PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE
2ND QUARTER EXAM
DIRECTIONS: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of your answer and shade the letter that
correspond your answer.
1. The type of government we have under the Constitution is called _______
a. Monarchy
b. responsibility
c. convention
d. republic
2. What is an example of a civic responsibility?
a. Being on a jury
b. paying taxes
c. obeying laws
d. all of the above
3. How can good citizens participate in politics?
a. By ignoring politics and not reading newspaper
b. By refusing to vote and ignoring politics
c. By voting and writing letters to government letters
d. By refusing to vote and ignoring requests for jury duty.
4. What is a way that a person can exercise his or her civic responsibility?
a. By voting
c. by following laws
b. By paying attention to current events
d. all of the above
5. Which of the following is a way citizens can go above and beyond their basic civic responsibilities?
a. Vote
c. pay taxes
b. Run for public office
d. respecting and obeying the laws
6. What is a difference in how people participated in politics in colonial times compared today?
a. Colonists were much better informed on issue than people ARE NOW.
b. In colonial times, people had more free time to participate in politics.
c. More groups of people can vote now than could then.
d. Today people stage more protests and marches than was the case then.
7. A citizen is a community member who has certain rights and responsibilities. A citizen______rights
and responsibilities in his or her city, state, and country.
a. only one
c. does not have
b. more than one
d. has no
8. A____________ is a community member who has certain rights and responsibilities.
a. citizen
b. legal duties
c. civic responsibilities
d. volunteer
9. It is the lowest level of territorial organization within a state.
a. national government
c. local government
b. international
d. none of the above
10. Which of the following does not belong to the political subdivision?
a. provinces
c. municipalities
b. state
d. barangay
11. How do you call the head of the barangay?
a. governor
c. senator
b. barangay captain
d. mayor
12. Who Is the chief executive officer in the town?
a. PCOO
c. Senator
b. Barangay Captain
d. Mayor
13. In what article in1987 Philippine Constitution provides the guidelines for LGU?
a. Article X
c. Article XII
b. Article XI
d. None of the above
14. The lawmaking body of the city is ______________________.
a. Board of Members
c. Councils
b. Department Heads
d. Administrative head
15. It is the smallest units of local government in the Philippines.
a. Provincial
c. Barangay
b. Municipality
d. None of the above
16. How many municipalities does the South Cotabato has?
a. 10
c. 5
b. 9
d. 2
17. It is the largest units of local government in the Philippines.
a. Provincial
c. Barangay
b. Municipality
d. None of the above
18. Which is not one qualification for Barangay?
a. 10, 000 inhabitants
c. SK Chairman
b. Chairman
d. Barangay Councilor
19. The biggest member of the local government is________________?
a. City
C. Municipality
b. Province
D. Barangay
20. Local government helps ease the burden of administering policies of the national government>
a. Yes
c. Maybe
b. No
d. Undecided
21. Which of the following is a province?
a. Banga
c. South Cotabato
b. Norala
d. T’boli
22. The only body that help administering the local government.
a. DPWH
c. DENR
b. DILG
d. DSWD
23. In 1991, the Congress ENACTED the Local Government Code of the Philippines also known as Republic
Act_______________.
a. RA 7160
c. RA 10533
b. RA 7610
d. RA 11569
24. In order to create of form a barangay, how many inhabitants are required?
a. 1,000
c. 3,000
b. 2,000
d. 4,000
25. Which of the following is not a function of a barangay?
a. Adopt measures to prevent child abuse.
b. Ensure the delivery of basic services.
c. Issue permits and licenses for local businesses.
d. Serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies.
26. Which is true about the role of barangay according to section 384 of the local government code of the
Philippines?
a. Ensure delivery of basic services.
b. Ensure the public moral of inhabitants
c. Issue permits and licenses for local businesses.
d. Serves as the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies.
27. It Is a unit of government consisting of a group of barangays.
A. Barangay
c. Province
B. Municipality
d. Region
28. In order to create a municipality, there should be at least ______________inhabitants certified by
Philippine Statistics Authority.
a. 15,000
c. 25,000
b. 20,000
d. 30,000
29. Which of the following is not a function of a municipality?
a. Enact policies and laws, enforce them, and govern their jurisdiction.
b. Ensure the delivery of basic services.
c. Exercise regulatory powers within their jurisdictional areas to ensure that private enterprise
does not impede the good and welfare of the public.
d. Serves as a place for settling neighborhood disputes or conflicts
30. The local government in the Philippines enjoy local autonomy, but they are also under the supervision
of the president through the secretary of ________________.
a. Department of budget and management
b. Department of foreign affairs
c. Department finance
d. Department of interior and local GOVERNMENT
31. A municipality maybe created if IT HAS AN AVERAGE annual income, as certified BY THE provincial
Treasurer, of at least ______________for the last two consecutive years based on the 19991 constant
prices.
