BLR
BLR
TRUE OR FALSE
T 1. A partnership maybe constituted in any form.
F 2. A partnership may be constituted in any form, save when immovable property or
real rights are contributed thereto or when the partnership has a capital of below
P3,000, in which case a public instrument shall be necessary.
F 3.Associations and societies, whose articles are kept secret among the members, and
wherein any one of the members may contract in his own name with third persons,
shall also have juridical personality.
F 4.Immovable property to be acquired must be in the name of the partnership but if
conveyed, it is not necessary that it be in the partnership name.
T 5.An inventory is still required if aside from real property,personal property is
contributed.
T 6.The sharing of gross returns does not of itself establish a partnership, except when
the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in any property
from which the returns are derived.
T 7. If a person receives a share in the profits of a business, he is a prima facie
presumed to be a partner in business.
T 8. In partnership, there is co-ownership and co-possession of partnership property.
F 9.Partnerships with a capital of P3,000.00 or more must register with the
SEC.Registration requirement is mandatory.
F 10.The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is conclusive
evidence that he is a partner in the business.
F 11. A general partner is liable only to the extent of his contribution while a limited
partner is liable beyond his contribution.
T 12. An oral contract of partnership is as good as a written one.
T 13. The right to choose with whom a person wishes to associate himself is the very
foundation and essence of that partnership.
T. 14. An unjustified dissolution by a partner can subject him to action for damages.
F 15. When an unlawful partnership is dissolved by a judicial decree,the profits shall
not be confiscated in favor of the State.
T. 16.A partnership must have a lawful object or purpose, and must be established for
the common benefit or interest of the partners.
F 17. Where an immovable property is contributed in a partnership a private
instrument shall be necessary.
F 18. Articles of universal partnership, entered into without specification of its nature,
only constitute a universal partnership of all present property.
T 19. Persons who are prohibited from giving each other any donation or advantage
cannot enter into universal partnership.
T 20.Co-ownership or co-possession does not in itself establisha partnership.except
when such co-owners or co-possession share in the profits made by the use of the
property.
18.In the preceding problem,suppose the hiring of K was decided upon by A and
D.but was opposed by B and C,whose decision shall prevail?
a. The decmanaging partner and the hiring is an act of administration.
b. That of A and D because is also a capitalist partner.
c. The decision of B and C because in case of tie in the decision of managing partners,
that of the controlling interest shall prevail.
d.The decision of A and B because they are the managing partners.
19. Those who contribute money or property and industry or both money, property the
common fund. Industrial partner
b.Capitalist partner
c. General-limited partne
d. Capitalist-industrial partner
20. X and Y verbally agreed read to form a contract of partnership 18 months from
today,each one to contribute P15,000.At the arrival of the said date,if one refuses to
go ahead with the agreement, can the other enforce the agreement?
a. Yes,since the agreement is to be enforced after one year from the
making thereof. To be enforceable.
b. Yes,because the prior agreement was voluntarily made.
c .No,because the agreement was merely verbal.
d.Yes,because the contract of partnership is not governed by the Statute of Frauds.
21.Those who contribute only their industry or labor to the common fund.
a. Capitalist partner
b. General partner
c. Industrial partner
d. Limited partner
22.Those who takes charge of the winding up or liquidation of the partnership affas
after dissolution.
a.Ostensible partner
b. Liquidating partner
C.Secret partner
d.Dormant partner
23.A,B,and C formed a partnership.They contributed P250,000 each.They also agreed
on equal distribution of profit. After 5 years of operation however,C conveys her
whole interest in the partnership to D,without knowledge and consent of A and B. Is
the partnership dissolved?
a. The partnership is not dissolved because the assignment made by C of his whole
interest was with terest was without the knowledge and consent of A nd B.
b.The partnership was dissolved because the assignee, D automatically becomes a
new partner.
C.It is dissolved since C has ceased to be a partner because of the whole interest to D.
d. The partnership is not dissolved because the conveyance of a partner's interest in
the partnership does not of itself dissolve the partnership.
24. Based on the preceding problem:
a. D can participate in the management of the partnership.
b. D can inspect the books because he is a partner and therefore thereis a fiduciary
relationship.
C.D cannot inspect the books.
d.D can take part in the control of the business.
25.Still based on the said problem:
a. If A and B want to dissolve the partnership. C as a partner need not
consent thereto because he had assigned his interest to D.
b. D may ask the court for its dissolution being the assignee of c
interest in the partnership.
c.A. B and C may dissolve the partnership even without the consentel
d. A.Band C can ask for judicial dissolution of the partnership.
