13 The educational theory, in response to progressivism,

which concerns with the revival of effort in the direction

of teaching the fundamental tools of learning as the
most indispensable type of education
a. Essentialism
c. Philosophical analysis
b. Perennialism d. Social traditionalism
14 This philosophy believes that the schools should
originate policies and progress which would bring
about reform of the social order
a. reconstructionism
c. Existentialism
b. Progressivism
d. Perennialism
15 This is the logical conclusion if we are to apply the
philosophy of martin Buber to education
a. Education will be characterize by imposition and
rules
b. Education will be characterize by mutual unfolding
of persons
c. Education will be characterize by pretensions
d. Education will be characterize by self motivation
16 Man as an embodied spirit means
a. Man is a body and soul
b. Man is a rational animal
c. Man is a totally, unique core or center, source
wellspring of initiative and meaning
d. Man is subjective
17 Man as an embodied sprit implies that education
should
a. Develop the intellect / mind
b. Develop mans individuality
c. Develop essential physical and intellectual skills
d. Develop the total man
18 human beings are living in a human world implies that
a. Education must help man give meaning to his
world of others
b. Education must develop skills to survive in this
world
c. Education must be relevant to this world
d. Education must be in the context of societal needs
19 This philosophy contends that the intellectual faculty of
man is higher that the physical faculties
a. Idealism
c. Existentialism
b. Realism
d. Logical Positivism
20 The philosophical study of the essence and nature of
man
a. Rational psychology
b. Epistemology
c. Philosophy of human person
d. Social Philosophy
21 The branch of philosophy that studies the morality of
human acts
a. Aesthetics
c. Ethics
b. Cosmology
d. Theodicy
22 This is the philosophical study of human knowledge
and the criteria of truth
a. Axiology
c. Logic
b. Epistemology
d. Metaphysics
23 This contemporary philosophical theme in education
contends that education must involve in its processes
the total human being-his subjectivity, the rational, the
material and the emotional aspect for man is a unity
and not a duality
a. Genuine dialogue
b. Man as a being in the world
c. Man as an embodied spirit
d. The socials and the inter human being
24 This philosophy proclaims the spiritual nature and the
universe. It holds that the good, the true and the
beautiful are permanently part of the structure of an
unchanging universe
a. Existentialism
c. Materialism

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What branch of philosophy is closely related to

education because it is concerned with human
knowledge in general and the criteria of truth?
a. Metaphysics
c. Epistemology
b. Logic
d. Ethics
2 This is the philosophical study of the universe and
everything in it
a. Cosmology
c. Metaphysics
b. Ethics
d. Axiology
3 What philosophy posits that a social teacher is a
revered person, central to the educative process and
therefore must be excellent mentally and morally in
personally conduct and conviction?
a. Realism
c. Essentialism
b. Idealism
d. Progressivism
4 What would the aim of a realist education likely be?
a. Contribute to the development of mind and self
b. Provide students with the knowledge he will need
to survive in the natural world
c. Give students insights into their traditions and
adapting students to society
d. Meet the need of a growing child rather than
emphasize the subject matter
5 This philosophy emphasizes the teaching of
controversial issues to prepare students for a
progressive structuring of the social order
a. Progressivism
c. Reconstructionism
b. Social traditionalism d. Social Experimentalism
6 The philosophy whose criterion of truth is seeing is
believing
a. Essentialism
c. Progressivism
b. Native realism
d. Existentialism
7 This is the systematic consistent explanation of all the
facts of experience. Its technical term is reason which
is considered as the best criterion of truth
a. Pragmatism
c. Correspondence
b. Consistency
d. Coherence
8 This philosophy contends that truth is universal an
unchanging and therefore a good education is also
universal and constant
a. Perennialism
c. Existentialism
b. Progressivism
d. Essentialism
9 Which philosophy has for its curriculum a body
intellectual subject matter that are conceptual on
subject, essential for the realization of mental and
moral development?
a. Realism
c. Existentialism
b. Idealism
d. Pragmatism
10 A branch of Philosophy that studies the morality of
human action
a. Epistemology
c. Ethics
b. Metaphysics
d. Cosmology
11 The area of Philosophy that specifically deals with the
problem of human values
a. criteriology
c. Theodicy
b. Epistemology d. Axiology
12 The aim of this philosophy is to reduce statements
about education to empirical terms
a. Reconstructionism
c. Philosophical analysis
b. Existentialism
d. Social traditionalism

