
diversity within the species? a. collective Ans. : B
a. Linguistics b. personal 29. Which is a violation of the right to choose
b. Archeology c. individual one's way of life?
c. Cultural anthropology d. communal a. Fourteen-hour work as against the regular
d. Biological anthropology Ans. : B eight-hour work
Ans. : D 19. The winner in Philippine national presidential b. Child labor
9. Among patterns of behavior required in election is determined by _________ votes, c. Forced labor
Sociology which is obtained through direct while that of the U.S. by __________ votes. d. Under compensation
experience, observation and testing? a. total :: sectoral votes Ans. : C
a. Empiricism b. national :: local votes 30. Which is an example of an alienable right?
b. Critical spirit c. popular :: electoral college votes a. Right to marry
c. Objectivity d. multi-party :: one party votes b. Right to life
d. Ethical neutrality Ans. : C c. Right to aims
Ans. : A 20. In its Charter, ASEAN nations are described d. Right to possess a house acquired through
10. Who coined the word "sociological as __________ societies. inheritance
imagination" to underscore the relationship a. caring Ans. : A
between what is happening in people's personal b. competitive 1. Inclusive teaching approaches enable
lives and the social forces that surround them? c. cooperative ___________ learners in the class to take part in
a. Mark Dukheim d. corporate learning opportunities.
b. Wright Mills Ans. : A a. all
c. Auguste Comte 21. Senator Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 b. disabled
d. Isabel Panopio presidential elections because of losing c. special
Ans. : B __________ votes. d. selected
11. Clusters of stable rules known as social a. popular Ans. : A
__________ govern social activities and b. electoral college 2. The development of 21st century teaching
practices based on similar principles displaying c. senatorial and learning skills is a contemporary trend.
regularity? d. congressional What elements are interconnected in the process
a. mores Ans. : B of teaching and learning?
b. norms a. Education for all and literacy
b. Professional development c. sterilization Ans. :D
c. High budgetary appropriations d. free condoms 23. An approach that is __________ is the
d. Student outcomes and support systems Ans. : A needed response to extreme poverty in the
Ans. : D 13. In terms of funding resources what can the world.
3. Which are essential in preparing the learners federal system contribute to eliminate extreme a. multi-dimensional
for the future? poverty? b. multi-lateral
I. Independent thinking a. Nationalization c. multi-diverse
II. Creativity and innovation b. Decentralization d. multi-national
III. Critical thinking c. Urbanization Ans. : A
IV. Communication and collaboration d. Privatization 24. Which does NOT comprise a real security
a. II & III Ans. : B alliance?
b. I, II & IV 14. The 1987 Constitution protects the unborn a. U.S. Philippines joint military training
c. I & II and prohibits _________. b. U.S. Japan security agreement
d. I, II, III & IV a. use of contraceptives c. U.S.-APEC cooperation
Ans. : C b. medical abortion d. U.S. Russia common objective against ISIS
4. The Duterte administration advances c. induced abortion Ans. : C
____________ in order to strengthen regional d. voluntary sterilization 25. What is the hidden conflict in the war in
autonomy and local governance. Ans. : C Syria?
a. federalism 15. A broadly encompassing change in a. Syrian ruler Assad against Syrian rebels
b. nationalism ___________ is involved by combating climate b. U.S. against Russia
c. anti-drug campaign change through lesser use of electricity, air- c. Syria against ISIS
d. anti-corruption drive conditioning, garbage burning. d. Syria against UN
Ans. : A a. lifestyle Ans. : B
5. Various facets of partnership of regional b. attitude 26. The setting up of ______ is a key issue
development was adopted by ASEAN, EXCEPT c. sentiment facing Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
that which is ____________. d. feeling a. anti-rocket missile
a. economic Ans. : A b. border wall
b. ideological 16. China's aggressive global commerce has c. population growth of Palestinians
c. social created _________ tension in trade and d. state of Palestine
d. cultural commerce especially for the incoming Trump U.S. Ans. : D
Ans. : B administration. 27. Federalism in the Philippines can grant
6. EXCEPT for the ___________ aim, these a. ideological ________ to the regions.
comprise the pillars of ASEAN community b. economic a. autonomy
integration by 2015. c. political b. sovereignty
a. economic d. sociological c. statehood
b. political security Ans. : B d. fiscal independence
c. ideological 17. From a global threat arises from suspicion Ans. : A
d. socio-cultural rather than concrete evidence? 28. What factors/conditions would result t
Ans. : C a. U.S. democratic advocacy inclusive development in the Philippines?
7. What system contributed to greater efficiency b. South Korean security a. Foreign aid and loans
and success of recent national elections? c. world peace b. Foreign direct investments for job creation
a. Pastoral Council for Free elections d. South China Sea commercial zone c. Increased number of OFW's
b. Computerization Ans. : C d. Increased local number and foreign
c. Comelec 18. Which incidence of global threat arises from scholarships
d. Multi-party system suspicion rather than concrete evidence? Ans. : B
Ans. :B a. Iran's nuclear arms 29. All, Most, Some is a curriculum planning
8. Among ASEAN nations, which has a political b. North Korea's militarization model conceived by Schumm, Vaugh and Leavell
system closest to that of the U.S.? c. ISIS' terrorism (1994). Why is it an inclusive model?
a. Philippines d. Hamas rockets upon Israel a. It is designed to cater to all learners in a
b. Singapore Ans. : A class.
c. Malaysia 19. What is the religious divide within Islam that b. It is designed to cater for learners with
d. Thailand causes a conflict between Saudi Arabia and disabilities.
Ans. : A Iran? c. It is designed to cater for gifted learners.
9. What type of research can better ensure a. Iran against Hamas d. It is designed to cater for the hearing
relevance in planning development of b. Saudi Arabia against Al Queda impaired.
communities? c. Hamas against ISIS Ans. :A
a. Survey d. Shiites against Sunnis 30. Facets of _________ personality of a
b. Needs Analysis Ans. : D people may explain the paradox that the
c. Interview 20. What methodology is used for research on Philippines is rated by Transparency
d. Case study political and social issues by pollsters, such as International as one of the most corrupt in Asia,
Ans. : B SWS and Pulse Asia? and yet 80% of its population profess the
10. What economic policy in China propelled it a. Field research Catholic religion.
to becoming the second industrialized nation in b. Survey a. political
the world today? c. Case study b. cultural
a. Welfare socialism d. Experiment c. ideological
b. Industrialism Ans. : B d. economic
c. Socialist capitalism 21. What initiative can make the Philippine Ans. : B
d. Maoist communal ownership government system closer to the federal system 1. Among industrialized countries which is the
Ans. : C of the U.S.? biggest remitter of CO2 (by 31%) that
11. EXCEPT for the ___________ factor, these a. Charter Change cause global warming of the globe?
are the facets of "inclusivity" identified for b. People's Initiative a. United States
eradicating extreme poverty in the Philippines. c. Referendum b. India
a. sectoral d. Election Recall c. China
b. spatial Ans. : A d. France
c. locational 22. What is the basis in the 1987 Constitution Ans. : C
d. temporal for prohibiting the teaching of Religion in public 2. Providing long-term food aid to poor
Ans. : D schools? countries, e.g. Ethiopia disadvantageous due to
12. For spatial inclusivity, the__________ a. Focus on Basic Education subjects the negative effect of _______.
program can limit the population to widen b. Values Education in the basic education a. dependence
habitation space for people. curriculum b. malnutrition
a. planned parenthood c. Freedom of religious conscience c. AIDS
b. contraceptives d. Separation of church and state d. anarchy
Ans. : A b. summative evaluation make claim to unfounded consumption by
3. Created in 2008 was a new legal framework c. formative evaluation thousands or millions of a product.
for Southeast Asian nations known as the d. causative evaluation a. bandwagon
ASEAN_______ Ans. : B b. big lie
a. Document 14. What method of thinking-and-learning c. circular thinking
b. Charter draws the general qualities of a person from d. begging the question
c. Principles particular traits? Ans. : A
d. Declaration a. Problem solving 24. Generalizing extreme perception about
Ans. : B b. Inductive people places and ideas, e.g. white people are
4. Among early Greek philosophers _________ c. Deductive biased about colored people is untruth of
introduced empirical knowledge by used of d. Discovery fallacy by ________.
observation to explain universal truths. Ans. : B a. localizing
a. Plato 15. To which group do we belong if we don't b. stereotyping
b. Socrates accept the truth because we insist on belonging c. standardizing
c. Aristotle to a group or resist the risk if being different? d. summarizing
d. Thales a. Change agents Ans. : B
Ans. : C b. Radicals 25. Freedom of thought is opposed to
5. What method of thinking-and-learning draws c. Anarchists _________.
from the general qualities of being different? d. Conformists a. violence
a. Induction Ans. : D b. slavery
b. Deduction c. compulsion
c. Discovery d. oppression
d. Problem solving 16. What is NOT related to ethical conduct in Ans. :C
Ans. : B research? 26. Asserting a more certain avenue to the same
6. In which situation do we insist on belonging to a. Respect for confidentiality truth is ___________ .
a group thus resisting the risk of being different? b. Limitation in research scope a. simplification
a. Conformism c. Voluntary participation be respondents b. syndication
b. Radicalism d. Security of participants c. revision
c. Anarchism Ans. : B d. replication
d. Pessimism 17. What is the systematic explanation of Ans. : D
Ans. : A observations on social manifestation patterns of 27. The basic human activity in research is
7. What aspect of inquiry is NOT related to social life? _________.
ethical conduct in research? a. Truth a. inquiring
a. Security of participants b. Belief b. thinking
b. Respect of confidentiality c. Theory c. calculating
c. Voluntary participation by respondents d. Opinion d. measuring
d. Limitation in research scope Ans. : C Ans. : A
Ans. : D 18. What are the studies conducted on social 28. What research is done in a laboratory?
8. The systematic explanation of observed change over a period of time? a. Analysis
phenomena drawn from social manifestation or a. Trend studies b. Experiment
patterns in social life is _________. b. Cohort studies c. Survey
a. hypothesis c. Panel studies d. Assessment
b. theory d. Case studies Ans. : B
c. assumption Ans. : A 29. Science requires ___________ in order to
d. truth 19. Which is a tentative answer to a research differentiate it from philosophy.
Ans. : B problem? a. authority
9. Scientific inquiries conducted on social change a. Theoretical Framework b. logical thinking
over a period of time are ____________. b. Recommendation c. empirical evidence
a. trend studies c. Conclusion d. tradition
b. cohort studies d. Hypothesis Ans. : C
c. panel studies Ans. : D 30. The use of __________ is useful in reducing
d. ease studies 20. In which part of the research do you find the inaccuracies in scientific research.
Ans. : A answers to the research problems? a. measured devices
10. The two essential dimensions in teaching a. Recommendation b. generalization
Social Science are __________ and b. Conclusion c. logical reasoning
____________. c. Hypothesis d. machines
a. observing and inferring d. Theoretical Framework Ans. : A
b. seeing and listening Ans. : B 1. There are fundamental ideas that distinguish
c. searching and imparting 21. What is comprehensive list of important or Social Science from other ways of explaining
d. knowing and thinking relevant actions to be complete in a specified social events but _________ is NOT one of them
Ans. : A order so that no step is forgotten? .
11. Concentration in thinking which leads to a a. Report Card a. data
constant, unbroken line of thought is b. Survey b. theory
___________. c. Checklist c. belief
a. infusion d. Questionnaire d. analysis
b. focus Ans. : C Ans. : C
c. intention 22. What type of evaluation examines the 2.Which comprises what the researcher wants to
d. direction effects or outcomes of some object they discover and the best way to do it?
Ans. : B summarize it by describing what happens a. Paradigm
12. A comprehensive list of important or relevant subsequent to delivery of program or b. Hypothesis
action to be completed in a specified order is a technology; assessing whether the object can be c. Methods
___________. said to have cause the outcome; determining the d. Research design
a. pattern overall impact of the casual factor beyond only Ans. : D
b. matrix the immediate target outcomes; and, estimating 3. A social science teacher conduct a researcher
c. checklist the relative costs association with the object? on the best practices of teaching Araling
d. report a. Summative Evaluation Panlipunan in Grade 9. What kind of research
Ans. : C b. Normative Evaluation does the teacher conduct?
13. The type of evaluation which examines c. Formative Evaluation a. Action Research
outcome and comes up with a synthesis that d. Complicated Evaluation b. Applied Research
determines the overall impact and relative costs Ans. : A c. Basic Research
of an activity or program is ___________. 23. Deliberate deception by way of d. Field Research
a. normative evaluation ____________ fallacy is used by advertiser who Ans. : A
4. A study conducted on the current state of b. Synopsis c. Advantages and disadvantage of democracy
Filipino youth involvement (Sebastian, 2014) c. Conclusion as an ideology
revealed that 12 percent of the youth d. Precis d. Church doctrine behind Pope Francis wanting
respondents are hyper disengaged. What does Ans. :A priests to forgive abortion sinners
the result mean? 14. Which of the following can become an issue Ans. : A
a. They participated in all community activities. in qualitative research? 23. What is the appropriate research method in
b. They have not participated in community a. By-the book approach a field study on a cultural group, e.g. way of life
activities. b. Formulation of research design & data of Badjaos who have settled inland in
c. They are active in selected activities. collection techniques Zamboanga province?
d. They disregarded selected activities. c. Generality a. Documentary research
Ans. : B d. Gathering data that are based on facts b. Open-ended interviews
5. A study was conducted on how engaged the Ans. :C c. Standardized survey
Filipino Youth are in the dimension of 15. Which is arrived at by way of a thinking d. Ethnographic observation
participation. Base on the data graph above, process that puts together several parts to form Ans. : D
with activity a complex whole? 24. Research leader Edna insisted that student
are they most engaged? a. meaning researches appreciate the value of _________
a. Online political b. relationship data or evidence for scientific study above mere
b. Offline political c. synthesis speculation or opinion.
c. Offline sociocivic d. deduction a. authority
d. Online sociocivic Ans. : C b. empirical
Ans. : A 16. There is need to adopt __________ c. tradition
6. What is the lowest percentage of sampling for research on academic problem d. logical reasoning
disengagement? encountered by indigenous children in a school. Ans. : B
a. 82.0% a. stratified 25. Social theories can be arrived at based on
b. 70.50% b. purposive __________ pattern of behavior.
c. 80.50% c. random a. diffused
d. 72.5% d. trend b. separate
Ans. : C Ans. : B c. disparate
7. What is a deliberate deception used by 17. The appropriate participant in a research on d. aggregate
advertisers when they say, "Join the thousand needed outreach activities which the school can Ans. : D
who have chosen to switch to the better engage is the ___________ . 26. What is simple way of explaining the
network." a. teacher concept of a social theory?
a. Bandwagon b. students a. Explaining social realities
b. Circular thinking c. community b. Says of looking at society
c. Falsehood or the Big Lie d. parents c. Guiding what societies do
d. Personal attack Ans. : C d. Innovation society
Ans. : A 18. Which data do anthropologists use in a Ans. : A
8. Which can be considered a deliberate descriptive inquiry on the cultural life of an 27. What should the researcher do when he/she
deception by a student who invents an excuse or ethnic community through data drawn from is not clear yet familiar with the subject?
reason, e.g., "I need to relax so I can spend myths, stories, songs and experiences gathered a. Set assumptions
more time posting Facebook photos than through field study. b. Explore the topic
studying."? a. Unobtrusive c. Chronicle activities
a. Bandwagon b. Quantitative d. Draw up hypothesis
b. Rationalizing c. Documentary Ans. : B
c. Personal attach d. Qualitative 28. What should the researcher do when he/she
d. Circular thinking Ans. : D is clear about his subject and methods and is
Ans. : B 19. Applying the conflict theory, what element ready of the tasks of research?
9. Which fallacy generalizes extreme perception induced Hispanic authorities during the colonial a. Chronicle activities
about people, places and ideas (e.g. Englishmen period not to teach native Filipinos the Spanish b. Explore the topic
have no sense of humor, etc. )? language? c. Set assumptions
a. Globalizing a. Need to secure the dominant status of d. Draw up hypothesis
b. Localizing Spaniards over natives Ans. : A
c. Stereotyping b. Lack of adequate funding to support Spanish 29. To further clarify the subject, what can be
d. Standardizing instruction. done to ensure that it does not overlap with
Ans. : C c. Native were already pacified even without irrelevant matters?
10. A good research is one that can be teaching them the language a. Perform pilot testing
repeated to obtain similar, if not, identical d. Friars want evangelical teaching, not b. Formulate a hypothesis
results. Which attribute of a research is language teaching c. Consult experts
explained? Ans. : A d. Set limitations and delimitations
a. Replicability 20. You will study within the population issue of Ans. : D
b. Parsimony corruption of public official under the different 30. How can assumptions support your inquiry?
c. Precision regimes. Which study will you engage in? a. They assume you are right.
d. Falsifiability a. Cross- sectional study b. They are accepted as true without proof.
Ans. : A b. Trend study c. They make your inquiry scientific.
11. Which is referred to as the cause variable? c. Cohort study d. They are prepared by mentors.
a. Dependent variable d. Longitudinal study Ans. : B
b. Moderator variable Ans. : B 1. How does a hypothesis support inquiry?
c. Independent variable 21. You want to examine specific sub- a. They refer to evidence already proven.
d. Extraneous populations, which as those who played part in b. They restate the thesis question.
