Department of Education

Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)

Division of Baybay City
BAYBAY CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Baybay City, Leyte
st
1 Quarter Examination in Philippine Politics and Governance

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: ________________ Score: ______________

Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. Prior to the arrival of Spaniards, the Philippines was a. Democracy c. Monarchy
composed of settlements called: b. Aristocracy d. Oligarchy
a. Villages c. Balangay 11. Who has the executive power as stated under sec 1 of
b. Barangay d. Sitio Article VII of the 1987 Constitution?
2. The head of the government during the Spanish Period is a. Commander in Chief c. President
called _____________. b. Vice-President d. Chief Executive
a. Datu c. Military General 12. The law creating the commonwealth government, also
b. Sultan d. Governor General known as the Philippine independence act.
3. Who is the first President during the commonwealth a. Tydings Mc Duffie Law
government? b. Treaty of Paris
a. Manuel Roxas c. Gen. Aguinaldo c. Commonwealth law
b. Manuel L. Quezon d. Sergio Osmeña d. None of the above
4. Is the power of the president to administer the Laws? 13. The President may enter into agreement with other state
a. Executive Power c. Power of Control through his _________ power.
b. Appointment d. Military Power a. Ambassador Power c. Budgetary Power
5. A political community that occupies a definite territory; b. Residual Power d. Diplomatic Power
having an organized government with authority to make 14. Through Budgetary power of the President, he shall submit
and enforce laws without the consent of a higher to congress a budget or expenditures within how many days
authority. from the opening of every regular session?
a. State c. Nation a. 20 Days c. 40 Days
b. Country d. Government b. 30 Days d. 35 Days
6. The President died due to Plane Crash. 15. It is the Supreme Court established during the Spanish
a. Jose P. Laurel c. Ramon Magsaysay period.
b. Manuel Roxas d. Elpidio Quirino a. Military Tribunal c. Royal Audiencia
7. Which of the following best exemplifies how the system of b. Judiciary d. Territorial Audencia
checks and balances is carried out: 16. The form of executive clemency where there is a
a. the legislature approves appointment made by postponement of sentence or stay of execution.
the President. a. Parole c. Pardon
b. the President pardons a convict as a way to set b. Amnesty d. Reprieve
aside or modify a judgment of the judiciary; 17. Is the act of grace which exempts individual from
c. the judiciary overturns a pardon granted by the punishments which law inflicts?
President as a check on executions; a. Pardon c. Commutation
d. the President pardons an accused after b. Amnesty d. Reprieve
arraignment in the interest of justice. 18. The following are effects of the suspension of the Writ of
8. Who was the president under the Japanese-sponsored Habeas Corpus except:
Republic of the Philippines? a. Does not affect the right to bail.
a. Serge Osmeña
b. Manuel Roxas b. Does not supersede civilian authority
c. Ferdinand Marcos c. Applies to any person.
d. Jose P. Laurel d. The arrested must be charged within 3 days; if
9. Which phrase best completes the statement – The starting not they must be released.
point of the principle of separation of powers is the 19. What are the grounds in declaring martial law?
assumption of the division of the functions of government a. Rebellion and Lawless violence
into three distinct classes b. Invasion and Lawless violence
a. the bill of rights, state policies, and social justice c. Rebellion and invasion
and human rights; d. Lawless violence and war
b. the accountability of public officers, the 20. The power of an officer to alter, modify, nullify, or set aside
constitutional commissions, and the national what a subordinate officer had done in the performance of his
economy and patrimony; duties and to substitute the judgement of the former for that
c. the self-executing provisions, the non-self- of the latter.
executing provisions, and the self-evident social a. Power of Removal
justice provisions; b. Power of Control
d. the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. c. Power of Appointment
10. A form of government wherein there is only one person d. Power of Supervision
who rule the government.
21. The Doctrine of Qualified safety requires d. 40 years of age c. Any grade and
Political Agency states it. prior the able to read
that: b. Grave danger of election. and write
a. Any acts of invasion or d. Able to read
secretaries is rebellion when 31. The President appoints a and write.
the act of the the public chief justice of the 35. To be a registered voter,
president. safety requires Supreme Court in the must be _______.
b. The acts of the it. exercise of his power to a. Eligible to Vote.
secretaries in c. Clear and appoint. Can he also b. Registered in
the regular present danger remove the chief justice? the COMELEC.
course of of invasion or a. Yes, because c. Registered in
business are rebellion when the power to the Barangay.
presumptively the public appoint has the d. Registered in
the act of the safety requires power to the City where
chief executive. it. remove. he is residing.
c. The acts of the d. Invasion, b. Yes, because 36. If the person was exempt
secretaries in Rebellion, when power to from criminal charges
