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MOST ESSENTIAL
TOPICS OF
UNDERSTANDING
CULTURE
SOCIETY AND
POLITICS
KEY AREAS OF LIFE SKILLS (WHO, 1999) What content
knowledge must
have been mastered
by students before
engaging into the
MET?
What questions best assess the
MET’s prerequisite content-
knowledge to gauge the
readiness of a student in
developing the life skill(s) aimed
in teaching the MET?
Organize these questions as
the subjects’ diagnostic test
Provide answer key and score
guide
Communicat
ion and
Interpersona
l
Relationship
Decision
Making and
Problem
Solving
Creative and
Critical
Thinking
Self-
awareness
and
Empahty
Assertiveness
and
Equanimity
Resilience
and
Coping
with
Problem
Kontemporaryon
g Isyu
Q1,4 Q2 Q5,6,7,8
,9
Q3 SCORE GUIDE:
9-8 – Highly sufficient
7-5 - Sufficient
4-0 - insufficient
Starting Points
for
Understanding
Culture, Society
and Politics
Q12 Q11 Q10,14 Q13 ✓ Social and political
backgrounds
✓ Social, political, and
cultural behaviors
SCORE GUIDE:
5 – Highly sufficient
4-3 - Sufficient
2-0 - insufficient
Defining cultutre
and society
Q16,18 Q17,20 Q15 Q19 ✓ Definition of culture
and society
✓ Aspects of culture
✓ Ethnocentrism and
Cultural Relativism
SCORE GUIDE:
7-6 Highly sufficient
5-4 - Sufficient
3-0 - insufficient
Becoming a
member of
society
Q21 Q22 Q23 Q24 ✓ Enculturation and
Socialization
✓Conformity and
Deviance
SCORE GUIDE:
4 Highly sufficient
3-2 - Sufficient
1-0 - insufficient
How society is
organized
Q26,28 Q25,29 Q27 ✓ Groups within
society
SCORE GUIDE:
5 – Highly sufficient
4-3 - Sufficient
2-0 - insufficient
Social and
political
institution
Q30 Q31,35,
36,39
Q32,38 Q33,34
,37
✓ Kinship, Marriage
and Households
✓ Political and
leadership
structures
✓ Economic
Institutions
✓ Non-State
Institutions
✓ Education
✓ Religion and Belief
systems
SCORE GUIDE:
10-8 – Highly sufficient
7-5 - Sufficient
4-0 - insufficient

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Social cultural
stratification
Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q44 Q45 ✓Social desirables
✓Social Mobility
✓Social Inequality
SCORE GUIDE:
6–5 Highly sufficient
4-3 - Sufficient
2-0 - insufficient
Responding to
social, cultural
and political
changes
Q1,4,12,1
6,18,21,2
6,28,30,4
0
Q2,11,22,
25,29,31,
35,36,39
Q5,6,7,8,9
,10,14,17,
20,23,27,
32,38,42
Q3,15,23 Q19,44 Q13,24,3
3,34,37,
45 45 item test

