Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Caraga Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON
Second Quarter- Summative Test
S.Y. 2021-2022
DIRECTIONS: Read the sentence carefully. Write the letter of the best
answer.
1. Two of your classmates were
having a hard time deciding
over the P600.00 they saw on
their way to the canteen. One
wanted to buy it for their
snacks because he said that
there is no way that the real
owner will know about it.
While the other one wanted to
surrender it to the Lost and
Found Section of the school. If
you were one of the friends,
what are you going to do?
A. I will shout and announce
in the canteen if there is
someone who happens to have
lost his money and if there is
no reply, I and my classmate
will buy some snacks.
B. I will assure myself and my
friend that this is God’s plan
and that He gave it to both of
us to buy some food because
we are both hungry.
C. I will immediately report to
the Lost and Found Section
personnel and surrender the
money so that the real owner
may claim it.
D. I will decide to split the
money with my friend and use
it to buy for the needed
supplies for my class project.
2. Your grandmother, due to old
age, is forgetful and has a
difficulty in hearing. She often
tells you to keep on repeating
instructions and also scolds
you if your voice is too soft.
How will you act accordingly
to your grandmother’s
situation?
A. I will ignore her and
pretend that I did not hear
her asking me to repeat
what I just said.
B. I will immediately write it
down on a piece of paper
instead of repeating it to my
grandmother.
C. I will yell at my
grandmother when she
asks me to repeat
something that I already
told her so she can hear
clearly and won’t have to
ask me again.
D. I will patiently repeat to my
grandmother what I
previously said in a clear
and moderate voice and ask
her if she would like me it if
I wrote it down in case, she
forgets it.
3. You caught your friend
cheating during your Math
exam but you just ignored
him. When the results came,
he topped the test and
everyone cheered on him.
What should you do as a
concerned friend?
A. I will advise him that it
would be meaningful and
rewarding if things are done
with honesty and encourage
him to study diligently
instead.
B. I will confide to my
classmates about what my
top-notched friend did so
that the news will spread of
his cheating in the Math
test.
C. I will not report this
incident and allow him to do
it again.
D. I will just let it pass by and
just keep it as a secret.
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4. How would you create a different
perspective in your life?
A. Be humble, patient and
stay discipline in your day
to day life.
B. Search for the best ideas to
answer your questions
about life.
C. Be conscious of the things
around you.
D. Be critical about yourself
and others.
5. Examine the following statement,
“Learning from your previous
mistakes and not repeating them
again”. Which one below explains
the thought of the statement?
A. Do not do it again and
move on.
B. Reflect deeply about
previous mistakes.
C. Learn some important
Lessons from previous
mistakes.
D. Distance yourself from
those past mistakes and
move on.
6. There are three kinds of freedom.
Which kind of freedom of choice
wherein the person is free to
perform actions that he or she
may consider what is right and
wise?
A. Moral
B. Physical
C. Psychological
D. Spiritual
7. When you do philosophy you
acquire the following skills
except?
A. Leadership skill
B. Persuasive argumentation
C. Problem solving
C. Research skill
8. Your family is experiencing
financial difficulty. You are being
enrolled in a private school with a
high tuition fee but your parents
do not want you to transfer to a
public school despite your
situation. As their daughter/son
what is the best thing you are
going to do?
A. You will explain to your
parents that transferring is the
best way to resolve it.
B. You will stay in your school
because that is what your
parents want you to do.
C. You will stop going to school
to run away with the problem.
D. You won’t mind because
that is your parent’s problem.
9. Which of the following themes
below best describes doing
philosophy?
A. experiencing life
B. reflecting life’s experiences
C. enjoying life
D. living a good life
10. Which of the following examples
below shows evidence about the
characteristic of holistic
perspective?
A. The judge examines all
reasons and evidence prior
to making a conclusion
about his judgment of the
case.
B. Student A informed his
parents beforehand about
his failed subjects in school
before his parents find it
out.
C. Mayor Moreno decided to
implement curfew hours
after receiving reports of
abuses from the people of
their municipality.
D. Principal A decided to
report the teacher to the
district office after recorded
all his absences and
tardiness in coming to
school.
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11. Which of the following statements 14. Which among the following is
can be classified as an opinion? the best way to treat people
with disability?
A. A wife claimed that she was
raped by his husband. A. Do not involve them on
B. A young actress has gone to group activities
an abortion. B. Ignore them as if they
C. DepEd projected the do not exist
opening of the classes on C. Let them form their own
August. group.
D. 90% of the students D. Be sensitive with their
enrolled online class needs
according to SWS survey.
15. Which of the following is the best
12. Which of the statements can be example of intersubjectivity?
classified as truth?
A. When Anna was twelve; her
A. It takes one day to recognize sister told her that pickles
if a man loves a woman. are rotten cucumbers.
B. People are suffering Because of this, Anna now
because of covid19 orders all her burgers
pandemic. without pickles.
C. DepEd Online Class B. Ben has always loved dogs.
program is applicable to all When his parents let him
areas choose a family pet, he
D. All students find this new picks a Labrador puppy
normal way of modalities in from the shelter.
education as very C. When Sarah was fifteen, she
productive. went exploring in a cave
and became trapped. And
13. Which from these statements she is now afraid of closed
explains the coherence theory of spaces
truth? D. Tony was born with vision in
only one eye. Because of
A. Grade 12 ICT class this, he sometimes has
composed of 42 boys and difficulty to perceive depth.
14 girls, having complete
attendance on the first day 16. What is the concept where every
of school. individual is recognized as
B. Filo is doing great in his job persons through their social
to become a regular interactions?
employee in the company
he is working in. A. Authenticity
C. School rules and B. Communication
regulations are based on C. Intersubjectivity
the culture and custom of D. Subjectivity
the areas.
D. Students nowadays are 17. A deeper and more genuine
more innovative and loves interaction is called _________.
to explore things in many
ways A. Awareness
B. Conversation
C. Dialogue
D. Interiority
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18. Dialogue is an exchange in which B. PWD’s are less productive.