Ans. : C the EDSA revolution with focus on how their c. They are tentative answers to what is true of
12. In research, which variable do you attitudes have changed. Which study will you false.
manipulate? do? d. They provide body of literature.
a. Moderator a. Longitudinal study Ans. : C
b. Independent b. Trend study 2. In order to protect participants on serious
c. Dependent c. Cohort study issues like use of drugs, researcher can
d. Extraneous d. Cross-sectional study adopt__________ of respondents.
Ans. : B Ans. : C a. custody
13. Which is a short (about 100-500 word) 22. For which of the following issues or concerns b. anonymity
summary of the entire research paper that would a sociologist likely do an empirical c. open testimony
includes goals and objectives, result, and inquiry? d. subpoena
conclusions? a. Crowd behavior during rallies Ans. : B
a. Abstract b. Medical effect of contraceptives o health
3. For privileged communication, the researcher b. informed consent II. Ethnography is an interpretive,
keeps _________ of respondents under secrecy c. coercion reflexive, and constructivist process.
or anonymity. d. privacy III. Ethnography requires the daily
a. data Ans. : D a. II and III
b. answers 14. Participants may be willing to be b. I and III
c. names interviewed but there should the right of c. I and II
d. evidences ________ need to be ensured by telling them d. I, II and III
Ans. : C the nature of a specific research. Ans. : D
4. Which was committed by a researcher who a. non-coercion 22. Which kind of data includes descriptive field
repackaged information for vested interest, e.g. b. informed consent notes, narration of informants, myths, stories,
mocked-up Tasaday cave dwellers? c. privacy song and sagas as gathered by anthropologists?
a. Deception d. protection from harm I. Qualitative data
b. Misuse of information Ans. : B II. Quantitative data
c. Break trust in confidentially 15. Participants not willing to be interviewed for III. Inferential data
d. Violate anonymity a research should not be subjected to a. II only
Ans. : A __________ such that they become reluctant b. III only
5. When social researchers "speak out" the truth respondents. c. I only
on social issues, they perform the role of a. coercion d. I, II and III
scientific _________ . b. harm Ans. : A
a. journalism c. ignorance 23. In my research, I use basic classical
b. experts d. public disclosure ethnographic field methods. Which ones do I
c. writers Ans. : A use?
d. commentators 16. As a researcher, you employ the inductive I. observations
Ans. : B approach? Which do you do? II. asking questions
6. Which term is used for researchers a. Generate new theory emerging from the data III. interpretation
predisposed to arriving at the same conclusion and then test the validity the theory IV. participant observation
for a series of researches on the same topic? b. Test the validity of the theory a. I,II and III
a. Labeling c. Generate new theory emerging from the data b. II, III and IV
b. Time dimension d. The validity of the theory then come up with c. I, II, III and IV
c. Reductionism conclusion d. I, III and I
d. Echoing Ans. : C Ans. : C
Ans. : C 17. What is expected of the researcher in the 24. If a design for evaluating a Community
7. Which did researcher Ana conduct on kinds of Methods/Procedure part of the research? Support Program is being evaluated for its,
worship among similar Christian groups? I. Describes what s/he did, how s/he did it relevance, what is the most significant question to
a. Trend II. Gives strategies, sample calculations consider?
b. Cross-sectional III. Describes tools and instruments a. Does the range of information to be provided
c. Cohort a. I, II and III include all the important aspects of the
d. Longitudinal b. I and III program?
Ans. : C c. II and III b. Does the information to be provided
8. Which type of study and researcher Pete d. I and II adequately serve the evaluation needs of the
conduct on the popular use among millennial Ans. : A intended audiences?
youths of Facebook accounts? 18. Why does a researcher do a literature c. Is the information to be provided timely
a. cohort review? enough to e of use to the audiences?
b. trend I. To survey the current state of knowledge in the d. Does the intended evaluation strictly follow
c. longitudinal area of inquiry ethical principles?
d. cross-sectional II. To identify key authors, articles, theories, and Ans. : B
Ans. : B findings in the area of research 25. How does one avoid bias when
9. Inquiry on public sentiment for grays-lesbians III. To identify gaps in knowledge in that administering a teacher questionnaire to
from 1960's to 2000's is ___________ study. research area determine the pulse on a new performance
a. trend a. I and II evaluation system?
b. cross-sectional b. II and III a. Give priority to those who volunteer to fill out
c. longitudinal c. I, II and III the questionnaire.
d. cohort d. I, II and III b. Make sure the sample of what you'll measure
Ans. : C Ans. : C is most likely to present varied opinions.
10. Inquiry on legalization of marijuana getting 19. You should like to research an academic c. Select sample from those getting high
data from the doctors, parents, teachers, problems met by Indigenous Peoples' children in performance ratings.
churches, etc. is __________ research. your school, which sampling will you use? d. Exclude as respondents teachers who are 60
a. nomothetic a. No sampling or over.
b. ideographic b. Stratified sampling Ans. : B
c. non-spurious c. Purposive sampling 26. To insure reliability of an evaluation
d. complete causation d. Random sampling of all school children instrument , it is important to make sure that
Ans. : B Ans. : C ___________ .
11. What is the unit studies about churches, 20. Which statement/s on ethnography is/are I. it is designed to get the information needed
colleges, agencies, army r navy? TRUE? II. there is only one way to interpret each item
a. Social interactions I. Ethnography is a highly approach to the study III. stems with dual elements are eliminated
b. Individuals of cultural systems. a. II and III
c. Social artifacts II. Ethnography is the study of the socio-cultural b. I and II
d. Organizations contexts, processes, and meanings within cultural c. I only
Ans. : D systems. d. I , II and III
12. A researcher committed _________ fallacy III. Ethnography is an open-ended emergent Ans. : A
by concluding that young voters due to their age learning process, and not a rigid investigator 27. If you conduct a phenomenological research,
voted for young candidates. controlled experiment. what key ingredients do you expect?
a. ecological a. I and III I. A research question driven by curiosity informs
b. branding b. I, II and III the design of a study.
c. time dimension c. I and II II. Participants need to be interested in and
d. reductionist d. II and III committed to exploring their lived experience to
Ans. : A Ans. : B generate good quality data.
13. Participants in a research should not be 21. Which statement/s on ethnography is/are III. An effective analytical framework which can
forced to reveal sensitive personal information, TRUE? increase the quality of the findings.
e.g. sexual behavior because they have the right I. Ethnography is a high a. I and II
to _________. flexible and creative process. b. II and III
a. protection from harm c. I and II
d. I, II and III b. Authority b. Operationalization
Ans. : D c. Tradition c. Data processing
28. An experimental research might compare d. Logical reason d. Population and sampling
accident rates in those who text and drive versus Ans. : A Ans. : C
those who do not text and drive. Which would 8. What kind of reasoning is done by arguing 18. There are many ways to conduct a research,
be the independent variable? from particulars (e.g. Juan, Marie, Jaime, etc. but what is the stage of study when the
a. The outcome ( accident or no accident) speak Bisaya) to a general conclusion (e.g. researcher selects the appropriate way to
b. The behavior of texting and driving Therefore many students in the class speak gather evidence that can support analysis of
c. Gender of drivers who text and drive Bisaya)? data obtained?
Ans. : B a. A priori a. Population sampling
29. Research Z conducted a correlational b. Deductive b. Conceptualization
research on texting while driving and rate of c. Inductive c. Operationalization
accidents. Which is a possible finding? d. Logical d. Choice of research method
a. Younger drivers have an increased rate of Ans. : C Ans. : D
accidents while texting and driving. 9. What is the fundamental basis for data 19. When data gathered from survey, interview
b. Older drivers have less cell phones gathered in the sciences of Sociology Biology or other methods are interpreted,
c. Younger drivers are more techno savvy. and Physics? this is the research stage for _________.
d. Accidents are caused by texting. a. Belief a. sampling
Ans. : A b. Observation b. operationalization
30. I like to find out if integrity of public officials c. Logic c. data processing
has been improving. Which study will I conduct? d. Wisdom d. publication
a. Cohort Study Ans. : B Ans. : C
b. Cross-sectional study 10. What process will you use to represent a 20. Communicating the findings of a completed
c. Trend study more certain avenue to the truth? research to school, institution or sponsor of the
d. Longitudinal study a. Generalization study is the ___________ stage of research.
Ans. :C b. Fallacy a. analysis
1. In research, if I reason out from particular to c. Replication b. application
general or broad patterns, I apply the d. Prior argument c. operationalization
___________ method. Ans. : A d. publication
a. Deductive 11. An inquiry on a social phenomenon that does Ans. : B
b. Inductive not use numbers is ___________ research. 21. There are many dimensions or variables in
c. Ideographic a. descriptive considering social values that cause corruption in
d. Nomethetic b. quantitative government, but which is NOT one of them?
Ans. : C c. experimental a. Motives
2. What kind of study examines specific sub- d. analytical b. Attitudes
populations, such as those who played a part in Ans. : A c. Currencies
the EDSA revolt in order to understand how their 12. Statistical analysis is done for various d. Lifestyle
attitudes have changed? reasons but NOT for ________ . Ans. : C
a. Longitudinal study a. complex formulas 22. Statistical analysis can be done in qualitative
b. Trend study b. simple averages research but it is NOT applicable in
c. Cohort study c. verbal descriptions ___________.
d. Cross-sectional study d. mathematical models a. verbal description
Ans. : B Ans. : C b. simple averages
3. For John Dewey, what is the unifying element 13. Of the following topics, which is closest to a c. complex formulas
of the curriculum? subject for pure research? d. methodical models
a. Reflective thinking a. Survey on a beauty product Ans. : A
b. Course discipline b. Anthropological account of an ethnic 23. Choose the logical sequence to
c. Experiential learning community operationalize selected stages of a study on
d. Pedagogy in learning c. Impact of an outreach project drug addiction:
Ans. : A d. Problems in a mental health institution I. Observation and data gathering
4. Which of the following is an example of an Ans. : B II. Arrive at conclusion
issue which a sociologist would study? 14. What wrong is committed by a researcher III. Specify method to get data on variables
a. Why is the rate of abortion rising? who installs a hidden camera in order to gather IV. Set testable hypothesis
b. How do police action influence crowd data on family friction between parents and V. Process and analy
behavior? children? a. IV, III, I, V and II
c. What is the interaction between chemical and a. Protection from harm b. II, I, III, V and IV
behavior? b. Coercion c. V, III, I, II and IV
d. Which political system is best? c. Informed consent d. III, II, I, IV and V
Ans. : B d. Right to privacy Ans. : A
5. In order to seek full contextual understanding Ans. : D 24. Which system is applied for careful,
of the actions of a selected group of individuals, 15. What was violated by a researcher who deliberate and quantifiable observation of
what will you do? administered lethal drugs to determine their evidence in order to describe an object or event
I. Do ethnographic participants' observation effect on users? in terms of indicators?
II. Conduct open-ended interviews a. Right to privacy a. Examination
III. Administer a standardized test b. Protection from harm b. Measurement
a. I, II and III c. Coercion c. Construction
b. I and II d. Informed consent d. Introspection
c. II only Ans. : B Ans. : B
d. I only 16. Under research design, what factor is useful 25. What can be used to classify observations in
Ans. : D so that choice of topic can fill the researcher with terms of attributes, e.g. classify newspaper as
6. What method is being used to have Special enthusiasm to pursue an inquiry amid obstacles pro-administration or pro-opposition?
children become a part of the regular student until its final outcome? a. Scaling
activities? a. Commitment b. Indexing
a. Catalytic learning b. Interest c. Typology
b. Mainstreaming c. Dedication d. Validating
c. Specialization d. Scientific attitude Ans. : C
d. Alternative learning Ans. : B 26. The technique used in selecting large,
Ans. : B 17. Which step is undertaken when the representative sample of social research e.g.
7. What is used as the basis so that scientific researcher mulls over a chosen topic and election poll ranking is known as _________.
theory can be empirical and not merely purpose, thinking about aspect and dimensions a. probability sampling
speculative or opinionated? of a chosen social issue? b. non probability sampling
a. Evidence-base a. Observation c. snowball sampling
d. quota sampling 6. Is the validity of research results affected due c. North Pole Region
Ans. : A to what happens to people over time, e.g. d. Antarctica
27. Which is sampling technique in studying a participants in class achievement getting worse? Ans. : C
sub-set of a large population that can show a a. Testing 17. Know as the Land of the Aztecs was the
meaningful result, e.g. by interviewing some b. Statistical regression _________.
people during a rally? c. History a. Valley of Mexico
a. snowball sampling d. Diffusion b. Yucatan Peninsula
b. Judgmental sampling Ans. : B c. California
c. Quota sampling 7. Arrange the logical sequence of steps in d. South America
d. Non probability sampling constructing an index measurement e.g. to Ans. : A
Ans. : B determine degrees in political activism: 18. The great temple of the Khmer is located in
28. Which sampling technique is used by I. Index analysis ___________.
selecting a few members of a target population, II. Select items to measure variable a. Indonesia
e.g. migrant workers you meet at the airport? III. Examine relationship of indices b. Chang Mai
a. Judgmental sampling IV. Index validation c. Angkor
b. Quota sampling a. II, III, IV and I d. Java
c. Snowball sampling b. I, II, II and IV Ans. : C
d. Probability sampling c. IV, III, II and I 19. The term New World applies to _________.
Ans. : C d. III, IV, I and II a. South America
29. What sampling technique helps determine Ans. : A b. North America
the proportion of the population by use of a 8. What pattern results from your data that c. European Union
matrix and relative proportion for each cell, e.g. show, e.g. how often child abuse committed in a d. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
interviewing a few people who meet the region? Ans. : B
characteristics of being non-religious? a. Processes 20. If the tarsiers are found in Bohol, the
a. Quota sampling b. Frequencies tamaraws are found in _________?
b. Purposive sampling c. Magnitude a. Mindoro
c. Probability sampling d. Consequences b. Davao
d. Snowball sampling Ans. : B c. Cagayan
Ans. : A 9. What pattern results from you data that show d. Palawan
30. What is the grouping of units composing a e.g. levels of child abuse in community? Ans. : A
population into homogenous groups before a. Processes 21. Which is the Mindanao province that is
sampling in order to achieve a greater degrees b. Frequencies known as the first seat of Islam in Philippines?
of representativeness? c. Magnitude a. Zamboanga
a. Indexing d. Consequences b. Tawi-Tawi
b. Scaling Ans. : C c. Sulu
c. Weighting 10. What is part of instruction which gives due d. Basilan
d. Stratification consideration to differences interests, abilities Ans. : C
Ans. : D and needs of learning? 22. Why is the Nile known as an "international"
1. Which affects the validity of research results a. Remedial river?
due to external events, e.g. popularity decline of b. Experimental a. It supplies water and productivity to Egypt
a senator accused of illegal drug involvement? c. Adaptive and Sudan
a. Testing d. Experiential b. It is the longest river in the world
b. Maturation Ans. : C c. It crosses eleven countries in Southeast Africa
c. History 11. Copernicus' book "de Revolutionibus" d. Its waters flow into the Mediterranean Ocean
d. Statistical regression proposed the thesis that________. Ans. : C
Ans. : C a. the earth is the center of the universe 23. Prior to the Amazon River being recognized
2. If it rains, the ground gets wet. Today, the b. the earth revolves around the sun as the longest river in the world, which was
ground is wet. Therefore, it rained. Is this a c. the earth is round known as the world's longest river artery in the
correct thinking? d. the moon revolves around the earth world?
a. Yes, what else will make the ground wet if not Ans. : B a. Cagayan river
rain itself. b. Yangtze river
b. Yes, because if it rains, the ground surely gets c. Yellow river
wet. 12. A modern city in North Africa is _________ . d. Nile river
c. Yes, because the ground is wet today and so it a. Cape Town Ans. : D
must have rained yesterday. b. Johannesburg 24. William Shakespeare was from England,
d. No, because the ground may have been wet c. Cairo while Edgar Allan Poe was from __________.
by something else other than rain. d. Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan a. United States
Ans. : D Ans. :C b. Great Britain
3. Which is an example of an objective truth? 13. Baghdad is to Iraq and ______ is in Syria. c. France
a. The earth is the center of the universe. a. Jordan d. Ireland
b. The earth is a sphere. b. Turkey Ans. : A
c. The earth is flat. c. Yemen 25. What was the name of our islands as it first
d. The earth will survive forever. d. Damascus appeared in a rare map published in 1554 at
Ans. : B Ans. : D Venice by Giovanni Battista Ramusio an Italian
4. Is the validity of research results affected due 14. The east-west _________ line encircles the geographer?
to people continually changing e.g. getting earth and divides it into two equal parts or a. Philippines
older, more wealthy, etc.? Yes, because of hemispheres. b. Filipinas
________? a. longitude c. Philippines Islands
a. experimental mortality b. equator d. Philippine archipelago
b. testing c. meridian Ans. : B
c. selection biases d. latitude 26. In a land area of 115,707 square miles, the
d. maturation Ans. : C Philippines is almost as large as ________.
