PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Philippine Constitution & Government

1st SEMESTER, SY 2016-2017
Atty. Narciso G. Reyes, Jr.
1. The systematic study of the state and government.
Define state.
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6. Inhabitants of the state.
7. Smallest state in the world.
8. Fixed portion of land over which jurisdiction extends.
9. Agency through which will of the state is formulated.
10. Supreme power to command and enforce obedience from people within its
jurisdiction.
11. Power of the state to rule within its territory.
12. Freedom to carry out activities without subjection to or control by other
states.
13. Under this theory, state is created by God and the ruler is ordained by God.
14. State must have been created through necessity, by some great warriors who
imposed their will upon the weak.
15. State originated from the enlargment of the family which remained under the
authority of the mother or father.
16. Early states must have been formed by deliberate and voluntary compact
among the people to organize a government for their common good.
17. Give one example of a state with many nation.
18. Give example of a nation with many states.
19. Supreme and final authority is in the hands of a single person without regard
to source of his election or nature or duration of his tenure.
20. Is a form of government in which the ruler rules by divine right.
21. Is a form of government in which the ruler rules in accordance with the
constitution.
22. Political power is exercised by a few privileged class.
23. Political power is exercised by a majority of the people.
24. Will of the state is formulated or expressed directly and immediately through
the people in a mass meeting.
25. Will of the state is formulated and expressed through the agency of a
relatively small and select body of persons chosen by the people to act as their
representatives.
26. Control of national and local affairs is exercised by the national government.
27. Powers of government are divided between two sets of organs, one for
national affairs, one for local affairs.

28. Confers upon the legislative the power to terminate the tenure of office of the
real executive.
29. Makes the executive constitutionally independent of the legislature as regards
the tenure.
Classify philippine government
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What is the national territory of the Philippines?
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39. Which clause in the national territory
40. What is archipelagic doctrine?
41- 45 Who are citizens of the Philippines?
46- 50 Who may exercise the right to vote?
------------End of Preliminary Examination-----------It always seems impossible until it is done.
-Old Proverb.