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WorksheetsPOLSCI 101
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 29mins
The following statements are true, except:
Politics is a collective activity involving people who accept a common membership or at least knowledge a shared fate.
Politics involves reconciling an initial diversity of views and interests through discussion. Communication is therefore central to politics.
Politics is the science of government which has to do with the regulation of the government of a nation or state.
Political decisions become authoritative policy for a group, binding members to agreements that are implemented by force if necessary.
None of the above.
This Greek philosopher argued that man is by nature a political animal.
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Pythagoras
All statements are true, except:
A government consists of institutions responsible for making collective decisions for society. More narrowly, government refers to the top political level within such institutions.
A government is consists of all organizations charged with reaching and implementing decisions for the community.
The government refers to the highest level of political appointments: to presidents, prime ministers and cabinet members at the apex of power.
The government provides the entire landscape of institutions within which we experience public authority.
According to Aristotle, the classification of governments are the following, except:
Kingship
Aristocracy
Polity
Oligarchy
None of the above
Governance is an old word undergoing a revival in popularity.
True
False
It denotes the activity of making collective decisions, a task in which government institutions may not play a leading, or even any, role.
Governance
Regulation
Statutory Construction
Regime
______ is the currency of politics.
Money
Power
Connection
Law
The following statements are true, except:
Power is the currency of politics.
Without power a government would be as useless as a car without an engine.
Power is the capacity to bring about intended effects.
Power is not synonymous with influence.
The following statements are true, except:
Authority is the right to rule.
Traditional authority is based on piety for what actually, allegedly, or presumably has always existed.
Authority is the same as power.
Power is a collective resource. That means that power is most effective when converted into authority.
According to Weber, the classification of authority are the following, except:
Traditional
Charismatic
Legal-rational
None of the above
The state as a political community formed by a territorial population may be subject to more than one government.
True
False
Under the law, only selected individuals have the right to self-determination.
True
False
The following are the three branches of the government, except:
Executive
Judicial
Administrative
Legislative
The following are the forms of authoritarian rule, except:
Communist state
Fascist state
Personal Despot
Military Government
None of the above
The following statements are true, except:
Totalitarian syndrome is an official ideology aimed at perfecting a new and final state of man kind.
Totalitarian syndrome means that there is only a single ruling party led by a dictator.
Totalitarian syndrome means that there is only limited control and direction of the entire economy.
Totalitarian syndrome means that there is a monopoly of mass media
The following are true implication of rule of law, except:
General
Public
Prospective
Retroactive
Consistent
The following statements are true, except:
The constitution reflects its historic role as the regulator of the state's power over its citizens.
A constitution sets out the formal structure of the state, specifying the power and institutions of central, government and its relationship with other levels.
A constitution without a declaration of rights is not a constitution.
The preamble stipulated within the constitution seeks popular support for the document with a stirring declaration of principle and state policies.
Sovereignty refers to the ultimate source of authority in society. Hence, in the Philippines, it is the people and not the president that will be the final decision-maker in foreign policies.
True
False
The following are the fundamental powers of the state, except:
Judicial Power
Police Power
Eminent Domain
Taxation
This pertains to the state's authority to enact legislation that may interfere with personal liberty or property in order to promote the general welfare.
Judicial Power
Police Power
Eminent Domain
Taxation
This refers to the power of a nation or sovereign state to take or to authorize the taking of private property for a public use without the owner's consent.
Judicial Power
Police Power
Eminent Domain
Taxation
This refers to the power of the state to levy taxes to be use for public purpose.
Levying power
Taxation
Police Power
Eminent Domain
This refers to the power to propose, enact, amend and repeal statutes.
Administrative Power
Judicial Power
Legislative Power
Executive Power
This pertains to the power to enforce and administer laws.
Administrative Power
Judicial Power
Legislative Power
Executive Power
This refers to the power that includes the duty of the courts to settle actual controversies involving rights that are legally demandable and enforceable.
Administrative Power
Judicial Power
Executive Power
Legislative Power
