WILFORD UNIVERSITY
Magallanes Highway, Coron Palawan
SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
2019-2020
ANSWER KEY
I.IDENTIFICATION
1. Citizen
2. Non-Citizen
3. Natural-Born Citizen
4. Jus Solis
5. Citizenship
6. Citizenship by Naturalization
7. Repayriation/Reacquisition of Citizenship
8. Suffrage
9. Vox Populi, Vox Dei
10. Election
11. Registration
12. Person/s who cannot vote
13. Ballot
14. Bribery
15. Flying Voters
16. Compulsory Voting
17. Recall
18. Referendum
19. Plebiscite
20. The Hare System
21. Interest Group/s
22. Political Parties
23. The Ruling Party
24. Rightis Party
25. Centre Party
II. ENUMERATION
26-29. The Non-Citizens
Aliens
Stateless Person/s
Subjects
Immigrants
30-31. Kinds of Citizens
Natural-Born Citizens
Naturalized citizens
32-34. Acquisition of Citizenship
By Birth
By the process of naturalization
By marriage
35-41. Qualifications for Voting
Citizenship
Residence
Sex
Age
Property
Mental and Moral Qualification
Registration
42-46. Prevention of Electoral Fraud
A vigilant citizenry
Churches, schools and media to uphold electoral honesty
An independent body to supervise election
Laws and procedures to contest election results
An international panel of observers
47-50. Four main features of totalitarian party state
The ruling party monopolizes control of the state, suppressing the opposition of other
parties within the ruling party.
The ruling party controls all forms of social organizations in the country.
The ruling party monopolizes control of all means of public communications.
The ruling party is legally permitted to use state power in all forms that are expedient for
the purposes of the state.
III. COMPARE AND CONTRAST
51-55. Diffirentiate Aliens from Stateless Persons
- Aliens are either the person who temporarily visit the state, person who are resident
aliens but have not yet applied for naturalization. While the stateless persons are those
persons who have lost their original nationality and have not yet acquired another one.
56-60. Diffirentiate suffrage from election
- Suffrage simply means the right to vote. While election are the times when voters go to
the polling places in order to vote.
61-70. Diffirentiate The Hare System from The List System
-The hare system is the system name after its British proponent Thomas hare in 1851.
According to this system,each voters selects one candidate, but he is allowed to indicate on his
ballot his first, second and third choices. While the list system, the candidates are nominated by
the various political parties or groups of electors.
71-75. Diffirentiate the two-party system and multi-Party System
- two party system is the system wherein the major political parties alternate with each
other in the exercise of political power while the multi-party system is the system with
more that two political parties fight in an election and no single party gets the majority
control of the power.
IV. ESSAY
76-85. Is compulsory voting a good thing?
- Yes. Because it would stimulate greater interest in governmental affairs.
86-95. Are all persons are qualified to vote? Why?
- No. because certain people are debarred from voting. Among them are (a)persons who
are under age; (b) aliens; (c) insane persons; (d) criminals convicted of certain crimes;
and (e) persons who do not register as voters.
