DepEd-National Capital Region

Division of City Schools – Valenzuela

GEN. T. DE LEON NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Senior High School Department

THIRD PERIODIC TEST

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Name:________________________________________________ Score____________________
Strand/Section:____________________Date: __________ Teacher: _______________________

I. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

______1. It is characterized by a resistant to change, adherent to limited human freedom as it

chooses to maintain traditional values, and some at extreme versions, distrust to human
reasoning and nature or anti-egalitarianism.
A. Conservatism B. Communism C. Liberalism D. Marxism
______2. It favors change, prefers more freedom, and has a more optimistic approach to human
reasoning and nature.
A. Conservatism B. Communism C. Liberalism D. Marxism
______3. It is an ideology that has a range of economic and social systems characterised by
social proprietorship and democratic control of the means of production as well as the political
beliefs, theories, and movements that aim at their formation.
A. Socialism B. Communism C. Marxism D. Liberalism
______4. It chooses cooperation to competition, and favour collectivism over individualism.
A. Liberalism B. Conservatism C. Socialism D. Communism
______5. A political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-
based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of
production and the natural resources of a society.
A.Communism B. Liberalism D. Conservatism D. Anarchism
______6. It is also known as positional power. It derived from the position a person holds in an
organization's hierarchy.
A.Legitimate B. Expert C. Referent D. Coercive
______7. It arises from the ability of a person to influence the allocation of incentives in an
organization. These incentives include salary increments, positive appraisals and promotions.
A. Reward B. Expert C. Referent D. Coercive
______8. It is derived from the interpersonal relationships that a person cultivates with other
people in the organization.
A.Expert B. Coercive C. Legitimate D. Reward
______9. It is derived from a person's ability to influence others via threats, punishments or
sanctions.
A. Legitimate B. Reward C. Referent D. Coercive
______10. Derived from possessing knowledge or expertise in a particular area such people are
highly valued by organizations for their problem solving skills.
A. Coercive B. Reward D. Expert D. Legitimate
______11. This refers to the inhabitants or the population of the state that comprises its citizens.
A.Territory B. People C. Citizen D. Community
_______12. This is the definite geographic area occupied by the people.
A.Sovereignty B. Terrestrial C. People D. Fluvial
_______13. The territorial waters composed on inland waters like rivers and lakes and external
waters like seas and oceans extending 19 kilometres (12miles) from the coastline.
A. Maritime B. Fluvial C. Terrestrial D. Aerial
_______14. The land beneath the external territorial waters like the sea floor, continental shelves
and other marine areas beneath the waters.
B. Maritime B. Fluvial C. Terrestrial D. Aerial
_______15. It refers to the body of people and different agencies that make and enforce laws. It is
the apparatus of the state that manages its affairs and carries out the will of the people.
A. Government B. People C. Territory D. Sovereignty
_______16. It means the supreme power of the state to rule over its citizen within its territory and
be free from control of foreign state.
A. Internal Sovereignty C Sovereignty
B. External Sovereignty D. Territorial Supremacy
_______17. One of the aspects of sovereignty which means that the state is fully independent
and no foreign power can control its internal affairs.
A. Sovereignty B. Internal Sovereignty C. External D. none of these
_______18. It is a community of persons, more or less numerous, permanently occupying a
definite territory, under an organized government to which they render habitual obedience and
enjoying freedom from foreign control.
A. Society B. People C. Citizen D. Territory
_______19. A sovereignty doctrines which means that the legal authority and power of a state to
impose what it wants to all people, organizations, or associations within its territory without
interference from foreign control.
A. Internal Sovereignty C Sovereignty
B. External Sovereignty D. Territorial Supremacy
_______20. A characteristic of sovereignty wherein one government can be overthrown by a
people’s revolution, but sovereignty is always present as long as state exists.
A. Internal Sovereignty C Sovereignty
B. External Sovereignty D. Territorial Supremacy
_______21. The sovereign of the state covers all the persons, citizens or aliens, all organizations
or associations within its territory. This characteristic of sovereignty explains why _______
