SUMMATIVE TEST IN DISCIPLINES AND IDEAS IN APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

Name: ______________________________ Grade & Track/Strand: __________

Date: ______________ Score: __________

Directions: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the
chosen  letter on a separate sheet of paper. 
1. Studies the optimum allocation of scarce resources and how individuals interact 
within the social structure to address questions regarding the production and 
exchange of goods and services. 
A. Political Science B. Social Work C. Geography D. Economics

2. Which of the following is NOT a field of the social sciences? 

A. Counseling B. Political Science C. Demography D. Sociology

3. Studies changes in population growth through the analysis of

statistics on  birth, human movement, morbidity, agedness, and mortality. 
A. Geography B. Demography C. Economics D. Statistics

4. Field of study that is focused on the use and application of the different 
concepts, theoretical models, and theories of the social science disciplines to 
help understand society and the different problems and issues it faces. A.
Social Sciences C. Applied Social Sciences B. Natural Sciences D. Behavioral
Sciences 
5. Which of the following is a main discipline/professional track of the applied 
social science? 
A. Political Science c. Demography Studies 
B. Guidance Counseling d. Sociological Research

6. A discipline that provides guidance, help and support to individuals through the 
application of psychological methods that includes case history data, personal 
interviews, and aptitudes tests. 
A. Social Work C. Demography 
B. Counseling D. Statistics 
 7. Which career opportunity will mostly need an applied social science 
practitioner? 
A. Journalism C. Computer Science B. Engineering D.
Architecture 
8. Field of study where practitioners help individuals, families, groups and 
communities enhance peoples’ skills and ability to use their own resources and 
that of the community to resolve social and community problems. 
A. Life Coach C. Communication Studies B. Social Work D. Journalism 
9. Studies the interaction between people and their environments and explore both 
the physical properties of Earth’s surface and their relationship with human 
societies. 
A. Demography C. Sociology 
B. History D. Geography 
10. Studies how people and groups experience the world through various emotions, 
ideas and in different conscious states. 
A. Sociology C. Psychology 
B. Economics D. Political Science

11. Counselors take an active role in counseling groups and individuals

to  address developmental tasks and issues confronting them in the
21 century. What is the role? 
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A. Developmental classroom  specialist 

B. Leaders and advocates of  academic success 
C. Providers of individual and  group services 
D. Career development  specialists 

12. In order to address the learning needs of diverse groups, counselors prepare 
modules and deliver talks like anxiety, resiliency, stress management
and others. 

A. School and community  collaboration 

B. Leaders and advocates of  academic success 
C. School and Community  collaboration specialists D. Advocates of students  with
special needs and  students-at-risk.

13. Which of the following does follow “School and Community Collaboration”? A.
Allowing yourself to be counselled means that you have a problem  only in the
school and have issues in academic success, that is only  concern with the
school 
B. Counselors’ ensures learner’s holistic development and success  through
barangay, teacher and parent coordination 
C. A counselor’s job is in only to see counseling as its objective and final 
approach to student improvement 
D. The school is an independent institution, it does not need help from 
other schools in improving learner-community engagement. 
 14. Their functions are no longer limited to the academic success of students, but
they also provide activities that prepare and promote students’ career  success.
What function of a counselor is this? 
A. Leaders and advocates of academic success 
B. Providers of individual and group services 
C. Developmental classroom specialists 
D. Career development specialists 

15. One of their roles is to help students identify barrier to academic success  like
peer pressure, family situations, or personal relationship issues. What 
function of a counselor is this? 
A. School and community collaboration specialists 
B. Leaders and advocates of academic success 
C. Developmental classroom specialists 
D. Career development specialists 

16. Guidance and Counseling in elementary is . 

A. Behavioral c. cognitive 
B. Career planning d. emotional 

17. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group? 

A. Counselors in rehabilitation facilities, usually employ training  seminars
and case management services for drug dependents and  other
physically disabled individuals 
B. Vocational counselors can also be mental health practitioners, they can
prescribe medicines if needed. 
C. Marriage counselors focus more on the legal aspect of family and 
marriage. 
D. Guidance counselors have no background in psychology 

18. Mostly school counseling is done . 

A. …inside the institution between only the counselor and
counselee B. …with the presence of police authorities 
C. …inside the home of students 
D. …with friends and peers 

19. Which of the following is a part of marriage and family counseling? A. Pastors
and Church leaders cannot counsel marriage and family due to religious
differences 
B. Taking custody of off-springs 
C. Resolving marital disputes 
D. Drug rehabilitation 
 20. Counselors take an active role in counseling groups and individuals to 
address developmental tasks and issues confronting them in the 21 century.  st

A. True c. Maybe 
B. False D. Cannot determine 

A. Directions: Identify the type of clientele being referred in each

statement.   Choices are given below. Write the letter of your answer
only.   
a. Individual b. Group and Organizations c. Community 
1. ____This type of client may be counseled when people experience
something collectively that affects their collective capacity to move on. 
2. ____ This type of clientele may be counseled when he has personal
problems that need to be resolved. 
3. ____ This type of clientele may be counseled when there is a need to
reduce conflict or manage it that affects the team in performing well. 
4. ____ This type of clientele may be counseled when one needs
capacitation to be able to manage his unique circumstances. 
5. ____ This type of clientele may be counseled through seminars,
symposium, or orientations. 

B. Directions: Read and understand the statements very carefully. Write TRUE if the
statement is true and FALSE if it is incorrect. 
__________1. The counseling process is considered as art and science, 
__________2. According to Nystul (2003) there are six steps in counseling process. 
__________3. Research and Evaluation is that stage in counseling process that  
            provides the basic foundation like establishing rapport. 
__________4. Assessment and Diagnosis is that stage of counseling where goals are              
set which serve as the parameter of work and client-counselor           relationship.  
__________5. Intervention and Problem Solving is the next stage after Assessment              
and Diagnosis according to Nystul (2003) 

6. Social Work is a profession that deals with the person’s interaction with their environment
7. The principal mission of social work profession is to develop human being and assist other
institutions in attaining the basic human needs of the people and in empowering the lost, the
least and the last.
 8. Among the distinctive goals of social work is curing which refers to the heart of social work
9. Caring refers to the heart of social work and it focused on the well-being or the welfare and
comfort of the individual and community.
10. Changing involves active participation of the social workers in social reforms. It holds on the
belief that the political, economic and social structures contribute in the worsening of social
conditions.

 GOALS OF COUNSELING

1. Development Goals – assist in meeting or advancing the client’s human  growth

and development including social, personal, emotional, cognitive and  physical
wellness 
2. Preventive Goals – helps the client avoid some undesired
outcome 3. Enhancement Goals – enhance special skills and
abilities 
4. Remedial Goals – assisting client to overcome and treat an
undesirable  development 
5. Exploratory Goals – examining options, testing of skills, trying new
and  different activities, etc. 
6. Reinforcement Goals – helps client in recognizing that what they are
doing,  thinking and feeling is fine 
7. Cognitive Goals – involves acquiring the basic foundation of learning
and  cognitive skills 
8. Physiological Goals – involves acquiring the basic understanding and habits 
for good health
9. Psychological Goals – aids in developing good social interaction skills, 
learning emotional control and developing positive self-concept