Oblicon Answer Key For Prelim Exam 1st Sem Ay 2015-2016
Oblicon Answer Key For Prelim Exam 1st Sem Ay 2015-2016
PRELIMINARY EXAM
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) DO NOT LOOK AT YOUR CLASSMATES TEST PAPER OR TALK TO ANY OF YOUR CLASSMATES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXAM, OR NEED AN EXTRA PEN OR PAPER, GO TO THE
INSTRUCTOR OR EXAM PROCTOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT TALKING TO ANY OF YOUR
CLASSMATES OR LOOKING AT THEIR TEST PAPERS ONCE THE EXAM STARTS, YOU MAY BE
CONSIDERED CHEATING.
2) SURRENDER YOUR CELLPHONE, BAGS AND STUDY MATERIALS, AND ALL YOUR BELONGINGS
TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM BEFORE TAKING THIS EXAM. IF YOU USE YOUR PHONE OR ANY
PAPER OTHER THAN YOUR TEST PAPER DURING THE EXAM, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED AS
CHEATING.
3) SURRENDER YOUR TEST PAPER TO THE INSTRUCTOR OR PROCTOR IF YOU NEED TO GO THE
BATHROOM. YOUR PAPER WILL BE RETURNED TO YOU ONCE YOU RETURN. ONLY ONE
PERSON IS ALLOWED TO BE OUTSIDE AT ANY GIVEN TIME DURING THE EXAMINATION.
4) CHEATING ON THIS EXAMINATION SHALL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE FOR THE COURSE. IN
ADDITION, YOU MAY BE SUSPENDED OR DROPPED FROM THE ROLLS OF USST IF YOU ARE
FOUND GUILTY OF CHEATING.
BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU ATTEST THAT YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS AND THAT YOU
WILL NOT CHEAT NOR AID YOUR CLASSMATE IN CHEATING ON THIS EXAM, AND THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU ARE FOUND DOING SO, YOU MAY BE SUSPENDED OR DROPPED FROM
THE ROLLS OF USST.
SIGNATURE: _________________________________________
I. Multiple Choice (2 points, 60 points total). Choose the best answer to complete
the statement. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.
______1. What is NOT a source of obligation under Art. 1157 of the Civil Code:
a. quasi-delict c. form
b. law d. contract
______7. For the creditor, receipt of installment payment for July without reservation as to prior or
previous installments, shall give rise to the presumption that payments for January to June have
been:
a. stolen c. delayed
b. deposited in a bank d. paid
______11. Mr. Kim will donate a parcel of land to Mr. Allen, only to be delivered after Mr. Kims
graduation, this is an example of an obligation with a _________ term.
a. suspensive condition c. resolutory condition
b. resolutory period d. suspensive period
______13. All obligations to give includes an accessory obligation to (12) with ______________:
a. extraordinary diligence c. the diligence of Sir Ato
b. the diligence of a good father d. utmost diligence
______14. When the obligor binds himself to deliver ten dogs, the object of the obligation is:
a. determinate c. indeterminate
b. specific d. numerous
______16. In the essential requisites of obligations, the passive subject refers to the:
a. debtor c. beneficiary
b. creditor d. arbiter
______18. This refers to the right of the creditor to exercise all of the rights and bring all of the
actions which the debtor may have against third persons.
a. accion publiciana c. accion subrogatoria
b. accion pauliana d. accion reivindicatoria
______19. When what is to be delivered is a determinate thing, the creditor, may ________ the
debtor to make the delivery:
a. compel c. convince
b. compare d. confuse
______20. In the essential requisites of obligations, the active subject refers to the:
a. debtor c. beneficiary
b. creditor d. arbiter
Name and Signature: _________________________
Section: _________________________
______21. This refers to the right of the creditor to impugn all of the acts the debtor may have
done to defraud him.
a. accion publiciana c. accion subrogatoria
b. accion pauliana d. accion reivindicatoria
______24. For the creditor, receipt of the principal without reservation as to the interest, shall give
rise to the presumption that said interest:
a. has been paid c. is still running
b. is still due and demandable d. is escalating
______25. In order that a fortuitous event or force majeure may exempt a person from liability, it
is necessary that he/she be free from _____________.
a. disease c. the Spanish rule
b. negligence d. liability
______26. In a joint obligation to pay Php 1,000 and there are 4 debtors, how much is each
debtor liable to pay?
a. Php 250 c. Php 500
b. Php 1,000 d. none
______28. When through an accident or other cause, a person becomes severely injured and he
is treated or helped by another person while he is not in a condition to give consent, the law itself
provides for the consent. This thus requires him later to reimburse the person who advanced the
payment for his safety. What is this an example of?
a. delict c. contract
b. quasi-delict d. quasi-contract
______29. A creditor has no real right over a thing until it has been delivered to him/her. The
real rights here refer to right of ownership, which is enforceable against the whole world. What is
another term for real right?
a. juice colored c. jus in re
b. jus ad rem d. none of the above
______30. Generally speaking, a husband and wife have a ________ obligation to love and
respect his or her partner.
a. natural c. civil
b. unilateral d. no
III. Essay (30 points total). Keep your answers concise and direct to the point. For
parts III and IV, you can use the space below and the space in the back of this
page.
Mara promised to buy a unicorn for Maricar. Maricar, however, had spent all of her
money giving her friends and classmates a treat at Mcdonalds. So, Maricar, was not
able to pay for the unicorn when it was delivered to her by Mara. Who is the obligor?
Who is the obligee? What is the object? What is the prestation?