1) The System or Systems responsible for the payment of money benefits due a covered

worker shall release the same within ____________ from receipt of the claim, subject to
the submission of the required documents and availability of the complete
employee/employer records in the System.

a) 15 working days

2) When will a covered worker who transfers employment from one sector to another or
is employed in both sectors have his credible services or contributions credited in both
GSIS and SSS be totalized for purposes of old-age, disability, survivorship, and other
benefits?

a) In case the covered member does not qualify for such benefits in either or
both Systems without totalization.

3) Which of the following agencies is not involved in the implementation of the

Employees’ Compensation Program?

d) The Department of Labor and Employment

4) Statement 1: The open-ended Table of Occupational Diseases requires covered

claimants suffering from an occupational disease to prove that such disease is work-
related
Statement 2: The State Insurance Funds (SIFs) managed by the SSS and the GSIS are
primarily for the purpose payment of employees’ compensation benefits and may be used
for other purposes as authorized by the Employees’ Compensation Commission
b) Both statements are false

5) Which of the following is correct regarding the role of an injured employee when
claiming his compensation under the employees’ compensation program?

a) Both a and b

6) Which of the following shall is correct regarding an employee covered by the

employees’ compensation program?
 a) An employee over sixty (60) years of age shall be covered if he had
been paying contributions to the System prior to age sixty (60) and
has not been compulsorily retired

7) The following are employee’s compensation benefits except?

a) De minimis benefits

8) The following conditions should be complied with in order to be entitled to medical

services, appliances and supplies except?
a) He previously availed the benefits

9) Any employee is entitled to such medical services, appliances and supplies if the
following condition/s are present.

d) All of the above

10) The following statements are TRUE regarding the period of entitlement of an
employee to medical services, appliances and supplies except:
c) This duty ends if the employment is terminated

11) I. Article 191(185) does not impose as a pre requisite for the grant of medical benefits,
that the injured or sick employee should show proof that he suffered loss of wages or
earning capacity as a result of such injury or sickness.

II. Injured or sick employee is immediately entitled to be provided medical benefits during
the subsequent period of his disability.

III. A claimant who, despite his illness, continues to work in order to avoid economic loss
is nonetheless entitled to medical benefits.

IV. The only limitation imposed by law is in the matter of expenses which the employer
may prescribe

a) Only statement IV is false

12) I. "Persons with Work-related Disability (PWRD) means a worker who has suffered
from a work-connected disease or injury adversely affecting the earning capacity.
II. Coverage under rehabilitation services benefit shall be voluntary. Entitlement to
rehabilitation services shall be upon approval of the Employees’' Compensation Program
(ECP) claim for disability benefits by the System

a) True, False

13) Rehabilitation services shall be provided during the period of the disability as the ___
and ____ of the recovery of the PWRDs may require as determined by the rehabilitation
experts.

d) nature; progress

14) When is rehabilitation services be suspended or terminated?

a) upon refusal of the PWRD to continue rehabilitation

15) This refers to the loss or damage of a physical or mental function resulting from an
injury or sickness that prevents an employee from performing his/her work, or from being
engage in any gainful occupation.

a) Disability

16) The following are the three kinds of disability benefits under the Labor Code, except:

d) Temporary Partial Disability

17) Which of the following statements is/are true?

I. No compensation and benefits shall be payable in respect of any injury, incapacity,

disability or death of the seafarer resulting from his willful or criminal act or intentional
breach of his duties regardless if the employer can prove that such injury, incapacity,
disability or death is directly attributable to the seafarer.
II. No compensation and benefits shall be payable in respect of any injury, incapacity,
disability or death of the seafarer resulting from his willful or criminal act or intentional
breach of his duties except if the employer can prove that such injury, incapacity, disability
or death is directly attributable to the seafarer

a) Only statement I is true.

18) Which of the following statements is/are true?

I. The burden of proof falls on the employee to establish or substantiate its claim that the
seafarer's injury was caused by his willful or intentional act with the requisite quantum of
evidence
II. Self-inflicted injury is compensable if the employer to establish or substantiate its claim
that the seafarer's injury was caused by his willful or intentional act with the requisite
quantum of evidence

d) Both statements are false.