Ans. : D 15. A narrow water connection between to large a. Italy
5. Is the validity of research results affected due bodies of water is a _______. b. Spain
to participants dropping out of the e.g. a. strait c. United States
experimental or control group? Yes, because of b. gulf d. Greece
_________? c. river Ans. : A
a. history d. bay 27. In its land area of 115,707 square mile, the
b. instrumentation Ans. : B Philippines is twice as big as _________.
c. experimental mortality 16. Where is the Arctic Region found? a. Italy
d. testing a. Euro-Asiatic Region b. Britain
Ans. : C b. South Pole Region c. Greece
d. Germany 7. Which is regarded as the Queen of the 18. Of seven continents in the world, the largest
Ans. : C Philippine Orchids? is _______ and the smallest is ________
28. On a sunny day, what island i visible from a. Liwayway a. Africa :: Antartica
Y'Ami, the northernmost isle of the Philippines? b. Tarhata b. Asia :: Australia
a. Japan c. Waling-waling c. North America :: South America
b. Taiwan d. Sampaguita d. Europe : Oceania
c. Hong Kong Ans. : C Ans. : B
d. South Korea 8. The Queen of Philippine fruits is the 19. The largest and second largest of the
Ans. : B _________. world's island are ________.
a. durian a. Greenland and New Guinea
b. lanzones b. Borneo and Madagascar
29. Signed by 117 states in c. mango c. Baffin and Sumatra
1982,the__________ gave recognition to the d. macopa d. Honshu and Great Britain
Philippines along the archipelago principle that Ans. : B Ans. : A
its islands and natural features are a single 9. The King of Jungle Fruits in the Philippines is 20. The fixed system of _________ time was
geographic unit. the _________. developed in 1884 in order to follow new and
a. UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the a. saging faster methods of communication and travel.
Law of the Sea) b. dalandan a. analog
b. UN (United Nation) c. durian b. local
c. SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) d. duhat c. standard
d. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Ans. : C d. digital
Nations) 10. The Philippine national flower is the Ans. : C
Ans. : A _________. 21. Due to similar birth and death rates,
30. The 1982 United Nations Convention on the a. ilang-ilang ________ has a zero rate of natural increase in
Law of the Sea designated a _________ b. sampaguita population.
Exclusive Economic Zone of water around the c. tsampaka a. Philippines
Philippine archipelago for sovereign right to d. walling-walling b. United Kingdom
explore, conserve and manage natural resources Ans. : B c. United States
of ocean, seabed and subsoil. 11. The national tree and queen of the d. Japan
a. 1000-mile belt Philippine trees is the _________. Ans. : B
b. 100-mile belt a. Kawayan 22. Under which category does the Philippines
c. 500-mile belt b. taguili fall?
d. 200-mile belt c. narra a. Landlocked State
Ans. : D d. molave b. Island State
1. The coastline of islands in the Philippines is Ans. : C c. Coastal State
twice that of the ________. 12. The Arabs, who where excellent d. Archipelagic State
a. Africa geographers and navigators, perfected the Ans. : D
b. Caribbean Islands ________ a navigation instrument to determine 23. Which statement holds TRUE of the
c. United States the altitude of stars and planets. Philippines?
d. Europe a. astrolable a. The Philippines is far from the equator
Ans. : C b. compass b. The Philippines is clear and below the equator
2. The highest mountain in the Philippines c. telescope c. The Philippines is clear and above the equator
standing at 9,600 feet is _________. d. sunglass d. The Philippines is far below the equato
a. Mt. Mayon Ans. : A Ans. : C
b. Mt. Apo 13. Which is a Chinese-dominated former British 24. Environmentalists and linguists are in search
c. Mt. Pinatubo colony Asian economic power which serves as a of "Filipinizing" an unfamiliar term that came up
d. Mt. Kanlaon financial center and a major harbor for trade during typhoon Yolanda. What is the term?
Ans. : B because of its strategic location? a. Tsunami
3. The longest river in the Philippines is a. Japan b. Storm signal
_____________. b. Taiwan c. Field research
a. Panpanga River c. Philippines d. Storm surge
b. Pasig River d. Singapore Ans. : D
c. Cagayan River Ans. : D 25. Nobel Prize Laureate Elinor Ostrom asserts a
d. Iligan River 14. Which one is an exemplary nation of tourism viable formula for getting people of various
Ans. : C and a superpower of finances and gold? backgrounds to work together for the
4. Intervening the dry and wet seasons in the a. Canada common good. This is known as the _________.
Philippines are months from__________ known b. Great Britain a. common goals/objectives
as the Philippine springtime, the most delightful c. France b. collective action
season of the years. d. Switzerland c. common pool resource
a. November to February Ans. : D d. collective bargaining
b. April to June 15. About 85% of gigantic waves called Ans. : C
c. June to August tsunamis occur in the _________. 26. In the United Nations conference on the Law
d. January to March a. Pacific Ocean of the Sea, which group stood together against
Ans. : A b. China Sea the doctrine that the international seabed and
5. The largest flower in the world is the one-foot c. Atlantic Ocean their resource are the "common heritage of
diameter ______ which grows wild in the forests d. Indian Ocean mankind?"
of Mindanao. Ans. : A a. Developing countries
a. kamuning 16. The Philippines lies on the _______ an area b. Developed countries
b. banaba where many volcanoes are active. c. ASEAN
c. kakawate a. rift valley d. Afro-Asian
d. pungapung b. tectonic zone Ans. : A
Ans. : D c. ring of fire 27. Geographers measure landforms by
6. Which of Bohol is reputed to be the smallest d. epicenter _______ or height above the surface of the
monkey in the world? Ans. : C ocean and by _______ from the ocean depth.
a. Zebronkey 17. The continuous masses of land surrounded by a. range :: width
b. Pilandut big bodies of water on the earth's surface is b. height :: depth
c. Tarsius known as __________. c. elevation :: sea level
d. Bubalus a. peninsula d. altitude :: longitude
b. continents Ans. : C
c. archipelago 28. Orographic _____ takes place when a
Ans. : C d. hemisphere moving mass of earth is forced to go up because
Ans. : B
of topographic barriers, (ranges, mountains, hill, 8. An ideal tool for teachers and students of 19. These countries have year-round humid
etc.) geography is the _______ because it is a scale tropical climate with heavy rainfall and high
a. freezing model of the three dimensions of the earth. temperatures all year long EXCEPT _______.
b. cooling a. equal area map a. Tanzania
c. warming b. Color map b. India
d. heating c. Globe c. Zaire
Ans. : B d. World land mass map d. Central Africa
29. Glacier _________ are formed by deposit Ans. :C Ans. : B
of continental glaciers. 9. The condition of the air at any time is the 20. These countries have very dry or arid
a. plains __________. climate with little or no rain falls during the year
b. deposits a. weather EXCEPT ________.
c. mass b. climate a. Saudi Arabia
d. peaks c. season b. Sudan
Ans. : A d. atmosphere c. Zaire
30. The largest ocean which covers more than a Ans. : A d. Gobi desert
third of the earth's surface is the _______ 10. The pattern of changes of weather over a Ans. : C
Ocean. number of years is the __________ . 21. Half the sphere that divides the earth into
a. Indian a. atmosphere two from north to south and from east to west is
b. Atlantic b. season the _________.
c. Pacific c. climate a. equator
d. Arctic d. temperature b. hemisphere
Ans. : C Ans. : C c. meridian
1. The smallest ocean in the world is the 11. The number of daytime hours and night time d. tropic zone
________ ocean. hours is exactly equal all over the world during Ans. : B
a. Pacific the _________. 22. Worth preserving because they supply most
b. Indian a. equinox of the world's supply of oxygen are _________.
c. Atlantic b. summer solstice a. oceanic ecosystems
d. Arctic c. midnight sun b. grasslands
Ans. : D d. tropic of cancer c. rain forests
2. A great body of salty water smaller than an Ans. : A d. mountain ecosystems
ocean, more or less landlocked is a _________. 12. In the northern hemisphere, the shortest day Ans. : C
a. bay and longest night of he year is the __________. 23. Only few groups of people have settled in
b. gulf a. equinox arctic regions because environment is
c. sea b. midnight sun ___________.
d. lake c. winter solstice a. harsh
Ans. : C d. tropic of cancer b. unbalanced
3. It is important that the South China Sea is not Ans. : C c. nocturnal
militarized by China or any other country 13. The process of water constantly moving from d. cramp
because it is a _________ between East Asian ocean to air to land and back to the ocean is Ans. : A
countries and Southeast Asia. called ____________. 24. Which of these relationships between human
a. canal a. transpiration activities and our natural resources cause
b. sea-lane b. hydraulic cycle degradation and imbalance of the ecosystem?
c. channel c. evaporation This one more directly relates to reduction of
d. demarcation d. precipitation biological habitat:
Ans. : B Ans. : B a. Unregulated irrigation :: agricultural products
4. The warm ocean current that moderates 14. The change of water vapor to rain, snow or b. Illegal logging :: forest cover
surface temperatures of the cold waters of the hail is known as ________. c. Unrestrained mining :: mineral resources
Pacific off the coast of Peru was called a. transpiration d. Use of banned pesticides :: farming
________ because of occurs around Christmas. b. condensation Ans. : B
a. Paskua c. precipitation 25. Polluted air from smoke belching of vehicles
b. La Nina d. evaporation and industries can fall to the earth as
c. Monsoon Nino Ans. : A __________.
d. Peru Current 15. Prevailing winds called __________ blow in a. ice sleets
Ans. : C special patterns that change with the seasons. b. hail storms
5. A condition when sea surface temperatures in a. tropical winds c. acid rain
the Pacific are low and the trade winds are very b. cross winds d. drizzles
strong is called _________. c. seasonal winds Ans. : C
a. El Nino d. trade winds 26. Why didn't the United States and Australia
b. La Nina Ans. : D sign the Kyoto Protocol to slash greenhouse
c. Monsoon drift 16. A storm is called __________ in the Atlantic gasses by 5.2 percent before 2012?
d. Tropical Stream region and ________ in the Pacific area. a. Global warming is a myth.
Ans. : B a. cyclone :: monsoon b. It would hurt their economy.
6. El Nino has bought economic disasters by the b. Atlantic storm :: Pacific storm c. Only non-industrialized countries can comply.
way of severe _______ over the western c. convergence :: divergence d. They are already cutting green house gas
tropical Pacific region and ________ over the d. hurricane :: typhoon emissions
eastern Pacific, as well as unusual weather Ans. : D Ans. : B
conditions in the world. 17. Air in motion is ________, while water in 27. These can offset uneven distribution and
a. tsunamis :: flashflood motion is _________. growth of population in countries EXCEPT
b. typhoons :: landslide a. moisture :: waves _________.
c. droughts :: floods b. weather :: climate a. recycling
d. earthquake :: tremors c. wind :: current b. conservation
Ans. : C d. humid :: cold c. production
7. The most common map used by geography is Ans. : D d. alternative resources
the ________ because it is a scale model of the 18. These countries dry-summer subtropical Ans. : C
three dimensions of the earth. Mediterranean climate EXCEPT __________. 28. Earthquake prediction at early and short
a. Equal area map a. Italy time periods today is on a __________ basis.
b. Mercator map b. Greece a. measured validity
c. Polar projections c. Germany b. scientific accuracy
d. Colored map d. France c. hit-and-run
Ans. : D Ans. : C d. instrument reliability
Ans. : C
29. These are recognized natural agents of b. Jose Rizal :: Laguna 20. These are the cultural relationships in the
erosion EXCEPT _________. c. Manuel Quezon :: Quezon City Negros Region EXCEPT ________ :
a. water d. Macario Sakay :: Mountain of Rizal a. Bacolod City :: Maskara festival
b. wind Ans. : C b. Cadiz City :: sugar central
c. ice 10. The behavioral cause of the diminishing c. Baiz City :: what and dolphin watching
d. plants agriculture economy in the Calabarzon region is d. Silay City :: ancestral houses
Ans. : D the __________. Ans. : B
30. Why were the various regions of the country a. growth of manufacturing and light-tech 21. The most active volcano in Negros Region is
created as subdivisions of the nation? industries _________ :
a. economic groupings b. urbanization in lifestyle and occupation a. Hibok-hibok
b. cultural affinity c. focus on tourism promotion of historical sites b. Mayon
c. administrative convenience d. pollution unfavorable to crops c. Kanlaon
d. similar language/dialect Ans. : B d. Apo
Ans. : C 11. Why are lush forest of the mountain ranges Ans. : C
1. Among 17 regional subdivisions of the of Aklan, Antique and Capiz described as 22. Desiring to be third force in the balance of
Philippines, which is unique in having its own "accessibility impaired?" water between U.S. and Russia, conferences in
governor and legislative assembly? a. No travelers can pollute them. Bandung (1955), Belgrade (1961) and Cario
a. ARMM b. Environment is green. (1964) advanced policy positions for security
b. Calabarzon c. Cutters and poachers can't reach them. and peace, EXCEPT ___________.
c.NCR d. Good for adventure sports. a. peaceful coexistence
d. Davao Region Ans. : C b. new world order
Ans. : A 12. What is the long-term initiative that placed c. general disarmament
2. These are reasons why our Muslim brothers in Western Visayas out of the "hotspot areas" for d. anti-colonialism
the Southern Philippines deserve autonomy illegal logging? Ans. : B
EXCEPT for their ________. a. Surveillance and Monitoring 23. The grassroots liberation movement in Latin-
a. own cultural identify b. Confiscation of illegally cut trees. America focused a bipolarity peace and
b. traditional Muslim homeland c. Prohibition of possession of forest products progress that focused on eliminating
c. repelling Hispanic and American colonial d. Reforestation __________ in development.
incursions Ans. : D a. social injustice
d. animosity between mainland and Sulu 13. Among advocacy materials posted in public b. extreme poverty
archipelago Muslims places, which directly relate to health c. multi-faceted dependency
Ans. : D awareness? d. industrial backwardness
3. Among prospects in the Cordillera Region, a. No smoking Ans. : C
which is a proven economic prospect? b. Barya lang po sa umaga 24. Which virtue of the Filipina was MOST
a. Metro Baguio and Easter Cordillera Growth c. Priority Seats for Pregnant Women congruent to the revolutionary ideals of the
Corridor d. PWD and Senior Citizen signs Katipunan duing the Hispanic period?
b. Tourism in Baguio City as summer capital of Ans. : A a. Josephine Bracken :: martial devotion
the country 14. The ___________ reverly experience makes b. Teodora Alonzo :: motherly move
c. Rice Terraces UNESCO Rice Terraces World the Anti-Atihan pre-Lenten festival popular even c.Maria Clara :: purity
Heritage Site for foreign tourists. d. Tandang Sora :: self sacrifice
d. Metallic and non-metallic mineral resources a. Black Nazarene Ans. : D
Ans.: B b. Lenten 25. Which has proven to be effective in
4.What is the highest mountain in Luzon? c. Mardi-gras lessening vehicle volume in the main
a. Mt. Buhi :: Sorsogon d. Marian transportation arties in Metro Manila?
b. Mt. Mayon :: Albay Ans. B a. Efficient licensing
c. Mt. Pinatubo ::Zambales 15. East Visayas Region VII is recognized as one b. Color Coding
d. Mt. Pulag :: Benguet of the ________ exporting regions in the c. Prohibition against illegal parking
Ans. : D country. d. Apprehension and surveillance
5. Not among the World Heritage Sites in the a. handicraft Ans. : B
Ilocos region is ________ : b. fish 26. Prior to the advent of liberal values in the
a. Santa Maria Church c. coal 1960s, who or what is the center of authority in
b. Paoay Church d. sinamay the Filipino family?
c. Vigan Ans. : B a. Father :: patriarchal society
d. Hunderd Islands Nation Park 16. Among landmarks with historical significance b. Mother :: matriarchal society
Ans. : D in East Visayas is __________. c. Parents :: familial society
6. With its agro-industrial business the province a. Santo Nino Shrine d. Family :: nuclear society
of ______ has the biggest contribution to the b. Agas-Agas bridge Ans. : A
economic development in the Ilocos region. c. Lake Danao 27. The Churches do not totally oppose planned
a. Pangasinan d. MacArthur Landing Memorial parenthood, but they limit birth control methods
b. Ilocos Norte Ans. : D through _______.
c. Ilocos Sur 17. Originating in East Visayas region is the a. contraceptives
d. La Union national dance ______ . b. abstinence
Ans. : A a. Itik-Itik c. sterilization
7. The Presidents of the Republic hailed from b. kuratsa d. castration
Ilocano provinces EXCEPT _________. c. tinikling Ans. : B
a. Ferdinand Marcos d. pandang 28. The stage of population growth with a
b. Elpidio Quirino Ans. : C natural increase in birth rate lower than one (1)
c. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 18. From East Visayas Region, which is NOT the percent coupled with death rate power than the
d. Fidel B. Ramos right relationship in cultural knowledge? birth rate occurs in the following situations
Ans. C a. Kuratsa :: waray dance EXCEPT through __________.
8. Which province in Central Luzon can continue b. Dandansoy :: balad a. birth control
to advance the claim that the region is the Rice c. Tinikling :: bamboo pole b. war
Granary of the Philippines? d. Irog nga Tuna :: partriotic song c. famine
a. Bataan Ans. : C d. epidemic
b. Nueva Ecija 19. These are reasons why Negros Occidental Ans. : A
c. Tarlac and Negros Oriental were made into one 29. Which layer of fertile soil is needed in order
d. Zambales integrated region EXCEPT _________: to grow crops in a vegetable garden?
