MINISTRY OF BASIC, HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

UPI AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY, SCHOOL CULTURE AND

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP
MIDTERM EXAMINATION

DIRECTION. Choose the best correct answer from the given choices. On your answer sheet, shade the letter that
corresponds to your answer. DO NOT LEAVE ANY MARK OR WRITE ANYTHING ON THIS
QUESTIONNAIRE.

1. Which is TRUE of school culture?

A. Has significant effect on student performance B. Cannot be altered
C. Created by the school head and other stakeholders D. Passed on like a hereditary trait
2. Which statement on school policies is correct?
A. They come from above and so by all means be observed B. They cannot be changed
C. They help ensure realization of school goals D. They suffocate school climate
3. Which is the most effective way of making policies?
A. School head to involve stakeholders
B. Only parents of students enrolled are involved
C. Students not to participate since policies are for them
D. School policies are permanent to build the culture of excellence.
4. Education is a function of society? What does this imply?
I. Citizens are taught what society considered most important.
II. Society determines curriculum to be taught.
III. Those in academe are teaching what they believed should be taught regardless of society’s needs.
A. I only B. I and II C. II and III D. III only
5. If education is a function of society, then it must be _________.
A. complete B. for a selected few C. free D. relevant
6. Which of the following is NOT a description of a society?
A. An extremely organized system of human association or large-scale community living that normally furnishes
security, stability. Protection and a national character for its members.
B. An established cluster of individuals associated together for spiritual, compassionate, or other purposes
C. Any group of any size whose members inhabit in a particular region, share government and often have a
shared cultural and historical tradition.
D. It is an aggregate of individuals, which is characterized by common interest and may have distinctive culture
and institutions.
7. Society seeks to preserve itself through the establishment of educational institutions. Which statement does NOT
conform to this?
A. Education is generally seen as the foundation of society which brings economic wealth, social prosperity and
political stability.
B. Education is an established enterprise of learning which impair the development of society because of its
capability of expanding democracy among its citizens.
C. Education is major aspect of development of any modern society and most significant indicator of overall
development of any region.
D. The role of education system is the preservation of society and culture.
8. Which is a policy-making body composed of internal and external stakeholders with whom school head and teachers
relate?
A. Parents Teachers Association B. Supreme Student Council
C. School Governing Council D. Faculty Club
9. Which of the following is NOT a social function of education?
A. Transmission of culture B. Complement inequality and disparity
C. Social agility and change D. Individual advancement
10. Schools are tasked for socialization. Which is a CORRECT explanation of socialization?
A. Developing the young to become socialite.
B. Learning the roles, statuses, and values necessary for participation in the society.
C. Developing skills and relating skills.
D. Developing the socialite to remain forever young.
11. Which is an application of the functionalist theory?
A. Schools must do their part to socialize children or else children will turn out to be delinquent citizens.
B. Schools must teach students to accept their status in life for there is nothing that they can do about it.
C. Schools must make learners understand that in life there will always be the powerful and the powerless.
D. Schools must teach students to speak in clear symbols.
12. Which theory states that it’s okay to have misunderstandings in our society?
A. conflict B. functionalism C. symbolic-interactionist D. socialism
13. According to the functionalist theory, what happens when one institution fails to do its part?
A. other institutions get paralyzed
B. the non-functioning institution gets eliminated
C. other institutions take over the function
D. the non-performing institution gets paralyzed

14. Which statement is FALSE about symbolic-interactionist theory?

A. Meanings that individuals give to symbols change over time.
B. Differences in meaning of symbols for two parties result to a consensus.
C. Meanings change as individual interact with one another.
D. An individual’s action depends on meaning.
15. Complete the analogy. Toxic culture; resignation to failure: Positive culture; _______________.
A. growth mindset B. teamwork C. inclusivity D. exclusivity

