Post Test in Social Science: C. Police Power

POST TEST IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
1. It is the power of the State to regulate individual’s rights and behavior for the
general welfare.
a. Power of expropriation
b. Power of Taxation
c. Police Power
d. Military power
2. A body of rules and maxims in accordance with which the power of sovereignty is
habitually exercised.
a. Republic Act
b. Constitution
c. Presidential Decree
d. Jurisprudence
3. The Philippine territorial jurisdiction comprises of the following except
a. Ancestral
b. Terrestrial
c. Fluvial
d. Aerial
4. Which of the following violates the separation of the church and the state principle
enshrined in the Philippine Constitution?
a. Minister or priest running for public office
b. priests joining street demonstrations
c. Church endorsements of politicians during elections
d. Donating public fund for church expenses
5. When a person is compelled to answer questions even if it may subject him or her to
criminal prosecution, what constitutional right is violated?
a. Double jeopardy
b. self-incrimination
c. due process
d. judicial right
6. A writ ordering a person who detained another to produce the body and bring it
before a judge or court to determine whether the detention is lawful or not.
a. Writ of Amparo
b. Writ of Habeas Corpus
c. The Writ of Prohibition
d. Writ of Habeas data
7. Two years ago, Juan Dela Cruz committed an act which was not yet considered
illegal. When the said act was criminalized the following year, he was charged to
court and subsequently imprisoned. Which constitutional provision was violated?
a. Bill of Attainder
b. Ex Post Facto
c. Double Jeopardy
d. Due Process
8. Relationship by blood is the basis of the acquisition of citizenship under this rule
a. Jus sanguini
b. Jus soli
c. Naturalization
d. Voluntary method
9. A senator is disqualified to serve for more than ___ consecutive terms.
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
10. In which form of government does power or authority resides in a few persons who
govern for their own interest?
a. Monarchy
b. Democracy
c. Oligarchy
d. Parliamentary
11. The Philippine legislature is divided into two major bodies, the Senate and the House
of Representatives. Which among the following best describes this division of the
legislative body of the country?
a. Bicameralism
b. Bipartisanism
c. Co-legislative power
d. Unicameralism
12. Which is not true about Parliamentary system?
a. Executive and legislative branches are merged into one.
b. Prime minister is the executive leader
c. Prime minister has term limits
d. The Parliament has the power to make and execute laws
13. With the Batasang Pambansa performing legislative and executive powers in the
Macos regime, which form of government was implemented?
a. Dictatorial
b. Parliamentary
c. Presidential
d. Monarchial
14. What characteristics of government was established by the 1987 Constitution?
I. Parliamentary system of government
II. Presidential system of government with three branches
III. The three branches of government have a check and balance over one
another.
IV. The three branches of government are separate and independent of one
another.
a. I only
b. II only
c. II, III, and IV only
d. I, III, and IV
15. Which refers to the act of the president to stay the execution of a convict?
a. Reprieve
b. Clemency
c. Pardon
d. Commutation
16. The final arbiter of all legal disputes
a. Sandiganbayan
b. Ombudsman
c. Court of Appeals
d. Supreme Court
17. Every right has a built-in duty. Which of the following illustrates this correctly?
a. My right to privacy requires my neighbor to respect it.
b. I have the right to sell you may cellphone but it is your duty to pay for it.
c. I have the right to drive my car but I must see to it that I obey traffic rules .
d. I have the right to vote and it is the duty of the COMELEC to allow me to vote.
18. The Constitutional Commissions which shall be independent from the three
branches of government are the following, except:
a. Commission on Appointments
b. Civil Service Commission
c. Commission on Elections
d. Commission on Audit
19. Despite strong protestations from Mang Jose, the government took away his private
property for public use upon payment to him or just compensation. What power of
the state was implemented in the particular case?
a. Police power
b. Power of eminent domain
c. Power of taxation
d. Absolute power of the state
20. The following are the followed principles about the Executive, Judiciary and
Legislative branches of the Philippine government except one.
a. They are co-equal bodies
b. They have separation of powers
c. Each branch has check and balance power over the others
d. Equity of budget appropriations
21. Trade-offs are required because needs are unlimited and resources are:
a. Marginal
b. Scarce
c. Unlimited
d. Short
22. Gross Domestic Product is the sum of the market value of the:
a. Manufactured goods
b. Intermediate goods
c. Inferior goods and services
d. Final goods and services
23. Children learn how to open a coconut and other common chores in a coconut farm.
In this instance culture is transmitted by:
a. Acculturation
b. Immersion
c. Assimilation
d. Enculturation
24. When one company controls the supply of sugar, which term applies?
a. Equilibrium
b. Monopoly
c. Economic stability
d. Inflation
25. The world is suffering from recession and so nations are experiencing the following
EXCEPT:
a. Production is slowing down
b. People are losing their jobs
c. Business are raking bigger profits
d. There is a drop in total spending
26. Factor of production that includes all resources found on land and on the sea
a. Capital
b. Land
c. Labor
d. Entrepreneur
27. You have to take extra care when you critique the work of a Filipino. Your negative
comment may be mistaken to be an attack against his/her person. Upon which
Filipino trait is this advise based?
a. Adaptability
b. Sakop mentality
c. Bayahihan spirit
d. Extreme personalism
28. Which among the following represents a detrimental aspect of the Philippine culture
and society?
a. Ningas cogon
b. Amor propio
c. Delicadeza
d. Palabra de honor
29. If one agrees with Rizal on the best way to redeem our country, what would he do?
a. Work for quality education for all
b. Campaign for more foreign investors
c. Attract tourists to come to the country
d. Do advocacy for health programs to get the biggest share in the national budget
30. Tomatoes are off season and so price for tomatoes is up. Which law/principle in
economics explains it?
a. Law of cause and effect
b. Substitution effect
c. Law of supply and demand
d. Principle of marginal utility
31. What results when the government spends more than what it collects in the form of
taxes?
a. Fiscal overspending
b. Fiscal deficit
c. Erroneous appropriations
d. Excessive allotment
32. Upon which is based the claim that there is no single universal standard to be used
to judge any culture based?
a. Culture shock
b. Cultural diversity
c. Ethical relativism
d. Cultural relativism
33. The market value of all the goods and services produced in the country in a given
period
a. Gross National Product
b. Per Capita GDP
c. Gross Domestic Product
d. Per Capita GNP
34. Sustained and general increase in prices in all or nearly all the markets in the
economy.
a. Deplation
b. Interest rate
c. Inflation
d. Purchasing power of peso
35. This idea explains that self-interest based voluntary exchanges in the market can
make everyone better off even if those decisions were not intended to accomplish
that result.
a. Invisible hand argument
b. Laissez faire policy
c. The rule of the nature
d. Homo economicus
36. Which of the following are complimentary goods?
a. Car and gasoline
b. Coffee and tea

