WorksheetsPhilippine Politics Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
What term pertains to organizations that are private in nature but have public functions or objectives that affect the process of governance?
Civil Society
Governance
Government
State
Which view on politics states that the distinction between 'the political' and 'the 'nonpolitical' coincides with the division between the activities of the state and civil societies?
Politics as power
Politics as public affairs
Politics as art of government
Politics as compromise and consensus
According to this view, to study politics is in essence to study government or the exercise of authority.
Politics as power
Politics as public affairs
Politics as art of government
Politics as compromise and consensus
Active involvement of all affected and interested parties in the decision- making process is the hallmark of this indicator of good governance.
Accountability
Consensus
Equity and inclusiveness
Participatory
This view sees politics to be present in all social activities, the ability to achieve a desired outcome and a struggle over limited resources.
Politics as power
Politics as public affairs
Politics as art of government
Politics as compromise and consensus
What do you call the formal institutions through which a group of people is ruled or governed?
Civil Society
Governance
Government
Politics
According to this characteristic of good governance, every person or group is responsible for their actions most especially when their acts affect public interest.
Accountability
Responsiveness
Rule of Law
Transparency
Which among the choices below refers to the importance of government?
building alliances
maintenance of peace and order
promotion of war
winning elections
What do you call the exercise of power or authority by political leaders for the well-being of their country's citizens or inhabitants and is also based on the realization that the government alone cannot do everything for the people?
Authority
Basic rights
Corruption
Governance
What characteristic of good governance requires that people are open to information regarding decision-making process and the implementation of decisions?
Accountability
Responsiveness
Transparency
Zeal
Which of the following is NOT a key idea of Liberalism?
Fraternity
Freedom
Individualism
Reason
It is the core principle of Liberalism.
Fraternity
Freedom
Individualism
Reason
What key idea of Liberalism is being described in the statement below? It is a desire to ensure that each person is able to act as he or she pleases or chooses.
Fraternity
Freedom
Individualism
Reason
Which is true about the key ideas of Conservatism?
Authority, Consent, Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Tradition
Authority, Equality ,Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Tradition
Authority, Human imperfection, Pragmatism , Property, Tradition
Consent, Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Tradition, Toleration
What belief states that action should be shaped by practical circumstances and practical goals, or simply by 'what works'?
Authority
Freedom
Individualism
Pragmatism
The key idea of Socialism that emphasizes on nurture over nature.
Community
Fraternity
Social Class
Social Equality
The key idea of Conservatism that reflects the accumulated wisdom of the past, institutions and practices that have been 'tested by time', and advocates that it should be preserved.
Laws
Norms
Religion
Tradition
Which is NOT a key idea of liberalism on reason?
Belief in progress and the capacity of human beings to resolve their differences through debate and argument
Belief in the supreme importance of the human
Faith in the ability of individuals to make wise judgments
Individuals as the best judges of their own interests
It is the central value of Socialism.
Fraternity
Freedom
Individualism
Social Equality
A political ideology that prefers cooperation over competition and favors collectivism over individualism.
Communism
Conservatism
Liberalism
Socialism
What type of power is manifested if the target person complies in order to avoid punishments he or she believes are controlled by the agent?
Coercive power
Legitimate power
Referent Power
Reward power
What type of power is employed if the target person complies because he or she believes the agent has the right to make the request and the target person has the obligation to comply?
Coercive power
Legitimate power
Referent Power
Reward power
What consequence of power is considered as desirable outcome because of the trust and emotional pledge that it causes?
Commitment
Compliance
Resistance
Referent Power
This consequence of power means to refuse or to oppose.
Commitment
Compliance
Referent Power
Resistance
This face of power is the ability to influence the desires of another person.
Power as thought control
Power as agenda setting
Power as decision-making
Power as necessity
This face of power involves the ability to set or control the political discourse, thereby preventing issues or proposals from being aired in the first place.
Power as thought control
Power as agenda setting
Power as decision-making
Power as necessity
What type of power was in place if the target person complies because he or she believes that the agent has special knowledge about the best way to do something?
Coercive power
Expert Power
Legitimate power
Reward power
Commitment is most likely to be the consequence when the type of powers employed are ____________ and ____________.
legitimate and referent
reward and legitimate
expert and legitimate
referent and expert
Through legitimate power, compliance with the order may occur if it is perceived to be within the leader's scope of what?
authority
close relationship
expertise
reward
What type of power will be most suitable if the objective is preventing behavior that is harmful to the society and well-being of the people such as illegal and violent activities?
Coercive power
Expert Power
Legitimate power
Reward power
