Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Laws - Problem Set 4


  1. What is the maximum allowable area for an exploration permit granted to an individual onshore for the entire Philippines under RA 7942?
    • 20 blocks
    • 40 blocks
    • 50 blocks
    • 100 blocks
  2. Under RA 7942, this is the permit required in order to extract materials needed in construction of building or infrastructures for public use or other purposes:
    • Mineral Processing Permit
    • Government Gratuitous Permit
    • Commercial Sand and Gravel Permit
    • Industrial Sand and Gravel Permit
  3.  It is the extension of the right to that which is incorporated or attached to a thing which belongs to such person.
    • Accession Discreta
    • Accession Continua
    • Accession Naturual
    • Changing of River Beds
  4. It is the privilege granted by the State to a person to utilize forest resources within any forest land, with the right of occupation and possession over the same, to the exclusion of others except the government, but with the corresponding obligation to develop, protect and rehabilitate the same, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in said agreement.
    • License Agreement
    • Permit
    • License
    • Lease
  5. DA and DENR shall cancel all lease agreements covering lands of the public domain suitable to agriculture which have remained undeveloped within __________ years from the date of the effectivity of the lease contract under EO 407.
    • 2
    • 4
    • 5
    • 3
  6. Paul buys a dozen apples worth 107 pesos. He pays a 500 peso bill and the seller gave him change amounting to 453 pesos. Paul has a duty to refund the over change because of:
    • Negotiorum Gestio
    • Solitio Indebiti
    • Reciprocal Obligation
    • Quasi-delict
  7. RA 7652 is also known as:
    • Philippine Mining Act of 1995
    • Investors' Lease Act
    • Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992
    • Small Scale Mining Program Act
  8. In order to be considered small-scale mining, what should be the maximum annual production of ore?
    • 50000 metric tons
    • 10000 metric tons
    • 25000 metric tons
    • 100000 metric tons
  9. Jun went to Australia for a year and left his fishpond in the Philippines. Seeing that the fish were already for harvest, Julio harvested the fish and sold the harvest to a market vendor. What juridical relation does this contemplate between Jun and Julio?
    • Negotiorum Gestio
    • Solutio Indebiti
    • Reciprocal Obligation
    • Quasi-delict
  10. All Land Transfer Certificates issued to PD 27 shall be filed by __________ and recorded with the __________.
    • DAR; Land Registration Commission
    • DA; Registry of Deeds
    • DENR; Bureau of Lands
    • DAR; Registry of Deeds

Surveying - Problem Set 1


  1. A passage driven steeply upward from any portion of the mine.
    • Prop
    • Roof
    • Raise
    • Outcrop
  2. The top of a passageway of a seam or bed.
    • Roof
    • Connection
    • Compartment
    • Raise
  3. A place other than a passageway from which material has been extracted. The term usually refers to bed deposits.
    • Roof
    • Room
    • Raise
    • Prop
  4.  A bed of mineral or a small vein.
    • Seam
    • Room
    • Roof
    • Prop
  5. Rooms formed by the excavation of ore above or below a level, sometimes filled with broken ore or rock.
    • Strike
    • Heave
    • Stull
    • Wall
  6. The line of intersection of the vein with a horizontal plane; also the direction of that line expressed as a bearing. It is always at right angles to the dip.
    • Strike
    • Throw
    • Stull
    • Wall
  7. A piece of timber wedged in crosswise between the side walls of a passageway.
    • Dip
    • Stull
    • Heave
    • Vein
  8. A horizontal working passageway open at both ends.
    • Throw
    • Vein
    • Tunnel
    • Wall
  9. The vertical distance between the planes representing two parts of the same vein which is divided by a fault. The term is used only in regard to deposits which are nearly horizontal.
    • Throw
    • Strike
    • Stull
    • Seam
  10. A relatively thin deposit of mineral between definite boundaries. It is a mineral body flattened shape.
    1. Tunnel
    2. Vein
    3. Wall
    4. Stull

Laws - Problem Set 3


  1. The law that created the National Irrigation Administration on June 1963:
    • RA 3038
    • RA 3512
    • RA 3601
    • RA 3844
  2. It is the type of estate which is designed to pass title from grantee to his heirs thus keeping property in grantee's line of issue.
    • Fee Simple
    • Fee Tail
    • Estate for Years
    • Tenancy at Will
  3. This is the Philippine Environmental Code:
    • PD 1151
    • PD 892
    • PD 1152
    • PD 1308
  4. Which individual is part of the Board of Directors of he NHA?
    • Secretary of Finance
    • Secretary of Agriculture
    • Secretary of Interior and Local Government
    • Secretary of Budget and Management
  5. Filipino citizens who continuously occupies and cultivate lands and paid real estate tax may be granted not more than twenty four (24) hectares of land under this mode of concession (CA 141):
    • Homestead Settlement
    • Sale
    • Lease
    • Free Patent
  6. During land registration, what happens once the Court promulgates judgement in favor of registering the land under the applicant's name?
    • Copy the decree of registration is sent to the Registry of Deeds
    • The Land Registration Commission is instructed to issue the decree
    • Adverse claimant files an answer to the application
    • Issuance of owner's duplicate certificate of title
  7. It refers to the delay of obligee or creditor to accept the delivery of the thing.
    • Compensatio Morae
    • Mora Solvendi
    • Mora Accipeindi
    • Dolo Incidente
  8. What is the rationale for the payment of temperate damages?
    • For moral and physical anguish
    • When the exact amount of damages cannot be determined
    • In order to set an example
    • In order to vindicate a right when no other kind of damage may be recovered
  9. Lands recorded under the Spanish Mortgage Law which are not yet covered by Torrens Title are considered as __________.
    • idle lands
    • abandoned lands
    • untitled lands
    • unregistered lands
  10. It is defined as the activities concerned with the management and development of land, as well as the preservation, conservation, and rehabilitation of the human environment.
    • Land Use
    • Environmental Planning
    • Environmental Impact Assessment
    • Rehabilitation Projects

