SOCIAL SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES

REVIEW MATERIAL

TRENDS AND ISSUES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Among industrialized countries which is the biggest remitter of CO2 (by 31%) that cause global

warming of the globe?

a. United States

b. India

c. China

d. France

2. Providing long-term food aid to poor countries, e.g. Ethiopia disadvantageous due to the negative

effect of _______.

a. dependence

b. malnutrition

c. AIDS

d. anarchy

3. Created in 2008 was a new legal framework for Southeast Asian nations known as the

ASEAN_______

a. Document

b. Charter

c. Principles

d. Declaration

4. Among early Greek philosophers _________ introduced empirical knowledge by used of

observation to explain universal truths.

a. Plato

b. Socrates

c. Aristotle

d. Thales

5. What method of thinking-and-learning draws from the general qualities of being different?

a. Induction

b. Deduction

c. Discovery

d. Problem solving

6. In which situation do we insist on belonging to a group thus resisting the risk of being different?

a. Conformism

b. Radicalism

c. Anarchism

d. Pessimism

7. What aspect of inquiry is NOT related to ethical conduct in research?

a. Security of participants

b. Respect of confidentiality

c. Voluntary participation by respondents

d. Limitation in research scope

8. The systematic explanation of observed phenomena drawn from social manifestation or patterns in

social life is _________.

a. hypothesis

b. theory

c. assumption

d. truth

9. Scientific inquiries conducted on social change over a period of time are ____________.

a. trend studies

b. cohort studies

c. panel studies

d. ease studies

10. The two essential dimensions in teaching Social Science are __________ and ____________.

a. observing and inferring

b. seeing and listening

c. searching and imparting

d. knowing and thinking

11. Concentration in thinking which leads to a constant, unbroken line of thought is ___________.

a. infusion

b. focus

c. intention

d. direction

12. A comprehensive list of important or relevant action to be completed in a specified order is a

___________.

a. pattern

b. matrix

c. checklist

d. report

13. The type of evaluation which examines outcome and comes up with a synthesis that determines

the overall impact and relative costs of an activity or program is ___________.

a. normative evaluation

b. summative evaluation

c. formative evaluation

d. causative evaluation

14. What method of thinking-and-learning draws the general qualities of a person from particular

traits?

a. Problem solving

b. Inductive

c. Deductive

d. Discovery

15. To which group do we belong if we don't accept the truth because we insist on belonging to a

group or resist the risk if being different?

a. Change agents

b. Radicals

c. Anarchists

d. Conformists

16. What is NOT related to ethical conduct in research?

a. Respect for confidentiality

b. Limitation in research scope

c. Voluntary participation be respondents

d. Security of participants

17. What is the systematic explanation of observations on social manifestation patterns of social life?

a. Truth

b. Belief

c. Theory

d. Opinion

18. What are the studies conducted on social change over a period of time?

a. Trend studies

b. Cohort studies

c. Panel studies

d. Case studies

19. Which is a tentative answer to a research problem?

a. Theoretical Framework

b. Recommendation

c. Conclusion

d. Hypothesis

20. In which part of the research do you find the answers to the research problems?

a. Recommendation

b. Conclusion

c. Hypothesis

d. Theoretical Framework

21. What is comprehensive list of important or relevant actions to be complete in a specified order so

that no step is forgotten?

a. Report Card

b. Survey

c. Checklist

d. Questionnaire

22. What type of evaluation examines the, effects or outcomes of some object they summarize it by describing what happens subsequent to delivery of program or technology; assessing whether the

object can be said to have cause the outcome; determining the overall impact of the casual factor

beyond only the immediate target outcomes; and, estimating the relative costs association with the

object?

a. Summative Evaluation

b. Normative Evaluation

c. Formative Evaluation

d. Complicated Evaluation

23. Deliberate deception by way of ____________ fallacy is used by advertiser who make claim to

unfounded consumption by thousands or millions of a product.

a. bandwagon

b. big lie

c. circular thinking

d. begging the question

24. Generalizing extreme perception about people places and ideas, e.g. white people are biased

about colored people is untruth of fallacy by ________.

a. localizing

b. stereotyping

c. standardizing

d. summarizing

25. Freedom of thought is opposed to _________.

a. violence

b. slavery

c. compulsion

d. oppression

26. Asserting a more certain avenue to the same truth is ___________ .

a. simplification

b. syndication

c. revision

d. replication

27. The basic human activity in research is _________.

a. inquiring

b. thinking

c. calculating

d. measuring

28. What research is done in a laboratory?

a. Analysis

b. Experiment

c. Survey

d. Assessment

29. Science requires ___________ in order to differentiate it from philosophy.

a. authority

b. logical thinking

c. empirical evidence

d. tradition

30. The use of __________ is useful in reducing inaccuracies in scientific research.

a. measured devices

b. generalization

c. logical reasoning

d. machines

Answers:

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6-10. adbaa

11-15. bcbbd

16-20. bcadb

21-25. caabc

26-30. dabca