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PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION – SET 6

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Paul Vincent J. Gerano
 Bachelor in Secondary Education – English, West Visayas State University
 Master in Education – English as a Second Language – University of the Philippines
 Bachelor of Laws, 3rd Year, University of San Agustin-College of Law

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1. Mr. Santos was convicted and the penalty imposed 6. There is a denial of ____________ where an accused
was life imprisonment. The President reduced his has been charged with theft and convicted of
penalty to six month imprisonment. What power of the robbery.
president was exercised? A. procedural due process
A. veto power B. substantive due process
B. military power C. either A or B
C. pardoning power D. neither A nor B
D. control power
7. Which of the following is not exempted from
2. This is enforced proportional contributions from taxation?
persons and property levied by the lawmaking body A. lands and buildings
of the State by virtue of its sovereignty for the B. churches and convents
support and protection of the government and all C. charitable institutions
public needs. D. non-profit cemeteries
A. Fine
B. Bail 8. What amount is a reasonable bail rests mainly upon
C. Tax the discretion of the _____________.
D. Alimony A. victim
B. judge
3. A sovereign act of pardon and oblivion for past acts, C. accused
granted by a government to all persons (or to certain D. fiscal
persons) who have been guilty of crime or delict,
generally political offenses. 9. It is the law or duty which binds the parties to perform
A. pardon their agreement according to its terms or intent, if it is
B. amnesty not contrary to law, morals, good customs, public
C. reprieve order, or public policy.
D. remission A. mutual defense agreement
B. obligation of contract
4. A’s house was searched by virtue of a search warrant. C. constitutional supremacy
Can B, A’s neighbor, raise the question whether there D. bill of rights
has been an unlawful search or seizure?
A. yes 10. The basic autonomous social institution protected by
B. no the State.
C. maybe A. government
D. no answer B. parish
C. barangay
5. It directs a person, usually a prison warden, to D. family
produce the prisoner and justify the prisoner's
detention. If the prisoner argues successfully that the 11. Which of the following is not correct?
incarceration is in violation of a constitutional right, the A. No person shall be compelled to be a
court may order the prisoner's release. witness against himself.
A. Writ of Amparo B. No person shall be imprisoned for non-
B. Writ of Habeas Corpus payment of debt or poll tax.
C. Writ of Habeas Data C. No ex post facto law or bill of attainder
D. Writ of Kalikasan shall not be enacted.
D. No person shall be detained solely by
reason of his political beliefs and aspirations.
12. John is a prisoner who has escaped from a penal 18. What right is involved if an employee is terminated
establishment. Can the police officer arrest John even from work without just cause?
without a warrant of arrest? A. right to life
A. yes B. right liberty
B. no C. right to property
C. maybe D. right to travel
D. no answer
19. It is concisely defined as the right to be left alone.
13. Every criminal case is a contest between the accused A. right of privacy
and ____________. B. right to life
A. the judge C. right to liberty and freedom
B. his fellow accused D. right of suffrage
C. the victim
D. the government 20. The quantum of evidence required in a criminal case.
A. substantial evidence
14. Who are citizens of the Philippines? B. proof beyond reasonable doubt
I. Those who are citizens at the time of the C. preponderance of evidence
adoption of the 1987 Philippine Constitution D. probable cause
II. Those who are naturalized by law
III. Those who resided in the Philippines for at 21. This law promotes responsible family planning and
least 10 years proper use of reproductive methods to eliminate over-
IV. Those born of Filipino father or mother population growth.
V. Those who are holders of a valid Philippine A. RH Bill
visa B. Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
VI. Those born before January 17, 1973, of Health Law
Filipino mothers, who elected Philippine C. Reproductive Law
citizenship upon reaching the age of majority D. Family Planning

A. A, B 22. Which of the following is supreme over the military at

B. A, B, C all times?
C. A, B, D, F A. the President
D. A, B, C, E B. the Justices of the Supreme Court
C. members of the Philippine National Police
15. The taking of property for private use or without D. the civilian
payment of just compensation offends ____________.
A. procedural due process 23. It includes the loss of any of the various physical and
B. substantive due process mental attributes such as limbs, eyes, brain, and
C. either A or B power of reproduction which man must have to live as
D. neither A nor B a human being.
A. deprivation of property
16. The _____________ is a remedy available to any B. deprivation of life
person whose right to privacy in life, liberty or C. deprivation of liberty
security is violated or threatened by an unlawful act D. deprivation of independence
of any official or employee, or of a private individual
or entity engaged in the gathering, collecting or 24. It is a specialized agency of the United Nations that
storing of data or information. concerns international public health.
A. Writ of Amparo A. Department of Health
B. Writ of Habeas Corpus B. World Health Organization
C. Writ of Habeas Data C. International Health Organization
D. Writ of Kalikasan D. United Nations Health Unit