Laws - Problem Set 2


  1. The new foreshore along the reclaimed areas shall be the property of __________.
    • respective municipalities
    • respective cities
    • an individual buyer
    • national government
  2. In the organizational structure of the Ministry of Agrarian Reform, how many deputy ministers were to be appointed?
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5
  3. What are referred to as identified areas outside the boundaries of and immediately adjacent to designated protected areas that need special development control in order to avoid or minimize harm to the protected area?
    • Strict Nature Reserve
    • Natural Biotic Areas
    • Buffer Zones
    • National Integrated Protected Areas
  4. Which is not a division of NARRA under RA 1160?
    • Transportation and Supplies
    • Settlement Assistance and Community Work
    • Land Settlement and Development
    • Settler Selection and Screening
  5. Under the Chattel Mortgage Law, when may sale by public auction of property subject of the mortgage be conducted?
    • After 10 days from the time of condition broken
    • After 45 days from the time of condition broken
    • After 30 days from the time of condition broken
    • After 15 days from the time of condition broken
  6. The act that reorganized the Ministry of Agrarian Reform?
    • EO 129
    • EO 405
    • EO 228
    • EO 355
  7. Creation of the LASEDECO dissolved the following government agencies except:
    • National Land Settlement Administration
    • Rice and Corn Production Administration
    • Machinery and Equipment Department of the National Development Company
    • Urban Zone Expropriation and Land Management Committee
  8. What is the composition of the NARRA Board of Directors?
    • Chairman and 3 members
    • Chairman and 2 members
    • Chairman and 5 members
    • Chairman and 6 members
  9. How do you compute the value of the land under the Tenant Emancipation Act?
    • 1.5 times the average harvest of 3 normal crop years
    • 2.5 times the average harvest of 2 normal crop years
    • 3.5 times the average harvest of 3 normal crop years
    • 2.5 times the average harvest of 3 normal crop years
  10. What is RA 3844?
    • Accesibility Law
    • Environmental Code of the Philippines
    • Agricultural Land Reform Code of 1963
    • Urban Land Reform of the Philippines

Laws - Problem Set 1


  1. What republic act was enacted to conserve, protect and manage caves and cove resources as part of the country's natural wealth?
    • RA 1199
    • RA 9072
    • RA 7160
    • RA 456
  2. Act No. 4054 provides that the duration of a tenancy contract depends on the stipulation of the parties. If there is no such stipulation, what is the duration?
    • Court will fix the duration for the parties
    • 1 agricultural year
    • Continuous until one party notifies the other of its desire to terminate the contract
    • 3 years
  3. Within Urban Zones legitimate tenants who have resided on the land for 10 years or more who have built their homes on the land and residents who have legally occupied the lands by contract, continuously for the last 10 years shall not be dispossessed of the land and shall be allowed the __________ the same within a reasonable time and at reasonable prices.
    • right of redemption
    • right of first refusal to purchase
    • right of expropriation
    • development rights
  4. Which of the following lands are covered by Urban Development and Housing Act of 1992?
    • Those actually used for national defense and security of the State
    • Those set aside for government offices an not used for 10 years
    • Those used or set aside for parks, forests and watersheds
    • Those included in the coverage of RA 6657
  5. Under PD 957, what is the specification required for a planting strip when the right-of-way is 12m.?
    • 1.3m.
    • 1.2m.
    • 0.8m.
    • 0.6m.
  6. It is any natural mineral formation or deposit occurring in a cave or lava tube, including but not limited to any stalactite, stalagmite, helictite, cave flower, flowstone, concretion, drapery, rimstone or formation of clay or mud.
    • Speleothem
    • Significant Cave
    • Speleogem
    • Cave
  7. What law prohibits registration of documents affecting real property which is delinquent in payment of real estate taxes?
    • RA 456
    • RA 1700
    • RA 1227
    • RA 224
  8. As a mode of extinguishment of obligations, __________ refers to the conveyance of a thing as an accepted equivalent performance.
    • Condonation
    • Payment by Cesion
    • Dation in Payment
    • Legal Tender
  9. If a registered owner of a parcel of land wishes to convert the land into a subdivision project, he should submit subdivision plan to __________.
    • Director of Lands
    • National Housing Authority
    • Land Registration Authority
    • Housing and Land Regulatory Board
  10. All these staff sectoral bureaus of the Department of Agrarian Reform except:
    • Bureau of Land Acquisition and Distribution
    • Bureau of Settlement Assistance and Community Work
    • Bureau of Land Development
    • Bureau of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development