19) How many percent of the average daily salary credit is an employee entitled for
temporary total disability of his paid income benefit?

c) 90%

20) A disability is total and permanent if, as a result of the injury or sickness, the employee
is?

a) Unable to perform any gainful occupation for a continuous period exceeding

120 days

21) The following are the conditions so that an employee is entitled to an income benefit
for permanent total disability except one:

a) None of the above.

22) Which of the following is a total disability that is considered permanent?

a) All of the above.

23) The monthly income benefit for permanent total disability given to an entitled
employee is guaranteed for 5 years. In which scenario is the benefit suspended?

a) GG finding gainful employment in a certain fast food restaurant.

24) For the dependent children of the employee entitled to permanent total disability
benefits, each dependent child, but not exceeding _____, counted from the youngest and
without substitution, shall be entitled to _____ of the monthly income benefit of the
employee.

c) 5; 10%
d) 10; 5%

25) A disability is _________________ if, as a result of the injury or sickness, the

employee suffers a permanent partial loss of the use of any part of his body.

a) Partial and permanent

26) An employee shall be entitled to an income benefit for permanent partial disability if
all of the following conditions are satisfied except:

a) That the GSIS/SSS summoned the employee

27) The income benefit shall be paid beginning with the of such
disability, but not longer than the designated number of months in accordance with the
schedule found in Article 199(b) [(193(b)] of the Labor Code.

a) first month

28) A worker who sustained injuries that resulted to a functional loss or

physical loss of any part of his body shall be granted Temporary Total Disability (TTD)
and Permanent Partial Disability (PPD) benefits successively.
b) work-related

29) In case of permanent and partial disability, which of the following may be
compensated through either a lump sum payment or monthly pension?
 d) Hearing of one ear

30) With regards to permanent partial disabilities, contingencies that occurred before this
date, shall be subject to the limitation of Php 12,000 or five years, whichever comes first.

b) May 1, 1978

31) Statement 1: Permanent total disability invariably results in an employee’s loss of

work or inability to perform his usual work.
Statement 2: Permanent partial disability occurs when an employee loses the use of any
particular anatomical part of his body which disables him to continue with his permanent
work.
c) Both statements are correct.

32) Statement 1: A person’s disability may not manifest fully at one precise moment in
time but rather over a period of time.
Statement 2: It is possible that an injury which at first was considered to be temporary
may later on become permanent or one who suffers a partial disability becomes totally
and permanently disabled from the same cause.

c) Both statements are correct.

33) means loss of life resulting from an injury or sickness; while refers
to death which is the result of a work-related injury or sickness.

a) Death; Compensable death

34) The beneficiaries of a deceased employee shall be entitled to an income benefit if all
of the following conditions are satisfied, except:
a) None of the above

RATIONALE: Choices a, b, and c are the conditions that must all be satisfied before the
beneficiaries of a deceased employee shall be entitled to an income benefit. /Section 1(a)
Conditions to Entitlement, Rule XIII, Amended Rules on Employees’ Compensation.

35) In death benefit, the secondary beneficiaries when it comes to the income benefit
shall be ______ times the monthly income benefit of a primary beneficiary which in no
case be less than ________, which shall likewise be paid in monthly pension.
 a) 60, Php 15,000.00

36) If the employee has been receiving income benefits for permanent total disability at
the time of his death, the primary beneficiaries shall be paid the monthly income benefit
equivalent to eighty percent plus the dependent's pension equivalent to ________ thereof
for every dependent child but not exceeding _______ counted from the youngest and
without substitution.

c) 10 %, 5

37) The provision of paragraph (b) of Article 200 [194] of the Labor Code, as amended,
applies to death occurring on or after _______________.

a) January 1, 1980

38) What happens when the member under permanent total disability dies after the five-
year guaranteed period?

a) Secondary beneficiaries are no longer entitled to any benefits.

39) Which of the following statements is incorrect?

b) Death benefits are in the nature of inheritance.

40) Under the Guidelines on the Grant of EC Benefits for the Beneficiaries of Missing
Persons while in the Performance of Duty During Calamity or Fatal Events, what is the
period of filing for employees' compensation death with funeral benefits?

a) Within the three-year prescriptive period from the time the missing person
has been presumed dead after the lapse of four years from the occurrence
of the incident.

