METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

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COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

NAME: ________________________________________ DATE: ______________

PROFESSOR: ___________________________________ (COMPLETE NAME)
GENERAL INSTRUCTION:
CHEATING IN YOUR EXAMS IS CHEATING TO YOURSELVES. A SUCCESSFUL MAN
IS NOT A CHEATER! HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.
1. NO ERASURE.
Test 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE:
1. The systematic study of governance by the application of empirical and generally scientific
methods of analysis.
A. Political Science C. Politics
B. Government D. Constitution
2. Generally the most common field of study with subfields which includes public opinion,
elections, national government, and state, local, or regional government.
A. Comparative Politics C. Political Theory
B. Domestic Politics D. International Relations
3. Focuses on politics within countries and analyzes similarities and differences between
countries.
A. Domestic Politics C. Comparative Politics
B. Public Administration D. Public Law
4. A field of political science which considers the political relationships and interactions
between countries, including the causes of war, the formation of foreign policy, international
political economy, and the structures that increase or decrease the policy options available to
governments.
A. Political Theory C. Public Policy
B. Public Administration D. International Relations
5. This field studies constitutions, legal systems, civil rights, and criminal justice.
A. Public Policy C. Public Administration
B. Political Theory D. Public Law
6. Studies the role of bureaucracy and the most oriented field toward practical applications
within political science.
A. Public Law C. Public Administration
B. Public Policy D. Political Theory
7. Examines the passage and implementation of all types of government policies, particularly
those related to civil rights, defense, health, education etc.
A. Public Law C. Public Administration
B. Public Policy D. Political Theory
8. He is considered to be the true founder of political science bec. he introduced empirical
observation into the study of politics.
A. Aristotle C. Plato
B. Kautilya D. Confucius
9. An early Christian thinker who emphasized the dual loyalty of Christians to both God and
temporal rulers, with the clear implication that the “heavenly city” is more important and
durable than the earthly one.
A. St. Augustine C. St. Thomas Aquinas
B. Confucius D. Aristotle
10. A philosopher who introduced secularization by elevating the state over the church as the
originator of laws and proposed that legislators be elected that is why he ranked as an
important modernizer.
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A. St. Thomas Aquinas C. Dante

B. Marsilius of Padua D. Confucius
11. An Italian writer with an infamous work “The Prince” in 1531, who is considered as the first
modern political scientist, presented amoral advice to actual and would-be princes on the best
means of acquiring and holding on to political power.
A. Lorenzo di Piero C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
12. An English philosopher who placed power at the center of his political analysis in his
Leviathan. He outlined, without reference to an all-powerful God, how humans, endowed with
a natural right to self-preservation but living in an anarchic state of nature.
A. John Locke C. St. Augustine
B. Plato D. Thomas Hobbes
13. According to Hobbes, to ensure the peace and security in the society, there is an actual or
hypothetical agreement between citizens and their rulers that defines the rights and duties of
each, this is called ____________.
A. Natural Right C. Leviathan
B. Sovereignty D. Social Contract
14. An English philosopher who also witnessed the turmoil of an English civil war. He argued in
his influential “Two Treatise in Civil Government” that people form governments through a
social contract to preserve their inalienable natural rights to “life, liberty, and property”.
A. Thomas Hobbes C. Jacques Rousseau
B. Montesquieu D. John Locke
15. If Hobbes was the conservative of the “contractualist” and Locke the liberal, then this
French philosopher was the radical one.
A. Montesquieu C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B. Aristotle D. Thomas Locke
16. This work of Rousseau constructs a civil society in which the separate wills of individuals are
combined to govern as the “general will”(volonte generale) of the collective that overrides
individual wills, “forcing a man to be free.”
A. Leviathan C. Two Treatise on Civil Government
B. The Social Contract D. The Spirit of Laws
17. A more pragmatic French philosopher, contributed to modern comparative politics with his
“The Spirit of Laws”. He sojourn in England convinced him that English liberties were based on
the separation and balance of power between Parliament and the monarchy.
A. Montesquieu C. John Hobbes
B. Thomas Locke D. Plato
18. He is considered as the “founder of classical economic liberalism.” In his “An Inquiry into the
Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations” he argued that the role of the state should be
restricted primarily to enforcing contracts in a free market.
A. Adam Smith C. Edmund Burke
B. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
19. The early development of political science was also influenced by law. This French
philosopher articulated a theory of sovereignty that viewed the state as the ultimate source of
law in a given territory.
A. Adam Smith C. Comte Destutt de Tracy
B. Jean Bodin D. Antoine-Louise-Claude
20. He is the founder of Christian Socialism, who in 1813 suggested that morals and politics
could become “positive” sciences-that is, disciplines whose authority would rest not upon
subjective preconceptions but upon objective evidence.
A. Jean Bodin C. Henri de Saint-Simon
B. Adam Smith D. John Locke
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21. Considered by many to be the founder of Sociology, on the publication of the “Plan of the
Scientific Operations Necessary for the Reorganization of Society” which claimed that politics
would become a social physics and discover scientific laws of social progress.
A. Montesquieu C. Adam Smith
B. Karl Marx D. August Comte
22. The term used for ruling elites by the German socialists theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engels.
A. Proletariat C. upper class
B. socialists D. Bourgeoisie
23. The working class is called ________________.
A. Bourgeoisie C. Proletariat
B. Contractualist D. Employees
24. What is the first school of political science was established in 1872 in France.
A. London School of Economics C. University of Oxford
B. Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques D. London School of Political Science
25. A member of Chicago group, carried the psychological approach to Yale University, where
he had a commanding influence.
A. Harold Lasswell C. Graham Wallas
B. Walter Lippman D. Charles Merriam
26. The leading figure of Chicago School whose “New Aspects of Politics” in 1925 argued for a
reconstruction of method in political analysis, urged the greater use of statistics in the aid of
empirical observation and measurement.
A. Charles E. Merriam C. Arthur Bentley
B. Graham Wallas D. Walter Lippman
27. He prposed the capitalism gave rise to Protestantism; the merchants and princes of
northern Europe developed commerce to such an extent that Roman Catholic restrictions had
to be discarded.
A. Max Weber C. John Locke
B. Karl Marx D. Arthur Bentley
28. He coined the term “bureaucracy”, and he was the first to study bureaucracies
systematically.
A. Karl Marx C. Max Weber
B. Graham Wallas D. Walter Lippman
29. Introduced the use of maps to demonstrate the influence of geography on politics.
A. Graham Wallas C. Walter Lippman
B. Arthur Bentley D. Andre Siegfried
30. One of the dominant approached in the 1950’s and 60’s is the view that subject matter of
political science should be limited to phenomena that are independently observable and
quantifiable.
A. Instructuralism C. Positivism
B. Capitalism D. Behavioralism
31. The ability of a person, group, or nation to get what it wants.
A. Authority C. Power
B. Sovereignty D. Leadership
32. This is concerned primarily with political ideas, values, such as rights, justice, freedom, and
political obligation which is normative in its approach and rationalistic in its method.
A. Political Science C. Political Philosophy
B. Politics D. Geopolitics
33. A Roman orator who was strongly influenced by the Stoics, was noteworthy of his belief
that all human beings, regardless of their wealth or citizenship, possessed an equal moral
worth.
A. Marcus Cicero C. Alexander the Great
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B. St. Thomas Aquinas D. John Locke

