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GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

Review Questions for Licensure Examination for Social Workers 2022
Luna Cajilig Salanio, RSW

This practice test will help you improve your thinking skills as well as to have an advanced
knowledge of the possible subject coverage of the licensure examination. Choose the best answer
to the following questions. Answer with integrity.

1. This emphasized the equality of men and women and aims to change current legal
structures and intervention to promote access for women but criticized that the theory
states that women must be like men.
a. Cultural feminism
b. Liberal feminism
c. Radical feminism
d. Marxist feminism

2. In Margaret Mead's work in New Guinea, she found that masculinity and femininity were
____________ determined.
a. Culturally
b. Myopically
c. Parentally
d. Biologically
e. Physically

3. According to sociologists, gender behaviour is _____________.

a. Given
b. Earned
c. Biological
d. Androcentric
e. Learned

4. This theory examines multiple, overlapping identities and social contexts (Black, Latina,
Asian, gay, trans, working class, poor, single parent, working, stay-at-home, immigrant,
undocumented, etc.) and the unique, various lived experiences within these spaces.
a. Standpoint Theory
b. Intersectional Theory
c. Feminist Theory
d. Conflict Theory

5. Studies of sexuality around the world reveal a fair amount of sexual ____________.
a. Uniformity
b. Ambiguity
c. Promiscuity
d. Conformity
e. Diversity

6. Refers to the diverse, competing and often opposing collection of social theories, political
movements and moral philosophies largely motivated by experiences of women.

a. Gender stereotype
b. Feminism
c. Gender bias
d. Liberal feminism

7. What theory says that women’s lives could be more effectively examined if one began
from the “actualities” of their lived experience in the immediate local settings of “everyday/
everynight” life?
 a. Standpoint Theory
b. Intersectional Theory
c. Feminist Theory
d. Conflict Theory

8. The gay rights movement is patterned after the _________________________________.

a. Human rights movement
b. Environmental movement
c. Women's rights movement
d. Civil rights movement
e. Women's temperance movement

9. The phrase that “man has inherent worth and dignity” is considered as not gender fair
language.
a. False
b. True
c. Somewhat true
d. Not applicable

10. What country became the first in the world to legalize same-sex marriage?

a. Germany
b. Cuba
c. United States of America
d. The Netherlands

11. Which of the following statements is an example of gender-fair

language?
a. The mother is not plain housewife
b. He took a courageous position on the issue indicating that he has balls.
c. The job advertisement states that “she or he should be able to work with
minimum supervision”
d. Bakla ang posisyon niya sa isyu

12. According to Conflict theory, the key concept in understanding sexual stratification is
_____________.
a. Power
b. Occupational choice
c. Income
d. Prestige
e. Religious affiliation

13. A system of attitudes, bias, and discrimination that favor male-female sexuality and
relationships
a. Patriarchy
b. Heterosexism
c. Cissexism
d. sexism
e. Racism

14. Childhood prostitution is most commonly found in

______________.

a. Rural areas of developed countries

b. Countries with a great deal of tourism
c. Developing countries
d. Countries with organized crime
e. Large urban areas

15. Which of the following statements is an example of Gender-fair

language?

a. Let us have a gentlemen’s agreement on that matter

b. Referring to a woman executive, a male employee asked: which boss did she sleep
with to get in the top?
 c. Usapang babae lang yan
d. All human beings have inherent worth and dignity

16. A set of institutional structures (like property rights, access to positions of

power, relationship to sources of income) that are based on the belief that
males are dominant

a. Patriarchy
b. Heterosexism
c. Cissexism
d. sexism
e. Racism

17. The belief that men and women behave differently due to inherent sex differences
related to their biology
a. Biological Supremacy
b. Biological Determinism
c. Sexism
d. Sex Equality
e. Sexual Liberation

18. What Filipino organization was founded in 1984 that advocates for women’s issues with
ideologies of socialist feminism and Marxist feminism?
a. NCWP
b. WAND
c. Pilipina
d. Gabriela

19. The domestic roles of women, i.ehousekeepers tend to be ____________ in our society.

a. Despised
b. Under-valued
c. Revered
d. Appreciated
e. Overpaid

20. Refers to the gender-based distinction, exclusion or restriction which has the effect or
purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women,
irrespective of their marital status.
a. Gender stereotype
b. Feminism
c. Gender bias
d. Liberal feminism

21. The use of “man” to refer to all human beings is not gender fair because
___________

a. Women as a term should also be used

b. Superiority of men
c. It reinforces the invisibility of women
d. Because the term is not politically correct

22. What is the main objective of gender analysis?

a. Evaluate the roles, functions, and status of men and women in society.
b. Eliminate gender balance between men and women in society
c. Examine the differences in the lives of women and men and those factors that
lead to their social and economic inequity.
d. Identify those factors in the personal lives of men and women that contribute to their
functioning in society
e. Something that favors women.