people may discover something new. C. PWD’s could possibly
What does this tell us? engage into various social
A. Dialogue helps people to activities.
share understanding of D. PWD’s can contribute to the
greater truth about life. economic growth of the
B. Dialogue helps people to society.
discover themselves more.
C. Dialogue helps people to 23. The following are the
tolerate others more. characteristics of the
D. Dialogue helps people to underprivileged, except:
conduct research.
A. Malnutrition and poor
19. Which situation below clearly health
illustrates a dialogue? B. Lack of shelter
A. Asking a bystander for C. Uneducated
direction D. Victims of calamity
B. Talking about politics with a
stranger 24. No human being should become
C. Inquiring on goods from a an end to him/herself. We are
storekeeper responsible to our neighbour as
D. Seeking for forgiveness from we are to our own action. These
a parent simply means that people are?

20. What attitude or behaviour A. Emotional beings

describes the “I-Thou” B. Psychological beings
relationship? C. Rational beings
D. Spiritual beings
A. Empathic understanding
B. Impatience 25. Intersubjectivity explains that
C. Insult human person is a being-in-the
D. Sarcasm world and a being-with-others,
21. Which of the following statement which of the following does not
is true? adhere to the meaning of
intersubjectivity?
A. Most people with A. Acceptance
disabilities cannot work. B. Rejection
B. Human person can live on C. Respect
his own without the help of D. Sincerity
others.
C. Everybody deserves to be 26. Authentic dialogue also means?
treated as human being no
matter what he/she looks A. Accepting the differences of
like. other people
D. It is impossible to B. Neglecting the uniqueness
appreciate PWD’s and of other people.
those from the C. Tolerating immorality of
underprivileged sectors of other people.
the society. D. Complaining dissimilarities
of other people.
22. The following are perception about
persons with disabilities (PWD)
except;

A. PWD are people with the

same right as what other
people does.
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27. Which of the following best defines members with

the word ‘society’?
A. An independent body of
people.
B. A group of people living
individually.
C. People who have fought for
their freedom.
D. A group of people living as a
community for a common
purpose.
28. Which of the following statement is
true?
A. Relationships that we
experience in our lives
depend on the level of our
experience.
B. We always depend on our
family even we grow older.
C. Society helps us to be more
dependent.
D. We don’t need other people.
opportunities to better
themselves.
B. An individual learns,
interacts, and exercise
his/her freedom.
C. Follow common beliefs,
tradition, and norms.
D. Adheres to others’ path and
direction in life.
32. Identify which activity you
perform if you belong to a post-
industrial society?
A. Hannah loves to take
pictures of herself wherever
she goes. She can’t live without
her cell phone.
B. John’s tribe transfer from
one place to another to look for
food.
C. Bryan engages in growing
plants, fruits, and vegetables.
D. Alex helps his parents grow
crops and raise animals.