34. Marsilius of Padua who introduced secularization and proposing that legislators be elected
authored this.
A. Defender of the Peace C. A and B only
B. Defensor Pacis D. None of the aforementioned
35. He introduced the modern idea of power, how to get it and how to use it.
A. Lorenzo di Piero C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
36. A French historian and politician who brilliantly analyzed democracy in America, concluding
that it worked because Americans had developed “ the art of association”.
A. Alexis de Tocqueville C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
37. After studying at the Ecole Libre in Paris, he established a school of political Science at
Columbia University in New York City.
A. Lorenzo di Piero C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. John W. Burgess D. John Locke
38. This German term means the “science of the state”.
A. Statswisenchaf C. Staatswissenschaft
B. Chafeur D. Poliques
39. He discussed how power comes into being, how it becomes “authority”, the techniques of
power holders, the defenses of those over whom power is wielded and the dissipation of
power.
A. Lorenzo di Piero C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes D. Charles Merriam
40. A German refugee and analyst of world politics, argued succinctly in “Politics Among
Nations” that “ all politics is a struggle for power”.
A. Hans Morgenthau C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
41. He distinguished political systems by the number of persons ruling.
A. Plato C. Aristotle
B. Hobbes D. Niccolo
42. According to Aristotle these are rulers governing in the interest of all.
A. Legitimate C. Corrupt
B. Monarchy D. Democracy
43. The following are corrupt forms of government except.
A. tyranny C. Oligarchy
B. Democracy D. Monarchy
44. Aristotle considered this to be the worst form of government and he meant by this as a mob
rule.
A. tyranny C. Oligarchy
B. Democracy D. Monarchy
45. The best form of government according to Aristotle is this, akin to an efficient, stable
democracy.
A. tyranny C. Polity
B. Democracy D. Monarchy
46. A tiny political entity, which for Greeks meant both society and political system.
A. poleteia C. politeia
B. polis d. city state
47. An early Italian patriot who believed that Italy could be unified and its foreign occupiers
expelled only by ruthless and single minded princes who rejected any moral constraints.
A. A. Hans Morgenthau C. Niccolo Machiavelli
B. Thomas Hobbes D. John Locke
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48. A political doctrine that emphasizes the value of traditional institutions and practices.
A Liberalism C. Conservatism
B. Socialism D. Determinism
49. Is a political and economic doctrine that emphasizes individual autonomy, equality of
opportunity and the protection of individual rights.
A Liberalism C. Conservatism
B. Socialism D. Determinism
50. The fundamental law of the land in which all laws in the Philippines adheres and is based on
latin maxim “Salus Populi est Suprema Lex”.
A. Constitution C. 1987 Philippine Constitution
B. 1987 Constitution D. Philippine Constitution

II. Comprehension: Make sure that your answers is worth the points stated below.

1. What is Power? Explain in your own words and give example. (10pts)
2. Is Politics important to a country? If yes or no, explain why? (15pts)
3. What can you say about the politics here in the Philippines? (15pts)
4. Do we need a government? Why? (10pts)