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1 Ang sumusunod ay dahilan kung bakit maituturing na kontemporaryong isyu ang climate
change Maliban sa: (Creative/Critical Thinking)
A. Ito ay isang napapanahong isyu ay kasalakuyang nararanasan ng tao.
B. Ito ay hindi napagtutuunan ng pansin ng pamahalaan at ng mamayanan.
C. Ito ay maaring makaapekto o makapagdudulot ng hindi mabuti sa buhay ng tao.
D. Nagsisikap ang tao na makahanap ng paraan upang maiwasan ang masamang epekto
nito.
2. Bakit mahalaga ang pagtutulungan ng ibat-ibang sektor sa mga suliraninh
pangkapaligaran? (Problem -Solving)
A. Kabalikat ang lahat sa pagsugpo sa ibat-ibang suliraning pangkapaligiran
B. Malawak na suliranin ang mga isyung pangkapaligiran na nararapat harapin ng ibat-
ibang sektor sa pagsugpo sa mga suliraning pangkapaligiran.
C. Makakabawas sa mga gastusin ng pamahalaan ang pagtulong ng ibat-ibang sektor sa
pagsugpo sa mga suliraning pangkapaligiran.
D. Mahihikayat ang maraming dayuhan na pumunta sa ating bansa kung mawala ang mga
suliraning pangkapaligiran nito.
3. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang ahensyang namumuno sa paghahanda at pagtaya sa mga
kalamidad na mararanasan ng bansa? (Self-Awareness)
A. DILG
B. Disaster Risk Mitigation
C. PAG-ASA
D. NDRRMC
4. Malaking pinsala sa mga ari-arian ang idinulot ng mga bagyo at pagbaha. Alin sa mga
sumusunod ay kasanayang kailangan sa pag-aaral ng kontemporaryong isyu?
(Communication)
A. Bias
B. Katotohanan
C. Kongklusyon
D. Opinion
5. Ito ay itinataas na abiso sa mga lugar na inaasahang makaranas ng 15 mm hanggang
30 mm na buhos ng ulan sa susunod na ilang oras. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang flood
alert na ito? (Critical Thinking)
A. Green Rainfall Advisory
B. Orange Rainfall Advisory
C. Yellow Rainful advisory
D. Red Rainful Advisory
6. Sa usapin ng Gender Sensitivity at Gender Spectrum, alin sa mga sumusunod na halbawa
ang nagpapakita ng polisiya na sinusunod ng pamahalaan sa Pilipinas? (critical thinking)
a. Ang pagpapakasal sa Munisipyo ng isang Babae sa kapwa niya Babae.
b. Ang kawalan ng Karapatang Magdiborsyo na magpapalaya sa mga babae at lalake.
c. Ang karapatan ng isang estudyante na magsuot ng komportableng kasuotan sa isang
paaralan.
d. Ang malayang pagpili ng isang tao sa kanyang gender o kasarian na kinikilala ng lahat.
7. Anong Prinsipyo ng Mabuting Pamamahala o Good Governance ang nilabag ng isang
guro na hindi sumunod sa batas na pinaiiral sa isang bansa ngunit hindi nabigyan ng
karampatang parusa? (Creative/Critical Thinking)
a. Accountability
b. Transparency
c. Service Orientatione
d. Rule of Law
8. Ano ang papel na ginagampanan ng mga Partido-Politikal sa Pilipinas? (critical thinking)
a. Sila ang naga-apruba at nagsasagawa ng mga polisiya at batas sa Pilipinas.
b. Sila ang nangangalap ng mga impormasyon at isyu upang makabuonng epektibong
polisiya sa mga mamamayan.
c. Sila ang gumagawa ng batas o polisiya sa Pilipinas.
s. Wala sa nabanggit.
9. Hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin natatapos ang pinag-aagawang teritoryo ng bansang
Pilipinas at ng China na tinatawag na "West Philippine Sea" o ang "Scarborough Shoal".
Bilang mamamayan ng Pilipinas, mayroon ba itong magandang dulot sa Pilipinas? Bakit?
(Creative/Critical Thinking)
a. Meron, dahil magkakaroon ng koneksiyon ang Pilipinas sa China at maaari itong
tulungan sa gitna ng sakuna.
b. Meron, dahil maaari na nilang masakop ng tuluyan ang Pilipinas.
c. Wala, dahil kung titignan ito geographically, ang West Philippine Sea ay nakapaloob pa
sa Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) ng Pilipinas.
d. Wala, dahil wala naman itong ambag sa binabayarang buwis ng mga Pilipino.
10. Rey and his family celebrate Christmas by first going to church and then spending time
together. On the other hand, his best friend, Aaron, says that his family usually spends
Christmas separately. This implies that… (Creative and Critical Thinking)
a. There is no single pattern in how a family may/should celebrate Christmas
b. There should only be a single way on how a family should celebrate Christmas
c. Christmas is fun.
d. Christmas is about going to church, and spending time together.

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11. Upon knowing how Aaron’s family celebrates Christmas is different from Rey’s. They
felt reservations about each other due to their difference. To settle the matter at hand,
what do you think should both friends must realize? (Decision Making and Problem-
Solving)
a. That each family/ group may have different practices in life and it does not mean that
one is wrong while the other is right.
b. They should find friends that share the same practice
c. Our society has diverse people with different skin complexions.
d. In life there are those who celebrate Christmas with their family, while others celebrate
it all on their own.
12. Teacher Josh instructed his class to wait for him. But instead of waiting, the whole
class decided to make a collective decision that they will not wait for him instead, they all
will leave the classroom and not attend his class. What term best describes the decision
made by the teacher of Josh’s students? (Communication and Interpersonal Skills)
a. Political
b. Best decision
c. Impulsive
d. Disrespectful
13. It’s been 6 months since Lola Nena left her hometown Subic. At first, she kept
complaining that life in Canada is very different when compared to Subic. But when she
opened herself to the people and way of life in Canada, she later concluded that life there
is not that bad at all. This statement shows us that… (Resilience and Ability to Cope with
Problems)
a. Despite a new environment people can adapt if they will to do so.
b. People are always nagging about how life can be tough sometimes.
c. Canadians are not like Subiceños.
d. Canada is far colder than Subic.
14. The student council of SAASI proposed a project entitled “Thinking Chair: We’re Free”.
It aims to empower students by allowing them to discuss freely their thoughts about their
experiences as students and eventually find a solution to help resolve such problems. This
project shows that (Creative and Critical Thinking)
a. When leaders are active listeners and sensitive to the needs of their constituents
solutions to problems occur.
b. Students are very pessimistic.
c. Thinking Chair is a good project
d. SAASI has a good student council.
15. This means being aware that cultural differences and similarities exist and have an
effect on values learning, and behavior ( self-awareness )
a. Cultural sensitivity
b. Xenocentrism
c. Ethnocentrism
d. Multiculturalism
16. The following are the different sociological perspectives except ( communication )
a. Structural functionalism
b. Social theory
c. Symbolic interactionism
d. Multiculturalism
17. Statement A: Cultural relativism implies that there is no superior culture. ( creative
thinking / critical thinking )
Statement B: Cultural relativism believes that every cultural mark must be respected.
a. Statement A is correct and statement B is wrong
b. Statement A is incorrect and statement B is correct
c. Both statements are correct
d. Both statements are incorrect
18. People from different cultures offer different foods which can be nauseating for others.
This attitude that one’s own culture is superior to those of other people, which of the
following best describes the concept? (Communication and Intrapersonal Skills)
a. Cultural Relativism
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Xenocentrism
d. Multiculturalism
19. Maria enters in an elevator and when she gets in, she keeps looking at the door.
Keeps looking at the door when she gets in on elevator is an example of. (self-
awareness)
a. Language
b. Symbol
c. Technology
d. Norms

