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SECOND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

Name: _____________________________Grade: __________________ Date: ______________

Instructor: Ms. Melanie D.R. Miranda
General Direction: Read carefully each sentence/phrases given. Write on the blank provided the concept being
describe/discuss.
Take note: Wrong spelling will NOT be given a point and ERASURES are NOT accepted.

I. IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being defined or described. (20 pts.)

____________________1. The act of selection or designation by the executive officer, board or body to whom the
power has been delegated, of the individual who is to exercise the function of a given office.
____________________2. Who was the President of the Philippines when it was first occupied by the
Japanese?
____________________3. He named the islands of the Philippines in honor of the son of King Charles I, Prince
Philip II.
____________________4. The bible of the Katipunan.
____________________5. The imposition of additional duties upon a person already in public service to temporarily
perform the functions of an office when the officer regularly appointed to the office is unable to perform his duties
or there is a vacancy.
____________________6. He established the permanent Spanish port in the Philippines.
____________________7. The power of the government is vested upon the Congress of the Philippines in
accordance with the 1987 Constitution.
____________________8. Title given to Manila.
____________________9. Require the approval of both chambers of congress and the signature of the president,
and have the force and effect of a law if approved.
____________________10. The duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are
legally demandable and enforceable.
____________________11. Acted as puppet president of the new Japanese-sponsored government; his de facto
presidency, not legally recognized until the 1960s.
____________________12. Granted without any conditions; it does not only blots out the crime committed, but
removes all the disabilities resulting from the conviction.
____________________13. It is founded upon the principle that the state has a right to protect itself against those
who would destroy it, and has likened to the right of an individual to self-defense.
____________________14. It is an order requiring a person or an officer detaining another, to bring the said person
before the court and explain the reason or cause of detention.
____________________15. Subject to such conditions or qualifications as it may deem necessary or see fit.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Direction: Choose the letter of correct answer. Write your answer before the number,

___1. It is the power of the president to send back the legislation or the enactment passed in the
congress.
a. Control power c. Borrowing power
b. Veto power d. Appointing power
___2. How many ships did Ferdinand Magellan use during his voyage that eventually found the
Philippines?
a. 10 c. 25
b. 5 d. 2
___3. It pertains to the power to contract or guarantee loans in the name of the Republic of the
Philippines
a. Control power c. Borrowing power
b. Veto power d. Appointing power
___4. It is the power granted to an officer to alter, modify, nullify or set aside what a subordinate officer
had done in the performance of his duties and to substitute the judgement of the former to that of
the latter.
a. Control power c. Borrowing power
b. Veto power d. Appointing power
___5. The power to select an individual who is to exercise the functions of a give office
a. Control power b. Veto power
 c. Borrowing power d. Appointing power
___6. It is the power granted to provide relief on the harshness of the law or to correct mistakes in the
administration of justice
a. Informing power c. Pardoning power
b. Diplomatic power d. Executive power
___7. The aimed at informing the Congress of the present status of the nation, suggesting to the
legislature some important policies that necessitates legislative enactments and giving guidelines of
national policy.
a. Informing power c. Pardoning power
b. Diplomatic power d. Executive power
___8. It carrying laws into practical operation and enforcing their due observance.
a. Informing power c. Pardoning power
b. Diplomatic power d. Executive power
___9. It power to deal with foreign states and governments, extend or withhold recognition, maintain
diplomatic relations, enter into treaties and otherwise transact the business of foreign relations.
a. Informing power c. Pardoning power
b. Diplomatic power d. Executive power
___10. Endorsed by Aquino, and wins presidential election. U.S. Philippine congress rejects a new
treaty with the U.S. and Subic Bay naval base and Clark Air Field returns to Philippine
government, ending American military presence in the Philippines.
a. President Fidel V. Ramos c. President Emilio F. Aguinaldo
b. President Manuel L. Quezon d. President Joseph E. Estrada
___11. He assembled the Malolos Congress in Bulacan, and then declares independence in Kawit,
Cavite.
a. President Fidel V. Ramos c. President Emilio F. Aguinaldo
b. President Manuel L. Quezon d. President Joseph E. Estrada
___12. He was forced to step down due to public outrage over corruption allegations.
a. President Fidel V. Ramos c. President Emilio F. Aguinaldo
b. President Manuel L. Quezon d. President Joseph E. Estrada
___13. The Filipino people approve constitution creating the Philippine Commonwealth.
a. President Fidel V. Ramos c. President Emilio F. Aguinaldo
b. President Manuel L. Quezon d. President Joseph E. Estrada
___14. He is elected by a big majority as president and the first to win 2 presidential terms.
a. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo c. President Manuel L. Quezon
b. President Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte d. President Ferdinand E. Marcos
___15. He’s died in an airplane crash on March 16, 1957 on Mt. Manunggal in Cebu.
a. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo c. President Manuel L. Quezon
b. President Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte d. President Ferdinand E. Marcos
___16. He is the former Mayor of Davao City assumes the Presidency. He is the first president to come
from Mindanao.
a. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo c. President Manuel L. Quezon
b. President Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte d. President Ferdinand E. Marcos
___17. Issued to a person who meets all the requirements for the positions to which he is being
appointed.
a. Ad Interim Appointment c. Regular Appointment
b. Permanent Appointment d. Acting or Temporary Appointment
___18. It will take effect once approved by the Commission and continues as such until the end of its
terms.
a. Ad Interim Appointment c. Regular Appointment
b. Permanent Appointment d. Acting or Temporary Appointment
___19. It shall only be effective only (a) until disapproved by the Commission on Appointments, or (b)
until the next adjourn of the Congress.
a. Ad Interim Appointment c. Regular Appointment
b. Permanent Appointment d. Acting or Temporary Appointment
___20. It made without security of tenure and can be terminated with or without cause. “OIC” belongs to
this kind.
a. Ad Interim Appointment c. Regular Appointment
b. Permanent Appointment d. Acting or Temporary Appointment

