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