Ans. : B a. one dialect a. clay-like
9. Which is NOT a right relationship between b. holistic development b. leached
national figures and their province base in c. tourism promotion c. humus
Calabarzon region is _________: d. peace and order management d. rocky
a. Emilio Aguinaldo : Cavate Ans. : A Ans. : C
30. These are major reasons why Northern a. Melbourne d. water
Mindanao is the largest regional economy in b. London Ans. : B
Mindanao EXCEPT __________. c. Washington D.C. 21. Sociologist and environmentalists predict that
a. Multinational companies :: investments d. New Delhi typhoons will be strong, even stronger than
b. white water surfing :: adventure sports Ans. : B Yolanda, as the atmosphere of the earth
c. hydroelectric plants :: energy 11. Which country is closest to the center of the continues to heat up. Typhoon Yolanda, as the
d. airport and seaport terminals :: travel and water hemisphere of the earth? atmosphere of the earth continues to heat up?
commerce a. India Typhoon Yolanda had gusts of ________ kph
Ans. : B b. Indonesia making it the strongest typhoon in the country's
1. Among cities in Central Mindanao is the highly c. New Zealand history.
urbanized _________ and the resource which d. Philippines a. 573
gave it fame. Ans. : C b. 395
a. Tacurong :: bird sanctuary 12. Asia, Africa and ________ belong to the c. 735
b. Kidipawan :: spring in the highland eastern hemisphere of the earth. d. 375
c. General Santos City :: yellow tuna a. Australia Ans. :D
d. Koronadal :: sports mecca b. North America 22. In Sociology we develop our capacity to
Ans. : C c. South America attain _________ wisdom through knowledge-
2. These are true of Davao City EXCEPT d. Canada based research.
_________. Ans. : A a. traditional
a. largest city in area (2,444 klm) in the 13. In reading a map, what is the symbol for a b. folk
Philippines capital city? c. conventional
b. most populous (1.6 M) of cities in Visayas- a. triangle d. empirical
Mindanao b. dot Ans. : D
c. most populous in Mindanao c. square 23. Research-based knowledge about social and
d. largest city in area (2,444 klm) in the world d. circled star social patters can replace __________.
Ans. : D Ans. : D a. traditional values
3. It is important that China does not militarize 14. When the African government kept races b. folk wisdom
the South China Sea because it is a _________ apart, giving all economic and political power to c. superstition
connecting East Asian countries with Southeast white citizens, it imposed _________. d. conventional practices
Asia. a. clannishness Ans. : C
a. sea lane b. racial discrimination 24. What do you call the diagrams of kinship
b. Philippine territory c. apartheid relations and maps to show how the people are
c. fishery resource d. caste in communities are related to one another?
d. natural oil reserve Ans. : C a. Genealogies
Ans. : A 15. The three islands of the Philippines follow b. Graphics
4. If the ozone layer in the stratosphere is this order of rank from the largest to those lesser c. Organizers
destroyed, the earth will become _________ to in land area: d. Spider map
support life. I. Luzon, Mindanao and Samar Ans. : A
a. too polluted II. Mindanao, Luzon and Cebu 25. To prevent ethnocentrism, anthropologists
b. too cold III. Visayan islands, Luzon and Mindanao and sociologists advocate cross-cultural
c. too hot IV. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao understanding through a concept known as
d. too cloudy a. I __________ .
Ans. : C b. II a. cultural relativism
5. One of the most destructive volcanic eruptions c. III b. ethnical relativism
of the 20th century in the Philippines is that of d. IV c. global solidarity
__________. Ans. : A d. acculturation
a. Taal Volcano 16. Among unfulfilled goals of Socialist Ans. : D
b. Mt. Pinatubo Communism not achieved even today in Russia, 26. One reason why we do not progress as a
c. Hibok-Hibok North Korea and China is __________. nation is due to management by exception
d. Mt. Apo a. dictatorship of the Communist Party syndrome. What does management by
Ans. : B b. state power by revolutionist leaders exception syndrome mean?
6. What in nature should we be ultimately c. revolutionary struggle of a nation a. The rules are for everybody except to the
thankful for fresh water in out faucets? d. prosperity of the working clas manager
a. Meltwater Ans. : D b. Apply the rule selectively.
b. River water source 17. The correct measure of true development is c. Applies the rule to all.
c. Rain water __________. d. Change the rule. It is more of an exception.
d. Water reservoir a. economic progress Ans. : B
Ans. : C b. human development 27. "He who does not know to look to the past
7. When does the day begin and end? c. political sovereignty will never reach destination." To which Filipino
a. Midnight d. social equality trait does this point?
b. Midday Ans. : B a. Pakikiisa
c. subsistence 18. To what level do nations belong when their b. Manana Habit
d. slash-and-burn gross national product ( GNP) has risen to higher c. Pakikipagkapwa-tao
Ans. : A levels but below level of industrialized nations? d. Utang na loob
8. When our farmers grow crops to feed a. Second World Ans. : A
themselves short of making profit, they are b. First World 28. Which Filipino trait is laziness disguised in
known s _____ farmers. c. Third World religious grab?
a. tenant d. Fourth World a. Utang na loob
b. small Ans. : C b. Manana Habit
c. subsistence 19. To what level do nations belong when their c. Bahala na
d. slash-and-burn annual per capita income is less than US d. Pakikisama
Ans. : C $200.00? Ans. : C
9. Which country has recorded a rural a. Second World 29. One of the Filipino's favorite word is "kasi"
population extremely higher (91%) compares b. Third World (because). This word implies __________.
with the urban population (9%). c. Fourth World I. making a scapegoat out of someone or
a. Brunei d. First World something
b. Bangladesh Ans. : C II. evading responsibility
c. Burma 20. The great power of tides rushing up arrow III. posting of action
d. Australia inlets of bays can be used produce ________ . a. I-II
Ans. : B a. light b. I-III
10. Which city is at the center of the land b. electricity c. II-III
hemisphere of the earth? c. heat d. I
Ans. : A a. Personal stress. d. homosexuality as a deviant behavior
30. According to one another, we Filipinos do b. Achievement is stimulated Ans. : B
not learn because our messages create what c. Cooperation is reduced 18. Which type of family is more prevalent in
psychologist call cognitive dissonance. Which d. Social inequalities is encouraged. the third world than in industrialized countries?
behavior demonstrates cognitive dissonance? Ans. : B a. extended family
a. Our Political leaders spend most of their time 10. What group is Characterized by intimate, b. nuclear family
arguing. face-to-face interaction? c. family of orientation
b. Parents act as role models for their children. a. Primary d. family of procreation
c. Teacher tells students to some on time but b. Aggregate Ans. : A
comes late. c. Gesselschaft 19. Persistent nepotism in our society is generally
d. There is so much division in the country. d. Bureaucracy explained as repayment to family members of a
Ans. : C Ans. : A debt of gratitude which to Filipinos is termed :
1. Filipinos tend to look at the world and nature a. hiya
as peopled by supernatural being and b. ningas cogon
governed y forces above him. They manifest 11. What do you call the feeling of c. utang-na-loob
_________. disorganization and frustration that an overseas d. bahala na
a. particularism contract worker may experience when he Ans. : C
b. personalism encounters entirely different patterns of 20. There is a revival through cooperatives of
c. nonrationalism behavior, ideas, and artifacts at his destination social unity, neighborliness and mutual
d. rationalism in a foreign country? helpfulness of Filipinos where they voluntarily
Ans. : C a. Cultural integration work together and pool their resources to
2. Which refers to the total way of life share by b. Cultural shock achieve shared goals. This Filipino practice is
members of a society? c. Assimilation known as :
a. Sociology d. Discrimination a. compadre system
b. Biosociology Ans. : B b. barangay
c. Race 12. Punishment is form of social control. If death c. amor propio
d. Culture penalty is imposed to scare offenders and the d. bayanihan
rest of society into following the rules, the Ans. : D
purpose of punishment is _________. 21. There forcible expulsion of a particular
Ans. : D a. retribution ethnic group from a certain territory is termed as
3. Which are the shared rules of conduct that b. deterrence :
specify how people outh to think and act called? c. reformation a. ethnic cleansing
a. Norms d. prevention b. ethnocentrism
b. Values Ans. : B c. genocide
c. Sanctions 13. Emile Durcheim believed that major cause of d. racial prejudice
d. Subcultures suicide in industrialized nations was the situation Ans. : A
Ans. : A where the norms of society are unclear or no 22. Which of the following consists of unwelcome
4. Which when violated may cause the violator longer applicable to current conditions. He sexual advances, requests for sexual favors,
to be regarded as eccentric, weir, or crazy? called this situation __________. verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature?
a. Folkways a. taboo a. Prostitution
b. Mores b. anomie b. Sex discrimination
c. Laws c. tecnic way c. Sexual harassment
d. Institutions d. deviance d. Pornography
Ans. : A Ans. : B Ans. : C
5. Which of the following does NOT accurately 14. Wealth, prestige, and power- much 23.Which one is positive trends in the area of
describe the true nature of culture? unequally distributed in third world countries like Philippines politics?
a. Culture is learned from interaction with other the Philippines- are the bases of divisions into a. Shift is role of government from a regulatory
people. social classes. This patterned inequality is called agency to a facilitative role through
b. Culture is tell us how we ought to act and __________. deregulation and privatization
believe. a. social movement b. Growing influence of crime lords in political
c. Culture is transmitted through biological b. social stratification governance
inheritance. c. social problem c. Empowerment of local government units
d. Culture helps us solve problems and adapt to d. social mobility d. AC
our environment. Ans. : B Ans. : D
Ans. : C 15. Philippine social development efforts 24. For those who desire change, __________
6. Social institutions are enduring social structures include anti- poverty and pro-poor programs. In should be the practical advocacy amid social
that provide ready-made arrangements to meet determining who are the poor and how poor are and political upheavals in the country and the
basic human problems. Which of these basic the poor, the government fixes the amount of world.
social institutions provides community money a family would need to meet the minimum a. social reforms
coordination, law and order, and defense? requirements of a decent standard of living. b. religious conversion
a. the family What do you call this amount so fixed? c. cultural reformation
b. the economy a. Relative poverty d. state alliances
c. religion b. Per capital income Ans. : A
d. government c. Culture of poverty 25. What can be a practical initiative as an
Ans. : D Ans. : C application of Robert Merton's proposition that
7. Which element of social structure refers to a 16. Legislations grating special privileges to couples should be clear about hidden functions
set of norms specifying the rights and obligations senior citizens help to neutralize prejudice and like parental obligations before marriage?
associated with a status? discrimination toward a social category based a. Disallow civil marriages.
a. value on ____________. b. Allow trial marriages
b. culture trait a. race c. Legalize divorce
c. role b. ethnicity d. Teach marital obligations in sex education
d. dysfunction c. sex Ans. : D
Ans. : C d. age 26. Human rights advocates clamor for various
8. What social process occurs when people work Ans. : D rights such as land, housing, lower oil prices, etc.
together to achieve shared goals? 17. There is a growing number of advocates of What should be taught as a counterpart of civil
a. Exchange gender sensitivity. In sociology, gender means rights?
b. Conflict ____________. a. Bayanihan by citizens
c. Competition a. a biological characteristic, male or female b. Reconciliation among parties
d. Cooperation b. the expected dispositions and behaviors that c. Civic duties
Ans. : D culture assign to each sex d. Cooperative movement
9. Which is considered as positive or favorable c. the rights and obligations for women as Ans. : C
consequences of tough competition? provided by the Constitution
27. Under the Exchange Theory (work should be b. Supernativalism d. Political criticism
warded), what advance professional work c. Personalism Ans. : D
through the effort of the Professional Regulation d. Non-radionalism 16. What attitude is needed before one
Commission? Ans. : C engages in data-gathering for
a. Board examination 7. if you keep seeing your way of doing things research?
b. Licensure examination as the right way and everybody else's as the a. Return investment for firm
c. Examination produces computerization wrong way, you tend to have the attitude called b. Corporate social responsibility
d. Outstanding professional awards __________. c. Press relations for company
Ans. : D a. cultural relativism d. Philanthropic dole-out
28. How can congressional hearings e.g. on b. ethnocentrism Ans. : B
drugs in the national penitentiary , be a scientific c. cultural pluralism 17. what attitude is needed before one engages
approach to social legislation? d. multiculturalism in data- gathering for research?
a. Seeking new approaches to public service Ans. : B a. Prejudgment on result
b. Allowing Congress to examine issues 8. On what basis is the caste system of social b. Bias on hypothesis
c. Defining provisions of laws structure and stratification? c. Open-minded skepticism
d. Scrutinizing via TV coverage a. Religious beliefs d. Inadequacy in time
Ans. : C b. Achievement status Ans. : C
29. How can social research serve policy-makers c. Ethnicity 18. When are laws said to be unscientific? When
in corporate and public sectors? d. Inherited inequality laws ________.
a. Redirect policies towards poverty alleviation Ans. : D a. serve political interests
b. Provide data for social policies 9. Which is considered as positive or favorable b. are not supported by research
c. Add professionalism among leaders consequences of tough competition? c. focus on funding allocation
d. Advance social awareness among sectors a. Personal stress d. are irrelevant
Ans. : B b. Achievement is stimulated Ans. : B
30. What is the good argument that sociologists c. Cooperation is reduced 19. How should social scientist view culture?
should not be purists and be ethnically neutral to d. Social inequalities a. Difference in mores of people
social problems e.g. poverty, human rights Ans. : B b. Refinement in the arts
violations, etc. 10. The Chinese minority group in the Philippines c. All facets of social life
a. To be neutral is to support the status quo adopts the language, history, and manners of d. Ways of ethical conduct
b. Sociology is the queen of social sciences mainstream Filipino culture as its own. What Ans. : C
c. Advance the science of sciences pattern of interaction occurs? 20. Color, emblem, gestures, designs, words are
d. Sociologists are academicians a. Alteration part of __________ language that makes man
Ans. : A b. Accommodation different from animals.
1. Without becoming actively involved in social c. Amalgamation a. symbolic
reform what can sociologists do to advance d. Acculturation b. material
social activism in their profession? Ans. : D c. denotative
a. Increase social research studies 11. Which illustrate horizontal mobility in the d. abstract
b. Improve scientific validity of researches social ladder? Ans. : A
c. Urge more recent grants a. The promotion of a teacher to principal. 21. The value marker of ___________ is
d. Make their views known public issues b. The demotion from principal to teacher. conveyed by the EDSA people power revolution.
Ans. : D c. A teacher remains as a teacher in the same a. human rights
2. Which area of sociology can be advanced so school. b. justice
that it is not merely for speculative thinking of d. A teacher leaves for the same position at c. freedom
theories and methods? another school. d. integrity
a. Population studies :: on planned parenthood Ans. : C Ans. : C
b. Applied sociology :: for social change 12. Karl Marx divided industrial society 22. What issue is controversial for church people
c. Human studies :: on social ills, e.g. drug use, into bourgeoisie and proletariat. but is a need of secular society?
crime, etc. What was one of his major bases of a. Birth control
d. Sociological theory :: for social knowledge classification? b. Social media
Ans. : B a. Gender role and classification? c. Human rights
3. To select a topic for social research, personal b. Racial and ethnic origins d. Information bill
_______ can ensure enthusiasm in completing a c. Whether or not they have royal or noble Ans. : A
selected study. blood 23. Which can explain the fact that we still
a. validity d. Whether or not they own the means of observe the nod of respect (mano po) to our
b. feasibility production elders as our forebears?
c. interest a. Punishment for lack of respect
d. relevant b. Modeling (gaya-gaya)
Ans. : C Ans. : D c. Folkways change slowly
4. An anthropologist understands other cultures 13. Which of the following may result at the d. Herd mentality
from the perspective of an insider? departure country when Ans. : C
a. Yes Filipino professionals emigrate to other 24. What constitutional reform did Filipino
b. No, should be from the point of view of an countries? constitutionalists including those who framed the
outsider a. brain drain Malolos Constitution introduce to eliminate the
c. No, should be from the point of view of an b. ethnic diversity dominance of the church over the state?
anthropologist c. population increase a. Expulsion of friars
d. Yes, if the insiders are literate. d. culture shock b. Taxation on religious schools
Ans. : A Ans. : A c. Prohibiting religious from political meddling
5. When acculturation takes place, what 14. If a Catholic researcher makes a study on d. Separation of church and state
happens? polygamy as practiced in Ans. D
a. Members of the culture adopt features of Islam, what influence will likely add subjectivity 25. What could you accept as true from the
another to his/her findings? varied propositions of Herbert Spencer?
b. Members of their culture disregard their a. Cultural gap a. Societies complete by way of survival of the
culture and adopt another? b. Economic difference fittest
c. Members of one culture look down on other c. Religious bias b. Societies develop from simplicity to
culture. d. Class distinction complexity
d. Members of one culture exclude members Ans. : C c. Social development should not be interfered
from other cultures. 15. If government sponsors a research on social by legislators
Ans. : A poverty, what factor will d. Planned change will disrupt the evolution of
6.When you judge by results regardless of your likely influence the research? society.
relations to the people involved, which Filipino a. Timeliness of study Ans. : B
trait do you counteract? b. Lack of funding
a. Particularism c. Scope of research
26. The following facts show Emile Durkheim has
reason to assume that individuals are products,
not creators of society EXCEPT __________.
a. laws impose conformity
b. man's behavior follows customs
c. moral codes declare
d. systems are made by man
Ans. : D
27. Which explains Spencer's theory of
progressive evolution of human societies?
a. Societies inevitably progress.
b. Societies have to adapt to survive or else
perish
c. Societies have to complete to survive
d. Human individuals adapt but not human
societies.
