UNIT TEST

Name: __________________________________ Course:

______________ Time:

___________

Trainer: _________________________________ Date: ________________ Rating: __________

The National Service Training Program
I.

Write on the space provided AGREE if the statement is true; DISAGREE if false.

_______1. Of the three (3) program components of NSTP, ROTC is the graduation requisite for male students.
_______2. Since the implementation of RA 9163, CWTS and LTS program components replaced ROTC.
_______3. The implementation of NSTP Act of 2001 as embodied in RA 9163 commenced in school year 20012002.
_______4. Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos signed RA 9163 into law on January 23, 2002.
_______5. As provided for in the NSTP Law, all incoming freshman students enrolled in any baccalaureate
degree or at least two-year technical-vocational course are mandated to enroll in NSRC.
_______6. The implementation of NSTP shall be jointly supervised by the Department of National Defense
(DND), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA).
_______7. As per provision of the NSTP Law, student-trainees shall Be required to complete the NSTP program
component of the choice of the school/higher educational institution (HEI).
_______8. Private higher educational institutions and technical-vocational schools, as stipulated in the IRR of RA
9163, may offer ROTC if they muster at least three hundred fifty (350) cadets.
_______9. Graduates of the non-ROTC components shall belong to the National Service Reserve Corps (NSRC)
who may he tapped by the State tor literacy and civic welfare activities.
_______10. In order to fulfill the requirements of NSTP, a student-trainee has to complete a total of 108 to 140
hours for any of the three program components.

II. Identify the word or phrase described in each item below. Write the answer on the space provided
before each item.
_______1. Program aimed at enhancing civic-consciousness and defense preparedness in the youth by
developing the ethics of service and patriotism.
_______2. Program components of NSTP designed to provide military training to tertiary-level 'students in order
to motivate, train, organize, and mobilize them for national defense preparedness.
_______3. Refers to activities contributory to the general welfare and the betterment of life, for the members of
the community or the enhancement of facilities.
_______4. NSTP component designed to train the students to teach literacy and numeracy skills.
_______5. A program option for students who cannot take NSTP during the regular semester
_______6. It is responsible to exercise academic and administrative supervision over the design, formulation,
adoption and implementation of the different NSTP components in their school.
_______7. Number of NSTP program component that a student-trainee is required to complete as a graduation
requirement.
_______8. Number of semester(s) NSTP will be taken by a student
_______9. Number of hours per semester that a student must take the NSTP component of his/her choice
_______10. Organization where graduates of the ROTC component shall form part of.
III. Read the statement carefully. Encircle the letter that corresponds to your answer.
1. RA 9163 is also known as:

a. NSRC

c. NSP

b. NSTP

d. CWTS

2. As per constitutional mandate, the prime duty of the government is to:

a. protect every member of the community.
b. serve and protect its citizens
c. defend the rights of the Filipinos
d. serve the Filipinos
3. The following are program components of NSTP, except:
a. CWTS

c. LTS

b. LES

d. ROTC

4. The responsibility of the Filipino citizen to the state is to:

a. defend the security of the state c. serve the government
b. secure and serve community

d. defend the citizens

5. The government may require each citizen to render:

a. personal, military or civil service
b. spiritual and emotional help
c. political and economic assistance
d. all of the above
6. The vital role of the youth as per RA 9163 is:
a. nation building

c. serve as auxiliary member of AFP

b. protection of our patrimony

d. defend our country

7. To promote civic consciousness among the youth through NSTP, the state shall develop their:
a. artistic ability

c. professional competence

b. intellectual capability

d. none of the above

8. NSTP shall inculcate in the youth values on:

a. ethics of service

c. both a and b

b. patriotism

d. none of the above

9. In pursuit of the goals of NSTP, the youth, in service of the nation, shall be:
a. motivated

c. organized

b. trained

d. all of the above

10. In service of the nation, the youth may be tapped for:

a. literacy training only
b. military training, literacy training and civic welfare services
c. civic welfare services only
d. none of the above

IV. The following is an excerpt of the NSTP Law. Fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrase
based on the provisions of the law.
Section 4. Establishment of the National Service Training Program There is hereby
established a National Service Training Program (NSTP), which shall from part of the curricula of
1)___________________ degree courses and of at least 2)__________________ courses and is a requisite for

graduation
consisting
of
the
following
4)___________________, and 5)___________________.

service

components:

3)____________________,

The
ROTC
under
the
NSTP
shall
instill
6)___________________________________,
7)_____________________________,
and
8)___________________________
among
others.
9)____________________________ shall be given emphasis in all three (3) program components.
The 10)___________________________ and 11)________________________________, in consultation with
12)_________________, 13)_______________________, 14)______________________ and other concerned
government agencies, may design and implement such other program components as may be
necessary in consonance with the provisions of this Act.
Section 5. Coverage Students, 15)________________ and 16)_________________, of any
baccalaureate degree course or at least 17)___________________ courses in public and private
educational institutions shall be required to complete one (1) of the NSTP components as requisite for
graduation.
Section 6. Duration and Equivalent Course Unit Each of the aforementioned NSTP program
component shall be undertaken for an academic period of 18)___________________.
In lieu of the two (2)-semester program for any of the components of NSTP, a one (1)-summer
program may be designed, formulated and adopted by 19)__________________, 20)________________,
and 21)__________________.
Section 7. NSTP Offering in Higher and Technical-Vocational Educational Institutions
All higher and technical-vocational educations institutions, public and private, must offer at least one
of the program components: Provided, that 22)____________________ and 23)____________________ shall
offer the ROTC component and at least one other component as provided herein: Provided further,
that 24)_________________, 25)_______________ institutions may also offer the ROTC if they have at
least 26.________________ cadet students.
In offering the NSTP whether during the semestral or summer periods, 27)_______________ from
different educational institutions may be done, taking into account 28)_______________,
29)__________________ of service and 30)_____________________. Schools that do not meet the required
number of students to maintain the optional ROTC and any of the NSTP components shall allow their
students to cross-enroll to other schools irrespective of whether or not the NSTP components in said
schools are being administered by the same or another branch of service of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) and TESDA to which schools are identified.