WorksheetsNature and Effects of Obligations 2
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
The rule of law :
the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and no one is above the law.
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land and the Supreme Court upholds the Constitution.
the Supreme Court is the supreme law of the land and no one is above the law.
the Bill of Rights is the supreme law of the land and immigrants are not accountable for violating it.
Which of the following is an obligation of citizenship?
being informed about issues
volunteering for public service
voting in elections
paying taxes
What would be the most likely consequence to society if citizens began refusing to fulfill their citizenship responsibilities?
People would face the threat of losing their individual rights and freedoms.
People would have more free time because they would have fewer social obligations.
People would benefit from the direction of strong leaders who would guard their freedoms.
People would find that society was able to look after itself with the help of civic participation.
Members of a local teen center are disappointed with a state law that would create a curfew. The curfew would make it illegal for children to be out of their homes after 10:00 pm. Which of these actions would be a good way for the members of the teen center to oppose this law?
stay out at night and break the law on purpose
ignore the law and pretend they never heard about it
convince people to sign a petition against the law
hold a car wash to raise money for the teen center
Which example is NOT a responsibility of citizenship?
volunteering in the community
attending civic meetings
voting in elections
paying taxes
Which type of service project would help promote the common good?
planning a neighborhood recycling program
participating in a neighborhood party
completing homework on time
visiting public libraries
Activities citizens must do are called . . .
rights.
responsibilities.
obligations.
common good.
"Suffrage" is . . .
the right to vote.
the right to a trial by a jury of peers.
the right to petition the government.
registering for selective service.
Activities citizens should do are called . . .
rights.
responsibilities.
obligations.
petitions.
Every person obliged to give something is also obliged to take care of it with the proper diligence of a good father of a family, unless the law or the stipulation of the parties requires another standard of care.
Article 1170
Article 1164
Article 1163
Article 1165
“Something” in the provision refers to an obligation involving a ________specific or determinate thing.
specification thing
determinate thing
indeterminate thing
generic thing
A generic or indeterminate thing refers only to a _____ to which it pertains and cannot be pointed out with particularity
kind
genius
type
class
•The creditor has a right to the fruits of the thing from the time the obligation to deliver it arises. However, he shall acquire no real right over it until the same has been delivered to him.
Article 1163
Article 1164
Article 1165
Article 1166
________ are the spontaneous products of the soil, and the young and other products of animals
Personal fruits
Civil fruits
Industrial fruits
Natural fruits
________ is the right or power of a person (creditor) to demand from the another (debtor), as a definite passive subject, the fulfillment of the latter’s obligation to give, to do, or not to do
Real right
constitutional right
judicial right
personal right
________ is the right or interest of a person over a specific thing (like ownership, possession, mortgage), without a definite passive subject against whom the right may be personally enforced.
personal right
constitutional
real right
legal right
When what is to be delivered is a determinate thing, the creditor, in addition to the right granted him by Article 1170, may compel the debtor to make the delivery
Article 1163
Article 1164
Article 1165
Article 1166
In an obligation to deliver a determinate thing, the very thing itself must be delivered
Article 1244
Article 1245
Article 1246
Article 1246
It should be clear, however, that the law _______ mean that the creditor can use force or violence upon the debtor
does
will
does not
will not
A generic real obligation can be performed by ____ person since the object is expressed only according to its family or genus.
a first
a second
a third
a fourth
The obligation to give a determinate thing includes that of delivering all its accessions and accessories, even though they may not have been mentioned.
Article 1163
Article 1164
Article 1165
Article 1166
______ are the fruits of a thing or additions to or improvements upon a thing
Accessories
Ascensions
Accessions
Accessions
_________ are things joined to or included with the principal thing for the latter’s embellishment, better use, or completion
Accessories
Ascencions
Accessiories
Accessions
If a person obliged to do something fails to do it, the same shall be executed at his cost
Article 1164
Article 1165
Article 1166
Article 1167
When the obligation consists in not doing, and the obligor does what has been forbidden him, it shall also be undone at his expense.
Article 1166
Article 1167
Article 1168
Article 1169
In an obligation not to do, the duty of the obligor is to abstain from an act. Here, there is no specific performance. The very obligation is fulfilled in not doing what is forbidden. Hence, in this kind of obligation the debtor cannot be guilty of ________.
neglect
delay
non-compliance
Those obliged to deliver or to do something incur in delay from the time the obligee judicially or extra-judicially demands from them the fulfillment of their obligation
Article 1166
Article 1167
Article 1168
Article 1169
In ________ obligations, neither party incurs in delay if the other does not comply or is not ready to comply in a proper manner with what is incumbent upon him. From the moment one of the parties fulfills his obligation, delay by the other begins.
reverse
inverse
reciprocal
retrograde
_________the delay on the part of the creditor to accept the performance of the obligation
Mora solvendi
Mora accipiendi
Compensation Morae
In _______ the effect is the delay of the obligor cancels the delay of the obligee and vice versa
mora solvendi
mora accipiendi
compensation morae
