Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Region
DIVISION OF BUTUAN CITY

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS

Name: _____________________________________________ Grade/Section: _____________________

Teacher: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________________

Direction. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. It is the basic similarities and systematic differences between humans.

a. Culture
b. Anthropology
c. Politics
d. Sociology
2. What does anthropology seek to bring to the discussion on society?
a. It tries to account for the social and cultural variation in the world.
b. Consists of conceptualizing and understanding similarities between social systems and human
relationships.
c. Its language conveys how different people can be and tries to find out in what sense it can be said
that all humans have something in common.
d. All the above
3. What is the best description of democratic participation?
a. People have the right to appoint people to the agenda of national building without conforming to the
representational population.
b. People rally for change.
c. Believe in the notion that “people are equal in all aspects of life. Whether in wealth, success,
opportunity, and social status.
d. None of the above
4. How do anthropology, sociology, and political science explain human cultural variation, social
differences, social change, and political differences?
a. These are branches of social sciences that provide tools that give a comprehensive study of human
activities. It purposely identifies the structure, elements, and patterns of the living that formed into
society and agreeable norms.
b. Given that societies are dynamic, sociology investigates the political structure that was formed due
to the constant development of humans. Anthropology discussed the important sequence of human
development from its origin to the present, and political science explains the structure of government
and its decisions to promote contemporary life.
c. These are social sciences that claim the understanding of human behavior. Their biological
completeness, psychology, and potential to form society. It appreciates and dwells more on the
differences of every human being than the similarities.
d. All the above
5. It refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. This may include changes in nature, social
institutions, social behaviors, or social relations.
a. Cultural Lag
b. Modernity
c. Social Change
d. Social Statics
6. ___________ is the process of social change begun by industrialization.
a. Postmodernity
b. Anomie
c. Gemeinschaft
d. Modernization
7. In contrast to Ferdinand Tonnies who saw industrialization as accounting for a loss of solidarity,
______________ viewed modernization not as a loss of community but as a change from community-
based on bonds of likeness to community-based on economic interdependence.
 a. Emile Durkheim
b. Karl Marx
c. Max Weber
d. Peter Berger
8. Which of the following is most accurate?
a. Emile Durkheim’s concept of organic solidarity refers to social bonds of mutual dependency based
on specialization.
b. Ferdinand Tonnies saw societies as changing from the social organization based on Gesellschaft to
the social organization based on Gemeinschaft.
c. Karl Marx was a strong proponent of the mass-society theory.
d. Emile Durkheim’s concept of mechanical solidarity is very similar in meaning to Ferdinand
Tonnies’ concept of Gesellschaft.
9. A practice of judging a culture by its standards.
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Xenocentrism
c. Cultural relativism
d. Egocentrism
10. How does an ethnocentric person see things?
a. White people are superior that black people.
b. My skin is better when glowing white.
c. My nose is short because I am a Filipino, that is why I am ugly.
d. All the above.
11. Which statement proves cultural integration.
a. The Twitter traffic of the 2022 Philippine Election.
b. Women’s increased participation in the labor force parallels many changing family patterns,
including first marriages at a later stage and a rising divorce rate in the USA.
c. LGBTQAI+ have compelled the government to promote their rights but are still sinful in the eyes
and standards of the church.
d. Both b and c.
12. The conflicting concept of the principle of cultural relativism is the “difficulty to find solid moral
grounds.”
a. False, cultural relativism eradicates the precept of dominance and inferiority.
b. True, cultural relativism troubles the standard of acceptability of norms. It means wrong practices
may be validated by equality and differences of nature such as child labor in the standards of
Morocco and India.
c. Unrelated, cultural relativism is the product of globalization, where our differences are understood
rather than imposed one-sided by the dominant and powerful cultures.
d. Just hoax.
13. The cultural patterns strongly oppose those widely accepted within a society.
a. Sanctions
b. Multiculturalism
c. Cultural lag
d. Counterculture