MULTIPLE CHOICE PART II
1. A,B,C and E are partners. They contributed to the capital as follows: A -P50,000;B-
P100,000;C-P150,000;and E as the industrial partner, his services. The partnership
obligation tooutsiders exceeds the total net assets by P200,000.Who and by how much
will the partners be liable for the payment of the P200,000?
a. A-zero;B-zero;C-zero;E-zero
b. A-P33,333;B-P 66,666;C-P100,000;E-zero
c. A-P45,000; B-P 45, 000; C-P55,000;E-55,000
d. A-P50,000;B-P 50,000;C-P50,500;E P50,000
2. A is a capitalist partner and B the industrial one. A engaged personallyin the same
kind of business as that of the partnership:
a. If there are losses, the partnership will bear the losses.
b. If there are profits, they will be shared by A and the partnership.
C. If there are profits, A shall give them to the partnership.
d. A may be excluded from the partnership with liability for damages.
3. Suppose in the preceding problem, B engages in business on his own account but
different from that of the partnership.
a. If there are profits, B and the partnership shall share equally.
b. B may be excluded from the partnership with damages.
c. If there are losses, B and the partnership shall equally share.
d B may be excluded from the partnership but without damages.
4. Those who contribute money or property and industry or both money property and
industry to the common fund.
a. Industrial partners
b. General partners
C. Limited partners
d. Capitalist-industrial partners
5. Those who contribute only their industry or labor to the common fund
a. Industrial partners
b. Capitalist-industrial partners
c. General partners
d. Limited partners
6. A and B are capitalist partners while C is an industrial partner.Both A and B
equally contributed P50, 000. A contractual liability in favor of X was incurred in the
amount of P150, 000. After exhausting partnership assets,there is a balance
recoverable from:
a. Aand Bonly
b. A,Band C
c. A,B and C and C can get reimbursement from A and B.
d. Band Conly.
7. The following are the remedies of capitalist partners against an industrial partner
who engaged in business for himself:
I. The capitalist partners may exclude the industrial partner from the partnership plus
damages.
II.The capitalist partners may avail themselves of the benefits which the industrial
partner may have obtained plus damages.
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
8. A, B and C are partners in a partnership with each contributing P100, 000 each. D
is admitted as a new partner with a contribution of P50, 000. At the time of his
admission, the partnership has a pre-existing obligation to E in the amount of P150,
000.
a. D is not liable to E for this obligation incurred when he was not yet a partner.
b. D is liable up to P50,000.
c. D is liable up to P25,000.
d. D is liable up to P16,667.
9. Who can demand true and full information?
a. Any partner
b. Legal representative of any deceased partner
C. Legal representative of any partner under legal disability
d. All of the above
10. A and B are capitalist partners while C is an industrial partner. There is no
agreement as to the profits and losses.The partnership realized profit in the amount of
P150, 000. The share of C in the profits shall be:
a. Aand B will determine C's share in the profits.
b. Just and equitable under the circumstances.
c. C's share shall be P150,000.
d. Pro rata to his contributed capital.
11. Suppose instead of profit, the partnership suffered loss in the same amount of
P150,000, the share of the capitalist partners in the loss shall be:
a. In accordance to their profit sharing agreement.
b. In accordance with their loss sharing agreement.
c. In proportion to their capital contribution.
d. Equally among them.
12. With still the same facts, as industrial partner, the share of C in the los shall be:
a. Just and equitable under the circumstances.
b. As agreed upon by the partners before the loss was realized.
c. In proportion to his capital contribution.
d. None,he being an industrial partner.
13. The following are the rights of an assignee, except:
a. To receive the profits to which the assigning partner would otherwise be entitled;
b. In case of dissolution, the assignee may require an account from the date of
liquidation.
C.In case of fraud in the management of the partnership, the assignee may avail
himself of the usual remedies provided by law;
d. In case of dissolution, to receive the assignor's interest; and
14. A and B are partners with A as the managing partner.C owes A P100,000 and the
partnership P300, 000 which are now both due. A issued a receipt for the payment of
C in the amount of P100,000 in his own name. The payment shall be applied to:
a. The partnership credit totally.
b. The credit of A only since the receipt is in his name.
c. The payments shall be applied proportionately to both credits.
d. The payment shall be applied equally in both credits.
