LAW ON OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS PRELIM EXAMS QUESTIONNAIRE

Atty. Doni June V. Almio

Read the instructions carefully answer.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. Choose the letter that gives the correct answer
and write your letter of choice in your exam booklet. (20 points, 2 points each)

1. It is the defined as the divine inspiration in man of the sense of justice, fairness, and
righteousness, not by divine revelation of formal promulgation, but by internal
dictates of reason alone.

a. Natural Law
b. Moral Law
c. Divine Law
d. Physical Law

2. What is the written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government
are established, limited and defined and by which these powers are distributed among
the several departments for their safe and useful exercise for the benefit of the
people?

a. Constitution of the Philippines

b. Judicial Decisions of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
c. Rule of Law
d. Written Orders of President Duterte

3. When an injury or damage is caused to another, there being fault or negligence and
there is no pre-existing contractual relation between the parties, the source of the
obligation is:

a. Quasi-delicts
b. Quasi-contracts
c. Contracts
d. Delicts

4. Which among the statements is true?

a. Obligations arising from contract have the force of law between the contracting
parties
b. Obligations arising from quasi-contracts have the force of law between the
contracting parties
c. Obligations arising from contract have the force of law among all the people in
the Philippines
d. All of the above
5. It is the concept that states that in case of noncompliance, the courts of justice may be
called upon by the aggrieved party to enforce its fulfilment or in default thereof, the
economic value that it represents.

a. Juridical Necessity
b. Necessitus Ex Obitas
c. Standard Necessity
d. Absolute Necessity

6. What book number in the Civil Code of the Philippines is the Law on Obligations and
Contracts?

a. Book IV
b. Book V
c. Book I
d. Book II

7. Which is not an essential element of a contract?

a. Control
b. Object
c. Cause
d. Consideration

8. In the performance of an obligation to give, a person is required to give the agreed

property and its _________.

a. Accessions
b. Accessories
c. Both A and B
d. None of the Above

9. It is the juridical necessity to give, to do, or no to do.

a. Obligation
b. Contract
c. Delict
d. Law

10. What is the laws required diligence in the performance of an obligation?

a. Diligence of a husband towards his wife

b. Proper diligence
c. Diligence of a good father of a family
d. Extraordinary diligence of a good father of a family
II. IDENTIFICATION AND ENUMERATION. Give the concept(s) that is/are asked
for. A concept answered with a wrong spelling shall be marked wrong(15 pts. 1 point
each)

1. It is the fruits of a thing or additions to or improvement upon a thing.

2. These are things joined to or included with the principal thing for the latters
embellishment, better use or completion
3. It is the voluntary management of the property or affairs of another without the
knowledge or consent of the latter.
4 8. What are the sources of obligation found in article 1157 of the Civil Code of the
Philippines?
9 - 14. What are principal sources of law?
15. What is the very subject matter of the obligation?

III. TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement is True and F if the statement is False.
(10 points. 1 point each)

1. An obligation is juridical necessity to give, to do, or not to do.

2. The first article in the law on obligations and contracts is article 1156 of the Revised
Penal Code of the Philippines.
3. There are three essential elements of a contract.
4. There are two types of delicts.
5. Real right is the right of a person to demand from another person, the fulfilment of the
latters obligation.
6. Personal right is the right or interest of a person over a specific thing without a definite
passive subject against whom the right may be personally enforced.
7. A specific thing refers to a genus or a class.
8. When the obligation consists in not doing something, and the obligor does what has been
forbidden him, it shall be undone at the expense of the obligee.
9. The obligor is the one required to perform and obligation while the obligee is the one
who has the right to expect the performance of the obligation.
10. The word obligation is derived from the Latin word obligation which means tying or
binding.

IV. ESSAY. Answer using at least three (3) sentences each. (15 pts. 5 pts each)

1. What do you think is life without law?

2. What are the remedies of an obligee if the obligor fails to perform his obligation to do?
3. What do you think is the significance of the law on obligations and contracts on your
daily life?

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