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20. Statement A. Cultural relativism is a theory that favors the idea of cultural equality.
Statement B. Part of ethnocentrism is the belief that one's own race. The ethnic or
cultural group is the most important or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior
to those of other groups. (creative and critical thinking)
a. Statement A is correct and Statement B is wrong.
b. Statement A is wrong and Statement B is correct
c. Both statements are correct
d. Both statements are wrong.
21. In Philippine society, the following are minorities that are often discriminated and
misrepresented, except ________. (Communication and interpersonal relationship)
a. Cisgender heterosexual males
b. LGBTQ people
c. Indigenous people
d.PWDs
22. Most schools in the Philippines require girls to wear a skirt or do as a uniform. What
does this particularly say about schools as social institutions? (Decision making & problem
solving)
a. Schools reinforce traditional gender expressions.
b. Schools transmit culture.
c. Schools help shape the identity of students.
d. Schools impose fashion choices on women.
23. Which of the following is a behavior that violates the standards of conduct or
expectations or social norms of a group or society? (Creative and critical thinking)
a. Conformity
b. Deviance
c. Enculturation
d. Socialization
24. Mang Isko and Aling Perla used to have a family devotion (prayer) every Saturday. They
demonstrate and explain to their children the reason for having deep faith in God. What
aspect of culture is the best suitable for this situation? (Resilience & coping with problems)
a. Culture is shared
b. Culture is social
c. Culture transmitted
d. Culture is learned
25. It is any behavior intended to harm another person because he or she is a member of
an out group? (Decision making and Problem Solving)
a. In group favoritism
b. Intergroup aggression
c. Out- group
26. It comprises relatively impersonal and temporary relationship that are goal or task-
oriented and are often found in employment or educational settings. (Interpersonal
Relationship)
a. First group
b. Secondary group
c. Third group
d. Primary group
27. When disfunction takes place in society, what happens? (Creative and Critical Thinking)
a. There will be an improvement in the quality of life
b. Members of the community tend to cooperate because of general rules
c. Members of the community disregard all the rules and create disruptions that will
break all unity
d. There will be misinterpretations of actions that will lead the community to
misunderstand other behaviors
28. If a society is united through social consensus, this implies that: (Communication and
interpersonal relationship)
a. All structures in society hold specific functions and roles
b. Society is continuously subject to change
c. A society is relatively integrated whole
d. Society tends to seek relative stability
29. Which can be the reason why it is difficult to pass the divorce law in the Philippine?
(Decision making and Problem Solving)
a. Divorce is expensive due to alimony
b. It does not reflect old folkways and mores
c. The Philippines is a patriarchal society
d. Filipinos love family and children

