Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Division of Pampanga
STO. ROSARIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Purok 2 Sto. Rosario, Minalin, Pampanga
1ST Quarterly Examination in
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics
SY 2022-2023

General Direction: Read each statement carefully, choose and write the best answer in your
answer sheet.

1. It came from two Greek words Anthropos (human) and Logos (study).
A. Anthropology C. Political Science
B. Sociology D. Biology
2. Mommy Princess and Daddy Prince taught their one-year-old son Noel how to play ABC song with
the use of their Samsung cellphone. Now, Noel can open the phone and sing the ABC song. What
characteristic of culture is shown in the situation?
A. Culture is learned
B. Culture is integrated
C. Culture is shared
D. Culture is symbolic
3. Technological tools, architectural structures, fashion and accessories, and food are all examples of
what component of culture?
A. Basic Culture C. Material Culture
B. Commercial Culture D. Non-material Culture
4. Which is NOT correct about culture?
A. It may be challenged
B. It is something biological
C. Much of learning culture is unconscious
D. More on how we interact with people in our environment
5. A pretty college education student begins to demonstrate teaching in Filipino subject for the Senior
high school students as part of the completion of her practice teaching. What type of socialization
shown in the situation?
A. Anticipatory Socialization C. Primary Socialization
B. Developmental Socialization D. Secondary Socialization
6. Who is the Father of Sociology?
A. Comte C. Malinowski
B. Descartes D. Thales
7. How is the Bayanihan spirit expressed in modern life?
A. Practicing the kissing of the hands of elders.
B. Singing love songs to the girl you want to court.
C. After a typhoon, people help cleaning and rebuilding houses.
D. Participating in religious rituals to profess faith.
8. Which of the following example is NOT an aspect of culture?
A. Air C. Cuisine
B. Arts D. Music
9. You are being a brother, sister, teenager, white, black, or Hispanic are all ___________ statuses
A. Achieved C. Social
B. Ascribed D. Sex
10. Michael stabbed his neighbor to death because of heated argument. Which of the following can
result in formal punishment for his violation, such as fines, incarceration, or even death?
A. Folkways C. Mores
B. Laws D. Norms
11. Which among the following is the process by which we learn the requirements of our surrounding
culture and acquire the behaviors and values appropriate for this culture.
A. Acculturation C. Rationalization
B. Enculturation D. Socialization
12. It looks into the biological development of human and their contemporary variation.
A. Archeology C. Linguistic Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Physical Anthropology
13. Biological reproduction, primary agent of socialization and nurture children to become responsible
adults are the example of what primary institution?
A. Church C. Government
B. Family D. School
14. What discipline in social science is concerned with study of the state and government?
A. Anthropology C. Psychology
B. Political Science D. Sociology
15. Which of the following is NOT the goal of sociology?
A. Examining our roles within the society
B. Different perspectives of attaining truth
C. Realize our prejudices on various social issues
D. Discover what makes people different from one another
16. Zion hears his father shouting the old man. This statement represents what type of socialization?
A. Anticipatory Socialization C. Primary Socialization
B. Developmental Socialization D. Secondary Socialization
17. It is prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people based on their
membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.
A. Cultural Diversity C. Racism
B. Political Freedom D. Sociological Imagination
18. In the study of sociology, which of the following determines whether an
action or behavior is good or bad?
A. Culture C. Laws
B. Government D. Social Norms
19. Which of the following statements is correct about good culture?
A. Society and culture are independent from each other. One can exist without the other.
B. Culture just like every person which comprise society is susceptible to change or even death.
C. The society is not constant. Its members change from time to time. As a result, culture
change along
D. People evolve over time because of their exposure to renewed or changed laws, values, and
standards of society.

20. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about cultural relativism?
A. It is a perspective that promotes respect and equality.
B. It is a problematic form of classification of human groups.
C. It is a culturally relative approach to understand human groups.
D. It is a perspective that promotes cultures in the context of locality.

21. Which of the following behaviors violates a folkway?

A. Tipping a waitress in a restaurant

B. Waving “hello” to a friend
C. Eating popcorn inside the cinema
D. Talking while your mouth is full
22. In Southeast Asia, people in Thailand has their unique way to address elders as they call them “Phi”
before saying the name of the person. We Filipinos also have a very special way to pay respect to our
elders especially when talking to them. How do we do it?
A. Doing Harana C. Singing a song
B. Give them our seat D. Saying Po and Opo
23. Which of the following examples do not describe culture as an organization of phenomena that is
dependent upon symbols and includes acts, objects, ideas, and sentiments.

A. Belief and practice of superstitious beliefs.

B. Saying “po and opo” and “pagmamano” to the elderly.
C. Worship of Anitos, veneration of religious icons such as the Sto. Nino.
D. Philvolcs observing and identifying the fault lines in preparation for the Big One.

24. Which of the following are examples of Counterculture?

I. ISIS Group III. NPA
II. LGBT Group IV. Terrorist

A. I only B. II only C. I, III and IV D. III and IV

25. Chinese culture is just as complex as the culture of the America. What elements of culture is this?
A. Complex C. Learned
B. Dynamic and Changing D. Shared
26. As a Filipina, Nena is aware that the normal dress for women at work excludes clothes that are
highly revealing. Which of the following cultural elements are best described as customs that reflect
moral standards?

