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CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE
MOCK BOARD EXAMINATION IN CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Write the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. 1. a. b. c. d. Badong, with evident premeditation and treachery killed his father. What was the crime committed? Murder Parricide Homicide Qualified Homicide

2. PO3 Bagsik entered the dwelling of Totoy against the latters will on suspicion that Totoy keep unlicensed firearms in his home. What was the crime committed by PO3 Bagsik? a. b. c. d. Trespass to Dwelling Violation of Domicile Usurpation Of Authority Forcible Trespassing

3. Berung and Betang had been married for more than six months. They live together with the children of Betang from her first husband. Berung had sexual relationship with Bea, the 14 year old daughter of Betang. Bea love Berung very much. What was the crime committed by Berung, if any? a. b. c. d. Simple Seduction Qualified Seduction Consented Abduction Rape

4. Prof. Dabcat gave a failing grade to one of his students, Sixto. When the two met the following day, Sixto slapped Prof. Dabcat on the face. What was the crime committed by Sixto? a. b. c. d. Corruption of Public Officials Direct Assault Slight Physical Injuries Grave Coercion

5. A warrant of arrest was issued against Pekto for the killing of his parents. When PO2 Tapang tried to arrest him, Pekto gave him 1 million Pesos to set him free. PO2 Tapang refrained in arresting Pekto. What was the crime committed by PO2 Tapang?

a. Indirect Bribery b. Direct Bribery c. Corruption of Public Officials d. Qualified Bribery 6. Exemption to the hearsay rule made under the consciousness of an impending death. b. ante mortem statement d. dead man statute

a. parol evidence c. suicide note 7. a. b. c.

The meaning of factum probans. preponderance of evidence ultimate fact evidentiary fact

d. sufficiency of evidence 8. a. b. c. d. 9. a. b. c. d. 10. It refers to family history or descent transmitted from one generation to another. inheritance heritage pedigree culture The authority of the court to take cognisance of the case in the first instance. Appellate Jurisdiction General Jurisdiction Original Jurisdiction Exclusive Jurisdiction A person designated by the court to assist destitute litigants.

a. Counsel de officio b. Attorney on record c. Attorney at law d. Special counsel 11. Which of the following is not covered by the Rules on Summary Procedure?

a. Violation of rental laws b. c. Violation of traffic laws The penalty is more than six months of imprisonment

d. The penalty does not exceed 6 months imprisonment 12. It refers to a territorial unit where the power of the court is to be exercised. b. jurisprudence d. bench The Anti-Bouncing Check Law. b. RA 8353 d. RA 6975

a. jurisdiction c. venue 13.

a. RA 6425 c. BP 22

14. The taking of another persons personal property, with intent to gain, by means of force and intimidation. a. qualified theft c. theft b. robbery d. malicious mischief

15. Felony committed when a person compels another by means of force, violence or intimidation to do something against his will, whether right or wrong. a. grave threat c. direct assault b. grave coercion d. slander by deed

16. Persons having no apparent means of subsistence but has the physical ability to work and neglects to apply himself or herself to lawful calling. a. pimps c. gang members 17. b. prostitutes d. vagrants

A medley of discordant voices, a mock serenade of discordant noises designed to annoy and insult. b. charivari d. scandal

a. tumultuous c. sedition 18.

The unauthorized act of a public officer who compels another person to change his residence. b. arbitrary detention d. direct assault

a. violation of domicile c. expulsion 19.

The deprivation of a private person of the liberty of another person without legal grounds.

a. illegal detention c. forcible abduction

b. arbitrary detention d. forcible detention

20. An offense committed by a married woman through carnal knowledge with a man not her husband who knows her to be married, although the marriage be later declared void. a. concubinage c. adultery 21. b. bigamy d. immorality

Age of absolute irresponsibility in the commission of a crime. b. 18-70 years old d. between 9 & 15 years old

a. 15-18 years old c. 9 years old and below 22. acts.