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30. How is a blended family different from a conjugal family? (Communication and
interpersonal skills)
A. The members are not all genetically related.
B. A blended family contains a mother and a father.
C. A blended family traces the lineage through the mother’s family.
D. The members do not know each other.
31. What happens if nonstate institutions interfere with the government? (Decision making
and problem-solving)
A. Conflict and tensions may arise.
B. Equal context of political and economic development
C. Equitable health and social development will be distributed.
D. Nonstate Organization provides support and assistance through organized frameworks.
32. Politicians running for national positions in the Philippines should be Filipino citizens.
The law also requires them to be residents of the country for a specific number of years.
Why are these prerequisites important? (creative and critical thinking)
a. to have a good knowledge of the country’s current situation and challenges
b. to have established a good connection and network of the country's elite, business
tycoons, and foreign investors.
c. to have considerable knowledge of the officials in different departments, bureaus, and
agencies.
d. to have a good understanding of the people’s needs, including their history and culture.
e. both a & d
33. Bob went to Saudi Arabia for a vacation. He saw a lot of women wearing hijabs and
made fun of them. He also kept looking for pork when eating in restaurants. If you were
Bob's companion, what should you do? (resilience and coping with problems)
a. Join Bob in laughing at the locals and ask the women to remove their hijabs.
b. Tell Bob to stop laughing and explain to him the importance of respecting other
religions.
c. Reprimand Bob for making fun of others and then leave him at the hotel.
d. Do nothing. You are also a tourist, and they would not recognize you.
34. If you are living in an area of conflict where members of two different religions are
fighting each other, what can you do to resolve the issues that led to their conflict?
(Resilience and coping with problems)
a. Have a dialogue with the two groups and help them assess their concerns and propose
resolutions.
b. Let the two groups find each other but let them know that your family is neutral.
c. Leave the area of conflict and find another place to live.
d. Tell the police or the town chief to resolve the issue so you can live peacefully.
35. Which of the following is an elusive term that can be very personal in nature and vary
depending on the circumstances in which it is required? (Decision making and problem
solving)
a. Equity
b. Vengence
c. Criminal Justice
d. Justice
36. Prof Agatha is an adviser of 3rd year BSE major of Social Studies decided to have a
debate about Public issues and how to solve it? (Decision making and problem solving)
a. Exercising their duties ng discussing Public issues.
b. To Lake the class alive through Public issues.
c. Logically discuss and analyze public issues
d. None of the above.
37. Which of the following situations is closely related tonpolitics. (Resilience and coping
with problem)
a. Jose's territory is at Peace
b. Jojo's people ate working with unity
c. Mario was elected as barangay captain
d. Noynoy and Ninoy agreed to pulse in one place.
38. Mas Aera is a Political Analyst. She conducted a three days seminar in URSPililla with
the team. "Appreciation Rights" what is the purpose of the event? (Creative and Critical
Thinking)
a. To provide awareness to the student of URSPILILLA about their nights.
b. To discuss Political issues.
c.To criticize the Rights and form of government we have.
d. All of the above
39. Which of the following options best describe culture sa shared and contested.
(Decision making and problem solving)
a. Greg and Ibang, who is dancing the taked of the igorot people with his vension of
"bahag" and gungs.
b. Teacher Khen watching a documentary video about Malaueg tribes and culture.
c. Anna who is narrating ilokano folklares to her classmates.
d. Mirna teaching her classmates how to speak Japanese.

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40. Raj is an Indian who is a friend of Arnold. In one of their sharings, Raj told his friend
that his family believes that once a person is born of a certain status, he has no right to
change it until he dies. This belief system can be associated to: ( communication and
interpersonal relationship)
a. Caste System
b. Open System
c. Mixed System
d. Political System
41. The following are descriptions of the principles of meritocracy, EXCEPT: (Decision
making and Problem-Solving)
a. It is based on personal effort and merit.
b. It is a system of stratification.
c. It considers how a person performs his or her social role.
d. It is imposed by a powerful chief of an institution.
42. Karl Marx introduced to us the principle of Social Conflict Theory. Which of the following
aspects is being affected by social stratification in relation to Marx’s theory? (Creative and
Critical Thinking)
a. Equality
b. Inequality
c. Cooperation
d. Social Relationships
43. Which of the following denotes the perspective of Symbolic Interactionism? (Self-
awareness and emphaty)
a. People’s appearance does not perceive their social standing.
b. Symbolic Interactionism is a macro-level perspective.
c. It attempts to explain how people’s social standing affects their everyday interactions.
d. Stratification is never part of a system.
44. It refers to the idea that societies are usually characterized by divisions that reflect the
unequal distribution of status, wealth, and powers within society. (Assertiveness and
Equanimity)
a. Social Justice
b. Social Activity
c. Social Inequality
d. Social Stratification
45. Sally won the jackpot prize for the Lotto. Upon receipt of her prize, she started to
develop their lives. Soon after, she received negative reactions from people. She then
sought your help, being an expert in Social Sciences. How would you best explain the
experience in relation to UCSP contexts? (Resilience and Coping with Problems)
a. Sally experienced social mobility.
b. Sally experienced social structural mobility.
c. Sally experienced Upward Mobility.
d. Sally experienced social stratification.

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GROUP 3 WORKSHOP 1
LEADER: DAMASO, RESTY HEZRON C.
MEMBERS:
COMPAÑERO, NORMAN B.
CATACUTAN, ABIGAIL ARIANE D.
COTIN, MARIE BEN A.
CONSTANTINO, JUSTINE C.
CUARTO, RYAN MAR D.
DACUYANAN, NENITA D.
DE GUZMAN, KEREN JIREH F.
DE LA CRUZ, ROSSANA M.
DE JESUS, ERNAZER E.