41) The following are the series of events which should be considered in the grant of EC
benefits, except:

a) None of the above

42) In what case it was pronounced that the employee's widow is not entitled to death
benefits because her husband had stopped working when he became physically disabled
to his work at the time of his retirement in 1975 and died on February 14 1984, or almost
nine years after, which is clearly not within the two-year period required by the Old
Workmen's Compensation Act.

a) Tolosa v. ECC

43) If the employee files his/her disability claim while still under the treatment of the
company’s designated physician. his/her claim is:

a) Prematurely filed.

44) Which of the following statements are false?

d) The act of a seafarer in refusing to undergo medical treatment or in

refusing to continue his medical treatment with the company-designated
physician is called “Physical abandonment”

45) The term "beneficiaries" means the dependent spouse until he/she remarries and
dependent children who are the ____________ beneficiaries. In their absence, the
dependent parents and subject to the restrictions imposed on dependent children, the
illegitimate children and legitimate descendants, who are the _______________
beneficiaries: Provided, That the dependent acknowledged natural child shall be
considered as a _______________ beneficiary when there are no other dependent
children who are qualified and eligible for monthly income benefit.

a) primary, secondary, primary

46) Beneficiaries shall be determined at the time of the employee's _____________.

c) death

47) A surviving spouse not living with the employee-beneficiary of a funeral benefit is not
entitled to the compensation in 12 instances. Which of these is not a disqualification?

a) Commission of an act of sexual abuse against the ascendants of the spouse

by the covered employee;
48) A person over 21 years of age may be the primary beneficiary of the funeral benefit
provided that:

a) He is incapacitated and incapable of self-support due to physical or mental

defect which is congenital or acquired during minority.

49) The following beneficiaries shall be considered secondary, except:

d) The illegitimate descendants and illegitimate children who are unmarried,

not gainfully employed and not over 21 years of age.

50) In the absence of primary beneficiaries, the secondary beneficiaries shall be entitled
to a monthly income benefit not to exceed ________ months and the death benefit shall
not be less than _____________.

d) 60, P15,000.00

51) By law, the claim for disability benefits is governed by _________________________

of the Labor Code, in relation to Section 2 (a), Rule X of the Amended Rules on Employee
Compensation (AREC).

a) Articles 197 to 199

52) It is a settled rule that entitlement of a seafarer on overseas employment to disability

benefits is governed by _____________________________________________.

d) All of the above

53) By parties’ contract, there are material contracts that bind the seafarer and his
employer to each other. Which of the following is not included?

a) None of the above

54) As part of a seafarer’s deployment for overseas work, he and the vessel owner or its
representative local manning agency are required to execute ___________.
 a) POEA- Standard Employment Contract

55) It refers to the negotiated contract between a legitimate labor organization and the
employer concerning wages, hours of work and all other terms and conditions of
employment in a bargaining unit.

d) Collective Bargaining Agreement

56) True or False

Statement I: It is a fundamental doctrine in a labor law that the CBA is the contract
between both the employer and the employees.
Statement II: As in all contracts, the parties in a CBA may establish such stipulations,
clauses, terms and conditions as they may deem convenient provided these are not
contrary to law, morals, good customs, public order or public policy.
c) Both statements are true

57) Insofar as the ITF agreement is concerned, it was held that the following conditions
for its applicability must concur, except:
a) None of the above

BASIS: MAERSK-FILIPINAS CREWING, INC VS ROSEMARY G. MALICSE

58) In ________________________ it was clarified that beneficial CBA clauses prevail

over the POEA-SEC.

a) Legal Heirs of Deauna VS Fil-Star Maritime Corp

59) In cases where disability claim cannot be granted under the CBA, resort to the POEA-
SEC should be made to determine if the claim cannot be granted therein. The best
illustration of this situation is the case of ______, wherein the CBA between AMOSUP
and the respondents state that: 1. only when the disability grading is at 50% or more, or
2. only when the company-designated physician certifies that the seafarer is medically
unfit to continue work – even if the disability grading is less than 50% - could the seafarer
be entitled to total and permanent disability benefits in accordance with the medical
unfitness clause.

a) Gere v. Anglo-Eastern Crew Management Phils., Inc.