c. Pencil and ball pen
d. Jeepney and bus
37. Consumers buy more of a product at relatively low prices than at relatively high
prices.
a. Law of supply
b. Substitution effect
c. Law of demand
d. Income effect
38. This is the name given by the Spaniards to our country when they arrived in the
islands of Samar on March 17, 1521.
a. Archipelago of San Lazarus
b. Ladrones Islands
c. Felipinas
d. Santisimo Nombre de Jesus
39. The event that implicated the the three Filipino priests Burgos, Gomez and Zamora
which resulted to their execution was the:
a. Dagohoy revolt
b. Cavite Mutiny
c. Cry of Pugadlawin
d. Discovery of Katipunan
40. As per the agreement in the Pact of Biac-na-Bato, Emilio Aguinaldo and other
leaders of the revolutionary government were to go into exile in:
a. Guam
b. Hongkong
c. Singapore
d. Dapitan
41. The Thomasites who taught in Philippine schools in the early part of American
colonization were:
a. Trained American teachers
b. American soldiers
c. American government officials
d. American protestant ministers
42. The Americans promised to train Filipinos for self-government. This was realized
with the establishment of this government where all the officials both elected and
appointed were Filipinos and they were supervised for a ten-year period by an
American High Commissioner
a. Republican Government
b. Commonwealth Government
c. Civil Government
d. Federal Government
43. It took Jose Rizal three years to write his second novel El Filibusterismo before it
came off the press on September 18, 1891. In what place in Europe was it
published?
a. Brussels, Belgium
b. Barcelona, Spain
c. Heidelberg, Germany
d. Ghent, Belgium
44. What is the correct chronological order of the following events in Philippine history?
I. Pact of Biac-na-Bato
II. Treaty of Paris
III. Balangiga Massacre
IV. Declaration of Independence in Kawit, Cavite
a. I, IV, II, III
b. I, II, III, IV
c. II, I, III, IV
d. IV, III, II, I
45. The first elected Speaker of the House of the Philippine Assembly.
a. Manuel Quezon
b. Manuel Roxas
c. Sergio Osmeña Sr.
d. Claro M. Recto
46. The theory that population increases by geometrical ratio while means of
subsistence increases by arithmetical ratio is attributed to:
a. Malthus
b. Aristotle
c. Marx
d. Durkheim
47. Who was the American president who proclaimed the Benevolent Assimilation
policy during the American colonial years of the Philippines?
a. Theodore Roosevelt
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Franklin Roosevelt
d. William Mckinley
48. With whom is the Strong Republic associated?
a. Ferdinand Marcos
b. Joseph Estrada
c. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
d. Fidel Ramos
49. He became president of the United Nations General Assembly
a. Manuel L. Quezon
b. Pedro Paterno
c. Claro M. Recto
d. Carlos P. Romulo
50. The Japanese successful invasion was climaxed by the surrender of the joint Filipino-
American forces on May 6, 1942. Where did this happen?
a. Manila
b. Capas
c. Corregidor
d. Bataan

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