RFBT – 001Q

Direction: Read and select the best answer for the following questions.

1. Which of the following is not covered by Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act
of 2018?
a. Local government units (LGUs)
b. Government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs)
c. Government instrumentalities located abroad
d. National government offices and agencies
e. None of the above

2. What government services are covered by Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery
Act of 2018?
a. Government services covering business transactions
b. Government services covering nonbusiness transactions
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B

3. Which is false regarding Anti-Red Tape Act/ Ease of doing Business Law?
a. All government agencies including departments, bureaus, offices, instrumentalities, or government-owned
and/or -controlled corporations, or local LGUs shall set up their respective most current and updated
service standards to be known as the Citizen's Charter in the form of information billboards which shall be
posted at the main entrance of offices or at the most conspicuous place, in their respective websites and in
the form of published materials written either in English, Filipino, or in the local dialect.
b. Except during the preliminary assessment of the request and evaluation of sufficiency of submitted
requirements, no government officer or employee shall have any contact, in any manner, unless strictly
necessary with any requesting party concerning an application or request. This principle is known as zero-
contract policy.
c. If the granting authority in the government fails to approve or disapprove an application for a license, clearance,
permit, certification or authorization within the prescribed processing time under Ease of Doing Business Law,
said application shall be deemed approved.
d. To eliminate bureaucratic red tape, avert graft and corrupt practices and to promote transparency and sustain
ease of doing business, the DOST shall be primarily responsible in establishing, operating and maintaining a
Central Business Portal or other similar technology, as the DOST may prescribe.

4. It refers to the written approval or disapproval made by a government office or agency on the application or
request submitted by an applicant or requesting party for processing.
a. Denial
b. Approval
c. Action
d. Inaction

5. It refers to single common site or location, or a single online website or portal designated for the Business
Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) of an LGU to receive and process applications, receive payments,
and issue approved licenses, clearances, permits, or authorizations.
a. Business One Stop Shop (BOSS)
b. Business Only Scope Store (BOSS)
c. Business On Site Scheme (BOSS)
d. Business Own Set Style (BOSS)

6. They refer to sets of regulatory requirements that a business entity must comply with to engage, operate or
continue to operate a business, such as, but not limited to, collection or preparation of a number of
documents, submission to national and local government authorities, approval of application submitted, and
receipt of a formal certificate or certificates, permits, licenses which include primary and secondary, clearances
and such similar authorization or documents which confer eligibility to operate or continue to operate as a
legitimate business.
a. Related party transactions
b. Business-related transactions
c. Arm’s length transactions
d. Unrelated party transactions

7. They refer to applications or requests submitted by applicants or requesting parties of a government office
which necessitate evaluation in the resolution of complicated issues by an officer or employee of said
government office, such transactions to be determined by the office concerned.
a. Simple transactions
b. Compound transactions
c. Complex transactions
d. Composite transactions

8. It refers to any individual whether or not officially involved in the operation of a government office or agency
 who has access to people working therein, and whether or not in collusion with them, facilitates speedy
completion of transactions for pecuniary gain or any other advantage or consideration.
a. Fixer
b. Arranger
c. Backer
d. Contact
9. It refers to the process or transaction between applicants or requesting parties and government offices or
agencies involving applications for any privilege, right, reward, license, clearance, permit or authorization,
concession, or for any modification, renewal or extension of the enumerated applications or requests which
are acted upon in the ordinary course of business of the agency or office concerned.
a. Social service
b. Government service
c. Public serviced
d. Private service

10. It refers to an application which requires the use of technical knowledge, specialized skills and/or training
in the processing and/or evaluation thereof.
a. Simple application
b. Compound application
c. Highly technical application
d. Common application
11. It refers to time consumed by an LGU or national government agency (NGA) from the receipt of an application
or request with complete requirements, accompanying documents and payment of fees to the issuance of
certification or such similar documents approving or disapproving an application or request.
a. Lead time
b. Set-up time
c. Waiting time
d. Processing time

12. It refers to any regulation, rule, or administrative procedure or system that is ineffective or detrimental in
achieving its intended objectives and, as a result, produces slow, suboptimal, and undesirable social
outcomes.
a. Red tape
b. Green tape
c. Blue tape
d. White tape

13. It refers to any legal instrument that gives effect to a government policy intervention and includes
licensing, imposing information obligation, compliance to standards or payment of any form of fee, levy,
charge or any other statutory and regulatory requirements necessary to carry out activity.
a. Control
b. System
c. Regulation
d. Process

