REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DIVISION OF CEBU PROVINCE
Sudlon, Lahug, Cabu City

MADRIDEJOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Sangi, Madridejos, Alegria, Cebu

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

(S.Y. 2019-2020)

Name: _____________________ Date: _________ Grade & Section: 11 -St. Joseph Score: __________

Test I. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. It is the exercise of power, the science of government, the making of collective decisions, the allocation of scarce resources
and the practice of deception and manipulation. NR=15
a. Politics b. Political Ideology c. Authority d. Sovereignty
2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of politics according to Shieveley?
a. Politics always involves the making of collective decisions for group of people.
b. Decisions are made by some members of the group, exercising power over other members of the group.
c. Politics is about human and animal relationships and how humans behave differently when dealing with others when
there is cooperation, competition and conflict.
d. Both a and b
3. It is a set of related beliefs about political theory and policy held by an individual, group of individuals or a particular social
class.
a. Power b. Political Ideology c. Authority d. Sovereignty
4. It is the ability to get someone to do something he/she wants to accomplish thus making things happen in the way he/she
wants.
a. Power b. Political Ideology c. Authority d. Government
5. Refers to the institution or agency or instrumentalities through which the state maintains social order, provide public services,
and enforces binding decisions.
a. Power b. Political Ideology c. Authority d. Government
6. It is a political community that occupies a definite territory.
a. Nation b. State c. Globalization d. Sovereignty
7. It refers to supreme and absolute power within its territorial boundaries.
a. Nation b. State c. Globalization d. Sovereignty
8. It is a process of forging international political, economic, religious, and socio-cultural interconnections.
a. Nation b. State c. Globalization d. Sovereignty
9. It is defined as a group of people who share the same territory, geography, language, customs and sometimes religion.
a. Nation b. State c. Globalization d. Sovereignty
10. A form of government in which executive branch exists separately from the legislature.
a. Autocracy b. Democracy c. Presidential d. Parliamentary
11. A form of government in which members of an executive branch the cabinet and its leader –is a prime minister.
a. Autocracy b. Democracy c. Presidential d. Parliamentary
12. It is a government based on the consent of the governed and the people are the sovereign.
a. Autocracy b. Democracy c. Presidential d. Parliamentary
13. A form of government wherein one person possesses unlimited power.
a. Autocracy b. Democracy c. Presidential d. Parliamentary
14. A type of authority in which it influences people and he/she possessed by person by virtue of their personal magnetism.
a. Charismatic authority b. Coercive authority c. Traditional authority d. Rational-legal
15. The power to use force such as police or military force to demand obedience from the subordinate.
a. Charismatic authority b. Coercive authority c. Traditional authority d. Rational-legal

Test II. True or False; Comparison between Political science and Politics. Write true if the statement is correct and false if
the statement is wrong. NR=10
_____________ 1. Politics is the actual process of how humans interact in groups.
_____________ 2. Political Science is the process by which people try to influence their government.
_____________ 3. Political science seeks to study the origin, nature and functions of the State, Government and its all organs.
_____________ 4. Politics is universal and is always the same.
_____________ 5. Politics involve issues, problems, and activities taking place in the society.
_____________ 6. Politics is solely local and is always the same.
_____________ 7. Politics helps you to know your rights.
_____________ 8. Politics is a living, breathing subject.
_____________ 9. One of the characteristics of good governance is consistency disoriented.
_____________ 10. Political Science seeks to study the origin, nature and functions of the state, government and its all organs.

Test III. Political Ideologies. Classify the following Ideologies with their Perspectives stated on each item by writingA for
AnarchismS for Socialism, L for Liberalism, C for Conservatism and F for Fascism. NR=10

__________ 1. As the state is inherently evil and oppressive, all states have the same essential character.
__________ 2. This ideology has contrasting views of the state.
__________ 3. It rejects the state outright, believing it to an unnecessary evil.
__________4. Sees the state as a neutral arbiter among competing interests and groups in society, a vital guarantee of social order.
__________ 5. Links the state to the need to provide authority and discipline ad to protect society from chaos and disorder, hence their
traditional preference for a strong state.
__________ 6. An ideology that sees the state as a supreme ethical ideal, reflecting the undifferentiated interests of the national
community, hence their belief in totalitarianism.
__________ 7. This kind of ideology links the state to the need to provide authority and discipline and to protect society from chaos and
disorder.
__________ 8. An ideology that saw the state more as a vessel that contains, or tool that serves, the race or nation.
__________ 9. Regard the state as an embodiment of the common good and thus approve of interventionism in either its social-
democratic or state collectivist form.
__________ 10. This ideology stressed the link between the state and the class system, seeing it either as an instrument of class rule
or as a means of ameliorating class tensions.

Test IV. Fill in the blanks. The main function of legislative and Congress. NR=10
1. The Philippine’s legislative department is also known as the ___________________.
2. The congress is composed of the Upper and the Lower house which is also known as the ___________________ and
___________________ respectively.
3. The senate is composed of __________________ senators.
4. The Lower House is composed of _____________________ district representatives.
5. Approve the government __________________________.
6. Undertake _____________________under CDF.
7. Propose, review, and adopt bills for enactment into ________________________.
8. ___________________________ a presidential veto with respect to proposed legislation.
9. Allow for _________________________.
10. Propose _______________________________to the constitution.

Prepared by:
ROVILISA C. BINOBO
Subject Teacher

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Parent’s Signature over Printed Name

Noted by:
ELENITA L. ALCAREZ
Head Teacher I