Ans. : B
28. Fr. Reuter wrote : In a survey in Asia, they
discovered that the happiest people in Asia are
the Filipinos. The most miserable are the
Japanese. The Japanese have money. We don't
have money, but we have the smile, the warm
embrace, the song, the laughter, the joy of
living." What does this prove?
a. That the Filipinos don't care are about
material wealth.
b. That the Filipinos are happy-go-lucky people.
c. That the Filipinos are rich in the treasures of
the spirit.
d. That the Filipinos are healthy and happy
people.
Ans. : C
29. If there is anything positive in "ningas-cogon"
Filipino trait, which one?
a. It makes a person detached
b. It renders one inactive
c. It makes one unable to initiate things
d. It makes one persevere
Ans. : A
30. Arctic dwellers have ice and snow houses,
and desert dwellers have animal skin tents; in
windy Batanes are heavy limestone shelters, and
in other areas are light bamboo and grass huts.
The main reason for these cultural variations is
___________.
a. isolation
b. technology
c. environment
d. biological differences
Ans. : C
1. Over population resulting from high fertility
and low mortality most likely will result in
__________.
a. women having more involvement in social
structures outside the family
b. the population becoming younger
c. shortages in the labor force
d. more successful poverty reduction programs
Ans. : B
2.One of the Definitive trends today is women's
political empowerment. Which are indicators of
political women empowerment?
I. General legislations have been enacted such
as Anti-Sexual Harassment Act.
II. The proportion of women elected to various
positions is on an upswing.
III. The women outnumber the men in the teaching
profession.
IV. International summits or conferences include
women and gender issues among the priority
development agenda.
a. I, II, III
b. II, III, IV
c. I, III, IV
d. I, II, IV
Ans. : A
3. A research conducted by International Labor
Organization found out that women-headed
households are more vulnerable to poverty. This
can be attributed to the following factors
EXCEPT ________.
a. women must combine earning an income with a. Ten Commandments are a myth.
this household b. Mores are observed as they satisfy needs.
b. women have limited access to the labor c. Observance is for the religious only.
market and narrow range of technical skills d. Mores are difficult to follow.
c. women are weaker Ans. : B
d. women have less to land, capital, and 13. Which can serve as explanation as to why
technology. people feel guilty in not observing Church
Ans. : D mores?
4. In the field of education which one is a a. We are human. (tao lamang)
positive trend in the Philippines? b. People are onion-skinned
a. Oversubscription in higher education courses c. Filipinos are religious by nature
like teacher education and commerce d. Guilt is central to religious belief.
b. Prioritization of "poorest to the poor" Ans. : D
provinces 14. Culturally, why are state laws against killing
c. Universalization of basic education similar to religious mores?
d. Virtual absence of new technologies in a. It is universal law not to kill.
classroom b. Laws can grow out of folkways and mores.
Ans. : C c. Killing is a gruesome act.
5. U.S. President Barack Obama remarked that d. Lawmakers are religious.
"immigration is in America's DNA." What did he Ans. : B
mean? 15. Which can be one reason why it is difficult to
a. He welcomes ethnic diversity pass the divorce law in the Philippines?
b. He supports a literal immigration system a. It does not reflect old folkways and mores.
c. He pledges new immigration policies b. The Philippines is a patriarchal society.
d. He confirms that America is a melting pot c. Filipinos love family and children.
Ans. : A d. Divorce is expensive due to alimony.
6. What hinder foreign and local investments? Ans. : A
a. Peace and order 16. Why do fads, fashion, craze easily come
b. Natural disasters and political conflict and go?
c. Poverty incidence a. People change a lot.
d. Inequality of social and economic b. We go with trends to stay "in".
development c. Keep in step or lose the rain.
Ans. : B d. Some norms are short-lived.
7. What was the basis of John Dewey's Ans. : D
commitment to naturalism? 17. Why do men no longer wear bell-bottom
a. James' naturalistic psychology pants and women the saya't baro?
b. Darwin's theory of evolution a. People prefer ready-to-wear clothes.
c. Hegelian idealism b. People keep abreast with style.
d. Peirce philosophical theory c. These are convenient to wear.
Ans. : B d. These are economical.
Read the test below, then answer questions 8 Ans. : B
and 9. 18. Why are awards like TOTM and TOWN
Anthropologically speaking, we are living in a necessary?
money culture. a. Award-giving is for vested interests.
Its cult and rites dominate... our laws and politics b. Publicity helps the giver.
and the incidence c. Rewards ensure norms are followed.
of human association depend upon a novel d. Awards are tax deductible.
combination of the Ans. : C
machine and money.... 19. Why are the Japanese honest, orderly and
respectful?
John Dewey a. Belief that their emperor is a god
8. What socio-economic aspect is referred to by b. Closeness to nature and virtue
Dewey? c. Dominant cultural behavior
a. Progressivism d. Repentance for past misdeeds
b. Pragmatism Ans. : C
c. Industrialism 20. What is the best method for values
d. Materialism inculcation?
Ans. : C a. Orientation
9. The text refers to people, society, and culture b. Modeling
affecting ___________ factors. c. Reflection
a. social d. Drills
b. political Ans. : C
c. educational 21. If you take a position of cultural relativism,
d. spiritual which one do you observe?
Ans. : D a. Imposing culture change as an outsider
10. Philippine society has turned secular away b. Respect for all cultural differences
from culture of Hispanic religiosity? What does c. Condoning instances mass suicide
this prove? d. Show ethnocentrism
a. Culture is not static. Ans. : B, C
b. Culture is secular 22. According to anthropologists from whom
c. Culture is not deeply rooted should change of practice come?
d. Culture is folkloric a. from within a culture
Ans. A b. from outside a culture
11. What influence made Filipinos today use c. from religious leaders
utensils and not eat with their hands? d. from educational leaders
a. Hygienic need Ans. : A
b. Chinese tradition 23. With rapid globalization and tough business
c. American influence competition, Filipino business orientations are
d. Fast food culture becoming more:
Ans. : C a. fatalistic
12. Which can explain why the Ten b. personal
Commandments are always observed? c. manipulative
d. traditional 3. Singapore's head of state is the _____ while a. R.A. 10523
Ans. : C the head of government is the _____ . b. R.A. 10157
24. With industrialization a must possible future a. prime minister : king c. R.A. 10533
Philippines political cultural scenario if without b. prime minister :: president d. R.A. 10154
interventions shall be : c. king :: prime minister Ans. : C
I. erosive of family value d. president :: prime minister 14. To ensure the sustainability of public and
II. physical dislocation of families Ans. : D private educational institutions during the
III. preference to foreign ways and tastes 4. What is the legal age for entering marriage transition from 10 years basic education to 12
IV. insurgency under the Family Code? years, which agencies formulated guidelines for
a. III, IV a. 16 for boys, 18 for girls the full protection of rights, welfare and benefits
b. II, III b. 24. of affected academic and non-academic
c. I, II c. 18 for girls , 23 for boys personnel?
d. I, IV d. 18 a. DILG-DOLE-CHED-COCOPEA
Ans. : C Ans. : D b. DOLE-DepEd-TESDA-CHED
25. During the Marcos regime, what shift in form c. DepEd-TESDA-CHED
of government was made that introduced the d. CHED-DOLE- PRC
new positions of a prime minister and single 5. What is the most widely known protocol on Ans. : B
legislative body of assemblymen? international environmental agreement? 15. Which Act abolished Grade 7 in the basic
a. Constitutional a. Brussels education structure?
b. Federal b. Kyoto a. R.A. 4670
c. Parliamentary c. Rio de Janeiro b. Education Act of 1982
d. Welfare state d. Manila c. Education Act of 1940
Ans. : C Ans. : B d. R.A. 7610
26. Which constitutional safeguard exists such 6. Among the signatories in Asian Environmental Ans. : C
that the executive can turn down legislative Compliance and Enhancement Network which 16. Essentially, the Spanish encomienda was a
measures and Congress can move to remove the nation deserves to demonstrate significant grant for receiving _________ from the people
President. commitment as a leading industrial country in the but not ownership of land of the land.
a. Check-and-balance world? a. tenancy
b. Boycott a. South Korea b. labor services
c. Veto power b. Singapore c. tribute
d. Welfare state c. China d. servitude
Ans. : A d. Philippines Ans. : C
27. Which privilege gives any person in the Ans. : C 17. Among the greatest achievement of the
Philippines to be bodily presented in court for 7. The most powerful man in the Malaysian American military government in the Philippines
charges of a crime for which he has right of government is the _________. was pacification of the islands and laying down
counsel ad trial? a. prime minister the foundation of a civil regime that introduced
a. ex-post facto law b. king various measures EXCEPT ________.
b. writ of habeas corpus c. government a. local election with Philippine flag raised
c. fourth amendment d. president b. free elementary schools
d. writ of habeas data Ans. : A c. civil courts including the Supreme Court
Ans. : B 8. The Malaysian monarch exercises powers d. local towns and provinces
28. Which state gave the Philippines the first upon advance by the _______. Ans. A
recognition as an independent republic that was a. governors 18. In 1900 the Federal Party was established
formally inaugurated during World War II? b. sultans by R. H. Pardo de Tavera and other leaders to
a. China c. prime minister work for several measures EXCEPT _________.
b. United States d. parliament a. Federal Party as first political party
c. Japan Ans. : C b. recognition of first Philippine republic
d. Spain 9. Indonesia's President Suhartio introduced the c. restoration of peace
Ans. : C ________ administration which had economic d. Philippines as state in the U.S. Union
29. During the Hispanic era, who can directly growth due to U.S. support and foreign direct Ans. : B
check abuses of the governor general and cause investments. 19. By 1900 some patriots with Apolinario
immediate punishment of corrupt Spanish a. Great Society Mabini did not reconcile with American rule and
officials? b. New Order did not accept any positions in civil government,
a. Visitador or investigating officer c. New Society prompting the American government to
b. Viceroy of Mexico d. Grand Alliance _________ them to Guam.
c. Spanish friars Ans. : B a. incarcerate
d. Royal Audiencia 10. Which law promulgates a comprehensive b. execute
Ans. : A policy and a national system for early childhood c. exile
30. The tribute was a symbol of vassalage by care and development? d. emigrate
families and unmarried native Filipinos, who in a. R.A. 7836 Ans. : C
the beginning paid reales equivalent to _____ in b. R.A. 7610 20. While the Royal Audiencia was the powerful
money or kind. c. R.A. 8980 Supreme Court during the Hispanic regime, its
a. fifty pesos d. R.A. 9238 power was supreme in _________.
b. one peso Ans. : C a. restricting Chinese immigration
c. ten pesos 11. Which law institutionalizes the kindergarten b. ordering people to comply with religious
d. hundred pesos education into the basic education system? duties
Ans. : B a. R.A. 10167 c. acting as governor-general during vacancy of
1. Under whose presidency was the family Code b. R.A. 10148 the position
Philippines promulgated? c. R.A. 10165 d. auditing expenses of the colonial government
a. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo d. R.A. 10157 Ans. : C
b. Fidel V. Ramos Ans. : D 21. The tribute became very onerous owing to
c. Corazon C. Aquino 12. What national policy establishes an various excess by collectors EXCEPT _________.
d. Ramon Magsaysay describes national standards and levels for a. paying in kind (e.g. rice, honey) at a low price
Ans. : C outcomes of education and training? b. increasing amount of peso tax
2. The government of Singapore is _____ a. Education for All c. cheating through tampered weight
representative democratic republic. b. Millennium Development Goals d. abusive torture and plunder
a. constitutional c. Philippine Qualifications Framework Ans. : B
b. republican d. Inclusive Education 22. How is marriage characterized in the 1987
c. parliamentary Ans. : Family Code?
d. monarchical 13. Which Republic Act mandates that the a. Lasting
Ans. : D curriculum shall be culture-sensitive, b. Temporary
contextualized and global? c. Permanent
d. On trial basis c. party-free Ans. : A
Ans. : C d. fraudulent 14. What right is violated by propaganda that
23. For the Family Code which is the legal Ans. : C suppresses opposition news?
foundation of the Filipino family? 4. Singapore is recognized by Transparency a. Freedom of conscience
a. Marriage International as the __________ punishment b. Freedom of the press
b. Parents which is one of the highest in the world. c. Freedom of assembly
c. Children a. modestly d. Freedom against conscription
d. Both parents and children b. most 15. Through what highest organ of the state
Ans. : A c. least does China remain representative of its people
24. Who can solemnize marriage on board a d. extremely under its accepted national leadership?a.
ship or plane during travel? Ans. : C National People's Congress
a. Stewardess 5. Singapore's rigid anti-crime policies is b. Communist Party cadre
b. Steward characterized by ________ punishment which is c. Communist politburo
c. Captain of ship one of the highest in the world. d. Secretary General of the Communist Party
d. Senior passenger a. caning Ans. : A
Ans. : C b. capital 16. In China the _________ government builds
25. What does a priest need in order to c. corporal the consensus among party leaders, influential
solemnize marriage legally in the Philippines? d. heavy fines party members and the people.
a. Bishop's approval Ans. : B a. local
b. Civil authority 6. Singapore proves that democracy is not a b. district
c. Ordination ________ solution for states. c. central
d. Couple's parental approval a. effective d. provincial
Ans. : B b. panacea Ans. : C
26. The female spouse who conceals her c. one-size-fits-all 17. China's National People's Congress build is
pregnancy with a man other than be spouse in d. flawless the highest organization of the state government
marriage commits a crime of ___________. Ans. : C which meets every __________.
a. lying 7. U.S. Government is much alike that of the a. week
b. concealment Philippines with few exceptions such as b. month
c. fraud presidential elections won by ________ votes. c. year
d. injustice a. congressional d. day
Ans. : C b. populist Ans. : C
27. These are ground for legal annulment of c. electoral college 18. No one is above the law. Ours is a
marriage EXCEPT _________. d. parliamentary government of laws and not of men. Which
a. repeated physical violence or abuse Ans. : C principle is referred to ?
b. sexual infidelity or perversion 8. The government of Indonesia is much alike a. Right of the minority
c. lesbianism or homosexuality that the Philippines except for _________ b. Rule of law
d. drug use or alcohol drinking presidential elections during Suharto's regime. c. Sovereignty of the people
Ans. : D a. parliamentary d. Democracy
28. These are the right relationships in b. direct Ans. : B
environmental law that protects the nation's c. popular 19. When Joseph concealed the fact during
natural resources EXCEPT ____________. d. indirect marriage that he was a homosexual, he
a. air quality :: air pollution Ans. : D committed the crime of __________.
b. mining :: impact on miners 9. Until it recovered after the Asian financial a. concubinage
c. water quality :: water pollutants crisis, the Indonesian Yudhoyano administration b. adultery
d. chemical safety :: harmful chemical products was beset by several issues EXCEPT c. fraud
Ans. : B __________. d. no crime
29. What is the extent of the impact of a. corruption Ans. : C
environmental laws that protect natural b. social unrest 20. When the court granted Pete and Jerry
resources? c. extreme poverty separation from bed and board this frees the
a. Worldwide d. terrorism from _______.
b. Countrywide Ans. : C a. sleeping in one bed and one house
c. Region- wide 10. Prior to the sixties, massive manhunt against b. conjugal relations and same domicile
d. Hemisphere- wide rebels in Indonesia cause the killing of 500 c. care or children
Ans. : A thousand to one million people suspected of d. share in financing
30. The democratic government of Malaysia communism comprised by several groups Ans. : B
differs from that of the Philippines because it is EXCEPT _________. 21. How is marriage considered if a spouse
a ___________ government.. a. Christians discovers that the person he/she married has
a. republican-federal b. leftists psychological incapacity?
b. federal-monarchy c. communists a. Void from the beginning
c. constitutional monarchy d. ethnic Chinese b. Void after the discovery
d. federal representative Ans. : A c. Valid until annulled
Ans. : B 11. Until the revolution in 1932, Thailand was an d. Valid and licit
1. Criticism on the past administration in absolute __________. Ans. : A
Malaysia was its being _________ such as in a. republic 22. These area cases when marriage is not
suppressing the press. b. dictatorship allowed under the Family Code of the
a. laissez faire c. commonwealth Philippines, EXCEPT _________.
b. autocratic d. monarchy a. grandparent with grandchild
c. fascistic Ans. : D b. collateral blood relations to 5th degree
d. authoritarian 12. Several coups changed Thailand's c. step-parent with step-child
Ans. : D government into a __________. d. parent-in-law and children-in-law
2. Singapore is a de-facto ________ state with a. constitutional democracy Ans. : B
lack of separation of powers between the b. people's republic 23. What is the human rights violation in mind by
executive branch and the courts. c. military dictatorship the 1995 UN Committee on Economic and
a. alliance d. absolute monarchy International Rights when it reprimanded
b. one-party Ans. : C entrenched conservative religious influences?
c. multi-party 13. What most basic human right is violated by a. Freedom of religious conscience
d. coalition alleged extra-judicial killings such as by b. Freedom of speech
Ans. : B vigilantes? c. Freedom to travel
3. With the dominant People's Action Party a. Right to life d. Right to planned parenthood
Singapore has de-facto _________. b. Freedom of conscience Ans. : D
a. rigged c. Freedom o assembly 24. The political parties in Malaysia re viewed
b. multi-party d. Freedom and justice as being not modern because they are
comprised by _________ individuals and a. Prevent intervention by the UN Ans. : B
groups. b. Support the covenant 14. Christians engaged Muslims during the
a. conservative c. Reject criticism on human rights violations ________ in order to win back the Holy Land to
b. elitist d. Downplay UN reports on human rights Christendom.
c. interest violations a. Holy Wars
d. religious Ans. : B b. War of Roses
Ans. : C 5. How can Deng Xiaoping be described by c. Crusade
25. The Hispanic Governor General ruled like a advancing liberal industrialization in China as d. Punic Wars
monarch in the Philippines and Marianas, leader without holding president, premier or Ans. : C
Carolines and Palaus then part of the Hispanic secretary general positions? 15. Know as Virgin Queen who gave England's
Philippines for many reason EXCEPT ________. a. Fascistic most prosperous years in wealth and culture was
a. act as president of the royal audiencia b. Autocratic ________.
b. directly appoint parish priests and settle c. Democratic a. Queen Victoria
religious controversies d. Authoritarian b. Queen Elizabeth II
c. appoint and receive ambassadors from other Ans. : D c. Queen Elizabeth I
countries 6. China sees the stage of socialism that will d. Queen Marie Antoinette
d. exercise Cumplase veto power over Hispanic lead to a system of _________ ownership with Ans. : C
law in the Philippines _____________ ownership increasing. 16. The fearless head of the Huns from Mongolia
Ans. : B a. public :: corporate who became the King of Hungary was
26. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Histen b. private : public _________.