29. Which from these statements 33. Choose which statement applies
explains that individuals are to a Feudal kind of society?
transformed by society?
A. The ruler owns all the lands
A. Society provides in the society.
opportunities for its B. Communication is made
members to grow and easier through internet
achieve well-being. connectivity.
B. Capable of establishing C. Technology and innovation
society by way of our made the people’s lives
differences with other easier and better.
people. D. People depend on the
C. Exercise one’s freedom to production of rice and crops
do what he wants. as their main source of
D. Human society remain the food.
same.
34. Which of the following statements
30. It provides proper guidelines to is relevant to the term Nomadic?
sustain peace and order.
A. Folkways A. People keeps on
B. Laws transferring from one place
C. Norms to another to look for food.
D. Relationship B. People grows plants, fruits
and vegetables as their
31. Which of the given statement does main source of food.
not pertain to transformation of C. People conquers other
an individual in the society? society and make their
captives as slaves.
A. Society recognizes the D. People resides permanently
capability of the person to in one place.
develop and provides its
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35. All of the following characteristics
are changes that may occur in
industrialized societies except?
A. Innovations in
transportation, including
the creation of
automobiles, the train, and
steamship that allowed
people and goods to travel
longer distances.
B. Since fewer people were
needed to cultivate food,
urban societies were
developed. For the first
time, more people lived in
or near major cities than in
farming areas.
C. The development of mass
forms of communication,
innovation in internet to a
faster and easier transfer of
information.
D. Daily activities become
easier and the lives of the
people become better.
36. Which of the following statements
is incorrect?
A. Horticultural societies
emerged between 10,000
and 12,000 years ago in
Latin America, Asia, and
parts of the Middle East.
B. Agricultural societies were
developed around 8,500
years ago during the
Agricultural revolution.
C. Post-industrial societies
emerged about 250 years
ago.
D. Pastoral societies began
around 12,000 years ago.
37. Which of the given statements is
true?
A. Human societies are not the
same.
B. Industrial Society known as
the virtual (computer)
society.
C.Human society continuously
develops even human
develops themselves.
D. Society recognizes the
capability of the person to
develop and provides its
members with
opportunities to better
themselves.
38. It is a connected behaviours
expected to a certain person.
A. Folkways
B. Laws
C. Norms
D. Social Roles
39. Which of the following does not
support this statement, “Society
helps us grow as better person”?
A. Education starts at home.
B. Our relationship with other
person helps us survive.
C. School education equips us
with skills, talents, and
abilities.
D. We can be the best version
of ourselves even without
the help of others
40. Which of the following represents
that the person and society are in
separable?
A. A person survives even
without the presence of
others.
B. Social roles allow us to
build social groups and
institutions.
C. We keep our beliefs
untainted by foreign people
D. We are in control of our life.
41. Jason achieved all his desires,
wishes, dreams in life. What kind of
good he was able to reach?
A. Noble
B. Pleasurable
C. Useful
D. Valuable
42. What is an example of a noble
good as source of our happiness?
A. Desires
B. Love
C. Money
D. Pleasure
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43. Jhon considers something as
good whenever he benefits out from
it. What kind of happiness does he
follow?
A. Noble good
B. Useful good
C. Valuable good
D. Pleasurable good
44. Lynch is in the stage of feeling
discomfort and pain in her life. What
is she experiencing?
A. Death
B. Regret
C. Sorrow
D. Suffering
45. The following are examples of
suffering, except?
A. Death
B. Injury
C. Loneliness
D. Mental suffering
46. Your brother is an overachiever.
Being on top of the class makes him
feel fulfilled. However, for this
quarter, he got grades lower than
what has expected. He extremely
saddened by this. What piece of
advice can you give to this situation?
A. Comfort your brother; know
the reason why he got the
lower grades and find solution
for it.
B. Just let it happen anyway he
can do his best for the second
quarter.
C. Tell him that you must accept
the result.
D. Don’t mind your brother
47. Where can we find real
happiness?
A. In doing good things
B. In exercising our freedom
C. In finding happiness
everywhere.
D. If we find lasting and important
things.
48. What is this instance in a
person’s life where his/her soul
separates with the body?
A. Death
B. Loneliness
C. Sadness
D. Salvation
49. Ryan admires Martin Buber’s
philosophy. What characteristic of
Ryan shows his adherence to Martin
Buber’s I-Thou relationship?
A. He always put to his mind
that he belongs to a
community of people
existing in the society.
B. He does not commune to
others and live by himself.
C. He interacts to people
whom he only knows.
D. He is careful in choosing a
person to trust.
50. Which among the following best
demonstrates an appreciation for the
talents of persons with disabilities
and those from the underprivileged
sectors of the society?
A. Mike, a 7-year old gifted
child, will continue his
education in Singapore.
B. Dr. Magalang offers a full
scholarship program for a
debate winner.
C. Nicki has been watching a
talent show on TV since last
year.
D. Jean invited a poor boy,
who sings very well, to her
show.