Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division of Ilocos Sur
SOLOTSOLOT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
300081
PHILIPPINE POLITICS & GOVERNANCE
3rd Quarter, 2nd Semester
SUMMATIVE TEST # 1
NAME: ____________________________________ SECTION: ________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the following items carefully. Encircle the letter of your choice. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES
1. It refers to the exercise of control within society through the making and enforcement of collective decisions.
a. Civil Society c. Government
b. Governance d. Politics
2. Indicator of good governance wherein the most vulnerable ones are taken into consideration.
a. Accountability c. Participatory
b. Equity and inclusiveness d. Transparency
3. How did Aristotle view politics?
a. Politics as compromise is preferable to violence
b. Politics is closely associated with the activities of politicians.
c. Politics does not infringe upon ‘personal’ affairs and institutions.
d. Politics allows human beings to have an attempt in improving their lives and create the Good Society.
4. What view about politics stresses the statement: Conflict resolution is at the heart of politics?
a. Politics as power c. Politics as art of government
b. Politics as public affairs d. Politics as compromise and consensus
5. If you are studying politics, you are studying the government. Two aspects are under this setting: one is on the
personnel of the government, while the other aspect is on what?
a. Civil Society c. Machinery of government
b. Government policies d. Officials of government
6. What do you call the formal institutions through which a group of people is ruled or governed?
a. Civil Society c. Government
b. Governance d. Politics
7. According to this characteristic of good governance, every person or group is responsible for their actions most
especially when their acts affect public interest.
a. Accountability c. Rule of Law
b. Responsiveness d. Transparency
8. Which among the choices below refers to the importance of government?
a. building alliances c. promotion of war
b. maintenance of peace and order d. winning elections
9. 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?
a. Authority c. Corruption
b. Basic rights d. Governance
10. What characteristic of good governance requires that people are open to information regarding decision-making
process and the implementation of decisions?
a. Accountability c. Transparency
b. Responsiveness d. Zeal
11. What term pertains to organizations that are private in nature but have public functions or objectives that affect the
process of governance?
a. Civil Society c. Government
b. Governance d. State
12. 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?
a. Politics as power c. Politics as art of government
b. Politics as public affairs d. Politics as compromise and consensus
13. According to this view, to study politics is in essence to study government or the exercise of authority.
a. Politics as power c. Politics as art of government
b. Politics as public affairs d. Politics as compromise and consensus
14. Active involvement of all affected and interested parties in the decision-making process is the hallmark of this
indicator of good governance.
a. Accountability c. Equity and inclusiveness
b. Consensus d. Participatory
15. This view sees politics to be present in all social activities, the ability to achieve a desired outcome and a struggle
over limited resources.
a. Politics as power c. Politics as public affairs
b. Politics as art of government d. Politics as compromise and consensus
16. It refers to a system of belief about how society should function, behave, and operate.
a. Ideology c. Psychology
b. Philosophy d. Theology
17. Which of the following is NOT a function of political ideology?
a. It creates laws in order to achieve a perfect society.
b. It offers an account of existing order by examining what works and what does not work.
c. It outlines how political change or the desired social order can be achieved.
d. It provides a model of a desired social order, a vision of Good Society
18. It is the set of political beliefs emphasizing individual rights and liberties.
a. Conservatism c. Socialism
b. Liberalism d. None of the above
19. What set of political beliefs emphasizes preservation of customs and traditions that define the character of a
society?
a. Conservatism c. Socialism
b. Liberalism d. None of these
20. Which of the following describes a set of political beliefs emphasizing community and social equality?
a. Conservatism c. Socialism
b. Liberalism d. None of these
21. Which of the following is NOT a key idea of Liberalism?
a. Fraternity c. Individualism
b. Freedom d. Reason
22. It is the core principle of Liberalism.
a. Fraternity c. Individualism
b. Freedom d. Reason
23. 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.
a. Fraternity c. Individualism
b. Freedom d. Reason
24. Which is true about the key ideas of Conservatism?
a. Authority, Consent, Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Tradition
b. Authority, Equality, Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Tradition
c. Authority, Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Property, Tradition
d. Consent, Human imperfection, Pragmatism, Tradition, Toleration
25. What belief states that action should be shaped by practical circumstances and practical goals, or simply by “what
works”?
a. Authority c. Individualism
b. Freedom d. Pragmatism
26. The key idea of Socialism that emphasizes on nurture over nature.
a. Community c. Social Class
b. Fraternity d. Social Equality
27. 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.
a. Laws c. Religion
b. Norms d. Tradition
28. Which is NOT a key idea of liberalism on reason?
a. Belief in progress and the capacity of human beings to resolve their differences through debate
and argument.
b. Belief in the supreme importance of the human.
c. Faith in the ability of individuals to make wise judgments.
d. Individuals as the best judges of their own interests.
29. It is the central value of Socialism.
a. Fraternity c. Individualism
b. Freedom d. Social Equality
30. A political ideology that prefers cooperation over competition and favors collectivism over individualism.
a. Communism c. Liberalism
b. Conservatism d. Socialism
Prepared by:
Kennedy F. Vagay
Student’s Signature: ______________ Parent’s Signature: _______________
Date Accomplished: ______________
Key for Correction:
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. D
15. A
16. A
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. C
21. D
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. D
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. D
30. D
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region 1
Schools Division of Ilocos Sur
SOLOTSOLOT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Table of Specifications
Philippine Politics and Governance
Quarter 3 Summative Test 1
Learning Domains No. of Adjusted # %
Competency Items of Items
R U Ap An E C
Explain the concept, 1,5, 6, 2, 3, 10, 9, 14, 15 15 50%
relationship and 7, 11, 4, 8, 12,
importance of 13,
politics, governance, 15
and government.
Differentiate the 16, 18, 23, 27, 17, 28 15 15 50%
political ideologies 19, 20, 25, 24,
21, 22,
26, 29,
30
TOTAL 14 8 3 3 2 0 30 30 100%
% 46.67 26.67 10% 10% 6.67% 0 100% 30 100%
% %
Prepared by: Checked by:
KENNEDY F. VAGAY NIÑA MAY P. ARROCENA
Subject Teacher Master Teacher I
Noted by: Approved by:
LEILANI R. SARMIENTO VILMA P. AVILA
Head Teacher III School Principal II
