Criminal Jurisprudence
Criminal Jurisprudence
Criminal Jurisprudence
1. Berto with evident premeditation and treachery killed his father. What was the crime committed?
A. Murder C. Homicide
B. Parricide D. Qualified Homicide
2. PO3 Bagsik entered the dwelling of Totoy against the latter's will on suspicion that Bitoy keep
unlicensed firearms.
A. Trespass to Dwelling C. Usurpation of Authority
B. Violation of Domicile D. Forcible Trespassing
3. Charlie and Anna had been married for more than six months. They live together with the children of
Anna from her first husband. Charlie had sexual relationship with Jane that’s against her will, the 14
years old daughter of Anna. What was the crime committed by Charlie?
A. Corruption of Public Official C. Consented Abduction
B. Direct Assault D. Rape
4. Prof. Jose gave a failing grade to one of his student, Lito. When the two met the following day, Lito
slapped Prof. Jose on the face. What was the crime committed by Lito.
A. Corruption of Public Official C. Slight Physical Injuries
B. Direct Assault D. Grave Coercion
5. A warrant of arrest was issued against Fred for killing his parents. When PO2 Tapang tried to arrest
him. Fred gave him 1 million pesos to the set him free. PO2 Tapang refrained in arresting Fred. What was
the crime committed by PO2 Tapang?
A. Indirect Bribery C. Corruption of Public Officers
B. Direct Bribery D. Qualified Bribery
6. Which of the following is the exemption to the hearsay rule made under the consciousness of an
impending death?
A. parol evidence C. suicide note
B. ante mortem statement D. dying declaration
8. It refers to the family history or descent transmitted from one generation to another.
A. inheritance C. pedigree
B. heritage D. culture
9. The authority of the court to take cognizance of the case in the first instance.
A. Appellate Jurisdiction C. Original Jurisdiction
B. General Jurisdiction D. Exclusive Jurisdiction
11. Which of the following is not covered by the Rules on Summary Procedure?
A. Violation of rental laws
B. Violation of traffic laws
C. The penalty is more than six months of imprisonment
D. The penalty does not exceed six months imprisonment
12. It refers to a territorial unit where the power of the court is to be exercised.
A. jurisdiction C. venue
B. jurisprudence D. bench
14. The taking of another person's 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
17. A medley of discordant voices, a mock serenade of discordant noises designed to annoy and insult.
A. Tumultuous C. sedition
B. charivari D. scandal
18. The unauthorized act of public officer who compels another person to change his residence.
A. violation of domicile C. expulsion
B. arbitrary detention D. direct assault
19. The deprivation of liberty of another person committed by private 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 can be later declared void.
A. concubine C. adultery
B. bigamy D. immorality
22. Those that, not being principals cooperate on the execution of the offense by previous or simultaneous
acts.
A. Accomplices C. principal actors
B. Suspects D. accessories
23. An act or omission which is a result of a misapprehension of facts that is voluntary but not intention.
25. Infraction of mere rule 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 inconsideration of a gift and this act
is connected with the discharge of hi public duties.
A. qualified bribery C. estafa
B. direct bribery D. indirect bribery
27. 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 Evidence
B. Criminal Procedure D. Criminal Jurisprudence
29. Whenever more than 3 armed malefactors shall have acted together in the commission of crime.
A. gang C. band
B. conspiracy D. piracy
30. The failure to perform a positive duty which one is bound to.
A. Negligence C. omission
B. imprudence D. act
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. When an offense has in fact been committed and the arresting person has probable cause to believe
based on personal knowledge of facts and circumstances that the person to be arrested has committed
it.
A. Doctrine of Hot Pursuit C. Arrest without warrant
B. In flagrante delecto arrest D. Arrest with warrant
34. If the accused refuse to plead, or make condition plea of guilty, what shall be entered for him?
A. a plea of not guilty C. a plea of mercy
B. a plea of guilty D. a plea of surrender
35. At what time may the accused move to quash the complaint information?
A. at any time before his arrest C. any time before entering his plea
B. only after entering his plate D. Monday morning
36. The process whereby the accused and the prosecution in a criminal case work out a mutually
satisfactory.
