2nd Periodical Exam - PHILOSOPHY

Multiple Choice

What is the true lesson behind death?

• It is just a reminder of the limitations of human existence

• We must value life while we have it

• We made choices in life that were dictated by society

• Eternal youth is possible

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Immortality can be achieved by man

• People cannot totally share the same

  experience of death

• Death is one of the surest things in the

  world

• We cannot possibly get another person

  to die in our place

Multiple Choice

The following statements are true, EXCEPT

• In contemplating death, we realize our own independence and individuality

• There can be no proxies or substitutes for experiencing death

• Death is a definite reality, and there is nothing we can do to outstrip it.

• We will face death alone, even when we are surrounded by family.

Multiple Choice

Which philosopher said, “We waste our lives living the life we don’t want.”

• Soren Kierkegaard

• Martin Heidegger

• Epicurus

• Aristotle

Multiple Choice

A good existence means following the norms of society. We must know the value of our life.

• Only the first sentence is correct

• Only the second sentence is correct

• Both sentences are correct

• Neither sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

We can always decide how we will die.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples is the authentic life, according to Soren Kierkegaard?

• We intend to do things because of the needs of the crowd

• We fail to pursue what we truly want in life because we are

  afraid of the possible consequences and what others might

  say

• We accept death and realize the value of having a life well-lived

• We accept death and realize the value of having a life well-lived

Multiple Choice

As an idea mostly used in existentialism, what does Authenticity mean?

• having a true and meaningful experience

• enjoying life to the fullest 

• becoming wealthy in your lifetime

• boredom in life

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is TRUE regarding death?

• Death is not a sure thing

• Death comes when we expect it

• We can never say there is still time

• Immortality can be achieved by man

Multiple Choice

Why might people not accept the reality of death?

• Popularity

• Wealth

• Fear

• Sadness

Multiple Choice

When we die, we die alone. We have no choice but to face death alone.

• Death is certain

• Death is indefinite

• Death is one’s property

• Death is non-relational

Multiple Choice

Death cannot be taken away from a person. Even the person himself cannot remove the possibility of his own death. One cannot make himself live forever.

• Death is not to be outstripped

• Death is one’s property

• Death is non-relational

• Death is certain

Multiple Choice

The death of a person belongs to him. Nobody can experience his death but himself.

• Death is not to be outstripped

• Death is one’s property

• Death is non-relational

• Death is certain

Multiple Choice

The world is governed by time. Humans exist in time. We have a beginning and an end.

• Death is certain

• Death is indefinite

• Death is one’s property

• Death is non-relational

Multiple Choice

Death can happen anytime. But while it is sure to come, it is unsure when it will come.

• Death is certain

• Death is indefinite

• Death is one’s property

• Death is non-relational

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains an embodied subject?

• The kind of human interaction present just two decades ago is still unaltered now.

• People are slowly putting aside their bodies in relating with others because society offers an alternative way.

• Everyone is glued to their devices like mobile phones, tablets, laptops, or any device, interacting face to face with one another.

• It is indeed more difficult to relate to other embodied subjects

  than to relate with things.

Multiple Choice

Digital citizenship can get complicated, especially if we are going to criticize and show interest in sensitive topics as we start to become a digital citizen, using digital media to actively participate in society and politics. It can shape our ability to be democratic citizens who can stand for the truth.

• Only the first sentence is correct

• Only the second sentence is correct

• Both sentences are correct

• Neither sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

Society continuously develops as humans develop.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

Who is a digital citizen?

• A person who is knowledgeable and responsible enough to effectively use different social platforms on the internet.

• A person who often engages in useful topics and issues that will help build a better society.

• An individual who fulfills all his obligations and duties, like paying taxes and obeying the law.

• An individual that is viewed as a member of society

Multiple Choice

Society is a community of people residing in a specific area and sharing common culture over time. Culture unites the social structure, whereas society constructs it.

• Only the first sentence is correct

• Only the second sentence is correct

• Both sentences are correct

• Neither sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

It is defined as an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another.

• Politics

•  Society 

• Economics

• Tradition

Multiple Choice

The virtual society and the technological devices today are starting to reshape the human person and human interactions and relationships.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

Where did Feudalism prevail?

• Asia Minor

• Central Asia

• Europe

• North America

Multiple Choice

Which of the statements below is the best statement about digital society.

• Digital technologies have significantly changed our way of learning, working, and socializing in the 21st century.

• Westerners have access to sources and technologies that enables them to connect their economic, political, and educational activities.

• More interactions are done in the virtual world than in the actual world.

• The dissatisfaction and frustration of the human person with bodily limitations drive the person to prefer disembodied human relations.

Multiple Choice

Why is Post industrialization most evident in countries and regions such as the United States, Western Europe and Japan?

• Computer engineers, doctors, and bankers became the center as the direct production of goods is moved elsewhere

• They are among the first to experience the Industrial Revolution

• These countries are involved mainly in trading around the world

• They are considered the most powerful countries in the world

Multiple Choice

Human societies remain the same.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

The following statement about the characteristics of Post-Industrial society are correct EXCEPT:

• It is a shift from the production of goods to the provision of services

• Practical Knowledge is replaced with theoretical knowledge

• Merchants, artisans, and customers form the core or the urban environment

• There is a focus on the ethical implications of new technologies

Multiple Choice

It refers to the economic, political, and social system that prevailed in Europe from about the ninth to fifteenth century.

