Obligations

MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The duty not to recover what has been voluntarily paid although payment was no longer
required:
a. Natural obligation
b. Moral obligation
c. Civil obligation
d. None of the above

2. D owes C P200,000 but the debt had already prescribed. If D, knowing that it has prescribed,
nevertheless paid C, he cannot later on get back what he voluntarily paid C. This is an example of
a. Natural obligation.
b. Moral obligation.
c. Civil obligation.
d. Personal obligation.

3. It is one of the essential elements of an obligation

a. A maker or drawer
b. An object or prestation
c. A drawee
d. money

4. Three of the following are requisites of an obligation. Which is the exception?

a. Prestation
b. Efficient cause
c. Delivery
d. Passive Subject

5. Which of the following is not an obligation arising from law?

a. Delict
b. Quasi-contract
c. Quasi-delict
d. Contract
6. The obligation of the employer to pay death benefits and funeral expenses for his employee’s
death while in the course of employment as sanctioned by the Workmen’s Compensation Act is
one that arises from:
a. Law
b. Contracts
c. Quasi-contracts
d. Answer not given

7. Which of the following is not considered as quasi-contract?

a. Solutio indebiti
b. When the third person, without the knowledge of the debtor, pays the debt.
c. Negotiorum gestio
d. Reimbursement due the person who saved property during fire or storm without the
knowledge of the owner
e. None of the above

8. When Al voluntarily takes charge of the neglected business of Bo without the latter’s authority
where reimbursement must be made for necessary and useful expenses, there is a
a. Quasi-delict
b. Quasi-contract
c. Negotiorum gestio.
d. Solution indebiti.

9. A juridical relation known as negotiorum gestio takes place

a. When a person voluntarily takes charge of another’s abandoned business or property
without the owner’s consent.
b. When something is received and there is no right to demand it and it was delivered
through mistake.
c. When a person is appointed by a court to take the property or business of another.
d. None of the above.

10. Al has been missing for sometime leaving no one to manage his properties. Bo and Cyrus jointly
took charge of the management thereof. However, due to the fault of Bo, the properties of Al
were damaged. The liability therefore to Al for damages shall be_____________. (2146)
a. Only Bo shall be liable.
b. Both shall be jointly liable.
c. Both shall be solidarily liable.
d. They are not liable since Al is at fault for having abandoned his properties.