A. Arraignment C. preliminary investigation
B. plea bargaining D. trial
37. The security given for the release of a person in custody, furnished by him or bondsman, condition
upon his appearance before any court as a required under the condition specified by law.
A. Subpoena C. bail
B. recognizance D. warrant
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 issued.
A. Trial C. pre-trial
B. Arraignment D. judgment
39. The adjudication by the court that the accused is guilty of the offense charged, and the imposition of
the proper penalty and
A. trial C. Arraignment
B. Pre-trial D. Judgment
40. It is an injury or proceeding for the purpose of determining whether there is sufficient ground to
engender a well found belief that an offender is probably guilty therefor and should be held for trial.
A. pre-trial C. preliminary investigation
B. arraignment D. plea bargaining
41. It is evidence of the same kind and to the same state of facts.
A. secondary evidence C. corroborative evidence
B. prime facie evidence D. best evidence
42. It is that which, standing alone, unexplained or un-contradicted is sufficient to maintain the
proposition affirmed.
A. secondary evidence C. corroborative evidence
B. prime facie evidence D. best evidence
43. A form of evidence supplied by written instrument or derived from conventional symbols, such as
letters, by which idea are represented on material substance.
A. document evidence C. material evidence
B. testimonial evidence D. real evidence
44. When the witness states that he did not see or know the occurrence of a fact.
A. positive evidence C. secondary evidence
B. corroborative evidence D. negative 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 proceed or fruits of the offense
C. subject of the offense
D. all of the above
46. All persons who can perceiving can make known their perception to others.
A. suspect’s C. victim
B. witness D. informers
47. The unlawful destruction or the bringing forth prematurely, of human fetus before the natural time of
birth which means 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 people not organized into groups and the parties responsible cannot be ascertained.
A. alarm and scandal C. death under exceptional circumstances
B. mysterious homicide D. tumultuous affray
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
B. mistake crime D. complex crime
54. An act which would be an offense against persons or property if it was not for the inherent
impossibility of its accomplishment.
A. compound crime C. complex crime
B. impossible crime D. accidental crime
55. Such facts and circumstances antecedent to the issuance of the warrant that in themselves is
sufficient to induce a cautious man to rely on them and act in pursuance thereof.
A. Probable cause C. Search Warrant
B. Warrantless arrest D. Lawful arrest
56. One who is deprived completely of reason of discernment and freedom of the will at the time of the
commission of the crime?
A. discernment C. epilepsy
B. insanity D. imbecility
57. The quality by which an act may be subscribed to a person as its owner or author.
A. responsibility C. guilt
B. duty D. imputability
58. Something that happen outside the sway of our will, and although it comes about through some act of
our will lies beyond the bound of humanity foreseeable consequence.
A. fortuitous event C. accident
B. fate D. destiny
59. A sworn written statement charging a person with an offense 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 of due process of law C. right to remain silent
B. presumption of innocence D. statutory laws
61. Known in other countries as the body of principle, practices, usages, and rules of action which are not
recognized in our country.
A. penal law C. common law
B. special law D. statutory law
62. Circumstance wherein there is an absence in the agent of the crime any or all the condition that
would make an act voluntary and hence, though there is no criminal liability but 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 suffers awfully and gradually, causing
him unnecessary physical pain in the consummation of criminal act.
A. ignominy C. treachery
B. cruelty D. masochism
67. The law hears before it condemns, proceeds upon inquiry and render judgment after a fair trial.
A. ex post facto law C. rule of law
B. equal protection of the law D. due process of law
68. A person if within a period of 10 years from the date 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
B. quasi-recidivist D. hardened criminal
70. The doctrine speaks of that illegally seized documents, papers, and things are inadmissible in
evidence. The exclusion of such evidence is the only practical means of enforcing the constitutional
injunction against unreasonable searches and seizures.