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE- B

a. CHIEF EXECUTIVE e. CHIEF CITIZEN

b. CHIEF LEGISLATOR f. CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR
c. CHIEF DIPLOMAT g. COMMANDER AND CHIEF
d. CHIEF OFPARTY h. CHIEF OF STATE

_____1. This role of the President states that he is the informal leader of his political party.
 _____2. This role of the President allows him to ensure that the laws of the nation are carried
out fairly.
_____3. This role of the President allows him to submit ideas for new laws for the United
States.
_____4. This role of the President states that the President is the “boss” of government
employees.
_____5. This role of the President allows him to establish foreign policy with other nations.
_____6. This role of the President allows him to command all United States military troops.
_____7. This role of the President infers that he is the moral Bleader and figurehead of the
United States.
_____8. This role of the President states that the President is the head of the national
government.

IV. FILL IN THE BLANK – B

Direction: Read carefully each sentence/phrases given. Write on the blank provided the concept being
describe/discuss.
1. The Commonwealth was inaugurated on at Manila, and ended upon
independence on July 4, 1946.
2. The first national presidential election was held, and was elected
to a six-year term, with no provision for re-election, as the second Philippine president and the
first Commonwealth president.
3. The First Philippine Republic was inaugurated on at Malolos, and ended on
March 23, 1901 when President Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by the Americans at .
4. The Second Republic was inaugurated on in Manila, and ended when
President Jose P. Laurel dissolved the republic on August 17, 1945, in Tokyo.
5. The Third Republic started when independence was granted by the Americans on
, and ended upon the imposition of martial law by President Ferdinand Marcos on
September 21, 1972.
6. President Ferdinand Marcos ruled by decree when he declared martial law on . He
inaugurated the after a new constitution was ratified on January 17, 1973.
7. President Ferdinand Marcos declared the Fourth Republic on , after martial
law was lifted.
8. The longest-serving president is with 20 years and 57 days in office;
he is the only president to have served more than two terms. The shortest is
who spent 1 year and 300 days in office.
9. President Corazon Aquino inaugurated the Fifth Republic after the present constitution was
ratified. The plebiscite took place on .

V. ENUMERATION - A

a) 6 LAWS FOR VARIOUS SUBJECTS RAVEN (1-6)

b) 4 SOCIAL CLASSES IN THE BARANGAY (7-10)
c) 5 SCOPE OF THE PARDONING POWER (11-15)
d) 5 EXECUTIVE OFFICES (16-20)
e) 11 PROCESS OF APPOINTING THE CHIEF JUSTICE (21-30)