• Information age

• Feudal society

• Digital society

• Post Industrial Society

Multiple Choice

It is a society that uses advance technology to drive a massive production industry that will support a large population.

• Tribal Society

• Feudal Society

• Industrial Society

• Post Industrial Society

Multiple Choice

It is a group of people living in a primitive setting under a leader or chief.

• Tribal Society

• Feudal Society 

• Industrial Society

• Post Industrial Society

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a cornerstone of the modern women’s rights movement?

• Jean Jacques Rousseau 

• Betty Friedan

• Simone de Beauvoir

• Mary Wollstonecraft

Multiple Choice

Which of the following stories is the best example of Intersubjectivity?

• The Parable of the Faithful Servant

• The Parable of the Rich Fool

• The Parable of the Prodigal Son 

• The Parable of the Good Samaritan

Multiple Choice

The following conditions are classified under Persons with Disabilities, EXCEPT

• Autism

• Blindness 

• Economic Problems 

• Speech Impairment

Multiple Choice

Which among the groups below is NOT considered an underprivileged sector?

• PWDs 

• the poor 

• children

• women

Multiple Choice

Who among the following posited that Humankind is a conversation?

• Confucius

• Karol Wojtyla

• Martin Buber

• Martin Heidegger

Multiple Choice

If actions reveal the true nature of a person, what form of action is the way to fulfillment by sharing himself with others?

• cooperation

• affirmation

• contribution

• participation

Multiple Choice

What is Pope John Paul II’s birth name?

• Kung Fu Tse 

• Karol Wojtyla

• Martin Buber

• Martin Heidegger

Multiple Choice

The “Ich und Du” is an object-to-object relationship. This relationship is one of mutual acceptance, respect, and sincerity through dialogue.

• Only the first sentence is correct

• Only the second sentence is correct

• Both sentences are correct

• Neither sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

According to Martin Buber, the human person experiences his fullness only through himself and not through his relationships with others.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

Man must have both ren (love for others) and de (virtue) in order to become superior

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

What does Confucius call “a superior virtuous man” that all men must aspire to?

• junzi 

• li

• xiao

• zhong

Multiple Choice

According to Confucius, how many types of human relationships are there?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

Multiple Choice

The sharing of thoughts and ideas of two or more people based on their personal realities

• objectivity

• subjectivity

• inter-objectivity

• intersubjectivity

Multiple Choice

A thing in the real world

• empathy

• object

• subject 

• sympathy

Multiple Choice

A person or a conscious being

• empathy 

• object

• subject

• sympathy 

Multiple Choice

People give up certain rights to the state in order to achieve peace through a social contract, which becomes the basis for moral obligation and duty. The only thing man does not give up is the right to self-defense, because it is his sole motive for entering the contract.

• Only the first sentence is correct

• Only the second sentence is correct

• Both sentences are correct

• Neither sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

Man’s actions can be influenced by manipulating his environment and providing a series of positive and negative reinforcements.

• Operant Conditioning 

• Determinism

• Social Contract

• Law of Nature

Multiple Choice

Who fought for freedom of speech by famously saying, “I may noy agree with what you have to say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it.”

• Ayn Rand

• B.F. Skinner

• David Hume

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

The following people talked about moral, political, and economic freedom, EXCEPT

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Jean Paul Sartre

• Ayn Rand

• Thomas Hobbes

Multiple Choice

St. Thomas Aquinas said that human beings are moral agents because we have a spirit, which gives us our conscience. Whether we choose to be good or evil becomes our responsibility.

• Only the first sentence is correct

• Only the second sentence is correct 

• Both sentences are correct

• Neither sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

Aristotle said that individual freedom as reason, will, and action working together as a system.

• The statement is true

• The statement is false

• The statement is irrelevant

• The statement is evident

Multiple Choice

The natural outcome of a choice, whether action or inaction

• Choice

• Consequence 

• Freedom

• Responsibility

Multiple Choice

The ability to decide between two or more possible actions, or to avoid action entirely

• Choice

• Consequence

• Freedom

• Responsibility

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE about practical choice

• This is a choice between what is right and what is easy

• This is the choice we select based on psychological and emotional considerations

• Our practical choice will always be consistent with our intellectual choice

• This is the choice we select when faced with an actual moral dilemma

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE about intellectual choice

• This is a choice selected based on a moral standpoint taught to us by society

• This is the answer that we expect other people to give because it is socially acceptable

• This is the choice we select when faced with an actual moral dilemma

• This is the answer you are inclined to give in an imaginary or hypothetical situation

Multiple Choice

Actions done against the wishes of the doer, either by force or by ignorance

• acts of man

• human acts

• involuntary acts

• voluntary acts

Multiple Choice

Actions done by choice with knowledge of the situation

• acts of man 

• human acts 

• involuntary acts

• voluntary acts

Multiple Choice

Actions done only by man mostly by choice with the moral implication as acts proper to man

• acts of man

• human acts

• involuntary acts

• voluntary acts

Multiple Choice

Actions done by man on instinct and is also shared by animals

• acts of man

• human acts

• involuntary acts

• voluntary acts

Multiple Choice

Choice is our freedom as consequence is our _____

• effect

• performance

• outcome

• responsibility