a. 2,000,000 pesos
c. 3,000,000 pesos
b. 2,500,000 pesos
d. 3,500,000 pesos
32. All are requisites for creation of a province EXCEPT:
a. 20,000,000 incomes as credited by dof for the last two consecutive years
b. 250,000 inhabitants
c. 2,000 square kilometers, as certified by the land management bureau
d. 125,000 voters
33. All are mandatory positions for province, city and municipality except:
a. accountant
c. engineer
b. architect
d. treasurer
34. Who is the executive head of the Barangay?
a. First Kagawad
c. Mayor
b. Council
d. Barangay Captain
35. Who are the citizens of the Philippines?
a. Those who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of the Constitution.
b. Those whose fathers and mothers are citizens of the Philippines.
c. Those who are naturalized in accordance with law.
d. All of the above.
36. It is a legal process which those persons who are formerly citizens of other countries has applied for
in accordance with law in a certain state.
a. Naturalization
c. Natural-Born
b. By birth
d. None of the above
37. Obeying laws, paying taxes, defending the nation, and serving on juries are which of the following for
citizens?
a. Rights
c. freedoms
b. Obligations
d. rules
38. The citizen principle of citizenship is based on the “law of the soil” or “jus soli”. this signifies that
citizenship is based on which of the following?
A. who a person is born to
c. naturalization
B. where a person is born
d. citizen obligations and responsibilities
39. The principle of law of blood in determining someone’s citizenships based on__________.
a. where they were born (soil or land)
b. naturalization
c. taking a test to prove naturalization
d. who they were born to (parentage or parents)
40. Which is a requirement for a person to become a natural-born Filipino citizen?
a. being born to Filipino parents
b. serving in the Philippine military
c. passing a Philippine history and government exam
d. being born on Philippine soil or land
41. Someone who is a legal member of a country or state is_________________
a. immigrant
c. representative
b. citizen
d. alien
42. ____________ is the process by which an immigrant becomes a citizen.
a. naturalization
c. law of blood
b. immigration
d. law of soil
43. All are role of citizens in a government except__________
a. voting
c. participating in the community
b. being informed
d. ignoring the government
44. What article of the constitution is related to the right of every Filipino to vote?
a. Article III
c. Article V
b. Article IV
d. Article VI
45. Attending civic meetings, petitioning the government, community service, and voting are examples
of citizen.
a. obligations
c. rights
b. requirements
d. responsibilities
46. Which of the following is a member of an official political body, such as a nation, country, or state,
who is born in the country of their citizenship?
a. Native born citizen
c. immigrant
b. Naturalized citizen
d. Alien
47. Life, liberty, and property are examples of ____________that all citizens of the U.S. have.
a. obligations
c. rights
b. duties
d. requirements
48. An act when a citizen gives up or loses his citizenship.
a. Expatriation
c. Naturalization
b. Repatriation
d. Natural-born
49. An act of reacquiring or returning to one’s original citizenship.
a. Expatriation
c. Naturalization
b. Repatriation
d. Natural-born
50. These are independent civil organizations, which are influenced and controlled by national
authorities.
a. Business civil society
c. Philanthropic civil society
b. Government-Oriented civil society
d. Community-based civil society
51. They are based on solidarity, resource sharing, and community building.
a. Business civil society
c. Philanthropic civil society
b. Government-Oriented civil society
d. Community-based civil society
52. These are organizations that serve a cause without any religious affiliation.
a. Business civil society
c. Philanthropic civil society
b. Government-Oriented civil society
d. Community-based civil society
53. These are organizations whose membership consists of workers and union leaders, united to protect
and promote their common interests.
a. Business civil society
c. Trade Unions
b. Government-Oriented civil society
d. Community-based civil society
54. These movements are defined as a sustained and purposeful collective mobilized by an identifiable,
self-organized group in confrontation with specific power structures.
a. social movements
c. state
b. civil society
d. none of the above
55. the following are four stages of social movements, except:
a. emergence
c. decline
b. coalescence
d. socialization
56. What stage in which social movements are very preliminary and there is little to no organization.
a. emergence
c. decline
b. coalescence
d. socialization
57. This stage is also known as popular stage and is characterized by a more clearly defined sense of
discontent.
a. emergence
c. decline
b. coalescence
d. socialization
58. The following are the qualifications of voters in the country except one, which is this?
a. A citizen (male or female) of the Philippines.
b. Not otherwise disqualified by law
c. At least 18 years of age.
d. Have resided in the Philippines for at least three months and in the place wherein he proposes
to vote for at least two months preceding the elections.
59. Suffrage is universal at age of eighteen.
a. True
c. Maybe
b. False
d. Undecided
60. The following countries are example of multiparty system except one, which is this?
a. Indonesia
c. South Korea
b. North Korea
d. Sweden