14. They refers to applications or requests submitted by applicants or requesting parties of a government office or
agency which only require ministerial actions on the part of the public officer or employee, or that which
present only inconsequential issues for the resolution by an officer or employee of said government office.
a. Simple transactions
b. Common transactions
c. Ordinary transactions
d. Normal transactions
15. It refers to the government agency, attached to the Office of the President, entrusted with the implementation of
Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018.
a. Anti-Fixer Authority
b. Anti-Bureaucracy Authority
c. Anti-Red Tape Authority
d. Anti-Influencer Authority

16. It refers to respective most current and updated service standards of any government agency in the form of
information billboards which shall be posted at the main entrance of offices or at the most conspicuous place,
in their respective websites and in the form of published materials written either in English, Filipino, or in
the local dialect, that detail the processing of business transactions in a specific government agency.

a. Citizen’s Charter
b. Citizen’s Bill of Rights
c. Citizen’s Check and Balance
d. Citizen’s Protection

17. This is a policy that prohibits government officer or employee to have any contact with an application
 except (1) during the preliminary assessment of the request and evaluation of sufficiency of submitted
requirements and (2) necessary with any requesting party concerning an application or request.
a. Zero-Contact Policy
b. Online Policy
c. Invisible Policy
d. .Intangible Policy
18. It shall serve as a central system to receive applications and capture application data involving business-
related transactions, including primary and secondary licenses, and business clearances, permits,
certifications or authorizations issued by the local government units (LGUs): Provided, That the such
system may also provide links to the online registration or application systems established by National
Government Agencies (NGAs).
a. Central Business Portal (CBP)
b. Center Binding Program (CBP)
c. Cost Benefit Plan (CBP)
d. Control Brand Premium (CBP)

19. What is the maximum period for issuance of Fire Safety Evaluation Clearance (FSEC), Fire Safety Inspection
Certificate (FSIC) by Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) for business permit?
a. No longer than three (3) working days
b. No longer than five (5) working days
c. No longer than seven (7) working days
d. No longer than ten (10) working

20. What is the maximum period for issuance of certification of fire incident for fire insurance purposes by Bureau of
Fire and Protection (BFP)
a. No longer than twenty (20) working days, and may be extended only once for another twenty (20)
working days
b. No longer than ten (10) working days, and may be extended only once for another ten (10) working days
c. No longer than thirty (30) working days, and may be extended only once for another thirty (30) working
days
d. No longer than forty (40) working days, and may be extended only once for another forty (40) working
days

21. What is the maximum period for the processing and approval of licenses, clearances, permits, certifications or
authorizations for the installation and operation of telecommunication, broadcast towers, facilities, equipment
and services in so far as those issued by barangays?
a. a total of seven (7) working days
b. a total of five (5) working days
c. a total of three (3) working days
d. a total of ten (10) working days

22. What is the maximum period for the processing and approval of licenses, clearances, permits, certifications or
authorizations for the installation and operation of telecommunication, broadcast towers, facilities, equipment
and services in so far as those issued by Local Government Units (LGUs)?
a. a total of seven (7) working days
b. a total of five (5) working days
c. a total of three (3) working days
d. a total of ten (10) working days

23. What is the maximum period for the processing and approval of licenses, clearances, permits, certifications or
authorizations for the installation and operation of telecommunication, broadcast towers, facilities, equipment
and services in so far as those issued by National Government Agencies (NGAs)?
a. a total of seven (7) working days
b. a total of five (5) working days
c. a total of three (3) working days
d. a total of ten (10) working days

24. What is the effect if the approving government agency fails to approve or disapprove an application for a license,
clearance, permit, certification or authorization within the prescribed processing time of a total of seven
(7) working days?
a. Said application shall be deemed approved.
b. Said application shall be deemed denied.
c. The applicant shall file another application.
d. The applicant shall go to the proper court of law to file an action for mandamus.
25.
26. What if the licenses, clearances, permits, certifications or authorizations for the installation and operation of
telecommunication, broadcast towers, facilities, equipment and services require approval by appropriate
local legislative body such as the Sanggunian, what is the prescribed period for the approval of the said
application?
a. a nonextendible period of twenty (20) working days
b. a nonextendible period of ten (10) working days
 c. a nonextendible period of thirty (30) working days
d. a nonextendible period of forty (40) working days

27. For homeowners and other community clearances, what is the period granted to the officers of homeowner’s
association to refer the application to the members of the association?
a. twenty (20) working days
b. ten (10) working days
c. thirty (30) working days
d. forty (40) working days
28. What is the maximum period granted to homeowner’s association to give consent or disapproval for the
application for homeowners and other community clearances?
a. a nonextendible period of twenty (20) working days
b. a nonextendible period of ten (10) working days
c. a nonextendible period of thirty (30) working days
d. a nonextendible period of forty (40) working days

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