14. Which of the following identifies two of the components of culture?
a. Values and norms
b. Social change and social statics
c. Social structure and social functions
d. People and the natural environment
15. Norms are broad guidelines for social living.
Values are statements that people hold to be true.
a. Both statements above are true.
b. The first statement is false, and the second statement is true.
c. The first statement is true, and the second statement is false.
d. Both statements above are false.
16. How important does language plays in the continuity of a culture?
a. Language solidifies and unites one culture.
b. It transmits culture from one generation to the next.
c. It is spoken and written communication.
d. Language differs in every culture, that is why it signifies identity.
17. It refers to the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn the
culture.
 a. Personality
b. Ego
c. Socialization
d. Self-actualization
18. Which of the following is representative of Sigmund Freud’s analysis of personality?
a. Biological forces play only a small role in personality development.
b. The term instinct is understood as very general human needs in the form of urges and drives.
c. The most significant period for personality development is adolescence.
d. Personality is best studied as a process of externalizing social forces.
19. For a person operating at the conventional stage of Lawrence Kohlberg's moral development theory…
a. “rightness” amounts to “what feels good to me.”
b. … an attempt is made to assess the intention in reaching moral judgments instead of simply
observing what others do.
c. … abstract ethical principles are applied, instead of just using her or his culture’s norms to make
moral judgments.
d. … moral decisions are based on avoidance of punishment.
20. What can be done to reduce the damaging effects of racial and ethnic stereotypes on your school?
a. People must be aware of their community, to widen their perspective.
b. People must encourage interracial interaction, to which people adapt qualities that are beneficial to
humanity in general.
c. We should also seek out media portrayals of different races that are realistic and positive. Attending
churches, plays, concerts, and movies that celebrate diversity will also broaden our worldview.
d. All the above
21. The __________ is a social institution found in all societies that unite people in cooperative groups to
oversee the bearing and raising of children.
a. Family
b. Descent Group
c. Tribe
d. Community
22. According to social-conflict theorists, which of the following is not one of the ways that families aid in
the perpetuation of social inequality?
a. Property and inheritance
b. Bilateral descent
c. Patriarchy
d. Race and ethnicity
23. According to Paul Johnson, which of the following is/are distinguishing characteristics of terrorism?
a. Democratic societies reject terrorism in principle, but they are especially vulnerable to terrorism
because they afford extensive civil liberties.
b. Terrorism is employed not just by groups, but by governments against their own people.
c. Terrorists try to paint violence as a legitimate political tactic.
d. All the above
24. As a student, how important it is to conform to a social institution?
a. It contributes stability, especially in times of uncertainty, and helps set an expectation.
b. It helps individuals know how to behave in each situation.
c. Leads to social development.
d. All the above
25. This refers to mechanisms which govern the behavior of a set of individuals within a given community.
a. Institution
b. Government
c. School
d. Cooperative
26. It is one of the market transactions that include direct barter or simultaneous exchange of goods or gift
exchange where the return goods given, or labor is delayed.
a. Reciprocity
b. Transfer
c. Redistribution
d. Transaction
27. Which is the best definition of exogamy?
a. Exogamy is being with a man/woman in a different race.
b. Exogamy is uniting with someone who is outside the clan.
c. Exogamy is marrying an unrelated person.
 d. Exogamy is the custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.
1. A general union represents workers with a range of jobs and skills, from different industries
and companies. An example of this type of union is a trade union of drivers, janitors, and office workers.
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. None of the above
2. Connie meets James at the airport. She suspected that he is related to her, so they investigated both
of James’s parents. What form of lineage tracing is exemplified/shown by the situation?
a. Unilineal
b. Bilateral
c. Triennial
d. Quadrilateral
Cheska meet a new friend with the same family name. They both assume that they have the same lineage. Now
both are looking through Cheska’s father lineage to determine the truth. What form of lineage determines the
relationship of Cheska and her friend?
a. Unilineal
b. Bilateral
c. Triennial
d. Quadrilateral
31. __________is/are considered as the basic unit of social organization.
a. People
b. Person
c. Family
d. Society

