PALAWAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Brooke’s Point Campus

Brooke’s Point, Palawan

POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE WITH PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

Final Examination
Second Semester,SY 2018-2019

I. Multiple Choice
Directions:
Select the best answer from the choices given. Shade the circle corresponding to your
answer on a separate answer sheet. Do not mark on this paper.

1. Citizenship is defined as membership of an individual in a political community.

To be a Filipino, a person must belong to any of the following cases
EXCEPT_______
A. THOSE born before January 17, 1985
B. Those whose fathers and mothers are citizens of the Philippines
C. Those who are naturalized in accordance with law
D. THOSE who are citizens of the Philippines at the time of the adoption of the
Philippine Constitution.

2. Which of the following is a right conferred by law to a certain designated group

of people who are entitled to select their public officers and to decide fundamental
public issues?
A. Rights C. Suffrage
B. Citizenships D. Privilege

3. The following are the classifications of Rights except

A. Natural rights C. Constitutional Rights
B. Statutory rights D. Civil Rights

4. It is that written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government

are established, limited, and defined and by which these powers are distributed among the several
departments or branches for their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the people.
A. Constitution C. Ordinance of the Philippines
B. Statute of the Philippines D. Constitution of the Philippines

5. An element of the state that simply mean the inhabitants or population of the state.
They are the human beings that occupy and live within the territory of the state.
A. Territory C. Sovereignty
B. Government D. People

6. This part of the constitution outlines the basic structure of the government. It provides
for the manner of election and selection of government officials across the edifice of the
national government.
A. Constitution of Liberty C. Constitution of Sovereignty
B. Constitution of Government D. Constitution of Hierarchy

7. Which of the following is NOT included in the scope of protection of search warrant
and warrant of arrest.
A. Persons C. Papers and effect
B. Houses D. Cattle

8. Which of the following is the characteristics of a good written constitution.

A. Constitution of liberty C. Rigid or Inelastic
B. Broad D. Written
 9. It is a form of constitution that is regarded as a document of special sanctity which cannot
be amended or altered except by some special machinery more cumbersome than the ordinary
legislative process.
A. Enacted C. Unwritten
B. Inelastic D. Cumulative
10. According to this theory of suffrage only the rich especially the landed gentry, had the
vested right and privilege to vote for their public officials
A. Suffrage as an Abstract or Natural right
B. Suffrage as an Attribute of Citizenship
C. Suffrage as a Government function
D. Suffrage as a Vested Privilege

II. Fill in the missing words in the National territory. Choose your answer from the
options given below. Shade the circle corresponding to your answer on your answer
sheet. (5 Points each)

The national territory comprises the ___1______, with all the islands and waters
embraced therein, and all other _2___ over which the Philippines has sovereignty or _3__,
consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and _4__, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil,
the insular shelves, and other _5__ . The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of
the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the
Philippines.

1. A. Philippine archipelago
B. Philippine area of responsibility
C. Philippines sovereignty
D. Philippine historic rights

2. A. Capacity
B. Power
C. Territories
D. Legal

3. A. Responsibility
B. Jurisdiction
C. Society
D. Just

4. A. Aerial domain
B. Sub soil
C. Insular shelves
D. Personal domain

5. A. Submarine areas
B. Marine areas
C. Land areas
D. Fluvial areas
III.
Answer the following questions accurately: Answer the following questions accurately:
(5) points each. Minimum of 1 paragraph each.

Rubrics
Organization 5
Sentence, structure, 3-4
grammar
Neatness and 1-2
Penmanship

1. Is Politics relevant? Why? (5)

2. What is meant by the phrase The separation of Church and State shall be inviolable
(5)
3. How would you distinguish statute from constitution? (5)