TCWD 111 MIDTERMS EXAMINATION

PRIMER: GENERAL REMINDERS,

SAMPLE TYPE OF QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERING TRAINING, AND REVIEWER

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Good Day Students,

Greetings in the name of Christ our Risen Lord!

As our Midterms Examination is nearby, this Primer will allow you to be

prepared for the examinations.

This Primer is divided into four parts: 1.) General Reminders, 2.)
Examination Coverage and Examination Per Se, 3.) Sample Questions for
Training, and 4.) Reviewer.

This primer will equip you with what to prepare, ideas about the
examination flow, and to familiarize you on how to analyze and apply
theories/paradigms/arguments to a certain case/situation.

But take note, all examples here are not from the examinations nor related
to the topics. It is a general question and explanations that will practice
your understanding, analytical, and application skills.

Hope you will enjoy your TCWD Midterms Examination.

May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You!

“We have lost the wonder of walking together, we have lost the delight of
dreaming together, so that this wealth, moved by hope, can take us
forward; we need to walk together, we need to meet, and we need to
dream. Do not lose the fascinating power of dreaming! Have the courage to
dream!” - Pope Francis

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PART I. General Reminders

BEFORE EXAMINATION

1. Please ensure that you have already settled your examination matters the day
before the examination week.
2. Please prepare Pencils, Ballpens, and Erasers for the examination.
3. Please ensure you have an available PROPER SCHOOL UNIFORM that you will
wear during the examination week. For other matters, please refer to your
Student Handbook.

EXAMINATION DAY

1. Prepare your Exam Permit and your ID must have the 2nd SEM sticker. For the
exam permit, you may show it through your phone or gadgets to the proctor/s.
Make sure you bring your pencils, ballpens, and erasers.
2. Please wear your PROPER AND COMPLETE SCHOOL UNIFORM.
3. Please come at least 15 minutes before the TCWD scheduled exam. For your
schedule and room, please wait/refer to OLFU- Laguna Registrar’s facebook
page.
4. If you have a conflict subject, please proceed to the conflict room.
5. Please ensure that you have a water bottle with ample amount of water since we
are now in the summer season and heat index may affect your health. Stay
Hydrated as much as possible.
6. Please be attentive and listen to your proctors carefully.
7. Write your name, complete section, subject and name of your TCWD
professor/instructor to the bubble cards.
8. Please make sure you sign the attendance sheet for the TCWD Midterms Exam.
9. Pass the test paper and your bubble card to your proctor/s.

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PART II. Examination Coverage and Examination Per Se

EXAM DIVISIONS ITEM TAXONOMY AND LEARNING

EXAM TYPE COMPETENCY

Global Divides 12 Understanding(7Qs) To understand the history

and Application (5Qs) of the division, the
theories/tools identifying
Multiple Choice the gap, and apply them to
a certain case/situation.

Asian Regionalism 12 Understanding(8Qs) To understand how Asian

and Application (5Qs) Regionalism works, and
apply regionalism practices
True or False and to a certain case/situation.
Multiple Choice

Global Media 12 Understanding (6Qs) To understand different

Culture and Application (6Qs) paradigms and scholar’s
view points in terms of
Multiple Choice culture's pivotal role in
development, and apply
them to explain a certain
media intervention activity.

Globalization of 20 Understanding (10Qs) To understand different

Religion and Application (10Qs) scholars’ arguments in
terms of the role of religion
Multiple Choice to development, and apply
them to explain a certain
practice or case.

Global Cities 19 Understanding (7Qs) To understand the pivotal

and Analyzation (12Qs) role of Global Cities to
globalization, and analyze
True or False and city’s characteristics that
Multiple Choice makes it a global city.

Words/Phrase 45 Evaluation (45Qs) Evaluate Words/Phrases to

Association associate them with what
Multiple Choice midterm topic may fully
best explain its context.

TOTAL EXAM DIVISION: 6

TOTAL ITEMS: 120

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PART III. SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR TRAINING

Take note: There is no part like this in your exam paper. This is just to contextualize the
sample questions.

Scholar 1: Robert Solow

Argument: economic growth is the result of three factors—labor, capital, and technology.

