Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
Domingo P. Boquiren National High School
UMANDO, MALASIQUI, PANGASINAN, PHILIPPINES

NAME: _______________________________________________________________ SCORE: _____________________

LEVEL/SECTION: Grade 12 – GAS DATE: _______________________
DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
FOURTH QUARTERLY EXAMINATION (2nd SEMESTER)
General Directions:
1. Read the questions carefully before you answer.
2. Write the letter of your correct answer on the space provided before each number.
3. Erasures and superimpositions are given no credit.

________1. The theory that people make economic choices based on their own self-interest is called what?
a. Rational Choice b. Institutionalism c. Feminist d. Hermeneutical Phenomenology
________2. In a college class of 100 students, the professor asks the students if they would prefer a candy bar or ball-point pen as
part of an experiment. 50 students indicate a preference for candy bars. The other 50 students prefer a ball-point pen.
He gives out 50 ball-point pens and 50 candy bars randomly to the students. Because the process is random some
students receive their preferred item while others do not. According to the theory of rational choice, if students were
given the option of trading what would we expect to see in terms of student trading candy bars and ball-point pens?
a. No trading would occur.
b. Because there is enough of the candy bars and ball-point pens to meet the exact preferences of every student,
we would expect those students who didn't receive their preferred item to trade with each other. In the end
everyone would receive their preferred item.
c. We would expect students who did receive their preferred item to give it away to others who didn't receive their
preferred item.
d. Because people make random choices, there isn't a way to make prediction about what would happen.
________3. Which of the following BEST describes the importance behind the rational choice theory?
a. Understanding why people decide to make choices on how to spend their resources is an important building
block for more complex economic theory.
b. Rational choice theory is not very widely accepted in economic theory.
c. Understanding whether someone is making the right choice on how to spend their resources is important to
economists.
d. People are random in their economic choices so rational choice theory is not an important economic theory.
________4. According to rational choice theory, social interaction is a matter of what?
a. Social Structure d. Exchange
b. Psychology e. None of the answers are correct
c. Empathy
________5. Which of the following is not an assumption of rational choice theory?
a. Individuals act rationally.
b. Individuals act in their collective interest.
c. Individuals have sufficient information to make rational choices.
d. Preferences are transitive.
e. None of the answers are correct.
________6. What is new about the new institutionalism?
a. It includes informal norms or rules as well as formal institutions
b. It sees institutions as autonomous actors
c. It emphasizes that institutions are not value-neutral
d. All of the above
________7. Which type of 'new institutionalism' focuses on the costs, opportunities, and constraints that institutions create for
actors?
a. Rational choice institutionalism c. Sociological institutionalism
b. Historical institutionalism d. All of the above
________8. What types of feminists seek to expand the rights of women through legislation?
a. Radical b. Socialist c. Liberal d. Capitalist
________9. Which type of feminism regards capitalism as increasing patriarchy by concentrating power in the hands of a small
number of men?
a. Liberal b. Marxist c. Capitalist d. Radical

________10. Which type of feminism proposes that men not only benefit from the exploitation of women, but that they are
responsible for it as well?
a. Radical b. Liberal c. Socialist d. Capitalist
II. Matching Type. Match Column A (name of the authors) to Column B (Title of their book). Write the letter of your best answer on
the space provided for.

A. B.
________11. Mary Wollstonecraft A. Vindication of the Rights of Women
________12. Elizabeth Cady Stanton B. Seneca Falls Declaration
________13. Simone de Beauvoir C. The Second Sex
________14. Betty Friedan D. The Feminine Mystique
________15. Rebecca Walker E. Third-Wave Feminism

