Westmead International School

Gulod Labac, Batangas City

College of Arts and Sciences
Politics and Governance with Philippine Constitution
First Semester SY 2012-2013
September 2012
Semi-finals Examination

Name: ___________________________________
Course and Section: ________________________

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

Test I

Modified TRUE or FALSE.(2 points each)

Write A if only the first statement is correct.

Write B if the only the second statement is correct.
Write C if both statements are correct.
Write D if both statements are incorrect

1. The congress is composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives. We have 26 Senators and not
more than 250 members of the House of Representatives.
2. A child borne by a Filipino mother and a Filipino father on the United States is a Filipino by virtue of Jus
Sanguinis. The child is also an American citizen by virtue of Jus Soli.
3. Naturalization is one of the modes of acquiring citizenship. In the contrary, it is only one way of losing
citizenship.
4. Dual Citizenship is a voluntary situation which arises when, as a result of an individual’s volition.
5. The term of office of a member of the House of Representative is 6 years. The term of office of a senator is 3
years.
6. Veto is the Power of the President to disapprove a bill or any of its provisions. However, it can be override by
a 2/3 vote of all the members of the Congress.
7. The Congress has the power to call-up a special election for President and Vice President. The Congress has
also the power over the personal health of the President.
8. Temporary residence is in reference to the one year residency requirement in the Philippines. Domicile is in
reference to the sixth month residency requirement in the place where one wants to vote.
9. The theory prevailing in the Philippines is that suffrage is both a privilege and an obligation. This means that
suffrage is a natural and inherent right of every citizen who is not disqualified by reason of his own
reprehensible conduct or unfitness.
10. The budget given by the government to the members of the House of Representatives are called corkbarell.
Collection refers to the administrative act of collecting the tax, which is exercised by the executive branch of
the government, particularly the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Test II
Identification
1. It is personal or more or less permanent membership in a political community.
2. It is a membership in any class or form of political community.
3. They are individuals who are citizens of the Philippines from birth without having to perform an act to
acquire perfect their citizenship.
4. Citizenship acquired through blood relation.
5. Refers to the legal act of a adopting a foreigner and clothing him with the privileges of a Natural born
citizen.
6. A voluntary situation in which a person simultaneously owes by some positive act, loyalty to two or more
persons.
 7. This is held to fill-up vacancy in office before the expiration of the full term for which the incumbent was
elected.
8. Based on this theory, suffrage is a necessary and essential means for the development of society.
9. The system of election adapted by the Philippines.
10. It is the authority to make laws and to alter or repeal them.
11. Congress has the spending power of the purse.
12. It is the disapproval of the bill or any of its provision by the President.
13. A proposed law and also the document that contain a proposed law.
14. The Senate President of the Philippines.
15. The majority leader of the House of the Representative.

Test III: Essay (15 points)

How a bill becomes a law?

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the
patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
-Harriet Tubman

Prepared by:

Hyman Jay H. Blanco, R.Cr

Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences

Noted by:

Dr. Sharon D. Aledo

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Marites D. Manlongat

VP for Academic Affairs