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SECOND MID-QUARTER EXAMINATION

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE (Specialized Subject)

CN: _______NAME:_____________________________________________________ SECTION:______________________ SCORE:________________

I. Identify what is being described or defined in each item. Write your answers on the spaces before the numbers. NO ERASURE
____________________1. It is the branch of the Philippine Government that enacts laws.
____________________2. It is the branch of the Philippine Government that interpret laws.
____________________3. It is the power to enforce and administer laws.
____________________4. It is the official residence and office of the Philippine’s chief executive.
____________________5. It is the power of the president to refuse a bill preventing its enactment into law.
____________________6. It is the title of the president as the head of the military.
____________________7. It is a draft of law presented to legislation for enactment.
____________________8. It is a method by which a given percentage of the electorate may officially propose a law.
____________________9. It is the highest court in the Philippines.
____________________10. It is the exercise of certain basic powers by local government units so as to best serve the interest
and promote the general well-being of their inhabits.
____________________11. It is the offical residence of the Philippine President.
____________________12. It is the title of the leader of House of Representatives.
____________________13. It is the process of transferring basic powers from the national to local governments to allow
maximum participation of the citizens in governmental and community activities.
____________________14. It is an annual report of the Philippine President to deliver his plans and achievements.
____________________15. The power of the president to lessen the criminal penalty of a covicted person.

II. Read the following statements. On the blank before the number, write TRUE if the statement is correct; otherwise write FALSE.
NO ERASURE

____________________16. The president as chief executive is responsible in carrying out government decisions over all executive
departments, bureaus, and offices.
____________________17. The diplomatic power of the president can call out the AFP to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion or
rebellion exercised through the Department of National Defense.
____________________18. The president has the power to appoint officials in the following positions: heads of executive departments,
members of the Constitutional Commissions, ambassadors, public ministers and consuls, officers of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) from the rank of colonel or navy captain.
____________________19. The President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of nine years which
shall begin at noon on the thirtieth day of June next following the day of the election and shall end at noon of
the same date, six years thereafter.
____________________20. The president has the power to grant a pardon which is generally defined as a lessening of the criminal penalty.
____________________21. If the President does not act on a proposed law submitted by Philippine Congress, it will lapse into law after 20
days of receipt.
____________________22. The Senate shall elect its President and the House of Representatives its Speaker, by a majority vote of all its
respective Members.
____________________23. The House of Representatives has an exclusive power to approve all treaties or international agreements entered
into by the President of the Philippines.
____________________24. The party-list representatives embody a particular geo-political jurisdiction.
____________________25. District Representatives are elected to oversee the needs of their respective contituents through embodiment in
the legislative body.
____________________26. The Senate shall be composed of twenty-four Senators who shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the
Philippines, as may be provided by law.
____________________27. A Senator and a Member of House of Representatives must be a naturalized citizen of the Philippines.
____________________28. As a unicameral legislature, the two chambers that comprise the Philippine Congress are the Senate and House of
Representatives.
____________________29. The Shariah Court has exclusive jurisdiction on committed violations of anti-graft and corruption laws by public
officials and employees in relation to their position and office.
____________________30. Court of Appeals settle legal conflicts between Muslim Filipinos in the sphere of customary and personal laws.
____________________31. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the Philippine Judiciary. It is the final court that decides in any and all
judicial issues. It can review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm, final judgments and orders of the lower court.
____________________32. Supervision and control over the judicial branch of the government and its employees is an administrative
function of the Supreme Court.
____________________33. The Supreme Court is composed of one (1) Chief Justice and nine (9) Associate Justices.
____________________34. The expanded jurisdiction of the Sandiganbayan is over matters involving criminal violation and collection of
revenues under the National Internal Revenue Code and Tariff and Customs Code.
____________________35. Municipal Trial Courts covers two or more municipalities in the country.
III. Identify the terms being described in the following statements. Write your answers on the spaces before the numbers. Use the
codes below for your answers. NO ERASURE

A - for Barangay B - for Municipality C - for City D - for Province.

____________________36. It is the smallest unit of the local governments.

____________________37. The head of this local government unit is the Mayor.

____________________38. This unit of local government serves as a place for settling neighborhood disputes or conflicts.

____________________39. It is composed of a cluster of municipalities, or municipalities and component cities, and as a political and

corporate unit of government.

____________________40. The head of this local government unit is the Governor.
____________________41. It has at least 200,000 inhabitants.
____________________42. It has a territory of at least 100 square kilometers.
____________________43. It has at least 25,000 inhabitants.

____________________44. It is the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects and

activities in the community.

IV. Enumerate what are being asked in the following items. Write your answers after the numbers.

Three Classifications of City

45.
46.
47.

Three Branches of the Philippine Government

48.
49.
50.