Scholar 2: Gunnar Myrdal

Argument: free play of market forces and operation of profit motive in the capitalist system
normally tends to increase inequalities between regions rather than decrease

Scholar 3: Akamatsu Kaname

Argument: pioneered flying geese model: a leading nation is compared to a lead goose,
followed by a flock of developing-nation geese.

SAMPLE QUESTION TYPES AND FLOW OF THE EXAM (FONT SIZE - 10, STYLE - ARIAL).

Topic: Development (This is an indicator in your exam paper that you are now answering questions for
this topic).

FOR QUESTIONS 1-6 (This is an indicator in your exam paper for the scope of the instructions below).
INSTRUCTIONS: Shade the letter of the scholar that will match the following case/statement.
Choices for Question 1-6 (This is an indicator in your exam paper for the scope of the choices).

A. B. C.

Robert Solow Gunnar Myrdal Akamatsu Kaname

1. Capitalist system normally tends to increase inequalities

2. Economic growth is the result of three factors
3. Leading nation is compared to a goose
4. State J is following State B
5. State O increases its capital productivity
6. State Z is ensuring he is on the lead resulting in inequality.

—-- end —---- (This is an indicator in your exam paper that you are done answering 120 Qs).

Answers and Explanations (There is no part like this in your exam paper. This is just to explain the
answers to the sample questions).

1. Myrdal is the one that argued that the Capitalist system normally tends to increase inequalities.
Then the answer is B.
2. Solow was the one who argued Economic growth is the result of three factors. Then the answer is
A.
3. Akamatsu was the one who developed the flying geese model.Then the Answer is C.
4. Analyzing the case, there’s a lead and there’s a follower. Hence, the case matches Akamatsu’s
argument. (Ans: C)
5. Analyzing the case, capital productivity was increased. Therefore, despite it being lacking in
terms of “why they increased productivity” we can already assume that this is for economic
growth purposes. Hence, it can be explained by Solow and his Growth Accounting model. (Ans:
A)
6. Analyzing the case, despite the word “lead” being mentioned, you need to see the impact or
result. According to the case, it leads to inequality that contradicts the flying geese model.
Therefore, Myrdal’s argument matches the case. (Ans: B)

Tip: The best way to study is to make sure you know and you are very familiar with the
scholars/theories/paradigms and their arguments, as this will go hand in hand with the application cases.
If you may notice in the given sample questions, the flow was first, the arguments of the scholar, then
after are the cases for application. The reviewer given to you will be very helpful to understand each
scholar’s argument.

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PART IV. MIDTERMS REVIEWER TCWD111

TOPIC ONE: GLOBAL DIVIDES

THE BRANDT LINE (1983)

- A report that identified the North/South Line.
- Chaired by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt
- Findings: Poor World lies South of Latitude 30 degrees North except for New Zealand
and Australia
- North is richer and South is poorer

TOOLS/FRAMEWORKS DEFINITION FACTORS/VARIABLES/KEYWORDS

WHEN TO USE IN A GIVEN CASE

Human Development Measure of average Education, Welfare, and Health Care

Index achievement in key System
dimensions of human
development

Dependency Theory Colonies are dependent to Dependent

Colonizers

The New World Order Political ideologies and Political Ideology

Alliances

TOPIC TWO: Asian Regionalism

What is Regionalism?

- Nations need to bond together to achieve development goals

- Must be in a formal status through charter-based and following international law
- Must have common sense of cultural identity and Identity
- Must have collective action

What is ASEAN?

- Association of South East Asian Nations

- Composed of 10 SEA member countries
- Established on August 8, 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand through the ASEAN Declaration.
- Fun fact: The local name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon which means
The Great City of Angels

What is APEC
- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
- 21 Members
- Regional economic forum established in 1989 to leverage the growing
interdependencies of the Asia-Pacific.

The Imperatives of Asian Regionalism

IMPERATIVE CONCEPT

Generate productivity gains, new ideas, and Foster growth and development
competition that boost economic growth.

