Political Law Review Sample MCQs

1. The Peoples Initiative is the power of the people to propose amendments to the Constitution, or to propose and enact legislations through an election called for that purpose. The following are the requirements of a peoples initiative, except one: a) There must be a written petition. b) The petition must have at least 12% of the total number of registered voters as signatories. c) In the 12% total registered voters, at least every district must be represented by 3% of the registered voters therein. d) The power may be exercised only once every 5 years. (EXPLANATION: This is a limitation, not a requirement.) 2. I. A Bicameral Conference Committee is convened by the Congress to harmonize points of disagreement between the upper and lower houses in the process of enacting laws. II. The Bicameral Conference Committee was created by the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. a) TRUE, FALSE b) TRUE, TRUE c) FALSE, TRUE d) FALSE, FALSE 3. May the Congress compel the appearance of the COMELEC Chairman under Section 22, Article VI of the 1987 Constitution pursuant to its power to conduct a question hour? a) YES, but only when the inquiry is in pursuit of legislation. b) NO, because the Congress oversight function applies only to the Executive Department. The COMELEC is not part of the Executive Department because it is an independent Constitutional

Commission. c) YES. The Congress may conduct a question hour when it seeks to be informed on how department heads are implementing the statutes which it has issued. d) NO. The Congress may not compel the appearance of the COMELEC Chairman under Section 22, Article VI of the 1987 Constitution because its oversight function may only be facilitated by compulsory process to the extent that it is performed in pursuit of legislation. 4. What is the exception to the exception to the general rule that Under his general veto power, the President has to veto the entire bill and not merely parts thereof.? a) Any provision which does not relate to any particular item, or which extends its operation beyond an item of appropriation may be vetoed separately from an item. b) The President may separately veto an unconstitutional provision in a proposed bill. c) The President has the power to veto any particular item or items in a general appropriations bill. d) Provisions which are intended to amend other laws are inappropriate provisions that may be vetoed separately by the President. 5. A doctrine in Public International Law which precludes the recognition of any government established as a result of external aggression. a) b) c) d) 6.) WILSON/TOBAR DOCTRINE ESTRADA DOCTRINE STIMSON DOCTRINE KELLOGGBRIAND DOCTRINE May an extradition treaty be applied retroactively?

a) No. Applying the same retroactively will violate the prohibition on ex post

facto laws. b) Yes. The prohibition applies only to criminal legislation which affects the substantial rights of the accused and not to extradition treaties. c) No. Retroactivity may be had in treaties generally but not when the subject is an extradition treaty. An extradition treaty has criminal implications so the prohibition on ex post facto laws still applies. d) Yes, only if there is reciprocity in the retroactive application. 7.) This is the application of Res nullius in public international law whereby a nation may assert control of an unclaimed territory and gain control when one of its citizens, often an exploratory and/or military expedition, enters said territory. a) Terra nullius b) Primum possidet c) Nullius territorialis d) Ager publicus 8.) UNCITRALs work is organized and conducted at three levels. The first level is UNCITRAL itself, often referred to as the Commission, which holds an annual plenary session. The second level is the intergovernmental working groups, which to a large extent undertake the development of the topics on UNCITRALs work programme, while the third is the secretariat, which assists the Commission and its working groups in the preparation and conduct of their work. a) True only with regard to the first two levels b) ENTIRELY TRUE c) True only with regard to the third level d) ENTIRELY FALSE 9.) In the Case Concerning US Diplomatic and Consular Staff in Tehran, the International Court of Justice decided that: a) No member of the United States diplomatic or consular staff may be kept in Iran but they may be subjected to any form of judicial proceedings or to participate in them as a witness. b) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not under an obligation to make reparation to the Government of the United States of America. c) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not under an

obligation to make reparation to the Government of the United States of America but must right away release the detained Diplomatic and Consular Staff. d) The Islamic Republic of Iran violated its obligations to the United States of America under international conventions in force between the two countries, as well as under longestablished rules of general international law. 10.) I. Rebus sic stantibus is an exception to the doctrine of Pacta sunt servanda. II. International Humanitarian Law deals with jus ad bellum and not jus in bello. III. A blockade is an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. a) TRUE, TRUE TRUE b) TRUE, FALSE, TRUE c) FALSE, FALSE, TRUE d) FALSE, FALSE, FALSE

11.What doctrine provides that except in cases where the Chief Executive is required by law or Constitution to act in person or the exigencies of the situation demand that he act personally, the multifarious executive and administrative functions of the Chief Executive are performed by and through the executive departments, and the acts of the secretaries of such departments, performed and promulgated in the regular course of business, are, unless disapproved or reprobated by the Chief Executive presumptively the acts of the Chief Executive a. Doctrine of Separation of Powers b. Doctrine of Qualified Political Agency c. Doctrine of Non-Delagation of Powers d. Doctrine of Inappropriate Provisions 12.All are exceptions to the Doctrine of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies, except

a. when the question involved is a purely legal question b. when there is irreparable injury c. when there is a violation of due process d. when there is a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the course of law 13.Administrative agencies exercises a. b. c. d. judicial and plenary powers legislative and judicial powers quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial powers power of eminent domain and police powers

14.All of the following must be observed in administrative due process, except a. there must be a right to a hearing b. the decision must be rendered based on the evidence presented c. the tribunal must consider the evidence presented d. the evidence must be beyond reasonable doubt 15.Jurisdiction must be properly acquired by the administrative body and observance of due process in the conduct of the proceedings are two conditions for the proper exercise of a. b. c. d. Quasi-legislative power Investigatory power Quasi-judicial power Power to issue subpoena