16. Which is TRUE of a school and community partnership?

A. community helps school B. school is a recipient of assistance from community
C. both school and community help each other D. both school and community are not gaining
17. Which is a proof of school and community partnership where every month of May education stakeholders contribute
their time, talent, and treasure to ensure that school facilities and surrounding are set in time for the school opening?
A. Parents and Teachers Association B. School Governing Council Annual Assembly
C. Brigada Eskwela D. Palarong Pambansa
18. Which statement is TRUE of school and community partnership?
A. Elders in the community can be key informants of a research in local community.
B. Parents can help school only in terms of school facility.
C. Only school benefits from partnership.
D. Donations from politicians are not accepted to prevent electioneering.
19. “It takes a village to educate a child.” What does this statement imply?
A. institutionalize school-community partnership
B. school can substitute for absentee parents
C. a child needs more models
D. a child should be educated in villages
20. Which contributes to a positive school culture?
A. growth mindset B. low expectations C. authoritarian leadership D. exclusivity
21. The following refers to social interaction, EXCEPT.
A. An event by which one party substantially manipulates the explicit actions or the state of mind of the other.
B. These could be the acts, actions, or practices of two or more people mutually oriented towards each other.
C. This happens when a person is rebuffed by their peers because they are different, strange, inept or
misunderstood. It is an ostracizing form of interaction.
D. Shared or communal influence, resulting in the alteration of behavior, exerted through social contact and
communication.
22. If a teacher exemplifies belief in high values and attempts to make them real, even though they may be impossible.
He/she is said to be a/an ______________.
A. Pragmatist B. Existentialist C. Progressivist D. Idealist
23. What is said to be for an educator who is outcomes-centered and does not just convey knowledgeable facts. He she
endeavors to let students to create an individual approach to tasks provided to them?
A. Progressivist B. Realist C. Perennialist D. Existentialist
24. What perspective is manifested when a classroom usually includes the teachers and school putting out what they think
is important and letting the pupils to decide what they study. All pupils work on various, self-chosen assignments at
their own pace?
A. Idealism B. Pragmatism C. Experientialism D. Perennialism
25. Pragmatism is related to the following educational philosophies, EXCEPT.
A. Progressivism B. Essentialism C. Reconstructivism D. Constructivism
26. If an educator teach subjects in an appropriate structured instruction and is able to expose and guide the learners
toward the hard truths of life then he/she is said to be a/an _______________.
A. Idealist B. Realist C. Existential D. Pragmatic
27. Humanism is for child-centered approach; _____________ is for teacher-centered approach.
A. Authoritarian B. Perennialism C. Totalitarian D. Essentialism
28. In the structural-functional theory, the overall health of the society does not depend upon the health of its structure.
This statement is _____________.
A. True B. False C. either true and false D. neither true or false
29. It has been defined as “any event by which one party tangibly influences the overt actions or the state of mind of the
other”.
A. Social interaction B. Education C. Community D. Society
30. This is said to be the most important agent of socialization.
A. Community B. Family C. Peer Group D. Society

31. It is a type of school culture where the staffs are collaborating just for the sake of showing off.
A. toxic B. contrived collegiality C. fragmented D. collaborative
32. Conflict theory welcomes conflict, for conflict paves the way for ____________.
A. change B. constancy C. interaction D. purpose
33. Functionalists are for stability and state of equilibrium in society and school. This statement is _________.
A. True B. False C. either true and false D. neither true or false
34. The teacher is said to be _____________ when s/he teach for meanings, promote and create opportunities for genuine
interaction among learners.
A. conflict B. functionalism C. symbolic-interactionist D. socialism
35. These statements are TRUE in symbolic interactionist perspective, EXCEPT.
A. Not all people gives the same meaning to a stimulus or situation
B. People act based on meaning they give to symbols
C. People bases their interpretation to laws and approval to dominant leadership
D. People change their meaning to stimuli as they interact with others
36. This theory of education maintains social inequality and preserve the power of those who dominate society and teach
those in the working class to accept their position as a lower-class worker of the society.
A. Reconstructionism B. Structural-functional theory
C. Conflict theory D. Symbolic interactionist theory
37. This theory of education focuses on how education serves the need of society through the development of skills
encouraging social cohesion.
A. Reconstructionism B. Structural-functional theory
C. Conflict theory D. Symbolic interactionist theory
38. The school is also an important agent of socialization. This is due to the following reasons, EXCEPT.
A. An enterprise that ensures regressive enhancement of intrinsic powers of the child.
B. Institution charged by society to impart specific knowledge and skills necessary for functioning in a society.
C. It is in charged with the task of transmitting society’s cultural values.
D. Values and norms in society are internalized in school.
39. This theory of education creates a constant change in the community through settlement of contrasting ideas of the
members of society.
A. Reconstructionism B. Structural-functional theory
C. Conflict theory D. Symbolic interactionist theory
40. The following are the types of school culture, EXCEPT.
A. Toxic B. Fragmented C. Collaborative D. Collegiate
41. Which of the following is a description of negative or toxic school culture?
I. Lack a clear sense of purpose
II. Discourage collaboration
III. Blame students for lack of progress
IV. Have norms that reinforce inertia
A. I, II, III, and IV B. I, II, and III C. II, III, and IV D. I, II, and IV
42. It is a social institution through which members of the community are taught basic academic knowledge, learning
skills and cultural norms.
A. Social interaction B. Education C. Community D. Society
43. The local government of Upi have planned for the upcoming town fiesta, all sectors of the LGU have worked together
to achieve their goal. What cultural norm have they shown?
A. collegiality B. support C. responsibility for success D. shared goals
44. In connection with Upi’s upcoming town fiesta, all sectors of LGU have done their best to achieve what is beyond of
their expectation of the said activity. What cultural norm have they shown?
A. collegiality B. support C. responsibility for success D. shared goals
45. Victory parties and graduation ball are example of which cultural norm?
A. celebration and humor B. support
C. mutual respect D. shared goals
46. It is a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a
common cultural and historical heritage.
A. Social interaction B. Education C. Community D. Society
47. A body of individuals living as members of the community.
A. Social interaction B. Education C. Community D. Society
48. It is a cultural norm where members an institution is free to discuss their differences.
A. openness B. support C. mutual respect D. shared goals
49. You are working on a project and you ask your colleague to help you in finalizing the result, what type of cultural
norm are you exercising?
A. collegiality B. support C. responsibility for success D. shared goals
50. S/he is the one who is responsible in giving instructions to the learners in a school.
A. Principal B. Administrator C. Teacher D. Guidance Councilor

“Education is the mother of leadership.”

~unkown

Prepared by:

JOAN LIEZL M. LAMASAN

jllamasan@gmail.com