Summative Test in Philippine Politics and Governance

Name: _____________________________________ Date: __________________________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.
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

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.
_____________ 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 writing S for Socialism, L for Liberalism,
C for Conservatism and F for Fascism.

__________ 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. Enumeration

1-2. What are the elements of a state. 1. ________________________ 2. ______________________________
3 -4. Two forms of autocratic government. 3. __________________________________ 4.___________________________________
5-8. The four tenets of the origin of the state. 5. ________________________________ 6. __________________________________
7. ________________________________ 8. __________________________________
9.-10. Two types of Democracy 9. ________________________________ 10. _________________________________