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2. Land Registration Act, Torrens System Court of Land Registration, Feb. 1, 1903
A. Act 496
B. EO 26
C. Act 2259
D. EO 72
4. An act regulating the sale under special power of attorney inserted in a Real Estate
Mortgage, March 6, 1924/
A. Act 496
B. Act 2259
C. Act 3135
D. Act 926
6. Standards of economic and socialized housing. It lowered design standards for low-
cost housing. June 11,1982.
A. EO 227
B. BP 220
C. BP 185
D. EO 90
8. The law that transferred control and supervision of PRA transferred to BOI. May 16,
2017.
A. EO 124
B. EO 71
C. EO 26
D. EO 90
10. Family Code of the Philippines. Effective Aug. 3, 1988. July 6, 1987
A. EO 209
B. EO 227
C. EO 90
D. EO 71
11. Amending Family Code. Right to remarry, no prescription for declaration of nullity
under Article 36. July 2, 1987
A. EO 72
B. EO 90
C. EO 227
D. EO 209
14. Preparation of CLUP of LGUs. Requiring LGUs to issue zoning ordinances. March
25, 1993.
A. EO 72
B. EO 71
C. EO 90
D. EO 26
16. Creating the Philippine Retirement Park System. Rules of Retirement Housing
Homes. July 14, 1985.
A. EO 227
B. EO 1037
C. EO 648
D. RA 124
17. National Building Code. Design Codes for Architects. February 19, 1977.
A. PD 1096
B. PD 1216
C. PD 1344
D. PD 1517
18. Revised National Building. IRR of the National Building Code. February 19, 1977
A. PD 1517
B. RA 6541
C. PD 1216
D. PD 1096
19. Open Space Act. Defining Open Space in Residential Subdivision. Oct. 14, 1977.
A. PD 1344
B. PD 1096
C. PD 1216
D. PD 1517
20. Empowering NHA to issue writs. NHA Rules & Regulations. April 2, 1978.
A. PD 1216
B. PD 1517
C. PD 1344
D. PD 1586
21. Urban Land Reform Act. Development Acquisition of Urban Land. June 11, 1978
A. PD 1529
B. PD 1586
C. PD 1557
D. PD 1517
22. Property Registration Decree. Land Management Act. June 11, 1978.
A. PD 1529
B. PD 1586
C. PD 0471
D. PD 0892
23. Environmental Impact Statement System. EIS, ECC, CNC issuance. June 11,1978
A. PD 0933
B. PD 1517
C. PD 1586
D. PD 1529
24. Emancipation of Tenants. Rice and Corn Agricultural. Oct. 21, 1972.
A. PD 10
B. PD 27
C. PD 1586
D. PD 2892
25. Lease to Aliens. Period 25 years renewable ones for 25 years. May 24, 1974.
A. PD 471
B. PD 957
C. PD 1892
D. PD 2027
26. Discontinuing Spanish Title. Spanish Title declared unregistered land. Feb.16,
1976.
A. PD 129
B. PD 471
C. PD 892
D. PD 927
27. Creating the Human Settlement Commission. New government agency for urban
planning. May 13, 1976.
A. PD 892
B. PD 933
C. PD 957
D. PD 1586
29. Free Patent Act. Titling for 10 years occupation, 200-1000sqm. March 9, 2010.
A. RA 0386
B. RA 3844
C. RA 10023
D. RA 6809
30. Agrarian Land Reform Code. Abolished the share tenancy. Sept. 8, 1963.
A. RA 6809
B. RA 4726
C. RA 6732
D. RA 3844
31. Civil Code of the Philippines. Defining civil laws and jurisprudence. June 18, 1949.
A. RA 152
B. RA 386
C. RA 6713
D. RA 7742
34. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law. All agricultural land covered. June 15, 1988
A. RA 6732
B. RA 6809
C. RA 7652
D. RA 6657
35. Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials & employees. Nov. 4,
2017.
A. RA 6713
B. RA 6809
C. RA 7916
D. RA 8424
36. Administrative Reconstitution. RCT's made if more than 10% lost. July 17, 1989.
A. RA 6809
B. RA 6732
C. RA 8424
D. RA 8532
37. Lowering the age of majority to 18. From previously 21. Dec. 13, 1989.
A. RA 8179
B. RA 6809
C. RA 8435
D. RA 7742
38. Foreign Investment Act. Former Filipinos, 5,000sqm urban, 3 has rural. June 13,
1991.
A. RA 7160
B. RA 7279
C. RA 7042
D. RA 8435
39. Local Government Code. Governing local government. Oct. 10, 1991.
A. RA 7279
B. RA 7160
C. RA 8179
D. RA 8424
40. UDHA of 1992, LINA Law. Law on squatters. March 24, 1992.
A. RA 8479
B. RA 7279
C. RA 8179
D. RA 8532
41. Sale of Public Lands without Auction. Up to 1,000sqm residential purpose. June
18, 1952.
A. RA 386
B. RA 544
C. RA 730
D. RA 916
42. Investor's Lease Act. Period in 50 years renewable for 25 years. May 31, 1993.
A. RA 7652
B. RA 8179
C. RA 7279
D. RA 8749
43. Pag-IBIG Fund, amending RA 1752. Making Pag-IBIG mandatory. July 17, 1994.
A. RA 8179
B. RA 7742
C. RA 8435
D. RA 7042
44. Special Economic Zone Act. Created by PEZA. Feb. 24, 1995.
A. RA 8749
B. RA 8435
C. RA 6713
D. RA 7916
45. Amending RA 7042. Former Filipinos who can own land business purposes. March
28, 1996
A. RA 8179
B. RA 7916
C. RA 7160
D. RA 6657
46. Tax Reform Act of 1997. Amended NIRC PD 1158 of 1994, EO 273.
A. RA 8179
B. RA 8424
C. RA 6809
D. RA 7652
47. Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act. Modernized agri and fisheries. Dec.
22, 1997.
A. RA 7042
B. RA 6732
C. RA 8435
D. RA 8179
48. 1st Extension of CARP. Extended CARP for 10 years until 2009. Feb. 23, 1998.
A. RA 8435
B. RA 8532
C. RA 7742
D. RA 8352
49. Philippine Clean Air Act. Regulating Emissions. June 23, 1999
A. RA 8749
B. RA 7279
C. RA 4726
D. RA 7742
54. Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001. Rules on Money Laundering. Sept.29, 2001.
A. RA 9160
B. RA 9139
C. RA 8763
D. RA 9507
55. Amending the AMLA Act. Revised AMLA Law. Aug. 6, 2003
A. RA 9139
B. RA 9194
C. RA 9514
D. RA 9160
56. Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act. Dual Citizenship for Filipinos. Aug.
29, 2003.
A. RA 9225
B. RA 9514
C. RA 9700
D. RA 8763
57. Philippine Clean Water Act. Regulating discharge of water. March 22, 2004.
A. RA 8974
B. RA 9194
C. RA 9275
D. RA 9485
58. Amending RA 7279. Land for Socialized Housing. March 18, 2007.
A. RA 9160
B. RA 9904
C. RA 9160
D. RA 9397
61. Revised Fire Code. Amended PD 1185 of 1997. Dec. 12, 2008
A. RA 9485
B. RA 9139
C. RA 9225
D. RA 9514
62. Real Estate Service Act (RESA). Professionalizing real estate service. June 29,
2009
A. RA 9653
B. RA 9646
C. RA 6809
D. RA 8981
63. Rent Control Act of 2009. Amended RA 9341 of 2005. July 14, 2009.
A. RA 9514
B. RA 9507
C. RA 9194
D. RA 9653
64. CARPER, 2nd extension CARP. Extended CARP for 5 years until 2014. Aug. 7,
2009.
A. RA 9507
B. RA 9700
C. RA 9514
D. RA 9856
65. REIT Law. Created the Real Estate Investment Trust. Dec 17, 2009
A. RA 9653
B. RA 9397
C. RA 9507
D. RA 9856
66. Magna Carta for HOA. Regulating Homeowners Association. Jan. 7, 2010
A. RA 9904
B. RA 9194
C. RA 9507
D. RA 9514
68. An act allowing illegitimate children to use the surname of their father. (Feb. 24,
2004)
A. RA 9255
B. RA 8435
C. RA 7279
D. RA 8749
69. An act providing the legitimization of children born to parents below marrying age.
(Art.177 of family code)
A. RA 9397
B. RA 8981
C. RA 9904
D. RA 9858
81. Standards for Economic and Socialized Housing (June 11, 1982)
A. BP 185
B. EO 124
C. BP 220
D. EO 648
85. Standards and Technical Requirements for Economic and Socialized Housing
Projects in Urban and Rural Areas
A. BP 185
B. EO 124
C. EO 648
D. BP 220
88. The law allowing former Filipinos to acquire land for business purposes (amended
by RA 8179)
A. RA11231
B. RA 7042
C. RA 9275
D. R. 10042
89. The law which allows aliens to lease land for 25 years, renewable 25 more.
A. CA 141
B. PD 471
C. PD 1216
D. PD 1517
90. The law which allows aliens who are investors to lease land for 50 years,
renewable 25 more
A. RA 8981
B. RA 11534
C. RA 7652
D. RA 10142
91. Law creating the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development
A. RA 11201
B. RA 8042
RA 11231
RA 10149
92. Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of (1995)
A. RA 11231
B. RA 9275
C. RA 6957
D. RA 8042
93. Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act. An Act Removing Restrictions Imposed on
the registrations, acquisition, encumbrance, alienation, transfer and conveyance by
free patent " The Public Land Act as Emended" (2018)
A. RA 3872
B. RA 11231
C. RA 9729
D. RA 6940
97. Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE), enacted in
April 2021 (2021)
A. RA 11291
B. RA 9512
C. RA 11534
D. RA 10023
98. Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act (FRIA)of 2010 (was enacted in July 27,
2009
A. RA 6957
B. RA 10142
C. RA 9003
D. RA 9512
102. It created the Task Force on Human Settlements (TFHS) under the Development
Academy of the Philippines (1973)
A. EO 71
B. E.O. 90
C. EO 419
D. EO 648
103. It renamed the TFHS into the Human Settlements Commission (HSC) (1976)
A. PD 1396
B. PD 933
C. PD 957
D. PD 1073
104. HSC became the Human Settlements Regulatory Commission (HSRC) (1978)
A. PD 957
B. PD 1396
C. PD 1073
D. PD 1096
108. The executive order which provided for the preparation and implementation of
CLUPs of LGUs.
A. EO 90
B. EO 72
C. EO 648
D. EO 71
109. UDHA of 1992 (Lina Law). The Balance Housing Act. Focused on informal
settlers and socialized housing. (1992)
A. RA 7279
B. RA 6657
C. RA 8532
D. RA 9856
118. Philippine Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Act
A. RA 6969
B. RA 9003
C. RA 9729
D. RA 9512
123. Created the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) (1917)
A. RA 2666
B. RA 10023
C. RA 3872
D. RA 6940
125. Residential Free patent. Any Filipino citizen who is an actual occupant of a
residential land at least 10 years may apply for a Free Patent Title under this Act
(March 9, 2010)
A. PD 1073
B. RA 10023
C. RA 11057
D. PD 1096
127. An Act to Grant Free Patents to Occupants of Public Agricultural Land Since
or Prior to July Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Forty Five (June 21, 1952)
A. RA 782
B. RA 730
C. RA 10023
D. RA 9729
129. Extending the period of filing applications for administrative legalization (free
patent) and judicial confirmation of imperfect and incomplete titles to alienable and
disposable lands in the public domain under Chapter VII and Chapter VIII of CA No.
141 as amended for 11 years commencing January 01, 1977
A. PD 471
B. PD 1073
C. PD 1096
D. PD 461
130. An act granting a period ending on December 31, 2000 for filing applications for
free patent and judicial confirmation of imperfect title to alienable and disposable lands
of the public domain under Chapter VII and Chapter VIII of CA No. 141 as amended
A. RA 6940
B. RA 11231
C. RA 11573
D. RA 9856
131. Agricultural Free Patent Reform Act (Removed restrictions) (Feb.22, 2019)
A. RA 11573
B. RA 11231
C. RA 9856
D. RA 7042
140. Realty Installment Buyer Act (Maceda Law) (Aug. 26, 1972)
A. RA 3844
B. RA 8532
C. RA 6552
D. RA 11201
141. National Integrated Protected Areas System (1992)
A. RA 9679
B. RA 7586
C. RA 3844
D. RA 8532
145. Executive Order Creating the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating
Council (HUDCC)
A. EO 92
B. EO 71
C. EO 72
D. EO 90
148. Extension of RA 6557 (This law extended RA 6657 for another 10 years, until
2009) (Feb.23, 1998)
A. RA 8532
B. RA 7042
C. RA 11231
D. RA 9653
149. Extended RA 6557 another 5 years from 2009 to 2014 (Aug.7, 2009)
A. RA 7279
B. RA 9700
C. RA 9397
D. RA 10884
150. Creating the Human Settlements Commission. (May 13, 1976)
A. PD 1517
B. PD 933
C. PD 461
D. PD 27
152. Urban Development and Housing Act. “The Lina Law” (March 24, 1992)
A. RA 11534
B. RA 9397
C. RA 7279
D. RA 10884
160. The Personal Property Security Act (PPSA) (July 24, 2017)
A. RA 11594
B. RA 11057
C. RA 8532
D. RA 10023
161. A new law enacted give more credibility to notarized documents by imposing a
penalty of 6 years jail for perjury
A. RA 6389
B. RA 3844
C. RA 11594
D. RA 6390
163. The Cadastral Act provided a procedure for adjudication of public lands and
mandated government surveys. (1913)
A. Act 926
B. Act 4054
C. Act 496
D. Act 4113
164. The second Public Land Act: increased homestead sizes to 24 hectares; sale of
public domain by bidding to individuals (144 ha.) and corporations (1024 ha.), and
leases up to 1,024 ha. (1919)
A. Act 4054
B. Act 2874
C. Act 4113
D. Act 926
172. Abolished share tenancy, institutionalized lease holding, created the Land Bank
and Court of Agrarian Relations. (1963)
A. RA 4726
B. RA 3844
C. RA 6389
D. RA 6552
173. The Condominium Act - a landmark law that introduced the condominium concept
of ownership. (1966)
A. RA 1400
B. RA 4054
C. RA 2874
D. RA 4726
179. Created Dept. of Agriculture (DA) and Dept. of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR). (1974)
A. PD 1096
B. PD 1517
C. PD 1529
D. PD 461
184. Urban Land Reform Act. P.D. 1517 gave people occupying urban lands at least
10 years the rights of pre-emption and redemption with respect to properties they
occupy. (1978)
A. PD 1517
B. PD 892
C. PD 957
D. PD 1586
185. Property Registration Decree, enacted in June 11, 1978, is the subsisting law
governing registration of titles. PD 1529 is an extensive decree consisting of 51 pages
of detailed guidelines for the registration of property. (1978)
A. PD 957
B. PD 1529
C. PD 1096
D. PD 1586
189. Streamlined and expanded the power and operations of the DAR. (1987)
A. EO 228
B. EO 229
C. EO 192
D. EO 129-A
198. Limits the type of lands that may be converted by setting conditions under which
specific categories of agricultural land are either absolutely non-negotiable for
conversion or highly restricted for conversion. (1997)
A. PD 1529
B. RA 9397
C. EO 363
D. RA 1199
200. Agrarian Reform Fund Bill –extended RA 6557 another 10 years until 2009.
(1998)
A. RA 8532
B. RA 8974
C. RA 10023
D. RA 11573
201. Amended R.A. 7916, provisions for the PEZA (1999)
A. RA 9275
B. RA 9397
C. RA 11231
D. RA 8748
205. Amending RA 7279, government may sell land for socialized housing without
bidding. (2007)
A. RA 8974
B. RA 8749
C. RA 9397
D. RA 10023
206. (CARPER) -- Extending R.A. 6557 another 5 years until June 2014. (2009)
A. RA 9700
B. RA 11231
C. RA 11573
D. RA 10023
207. Free Patent Act – titling of small parcels of public lands occupied at least 10
years. (2010)
A. RA 8532
B. RA 11231
C. RA 10023
D. RA 8974
209. Amending C.A. 141 and P.D. 1529 – reduced to 20 years’ tenure required for free
agricultural patent (2021)
A. RA 10149
B. RA 9003
C. RA 11573
D. RA 9275
210. It is otherwise known as the “Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Act of
2016”.
A. RA 10912
B. RA 11070
C. RA 11573
D. RA 12534