Name: __________________________________ Year & Section: _____________ Date: _______ TEST I. Direction: Identify the terms being described in the following statements. Choose and write whether it refers to Barangay, Municipality, and Province. Write your answer on the blank provided. __________________ 1. The basic unit of government. __________________ 2. It has the function of issuing permits and licenses for local business within the municipality. __________________ 3. It has a territory of at least 50 square kilometers. __________________4. The head of this local government unit is the Mayor. __________________ 5. This unit of local government serves as a place for settling neighborhood disputes or conflicts. __________________ 6. This unit of local government serves as a place for settling neighborhood disputes or conflicts. __________________ 7. It has at least 2,000 inhabitants. __________________ 8. The head of this local government unit is the Governor. __________________ 9. It has the function of formulating ordinances in the govern barangays and city. __________________ 10. It has at least 25,000 inhabitants.
TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE. The following are statements about nature of elections and political parties in the Philippines. On the blank sheet, write TRUE if the sentence is correct, write FALSE otherwise. __________ 1. Suffrage is universal at age eighteen. __________ 2. The current electoral system was established under the 1987 constitution. __________ 3. Voters make a choice in accordance with the policies and programs presented by every political party during elections. __________ 4. Political parties are required to have chapters in a majority of regions, and within each region, a majority of provinces, down to towns and barangays. __________ 5. Commission on Audit is responsible for running the elections. __________ 6. Supreme Court is the Highest Court in the Philippines. __________ 7. In qualifications of justices in the supreme court must be at least 35 years old. __________ 8. Decentralization means transfer of power from national government to local government units. __________ 9. Commission on Audit is responsible for running the elections. __________ 10. In composition of Supreme Court must have 1 Chief Justice and 15 associate justices.
Test III: IDENTIFICATION. Give the word/s that fit the descriptions given. Write your answer on the blank provided. _______________ 1. It is a form of government where the country is ruled by a single political party. _______________ 2. It is a formal decision-making process by which the citizens of the country vote and select certain officials to hold public office. _______________ 3. It is defined as an organized and presumably durable association, either of individuals or of distinguishable groups of individuals, which endeavors to place its members in governmental offices for the purpose of bringing about the adoption of favored political policies or programs. _______________ 4. It is the right and obligation to vote of qualified citizens in the election of certain national and local officers of the government and in the decision of public questions submitted to the people. _______________ 5. This commission is empowered to supervise every aspect of campaigns and elections in the country.
_______________ 6. It is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national election. _______________ 7. It is the name given to a vote of the people expressing their choice for or against a proposed law or enactment submitted to them. _______________ 8. It is a method by which a public officer may be removed from office during his tenure or before the expiration of his term by a vote of the people after registration of a petition signed by a required percentage of the qualified voters _______________ 9. It is the submission of a law or part thereof passed by the national or local legislative body to the voting citizens of a country for their ratification or rejection. _______________ 10. It is the process whereby the people directly propose and enact laws. _______________ 11. It is the right and obligation to vote of qualified citizens in the election of certain national and local officers of the government and in the decision of public questions submitted to the people. _______________ 12. It is a formal decision-making process by which the citizens of the country vote and select certain officials to hold public office. _______________ 13. It is a method by which a public officer may be removed from office during his tenure or before the expiration of his term by a vote of the people after registration of a petition signed by a required percentage of the qualified voters. _______________ 14. It is the process whereby the people directly propose and enact laws. _______________ 15. It is the submission of a law or part thereof passed by the national or local legislative body to the voting citizens of a country for their ratification or rejection.
TEST III. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the following items carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on a separate sheet of paper. 1. It is a formal decision-making process by which the citizens of the country vote and select certain officials to hold public office. a. Amendment b. Election c. Plebiscite d. Suffrage
2. The existing electoral system in the Philippines was established under what Constitution? a. Constitution 1935 b. Constitution 1943 c. Constitution 1973 d. Constitution 1987 3. This commission is empowered to supervise every aspect of campaigns and elections in the country. a. COMELEC b. Congress c. NAMFREL d. Senate
4. The following countries are example of multipart system except one, which is this? a. Indonesia b. North Korea c. South Korea d. Sweden
5. These people come together to contest elections in order to hold power in the government. a. Political Ideologies b. Political System c. Political Party d. Political Science
6. The following are the qualifications of voters in the country EXCEPT one, which is this? a. A citizen (male or female) of the Philippines b. Not otherwise disqualified by law c. At least eighteen (18) years of age d. Have resided in the Philippines for at least three (3) months and in the place wherein he proposes to vote for at least two (2) months preceding the election.
7. It is the name given to a vote of the people expressing their choice for or against a proposed law or enactment submitted to them. a. Plebiscite b. Referendum c. Recall d. Initiative
8. It is a political system in which are featured by the presence of a fairly large number of parties with compete with one another on relatively equal terms. a. Double Party System b. Electoral System c. Multiparty System d. One-Party System
9. It is a form of government where the country is ruled by a single political party.
a. Double Party System b. Electoral System c. Multiparty System d. One-Party System
10.What article of the constitution is related to the right of every Filipino to vote? a. Article III b. Article IV c. Article V d. Article VI
TEST IV. Describe your Teacher in Philippine Politics and Governance using the initials of D,A,N,I,E,L and give at least 5 sentence message to him.
It is my honor to be part of your 2 year journey in Senior High School.
