1987 Philippine Constitution

1. Which is the fundamental law of the Philippines?

• a. Bill of Rights

• b. Civil Criminal Code

• c. Constitution

• d. Ten Commandments

2. Democracy refers to the involvement of all the citizens in the control of government. On the other hand, oligarchy delegates control of government to:

• a. the mother country

• b. an autocrat

• c. a religious group

• d. a select few

3. The government wants a piece of private land for a government project. The owner resisted the government’s demand. How may the government own the land?

• a. right of eminent domain

• b. right to government ownership

• c. right of habeas corpus

• d. right of a sovereign over governed

4. Which best describes the division of the Legislature into the Senate and the house of Representatives?

• a. bicameralism

• b. bipartisanship

• c. unicameralism

• d. co-legislative power

5. Which policy of the state provides preferential attention to the welfare of the less fortunate members of Philippine Society?

• a. Criminal Justice

• b. Distributive Justice

• c. Bill of Rights

• d. Social Justice

6. Which is a check on the executive department by the judiciary in the principle of check and balance among branches of the government?

• a. impeachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

• b. Determining the salary of the President and Vice president

• c. Declaring a legislative measure as unconstitutional

• d. declaring an act of the President unconstitutional

7. The fundamental right invoked by filing the “writ of amparo” is __________.

• a. the right to due process

• b. the right to self-defense

• c. the right to be defended by a public attorney

• d. the right to life, liberty and security

8. Which condition contradicts the social justice mandated in the 1987 Constitution?

• a. Sense of dependency among citizens

• b. Creation of economic opportunities for all

• c. Elimination of cultural inequalities

• d. Equitable distribution of wealth

9. 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

10. Relationship by blood is the basis of the acquisition of citizenship under this rule

• A. Jus sanguinis

• B. Jus soli

• C. Naturalization

• D. Voluntary method