23. The following are the guidelines in writing a gender sensitive case study report, which of
one is not included?
a. Use parallel language which you refer to men and women at the same time
 b. “He” ceases to be the universal pronoun so replace it with “she” or “he” or “he” or
“she”
c. Use the term “human being” to replace the term “man”
d. Replace “man and wife” with “husband and partner”

24. Which theoretical perspective stresses the importance of regulating sexual behavior to
ensure marital cohesion and family stability?
a. Conflict Theory
b. Queer Theory
c. Functionalism
d. Symbolic Interactionism

25. Which is an example of gender-fair language

a. Actor instead of actress

b. Lady doctor
c. Women solicitor
d. Woman driver

26. This is the primary institution that promote bias among girls and boys
a. School
b. Mass media
c. Family
d. Religion

27. All of these phrases showed that language can be disempowering and revictimizing to
women survivors of violence EXCEPT:
a. She has become so obese that it came as no surprise that her husband fell for another
woman
b. She was wearing a tight-fitting dress on the night she was sexually assaulted
c. She is crazy to put up with the abuse for a decade now
d. She is resilient and capable of addressing her own needs

28. The most stereotyped of all media in its gender portrayals is

___________.

a. Video games
b. Television
c. Movies
d. Music
e. Magazines

29. What is the gendered division of labor?

a. It is based on gender-structured conceptions of appropriate work.
b. It has led to an increase in women's compensation worldwide.
c. It negates the 'double burden
d. None of the above

30. The gendering of world politics is seen in which areas?

a. Prostitution and human trafficking.
b. Civil wars and refugee flows.
c. Trade and development.
d. All of the options given are correct.

31. This is defined as “any mental or behavioral act through which a person attempts to
expose, withstand, repel, stop, prevent, abstain from, strive against, impede, refuse to
comply with, or oppose any form of violence or oppression (including type of disrespect)
or conditions that make such acts possible.
a. Stereotype
b. Resistance
c. Empowering language
d. Discrimination

32. The media promote gender bias through the following EXCEPT:
a. Commercialization of women
 b. Women as sex objects
c. Degrading portrayal of women
d. Textbooks and language

33. This is the variety of feminism that works within the structure of mainstream society to
integrate women into that structure.
a. Radical Feminism
b. Socialist Feminism
c. Postmodern Feminism
d. Liberal Feminism

34. What is the impact of globalization?

a. Felixibilization has made women workers highly vulnerable, leading to gender-based
problems and increasing burdens of women workers.
b. It has led to new challenges and dangers for women
c. It has not changed the fundamental inequality of gender relationships in the world
enough.
d. All of the options given are correct

35. Which of the following is an approach that looks at women as integral part of the family,
community and larger society?
a. Women in Development
b. Development
c. Gender and Development
d. Gender

36. An individual with an addition of XX or XY chromosomes and are mixing up some of

their biological attributes of sex is considered to be ___________.
a. Female
b. Male
c. Intersexed
d. Man

37. This type of feminism views the oppression of women as the most fundamental form of
oppression, one that cuts across boundaries of race, culture, and economic class.
a. Radical Feminism
b. Socialist Feminism
c. Postmodern Feminism
d. Liberal Feminism

38. This is a strategy that uses gender analysis techniques and looks into the roles of both
women and men in the society.
a. Gender fair language
b. Gender friendly
c. Gender and development
d. Gender sensitive

39. They insist that the only way to end the oppression of women is to overthrow the
capitalist system.
a. Radical Feminism
b. Marxist/Socialist Feminism
c. Postmodern Feminism
d. Liberal Feminism

40. Parallels are often drawn between society's treatment of the environment,
animals, or resources and its treatment of women.

a. Radical Feminism
b. Eco-Feminism
c. Postmodern Feminism
d. Liberal Feminism

41. Which two major frameworks does Gender and Development (GAD) primarily focus on?
a. Women’s rights versus men’s rights
 b. Feminism and emancipation of women
c. Gender roles and social relations analysis
d. Gender sensitivity and inequality

42. What fundamental value does GAD seek to achieve?

a. Social Liberty
b. Gender Equality
c. Pursuit of Happiness
d. Human Rights

43. It is an umbrella term for any harmful act that is perpetrated against a person’s will and
that is based on socially ascribed differences between male and female.
a. Sex crime
b. Sexism
c. Induced-violence against gender
d. Gender-based violence

44. The schools promote gender bias through the following EXCEPT:
a. Courses encourage for one gender only
b. Textbooks with sexist language
c. No sex disaggregated data
d. Women portrayed as objects in their role

45. Which of the following feminist theorists used applied sociology to fight for immigrant
women’s rights in Chicago in the early 20th century?

a. Judith Butler
b. Jane Addams
c. Mary Wollstonecraft
d. Mary Ellen Richmond

46. Refers to the division of labor and task assigned to women and men based on perceived
characteristics and attributes instead of their ability and skills
a. Gender influences
b. Gender roles
c. Gender stereotypes
d. Gender and development

47. This is learned behaviors in a given society and community that conditions which
activities, tasks and responsibilities are perceived as male or female.
a. Gender influences
b. Gender roles
c. Gender stereotypes
d. Gender and development

48. The care and maintenance of human life within the household that is usually associated
with women.
a. Community role
b. Productive role
c. Reproductive role
d. Political role

49. The tasks which are usually associated with men which required them to contribute
economically to the household or community.
a. Community role
b. Productive role
c. Reproductive role
d. Political role

50. Refers to oversimplified and standardized gender concepts that are commonly held by
members of group
a. Gender influences
b. Gender roles
c. Gender stereotypes
d. Gender and development