MIDTERM EXAM IN PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE

NAME: ___________________________________ DATE: _____________

GRADE/SECTION: ____________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Read the following questions carefully and write the letter with the best answer.

1. What do you call the study of affairs of the city or state, which defined as the most sovereign and
inclusive association?
a. Politics b. Government c. Ideology d. State
2. What do you call the power of the leader to rule and the exact obedience on his people?
a. Legitimacy b. Power c. Authority d. Sovereignty
3. Which of the following is not a basic concept of politics?
a. Power b. Authority c. Justice d. Order
4. What is the process of legalizing and penalizing the abuse of political power and power to rule?
a. Power b. Authority c. Justice d. Order
5. What is an institution run by or on behalf of the state delivering, in top-down fashion, like for example
those public goods of which citizens need?
a. Government b. State c. Governance d. Politics
6. The exercise of political, economic, and administrative authority in the management of a country’s
affairs at all levels.
a. Power b. Authority c. Politics d. Governance
7. The following are the legs of the government, except:
a. Economic governance c. Political governance
b. Executive governance d. administrative governance
8. What is a set of beliefs and ideas that shape an individual’s or a group’s views, actions, and
interactions with the world.
a. Beliefs b. Culture c. Ideology d. Political Ideology
9. A set of beliefs and ideas that define political activities, policies, and events.
a. Beliefs b. Culture c. Ideology d. Political Ideology
10. Which is a political ideology that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions and
it is a society without government, laws, police, or other authority. System of self-control.
a. Anarchism b. Fascism c. Capitalism d. Socialism
11. What kind of political ideology that the motive is to make a profit?
a. Anarchism b. Fascism c. Capitalism d. Socialism
12. It is an authoritarian or totalitarian nationalist political ideology and one of the famous leaders of this
ideology is Adolf Hitler.
a. Anarchism b. Fascism c. Capitalism d. Socialism
13. Which of the following is not a characteristic of good governance?
a. Equality b. Transparency c. Rule of law d. Consensus oriented
14. What is a characteristic of good governance that states “no one is above the law”?
a. Participation b. Transparency c. Rule of law d. Consensus oriented
15. What is the process by which a person affects the behavior and feeling of another person?
a. Order b. Authority c. Power d. Influence
16. In the context of politics, what do you call the ability to influence the behavior of others or having ‘power
over’ people and the ability to punish or reward?
a. Order b. Authority c. Power d. Legitimacy
17. Which of the following is not a type of authority (Weber in Ethridge & Handelman)?
a. Charismatic b. Coercive c. Traditional d. Legitimate
18. What types of authority that leadership based on established law and people obey the leader or
executive because they accept his or her power under the law?
a. Rational-legal authority c. charismatic authority
b. Traditional authority d. Coercive authority
19. Power means the ability to get what you want by exchanging something of value and of course the
principal instrument of compensatory power is money. What type of power is this?
a. Coercive b. Compensatory c. Influence d. Condition
20. Which of the following is the consequence of coercive power?
a. Resistance b. Commitment c. Compliance d. B & C
 21. It comes from the Latin word “legitimare” meaning to be declared lawful.
a. Legitimate b. Legitimacy c. Legit d. Power
22. The following are the elements of the state except:
a. Government b. Sovereignty c. Population d. Authority
23. What is the political structure of an organized community living under a government?
a. Nation b. Globalization c. State d. Politics
24. It is a large group of people who share common characteristics such as language, traditions, and
ethnicity.
a. Nation b. Globalization c. State d. Politics
25. What do you call the people that compose the state?
a. Citizen b. Population c. National d. Foreigner
26. Which elements of the state that conduct its affairs and enact its authority without interference from
outside forces?
a. Government b. Sovereignty c. Population d. Authority
27. What is the place where the people that compose the state are located, and includes the land, natural
resources and air space located within it?
a. Government b. Sovereignty c. Population d. Territory
28. It refers to the gradual process of political, economic, and cultural integration brought by increased
trade, exchange of ideas, and political relations among the states of the world.
a. Nation b. Globalization c. State d. Politics
29. Which of the following is not a type of globalization?
a. Economic globalization c. Cultural globalization
b. Political globalization d. Traditional globalization
30. The following are the effects of globalization, except:
a. Increase trade c. Greater competition.
b. More efficient production d. Higher price of goods
31. What do you called the basic political unit that existed throughout the Philippine islands prior to the
1400s?
a. Barangay b. Alcadias c. Corregimientos d. Barrio
32. What is the other term for “timawa” during the pre-colonial period?
a. Slaves b. Royal c. Freemen d. Sultan
27. What are the districts that are not yet pacified and ruled by Military governor?
a. Alcadias b. Encomiendas c. Corregimientos d. Pueblos
33. What is the highest and most powerful official of the Spanish colonial government in the Philippines?
a. Alcalde Mayor b. Gobernadorcillo c. Cabezas de barangay d. Governor-General
34. Who established a dictatorial government, and reorganized the government to accommodate a
dictatorship?
a. Emilio Aguinaldo c. Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
b. Manuel L. Quezon d. Benigno Aquino Sr.
35. Who was the first president of the Philippines that came from Davao?
a. Joseph Ejercito Estrada c. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
b. Rodrigo R. Duterte d. Corazon C. Aquino
PART II. TRUE OR FALSE
DIRECTION: Read and analyze the following statement carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and
FALSE if the statement is wrong.

________ 1. Politics is a living and breathing subject.

________ 2. Legal frameworks should be fair and imposed partially.
________ 3. To attain responsive governance that government creates Citizen’s Charter.
________ 4. Anarchism is a system of self-control.
________ 5. In Fascism, they believe that a nation is an organic community that requires strong leadership.
________ 6. The essential feature of socialism is the motive to make a profit.
________ 7. Courts, police forces and armies are the principal instruments of condition power.
________ 8. In the absence of even one element, a state can be considered a State.
________ 9. Politics is already existed throughout the Philippine islands prior to the 1400s.
________10 President Rodrigo R. Duterte declares Martial Law in 1972.

PART III. ESSAY (5 POINTS)

In a minimum of five sentences, answer the question comprehensively.
(Rubric: 3 – accuracy 2 – organization of data Total = 5 points)

1. How does colonization affect the lives of the Filipino people? Discuss.