Next CSE-PPT: 14 March 2027 · Professional & Subprofessional
Civil Service Exam reviewer on what major Philippine government agencies do and the laws that created them: finance and budget, statistics and ID, education, police and drugs, social insurance, archives and culture.
Public servants work with many agencies, and clients often ask which office handles what. This set covers major national agencies and the laws that created or govern them: the budget and finance agencies, the statistics and national ID system, the education agencies, the police and anti-drug agencies, the social insurance institutions, and the archives and cultural agencies.
Learn each agency together with its main function. Many questions describe the function and ask for the agency, or name a law and ask what it created.
Correct answer: A. Department of Budget and Management
The DBM prepares the budget proposal and manages its execution through allotments and releases. Under Article VII, Section 22, the President submits the budget to Congress within thirty days from the opening of each regular session.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Bureau of Internal Revenue
The BIR, under the Department of Finance, assesses and collects national internal revenue taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code. The Bureau of Customs collects duties and taxes on imported goods.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. RA 10625, the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013
RA 10625 merged several statistical offices, including the National Statistics Office, into the PSA. The PSA conducts censuses and surveys and keeps records of births, marriages and deaths.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. 11055 (2018)
RA 11055, the Philippine Identification System Act, created PhilSys. The PSA is its primary implementing agency, and the PhilSys Number (PSN) is a permanent identification number for each registered person.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 10844 (2016)
RA 10844 created the DICT as the primary agency for planning and developing the national ICT agenda, including e-government. RA 10175 is the Cybercrime Prevention Act and RA 8792 the Electronic Commerce Act.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. RA 7722
RA 7722, the Higher Education Act of 1994, created CHED to oversee colleges and universities. In the same year, RA 7796 created TESDA for technical-vocational education, completing the "trifocal" education system with DepEd.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. RA 7796 (1994)
RA 7796, the Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994, created TESDA. It sets competency standards, assesses and certifies workers, and supervises technical-vocational institutions.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Department of Education
RA 9155 renamed DECS as the Department of Education and transferred its culture and sports functions to other agencies. It also set out the governance of basic education at the national, regional, division and school levels.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. RA 9165, the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
RA 9165 created the Dangerous Drugs Board as the policy-making body and PDEA as its implementing arm, which enforces the law against illegal drugs.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. RA 6975 (1990)
RA 6975, the Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990, created the PNP, BFP and BJMP. RA 8551 of 1998, the PNP Reform and Reorganization Act, later amended it.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Government Service Insurance System (GSIS)
The GSIS covers government employees under RA 8291, the GSIS Act of 1997. The SSS covers private-sector workers, self-employed persons and others under RA 11199, the Social Security Act of 2018.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. 9679 (2009)
RA 9679, the Home Development Mutual Fund Law of 2009, governs the Pag-IBIG Fund, which manages a national savings program and provides housing loans to its members.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. RA 11201 (2019)
RA 11201 created DHSUD as the primary national agency for housing, human settlements and urban development, merging the functions of the former HUDCC and HLURB. RA 11641 created the Department of Migrant Workers.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. National Archives of the Philippines
RA 9470, the National Archives of the Philippines Act of 2007, created the NAP to manage public records, set records management standards for government agencies, and approve the disposal of valueless records.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. RA 7104 (1991)
RA 7104 created the KWF in line with Article XIV, Section 9 of the Constitution, which calls for a national language commission. The KWF issues the Ortograpiyang Pambansa, the official spelling guide for Filipino.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. RA 7356 (1992)
RA 7356 created the NCCA and a fund for culture and the arts. RA 10066 of 2009 is the National Cultural Heritage Act, which protects cultural properties.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Office of the Solicitor General
The OSG represents the Government, its agencies and officials in litigation that requires the services of lawyers. The Public Attorney's Office, by contrast, gives free legal assistance to indigent persons.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. RA 9710, the Magna Carta of Women
The Magna Carta of Women (RA 9710) of 2009 renamed the NCRFW as the Philippine Commission on Women and made it the overall monitoring body and oversight for the law's implementation.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. RA 6939 (1990)
RA 6939 created the CDA in line with Article XII, Section 15 of the Constitution. RA 9520 of 2008 is the Philippine Cooperative Code, which governs how cooperatives are organised and run.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. 10173
RA 10173, the Data Privacy Act of 2012, created the National Privacy Commission to protect personal information in information and communications systems. RA 11934 of 2022 is the SIM Registration Act.
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