________16. Which of the following is not a key concept in this paradigm?

a. Sustainability b. Landscape c. Interaction d. Feedback Mechanism
________17. Which of the examples below most accurately describes the concept of "Landscape"?
a. A foreigner adjusting to how local people eat in order to look more natural in the place.
b. Being able to maintain one’s surroundings thanks to the efficient use of resources
c. Changing the seating arrangements in a way that it’s within the classroom but enough to have seven (7)
groups seated together.
d. None of the above.
________18. True or False: In Human-environment Systems, social and natural systems are inseparable.
a. True b. False
________19. True or False: Human-environment systems involves a macro-level analysis only.
a. True b. False
________20. The feedback mechanism is referred to as...
a. How we, people, are limited to what environment and we adjust to it.
b. System components affecting each other, causing a loop.
c. Understanding the broader and mutual interactions between two systems.
d. All of the above
________21. Refers to the phenomenon where certain gases in the lower atmosphere absorb the heat radiated by the earth,
thereby preventing the heat from escaping to outer space.
a. Greenhouse Effect b. Global Warming c. Climate Change d. Ozone depletion
________22. Refers to an aspect of climate change that result in increased average temperature of the atmosphere, in particular
the layer of air near to the earth's surface.
a. Global Warming b. Air Pollution c. Greenhouse Effect d. Solid Waste
________23. The ideology that evokes the necessity and responsibility of humans to respect, protect, and preserve the natural
world from its anthropogenic (caused by humans) afflictions.
a. Environmental Awareness b. Environmentalism c. Conservationism d. Ecology
________24. Which of the following statement is not true regarding Human-Environment Interaction?
a. The environment adapt to human beings. c. Human beings depend on the environment
b. Human beings modify the environment. d. All environmental changes affect human beings.
________25. It is the understanding the fragility of the environment and knowing the importance of its protection.
a. Environmental Awareness b. Environmentalism c. Conservationism d. Ecology

III. Choose the appropriate answer from the choices given below. Write only the letter of your best answer.
A. Xenocentrism, Flexibility, Extreme Personalism
B. Values, Joy and Humor, Filipino Culture
C. Ethnocentrism, Bahala Na, Ability to Survive
D. Pakiramdam, Faith & Religiosity, Lack of Discipline
E. Kapwa, Bayanihan, Extreme Family Centeredness

_____26. The tendency to view one’s own culture as the best and to judge other cultures as inferior in comparison to it.
_____27. They are principles or standards of behavior and one‘s judgment of what is important in life.
_____28. A denial of the superiority of one’s culture or a part thereof and favor the other.
_____29.The pivotal value of the shared inner person, feeling for another, being aware, sensitive and attentive to the “subtle cues
and non-verbal behaviors” of the other person.
_____30.Without it, one ceases to be a Filipino.
_____31. It is expressive of the Filipino’s solidarity by working together as one people.
_____32. A cheerful and fun-loving approach to life and its ups and downs.
_____33. A great capacity to adjust and to adapt to circumstances and the surrounding environment, both physical and social.
_____34. A reservoir of psychic energy, an important psychological prop on which we can lean during hard times.
_____35. The capacity to accept failure and defeat without our self-concept being devastated since we recognize forces external
to ourselves as contributing to how events in our lives turn out.
_____36. The capacity for endurance despite difficult times and in our ability to get by, on so very little.
_____37.The necessity for the establishment of personal relationships before any business or work relationships can
besuccessful.
_____38. It creates an in-group to which the Filipino is fiercely loyal to the detriment of concern for the larger community or for the
common good.
_____39. It results to an inefficient and wasteful work system, violations of rules leading to more serious transgressions and a
casual work ethic leading to carelessness and lack of follow-through.
_____40.It is characterized by openness to the outside adapting and incorporating the foreign elements into our image of
ourselves.

A. Amor Propio, Smooth Interpersonal Relationship (SIR)

B. Bayanihan, Gaya-gaya
C. Balat-kayo, Pakikisama
D. Oho/Opo, Karma
E. Mahilig sa Kaayusan, Ramay

_____41. It is characterizes by the fear to lose social acceptance.

_____42. It refers to the practice of asking for payment for a service done when there is not supposed to be any fee.
_____43. It occurs when a person appears to be what one is not.
_____44. A reply attached to a term respect or courtesy.
_____45. The Filipino way of fixing matters in an unorthodox and usually illegal way.
_____46. It enables the Filipinos to imitate others, especially Westerners.
_____47. A view that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
_____48. The practice of yielding to the will of the leader or to the group so as to make the group’s decision unanimous.
_____49. A value inherent in the Filipino culture because of its clannishness and close-knit families.
_____50.The ability to get along with others in such a way as to avoid outward signs of conflict.

IV. ESSAY. Explain briefly. (10 points if explained well; 9-5 points if slightly explained; 4-1 point if poorly explained; 0 if no
explanation)

1. How can Social Science be used to address social concerns?

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2. Write an essay following answering the following questions.
a. What profession do you want to pursue five (5) years from now?
b. Why do you want it?
c. How do you think it will help the society?
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Aim High!
Prepared by:

DAISY G. VALLE, LPT, Master of Education (S.S.)

SHS Teacher II