15. Arises if all the partners consented to the misrepresentation of a third person who
is not a real partner. This creates a partnership obligation.
a. General partnership
b. Limited partnership
c. Partnership by estoppel
d. None of the above
16. This is the order of priority in general partnership liabilities:
a.Outside creditors, creditor partner, partner's capital, partner' proft.
b. Outside creditors, creditor partner, partner's profit,partner' capital.
c. Creditor partner, Outside creditor, partner's profit, partner's capital
d. Creditor partner, Outside creditor, partner's capital, partner's profit
17. The following are obligations of partners, except:
a .To give their promised contribution.
b. To account and hold as trustee for any profits derived without the consent of the
other partners.
c. To engage in any business which is of the kind in which the partnership is engaged.
d. Not to convert partnership money to their own use.
18.The following are obligations of partners,except:
a.Obligation to share with the other partners the share of the partnership credit which
they have received from an insolvent partnership debtor.
b. Obligation of a managing partner to credit to the partnership the payment made by
a debtor who owes them and the partnership.
c. Not to engage in any business which is of the kind in which the partnership is
engaged.
d. Pay for damages suffered by the partnership without their fault.
19. The following are the rights of partners.except:
a. Right to ask for the dissolution of the partnership at the proper time.
b. Right to have access to and inspect and copy partnership books on Sundays and
holidays.
c. Right to demand a formal account.
d. Right to associate with another person in their share.
20.The following are the rights of partners,except:
a. Appraisal right
b. Rights in specific partnership property
c. Interest in the partnership
d. Right to participate in the management
21. A,B and C formed a commercial partnership. D represented himself as a partner in
the partnership to E who, on the belief of such representation, extended credit of P50,
000 to the partnership. Assuming only B and C consented to such representation, who
shall be liable to E?
a. B,C and D are partners by estoppels and thus, are liable to E.
b. Only partners A. B and C are liable to E for the benefit extended to them.
c. Only D who made the representation is liable to E.
d. All of A, B.C,and D are liable because of partnership liability for the credit
extended to the partnership by E.
22. A,B and C are general partners in ABC partnership.X is a debtor to the partnership
in the amount of P180,000.A received from the debtor X the sum of P60, 000 and
issued a receipt identifying the amount collected as P60.000.
a. A cannot be compelled to share the P60,000 with Band C.
b. A can be compelled to share with Band C their P60,000.
c. B and C should automatically sue X to collect the P120,000.
d. B and C can deduct from the capital of A their share of P60,000.
23. It is one where it will exist until the purpose is accomplished.
a. Partnership with a fixed term
b. Partnership at will
C.Partnership for a particular undertaking
d. None of the above
24.Three of the following are property rights of a partner.Which is not?
a. Right to specific partnership property.
b. Right to participate in the management.
c. Right to demand formal accounting of partnership affairs.
d. Interest of the partner in the partnership
25.A partnership that does not fix its term.
a. Partnership with a fixed term
b. Partnership for a particular undertaking
C. Partnership at will
d. None of the above
CHAPTER 3-DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A partnership is dissolved.except:
a. Death of a partner
b. Insolvency of a partner or of the partnership
C. Partnership business can only be carried on at a loss.
d. Partnership business has become unlawful.
2.1.The transfer by a partner of his partnership interest does not make the assignee of
such interest a partner of the firm, nor entitle the assigneet: interfere in the
management of the partnership business or to receive anything except the assignee's
profits.
I1.Generally understood to mean an organization formed for somt temporary
purpase.a joint venture is likened to a particular partnership
a. Onlyl is correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
3.I.As a rule,when a partnership is dissolved,any of the partners can bind the
partnership.
II.Where the dissolution is caused by the act,death or insolvency of a partner, each
partner is liable to his co-partners for his share of any liability created by any partner
acting for the partnership as if the partnership had not been dissolved.
a. Onlyl is correct
b. Only ll is correct
C Both are true
d. Both are false
4.I The dissolution of the partnership discharges the existing liability of any partner.
II. The individual property of a deceased partner shall be liable for all obligations of
the partnership incurred while he was a partner,but subject to the prior payment of his
separate debts.
a. Onlyl is correct
b. Only ll is correct
c Both are true
d. Both are false
5. In extra-judicial liquidation,the following will wind-up the partnership. except:
a. The managing partner who has the controlling interest.
b. The liquidating partner or partners as agreed upon by all of the partners.