Those who, not being principals cooperate in the execution of the offense by previous or simultaneous b. suspects d. accessories

a. accomplices c. principal actors

23. The loss or forfeiture of the right of the government to execute the final sentence after the lapse of a certain time fixed by law. a. prescription of crime b. prescription of prosecution c. prescription of judgement d. prescription of penalty 24. A kind of executive clemency whereby the execution of penalty is suspended. b. commutation d. reprieve

a. pardon c. amnesty

25. Infractions of mere rules of convenience designed to secure a more orderly regulation of the affairs of the society. a. mala prohibita c. private crimes b. mala in se d. public crimes

26. Felony committed by a public officer who agrees to commit an act in consideration of a gift and this act is connected with the discharge of his public duties. a. qualified bribery c. estafa b. direct bribery d. indirect bribery

27. The wilful and corrupt assertion of falsehood under oath of affirmation, administered by authority of law on a material matter. a. libel c. perjury 28. b. falsification d. slander

Deliberate planning of act before execution. b. evident premeditation d. cruelty

a. treachery c. ignominy 29. a. gang c. band 30.

Whenever more than 3 armed malefactors shall have acted together in the commission of a crime. b. conspiracy d. piracy The failure to perform a positive duty which one is bound to. b. imprudence d. act

a. negligence c. omission

31. Ways and means are employed for the purpose of trapping and capturing the law breaker in the execution of his criminal plan. a. misfeasance c. inducement b. entrapment d. instigation

32. Those where the act committed is a crime but for reasons of public policy and sentiment there is no penalty imposed. a. impossible crimes b. aggravating circumstances c. absolutory causes d. complex crimes 33. An alternative circumstance. b. intoxication d. evident premeditation

a. insanity c. passion or obfuscation 34.

If the accused refuse to plead, or make conditional plea of guilty, what shall be entered for him? b. a plea of guilty d.plea of surrender

a. a plea of not guilty c. a plea of mercy

35.

At what time may the accused move to quash the complaint or information?

a. at any time before his arrest b. only after entering his plea C. any time before entering his plea d. Monday morning 36. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition on the case subject to court approval. a. arraignment c. preliminary investigation d. trial 37. The security given for the release of a person in custody, furnished by him or a bondsman, conditioned upon his appearance before any court as required under the conditions specified by law. a. subpoena c. bail b. recognizance d. warrant b. plea bargaining

38. The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws of the land, of the acts in issue in a case, for the purpose of determining such issue. a. trial b. pre-trial b. arraignment d. judgment

39. The adjudication by the court that the accused is guilty or is not guilty of the offense charged, and the imposition of the proper penalty and civil liability provided for by law on the accused. a. trial c. arraignment b. pre-trial d. judgment

40. It is an inquiry or proceeding for the purpose of determining whether there is sufficient ground to engender a well founded belief that an offense has been committed and the offender is probably guilty thereof and should be held for trial. a. pre-trial c. preliminary investigation d. plea bargaining 41. It is evidence of the same kind and to the same state of facts. b. prima facie evidence d. best evidence b. arraignment

a. secondary evidence c. corroborative evidence

42. It is that which, standing alone, unexplained or uncontradicted is sufficient to maintain the proposition affirmed.

a. secondary evidence c. corroborative evidence

b. prima facie evidence d. best evidence

43. A form of evidence supplied by written instruments or derived from conventional symbols, such as letters, by which ideas are represented on material substances. a. documentary evidence c. material evidence 44. b.testimonial evidence d. real evidence

When the witness states that he did not see or know the occurrence of a fact. b.corroborative evidence d. negative evidence

a. positive evidence c. secondary evidence 45.