Diversity sources of global demand, Foster balance of trade

helping to stabilize the world economy

Create regional mechanisms to manage Foster systematic procedure

health, safety, and environmental issues
better

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TOPIC THREE: GLOBAL MEDIA CULTURE

MODERNIZATION PARADIGM
- lack of human resources, education, and Mass media that will be the driver of human
capital

SCHOLARS AND THEIR ARGUMENTS

WILBUR SCHRAMM DAVID LERNER EVERETT ROGER

The task of mass media of Exposure to media means Mass media as a factor that
information and the greater chance to imagine intervenes between
“new media” of education is Themselves (Development of antecedents and
to speed and ease the Empathy) consequences of
long, slow and smooth the modernization
task mobilizing human
resources behind the national
effort.

CULTURAL AND MEDIA IMPERIALISM vs CULTURAL PLURALISM

IMPERIALISM PLURALISM

● expand dependence and domination ● Recognizes the capacity of the

over the world audience in reacting and mobilizing
● One-way communication toward resistance and empowerment,
in accordance to socio-economic
context and cultural preference
● Two-way communication (Feedback
oriented).

TOPIC FOUR: GLOBALIZATION OF RELIGION

SECULARIZATION
SCHOLAR ARGUMENT EXPLANATION

Max Weber Men will undergo People will shift away from
modernization, a process of believing in religious practice
disenchantment of the to a rational thinking mindset
universe with the such as government over
replacement of religion, business over
bureaucratization, religion, and the likes.
rationalization, and
secularization over the
magical, the metaphysical,
and the religious.

Karl Marx Religion as the opium of Religion is like an addiction

people created by the that makes an individual
material conditions. No place strive to perform better than
in communist society since others due to possible gained
individuals are treated benefit.
equally.

Tschannen Religion becomes People tend to follow and

differentiated and listen to institutionalized
autonomous from other bodies by the people rather
institutions resulting to lose than the religious
its power of social control and organization molded by
guidance over the rest of religious beliefs.

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 society.

Gorski Secularization paradigm Individual start to develop his

comprising of a variant of own concept of Religion
theories revolve around the resulting to a diverse religious
core theory of differentiation, groups, organizations, and
that branches out to different beliefs.
argument of individual
religiosity in the modern era.

Goldstein Tensions brough by the The issues between people in

contradictions between the terms of what religion is
sacred, profane, religious, drives an individual away
and secular are viewed as from dealing with religiosity
factors that drive further resulting in him to be a
rationalization of the religion rational person.
and society.

RESURGENCE OF RELIGION
SCHOLAR ARGUMENT EXPLANATION

SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON conflict in global politics is Religion is seen as driver of

rooted to cultural and not conflict
primarily economic or
ideological.

AZZOUZI Religion acts as a resistance Religions is rooted to their

against the adverse effect of identity
globalization

AMARTYA SEN Diversity as an essential The world must recognize

feature of most culture in the that we are not in a
world, including Western homogeneous religion.
civilization.

NORRIS AND INGLEHART Conflict is caused by the Conflict starts to arise as

accommodation of moral issues are not being
divergent attitudes towards solved by society. Hence,
moral issues intervention of religious
found in traditional and groups plays a pivotal role.
modern society.

THOMAS Global resurgence of religion Religious groups start to

is growing saliency and recognize that they play a
persuasiveness. pivotal role to persuade
others.

TOPIC FIVE: GLOBAL CITY

What is the context of a global city?

Cities are ecosystems for businesses and innovation. It becomes an arena and medium for
globalization wherein global, national, and local processes and forces encounter each other.
Hence, Global cities affect the continuing globalization saga.

What is the definition of a global city?

Also known as “alpha city” or “world center”. It enjoys a significant competitive advantage that
serves as a hub within the globalized economic system.
What are the traits of Global Cities?

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 ECONOMIC POLITICAL SOCIAL

● International services ● Considerable ● Focal point of media

from finance, decision-making and communication
insurance,real estate, power influences daily for global media
banking, accountancy, basis and global level. ● High employment
and marketing. ● National region with rate, particularly
● Multinational great international working in services
Corporations, significance. and information
manufacturing centers ● Center for new ideas sectors
with port and and innovation in ● Have high quality
container facilities business, economics, institutions,
● Domination of trade and politics. international students,
and economy in large and research facilities.
areas. ● Multifunctional
● Headquarters of major infrastructures offering
financial, stock the best services to
exchange, and the world.
institutions. ● Diverse language,
culture, and
ideologies.

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