A. Folkways C. Mores
B. Laws D. Norms
27. It refers to not judging a culture to our own standards of what is Right or Wrong, strange, or normal.
A. Acculturation C. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural Relativism D. Enculturation

28. Which of the following statements is the focus of the study of Anthropology?
A. people, past and present
B. society and social behavior
C. human past using material remains
D. The theory and practice of government and politics

29. Jasmine is at the mall, and she decides to skip and run instead of walk, as everyone else is doing.
Jasmine is violating a _____.
A. folkways C. mores
B. laws D. norms
30. A social institution that has prevalent influence in shaping the minds of the younger generation
through education.
A. Church C. Government
B. Economy D. School
31. You like singing a lot. One day you decided to join the Glee Club and become friends with all the
members of the club. This is an example of what type of group?
A. In-group C. Primary Group
B. Out-group D. Secondary group
32. You are working as a cashier in a convenient store which it follows the priority lane to senior
citizens, pregnant women and PWD’s, apparently there are two men in the paying counter lane next to
an adult man. In your front was an old man around 70 years old, what will be your next step?
A. First come first serve we are all equal in the eyes of the law.
B. Just ignore them both cause there’s a lot of things to do first to myself
C. I will ask the old man if he’s in his 60’s so that I can assist him first in the counter.
D. None of the above
33. The following statements describe the elements of culture as part of an encompassing
complex whole, except____________.
A. Students saying the phrase “Edi Wow!”
B. The used of the baybayin script in fashion clothing and artworks
C. A physics experiment about inter-dimensional space-time travel
D. Declaring the Banawe Rice Terraces as a UNESCO world heritage site

34. What is the process through which we learn the norms, customs, values, and roles of the society,
from birth through death?
A. Acculturation C. Rationalization
B. Enculturation D. Socialization
35. Which of the following stated that sociological theory is in a state of perpetual conflict
because of competition for limited resources.
A. Comte C. Malinowski
B. Karl Marx D. Thales
36. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the study of Anthropology?
A. It is the study of humankind in all times and all places.
B. It includes topics such as human origin, globalization, social change, and world history.
C. It is the study of humanity including our prehistoric origins and contemporary human
diversity.
D. It focuses on various social connections, institutions, organizations, structures, and
Processes.

37. Gilas Pilipinas represented the Philippines in the SEA Games Basketball Tournament. They
completed against other basketball teams from Southeast Asian countries. What type of group is their
opponent teams considered?
A. In-group C. Out-group
B. Network D. Reference group
38. All the following are true about social roles, EXCEPT
A. All our social roles are permanent.
B. Role expectations can change over time.
C. Role expectations differ between culture
D. There can be multiple roles for a single status.

39. It refers to the differences in social behaviors that different cultures exhibit around the world.
A. Cultural Relativism C. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural Variation D. Relativism
40. Culture is not property or possession of one person. This statement represents of what elements of
culture?
A. changing C. learned
B. dynamic D. share
41. What discipline in social science is concerned with study of the state and government?
A. Anthropology C. Psychology
B. Political Science D. Sociology
42. Filipino custom where a man, together with his family, pays a visit to the home of his intended bride.
In this occasion, his family will ask the formal blessing of the woman’s family for the wedding.
A. BAYANIHAN C. PAMAMANHIKAN
B. HARANA D. PAGMAMANO
43. BlackPink popularized many songs and dances. Teenagers nowadays idolize them. This is an
example of what type of group?
A. Network C. Reference
B. Primary D. Secondary

44. Which of the following is an example of an achieved status?

A. Doctor C. Women
B. Elderly adult D. Vietnamese
45. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the study of Anthropology?
A. It is the study of humankind in all times and all places.
B. It includes topics such as human origin, globalization, social change, and world history.
C. It is the study of humanity including our prehistoric origins and contemporary human
diversity.
D. It focuses on various social connections, institutions, organizations, structures, and
processes.
46. A social position a person receives at birth or takes on involuntarily later in life.
A. Achieved Status C. Folkways
B. Ascribed Status D. Roles
47. It is form of bias, where we tend to immediately judge another culture as “BAD “or “WRONG” based
upon their action, this statement is an example of what culture?
A. Acculturation C. Ethnocentrism
B. Cultural Relativism D. Enculturation
48. It is examining the remains of ancient and historical human population to promote an
understanding of how humans adopted to their environment and developed.
A. Archeology C. Linguistic Anthropology
B. Cultural Anthropology D. Physical Anthropology
49. The child wants to become a doctor in the future. This statement is an example of what type of
socialization?
A. Anticipatory Socialization
B. Developmental Socialization
C. Primary Socialization
D. Secondary Socialization
50. As couples Daniel and Kathryn give importance to Trust, Honesty, and Fidelity. What is this
culture’s standard for discerning what is good and just in their relationship?
A. Function C. Status
B. Roles D. Values

Prepared by:
Marty M. Tayag
Teacher II

Approved by:
Ma. Cristelyn M. Paner
Master Teacher II

Noted By:
JAYSON M. FLORES
Principal III