CRIMINOLOGY BOARD EXAM REVIEWER

Criminal Justice
1. It is the act of committing the crime.
       A. Mens Rea
       B. Actus Reus
       C. Abberatio Ictus
       D. Pro Reo                            
2. It is the mental knowledge of committing the crime.
       A. Mens Rea
       B. Actus Reus
       C. Abberatio Ictus
       D. Pro Reo                   
3. In Latin, It literally mean "Stand by things decided".
       A. Abberatio Ictus
       B. Pro Reo
       C. Stare Decisis
       D. Actus Reus               
4. It involves community supervision in lieu of prison.
       A. Parole
       B. Probation
       C. Community Service
       D. Incarceration              
5. It entails the supervised release of offenders after they have served a portion of their sentence.
       A. Parole
       B. Probation
       C. Community service
       D. Incarceration           
6. Behaviors that are law violations only for youth of juvenile status.
       A. Misdemeanor
       B. Minor offenses
       C. Delinquency offenses
       D. Status Offenses          
7. It is an act committed by a juvenile for which an adult could be prosecuted in criminal court.
       A. Misdemeanor
       B. Minor Offenses
       C. Delinquency Offenses
       D. Status Offenses             
8. The 3 Components of the American Criminal Justice system.
       A. Police, Prosecution, Community
       B. Police, Courts, Community
       C. Police, Prosecution, courts
       D. