1.

It is the continuous, permanent and universal recording of the

occurrence and characteristics of vital events pertaining to the
population as provided through decree  or regulation in accordance with
the legal requirements of each country.
a) Civil Registry
b) Civil Registration
c) Civil Records
d) None of the above
2. An event that has something to do with an individual’s entrance into or
departure from life together with the change/s in his/her civil status
during his/her lifetime.
a) Birth Certificate
b) Civil Event
c) Vital Event
d) None of the above
3. Refers to the various registry books and related certificates and
documents kept in the archives of the Local Civil Registry Offices,
Philippine Consulates, Office of the Civil Registrar General and Shari’a
District/Circuit Courts.
a) Civil events
b) Documents
c) Civil Register
d) None of the above

4. It is the complete expulsion or extraction of a product of conception

from its mother irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which after
such separation, breathes or shows any evidence of life, such as beating
of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of
voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the
placenta is attached - each product of such a birth is considered live
born.
A) Live Birth
B) Live Death
C) Vital Event
D) Alive
5. The effectivity of Civil Registry Law
a) February 27, 1931
b) February 28, 1931
c) February 27, 1932
d) February 27, 1933
6. It is a Department or Office in the City/Municipal Government mandated
to perform Civil Registration functions.
a) Local Civil Registry Office
b) Municipal Registration and Welfare Office
c) Registry of Deeds
d) Municipal Mayor’s Office
7. Is a special contract of permanent union between a man and woman
entered into in accordance with law for the establishment of conjugal
and family life.
a) Joint Agreement
b) Marriage
c) Lifetime Commitment
d) None of the above
8. Legitimation shall take place by a subsequent ___________ between
parents.
a.) Valid conflict
b.) Valid relationship
c.) Valid marriage
d.) None of the above
9. Presidential Decree No. 856 states that “No remains shall be buried
without a ________ certificate”.
a.) Marriage
b.) Birth
c.) Land Title
d.) Death
10. OCRG stands for
a) Office of the Civil Registrar Governor
b) Office of the Civil Registrar General
c) Office of the Civil Registry General
d) Office of the Civil Registry Government
11. TRUE or FALSE – Any person whose duty is to report any fact
concerning the civil status of persons and who knowingly fails to perform
such duty, and any person convicted of having violated any of the
provisions of Act No. 3753 shall be punished by a fine of not less than
ten pesos nor more than two hundred.
12. CRVS stands for?
a) Civil Registrar and Vital Statistics
b) Civil Registration and Vital Statistics
c) Civil Registrar and Vital Statistician
d) Civil Registration and Vital Statics
13. Which agency of the government who carry out, enforce and
administer civil registration functions in the country as provided for in
Act 3753, the Law on Registry of Civil Status?
 a.) Philippine Civil Registry
b.) Philippine Statistics Authority
c.) Local Civil Registry Office
d.) Office of the President
14. Who is the current National Statistician and Civil Registrar
General?
a) Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
b) Melisa R. Cavalida
c) Maria Evangeline N. Non
d) None of the above
Answer: none of the above ( CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA )
15. The Civil Registration Month is celebrated in February of every
year pursuant to Proclamation No. 682 signed by the former President
Corazon C. Aquino on?
a) January 18, 1991
b) January 28, 1991
c) February 18, 1991
d) February 28, 1991
16. According to Article 165 of Family Code, Children conceived and born outside a
valid marriage at the time of birth are considered as________?
a. Legitimate
b. Illegitimate
c. True Child
d. Not a Child
17. It is a permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth
has taken place.
a) Missing
b) Gone
c) Disappeared
d) None of the above
(answer DEATH)
18. Is the death prior to the complete expulsion of a product of conception,
irrespective of the period of pregnancy. The death is indicated by the fact that after such
separation, the fetus does not breathe nor show any other evidence of life, such as
beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary
muscles.
A) Fetus Death
B) Fetal Death
C) Premature Death
D) None of the above
19. An act authorizing the city of municipal civil registrar or the consul general to
correct a clerical or typographical error in an entry and/or change of first name or
nickname in the civil register without need of a Judicial Order, amending for this
purpose Articles 376 and 412 of the Civil Code of the Philippines.
a) Republic Act No. 9048
b) Republic Act No. 10148
c) Republic Act No. 4098
d) Republic Act No. 9408
20. TRUE OR FALSE – For Births that occur outside the Philippines, the Affidavit of
Admission of Paternity, Private Handwritten Instrument, or Affidavit to Use the Surname
of the Father executed in the Philippines shall be registered at the Local Civil Registry
Office of the place of BIRTH. (answer place of execution)
21. The following are examples of documents for registration except;
a. Affidavit of Admission of Paternity
b. Affidavit to Use the Surname of the Father
c. Affidavit of Loss
d. Private Handwritten Instrument
22. An act further authorizing the City of Municipal Civil Registrar or the Consul
General to correct Clerical or Typographical Errors in the Day and Month in the Date of
Birth or Sex of a person appearing in the Civil Register without need of a Judicial Order,
amending for this purpose Republic Act Numbered Ninety Forty-Eight.
a) Republic Act No. 10072
b) Republic Act No. 11072
c) Republic Act No. 10172
d) Republic Act No. 10127
23. An act providing for the Legitimation of Children born to parents below marrying
age, amending for the purpose the family code of the Philippines, as amended.
a) Republic Act No. 9585
b) Republic Act No. 9858
c) Republic Act No. 9885
d) Republic Act No. 9558
24. An Act allowing the Ratification of Simulated Birth Records and prescribing the
Administrative Adoption Proceedings for the purpose.
a) Republic Act No. 11222
b) Republic Act No. 11122
c) Republic Act. No. 12122
d) Republic Act. No. 111222
25. Who is the current National Statistician and Civil Registrar General?
 e) Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
f) Melisa R. Cavalida
g) Maria Evangeline N. Non
h) None of the above
Answer: none of the above ( CLAIRE DENNIS S. MAPA )
26. The Marriage License shall be valid in any part of the Philippines for a period of
____________ from the date of issue, and shall be deemed automatically cancelled at
the expiration of said period if the contracting parties have not made use of it.
a) one hundred twenty days or 120 days
b) three hundred days or 300 days
c) One year or 1 year
d) One hundred Eight Three days or 183 days
27. TRUE OF FALSE – As a rule, an illegitimate child not acknowledged by the father
shall use the surname of the FATHER. (answer MOTHER)
28. Refers to the Administrator of the National Statistics Office now Philippine
Statistics Authority which the agency mandated to carry out and administer the
provision of laws on civil registration.
a) Municipal Civil Registrar
b) Civil Registrar General
c) Statistician
d) Statistical Officer

29. Republic Act No. 9048 amends Articles 376 and 412 of the Civil Code of the
Philippines, which prohibit the change of name or surname of a person, or any
correction or change of entry in a civil register without a judicial order. Who is the
President who approved the amended Act on March 22, 2001.
A) President Gloria Macapagal – Arroyo
b) President Joseph Ejercito Estrada
c) President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
d) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
30. REPUBLIC ACT. NO 9255 is also known as
a) An Act allowing legitimate Children to Use the Surname of their Father, Amending
for the Purpose Article 176 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as the
Family Code of the Philippines’)
b) An act Providing for the Legitimation of Children born to parents below Marrying
age, Amending for the purpose the Family Code of the Philippines, as amended.
c) An Act allowing Illegitimate Children to Use the Surname of their Father,
Amending for the Purpose Article 176 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise
Known as the Family Code of the Philippines’)
d) None of the above
31. TRUE OR FALSE – For Births that occur in the Philippines, the Affidavit of
Admission of Paternity, Private Handwritten Instrument or Affidavit to Use the Surname
of the Father executed in the Philippines shall be registered at the LCRO of the place of
BIRTH.
32. Filing of petitions under Republic Act No. 9048, the City/Municipal Civil Registrar
and the District/Circuit Registrar are authorized to collect from every petitioner in the
amount of;
a.) Three thousand pesos (3,000.00) for the correction of clerical error and One
Thousand pesos (1,000.00) for the change of first name.
b.) One thousand pesos (1,000.00) for the correction of clerical error and Three
Thousand pesos (3,000.00) for the change of first name.
c.) One thousand pesos (1,000.00) for both correction of clerical error or change of first
name
d.) Three thousand pesos (3,000.00) for both correction of clerical error or change of
first name
33. Any person who shall knowingly make false statement in the forms furnished
and shall present the same for entry in the civil register, shall be punished by
imprisonment for;
a) Not less than one month nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than
two hundred pesos nor more than five hundred or both, in the discretion of the
court
b) Not less than three months nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than
three hundred pesos nor more than six hundred or both, in the discretion of the
court.
c) Not less than three months nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than
five hundred pesos nor more than seven hundred or both, in the discretion of the
court.
d) Not less than one month nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than two
five pesos nor more than seven hundred or both, in the discretion of the court
34. The Clerk of Court of the _____________ shall act as Circuit Registrar of Muslim
Marriages, Divorces, Revocations of Divorces, and Conversions within his jurisdiction.
a) Municipal Circuit Court
b) Supreme Court
c) Regional Trial Court
d) Shari’a Circuit Court
35. It is a deserted or abandoned infant or a child found, with parents, guardian, or
relatives being unknown, or a child committed in an orphanage or charitable or similar
institution with unknown facts of birth and parentage.
a) Orphan
b) Foundling
 c) Parentless
d) Motherless
36. It occurs when the Certificate of Live Birth is presented to the Civil Registrar of a
city of municipality which is not the place of birth, not for registration but to be
forwarded to the civil registrar of the city or municipality where the birth occurred and
where it should be registered.
a) Inter Municipality Reporting of Birth
b) Delayed Registration
c) Out-of-town Reporting of Birth
d) None of the above
37. Refers to a person lawfully invested with the power, and charged with the duty,
of taking care of one who, for defect of age, understanding, or self-control, is considered
incapable of administering his own affair.
a) Neighbor
b) Social Officer
c) Guardian
d) Teacher
38. TRUE OR FALSE. According to the 2020 Census of Population and Housing the
Municipality of Don Carlos has a total of population of 69,273. (for tie breaking
question)
39. TRUE OR FALSE. This year’s Civil Registration Month theme is “PSA @ 10:
Providing Efficient and Effective Civil Registration and Vital Statistics through Digital
Transformation”. (for tie breaking)