Personal property that can be subjects for search and seizure.

a. used or intended to be used as means in committing an offense b. stolen or embezzled and other proceeds or fruits of the offense c. subject of the offense d. 46. all of the above All persons who can perceive and perceiving, can make known their perception to others. b. witnesses d. informers

a. suspects c. victims

47. The unlawful destruction, or the bringing forth prematurely, of human fetus before the natural time of birth which results in death. a. abortion c. murder b. infanticide d. parricide

48. Felony committed when a person is killed or wounded during the confusion attendant to a quarrel among several persons not organized into groups and the parties responsible cannot be ascertained. a. b. c. d. alarm and scandal mysterious homicide death under exceptional circumstances tumultuous affray

49. A question which arises in a case the resolution of which is the logical antecedent of the issue involved in said case and the cognisance of which pertains to another rtribunal. a. legal question b. juridical question

c. prejudicial question

d. judicial question

50. The offender has been previously punished for an offense to which the law attaches an equal or greater penalty or two or more crimes to which it attaches a lighter penalty. a. reiteracion b. quasi-recidivism b. recidivism d. habitual delinquency

51. An act or omission which is a result of a misapprehension of facts that is voluntary but not intentional. a. impossible crime c. accidental crime 52. b. mistake of facts d. complex crime

Infanticide is committed by killing a child not more than. b. 24 hours d. 72 hours

a. 36 hours c. 48 hours 53.

Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith. b. parens patriae

a. ignorantia legis non excusat c. res ipsa loquitur

d. dura lex sed lex

54. An act which would be an offense against persons or property were if not for the inherent impossibility of its accomplishment. a. compound crime c. complex crime 55. b. impossible crime d. accidental crime

The law which reimposed the death penalty. b. RA 8553 d. RA 8551

a. RA 5425 c. RA 7659

56. One who is deprived completely of reason or discernment and freedom of the will at the time of the commission of the crime. a. discernment c. epilepsy 57. b. insanity d. imbecility

The quality by which an act may be subscribed to a person as its owner or author. b. duty d. imputability

a. responsibility c. guilt

58. Something that happen outside the sway of our will, and although it comes about through some acts of our will, lies beyond the bounds of humanly foreseeable consequences. a. fortuitous event c. accident b. fate d. destiny

59. A sworn written statement charging a person with an offense, subscribed by the offended party , any peace officer or other public officer charged with the enforcement of the law violated. a. subpoena c. complaint b. information d. writ

60. This right of the accused is founded on the principle of justice and is intended not to protect the guilty but to prevent as far as human agencies can, the conviction of an innocent person. a. right to due process of law b. presumption of innocence c. right to remain silent d. right against self-incrimination 61. Known in other countries as the body of principles, practices, usages and rules of action which are not recognized in our country. a. penal laws c. common laws b. special laws d. statutory laws

62. Circumstances wherein there is an absence in the agent of the crime any of all the conditions that would make an act voluntary and hence, though there is no criminal liability there is civil liability. a. exempting c. justifying b. alternative d. aggravating

63. Circumstances wherein the acts of the person are in accordance with the law, and hence, he incurs no criminal and civil liability. a. exempting c. justifying b. alternative d. aggravating

64. When the offender enjoys and delights in making his victim suffer slowly and gradually, causing him unnecessary physical pain in the consummation of the criminal act. a. ignominy c. treachery b. cruelty d. masochism

65. One, who at the time of his trial for one crime shall have been previously convicted by final judgment of another crime embraced in the same title of the Revised Penal Code.

a. recidivism c. reiteracion 66. a. craft c. evident premeditation 67. Alevosia means

b. habitual delinquency d. quasi-recidivism

b. treachery d. cruelty

The law hears before it condemns, proceeds upon inquiry and render judgment after a fair trial.

a. ex post facto law b. equal protection of the law

c. rule of law d. due process of law 68. A person if within a period of 10 years from the date of his release or last conviction of the crime of serious or less serious physical injuries, robbery, theft, estafa or falsification, he is found guilty of any of the said crimes a third time or oftener. a. recidivist c. habitual delinquent 69. b. quasi-recidivist d. hardened criminal

A kind of evidence which cannot be rebutted or overcome. b. Best d. Conclusive

a. Primary c. Secondary 70.

A kind of evidence which cannot be rebutted or overcome. b. Best d. Conclusive

a. Primary c. Secondary 71.