60) In the 2019 case of _______, the Court found that petitioner did not meet any accident
on board the ship that could have entitled him to disability benefit under the CBA. It was
held, however that this finding of inapplicability of the CBA does not mean that he is no
longer entitled to any disability benefit since his illness is work-related and therefore
compensable under the POEA-SEC and relevant labor laws which are deemed written in
the contract of employment with the respondent.

c) Torillos v. Eastgate Maritime Corporation

61) By express provision of ____________________, "any unresolved dispute, claim or

grievance arising out of or in connection therewith, including the annexes thereof, shall
be governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, international conventions,
treaties and covenants to which the Philippines is a signatory."

b) Section 31 of the 2010 POEA-SEC

62) These are not the same as the claims against the State Insurance Fund under Title
II, Book IV of the Labor Code for the same benefits, over which the Employee's
Compensation Commission (ECC) has jurisdiction that these benefits involving OFW's
over which the Labor Arbiters of the NLRC have jurisdiction.

a) disability, death and burial benefits

63) Fill in the blanks.

Under Article 178, “the State Insurance Fund shall be liable for the compensation to the
employee or his dependents except where, the _______ or ______ was occasioned by
the employee’s intoxication, willful intent to injure or kill himself or another, notorious
negligence, or otherwise provided under this Title”.

a) disability, death

64) While the death of a seafarer during the term of his employment makes the
employer liable to the former's heirs for death compensation benefits, this rule is not
absolute. What is the exception?

a) If the employer successfully prove that the seafarer’s death was caused by
an injury directly attributable to his deliberate or willful act.
65) The standard employment contract for seafarers was formulated by the __________
pursuant to its mandate under EO. No. 247 to secure the best terms and conditions of
employment of Filipino contract workers.

b) POEA

66) A disability is total and permanent if as a result of the injury or sickness the employee
is unable to perform any gainful occupation for a continuous period exceeding
__________, except as otherwise provided for in Rule X of these Rules.

c) 120 days

67) The compensation and benefits for injuries or illnesses suffered by seafarers are
provided for in:

c) Section 20 (A) of the 2010 Amended Standard Terms and Conditions

Governing the Overseas Employment of Filipino Seafarers On-board Ocean-
Going Ships

68) The 2010 Amended Standard Terms and Conditions Governing the Overseas
Employment of Filipino Seafarers On-Board Ocean Going Ships provides that the
employer shall be liable for compensation and benefits when the seafarer suffers

a) Work- related injury or illness during the term of his contract

69) In case a seafarer is disembarked from the ship for medical reasons, the employer
shall bear the full cost of repatriation in the event the seafarer is declared:

1. Fit for repatriation

2. Fit to work but the employer is unable to find employment for the seafarer on board
his former ship or another ship of the employer

a) I or II

70) A seafarer shall submit himself to a post-employment medical examination within

______ days upon his return.
 a) 3 working

71) I. In order to establish compensability of a non-occupational disease, reasonable

proof of work is sufficient.
II. I. In order to establish compensability of a non-occupational disease, direct causal
relation is required

c) Only statement I is correct.

72) For disability to be compensable under Section 20 (A) of the 2010 POEA-SEC, the
following elements must concur, except:

c) The seafarer must have been employed for at least 1 month.

73) For an occupational disease to be compensable, the disease must be contracted as

a result of the seafarer's _______ to the described risks.

c) exposure

74) For a seafarer to be compensated for work-related injury or illness, the disability
causing the illness or injury must be one of those listed under _____.

b) Section 32-A of the POEA-SEC

75) What is the quantum of evidence a seafarer must prove to be entitled of disability
benefits?

a) Substantial Evidence

76) Who has the burden of proof in the claim of disability benefits?

a) Claimant-seafarer

77) Work-related injury is defined under the 2010 POEA-SEC as:

 a) Injury resulting in disability or death arising of and in the course of
employment

78) The principle of work-relatedness of an injury or illness means that:

a) The seafarer's injury or illness has a possible connection to one's work

79) Statement 1: Non-occupational disease has the conclusive presumption of being

work-related.
Statement 2: Unless contrary evidence is presented by the employers, the work-
relatedness of the disease must be sustained.
d) Only Statement 2 is correct.

80) Compensability for the occupational injury or illness of a seafarer may still be
established on the basis of the ______________, in case presumption of work relation is
refuted.

a) Principle of work-aggravation

81) Linguine, 55, a seafarer is claiming for compensation for permanent and total
disability due rectal illness. He alleged that his dietary provisions while at sea increased
his risk of contracting colon cancer because he had no choice of what to eat on board. In
addition, the strenuous nature of Linquine’s job, combined with his poor diet consisting of
mostly meat and carbohydrates, usually with saturated fat, and his advanced age led to
the acquiring or development of the illness during his contract.

