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Westmead International School

Gulod Labac, Batangas City


College of Arts and Sciences
Politics and Governance with Philippine Constitution
SOCSCI 6
Second Semester SY 2015-2016
December 2015
Preliminary Examination
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Name: ___________________________________
Course and Section: ________________________

General Directions
1. Use the test booklet for your answers.
2. Use only Black Ink.
3. Write your answers on CAPITAL LETTERS.
4. NO ERASURES, SUPERIMPOSITIONS or ALTERATIONS allowed.
5. Anyone caught cheating in any form will automatically receive a grade of 5.0

Test I
Modified True or False
Write the letter “B” if the statement is correct and the number “13” if otherwise then write the
words or phrases that makes the statement wrong.
1. The state refers to a group of people, permanently occupying an indefinite territory under
the rule of a sovereign government.

2. The four essential elements of the state are people, territory, government and sovereignty.

3. Territory may be described as terrestrial, fluvial, maritime, and aerial.

4. Issues pertaining to external political problems, boundaries and trade relations are best
resolved with knowledge of geography.

5. There is no clear and vast rule as to the number of people a state must have but it should
neither be too small nor too large, as long as it must be small enough to be governed and
large enough to be self-sufficing.

6. Sovereignty is the supreme power of the state to maintain and demand obedience to its will
from within its jurisdiction.

7. The Exclusive Economic Zone of the Philippines Extends 200 nautical mile distance from the
maritime belt of the archipelago or the territorial sea.

8. Police power is the power of the state to acquire private property for public use in exchange
of just compensation.

9. The prime objective of the study of political science is to educate citizens, equipping them
to charge the obligations of democratic citizenship.

10. Government is the vehicle of the state over which the will of the state is being formulated,
expressed and carried out.

Test II 13. This field of endeavour is considered


Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the BEST with the study of significant parts of
answer. political institutions or groups in an
attempt to examine their overall true
11. It is derived from the Greek word worth and value.
“polis” (a city) and from the Latin word a. Psychological method
“scire” which means to know/ to b. Historical value method
discover. c. Comparative method
a. Politics d. Analytical Method
b. Social Science 14. It is a basic and fundamental right of
c. Political Science all states.
d. Political Theory a. Right to existence
12. All of the following are courses of the b. Right to Jurisdiction
study of political science except: c. Right to independent function
a. course in public law d. Right to independence
b. course in administration 15. This theory state was created to take
c. course in international law care of man’s multifarious needs and
d. course in descriptive and analytic thus, enable them to become self-
government sufficient.
a. Necessity theory
b. Self-sufficiency theory
c. Economic theory 23. It is the first Philippine Constitution.
d. Social contract theory a. 1935 Constitution
16. It is a written instrument enacted by b. 1987 Constitution
direct action of the people by which the c. Malolos Constitution
fundamental powers of the government are d. Revolutionary Constitutio
established, limited and defined over
which those powers are equally 24. It is also called The Freedom
distributed to the different branches of Constitution.
the government for the safe and useful a. 1973 Constitution
exercise for the benefit of the body b. 1935 Constitution
politic. c. 1987 Constitution
a. Social legislation d. NOTA
b. Statute or law 25. The 1987 Constitution took effect
c. Constitution last______________.
d. NOTA a. .January 1, 1987
17. The constitution provides limitations on b. February 16, 1986
the exercise of its powers, like the c. February 2, 1987
provision of the:________________. d. February 7,1987
a. Bill of Rights 26. The world preamble comes from Latin
b. Principles term____________.
c. State Policies a.”Preambulare’
d. AOTA b.”Prembulare
18. The sexual harassment Act of 1995. C.”Premblare”
a. R.A. 7877 d. NOTA
b. R.A. 7778 27. The voice of the people is the Supreme
c. R.A. 8788 law.
d. R.A. 7878 a. Salus Populi est Suprema lex
19. What constitutional provision provides b. NOTA
the equality of man and women? c. Sales Papuli est Suprema lest
a. Sec. 14 Art. II d. both a&b
b. P.D. 6725 28. The following comprises the Philippine
c. Sec. 18 Art. II territory as mandated by Art. I, 1987
d. R.A. 9262 Constitution, except:
20. The classification of constitution whose a. Philippine Archipelago
precepts are embodied in one document or b. All other territories in which the
sets of documents. Philippine has sovereignty and
a. Unwritten jurisdiction
b. Written c. Territorial sea, seabed, subsoil
c. Rigid etc.
d. NOTA d. Aerial domain
21. A constitution that can be amended only 29. All territorial waters between and
by a formal and usually difficult beneath the Philippine islands are
process. deemed part of the Philippine territory.
a. Rigid a. Archipelago doctrine
b. written b. Regalian doctrine
c. Evolved c. Parens Patriae doctrine
d. NOTA d. NOTA
22. This is intended to prevent ambiguity in 30. Armed forces of the Philippines consist
its provision which could result in of the following except:
confusion and decisiveness among people. a. Army
a. Definite b. Airforce
b. Broad c. Navy
c. Brief d. PNP
d. AOTA
Test III Enumeration

 Inherent powers of the state

 Classification of the Constitutions

 Requisites of a Good Written Constitution

 Parts of a Constitution

 Forms of Government according to Aristotle

Test IV Essay
Give atleast 3 discipline related to the study of political science and discuss its relationship.
(5 points each)
Discuss atleast 3 theories of the origin of the state. (5 points each)
Discuss the importance of the study of political science. (5 points)
Differentiate nation and a state. (10 points)
Define Constitution. (5 points)
Differentiate a statute and the constitution. (10 points)
Discuss the 3 basic rule on statutory construction. (5 points each)
Write the 1987 Philippine Constitution Preamble (10 points) Commented [h1]:

"Per Aspera Ad Astra"


To excellence through difficulties

Prof. Hyman Jay H. Blanco, RCrim, MSCrim*, JD*


Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

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