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Final Examination
PHILIPPINE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE
First Semester
Grade 12 GAS

Name: __________________________________________ Date: _________________________ Score:

Year/Section/Tracks: __________________________

I. Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number. All answer should be
in small letter.

1. The fundamental or supreme law of the land.

a. Constitution b. Statute c. Jurisprudence d. Ordinances
2. The laws passed by local government.
a. Constitution b. Statute c. Jurisprudence d. Ordinances
3. This law composed of decisions promulgated by the Supreme Court.
a. Constitution b. Statute c. Jurisprudence d. Ordinances
4. It is the laws passed by congress.
a. Constitution b. Statute c. Jurisprudence d. Ordinances
5. It is the reduction of the sentence imposed for a lesser punishment.
a. Amnesty b. Commutation c. Pardon d. Reprieve

6. An act of sovereign power granting a general pardon for a past offense usually granted in favor of a certain class of people which have
committed crimes of a political character.
a. Amnesty b. Commutation c. Pardon d. Reprieve
7. It is an act grace which exempts the individual from the punishment the law inflict for a crime he has committed.
a. Amnesty b. Commutation c. Pardon d. Reprieve
8. It is an individual action; a writ issued by a superior court requiring a lower court or a board of officer exercising judicial function to
transmit the records of the case to the higher tribunal for purposes of review.
a. Certiorari b. Prohibition c. Mandamus d. Quo Warranto
9. It’s an action by the government to recover an office or franchise from individual or corporation usurping or unlawfully holding it.
a. Amnesty b. Commutation c. Pardon d. Reprieve
10. An order issued by a higher court commanding lower court.
a. Amnesty b. Commutation c. Pardon d. Reprieve

II. Identify the term that is describe. Write your answer on the space provided after each question. All answers should
be in capital letters. No erasures. Choose your answer inside the box.

APPOINTMENT DISTRICT LEGISLATIVE POWER

BARANGAY REPRESENTATIVE MONARCHY
CONTROL POWER EXECUTIVE POWER PRESIDENT
DATU GOVERNADOR GENERAL SIX YEARS
JUDICIAL POWER SUPREME COURT

11. The form of government in the pre-colonial period. _________________________ Barangay

12. The ruler of the barangay. _________________________ Datu
13. Who ruled the Philippines during the Spanish Colonization? _________________________ Governador Heneral
14. The form of government of Spain. _________________________ Monarchy
15. It refers to power to make laws, and subsequently, to alter and repeal them. _________________________ Legislative
Power
16. A representative elected directly and personally from the territorial unit he is seeking to represent.
_________________________ District Representative
17. The official record of what is done and passed in a legislative assembly and the proceeding occurs from day to day
18. It is vested in the President of the Philippines. _________________________ Executive Power
 19. The term of office of the President and the Vice President of the Philippines. _________________________ Six years
20. The Commander in Chief of the AFP. _________________________ President
21. The act of designation by the executive officer of the individual who is to exercise the function of a given office.
_________________________ Appointment
22. President may alter or modify a set aside actions of subordinate officers. _________________________ Control Power
23. It is vested in the Supreme Court and all lower courts. _________________________ Judicial Power
24. The highest court of the land. _________________________ Supreme Court
25. The power to apply the laws to contest or dispute concerning legally, recognized rights and duties.
_________________________ Judicial Power

III. Matching Type: Match column A with the column B. write your answer on the space provided.

A B
26. The power to settle legal disputes a. Adjudicating power
27. Refers to the power of Supreme Court to interpret b. Decentralization
and make judgment with respect to the laws. c. Incidental power
28. Power necessary to discharge of the judicial d. Quasai-judicial Bodies
function. e. Regular court
29. Appellate court, regional Trial court f. Supreme court
30. NLR, SEC

IV. TRUE or FALSE: Write T if the statement is correct and X if the statement is wrong. Write your answer on the
space provided before each number.

_________31. The early Filipino had a government which they called barangay.
_________32. In theory Gonernadorcillo is the highest government official during the Spanish Regime in the Philippines.
_________33. The Philippine government is composed of three branches namely legislative, Executive and Jurisdiction.
_________34. No person may be elected president unless he is a natural born citizen of the Philippines, registered voter, able to read
and write, forty years of age on the day of the election and a resident of the Philippines at least 10 years.
_________35. The President and the Vice President for a term of five years.
_________36. The president shall be eligible for any reelection.
_________37. The President shall nominate and, without the consent of Commission on Appointment.
_________38. The house of the representative shall composed of no more than 160 members.
_________39. No bill passes by either House shall become a la unless it has passed two readings.
_________40. The term of office of the senator shall be nine years.