Loong's salary which is six times higher than that c. public :: private a. Genghis Khan
of the U.S. president in justified by the need for d. Public :: state b. Attila
a __________ state. Ans. : C c. Kubla Khan
a. corruption-free 7. Faced with a democratizing world, the d. Odoacer
b. religious pressure of political change in China has Ans. : B
c. autocratic advanced political reform towards a 17. Among the great teachers and philosophers
d. Confucian ___________ dominated state. of the Chou dynasty, ________ wrote the Tao
Ans. : A a. elite Te Ching.
27. Despite many successful reforms, President b. lower-class a. Mencius
Obama wass described as a " lame-duck" c. middle- class b. Confucius
president because of _________ by the d. military c. Lao Tzu
Republican Party. Ans. : C d. Chou en Lai
a. ban control 8. China's global market economy finds the Ans. : C
b. power politics Communist Party lessening control of the central 18. Recognized as the author of the American
c. veto power government in _______ where majority of Declaration of Independence was _________.
d. denial plot Mainland Chinese live. a. Thomas Jefferson
Ans. : B a. rural areas b. Abraham Lincoln
28. These were the effects of Thailand's 2014 b. autonomous cities c. Benjamin Franklin
National Council of Peace and Order military c. autonomous regions d. Thomas Paine
junta EXCEPT ______. d. urban areas Ans. : A
a. ban on political gatherings Ans. : A 19. Among English kings ______ broke off with
b. nationwide curfew 9. Among achievements of Mikhael Gobachev as the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 and
c. cessation of economic life Nobel Prize awardee for Peace, which is most established himself as the head of the Church of
d. arrest of politicians prominent in his effort to prevent a wide scale England.
Ans. : C war using weapons of mass destruction? a. King Richard the Great
29. What can be done to temper the effects of a. End of 9-years long Russian occupation of b. Kin James I
massive employment of foreign Filipino labor Afghanistan c. King Charles I
overseas that endanger family intergration? b. 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces d. King Henry VIII
a. Limit overseas deployment Treaty Ans. : D
b. Provide loans to OFW families c. Advocate of strengthening private economy in 20. Among great navigators of the world,
c. Safeguard balikbayan boxes the Soviet Union _________ first completed the circumnavigation
d. Assist OFWs in overseas work d. Fall of Berlin Wall and Reunification of East of the earth.
Ans. : D and West Germany a. Sebastian el Canol
30. What is feasible move to stop the conflict Ans. : B b. Vasco de Gama
that endangers lives in the Southern Philippines? 10. Among pedagogical aids that supplement c. Christopher Columbus
a. Peace talks textbooks the most modern is ________. d. Amerigo Vespucci
b. Federal autonomy to regions a. bulletin board displays Ans. : A
c. Enlist Muslim fighters in the AFP b. graphs, charts and maps 21. Which of the following, did NOT belong to
d. Reconciliation among religions c. transparency cutout to duplicate the original states of the United State of
Ans. : B d. computer software America?
1. How can domestic violence best be minimized? Ans. : D a. North America
a. Heavier tax on alcohol 11. Mahatma Gandhi is to ________ and b. Connecticut
b. Stronger anti-illegal drugs drive Mohammed Ali is to ________. c. California
c. Award for the Best Father and Mother a. India and South America d. New Hampshire
d. Effective education on family life b. India and Canada Ans. : C
Ans. : D c. India and North America 22.Who was the son of Philip of Macedonia who
2. What initiative is needed to prevent d. India and Africa led his powerful army for successful conquest
exploitation of children workers? Ans. : C across Persia up to the western border of India?
a. Scholarship 12. Benito Mussolini is to ________ and Winston a. Alexander the Great
b. Subsidy for children Churchill is to ________. b. Charles Martel
c. Socio-economic package a. Italy and England c. Ivan the Great
d. Stricter law against child exploitation b. France and America d. Cyrus the Great
Ans. : C c. Spain and Great Britain Ans. : A
3. What can be done to prevent detention of d. England and the British Isles 23. From Sung Dynasty sources in 982 A.D. how
juveniles with adult prisoners? Ans. : A did early Chinese traders and geographers call
a. Separate cells of juveniles and adults 13. The chancellor of Prussia who successfully our islands?
b. Lesson years of detention for juveniles united Germany and made it a republic was a. Malilu
c. Alternative learning system in prisons ________. b. Ma-yi
d. Upgrade juvenile penology program a. Adolf Hitler c. Mintolang
Ans. : D b. Otto von Bismark d. Lusung
4. How should the International Covenant on Civil c. Lev Caprivi Ans. : B
and Political Rights received by RP government? d. Prinz Max Von Baden
24. What new name was proposed for the 4. The far-sighted Greek statesman Pericles had b. Thailand
islands during the Marcos regime to eliminate beauty of face and bearing such that he was c. Korea
the colonial connotation of the country's present often compared to the Olympian _________. d. Malaysia
name? a. Adonis Ans. : B
a. Maharlika b. Zeus 15. The state of Israel was known in ancient time
b. Egyptian c. Mars as
c. Babylonian d. Mercury a. Palestine
d. Assyrian Ans. : B b. India
Ans. : A 5. When Alexander died (325 B.C.) his huge c. Canaan
25. Hammurabi the greatest of early kings who empire broke into large kingdoms including the d. Galilea
published a great code of law belonged to the Saleucids which did NOT cover _________. Ans. : C
______ empire. a. Africa 16. Which country is NOT a member of the
a. Persian b. Persia ASEAN?
b. Egyptian c. Mesopotamia a. Vietnam
c. Babylonian d. Syria b. Cambodia
d. Assyrian Ans. : A c. China
Ans. : C 6. Where did women (200 B.C. ) enjoy full d. Myanmar
26. The Chaldean King _____________ made property of rights and could manage their own Ans. : C
Babylon to be the most splendid city in the business affairs? 17. The United Nations Conference on
ancient world. (REM a. Italy and Sicily Environment and Development held in Rio de
a. Ptolemaios b. Athens and Sparta Janeiro underscored the vital role in sustainable
b. Hammurabi c. Egypt and Babylonia development of these people due to their
c. Cyrus d. Near East and Middle East tradition, identity and culture. Who are they?
d. Nebuchadnezzar Ans. : C a. Indigenous people
Ans. : D 7. What method is used by historians to learn b. Immigrants
27. Where was the starting point of western the truth about past ages in man's life? c. Urban folks
civilization? a. Exploring tradition d. Rural folks
a. Mesopotamia b. Interviewing people
b. Egypt c. Uncovering recorded evidence
c. India d. Viewing historical films Ans. : A
d. China Ans. : C 18. What was declared as the International
Ans. : A 8. Which is most crude among ways civilizations Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence
28. The ziggurat towers of the Sumerians were recorded thoughts and deeds after the art of for the Children of the World by the United
used for ________. writing was invented five, six thousand years Nations?
a. palace ago? a. 1995-2005
b. military post a. On papyri paper b. 2005- 2015
c. worship b. On leather skin c. 1990-2000
d. watchtower c. On wood d. 2001-2010
Ans. : C d. On stone or pottery Ans. : D
29. Who was one of the earliest Greek Ans. : C 19. Which country first hosted the International
statesman whose laws gave all classes of citizens 9. The earlier period of which we have no Congress which promoted the Culture of Peace?
some voice in government? written evidence of written records (letters, a. Brazil
a. Alexander contracts, accounts, etc.) that comprise people's b. America
b. Solon literature is technically known as _________. c. Africa
c. Pericles a. prehistoric d. Germany
d. Philip b. primordial Ans. : C
Ans. : B c. pristine 20. Sumerian tales like the Gilgamesh story of
30. Who is known in history as the "greatest d. predated creation and the flood are __________
king" who conquered for Persia (550 B.C.) the Ans. : A literature.
Median Empire, Lydia, Babylonia and subject 10. These people belong to the great Mongolian a. prophetic
state? or yellow EXCEPT __________. b. epic
a. Cyrus a. Japanese c. poetic
b. Darius b. Chinese d. romantic
c. Xerxes c. American Indians Ans. : B
d. Philip d. Arabs 21. Among the national god of Egypt of early
Ans. : A Ans. : D dynasties was believed to have incarnated in the
1. The national weapon of Persians (500 B.C.) 11. Which buildings believed to be symbols of form of a ________.
was the ______ an their cavalry was the main American economic power, was attached by a. crocodile
strength of their armies. Islamic fundamentalists on September 11, 2011. b. cat
a. sword a. Empire State Building c. jackal
b. spear b. Bubonic Plague d. ram
c. bow c. World Trade Center Ans. : D
d. ax d. The Cold War 22. Egyptians mummified the bodies of their
Ans. : C Ans. : C dead because of their belief in the _______ of
2. In imperial Athens (429 B.C.) _________ was 12. The "lightning war" that Hitler introduced in the soul.
the outstanding figure in public life who believed World War II is called ____________. a. spirituality
that every citizen should have equal opportunity a. The Greatest War b. sanctity
in the state. b. Scharnhorst c. immortality
a. Cyrus c. Lebensraum d. personality
b. Solon d. Blitzkrieg Ans. : C
c. Philip Ans. : D 23. While Ancient Egypt maintained medical
d. Pericles 13. Asia is said to be the "cradle of civilization" schools for practice of medicine, surgery
Ans. : D while ___________ is said to be the "birthplace treatment was not always scientific because
3. Among the finest and most splendid public of the Human species." these used ___________ and magical arts.
construction an Ancient Athens was the _____ a. Australia a. ointments
temple of Athena. b. Africa b. herbs
a. acropolis c. South America c. charms
b. citadel d. Antarctica d. drugs
c. parthenon Ans. : B Ans. : C
d. persepolis 14. The only Southeast Asian country never 24 In the world, the Phoenicians were known for
Ans. : C colonized by European power is ___________. many skills but NOT as ___________
a. Japan a. keen traders
b. mercenary soldiers watched for possible conspiracy by a system of Ans. : B
c. expert shipbuilders _________. 14. Which is (are) TRUE of Kuwait?
d. skillful craftsmen a. civil registry I. Kuwait's oil wealth is removable.
Ans. : B b. conscription II. Kuwait allied itself with Iraq in the 1980-88
25. The greatest contribution of the Phoenicians c. secret police Iran-Iraq war.
to the progress of the ancient world was their d. public service III. Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990
adoption of _________. Ans. : C IV. Kuwait allied itself with Iran in the 1980-88
a. alphabet 5. Most liberal, just and humane Cyrus allowed Iran-Iraq war.
b. mercenary soldiers religious freedom giving the following privileges a. I, II, III
c. expert shipbuilders to exiled Jews EXCEPT ________. b. II, III, IV
d. skillful craftsmen a. return to Judea c. I, III, IV
Ans. : A b. worship of one god Ahura-Mazda d. I, II, IV
c. rebuild the temple in Jerusalem Ans. : A
d. set up a vassal state led by a high priest 15. What was the communist forces
26. The greatest contribution of the Israelites to Ans. : B in Cambodia that increased in number there to
civilization that culminated in Solomon's temple 6. For official communication with their subjects in the relentless bombing by US military and which
to the god Jehovah was _____ in nature. Mesopotamia and Syria, the Persians used was overtaken in a River Republic in 1925?
a. economic ________ later adopting this as their own a. National United Front of Kempucher
b. religious language. b. Khmber Rouge
c. political a. Aramaic c. Red Gerards
d. artistic b. Cuneiform d. CGDK
Ans. : B c. Greek Ans. : B
27. These were the advantages of the world's d. Persian 16. According to historians, the success of
first coins issued by Lydian kings EXCEPT Ans. : A Hongkong could be attributed to the following
__________. 7. Who was the one supreme god of the EXCEPT _______________.
a. stamp of rulers guaranteed their value Persians Zoroastrian religion who was believed a. its excellent deep water harbor
b. easy to bring around to be the creator of all life and the god of light b. its cheap labor force
c. no weight process was needed and truth? c. its being a freeport
d. made of natural alloy of gold or silver a. Isis d. its small population
Ans. : B b. Jehovah Ans. : D
28. The Ancient Greeks valued the education of c. Ahura-Mazda 17. Japan can pride itself with each of the
the __________ to think, to talk and to act. d. El Shaddai following EXCEPT ____________.
a. soldier Ans. : C a. high productivity
b. state 8. After World War II, which country was b. negligible inflation
c. individual occupied and administered by the United States c. low crime with
d. mercenary with the emperor assuming a primarily symbolic d. nuclear capability
Ans. : C role as the head of the monarchial state? Ans. : A
29. These were the most important languages of a. Cambodia 18.The next century is said to be the Age of the
the ancient Indo-European languages (from India b. Japan Pacific. Two factors that make it so are:
across Europe to the Atlantic Ocean around 30 c. Thailand A. Japan one of the world's most industrialized
B.C.) EXCEPT )________. d. Korea nations, will dominate the economic development
a. Greek Ans. : B of the region.
b. English 9. The Huang Ho River of China is sometimes B. Hongkong, a British colony, was reverted to
c. Latin referred to as China's Sorrow because it Chinese rule.
d. Celtic a. periodically devastated large areas by C. China, the most popular nation will dominate
Ans. : B flooding the political development of the region.
30. These are among the modern languages in b. claimed, lives of Chinese people D. In the Pacific are many ethnic groups.
Europe EXCEPT _________. c. dried up and .80 can no longer irrigate farm a. B & D
a. Latin lands b. A & B
b. English d. it is now heavily polluted c. A & C
c. French Ans. : A d. A & D
d. German 10. The collapse of the world economy in the Ans. : B
Ans. : A 1930's is referred to as
1. In ancient Greek, the form of government was a. Black Death 19. The Comprehensive Agreement on the
aristocracy which was the "rule of the best" b. Bubunic Plague Bangsamoro is viewed as generating the
meaning ___________. c. Great Depression momentum to end horizontal conflicts and
a. slaves d. The Cold war achieve peace accord in Mindanao. What are
b. nobles Ans. : C horizontal conflicts."
c. soldiers 11. Which was NOT in keeping with Mao Tse a. Lateral land ownerships
d. senators Tung's Great Leap Forward in 1958? b. Public-private resource projects
Ans. : B a. Development of backyard factories c. Land ownership of indigenous people
2. From a feeling of unity in 750 B.C. for their b. Establishment of huge agricultural consumers d. Intraethnic violence and interclan feuding
race against colonies, ancient Greeks called c. Raising of agricultural and industrial output Ans. : D
their land ______ and themselves _______. d. Distribution of lands to the landless 20. Historically, what document apportioned the
a. Olympus :: Olympians Ans. : D seats of the House of Representatives in the
b. Greece :: Grecians 12. China's Cultural Revolution was Mao Tse Philippine Congress and appended in the 1987
c. Helas :: Hellenes Tungs attempt to ___________. Constitution?
d. Athens :: Athenians a. revive revolutionary zeal among the people a. Legislation
Ans. : C b. destroy all capitalist forces within society b. Resolution
3. Greek women of the Dorian race in Sparta c. modernize China c. Ordinance
were strong like men and had the spirit of d. revive revolutionary zeal among the people d. Constitution
courage and duty to the state accordingly given and destroy all capitalism forces within society Ans. : C
training in __________. Ans. : D 21. Which is a guarantee of independence for
a. gymnastics 13. Which statement(s) wrongly tell(s) something the judiciary?
b. soldiery about the history of Korea? a. Administrative function
c. chivalry a. After Japan's defeat in World War II Soviet b. Judicial power
d. public service Troops occupied Northern Korean while United c. Quasi-judicial autonomy
States military occupied the South. d. Fiscal autonomy
b. China annexed Korea for many centuries Ans. : D
Ans. : A c. In 1948 2 separate government were found 22. What should allow increased U.S. Military
4. The Helots formed majority (180,000) of d. After several border clashes, North Korea presence in the Philippines?
conquered subjects of Sparta and closely invaded South Korea in 1980. a. Visiting American Forces Agreement
b. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement c. bountiful a. Public education system
c. Philippine-US Treaty d. unlimited b. Waterworks system
d. Subic Base Treaty Ans. : A c. Electricity distribution services
Ans. : B 3. Which does NOT apply as an economic issue d. Mass media outlets
23. The main item product during the early relating to the science of economics? Ans. : A
galleon trade was __________. a. High unemployment 14. There are non-conventional sources of
a. rugs from Persia b. High prices of foods energy that can be harnessed to soften adverse
b. Precious metals from India c. Use of digital gadgets consequences on the economy but ________ is
c. Chinese silk d. Low food production NOT one of them.
d. Philippine products Ans. : C a. wind-turbines
Ans. : C 4. For Adam Smith, the ___________ of a free b. geo-thermal
24. In 1972 the Tobacco monopoly was market economy will keep prices low that guides c. fossil fuel
established and there was massive cultivation of the economy to prosperity. d. solar panels
Tobacco EXCEPT in this province. a. invisible hand Ans. : C
a. Nueva Ecija b. beacon of consumers 15. How is the concept of market economy best
b. Batangas c. common interest understood?
c. Cagayan d. automatic check a. Companies have an economic vision.
d. Marinduque Ans. : A b. Producers look at consumers on signals for
Ans. : B 5. These pieces of evidence disprove the what to sell.