any means are public safety remove is thru amnesty, what do
presumptively requires it. implied when you think is the effect?
act of the Chief you have power a. He will be
Executive. 26. The term of office of the to appoint. released.
d. The acts of the President. c. No, because the b. It is as if he
secretaries in a. 5 Years constitution does not
the regular c. 6 provides commit any
course of years prescribes crime.
business unless b. 9 Years certain c. Obliterates the
disapproved are d. 3 methods for offense with
presumptively Years removal of the which he is
acts of the 27. A form of government chief justice and charged.
President. that is divided between that is d. Reduction or
22. Coastal state has one central authority impeachment. mitigation of
sovereignty, including and several regional d. No, because Penalty.
exclusive fishing rights authorities. Chief Executive 37. What do you think is the
up to how many nautical a. Unitary is the head of form of Government in
miles? c. the Judiciary the Philippines?
a. 12 Democracy and can only be a. Democracy,
c. 21 b. Federal removed by Unitary,
d. resignation or Parliamentary
b. 200 Presidential death. b. Autocracy,
d. 24 28. President Duterte made 32. The President must be a Federal,
an agreement with China resident of the Presidential
23. After the EDSA with regards to the Philippines c. Democracy,
Revolution, Marcos was dispute in South China ____________. Unitary,
ousted as president. He Sea. What Presidential a. 10 years before Presidential
was then succeeded by power is exercised? the election. d. Monarchy,
Cory Aquino. The Aquino a. Diplomatic b. Must be 10 Federal,
administration creates a c. years Parliamentary
revolutionary Budgetary immediately 38. There is direct
government and did not b. Barrowing preceding the democracy when?
follow any constitution d. election. a. People
to run the government. Removal c. At least 10 participate in a
What kind of 29. Writ of Habeas Corpus years before governmental
government is apparent? means that ________. the election. process through
a. De Jure a. Bring the d. At least 10 mass meeting.
c. De Facto person. years b. People
b. Monarchy b. Release the immediately participate in a
d. Democracy person in preceding the governmental
24. To call out the Armed Prison. election. process through
Forces to prevent or 33. It is the geographical area representative.
suppress lawless under the jurisdiction of c. People directly
c. Bring me the
violence, invasion or another country or partake in a
Body
rebellion is what power sovereign power of a governmental
d. Bring me the
of the President? state. It must be a fixed process through
Data
a. Executive c. territory with representative.
30. The age qualification of a
Diplomatic inhabitants occupy. d. None of the
President according to
b. Military a. Territory above.
Article VII section II of
d. c. 39. It is a supreme absolute
the constitution is:
Removal Sovereignty and uncontrollable
a. Must be 40
25. The privilege of the writ b. Population power by which an
years of age on
of habeas corpus shall d. independent state is
the day of the
not be suspended except Government governed.
election.
in cases of: 34. The President shall not be a. Sovereignty
b. 40 years of age
a. Imminent qualified to run except. c.
on the day of
danger of a. Degree Holder Government
the election.
invasion or b. Must be b. Territory
c. At least 40
rebellion when doctorate d.
years of age on
the public People
the day of the
election.
40. Japan during world war undisputed exercise of
two, invaded Philippines sovereignty over it.
for a period of time. a. Discovery c.
What mode of acquiring Accretion
territory is apparent? b. Prescription
a. Discoveryc. d.
Accretion Cession
b. Subjugation 47. As to relationship
d. between the executive
Annexation and legislative branches
41. When the territory was of government, the form
acquired by Japan after of government in the
the war, what do you Philippines is?
think is the mode of a. Unitary
acquiring territory is c.
applicable? Parliamentary
a. Discoveryc. b. Federal
Accretion d.
b. Subjugation Presidential
d. 48. Within 24 nautical miles
Annexation from the coastline a
42. Philippines elect their state has sovereignty to
leaders in the enforce hot pursuit.
government in a form of What do you think is the
election to represent the maritime term
people. What kind of described?
democracy best suits the a. Territorial Sea
situation? c.
a. Direct Contiguous
Democracy Zone
c. b. EEZ
Indirect d.
Democracy Continental
b. Republican Shelf
d. 49. It is the assignment
Communism transfer or yielding up of
43. Spain after more than a territory by one state or
hundred years of government to another.
colonization, transfer its a. Annexation
rights and sovereignty in c.
the Philippines to Accretion
America through the b. Discovery
treaty of Paris. America d.
acquire Philippines as Cession
part of their territory 50. Who is the 15th President
through? of the Philippines?
a. Occupation a. Gloria
c. Macapagal
Accretion Arroyo
b. Cession b. Benigno Aquino
d. III
Prescription c. Rodrigo Roa
44. What do you think is the Duterte
form of government in d. Joseph Estrada
the Philippines as to
numbers of persons
exercising sovereign
powers?
a. Democracy
c.
Aristocracy
b. Monarchy
d.
Federal
45. Beyond 200 nautical
miles is considered to be
a common heritage of
humankind. It is also
known as:
a. Territorial Sea
c. EEZ
b. Contiguous
Zone d.
High Seas
46. It is the mode of
acquiring territory
through continuous and