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Preliminary Exam in Philippine Politics and Governance

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I. Multiple Choice: Read the items carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided
before each number. NO ERASURES AND ALTERATIONS

1. Which of the following views consider politics as an attempt to resolve conflict through
bargaining?
a. Politics as Art of Government
b. Politics as Compromise and Consensus
c. Politics as Power and Distribution of resources
d. Politics as Public Affairs
2. Which of the following situation shows politics as compromise and consensus?
a. Conflict between senior and junior students that make a written complain and seek the
intervention of the university authorities.
b. Commitment between the two senior high students ever since they we’re ten.
c. The class president exercising his or her authority.
d. The teacher who have a concerns on his PWD student.
3. What major schools of thought in political science underscored the analytical study of
doctrines?
a. Empirical Tradition
b. Philosophical Tradition
c. Scientific Tradition
d. Social Tradition
4. Who are the Greek philosophers that are usually associated with philosophical tradition as
they asked what “should” or “ought” instead of what “is”?
a. Aristotle and Plato
b. Phythagoras and Socrates
c. Plato and Thales of Miletus
d. Plato and Socrates
5. Those who work in this tradition seek to analyze and explain, and not to offer
recommendations. What major schools of thought in studying political science is this?
a. Empirical Tradition
b. Philosophical Tradition
c. Scientific Tradition
d. Social Tradition
6. The following are the different theoretical approaches that contribute in widening the
perspective of studying political science except.
a. Critical Theory
b. Economic Theory
c. New Institutionalism
d. Rational-Choice Theory
7. Why political science is an exciting discipline?
a. It covers a topic that is interesting to be study.
b. It embraces an array of theoretical perspectives and a variety of analytic framework.
c. It promotes objectives and quantifiable ways of studying politics.
d. It underscored the analytical study of doctrines that have become the major focus of political
thought.
8. It is a collection of ideas, principles that explain and characterize a particular culture.
a. Dimension
b. Government
c. Ideology
d. Politics
9. This is the process of governing through making a good decision, whether over by a
government, a family, tribe, formal or informal organization.
a. Governance
b. Government
c. Ideology
d. Politics
10. What Characteristics of Governance that provides favorable results to meet the needs of its
stakeholders?
a. accountable
b. effective and efficient
c. equitable and inclusive
d. participatory
11. It is an institution of governance that controlled a country or state.
a. Governance
b. Government
c. Nation
d. President
12. What is Politics?
a. It is a systematic body of knowledge which for the most part is theoretical, that deals with the
government and regulation, maintenance and development, and defense and augmentation of
the state.
b. Art or science of government concerned with the proper management of the affairs of society.
c. It is the science of power and manipulation.
d. It deals with the protection of the rights of its citizens; safeguarding and enhancement their
immorality; and, harmony and peace in their relations.
13. Why did Aristotle say that man is a political animal?
a. Because men naturally live in cities.
b. Because men, like other animals, live in herds.
c. Because it is part of men’s instinct to live together.
d. Because it is in cities that men actualize their animality.
14. Which of the following is social science discipline that studies the state and the government
systematically?
a. Economics
b. Geography
c. Political Science
d. Sociology
15. Politics or Political comes from the greek word “Polis”. Which means?
a. Barangay
b. City-State
c. District
d. Town
16. Who is the father of Political Science?
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Socrates
d. Herodutus
17. Politics as compromises and consensus can be defined as?
a. It is only in the political community that human being can live “good life”.
b. A particular means of resolving conflict, by the use of compromise, conciliation and
negotiation.
c. Politics is all the good policies introduced by a government.
d. Politics is the heart of all collective social activity, formal and informal, public and private, in
all human groups, institutions and societies.
18. The following are the different views on politics except.
a. Politics as Art of Government
b. Politics as Compromise and Consensus
c. Politics as Public Affairs
d. Sacred Organization
19. Which view of politics describes who gets what and under what circumstances?
a. Politics as Art of Government
b. Politics as Compromise and Consensus
c. Politics as Power and Distribution of resources
d. Politics as Public Affairs
20. Participatory in governance define as:
a. Providing the opportunity for people to be involved in deciding how something is done.
b. A community’s well-being results from all of its members feeling their interests have been
considered by council in the decision-making process.
c. Always serve the needs of the entire community while balancing competing interests in a
timely, appropriate and responsive manner.
d. Mediates differing interests to reach a broad consensus on what is in the best interests of the
group and, where possible, on policies and procedures.
21. What characteristics of governance requires consultation to understand the different
interests of stakeholders?
a. accountable
b. consensus-oriented
c. equitable and inclusive
 d. participatory
22. Responsiveness is one of the characteristics of good governance. Which of the following
best shows the responsiveness of governance?
a. Government organizations and their processes are designed to serve the best interests of
stakeholders.
b. Government have fair legal frameworks that are enforced by the regulatory body.
c. Government allows his people to participate in its political agenda
d. Government information should be provided easily understandable forms and media.
23.The administration of Pres. Duterte consult the different interests of the people to understand
in order to reach a broad consensus of what is in the best interest of the entire nation and how
this can be achieved in a sustainable and prudent manner.What characteristics of governance
does the administration of Pres.Duterte did?
a. Accountable
b. Consensus oriented
c. Effective and Efficient
d. Participatory
24. Conservatism means…
a. attitudes or opinions tending to favour established ideas, conditions, or institutions.
b. political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices.
c. political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the
central problem of politics.
d. a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the
government rather than by individual people and companies.
25. Which is true about the meaning of socialism?
a. it aim to replace private property and profit-based economy with public ownership.
b. analyses class relations and societal conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical
development and a dialectical view of social transformation.
c. a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the
government rather than by individual people and companies.
d. political doctrine that takes protecting and enhancing the freedom of the individual to be the
central problem of politics.
26. What is meant by ideology in its contemporary usage?
a. It refers to the very ideas themselves which are meant to give structure and meaning to the
human world.
b. It refers to the study of ideas, from the Greek words logos (study or science) and idea
(knowledge or idea).
c. Coined by Destutt de Tracy, ideology means “science of ideas.”
d. All of the above
27. Which of the following expresses the Communist ideology?
a. The belief in the dialectical movement of history towards a classless society.
b. The necessity of a peaceful revolution to change the system of exploitation.
c. Respect on private ownership.
d. All of the above
28. It is that component of ideology that provides the guide to action, or spells out “what is to be
done.”
a. Philosophy
b. Program
c. Propaganda
d. Politics
29. An extreme right-wing ideology where the existing social order is protected by the forcible
suppression of the working class.
a. Absolutism
b. Anarchism
c. Fascism
d. Marxism
30. A political Ideology where all citizens have equal rights and privileges.
a. Democracy
b. Dictatorship
c. Egalitarian
d. Liberalism

