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First Quarterly Examination in Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences

Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________________________

Year & Section: _____________________________ Instructor: BOBSON S. LACAO-CAO

Part I: Multiple Choices (1-35)

INSTRUCTION: On the space provided before the number, write the letter that corresponds to your
chosen answer.
1. Economics: Social Science while Physics: ___________
a. Humanities c. Soft Science
b. Natural Science d. Science and Technology
2. An approach that views institutions as humanly devised constraints that structure political,
economic, and social interactions
a. Institution c. Institutionalism
b. Institute d. None of the Above
3. It is the conflict between entire classes over the distribution of a society’s wealth and power
a. Class conflict c. Societal conflict
b. Power conflict d. Wealth conflict
4. Who among the following are the important personalities in the field of Anthropology
a. Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, Franz Boas
b. Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall
c. Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Strabo
d. Herodotus, Thucydides, Ban Gu
5. The following philosophers and scholars contributed to the development of the discipline of
History, except
a. Herodotus c. Anaximander
b. Thucydides d. Ban Gu
6. It is a discipline which includes everything about humans, from their biological and evolutionary
past, to ways of life and traditions that they uphold.
a. Economics c. Social Science
b. Anthropology d. Sociology
7. An approach that sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote
soiidarity and stability. It looks for a structure’s social function
a. Structuralism c. Macrostructure
b. Structural Functionalism d. Microstructure
8. This discipline was coined by Auguste Comte, which inquires into social behavior and historical
development of social institution.
a. Social Science c. Sociology
b. Society d. Demography
9. It is a discipline which allows us to express and understand each other’s thoughts, ideas and
feelings. It is defined as “the institution whereby humans communicate and interact with each
other by means of habitually used oral-auditory symbols”
c. Language c. Dialect
d. Words d. Linguistics
10. In 1760-1849, a non-violent source of social change happen. It witnessed a shift from human
labor dependence to machine dependence as the technological advancements in this period
paved the way for manufactured products and production of surplus. This is called
a. French Revolution c. Industrial Revolution
b. World War II d. Social Change
11. Who among the following are the important personalities in the field of Anthropology
a. Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, Franz Boas
b. Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall
c. Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Strabo
d. Herodotus, Thucydides, Ban Gu
12. In Economics, positive economics is viewed as the descriptive form of economics wherein its
chief aims is to describe and explain economic phenomena or behavior, while normative
economics is
a. Associated with welfare economics and is focused on providing explanations and
arguments on how economic policies should be
b. Not in any manner, associated with the welfare economics but focus on giving
explanations and arguments on how economic policies should be
c. Focus on dealing with quantitative form since positive economics is in the descriptive
form
d. Dealing with what is observable in the environment.
13. He is known as the father of Modern Economics
a. Karl Marx c. Adam Smith
b. Auguste Comte d. Thomas Malthus