25. By the end of the 19th century the most hypothesis that Filipinos are lazy or indolent c. Owner care about products, not consumers
notable land owners in the Philippines owning up EXCEPT _______. d. Parent company abroad dictates consumption
to a total of 172,000 hectares were ________. a. farmers toil till dawn Ans. : B
a. mestizos b. indulgences in digital toys and gadgets 16. What did Adam Smith see as an outcome of
b. Spanish hacenderos c. scavengers dig scrap in garbage dumps competition and profit-seeking?
c. Spanish friars d. OFWs work overseas sacrificing family life a. Prosperity
d. natives Ans. : B b. Business security
Ans. : C 6. Population control economic development is c. Honestly in enterprise
26. The ASEAN National Qualification not done through immoral means exemplified by d. Rich get richer
Framework shall be implemented by the member _____________. Ans. : A
countries in _________. a. ligation 17. These were the new corps introduced by
a. 2015 b. abstinence Spanish missionaries to the natives during early
b. 2018 c. ultra-uterine device Hispanic days EXCEPT ________.
c. 2015 d. abortion a. watermelons and peas
d. 2020 Ans. : D b. cocoa and wheat
Ans. : A 7. Which problem of resources fall under the c. squash and coffee
27. Which Executive Order institutionalizes the task of economic allocation? d. Rich gets richer
Philippine Qualifications Framework? a. Quality Ans. : D
a. Executive Order No. 43 b. Scarcity 18. Few landholdings and millions of peasant
b. Executive Order No. 80 c. Standards farmers characterized the Hispanic agricultural
c. Executive Order No. 83 d. Excellence economy a situation described as _________ in
d. Executive Order No. 42 Ans. : B land ownership.
Ans. : C 8. Non-economic wants and needs revolve a. monism
28. Foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the around the issue of ___________. b. monopolism
Philippines is the lowest in the ASEAN according a. job underemployment c. dualism
to a report of the Foundation for Economic b. high prices of commodities d. altruism
Freedom. Which provision in the Constitution is c. women's role in society Ans. : C
planned to be amended by Congress? d. lowered family income 19. Which paradox argued that the faucet
a. Open door policy on the use of natural Ans. : C water is a most useful commodity but is priced
resources 9. In Economics, economic wants and needs are lower than diamonds disproves the principle that
b. Economic growth based on consumption-driven exemplified by ________. price of commodities is based on how useful it is
c. Restrictions on foreign ownership and a. plight of political prisoners or utility?
investments b. movement for gay rights a. Water-diamond
d. Restriction on borderless competition c. excellence in the professions b. Useful-not useful
Ans. : C d. OFW work remittance c. price-priceless
29. The concept of ___________ was NOT part Ans. : D d. liquid- solid
of Deng Xiaopeng's 1984 market revolution in 10. One example of a complementary need that Ans. : A
China. supplements basic needs is ____________. 20. Adding to the suffering of the _____ is the
a. market prices a. dress greatest evil of inflation.
b. private business b. haircut a. wealthy
c. capital market c. house b. poor
d. free play of market forces d. food c. middle class
Ans. : C Ans. : B d. businessman
30. In democratic economies ____________ is 11. Needs are created by commercial Ans. : B
not advance in economic literacy education. advertising but some goods can be harmful such 21. The Consumer Price Index measures changes
a. private enterprise as ________. in prices of goods and commodities as these
b. state-owned economy a. fast-foods affect the standards of living of _______ family.
c. capital market b. condos a. typical
d. free play of market forces c. cigarettes b. rural
Ans. : B d. beverages c. urban
1. Which concept is NOT an acceptable Ans. : C d. peasant
assumption for the building of a democratic 12. The Engel theory is that "as income increases Ans. : A
economy? the percentage of income spent on non-food 22. The shrinking peso refers to the decrease in
a. Common good items also increase". To what sector will this the ___________ power of the peso.
b. Enterprise principle not apply? a. potential
c. Private capital a. Entrepreneurs b. actual
d. State control b. Middle Class c. purchasing
Ans. : D c. Unemployed d. hidden
2. Economics studies and seeks to allocate d. Corporate managers Ans. : C
__________ human and non-human resources Ans. : C 23. To counter the law of diminishing return
for the material welfare of all. 13. Which is privatized by government along (same input decreases output), the following are
a. scare the principle of easing budget burden on social applied EXCEPT _________.
b. abundant programs? a. improve technology
b. watch the market 2. What is that economic situation where one d. Per capita
c. apply more capital company controls the supply of a unique kind of Ans. : B
d. equip labor with greater skill product? 11. The law which state that the opportunity cost
Ans. : B a. Inflation of each additional unit of output of a good over
24. Economically speaking, which is a glorious b. Monopoly a period increases as more of that good is
period? c. Equilibrium produced is the law of __________.
a. Stability d. Economic stability a. increasing cost
b. Depression Ans. : B b. diminishing marginality
c. Boom 3. The growth of a free economy follows the c. supply and demand
d. Recession path of a roller coaster. Which one is referred d. supply
Ans. : C to as the belief and small decline in business Ans. : A
25. The following are the elements that make activity? 12. When the government discuss to spending or
possible nations to produce goods and services a. Depression increase taxes or both it engages in _________.
EXCEPT one : b. Recession a. expansionary fiscal policy
a. Labor force c. Boom b. concretionary fiscal policy
b. Capital d. stability c. fiscal policy
c. National resources Ans. : B d. monetary policy
d. Geographical locations 4. A free economy has its glorious and not so Ans. : B
Ans. : D glorious periods. Which one is referred to as the 13. An action taken by Central Bank to influence
26. In order to grow, a nations economy must period of above average business activity? the money supply and stabilize the economy is
____________. a. depression called ___________.
I. add to its productive resources b. recession a. stabilization policy
II. increase its citizen's standard of living c. boom b. interest roles policy
III. locate and develop additional natural d. stability c. fiscal policy
resources Ans. : C d. monetary policy
IV. create new technologies, train scientists 5. The growth of a free economy follows the ups Ans. : D
workers and business managers and downs of a roller coaster. Which one is a 14. The trend in international trade is the
a. II, III, IV referred to as large drops in economic growth promotion of worldwide trade liberalization. This
b. I, III, IV for a comparatively longer period of time? is the function of
c. I, II, IV a. Stability a. GAFF
d. I, II, III b. Recession b. UNESCO
Ans. : B c. Boom c. IMF
27. The rate of growth of a nation's economy is d. Depression d. UN
measured by the ______. Ans. : D Ans. : A
I. the abundance of its natural resources 6. The following happen during a recession on a 15. The law which states that as more and more
II. the presence of scientific and business depression EXCEPT ___________. of one commodity is consumed additional or
research and inventions a. people love their jobs extra satisfaction decreases as :
III. the change in its gross national product over b. business rake bigger profits a. marginal utility
a period of years c. total spending drops b. diminishing marginal utility
IV. the standard living of its people d. production slows down c. diminishing return
a. I, II Ans. : B d. law of downward sloping demand
b. II, III 7. Two most important methods used by nations Ans. : B
c. III, IV to restrict world trade are: 16. Which economic system upholds the unlimited
d. I, IV I. tariff right to private property and pursuit of profit to
Ans. : C II. import quota the exclusion of the considerations?
28. Per capital GNP is obtained __________. III. monopoly a. Exaggerated capitalism
a. By dividing as nation's total gross national IV. cartel b. Moderate capitalism
product by 5 years a. I and II c. Socialism
b. By dividing a nation's total gross product by b. I and III d. Communism
the average Filipino c. I and IV Ans. : A
c. By dividing a nation's total gross product by d. II and IV 17. Which prescribes the abolition of private
the number of its citizens ages 18 and above Ans. : A property by force?
d. By dividing a nation's total gross product by 8. Which economic principle states that each a. Exaggerated capitalism
its entire population country should concentrate in producing those b. Socialism
Ans. : D goods it can make most efficiently and buy from c. Communism
29. Which economic system is otherwise known other countries those goods it cannot produced d. Moderate capitalism
as free enterprise? as efficiently? Ans. : C
a. Capitalism a. Comparative advantage 18. Which is a feature of exaggerated
b. Communism b. Economic stability capitalism?
c. Mixed economics c. Competition a. Social ownership of some means of production
d. Totalitarianism d. Monopoly b. Individualistic concept of wealth
Ans. :A Ans. : A c. Abolition of private property
30. Adam Smith believed that the desire of 9. Nations create world trade barriers for which d. Sense of social justice
business people to earn a profit, when regulated healthy reason? Ans. : B
by competitive would produced what consumers I. To protect local enable to complete with 19. What happens to the pesos when there is
want. Hence, government should not interfere. foreign more efficient producers. inflation?
Smith's philosophy is known as ________. II. To discourage dependence on foreign sources I. The purchasing power of the pesos decreases.
a. democratic socialism of supply in the event II. The purchasing power of the pesos decreases.
b. socialism III. To protect infant industries III. The peso gets devalued.
c. laissez faire IV. For local industries to gain monopoly over a. I-III
d. modified free enterprise certain products. b. II
Ans. : C a. II, III, IV c. I
1. In communist country, the following holds true b. I, II, IV d. III
EXCEPT __________. c. I, III, IV Ans. : A
a. productive resources are owned by d. I, II, III 20. When government attempts to control
government Ans. : D inflation, what does it do?
b. the citizens vote on some economic policies 10. The value of all goods and services a. It devalues the peso.
c. the government determines what shall be produced by a country in a given period refers b. It increases its import
produced and in what quantity to _________ . c. It decreases its export
d. the government sets wages and prices a. National income d. It strengthens the purchasing power of the
Ans. : B b. Gross national product peso
c. Net income Ans. : D
21. For economic knowledge which does NOT
apply as a scientific process?
a. Understanding
b. Analysis
c. Common sense
d. Evaluation
Ans. : C
22. Dr. Jose Rizal's observation that Filipinos are
lazy because we were influenced by Spaniards
to "take it easy" is a/an _________ that has to
be proven empirically.
a. truth
b. fact
c. nonsense
d. opinion
Ans. : D
23. Which is not factual in relation to present
debate on birth control?
a. Population is teachable.
b. RP population is not high.
c. Farm productivity is labor intensive.
d. Contraceptives prevent pregnancy.
Ans. :B
24. These are examples of what economists
refer to as "capital" that can produce other
goods EXCEPT _____________.
a. fishing implements
b. production machinery
c. household furniture
d. marketing transport vehicles
Ans. : C
25. These are household capital resources that
support productivity but the LEAST useful is the
____________.
a. cooking stove
b. bath tub
c. sewing machine
d. desktop computer
Ans. : B
26. Why does the United State demand that
China, an exporter of vast quantities of
commercial exports, lower or devalue its yuan
local currency?
a. Increase value of yuan in the world market.
b. Make yuan competitive with the dollar
c. Build up china's economy
d. Dampen China's goods production.
Ans. : D
27. These are the best ways we can deal with
scarcity of resources EXCEPT ___________.
a. making right choices in capital goods
b. keeping resources as unused reserve
c. using resources efficiently
d. distributing resources equitably
Ans. : B
28. Manager Jose wants equality and so he
pays all workers with the same pay. Why is this
not advisable?
a. Workers will ask increase of pay.
b. Disincentive to good workers.
c. Rank-and-file will not like it.
d. Workers will resign.
Ans. : B
29. There are disadvantages to the Filipino
extended family culture (one house for
grandparents, nieces, etc.) EXCEPT ___________
. a. chicken was abundant
a. available baby sitters
b. more people to feed
c. relationship
d. lower life quality
Ans. : A
30. What is an unacceptable problem with the
Filipino tradition of having household helpers?
a. Treatment as second-hand humans
b. inefficient services
c. Difficult to manage
d. Disciplinary problem
Ans. : A
1. These are traditional values that should be
eliminated in private and public sectors EXCEPT
____________.
a. Siesta time up to 2 p.m. (Spanish-owned firm
in Makati)
b. "Paki-time in mo ako" (government agency)
c. Paggalang sa boss (private companies)
d. Palakasan sa pwesto (public offices)
Ans. : C
2. In the Comprehensive Land Reform Program,
what aspect shows that traditional forces were
very much around to curtail rights of tenants to
the land they till?
a. Making tenants share holders not owners
b. Not applying land reform at all
c. Abolishing the land reform program
d. Not providing inputs for productivity support
to farmers
Ans. : A
3. What core principle has remained unfulfilled
in socialist countries like Russia and China?
a. State ownership of industries
b. Revolutionary conflict
c. Rule of the working class
d. Class struggle
Ans. : C
4. What is the main disadvantage of simply
following the market economy especially for
peasant economies?
a. Producers don't cater to the poor who can't
buy.
b. There is production surplus for in industries.
c. Advertising gains from commercial ads.
d. Country stagnates in economic growth.
Ans. : A
5. Arrange the chronological evolution of the
market economy that led to the industrial
revolution.
I. Antiquity's cities and farm countryside
II. Towns an guilds
III. Feudal lords and serfs in manors
IV. Mercantilism through commerce
V. Industrial revolution and self- sustaining
growth
a. I, II, II, IV and V
b. II, I, II, IV and V
c. III, II, IV and V
d. I, II, III, IV, V
Ans. : A
6. Even during early Hispanic days, the _______
were the oil of the machinery of commerce
throughout the archipelago.
a. Creoles
b. native
c. Chinese
d. Peninsulares
Ans. : C
7. Which theory of Marx states that the
difference between the price of commodity and
cost of production belongs to the workers.
a. Theory of exploitation
b. Theory of economic difference
c. Theory of labor rights
d. Theory of price control
Ans. : A
8. In 1984, the price of chicken continued to go
down despite government removing the price
ceiling for chicken and other products. This was
because ____________.
b. people had no purchasing power
c. adobo was favorite dish
d. few liked to eat chicken
Ans. : B
9. Inflation is always with us but it is bad when
the rise of prices of goods and products is
exceptionally _____________.
a. staggered
b. low
c. severe
d. regular
Ans. : C
10. The biggest impact of high inflation is on the
______________ Filipino.
a. average
b. employed
c. entrepreneurial
d. rural
Ans. : A
11. In the U.S. prices of goods and services are
forty to fifty times higher than those in the
Philippines but Americans do not feel the impact
of high prices because the __________ of the
dollar is similarly high.
a. currency float
b. exchange value
c. dividend return
d. stock exchange
Ans. : B
12. Innovation as a key to growth is done
through various means EXCEPT ________ .
a. inventing new method
b. keeping organizational structure
c. introducing new product
d. opening new markets
Ans. : B
13. The following are among the elements to
gauge a country's economic growth EXCEPT
___________.
a. national income
b. gross national product
c. Population Growth
d. gross domestic investment
Ans. : C
14. What is needed to build confidence among
employers and protect the rights of employees?
a. Benchmark of qualifications
b. Quality assurance of qualifications
c. Internal protection to workers
d. Assurance from companies
Ans. : B
15. Which will fast tract inclusive development in
the Philippines?
a. Attract Foreign Direct Investments
b. Increase cash assistance to the poor
c. Increase cash for work
d. Attract explorers of natural resources
Ans. : A
16. Mang Pido said he does not need the
highway built by An Australian Aid program in
Samar because he still rides a carabao. What is
wrong with the highway?
a. Too expensive to construct
b. Not relevant to individual needs
c. Hidden interest by donor
d. Wrong choice of route
Ans. : B
17. The worker' rights to form unions or to strike
can be suppressed during times of national
emergency. On what is this based?
a. Nobler person - God before man
b. Higher law - inalienable rights before
alienable
c. Wider social order the family- the family
before the individual
d. Clearer title- the certain before the title
Ans. : C
18. When teacher Jackie asks History questions
on names of different historical personages she
is asking _________ questions.
a. high level
b. moderate
c. low level
d. superior
Ans. : C
19. Which of the following is a high level
question in a Geography class?
a. Where is the Philippines in the world map?
b. Why is global warming a problem today?
c. Which cities are the adjacent to Manila?
d. Which pollutes more, the smoker or factories?