b. Idealism
d. Realism
25 This philosophy posits the know ability of the world
and everything in its as they are in themselves and
their existence independent of human mind
a. Existentialism
c. Materialism
b. Idealism
d. Realism
26 The central aim of education should be to develop the
power of thought this would likely be the aim of what
educational practitioner?
a. Existentialism
c. Progressivist
b. Perennialist
d. Reconstructivist
27 This educational theory is based on the philosophy
grounded on experience and the interaction of the
person with his environment. It posits that education
must use past experiences to direct future experiences
a. Existentialism
c. Realism
b. Idealism
d. progressivism
28 This philosophy is a way of viewing and thinking about
life in the world so that priority is given into
individualism and subjectivity. It believes that human
beings are the creator of their own experiences
a. Existentialism
c. Realism
b. Idealism
d. Reconstruction
29 This emerging social values in education stresses that
man exist through the other and for others for he
becomes actuated through relations
a. Existential Dialogue
c. Socialization
b. Personalization
d. Vigilance
30 To what particular concept must education be based
according to contemporary philosophy?
a. Existential dialogue
b. Social Change
c. Supremacy of the human person
d. Synergy
31 This emerging social value in education stresses the
importance if the we-experience ad the converging of
the worlds
a. Authentic being
c. Personalization
b. Existential dialogue
d. Synergy
32 The essentialist would likely have this as the ultimate
aim of education
a. To fit man to perform, justly, skillfully and
magnanimous in all times in peace and war
b. To develop the power of thought. To search for an
disseminate the truth
c. To give all pupils insight into their traditions
d. To meet the needs of the growing child
33 The philosophical belief that reality is precisely what
as it appear to be and adheres to the belief that
seeing is believing
a. Coherence
c. Nave Realism
b. Consistency
d. Pragmatism
34 It is belief that when an idea agrees with its object, it is
proof of its truth. However, it is definition of truth not a
criteria
a. Coherence
c. Nave Realism
b. Consistency
d. Correspondence
35 The belief that the ultimate criterion of truth is if an
idea works then it is true
a. Coherence
c. Nave Realism
b. Consistency
d. Pragmatism
36 It is a systematic consistent explanation of all the facts
of experience. Its technical name is reason. This is
believed to be the ultimate criterion of truth
a. Coherence
c. Nave Realism
b. Consistency
d. Pragmatism
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of knowledge and thinking and must apply criteria for
moral evaluation. Suggested methods are questioning

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a. Existentialism
c. Materialism
b. Idealism
d. Pragmatism
This theory views education as a recurring process
based on eternal truths; thus, the schools curriculum
should emphasize the recurrent themes of human life
a. Perennialism
c. Progressivism
b. Pragmatism
d. Reconstructionism
The philosophical study of human mind
a. Axiology
c. Metaphysics
b. Epistemology d. Rational psychology
The philosophical study of being, its nature and
essence
a. Axiology
c. Metaphysics
b. Epistemology
d. Rational Psychology
A sociologist would be most interested in studying
a. Artifacts of the fast civilization
b. Group behavior
c. Psychological problems
d. Economic institution
Interrelated social structures that fit together to form
an integrated whole
a. Structural functionalism
b. Conflict theory
c. Symbolic Interactionism
d. Disruptive Functionalism
Development of self and adaptation of individual to
society
a. Structural functionalism
b. Conflict theory
c. Symbolic Interactionism
d. Disruptive Functionism
Which is NOT a method in sociological inquiry
a. Experimental study
c. Intuitive study
b. Longitudinal Study
d. Ex-post Facto study
Which of the following give some difficulties to a
sociological researcher?
a. Complexity of phenomena
b. Constant change
c. Unpredictability of behavior
d. All of the above
A cluster of behavior patterns related to the general
culture of a society and yet distinguishable from it
a. Sub-culture
c. Norm
b. Culture shock
d. mores
Which group would most likely have a counter culture?
a. Musician
c. Singers
b. Drugs users
d. Dancers
The complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs,
arts moral, laws, customs and other capabilities and
habits acquired by man as a member of the society
a. Norm
c. Culture
b. Folkways
d. Mores
When one consider the culture of another group as
inferior to his own, this connotes
a. Ethnocentrism
c. Assimilation
b. Cultural relativism
d. Acculturation
The rightness or wrongness of what one does depend
on where he is doing it
a. Cultural integration
c. Cultural relativism
b. Cultural lag
d. Cultural traits
The culture that includes undesirable behavior of the
member of society. Formally condemned but widely
practiced
a. Real culture
c. Sub-culture
b. Ideal culture
d. Counter culture
The process by which a member learns the norms of
the group
a. Accommodation
c. Compartmentalization