17. It is a written instrument containing the proposition and 25. While walking along Ledesma Street, Ms. P was
required number of signatories and shall be in a form suddenly apprehended by the police officer and was
determined by and submitted to the Commission on taken in the police station. What right of Ms. P was
Elections. violated?
A. bill A. right against warrantless arrest
B. law B. right against warrantless search
C. proposition C. right against invasion of privacy
D. petition D. all of these
E. none of these
26. APEC is a summit that promotes free trade and 32. It is made in open court by the judge or clerk, and
economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific consists in furnishing the accused a copy of the
region countries. APEC stands for ___________. complaint or information with the list of witnesses,
A. Asia Pacific Economic Corporation reading the same in the language or dialect known to
B. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation him, and asking him whether he pleads guilty or not
C. Asia Pacific Economic Council guilty.
D. Asia Pacific Economic Countries A. custodial investigation
B. arraignment
27. Which of the following is not one of the rights of a C. trial
person under criminal investigation for the commission D. promulgation of sentence
of an offense?
A. to be informed of his right to remain silent 33. A law imposing professional tax of P100 on doctors in
B. to have a competent and independent Metro Manila and P75 on doctors residing outside
counsel preferably of his own choice or to be Metro Manila violates which of the following
provided with one principles?
C. against the use of torture, force, violence, A. due process of law
threat, intimidation, or any other means B. equal protection of the laws
which vitiates the free will C. right to have a decent life
D. against being held in secret, solitary, D. equity
incommunicado, or other similar forms of
detention 34. It is a remedy available to any person whose right to
E. to receive special treatment in the court of life, liberty and security is violated or threatened with
law violation by an unlawful act or omission of a public
official or employee, or of a private individual or
28. From what period does the State protect the life of entity.
the unborn child? A. Writ of Amparo
A. from birth B. Writ of Habeas Corpus
B. the first trimester C. Writ of Habeas Data
C. from conception D. Writ of Kalikasan
D. from artificial insemination
35. Who has the authority to interpret the constitution?
29. It implies the right to freely utter and publish A. private individuals
whatever one pleases without previous restraint, and B. judges
to be protected against any responsibility for so C. legislators
doing as long as it does not violate the law, or injure D. members of the military
someone’s character, reputation or business.
A. freedom of expression 36. Who has the power to issue a search warrant or
B. freedom of association warrant of arrest?
C. freedom of belief A. prosecutor
D. freedom of religion B. fiscal
C. president
30. It is a law in the Philippines that aims to address legal D. judge
issues concerning online interactions and harmful
internet behavior in the Philippines. It aims to prevent 37. The freedom of expression is subjects one to liability
and punish cybercrime in the country. when abused. Which of the following crimes is
A. Cybersquatting committed as far as this freedom is concerned?
B. Cybercrime Act A. libel
C. Cybercrime Prevention Act B. coercion
D. Cyber Identity Theft Act C. slander
D. malversation
31. What is required before a person shall be deprived
of life liberty, or property? 38. Mr. Alfonso was accused of murdering Yaya Bella.
A. due process of law The trial court acquitted Mr. Alfonso because there is
B. observance of equal protection of laws no proof beyond reasonable doubt that he killed
C. non-payment of bail Yaya Bella. Two months after the acquittal, the
D. court clearance relatives of Yaya Bella filed a homicide case against
Mr. Alfonso. What appropriate right can be invoked
by Mr. Alfonso in this case?
A. rights against double jeopardy
B. right against self-incrimination
C. Miranda right
D. statutory right
39. Which of the following is not a police of the State? 45. The right to bail is granted because in all criminal
A. inviolability of the separation of church and prosecutions, the accused _______________.
state A. owes loyalty to the government
B. approval of war as an instrument of B. must follow the law
national policy C. shows obedience to the court
C. recognition of the role of women in nation D. is presumed innocent
building
D. maintenance of honesty and integrity in the 46. It means the right on the part of the citizens to meet
public service peaceably for consultation in respect to public affairs.
E. promotion of comprehensive rural A. Right of suffrage
development and agrarian reform B. Right of petition
C. Right of assembly
40. It is the security required by a court and given for the D. Right to free movement
provisional or temporary release of a person who is
in the custody of the law conditioned upon his 47. The author of the Philippine Constitution.
appearance before any court as required under the A. Supreme Court Justices
conditions specified. B. Judges of the Lower Courts
A. collateral C. President of the Republic of the Philippines
B. warranty D. The Filipino people
C. bail
D. levy 48. What needs to be paid by the government to allow it
to take private property for a public purpose?
41. Mr. Torres arrested and placed under custodial A. just compensation
investigation. He was not informed of his right to B. realty tax
remain silent and to have competent and independent C. debt
counsel preferably of his own choice. What D. damages
Constitutional right of Mr. Torres was violated? E. transfer tax
A. political rights
B. natural rights 49. It is a legal remedy under Philippine law for persons
C. civil rights whose constitutional right to “a balanced and
D. rights of the accused healthful ecology” is violated by an unlawful act or
omission of a public official, employee, or private
42. The judge issues a single search warrant against A’s individual or entity.
place for possession of illegal drugs and subversive A. Writ of Amparo
materials. Is this correct? B. Writ of Habeas Corpus
A. yes C. Writ of Habeas Data
B. no D. Writ of Kalikasan
C. maybe
D. no answer 50. This term is defined as the supreme power of the state
to command and enforce obedience to its will from
43. It is an act of grace, proceeding from the power people within its jurisdiction and corollarily, to have
entrusted with the execution of the laws, which freedom from foreign control.
exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from A. jurisdiction
the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has B. supremacy
committed. C. sovereignty
A. pardon D. dominion
B. amnesty
C. reprieve
D. remission

44. Which constitutional right protects a person against

illegal search of his person?
A. Right against self-incrimination
B. Right against unreasonable searches and
seizures
C. Right against cruel and unusual punishment
D. Right to remain silent