PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE SUMMATIVE TEST

A. Multiple Choice. Read carefully each item and encircle the letter of your correct
answer.

1. It is derived from the Greek word ‘Polis’ which means city-state.

A. Police C. Politics
B. Power D. Authority

2. Greek Philosopher who popularized the lines “Man is a political animal.”

A. Weber C. Max
B. Genldner D. Aristotle

3. Power is derived from which Old French word?

A. Poeir C. Powe
B. Potere D. Porete

4. Which of the following is not an element of state?

A. People C. Government
B. Territory D. School

5. One of the institutions involved in governance.

A. People C. Government
B. Territory D. School

6. Refers to the various ways through which social life is coordinated.

A. Governance C. Government
B. Governor D. Citizen

7. Citizen Refers to the administrative machinery of the state.

A. Governance C. Government
B. Governor D. Citizen

8. Which of the following refers to an individual's right to use power by making

decisions, giving a directive and demanding compliance?
A Sovereignty C. Authority
B. Legitimacy D. Power

9. . Who among the following authors defines power as the ability to achieved a
result?
A. Max Weber C. Leslie Lipson
B. Alvin Genldner D. Anthony Giddens
 10. Which ideology has the absence of a government, but has the presence of
laws?
A. Anarchism C. Liberalism
B. Conservatism D. Socialism

11. It is the exercise of legitimate power.

A Sovereignty C. Authority
B. Legitimacy D. Power

12. Which of the following ideologies maintain traditional values but also accept
the current political structure of societies?
A. Anarchism C. Liberalism
B. Conservatism D. Socialism

13. According to _________, power has three dimensions or faces (1) decision-
making, (2) non-decision making (3) shaping desires.
A. Max Weber C. Steven Lukes
B. Alvin Genldner D. Anthony Giddens

14. Power comes from the ability to issue rewards it allows people to exert
influence by giving rewards. If a reward is expected there is a high possibility
of a positive outcome but when rewards don't have enough perceived value,
the power weakens.
A. Reward C. Legitimate
B. Coercive D. Expert

15. Power comes from the ability to punish someone for noncompliance. It is
based upon the idea of coercion or to force someone to do something against
their will.
A. Reward C. Legitimate
B. Coercive D. Expert

B. True or False. Read the following statement and write TRUE if the statement is
correct and write FALSE if it is wrong. Write your answer in the space provided.
_______________1. In order for a country to be a state, all the elements of the state
must be present. TRUE
_______________2. Authority is the exercise of legitimate power. TRUE
_______________ 3. Citizen refers to the administrative machinery of the state.
TRUE
_______________4. Public Ownership- everyone owns the means of production, no
private individual may own or dispose of property. TRUE
 _______________5. Centralized Equality- all citizens enjoy the same level of
prosperity. FALSE
_______________6. Power is the ability to make people do what you would have
them do even if they don’t want to. TRUE
_______________7. Nationalism is a set of political beliefs emphasizing individual
rights and liberties. FALSE
_______________8. Liberalism is identification with one’s own nation and support
for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other
nations. FALSE
_______________9. Individualism focuses on the importance of the ‘self’ over
society. TRUE
_______________ 11. According to Alvin Genldner power has three faces or
dimensions. FALSE
_______________ 12. The focus of analysis of a two dimensional view is the formal
arena. TRUE
_______________13. Kurdistan is an example of a stateless nation. TRUE

C. Identification: Read the descriptions provided below. Write the ideology that best
describes the descriptions in the spaces provided.
_______________1.. In Camelot, the King is the highest authority. He decides for
the ordinance, tax, religion, and controls the might of the military. Ever since there
was no citizen who ever dared question the throne's right to rule. ABSOLUTISM
_______________2. For years, Somalia has been divided into many smaller feudal
territories led by warlords. In such a scenario, there is no public spending, piracy is
prevalent, there is the absence of their own currency, and no courts may intervene in
any legal dispute. ANARCHISM
_______________3. The center of progress is freedom. Every individual is capable
of rationalization, which makes them active participants in thinking for solutions to
recurring problems. Thus, individuals are given specific freedoms as a testament to
their individuality. LIBERALISM