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LATEST SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEWER PART 12
1. Filipinos tend to look at the world and nature as peopled by supernatural being and
governed y forces above him. They manifest _________.
a. particularism
b. personalism
c. nonrationalism
d. rationalism

Ans. : C

2. Which refers to the total way of life share by members of a society?

a. Sociology
b. Biosociology
c. Race
d. Culture

Ans. : D

3. Which are the shared rules of conduct that specify how people outh to think and act
called?
a. Norms
b. Values
c. Sanctions
d. Subcultures

Ans. : A

4. Which when violated may cause the violator to be regarded as eccentric, weir, or
crazy?
a. Folkways
b. Mores
c. Laws
d. Institutions

Ans. : A

5. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the true nature of culture?
a. Culture is learned from interaction with other people.
b. Culture is tell us how we ought to act and believe.
c. Culture is transmitted through biological inheritance.
d. Culture helps us solve problems and adapt to our environment.

Ans. : C

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6. Social institutions are enduring social structures that provide ready-made
arrangements to meet basic human problems. Which of these basic social institutions
provides community coordination, law and order, and defense?
a. the family
b. the economy
c. religion
d. government

Ans. : D

7. Which element of social structure refers to a set of norms specifying the rights and
obligations associated with a status?
a. value
b. culture trait
c. role
d. dysfunction

Ans. : C

8. What social process occurs when people work together to achieve shared goals?
a. Exchange
b. Conflict
c. Competition
d. Cooperation

Ans. : D

9. Which is considered as positive or favorable consequences of tough competition?

a. Personal stress.
b. Achievement is stimulated
c. Cooperation is reduced
d. Social inequalities is encouraged.

Ans. : B

10. What group is Characterized by intimate, face-to-face interaction?

a. Primary
b. Aggregate
c. Gesselschaft
d. Bureaucracy

Ans. : A

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11. What do you call the feeling of disorganization and frustration that an overseas
contract worker may experience when he encounters entirely different patterns of
behavior, ideas, and artifacts at his destination in a foreign country?
a. Cultural integration
b. Cultural shock
c. Assimilation
d. Discrimination

Ans. : B

12. Punishment is form of social control. If death penalty is imposed to scare offenders
and the rest of society into following the rules, the purpose of punishment is
_________.
a. retribution
b. deterrence
c. reformation
d. prevention

Ans. : B

13. Emile Durcheim believed that major cause of suicide in industrialized nations was the
situation where the norms of society are unclear or no longer applicable to current
conditions. He called this situation __________.
a. taboo
b. anomie
c. tecnic way
d. deviance

Ans. : B

14. Wealth, prestige, and power- much unequally distributed in third world countries like
the Philippines- are the bases of divisions into social classes. This patterned inequality is
called __________.
a. social movement
b. social stratification
c. social problem
d. social mobility

Ans. : B

15. Philippine social development efforts include anti- poverty and pro-poor programs.
In determining who are the poor and how poor are the poor, the government fixes the
amount of money a family would need to meet the minimum requirements of a decent
standard of living. What do you call this amount so fixed?
a. Relative poverty

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b. Per capital income
c. Culture of poverty

Ans. : C

16. Legislations grating special privileges to senior citizens help to neutralize prejudice
and discrimination toward a social category based on ____________.
a. race
b. ethnicity
c. sex
d. age

Ans. : D

17. There is a growing number of advocates of gender sensitivity. In sociology, gender

means ____________.
a. a biological characteristic, male or female
b. the expected dispositions and behaviors that culture assign to each sex
c. the rights and obligations for women as provided by the Constitution
d. homosexuality as a deviant behavior

Ans. : B

18. Which type of family is more prevalent in the third world than in industrialized
countries?
a. extended family
b. nuclear family
c. family of orientation
d. family of procreation

Ans. : A

19. Persistent nepotism in our society is generally explained as repayment to family

members of a debt of gratitude which to Filipinos is termed :
a. hiya
b. ningas cogon
c. utang-na-loob
d. bahala na

Ans. : C

20. There is a revival through cooperatives of social unity, neighborliness and mutual
helpfulness of Filipinos where they voluntarily work together and pool their resources to
achieve shared goals. This Filipino practice is known as :
a. compadre system

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b. barangay
c. amor propio
d. bayanihan

Ans. : D

21. There forcible expulsion of a particular ethnic group from a certain territory is
termed as :
a. ethnic cleansing
b. ethnocentrism
c. genocide
d. racial prejudice

Ans. : A

22. Which of the following consists of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature?
a. Prostitution
b. Sex discrimination
c. Sexual harassment
d. Pornography

Ans. : C

23.Which one is positive trends in the area of Philippines politics?

a. Shift is role of government from a regulatory agency to a facilitative role through
deregulation and privatization
b. Growing influence of crime lords in political governance
c. Empowerment of local government units
d. AC

Ans. : D

24. For those who desire change, __________ should be the practical advocacy amid
social and political upheavals in the country and the world.
a. social reforms
b. religious conversion
c. cultural reformation
d. state alliances

Ans. : A

25. What can be a practical initiative as an application of Robert Merton's proposition

that couples should be clear about hidden functions like parental obligations before
marriage?

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a. Disallow civil marriages.
b. Allow trial marriages
c. Legalize divorce
d. Teach marital obligations in sex education

Ans. : D

26. Human rights advocates clamor for various rights such as land, housing, lower oil
prices, etc. What should be taught as a counterpart of civil rights?
a. Bayanihan by citizens
b. Reconciliation among parties
c. Civic duties
d. Cooperative movement

Ans. : C

27. Under the Exchange Theory (work should be warded), what advance professional
work through the effort of the Professional Regulation Commission?
a. Board examination
b. Licensure examination
c. Examination produces computerization
d. Outstanding professional awards

Ans. : D

28. How can congressional hearings e.g. on drugs in the national penitentiary , be a
scientific approach to social legislation?
a. Seeking new approaches to public service
b. Allowing Congress to examine issues
c. Defining provisions of laws
d. Scrutinizing via TV coverage

Ans. : C

29. How can social research serve policy-makers in corporate and public sectors?
a. Redirect policies towards poverty alleviation
b. Provide data for social policies
c. Add professionalism among leaders
d. Advance social awareness among sectors

Ans. : B

30. What is the good argument that sociologists should not be purists and be ethnically
neutral to social problems e.g. poverty, human rights violations, etc.
a. To be neutral is to support the status quo

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b. Sociology is the queen of social sciences
c. Advance the science of sciences
d. Sociologists are academicians

Ans. : A

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