How are you going to formulate a ritual in kinship?

a. Cut their wrists and pour their blood into a cup filled with liquid, such as wine, and drink the mixture.
b. Pass down family heirlooms.
c. Select Godparents for a child during baptism, conformation, and marriage.
d. Meditate every day for enlightenment.
33. It is a type of family that is made up of a group of people united by social ties and is usually made up
of two adults and their socially recognized children.
a. Extended Family
b. Nuclear Family
c. Blended Family
d. Complex Family
34. Mary’s Father and Ann’s Mother got married. Both of their family stay and congregate to form a new
family. What types of family is shown by the situation?
a. Complex Family
b. Blended Family
c. Extended Family
d. Nuclear Family
35. Unlike everyone in school, Yancy’s friends wear jeans while Yancy prefers to wear checkered slacks.
We can say that they reject _______ in doing the same things as everyone else.
a. Conformity
b. Deviance
c. Folkways
d. Values
36. What was meant by “Human beings are considered social animals”?
a. Human survival depends on another human's efforts.
b. Humans want to constantly socialize with other humans.
c. Humans love to be wild like animals.
d. Humans are considered as peers of other animals.
37. Smartphones and other mobile devices are increasingly used in new normal education. Mobile apps
allow teachers the flexibility to conduct digital classrooms with enhanced verbal and presentation skills
and incorporate technological skills with core competency lessons. This new system of education is a part
of ____________ learning.
 a. Innovation
b Rebellion
c. Retreatism
d. Ritualism
38. It describes the social economic level of society's layers with the wealthiest and most powerful
citizens being at the top?
a. Functionalism Theory
b. Conflict Theory
c. Social Stratification
d. Political Stratification
39. Mary is vocal in expressing her thoughts and ideas about how the government implements health
protocols and responds to the COVID 19 pandemic. Mary is practicing her _____________.
a. Common good
b. Human dignity
c. Human rights
d. Humanity
40. Which of the following is an example of a good leader?
a. Raiden leads his group with passion and commitment and listens to his members’ opinion
b. Maricar’s way of leadership is doing it on her own to avoid conflict among members
c. Johnny let his members do whatever they want in their group for him it works more talk less
d. May with confidence shows her member what to do she always focus on her own idea.
41. What is the difference between nation and state?
a. A nation does not possess political sovereignty and it remains a political entity that does not possess
the status of being recognized as an independent political entity while a state is a political unit consisting
of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people with a well-defined territory.
b. A state does not possess political sovereignty and it remains a political entity that does not possess the
status of being recognized as an independent political entity while a nation is a political unit consisting
of a government that has sovereignty presiding over a group of people and a well-defined territory.
c. Both state and nation do not possess political sovereignty and it remains a political entity that does not
possess the status of being recognized as an independent political entity.
d. Both nation and state are a political unit consisting of a government that has sovereignty presiding
over a group of people and a well-defined territory.
42. As a leader how are you going to devise your legitimacy and authority?
a. Make others feel safe to speak up and I will not intimidate my colleagues.
b. Communicate well expect less from members to avoid conflict.
c. Possess authority and power to make binding decisions and issue commands.
d. Challenge your people and always give a reward.
43. Although Ruth needs money for her mother’s medicine, she is NOT tempted to take her classmate’s
wallet because she believes it is wrong even if no one is looking. Ruth is guided by ____________.
a. adult socialization
b. external socialization
c. internal socialization
d. secondary socialization
44. _________________ is the process whereby spaces between nations become porous because of the
accelerated phase of diffusion of information, people, capital, and goods.
a. Globalization
b. Economy
c. Cultural Homogenization
d. Diversity
45. Julian wakes up late and realizes her exam starts in five minutes. She jumps into her car and speeds
down the road where she is pulled over by a traffic officer. Julian's actions are an example of ______.
a. Conformity
b. Deviance
c. Conformity socialization
d. Social control
46. Marivel has a habit of texting during class. One day, the teacher stops his lecture and asks her to
respect the other students in the class by turning off her phone. In this situation, the teacher used
_______ to maintain social control.
a. Formal positive sanctions
b. Informal positive sanction
c. Formal negative sanctions
 d. Informal negative sanctions
47. Which of the following situation does not express the idea of social inequality?
a. Hundreds of refugees from Syria were allowed to enter Europe
b. 20% discount for persons with disabilities or PWD strictly followed
c. South China Sea disputes between China and the Philippines
d. The world market dictates the high and the low price of petroleum products.

48. When an individual strives to achieve something to make life more comfortable and financially
secured, his rank will also level up and all the rest will change. This situation simply talks about
_____________?
a. Freedom to change your status in life
b. Inequality in life that caused pain
c. Struggles to be the better one
d. Misfortune in social class
49. Jessica was denied and harassed due to her nationality, what condition did Jessica experience?
a. social stratification
b. Social Inequality
c. Global Inequalities
d. Gender Inequalities
50. What will you create/do to express your political involvement?
a. Influence other people to alter their decision in supporting any politician.
b. Practice your suffrage and stay outside the conflict of politics.
c. Create an organization that will help the government to solve corruption.
d. All the above.

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KEREN DAM D. MORDENO DOLYNESSA J. GALEON

Teacher I SGH-HUMSS C

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Teacher II