Ans. : B
20. High level questions have the following
characteristics EXCEPT ________ .
a. stimulating
b. advanced
c. factual c. marvel comics 8. Schools provide pre-assessment test to
d. challenging d. technology sources determine fitness of students in college for some
Ans. : C Ans. : C courses or in high school for learning sections.
21. In Bloom's cognitive taxonomy, rote learning 29. Teacher Egay wants to enhance reading kills This test is ____________ evaluation.
corresponds to the knowledge category of of his students and _________ is the most useful a. formative
___________. for integrating ideas of text through analysis, b. diagnostic
a. applying deduction and expansion of main thoughts. c. achievement
b. understanding a. underlining d. placement
c. analyzing b. note taking Ans. : D
d. recall c. copying 9. In observing students as part of evaluation
Ans. : D d. discussion outside of tests, the teacher needs to be
22. Which of the following demonstrates Ans. : D ___________ to be fair and accurate in judging
divergent questioning use by teacher Karla in 30.Teacher Judy assigned her students to students.
her History class? develop short skits of life in slums which they a. objective
a. Who were the other founders of the shall act out with costumes in class. How do you b. subjective
Katipunan other than Andres Bonifacio? classify Teacher Judy's activity? c. partisan
b. Between Rizal and Bonifacio who is more a. Role-playing d. biased
deserving to be our national hero? b. Games Ans. : A
c. During the Philippine independence c. Simulation 10. In the test-retest method for reliability if the
celebration in Kawit, Cavite which band played d. Group dynamics ordering of the two tests is exactly the same
the national anthem? Ans. : C they the correlation co-efficient is 1.00 for
d. How was Gregorio del Pilar killed the Tirad 1. ESD involves topics on peace education, ________ reliability.
Pass? global citizenship and human rights in addition to a. doubtful
Ans. : B environmental education. What teaching- b. imperfect
23. How do you arrange the logical ordering of learning approach is recommended for ESD? c. perfect
pivotal questions that lead to valuing on the issue a. Project-based d. invalid
of drug use among youths? b. Outcome-based Ans. : C
I. What are illegal drugs? c. Problem-based 11. It is natural for parents to want to get
II. Will you try illegal drugs as a student? d. Concept-based involved in their children's school work but
III. How can illegal drugs reach and attract you? Ans. : C teachers need to be __________ about skills
IV. What would be the effects of illegal drugs 2. In teaching ESD what kills are considered and subjects for which students need to be
on you? essential for integrating effective participation in assisted or reinforced.
a. I, III, IV, and II both work and society? a. specific
b. II, II, IV and I a. Assertiveness and mediation b. general
c. IV, I, II and II b. Social and emotional skills c. extensive
d. III, II, I and IV c. Negotiation and conflict management d. broad
Ans. : A d. Stress and time management Ans. : A
24. Which is a question by analogy? Ans. : B 12. Which is the middle value in a set of grades
a. Compare democracy in the Philippines and 3. Which BEST describes the whole-school representing the point of distribution where one-
the United States. approach in teaching-learning social studies? half of 50% fall or are above the grade
b. What elements in democracy are lacking in a. It transforms the teaching and learning distribution of the whole class?
China today? towards holistic life skills and values. a. Mean
c. Is extra judicial killing part of democracy? b. It transmits changes in social institutions. b. Median
d. How is democracy like animals set free? c. It integrates goals and targets in the curriculum c. Mode
Ans. : D through projects. d. Measure
25. In what probing question was teacher Ana d. It demonstrates problem-based and project- Ans. : B
stimulating valuing in her Socio-cultural class? based practices. 13. Which is a measure of central location
a. How do you feel about the slay of Ninoy Ans. : A computed by the greatest number of frequency
Aquino in the airport tarmac? 4. Challenge-based learning builds on the in a distribution of grades?
b. What events led to the Ninoy Aquino slay? practice of problem-based learning in which a. Media
c. Was the Ninoy slay connected with People students work on real world problems. What b. Mean
Power? BEST describes the learning experiences of c. Mode
d. How was Ninoy Aquino as politician? teachers and learners? d. Measure
Ans. : A a. Global Ans. : C
26. Teacher Bong is teaching the use and abuse b. Integrative 14. Teacher-made-test can help determine
of social media, e.g. Facebook. Which question c. Collaborative progress of student for remedial instruction if
is NOT relevant to ask? d. Cultural needed. This test is for __________ purposes.
a. Why is social media so attractive to high Ans. : C a. diagnostic
school students? 5. In grade distribution of a class the _____ is b. placement
b. What mobile phones do you use for social basic numerical data as the average of grades. c. formative
media? a. median d. summative
c. What do you get out of Facebook postings? b. mode Ans. : A
d. What bad experiences were reported about c. mean 15. These are correct types of evaluation and
Facebook users? d. measure tools used, EXCEPT ___________.
Ans. : B Ans. : C a. diagnostic :: observations, interviews
27. Teaching social change can make effective 6. An IQ test given before admission which is b. formative :: teacher-made tests and checklists
use of instructional aids, but which of the used by schools to determine general c. placement :: teacher made tests
following has emotional impact such as on the intelligence which has _________ that measures d. summative :: standardized tests and rating
issue of extreme poverty? specific attributes of students. scales
a. Graphs on impoverished regions a. predictive validity Ans. :C
b. Photo language pictures of poor people b. construct validity 16. Which one is meant to measure the learner's
c. Newspaper news on poor communities c. criterion validity awareness of values?
d. Entertainment film on Robin Hood heroes d. aptitude validity a. Anecdotal record
Ans. :B Ans. : B b. Moral dilemma
28. The drawback of textbooks is that these are 7. Teacher A is analyzing income distribution c. Projective technique
boring and not readable especially among which is symmetrical. Which measure/s of central d. Likert scales
many students who don't enjoy reading. While tendency will be most appropriate? Ans. : A
using textbooks as reference and background a. Mean and median 17. Which assessment tools is MOST authentic?
there are other valuable sources of learning b. Mode a. True-False test
EXCEPT __________. c. Median b. Essay test
a. audio-visual materials d. Mean and mode c. Portfolio
b. hands-on activities Ans. : C d. Projects
Ans. : C a. Scholarship This is the systematic consistent explanation of all
18. Standard deviation is to variability as mode b. Subsidy for children the facts of experience. Its technical term is
is to _________. c. Socio-economic package reason which is considered as the best criterion
a. level of difficulty d. Stricter law against child exploitation of truth *
b. correlation Ans. : C 1 point
c. tendency 28. What can be done to prevent detention of Pragmatism
d. discrimination juveniles with adult prisoners? Consistency
Ans. : C a. Separate cells of juveniles and adults Correspondence
19. How is evaluation differentiated from b. Lesson years of detention for juveniles Coherence
assessment? c. Alternative learning system in prisons This philosophy contends that truth is universal an
a. Evaluation is value judgment of the quality of d. Upgrade juvenile penology program unchanging and therefore a good education is
performance, assessment is the process of Ans. : D also universal and constant *
collecting, synthesizing and interpreting 29. How should the International Covenant on 1 point
information to aid in decision making. Civil and Political Rights received by RP Perennialism
b. Evaluation is the weighing of assessment government? Progressivism
information against some standards to improve a. Prevent intervention by the UN Existentialism
instruction. b. Support the covenant Essentialism
c. Assessment uses scoring guide; evaluation has c. Reject criticism on human rights violations Which philosophy has for its curriculum a body
no scoring guide. d. Downplay UN reports on human rights intellectual subject matter that are conceptual on
d. Evaluation makes use of traditional tools, violations subject, essential for the realization of mental
assessment uses authentic tools. Ans. : B and moral development? *
Ans. : A 30. How can Deng Xiaoping be described by 1 point
20. What is the distinct feature of a rubric? advancing liberal industrialization in China as Realism
a. It is a scoring guide using numerical score leader without holding president, premier or Idealism
given to learners. secretary general positions? Existentialism
b. It motivates learners to engage more an a. Fascistic Pragmatism
application and reasoning skills. b. Autocratic A branch of Philosophy that studies the morality
c. It encourages learners' self-evaluation when c. Democratic of human action *
they receive their report card grades. d. Authoritarian 1 point
d. It has specific performance characteristics Ans. : D Epistemology
arranged in levels indicating the degree to Metaphysics
which a standard has been met. Ethics
Ans. : D What branch of philosophy is closely related to Cosmology
21. What skills are being recognized to prepare education because it is concerned with human The area of Philosophy that specifically deals
students for increasingly complex life and work knowledge in general and the criteria of truth? * with the problem of human values *
in the 21st century? 1 point 1 point
a. Information literacy skills Metaphysics criteriology
b. Learning and innovation skills Logic Epistemology
c. Media literacy skills Epistemology Theodicy
d. Global awareness and communication skills Ethics Axiology
Ans. :B This is the philosophical study of the universe and The aim of this philosophy is to reduce
22. Despite many successful reforms, President everything in it * statements about education to empirical terms *
Obama wass described as a " lame-duck" 1 point 1 point
president because of _________ by the Cosmology Reconstructionism
Republican Party. Ethics Existentialism
a. ban control Metaphysics Philosophical
b. power politics Axiology traditionalism
c. veto power What philosophy posits that a social teacher is a The educational theory, in response to
d. denial plot revered person, central to the educative process progressivism, which concerns with the revival of
Ans. : B and therefore must be excellent mentally and effort in the direction of teaching the
23. These were the effects of Thailand's 2014 morally in personally conduct and conviction? * fundamental tools of learning as the most
National Council of Peace and Order military 1 point indispensable type of education *
junta EXCEPT ______. Realism 1 point
a. ban on political gatherings Idealism Essentialism
b. nationwide curfew Essentialism Perennialism
c. cessation of economic life Progressivism Philosophical analysis
d. arrest of politicians What would the aim of a realist education likely Social traditionalism
Ans. : C be? * This philosophy believes that the schools should
24. What can be done to temper the effects of 1 point originate policies and progress which would
massive employment of foreign Filipino labor Contribute to the development of mind and self bring about reform of the social order *
overseas that endanger family intergration? Provide students with the knowledge he will 1 point
a. Limit overseas deployment need to survive in the natural world reconstructionism
b. Provide loans to OFW families Give students insights into their traditions and Progressivism
c. Safeguard balikbayan boxes adapting students to society Existentialism
d. Assist OFWs in overseas work Meet the need of a growing child rather than Perennialism
Ans. : D emphasize the subject matter This is the logical conclusion if we are to apply
25. What is feasible move to stop the conflict This philosophy emphasizes the teaching of the philosophy of martin Buber to education *
that endangers lives in the Southern Philippines? controversial issues to prepare students for a 1 point
a. Peace talks progressive structuring of the social order * Education will be characterize by imposition and
b. Federal autonomy to regions 1 point rules
c. Enlist Muslim fighters in the AFP Progressivism Education will be characterize by mutual
d. Reconciliation among religions Social traditionalism unfolding of persons
Ans. : B Reconstructionism Education will be characterize by pretensions
26. How can domestic violence best be Social Experimentalism Education will be characterize by self motivation
minimized? The philosophy whose criterion of truth is “ Man as an embodied spirit means *
a. Heavier tax on alcohol seeing is believing” * 1 point
b. Stronger anti-illegal drugs drive 1 point Man is a body and soul
c. Award for the Best Father and Mother Essentialism Man is a rational animal
d. Effective education on family life Native realism Man is a totally, unique core or center, source
Ans. : D Progressivism wellspring of initiative and meaning
27. What initiative is needed to prevent Existentialism Man is subjective
exploitation of children workers?
Man as an embodied sprit implies that education When one consider the culture of another group 1 point
should * as inferior to his own, this connotes * Perennialism
1 point 1 point Pragmatism
Develop the intellect / mind Ethnocentrism Progressivism
Develop man’s individuality Cultural relativism Reconstructionism
Develop essential physical and intellectual skills Assimilation This educational philosophy encourages
Develop the total man Acculturation accumulation of knowledge and thinking and
human beings are living in a human world The complex whole which includes knowledge, must apply criteria for moral evaluation.
implies that * beliefs, arts moral, laws, customs and other Suggested methods are questioning and
1 point capabilities and habits acquired by man as a discussion, lecture and the project, whether done
Education must help man give meaning to his member of the society * singly or in group *
world of others 1 point 1 point
Education must develop skills to survive in this Norm Existentialism
world Folkways Idealism
Education must be relevant to this world Culture Materialism
Education must be in the context of societal Mores Pragmatism
needs Which group would most likely have a counter It is a systematic consistent explanation of all the
This philosophy contends that the intellectual culture? * facts of experience. Its technical name is reason.
faculty of man is higher that the physical 1 point This is believed to be the ultimate criterion of
faculties * Musician truth *
1 point Drugs users 1 point
Idealism Singers Coherence
Realism Dancers Consistency
Existentialism A cluster of behavior patterns related to the Naïve Realism
Logical Positivism general culture of a society and yet Pragmatism
The philosophical study of the essence and distinguishable from it * The belief that the ultimate criterion of truth is if
nature of man * 1 point an idea works then it is true *
1 point Sub-culture 1 point
Rational psychology Culture shock Coherence
Epistemology Norm Consistency
Philosophy of human person mores Naïve Realism
Social Philosophy Which of the following give some difficulties to a Pragmatism
The branch of philosophy that studies the sociological researcher? * It is belief that when an idea agrees with its
morality of human acts * 1 point object, it is proof of its truth. However, it is
1 point Complexity of phenomena definition of truth not a criteria *
Aesthetics Constant change 1 point
Cosmology Unpredictability of behavior Coherence
Ethics All of the above Consistency
Theodicy Which is NOT a method in sociological inquiry * Naïve Realism
This is the philosophical study of human 1 point Correspondence
knowledge and the criteria of truth * Experimental study The philosophical belief that reality is precisely
1 point Longitudinal Study what as it appear to be and adheres to the
Axiology Intuitive study belief that “seeing is believing” *
Epistemology Ex-post Facto study 1 point
Logic Development of self and adaptation of Coherence
Metaphysics individual to society* Consistency
This contemporary philosophical theme in 1 point Naïve Realism
education contends that education must involve in Structural functionalism Pragmatism
its processes the total human being-his Conflict theory The essentialist would likely have this as the
subjectivity, the rational, the material and the Symbolic Interactionism ultimate aim of education *
emotional aspect for man is a unity and not a Disruptive Functionism 1 point
duality * Interrelated social structures that fit together to To fit man to perform, justly, skillfully and
1 point form an integrated whole * magnanimous in all times in peace and war
Genuine dialogue 1 point To develop the power of thought. To search for
Man as a being in the world Structural functionalism an disseminate the truth
Man as an embodied spirit Conflict theory To give all pupils insight into their traditions
The socials and the inter human being Symbolic Interactionism To meet the needs of the growing child
This philosophy proclaims the spiritual nature Disruptive Functionalism This emerging social value in education stresses
and the universe. It holds that the good, the true A sociologist would be most interested in the importance if the “we-experience” ad the
and the beautiful are permanently part of the studying * converging of the worlds *
structure of an unchanging universe * 1 point 1 point
1 point Artifacts of the fast civilization Authentic being
Existentialism Group behavior Existential dialogue
Idealism Psychological problems Personalization
Materialism Economic institution Synergy
Realism The philosophical study of being, its nature and To what particular concept must education be
This philosophy posits the know ability of the essence * based according to contemporary philosophy? *
world and everything in its as they are in 1 point 1 point
themselves and their existence independent of Axiology Existential dialogue
human mind * Epistemology Social Change
1 point Metaphysics Supremacy of the human person
Existentialism Rational Psychology Synergy
Idealism The philosophical study of human mind * This emerging social values in education stresses
Materialism 1 point that man exist through the other and for others
Realism Axiology for he becomes actuated through relations *
The rightness or wrongness of what one does Epistemology 1 point
depend on where he is doing it Metaphysics Existential Dialogue
1 point Rational psychology Personalization
Cultural integration This theory views education as a recurring Socialization
Cultural lag process based on eternal truths; thus, the school’s Vigilance
Cultural relativism curriculum should emphasize the recurrent themes This philosophy is a way of viewing and thinking
Cultural traits of human life * about life in the world so that priority is given
into individualism and subjectivity. It believes
that human beings are the creator of their own
experiences *
1 point
Existentialism
Idealism
Realism
Reconstruction
This educational theory is based on the
philosophy grounded on experience and the
interaction of the person with his environment. It
posits that education must use past experiences
to direct future experiences *
1 point
Existentialism
Idealism
Realism
progressivism
“The central aim of education should be to
develop the power of thought” this would likely
be the aim of what educational practitioner? *
1 point
Existentialism
Perennialist
Progressivist
Reconstructivist