DULANGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Dulangan, Pilar, Capiz

First Grading Period_ Second Semester

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Summative Test I
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Competencies Number of Level of Difficulty and Item Placement Total number of Item
Items EASY- AVERAGE DIFFICULT
60% 30% 10%
( # of items X .60) (# of items X .30) (# of items X .10)
Remembering Understanding & Applying Analyzing & Evaluating items
items items

explain the 1,2,3,4,5 5

definition of
politics;
differentiate the 6,7,8,9,10 5
various views on
politics;
recognize the 11,12,13,14,15 5
value of politics
differentiate 16 1
governance from
government
Total 16

Prepared by: Checked by:

ROWENA F. HENORGA AGUSTINA R. PERRA

Subject Teacher Principal III
 DULANGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Dulangan, Pilar, Capiz
First Grading Period_ Second Semester

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Summative Test I
Name: ____________________ Grade & Section: _____________________ Score: ____________

I. Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and change the underlined word if it
is wrong.

______________ 1. Politics is exciting because people have different viewpoints.

_____________2. Politics is often understood as social activity.
_____________3. Politics is viewed as an art or practical application of knowledge for
attaining a particular argument.
______________ 4. If you are studying politics, you are studying the politician.
______________ 5. To study politics is to study the exercise of authority defined as
legitimate power.
____________ 6. Between the political and non-political distinction, if it happens
in the public sphere, it is political.
______________ 7. Government consists of institutions such as private businesses, trade
unions, clubs, community groups and so on that are ‘private’ in the sense that they are set up
and funded by individual citizens to satisfy their own interests, rather than those of the larger
society.
_______________ 8. Describing a solution to a problem as a ‘political’ solution implies
peaceful debate and arbitration, as opposed to what is often called a ‘military’ solution’.
____________ 9. According to Mendoza (1999), government is the term generally used in
referring the formal institutions through which a group of people is ruled or governed and the
term extends to include the people and organizations that make, enforce, and apply political
decisions for a society.
______________ 10. Governance according to Tamayo (2014) is commonly defined as the
exercise of power or authority by the people for attainment of the well-being of their
country’s citizens or inhabitants.
______________ 11. All actors other than the government are called the “politicians”
______________ 12. Governance should no longer be government monopoly but
government management or inter-sectoral participation.
______________ 13. Rule of law requires that the people give habitual obedience to the
law.
______________ 14. Transparency means an information on matters of public concern are
made available to the citizens or those who will be directly affected.
______________ 15. Participatory means that institutions and processes should serve all the
stakeholders in timely and appropriate way.
Test II. Essay: Answer the question:

1. How important is a good governance in the lives of the people?

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RUBRIC FOR SCORING YOUR ESSAY

Prepared by: ROWENA F. HENORGA Noted: AGUSTINA R.
PERRA
Subject Teacher Principal III
PPG_SUMMATIVE TEST 1 - ANSWER KEY
1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. OBJECTIVE
4. GOVERNMENT
5. TRUE
6. TRUE
7. CIVIL SOCIETY
8. TRUE
9. TRUE
10. POLITICAL LEADER
11. CIVIL SOCIETY
12. TRUE
13. TRUE
14. TRUE
15. RESPONSIVENESS