Pre-final Examination

1. What are these two misconceptions about Philippine politics that must be corrected?
I. There was a politics in the Philippines prior to colonization period.
II. There was no politics in the Philippines prior to colonization period.
III. Every issue or problem we have in politics and governance was caused by
colonization.
IV. Every issue or problem we have in politics and governance was caused by
decolonization.

a. Statement I and III are correct c. Statement I and IV are correct

b. Statement II and IV are correct d. Statement II and III are correct
2. Clear class of leaders: Principalities; Clear division of economic class: __________?
a. Petty Plutocracies c. Gobernadorcillos
b. Reduccion Policy d. Balangay
3. Which statement below doesn’t belong to the qualification of candidate for presidency?
a. Natural-born Filipino Citizen
b. At least (35) years of age on the day of the election
c. Registered voter
d. Able to read and write
4. If classless societies or communities that are so small that they do not have the need to
elect a leader, how about the warrior societies?
I. Relatively small than the first and have more hostile relations with other groups.
II. Relatively small than the first and have fewer hostile relations with other groups.
III. Relatively larger than the first and have more or less hostile relations with other
groups.
IV. Relatively larger than the other and have more or less hostile relations with other
groups.

a. Only I is correct c. Only III is correct

b. Statement I and II are correct d. Statement III and IV are correct
5. “International agreement concluded between states in written form and governed by
international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related
instruments and whatever its particular designation.” This statement simplifying as
__________?
a. Executive agreements c. Pardon
b. Treaty d. Amnesty

EXPLANATION:
1. Differentiate the power of appointment provided in Section 16, Article VII of the
Constitution and the administrative power as stated in Section 17, Article VII. (10 pts.)
2. Differentiate the pardon and amnesty. (10 pts.)
3. Differentiate the military power and ordinance power. (10 pts.)
4. Differentiate the budgetary power and borrowing power. (10 pts.)