Republic of the Philippines

PANGASINAN STATE UNIVERSITY

QUIZ NO. 4
SocSci 104 (Philippine History, Governance and Politics)
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General Direction: Put your answer on the space provided after each item.
I TRUE/FALSE. Identify whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Write TRUE
if the statement is correct, otherwise, write FALSE. Write your answers in CAPITAL
LETTERS. Strictly no erasures!
1 Article III is all about citizenship.
2 The right to life, the right to property, and the right to love are examples of natural
rights.
3 Constitutional rights are those rights which are conferred and protected by the
constitution. They can be modified or taken away by the law-making body.
4 The right to receive a minimum wage and the right to adopt a child by an unrelated
person are an example of constitutional rights.
5 The right of suffrage is an example of political rights.
6 Actual sovereignty is exercised by the people through the electoral process.
7 Religious freedom is an example of civil rights.
8 The right to property and the right to just compensation for private property taken
for public use belong more appropriately to social and economic rights.
9 The accused has the right against unreasonable search and seizure, the right to
presumption of innocence, the right to a speedy, impartial, and public trial, and the
right against cruel, degrading, or inhuman punishment.
10 Under the Constitution, a person may be deprived by the State of his life, liberty, or
property provided due process of law is observed.
11 Extra-judicial killings illustrate not observance of the due process of law.
12 Procedural due process refers to the method or manner by which the law is enforced.
13 Substantive due process which requires that the law itself, not merely the procedures
by which the law would be enforced, is fair, reasonable, and just.
14 The loss of any of the various physical and mental attributes (e.g. limbs, eyes, brain,
power of reproduction, etc.) which man must have to live as a human being is
considered as deprivation of life.
15 If one is unduly prevented the way he wishes to do, there is a diminution of liberty.
16 There is deprivation of property when its value is destroyed or its adaptability to
some particular use, or its capability for enjoyment is impaired.
17 Equal protection of the laws signifies that all persons subject to legislation should
be treated alike, under like circumstances and conditions both in the privileges
conferred and liabilities imposed.
18 While all persons are equal in worth, they are not equal in all things.
19 A search warrant is an order in writing, issued in the name of the People of the
Philippines, signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to
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search for certain personal property and bring it before the court.
A warrant of arrest is an order in writing, issued in the name of the People of the
Philippines, signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to
arrest a person designated i.e., to take him into custody in order that he may be
bound to answer for the commission of an offense.
A peace officer or private person may, without a warrant, arrest a person when, in his
presence, the person to be arrested has committed, is actually committing, or is
attempting to commit an offense.
A peace officer or private person may, without a warrant, arrest a person when an
offense has in fact just been committed and he has a personal knowledge of facts
indicating that the person to be arrested has committed it.
A peace officer or private person may, without a warrant, arrest a person when the
person to be arrested is a prisoner who has escaped from a penal establishment or
place where he is serving final judgment or temporarily confined while his case is
pending, or has escaped while being transferred from one confinement to another.
The right of privacy is concisely defined as the right to be left alone. It has also been
defined as the right of a person to be free from undesired publicity, or disclosure and
as the right to live without unwarranted interference by the public in matters with
which the public is not necessarily concerned.
It is violative of the guarantee given by the privacy provision to admit evidence
obtained by tapping of the telephone wires, or through the use of the dectatophone.
The constitutional freedom of speech and expression, and of the press implies the
right to freely utter and publish whatever one pleases without previous restraint, and
to be protected against any responsibility for so doing as long as it does not violate
the law, or injure someones character, reputation or business.
The abridgment of the freedom of speech and of the press can be justified only when
there exists substantial danger that the speech will likely lead to an evil the
government has a right to prevent. This is known as the clear and present danger
rule.
One has the right to stand up in a crowded theater and yell fire to see the
confusion and possible panic result.
The right of assembly means the right on the part of the citizens to meet peaceably
for consultation in respect to public affairs.
The right of petition means the right of any person or group of persons to apply,
without fear of penalty, to the appropriate branch or office of the government for
redress of grievances.
The liberty of abode and travel is the right of a person to have his home in whatever
place chosen by him and thereafter to change it at will, to go where he pleases,
without interference from any source.
A person whose liberty of abode is violated may petition for a writ of amparo against
another holding him in detention.
Private property can be taken for public use for free.
A law increasing or decreasing the interest for the loan of money cannot apply
retroactively to loans contracted before its enactment.
An accused has the right, when under investigation for the commission of an
offense, to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have counsel.
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36 All persons including those charged with offenses punishable by reclusion perpetua
when evidence of guilt is strong, shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient
sureties, or be released on cognizance as may be provided by law.
37 The right to bail shall not be impaired even when the writ of habeas corpus is
suspended.
38 Lito has been charged by carnapping but he went on hiding. Lito can invoke his right
to bail.
39 In all criminal prosecutions, the accused is presumed innocent until the contrary is
proved.
40 Under our Rules of Court, it is presumed that a person found in possession of a
thing taken in the doing of a recent wrongful act (i.e. theft) is the taker and the doer
of the whole act.
41 Speedy trial means one that can be had as soon as possible.
42 Impartiality implies an absence of actual bias in the trial of cases.
43 Public trial means anyone can attend the trial including those who are only curious
on the case.
44 Subpoena is an order to a person to appear and testify.
45 The suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, in effect, sanctions or allows arrests
and seizures without warrants issued by the courts.
46 The writ of amparo prohibits respondents (those required to answer or respond to the
complaint against them) from using the defense of simple denial.
47 No person shall be compelled to witness against himself.
48 A person can be detained by reason of his political beliefs and aspirations.
49 No person shall be imprisoned for debt or non-payment of poll tax.
50 The community tax is in the nature of a poll tax.

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