HOLY VIRGIN OF SALVACION SCHOOL, INC.

Burayan, San Jose, Tacloban City

PHILIPPINE POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Second Periodical Test

TEST I: IDENTIFICATION: Answer the following items with a word or a group of words.
1. It is the right and obligation to vote of qualified citizens in the election of public officials.
2. It is the type of vote wherein the voters just raise their hands to support a candidate.
3. It is the type of vote cast for a candidate without the knowledge of another person.
4. It is the type of vote wherein the citizen is entitled to cast his vote many times, in terms of
several qualifications.
5. It is a theory on suffrage wherein the right to vote depends on a particular social status.
6. It is a theory on suffrage wherein it considers the right to vote as a means of self-expression
of the individual in political affairs.
7. It is a means by which people choose their officials
8. It refers to the interactions of parties with each other.
9. It is a kind of party system wherein more than two political parties fighting in an election.
10. It provides the provisions that define political party functions during elections.
11. It denotes membership of a citizen in a political society which implies a duty of allegiance of
a member and protection as part of the state.
12. It is a member of a democr5atic community who enjoys full civil and political rights and
protection inside and outside the territory of the state.
13. It is an acquisition of citizenship which is by involuntary method.
14. It is an acquisition of citizenship which is a voluntary method.
15. It is the act of formally adopting a foreigner into the political body of the state and giving him
the rights and privileges of citizenship.
16. He is considered a citizen of the Philippines from birth without performing any act to acquire
citizenship.
17. It is the transfer of power and authority from central institutions tto lower or local levels of
our government system.
18. It is the transfer of power and authority from the national government to local government
units, political and territorial.
19. It is a legal mandate which transferred LGUs into self-reliant and active partners in nation-
building by giving them more powers, authority, responsibilities and resources.
20. He is the person upon whom the executive power is vested.

TEST II: TRUE OR FALSE: Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is incorrect.
1. The legislative power refers to the power to make laws, to alter and repeal them.
2. A Senator may be a naturalized citizen of our country.
3. A Senator may be allowed to serve for more than 2 consecutive terms.
4. Only the Congressmen are mandated to made a full disclosure of their financial and
business interest.
5. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business.
6. A Senator or a Congressman may enjoy freedom from arrest while Congress is in session.
7. A statute is passed by Congress and is considered as the fundamental or supreme law of the
land.
8. Tourism is a devolved function of a Local Government Unit (LGU).
9. Local autonomy is synonymous with “self-governance”.
10. Citizens of the Philippines who marry aliens shall retain their citizenship unless they have
renounced it, according to law.
11. The dual allegiance of citizens is beneficial to the national interest and shall be dealt with
by law.
12. You are a Filipino citizen if your mother is a Filipino citizen.
13. You are a natural born Filipino citizen if you were born in the US to Filipino parents.
14. You are an American citizen if you were born in the US to Filipino parents.
15. Naturalization is an involuntary method of acquiring citizenship by renouncing his former
citizenship and embracing a new one.
16. Only natural born citizens can run for positions in public office.
17. The qualifications of the candidate running for a Presidential position does not fit the role or
tasks of the President.
18. The concept of “party system” is not equated or the same with the political party for it is
viewed in a macro perspective.
19. A leftist party is the conservative group which aims to maintain status quo in the country.
20. Congress is the final arbiter of controversies and disputes brought by the parties to the
court of law.

TEST III. ESSAY. YOU MAY ANSWER IN ENGLISH OR FILIPINO….

1. Jane is a Filipino nurse for 5 years in the US and got married to an American. She was just
waiting for her application for US citizenship when she gave birth to a baby girl.
(a) What is the citizenship of her daughter? Why?
(b) What is the citizenship method followed in the US.
Please discuss your answer clearly.

2. (a) Why do the Senators and Congressmen enjoy the privileges of freedom from arrest and
freedom of speech and debate?
(b) What benefits can be derived from these privileges?
(c) What are the conditions needed in order to enjoy these privileges?

3. If you were given the chance to change the qualifications for the President of the Philippines,
(a) What will you add to the qualifications? Why?
(b) What will you change? Why?

Prepared by:

Editha C. Poculan, Ph. D..