These questions suggest to the witness the answers to which an examining party requires. b. misleading d. hearsay

a. leading c. stupid

72. A method fixed by law for the apprehension and prosecution of persons alleged to have committed a crime, and for their punishment in case of conviction. a. Criminal Law c. Criminal Procedure 73. b. Criminal Evidence d. Criminal Jurisprudence

The period of prescription of crimes punishable by death.

a. 20 years c. 10 years 74.

b. 15 years d. 40 years

Persons who take direct part in the execution of a crime. b. accessories d. principals

a. accomplices c. instigators

75. A crime against honor which is committed by performing any act which casts dishonor, discredit, or contempt upon another person. a. libel b. slander by deed c. incriminating innocent person

d. intriguing against honor 76. The improper performance of some act which might lawfully be done. b. malfeasance d. dereliction

a. misfeasance c. nonfeasance 77. a.

A sworn statement in writing, made upon oath before an authorized magistrate or officer. subpoena b. writ d. affidavit

c. warrant 78. a.

Any other name which a person publicly applies to himself without authority of law. alias b. common name d. screen name

c. fictitious name

79. A special aggravating circumstance where a person, after having been convicted by final judgment, shall commit a new felony before beginning to serve such sentence, or while serving the same. a. quasi-recidivism c. reiteracion 80. b. recidivism d. charivari

Which of the following is not a person in authority. b. Private School Teacher d. Municipal Councilor

a. Municipal mayor c. Police Officer 81.

In its general sense, it is the raising of commotions or disturbances in the State. b. Rebellion

a. Sedition

c. Treason 82.

d. Coup d etat

The length of validity of a search warrant from its date. b. 15 days d. 60 days

a. 30 days c. 10 days 83.

The detention of a person without legal grounds by a public officer or employee. b. arbitrary detention d. unauthorized detention

a. illegal detention c. compulsory detention 84.

A breach of allegiance to a government, committed by a person who owes allegiance to it. b. espionage d. coup d etat

a. treason c. rebellion 85.

A building or structure, exclusively used for rest and comfort. b. prison d. dwelling The mental capacity to understand the difference between right and wrong. b. premeditation d. discernement

a. sanctuary c. jail 86.

a. treachery c. recidivism 87. a. Estafa c. Rebellion 88.

Conspiracy to commit this felony is punishable under the law. b. Murder d. Rape

It means that the resulting injury is greater than that which is intended. b. Error in personae d. Praeter Intentionem

a. Aberratio ictus c. Dura Lex Sed lex 89.

It means mistake in the blow. b. Error in Personae d. Praeter Intentionem

a. Aberratio Ictus c. Dura lex sed lex

90. A stage of execution when all the elements necessary for its execution and accomplishment are present. a. Attempted b. Frustrated

c. Consummated

d. Accomplished

91. An act or omission which is the result of a misapprehension of facts that is voluntary but not intentional. a. Absolutory Cause c. Conspiracy 92. b. Mistake of facts d. Felony

Crimes that have three stages of execution. b. Formal d. Continuing

a. Material c. Seasonal 93.

Felonies where the acts or omissions of the offender are malicious. b. Intentional d. Inculpable

a. Culpable c. Deliberate 94.

It indicates deficiency of perception. b. Diligence d. Inference

a. Negligence c. Imprudence 95.

Acts and omissions punishable by special penal laws. b. Misdemeanours d. Ordinances

a. Offenses c. Felonies

96. A character of Criminal Law, making it binding upon all persons who live or sojourn in the Philippines. a. General c. Prospective 97. b. Territorial d. Retroactive

A legislative act which inflicts punishment without judicial trial. b. Bill of Rights d. Penal Law

a. Bill of Attainder c. Ex Post Facto Law

98. The taking of a person into custody in order that he may bound to answer for the commission of an offense. a. Search c. Arrest 99. b. Seizure d. Detention Pedro stole the cow of Juan. What was the crime committed?

a. Robbery c. Qualified Theft

b. Farm Theft d. Simple Theft

100. Pedro, a 19 year old man had sexual intercourse with her 11 year old girlfriend without threat, force or intimidation. What was the crime committed? a. Child rape c. Statutory Rape b. Qualified Rape d. None