In determining the compensability of Linguine’s illness and to be entitled to the benefits

provided for:

a) It is enough that Linguine’s employment contributed, even if only in a small

degree, to the development of the disease.

82) Linguine, 55, a seafarer is claiming for compensation for permanent and total
disability due rectal illness. He alleged that his dietary provisions while at sea increased
his risk of contracting colon cancer because he had no choice of what to eat on board. In
addition, the strenuous nature of Linguine’s job, combined with his poor diet consisting of
mostly meat and carbohydrates, usually with saturated fat, and his advanced age led to
the acquiring or development of the illness during his contract.
Assuming that Linguine’s ailment was contracted prior to his employment, can he avail of
the compensation benefits?

a) Yes, Linguine can avail of the compensation benefits. What matters is that
his work had contributed, even in a small degree, to the development of the
disease.

83) Statement I: An injury or illness is compensable when it is work-related and existed

during the term of the seafarer’s employment contract.
Statement II: An injury or illness is compensable when it is work-related and existed after
the term of the seafarer’s employment contract

b) Only Statement I is correct

84) Occupational disease and the resulting disability or death to be compensable, all of
the following conditions need to be satisfied except:

a) There was notorious negligence on the part of the seafarer

85) Statement 1: In case of death of a seafarer, the grant of benefits in favor of the heirs
of the deceases is not automatic.
Statement 2: That the death of a seafarer even during the term of employment does not
automatically give rise to compensation.

d) True, True

86) Which of the following is the definition of “accident” under the Philippine Law
Dictionary?
d) Accident is that which happens by chance or fortuitously, without
intention and design, and which is unexpected, unusual and unforeseen.

87) Which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. Supervisors may organize their own union entirely separate for the rank-and-file union.
II. Supervisors may organize union and allowed to join the rank-and-file union

a) Statement I is correct.
.

88) Which of the following is defined as that which happens by chance or fortuitously,
without intention and design, and which is unexpected, unusual and unforeseen.

b) Accident

89) Self-inflicted injury by the seafarer during the term of his/her employment contract is
________.

a) Non-compensable.

90) The employer is liable for disability benefits when the seafarer suffers from work-
related injury or illness during the term of his contract, pursuant to:

a) Section 20 (A) of the 2010 POEA-SEC

91) In certain instances, what does the employer need to do so that he/she can be
discharged of the liability to compensate seafarers who suffered a work-related injury or
illness?

c) prove that the seafarer willfully concealed or misrepresented a pre-

existing condition or illness.

92) I. A seafarer who knowingly conceals a pre-existing illness or condition in the Pre-
Employment Medical Examination (PEME) shall be liable for misrepresentation and shall
be disqualified from any compensation and benefits.
II. Knowingly concealing a pre-existing illness or condition in the Pre-Employment Medical
Examination (PEME) is a just cause for termination of employment of seafarers.

a) Both statements are correct.

93) Statement 1: If the employer is aware of the seafarer's medical history, there can be
no concealment to speak of.
Statement 2: As laypersons, seafarers can be expected to make completely accurate
accounts of their state of health

a) Only statement 1 is correct

94) The Pre-Employment Medical Examination (PEME) may contain the following,
except:

a) Real state of health of an applicant

95) When a seafarer suffers a work-related injury or illness in the course of employment,
the company-designated physician is obligated to arrive at a definite assessment of the
seafarer’s fitness or degree of disability within a period of:

a) 120 days from repatriation

96) The temporary disability period of 120 days may be extended up to a maximum of
_______.

d) 240 days

97) The following are the rules on the periods when the company-designated physician
must, as a duty, assess the seafarer and issue a final medical assessment except:

a) The company-designated physician must issue a final medical assessment

on the seafarer's disability grading within a period of 240 days from the time
the seafarer reported to him

98) I. A total disability is considered permanent if it lasts continuously for more than 120
days.
II. A mere inability to work for a period of 120 days does not entitle a seafarer to permanent
and total disability benefits.
c) Both are correct

99) Which of the following is not a condition in order for a seafarer’s claim for total and
permanent disability benefits to prosper?

a) 120 days had lapsed without any certification being issued by the
company-designated physician

100) The period of treatment for a seafarer may only be extended to 240 days if:
a) Sufficient justification exists such as when further medical treatment is
required or when the seafarer is uncooperative