Obligations and Contracts Test Bank — Obligations

The following are the requisites of an obligation, except

• Passive and active subject

• Prestation

• Efficient cause

• Demand

The right of the creditor that is enforceable against a definite debtor is

• Real right

• Natural right

• Moral right

• Personal right

Which of the following is a civil obligation? A, X obliges himself to pay Y ₱10,000 on December 30, 2025. B, A is a debtor of B for ₱20,000 due on September 30, 1995. C, The obligation of a husband and wife to observe fidelity. D, The obligation of a catholic to hear mass every Sunday.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Specific performance may not be possible in this civil obligation A, A, a painter, obliges himself to paint the portrait of B on April 9, 2025 B, C, a farmer, obliges himself to give his only cow to D on February 14, 2025 C, E, a veterinarian, obliges himself to give one of his dogs to F on May 1, 2025 D, G, a registrar of deeds, obliges himself to effect registration of H’s parcel of land on February 28, 2025.

• A

• B

• C

• D

The source of obligations which is a rule of conduct, just and obligatory, promulgated by legitimate authorities for common good, benefit and observance

• Contracts

• Quasi-contracts

• Delicts

• Law

A juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do

• Civil obligation

• Natural obligation

• Moral obligation

• Social obligation

They give a right of action to compel their performance

• Civil obligation

• Moral obligation

• Natural obligation

• Social obligation

The obligee has a right to enforce the obligation against the obligor in a court of law

• Civil obligation

• Moral obligation

• Natural obligation

• Social obligation

This is based on equity and justice

• Civil obligation

• Moral obligation

• Natural obligation

• Social obligation

The person in whose favor the obligation is constituted

• Obligor

• Obligee

• Passive subject

• Debtor