II. Modified True or False 31-40: Read and Analyze the statements below. Write the word TRUE if
the statement is correct. If not CHANGE the underline word/s that will make the statement correct. NO
ERASURES AND ALTERATIONS

31. Governance concretizes the policies and addresses the problems of state.
32. Good Governance arises when the people involves the people in its agenda and in the process of
policy making.
 33. At present, the terms government and governance are also used with confusion to a small extent.
34. The terms state and government are commonly used interchangeably, but in strict social science
terms, they definitely mean two different things.
35. The Government serves as the bridge that connects the people to the state.
36. The Individuals satisfaction with their government is a determinant of governance.
37. Governance demands the political will of policy officials and the participation of aliens.
38. Democratic Participation is encouraged determines whether or not governance exists.
39. Absolutism is a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more ruler.
40. Democracy is a government by the people usually through elected representatives.

III. Matching Type 41-45: Match the items in column A with the most related choice in Column B.
Write the letter of the correct answer. NO ERASURES AND ALTERATIONS

A B
41. All citizens have equal rights and privileges. a. Anarchism
42. A form of rule in which in which the head b. Egalitarianism
of the state is a King or Queen. c. Ideology
43. Political Philosophy which rejects compulsory d. Marxism
Government or rule and holds that society e. Monarchy
can be organized without coercive state. f. Democracy
44. It proposes that all is subject to change
and resistance to change necessities the
overthrow of the system through class
struggle.
45. More or less a coherent set of ideas that
Direct or organize a specific political action.

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