SEAT NO.

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POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE
MIDTERMS

NAME: STUDENT NO.:

I. Encircle the best answer:

1. Politics is defined as:
a. The Science of Civil Government
b. Political Affairs in a party sense
c. The art of governing people
d. All of the above
2. It is a relatively large group of people who consider themselves as one and distinct from each other because of common ancestry and history
a. Country
b. Nation
c. State
d. Society
3. It is a people permanently occupying a fixed territory, bound together into one body politic by common subjection to some definite authority, exercising, through the medium of an
organized government, a control over all persons and things within its territory, capable of maintaining relations of peace and war and free from external control
a. Country
b. Nation
c. State
d. Society
4. The concept of nation is basically ethnic/racial or cultural concept, while that of state is:
a. Constitutional
b. Political
c. Social
d. All of the above
5. It is the smallest state in terms of population:
a. Vatican
b. Singapore
c. Taiwan
d. Rome
6. The powers of the government are held and exercised by specific persons or group of persons known as:
a. Executive
b. Constitutional Convention
c. Congress
d. Administration
7. A form of government that has been established in accordance with its constitution and enjoys the general support of the people:
a. Popular government
b. De jure government
c. De facto government
d. None of the above
8. A form of government where the control of the national and local affairs is exercised by the central government
a. Democratic
b. Parliamentary
c. Presidential
d. Unitary
9. A form of government where the president is head of state while the Prime Minister is the head if the government:
a. Democratic
b. Parliamentary
c. Presidential
d. Unitary
10. A form of government that has two (2) sets of organs, one organ takes care of the local affairs while the other takes care of national affairs:
a. Parliamentary
b. Unitary
c. Presidential
d. Federal
11. It is the Supreme power of the state by virtue of which it can command and enforce obedience to its will from the people within its jurisdiction
a. Constitution
b. Expropriation
c. Political Power
d. Sovereignty
12. Refers to a state where one person exercises sovereignty
a. Democracy
b. Oligarchs
c. Monarchy
d. Anarchy
13. Refers to a state where political power is exercised by the privileged class
a. Democracy
b. Oligarchs
c. Monarchy
d. Anarchy
14. Refers to the right of the state over everything within its territory
a. Right to exist
b. Right to property and domain
c. Right of jurisdiction
d. Right of intercourse with other states
15. This refer to the power of guardianship over persons who are unable to take care of themselves or protect themselves
a. Parens Patriae
b. Non Sui Juris
c. Loco Parentis
d. Ad Infinitum
16. This refers to the principle that there can be no legal right against the authority which makes the law on which the right depends
a. Sovereignty
b. Doctrine of State Immunity from Suit
c. Police Power
d. Parens Patriae
17. This is the most pervasive of all state powers, the least limitable and the most demanding among the powers
a. Sovereignty
b. Taxation
c. Eminent Domain
d. Police Power
18. This refers to the power of the state to acquire private property for public purpose upon payment of just compensation
a. Sovereignty
b. Taxation
c. Eminent Domain
d. Police Power
19. What constitutes just compensation is decided by
a. President
b. Court
c. Congress
d. Local Government
20. This measure should originate from the House of Representatives
a. Regulatory Law
b. Tax Law
c. Criminal Law
d. International Law
21. This is paid for privilege of doing something but this is revocable\
a. Business Tax
b. License Fee
c. Registration Fee
d. Income Tax
22. This refers to the power by which the state raises revenue to defray the necessary expenses of the government
a. Sovereignty
b. Taxation
c. Eminent Domain
d. Police Power
23. This refers to the power of the state to take property which is noxious or intended for noxious purposes and thus eventually destroyed.
a. Sovereignty
b. Taxation
c. Eminent Domain
d. Police Power
24. This refers to the power of the state to regulate liberty and property
a. Sovereignty
b. Taxation
c. Eminent Domain
d. Police Power
25. This refers to the power of the state which may be exercised by private entities.
a. Sovereignty
b. Taxation
c. Eminent Domain
d. Police Power

II. Identification
1. There are the four (4) constituent elements of a state:
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________
d.___________________________________________________ ________
2. These three (3) comprises the territory of a state:
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. __________________________________________________________
c. __________________________________________________________
3. These are the three (3)branches of the government:
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
4. These are the three (3) fundamental powers of the State:
a. ___________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________
c. ___________________________________________________________
5. These are the two (2) limitations on the exercise of the Power of Taxation
a.
b.

III. True or False

____________1. The state has sovereignty and may or may not be subject to external control.
____________2. A state may be composed of one or more nation or people.
____________3. In order to qualify as a state, the population should not be too big so as to make it unmanageable and not be too small so as not to be self-sufficient
____________4. China is the biggest state in terms of population
____________5. Being an archipelago, the Philippines has one of the largest territorial waters
____________6. The state being an ideal person, intangible, invisible and immutable does not need a government as its agent
____________7. In a Presidential government the judiciary has pre-eminence over the two co-equal branches of the government
____________8. A de jure government may be established when an independent government by the inhabitants of a country rise in insurrection against the parent state
____________9. Political power is exercised by a majority of the people in Monarchy
____________10. A state has no right to deal with other states for their mutual help, cooperation and welfare

BONUS
Explain the principle of par in parem non habet imperium

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