1987 Philippine Constitution Practice Questions

Question 1

PREAMBLE

Answer 1

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations, promote the common good, conserve and develop our patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.

Question 2

National Territory

Answer 2

The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial, and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.

Question 3

What does it mean if The Philippines is a democratic and republican State?

Answer 3

Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.

Question 4

Article 1

Answer 4

National Territory

Question 5

Article II

Answer 5

Declaration of Principles and State Policies

Question 6

(Blank) authority is, at all times, supreme over the military.

Answer 6

Civilian authority

Question 7

It is the protector of the people and the State

Answer 7

The Armed Forces of the Philippines

Question 8

The prime duty of the Government is to

Answer 8

serve and protect the people.

Question 9

The separation of Church and State shall be

Answer 9

inviolable.

Question 10

It is a basic autonomous social institution

Answer 10

Family

Question 11

What section is this:
The State recognizes the role of women in nation-building, and shall ensure the fundamental equality before the law of women and men.

Answer 11

Article 1, Section 14

Question 12

What section is this:
The right to health

Answer 12

Article 1, Section 15

Question 13

It is as a primary social economic force

Answer 13

Labor

Question 14

ARTICLE III

Answer 14

Bill of Rights

Question 15

Suffrage

Answer 15

Right to Vote

Question 16

Who are qualified to suffrage

Answer 16

at least eighteen years of age; have resided in the Philippines for at least one year and in the place wherein they propose to vote for at least six months immediately preceding the election

Question 17

The legislative power shall be vested in the

Answer 17

Congress of the Philippines

Question 18

Congress of the Philippines which shall consist of a

Answer 18

Senate and a House of Representatives

Question 19

The Senate shall be composed of

Answer 19

twenty-four Senators

Question 20

Age qualified to be a senator

Answer 20

35

Question 21

to be a Senator, he/she must be a resident of the Philippines for how many years?

Answer 21

not less than 2 years

Question 22

term of office of the Senators

Answer 22

six years

Question 23

No Senator shall serve for how many years?

Answer 23

more than two consecutive terms

Question 24

The House of Representatives shall be composed of how many members?

Answer 24

not more than 250

Question 25

Qualifications of a member of the house of representative

Answer 25

25 years old; registered voter in the district; resident for not less than 1 year

Question 26

The Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected for a term of

Answer 26

three years

Question 27

No member of the House of Representatives shall serve for

Answer 27

more than three consecutive terms

Question 28

Electoral Tribunal

Answer 28

the sole judge of all contests relating to the election, returns, and qualifications of their respective Members.

Question 29

Composition of Electoral Tribunal

Answer 29

shall be composed of nine Members, three of whom shall be Justices of the Supreme Court to be designated by the Chief Justice, and the remaining six shall be Members of the Senate or the House of Representatives,

Question 30

Readings to pass a bill

Answer 30

3 readings and printed form is distributed to its members 3 days before its passage

Question 31

every bill before it becomes a law must be presented to

Answer 31

the President

Question 32

If the president objects the bill

Answer 32

to be returned to the house where it was originated for reconsiderations (journal)

Question 33

how to pass a bill

Answer 33

two-thirds of all the house members shall agree to pass the bill and be sent to the OTHER house for reconsideration. and if approved by the 2/3 of all the members, it shall become a law.

Question 34

The executive power shall be vested in the

Answer 34

President of the Philippines.

Question 35

No person may be elected President unless he is

Answer 35

• a natural-born citizen of the Philippines,
• a registered voter
• able to read and write
• at least forty years of age on the day of the election
• and a resident of the Philippines for at least ten years immediately preceding such election.

Question 36

True or False:
There shall be a Vice-President who shall have the same qualifications and term of office and be elected with and in the same manner as the President.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

Terms of President and Vice President

Answer 37

6 years

Question 38

includes the duty of the courts of justice to settle actual controversies involving rights which are legally demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not there has been a grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of the Government.

Answer 38

Judicial power

Question 39

The Supreme Court shall be composed of

Answer 39

a Chief Justice and fourteen Associate Justices.