C. The partners who have not wrongfully dissolved the partnership.
D. The legal representative of the last surviving partner who is not insolvent.
6. The following are rights of partner who has not caused dissolution
wrongfully.except:
a .To have the partnership property applied to discharge the liabilities of the
partnership.
b. To have the surplus, if any. applied to pay in cash the net amount owing to the
respective partners.
C.To continue the business in the same name either by themselves or jointly with
others during the agreed term of the partnership and for that purpose may possess the
partnership property.
d. To be indemnified for damages caused by the partner who did not caused the
dissolution wrongfully.
7. If a partner is insolvent, the first in the order of preference in the distribution of his
assets is:
a. Partnership creditors
b. Partner's contribution to the partnership
c. Separate creditors of the partner-debtor
d. Pro-rata between the separate creditors and the partnership creditors.
8. I.The dissolution of the partnership means that the juridical entity was immediately
terminated and that the distribution of the assets to its partners should perfunctorily
follow.
II. The partnership, although dissolved, continues to exist until its termination, at
which time the winding up of its affairs should have been completed and the net
partnership assets are partitioned and distributed to the partners.
a. Onlyl is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
9. The three final stages of a partnership are the following,except:
a. Dissolution
b. Winding-up
c. Termination
d. None of the above
10. I.A universal partnership of present property shall include the profits which the
partners may acquire therewith such as properties to be acquired through
legacy,donation or inheritance.
II. After dissolution, the partners may still enter into contracts in the name of the
dissolved partnership if it is for the purpose of winding up.
a. Only l is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
11. It means the dissociation bya partner, inclusive of resignation a withdrawal,from
the partnership that thereby dissolves it.
a. Dissolution
b.Liquidation
c. Termination
d. Retirement
12.I.The legal personality of the expiring partnership persists for the limited purpose
of winding up and closing of the affairs ofthe partnership.
Il.After dissolution, all the transactions of the partnership should only pertain to
liquidation which will happen over a period of time.
a. Only l is correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
13.Where a partnership contract is rescinded on the ground of fraud or
misrepresentation of one of the parties thereto, the party entitled to rescind is entitled
to,except:
a. Right of lien or right of retention
b. Right of dissolution
c. Right of subrogation
d. Right of indemnification
14. I. Since it is the partnership, as a separate and distinct entity,that must refund the
shares of the partners, the amount to be refunded is necessarily limited to its total
resources.
II.In other words,the partnership can only pay out what it has in its coffers,which
consists of all its assets.
a. Only l is correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
15. I.Generally, in the pursuit of a partnership business,its capital is either increased
by profits earned or decreased by losses sustained.
II. As a general rule, upon the dissolution of a commercial partnership the succeeding
partners or parties have the right to carry on the business under the old name.
a. Onlyl is correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
16. I.In the ordinary course of events, the lepal personality of the expiring partnership
persists for the limited purpose of winding: apand closing, of the affairs of the
partnership.
II. a withdrawing partner is no longer liable to a third party creditor of the old
partnership.
a. Only l is correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
17. I.The use by the person or partnership continuing the business of the partnership
name, or the name of a deceased partner as part thereol. shall make the individual
property of the deceased partner liable lor any debts contracted by such person or
partnership.
II. The liability of a third person becoming a partner in the partnership continuing
the business to the creditors of the dissolved partnership shall be satisfied out of the
partnership property only, unless there is a stipulation to the contrary.
a. Only Iis correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. Both are true
d. Both are false
18. I.A partnership is a separate juridical entity,the shares to be paid out to the
partners is necessarily limited only to its total resources.
II. A partnership must refund the shares of the partners, the amount to be refunded is
necessarily limited to its total resources.
III.Before the partners can be paid their shares, the creditors of the partnership must
first be compensated.After all,the creditors have been paid,whatever is left of the
partnership assets becomes available for the payment of the partners shares.
a. Only l is correct
b. Only Il is correct
c. All are true
d. All are false
19.The change in the relation of the parties caused by any partner ceasing to be
associated in the carrying on, as might be distinguished from the winding up of, the
business.
a. Liquidation
b. Termination
c. Winding up
d. Dissolution
20.A,B and Care partners in ABC partnership.Aand Bcontributed P10.000 each while
C contributed his service. After payment of the partnership liabilities to creditors, only
P15,000 remains.In the absence stipulation to the contrary the share of C shall be:
a. Zero
b. P5,000
c.P10,000
d. P5,000