A. Doctrine of Poisonous Tree C. Competency
B. Doctrine of Relevancy D. Proof
71. These question suggest to the witness the answer to which an examining party requires.
A. leading C. stupid
B. misleading D. hearsay
72. Facts having rational probative value are admissible unless some specific rule forbids their admission.
A. Axiom of Relevancy C. Negative Evidence
B. Axiom of Competency D. Axiom of Proof
75. A crime against honor which is committed by preforming any act which casts dishonor, discredit, or
contempt.
A. libel C. incriminating innocent person
B. slander by deed D. intriguing against honor
76. The improper performance of some act which might lawfully be done.
A. misfeasance C. nonfeasance
B. malfeasance D. dereliction
77. A sworn statement in writing, made upon oath before an authorized magistrate or officer.
A. subpoena C. warrant
B. writ D. affidavit
78. Any other name which person publicity applies to himself without authority of law.
A. alias C. fictitious name
B. common name D. screen name
79. A special aggravating circumstances 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- recidivist C. reiteracion
B. recidivist D. charaviri
81. In its general sense, it is the raising of commotions or disturbance in the State.
A. Sedition C. Treason
B. Rebellion D. Coup d' etat
83. None but facts having rational probative value are admissible.
A. Axiom of Relevancy C. Axiom of Competency
B. Conditional D. Curative
84. Evidence that is otherwise improper is admitted to contradict improper evidence presented or
introduced by the other party, to cure, contradict or neutralize such improper evidence.
A. Multiple C. Axiom
B. Conditional D. Curative
86. The mental capacity to understand the difference between right and wrong.
A. treachery C. recidivism
B. premeditation D. discernment
88. It means that the resulting injury is greater than that which is intended.
A. Aberratio ictus C. Dura LexSedlex
B. Errorin personae D. Praeter intentionem
89. Evidence appears to be immaterial is admitted by the court subject to the condition that its
connection with another fact subsequent to be proved will be established.
A. Conditional C. Curative
B. Multiple D. Conserved
90. A stage of execution when all the elements necessary for its execution and accomplishment are
present.
A. Attempted C. Consummated
B. Frustrated D. Accomplish
91. It is the duty of a party to provide evidence at any stage of the trial until he has established a prima
facie case, or the like duty of the adverse party to meet and overthrow that prima facie case thus
established.
92. When the witness affirms that a fact did not or did not occur, it is entitled to greater weight since the
witness represents of his personal knowledge the presence of absence of a fact.
A. Positive Evidence C. Circumstantial Evidence
B. Negative Evidence D. Direct Evidence
93. DEGREE OF PROOF NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE BURDEN OF PROOF under Criminal Case:
Except?
A. During preliminary investigation C. To convict an accused
B. Issuance of Warrant of arrest D. Administrative Case
94. It is the cognizance of certain facts which judges may properly take and act upon without proof
because they are supposed to be known to them. It is based on considerations of expediency and
convenience. It displaces evidence, being equivalent to proof.
A. Judicial Notice C. Conclusively Presumed
B. judicially admitted D. Disputably Presumed
95. It is an admission, verbal or written, made by a party in the course of the proceedings in the same
case, which does not require proof
A. Judicial Notice C. ExtraJudicial Admission
B. Judicial Admission D. Judicial Clearance
96. It retains original and exclusive jurisdiction over all offenses committed on high seas of any registered
Philippine vessel.
A. International Courts C. Court of Appeals
B. Regional Trial Courts D. Supreme Court
99. Type of evidence which shows that better or primary evidence exists as to the proof of the fact in
question. It is the class of evidence that is relevant to the fact in issue, it being first shown that the
primary evidence of the fact is not obtainable. It performs the same functions as that of primary evidence.
A. Secondary evidence C. Real Evidence
B. Primary Evidence D. Object Evidence
100. the following are disqualified to be witnesses under the rules of Testimonial Evidence; except?
A. Disqualified by reason of mental incapacity or immaturity
B. Disqualified by reason of marriage
C. Disqualified by reason of death or insanity of adverse party
D. Disqualified on the ground of privileged communication
E. Disqualified by the reason of first degree relative