14. It is engaged in the study of phenomena relating to human groups and their socio-physical
environment.
a. Social Science c. Society
b. Community d. Natural Science
15. It examines the human or social aspects of human-related inquiry and generally defined as the
study of describing Earth
a. Geology c. Geography
b. Natural Science d. Cartography
16. This discipline is the study of political power relations, behavior, and activities as well as system
of government from domestic, international, and comparative perspective.
a. Politics c. Political Science
b. Economics d. Law
17. Demography is the study of human population and its trends. It allows us to study the different
aspects of people, communities, and societies across borders.
a. Both statement are false
b. Both statements are true
c. The first statement is true, the second statement is false
d. The first statement is false, the second statement is true
18. Public Administration is one of the current applications of Political Science, public administration
is
a. The discipline which tackles the management and implementation of government
policies
b. The discipline which is responsible for the governance of a country or state
c. The discipline that deals with the development of state policies and regulations
d. The discipline that deals with the application of rules and policies
19. Who among the following scholars/philosophers contributed to the development of the
discipline of Economics
a. Edward Burnett Tylor, Lewis Henry Morgan, Franz Boas
b. Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall
c. Anaximander, Eratosthenes, Strabo
d. Herodotus, Thucydides, Ban Gu
20. The following are the important personalities in the field of Psychology, except
a. Hipporacrates c. Sigmund Freud
b. William James d. Karl Marx
21. In Linguistics, it is the study of the history or origin of a particular word
a. Ethnology c. Etymology
b. Etylography d. Etymolography
22. In Geography, the following are the distinct fields of this discipline, except
a. Physical Geography c. Human Geography
b. Artificial Geography d. Geomatics
23. This discipline was conceived as the study of the allocation of resources within the household
level
a. Economics c. Psychology
b. Sociology d. History
24. August Comte argued that there are three stages in the development of reason, this includes
a. Theoretical, Philosophical, and Scientific
b. Scientific, Political, and Theoretical
c. Philosophical, Theological and Scientific
d. Sociological, Theological, and Philosophical
25. In essence, it is the study of the soul, but some would define this discipline as the “study of
behavior and mental processes”
a. Psychology c. Politics
b. Linguistics d. Physiology
26. It is a discipline which allows man to understand themselves and make sense of the world. It
came from the Greek word that means “knowledge acquired by investigation”
a. Anthropology c. Geography
b. History d. Sociology
27. This discipline describes the composition of population according to its basic socio economic
features which includes sex, age, family and household status
a. Economics c. Sociology
b. Demography d. History
28. In Political Science, it is the concept which means, the capacity to influence another, it may be a
state, a non-state, or an individual actor
a. Power c. Leadership
b. Politics d. President
29. The unrecognized and unintended consequence of any social pattern
a. Latent Function c. Latent Dysfunction
b. Manifest Function d. Manifest Dysfunction
30. In Sociology, this is a concept which is defined as a “group of people who share in one form or
another distinct commonality
a. Society c. Community
b. Barangay d. Culture
 31. The study of the ways in which the human experience is processed and documented; the fields
of philosophy, literature, religion, art, music, history and language
a. Humanities c. Social Science
b. Natural Science d. Social Studies
32. An approach that sees society as the product of the everyday interactions of individuals
a. Symbolic interactionism c. Structural Functionalism
b. Structuralism d. Symbolism
33. The recognized and intended consequence of any social pattern
a. Latent Function c. Latent Dysfunction
b. Manifest Function d. Manifest Dysfunction
34. The consequence of any social pattern for the operation of a society as a whole
a. Social Dysfunction c. Social Function
b. Social Conflict d. Social Structure
35. Any social pattern that may disrupt the operation of society
a. Social Function c. Social Dysfunction
b. Sociological Function d. Structural Function

Part II Essay: (36-50)

1. Sa iyong pananaw, ano-ano ang mga dahilan ng hindi pagkakaunawaan sa isang grupo ng mga
tao sa isang lipunang kanilang ginagalawan? (5pts)

2. Ano-ano ang mga simbolong maaaring maglarawan sa pagiging makabayan ng mga Pilipino.
Ipaliwanag ang halaga ng mga simbolong ito. (5pts)

3. Ano ang halaga ng pag-aaral ng Social Sciences sa iyo bilang isang mag-aaral ng Senior High
School.
(5pts)
ANSWER KEY

Part I (1-35) Multiple Choice

1. D
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. C
16. C
17. B
18. A
19. B
20. A
21. C
22. D
23. A
24. C
25. A
26. B
27. D
28. A
29. A
30. D
31. A
32. A
33. D
34. C
35. C
 Part II Essay (36-50)

Rubrics:

Above Standards Meets Standards Approaching Standards Below Standards

CATEGORY 5pts 4pts 3 pts 2 pts
Accuracy All supportive facts Almost all Most supportive facts and Most supportive facts
and statistics are supportive facts and statistics are reported and statistics were
reported accurately. statistics are accurately. inaccurately reported.
reported accurately.
Position The position The position A position statement is There is no position
Statement statement provides statement provides present, but does not make statement.
a clear, strong a clear statement of the author\'s position
statement of the the author\'s clear.
author\'s position position on the
on the topic. topic.
Sources All sources used for All sources used for Most sources used for Many sources are
quotes, statistics quotes, statistics quotes, statistics and facts suspect (not credible)
and facts are and facts are are credible and cited AND/OR are not cited
credible and cited credible and most correctly. correctly.
correctly. are cited correctly.
Closing The conclusion is The conclusion is The author\'s position is There is no conclusion -
paragraph strong and leaves recognizable. The restated within the closing the paper just ends.
the reader solidly author\'s position is paragraph, but not near
understanding the restated within the the beginning.
writer\'s position. first two sentences
Effective of the closing
restatement of the paragraph.
position statement
begins the closing
paragraph.