A. It is permanent C. It is exclusive
B. B. It is comprehensive D. It is interactive
_______22. Which of the following basic duties of government maintain trade relationship with
others states, seek membership in international trade organization ike APEC, World Trade
Organization, adopt sound monetary and fiscal policies?
A. Secure economic development
B. Insure domestic peace and order
C. Establish the defense of the state and preservation of independence
D. Promotion of general welfare, public safety, and public morality
_______23. It is a kind of monarchy wherein the monarch holds absolute or total powers. He is the
chief executive, legislator, and judge at the same time. There is no limitation to his powers.
A. Republican monarchy C. Constitutional monarchy
B. Absolute monarchy D. monarchy
______24. It is commonly known as the rule of the people.
A. Democarcy B. Monarchy C. Federal D. Parliamentary
______25. Its distinguishing feature of a unitary form of government is the centralization of
government powers in the national government.
A. Federal B. Unitary C. Presidential D. Parliamentary
_____26. This form of government divides the powers of the government between the national
government and the different local government units. Both are supreme in their own
jurisdictions.
A. Federal B. Unitary C. Presidential D. Parliamentary
_____27. . It is that form of government in which the real executive (the Prime Minister and his
cabinet or ministry) is immediately and legally responsible to the legislature and immediately or
finally responsible to the electorate, while the titular or nominal executive (the head of state)
occupies a position of irresponsibility.
A. Unitary B. Presidential C. Parliamentary D. Monarchy
_____28. In this form the chief executive is elected by the people for a definite period and
therefore he is directly responsible to them for his policies and acts. He is not accountable to the
legislature though he may be removed by it through the process of impeachment.
A. Federal B. Unitary C. Parliamentary D. Presidential
_____29. In a presidential form of government which of the following is the law interpreting branch?
A. Executive B. Legislative C. Judiciary D. none of these
_____30. In a parliamentary form of government, which of the following performs ceremonial
functions and has nominal authority. He opens the first session of parliament and receives
visiting foreign heads of government.
 A. Head of the state B. prime minister C. monarch D. parliament
_____31. Which of the following is not true about power?
A. Power implies ability to influence or control others or to get things done by others.
B. Power is disaggregated and non-cumulative it is shared and bartered by numerous groups
spread throughout society and representing diverse interests.
C. Power is achieved through political position and fame.
D. Power is not something which is permanently fixed. It is subject to change and it has source.
_____32. Famous for saying that power means the ability to be involved in conflict, to resolve it
and to remove the obstacles.
A. Robert Dahl B. Leslie Lipson C. Karl Deutsch D. Alan Ball
_____33. Which of the following definition of power does Leslie Lipson argues?
A. Power is nothing but the ability to achieve results through concerted action.
B. Power involves a successful attempt to do something which one could not do otherwise.
C. Power means the ability to influence others
D. Power may generally be used in political sense
_____34. This is where the 1898 Constitution was inaugurated.
A. Calamba, Laguna B. Tanay, Rizal C. Malolos, Bulacan D. Biak-na-Bato
_____35. It embodied the ideals of liberty and democracy which Filipinos has inspired for. The
Bill of Rights and the structure of the new government were modelled after the American
constitution.
A. Malolos Constitution C. 1973 Constitution
B. 1935 Constitution D. 1983 Constitution

II. Fill in the missing words to complete the Preamble of the 1987 Constitution. (Note: there
may be two words in each blank, so be careful in answering)

We, the sovereign ____________ _____________, imploring the aid of

___________________, in order to build a just and humane society, and establish a
________________that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the
___________ ______________, conserve and develop our _____________, and
secure to ourselves and our posterity, the blessings of _______________ and
______________ under the ________________ and a regime of truth, justice,
______________, love, ______________, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this
________________.

III. Choose two issues below. Write a short essay about it. 10 points each. Make your
statements factual and informative.

A. The Marawi Siege

B. The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (Train)
C. 2018 National Budget
D. The Dengvaxia news
E. Changes in the Constitution