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d. Socialization
53 A role or status assigned according to heredity traits
without regard to individual preference, ability or
performance
a. Achieved
c. Attached
b. Ascribed
d. Applied
54 An achieved position in a society
a. Heir to the throne
c. Movie actor
b. Presidential son
d. First lady
55 Refers to the difficulty people have in meeting their
role obligations
a. Role conflict
c. Role strain
b. Role set
d. Role ambiguity
56 When a supervisor is tasked to report unsatisfactory
performance of her co-workers who are also her
friends. She may experience
a. Role play
c. Role strain
b. Role conflict
d. Role ambiguity
57 Social control imposed on social deviants to maintain
a. Social stigma
c. Social order
b. Social strata
d. Social mobility
58 Which of the following is NOT true?
a. The deviant behavior of one generation may
become the norm of the next
b. All forms of deviant are bad
c. Deviant behavior is one way of adapting a culture
to a social change
d. Some deviation are due to the failure of the
socialization process to integrate the cultural
norms into individuals personality
59 A teenager in a good neighborhood of stable families
and conventional people who rejects middle class
norms and become a delinquent is an example of
a. Individual deviation
c. Counter deviation
b. Group deviation
d. Relative deviation
60 A case of compulsive drug addict is an example if a
a. Primary deviant
c. Tertiary deviant
b. Secondary deviant
d. All of the above
61 Which is NOT a characteristic of a social group?
a. Physical collection of people
b. Shares a common purpose and conscious of each
other
c. Share some common characteristics
d. Member interact with one another
62 Which is NOT a characteristic of the relationship
among members of a primary group?
a. Personal
c. Segmental
b. Informal
d. Sentimental
63 Which is an example of members if a primary group?
a. Peer group
c. School administration
b. Family
d. Neighbors
64 Which of the following statements is NOT true about
Filipino families today?
a. Male authority has declined
b. Division of labor has changed
c. Separation has become more common
d. Has cease to be socialization unit in society
65 Which of the following is NOT an ethical issue that
must be confronted when doing social research?
a. Are the subjects being paid enough?
b. What degree of risk, pain or harm is involved?
c. To what extent are the subjects being deceived?
d. Will there be disclosure of confidential or
personally harmful information?
66 In most instances of participant observation the
researchers:
a. Hide their true identity
b. Do not hide their true identity
c. Pay their informants for information
d. Acts as therapist to the subject

67 A research technique in which the investigators enter

to the activities of the group at the same time they
study the groups behavior is
a. Participants observation
b. A semi-structured (open-ended) Interview
c. A structured interview
d. A data discussion
68 Participant observation:
a. A research tool used to follow-up on expected
findings
b. A research interview in which the investigators ash
a list of questions, but is free to vary them or make
up new ones that become important during the
course of the interview
c. A research technique in which the investigators
enter into activities of the group at the same time
they study the groups behavior
d. A research interview determined entirely in
advance and followed rigidly
69 A research interview determined entirely in advance
and followed rigidly is:
a. Participants observation
b. A semi structured (open-ended) interview
c. A structured interview
d. A data discussion
70 A research interview in which the investigators ask a
list of questions, but is free to vary them or make up
new ones that become important during the course
interview, that is
a. Participant observation
b. A semi structured (open-ended) interview
c. Structured interview
d. A data discussion
71 A conversation between two or more individuals in
which one party attempts to gain information from
others(s) by asking of questions is known as;
a. A survey
c. Participant observation
b. An interview
d. Hypothesis testing
72 Sociological and anthropological be misused because
it:
a. Is hard to understand
b. Is often used selectively by groups or individuals
to support certain motives
c. Is often ambiguous
d. Has few applicants
73 A survey by their nature usually
a. Are cross-sectional
b. Are longitudinal
c. Involve secondary methodology
d. Involve participants observation
74 A cross-sectional study is
a. A research technique in which investigators enter
into activities of the group at the same time they
study the groups behavior
b. Research examines a population at a given point
in a time
c. Research which examines a population, or portion
thereof, is questioned in order to reveal specific
facts about itself
d. Research that investigates a population at several
intervals over relatively a long period of time
75 Research that investigates a population at several
intervals over a relatively long period of time is called
a. A cross-sectional study c. Secondary Analysis
b. A residual analysis
d. Longitudinal research
76 Survey are used when:
a. Other measure do not produce statistical
significance
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interrelations of certain variables among large
number of people
d. Procedures having cross-cultural applications
needed
A research method is which a population, or portion
thereof, is questioned in order to reveal specific facts
itself is known as:
a. A survey
c. Experiments
b. Participant observation d. Residual analysis
Which of the following is NOT one of the three main
methods of research used by sociologists?
a. A survey
c. Experiments
b. Participants observation d. Residual analysis
A statistical technique to make all significant groups in
as society represented in a sample proportion to their
numbers in the large society is known as:
a. Random sampling
b. A stratified random sample
c. Sampling
d. Randomized response
The goal in designing a research project should be:
a. To prove a point
b. To provide a collection for all necessary and
sufficient data to test the stated hypothesis
c. To selectively isolate the variables in order to
prove the hypotheses are either correct or
incorrect
d. To prove hypothesis false. If they cannot proven
false, they must be true
An independent variable is
a. A testable statements about the relationship
between two or more empirical variables
b. Anything that can be change
c. A variable that changes for reason that have
nothing to do with another variable
d. A variable that changes in response to changes in
another variable
Which of the following is not a sign?
a. A clenched first
c. A flag
b. A knock on the door
d. Yawning
The most important symbols are
a. Action
c. Actions
b. Words
d. Behavior
The principal means through which culture is
transmitted from generation to generation is
a. Actions
c. Language
b. Diffusion
d. Behaviors
If apes can be taught to use language, it denies the
views that:
a. Only human can think
b. Only human have culture
c. Apes do not have history to pass on
d. Apes are stupid
Which of the following statements about culture is not
true?
a. Every social group must have a culture on its own
in order to function
b. Every individual participates in a number of
different culture
c. Meeting the social expectation of several cultures
is often source of tree
d. Families do not have their own culture but instead
reflect the culture of the larger society
Promised to make this country great again. Ruled for
about twenty years
a. Diosdado Macapagal c. Ramon Magsaysay
b. Ferdinand Marcos
d. Carlos Garcia
The form of government established by Aguinaldo was
change from dictatorial to:

a. Democratic
c. Republic
b. Sociologist
d. Revolutionary
89 Which provides he Tagalog shall be the official
language of the republic?
a. Constitution of 1935
c. Biyak na Bato
b. Makabula
d. Malolos
90 Which of the following were the greatest naval battles
in history during Japanese occupation of the
Philippines?
a. Battle of Leyte gulf
c. Claveri
b. Surigao Strait
d. Dela Torre
91 The most cultured of the reformist, wrote a sociohistorical novel based on facts he gathered in the
Philippines
a. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
c. Mariano Ponce
b. Jose Rizal
d. Jose Ma. Paganiban
92 The editor of La Solaridad and a great orator, he
initiated the reform movement
a. Marcelo H. Del Pilar
c. Emilio Jacinto
b. Jose Rizal
d. Graciano Lopez-Jaena
93 The generation of the spirits was common among
ancient Filipinos. Memories of their dead relatives
were kept alive through craved idol. This practice was
called
a. Cult of the dead c. Nature Worship
b. Mass of the dead d. Divination
94 The practice of having surnames was started during
Spanish regime through the order of
a. Gov. Gen Jaudenes
c. Gov. Gen Claveria
b. Gov. Gen Dela Torre
d. Gov. Gen Polavejia
95 As promised by Gen. Mc Arthur- he would return to
liberate the Filipinos after he could train troops, in
Australia. The Leyte landing signified the liberation of
the Philippines, was well as the return of the
commonwealth
government.
Who
was
the
commonwealth president who came with Mc Arthur?
a. Romulo
c. Osmea
b. Roxas
d. Quezon
96 Men and women of pre-colonial times had weakness
for personal adornment. A side from jewels, tattooing
of the body was common. In the Visayas tattooed men
were called
a. Umalohokan
c. Abi
b. Pintados
d. Plista
97 Memories of brutality which was so in human during
the Japanese regime were always associated with a
particular Japanese group called
a. Kalibapi
c. Kamikaze
b. Kempetai
d. Samurai
98 Membership in the Katipunan come in grades: first
(katipons); second (kawal); and third (bayani). Each
grade designed as well as password so they could
maintain their secrecy of the movement. The password
for the kawal grade was?
a. Rizal
c. Kawal
b. Gomburza
d. Sundalo
99 Pre-colonial trade in the Philippines was prosperous.
Business transactions made use of:
a. Money system
c. Credit system
b. Barter system
d. Banking System
100 The use of magic charms was very common among
pre-Spanish Filipinos. One of these is the antinganting or agimat which is meant to:
a. Insure a man against a weapon of every kind
b. Made a man lovable to all ladies
c. Made a man invisible
d. Made him walk in storm or sea without getting wet
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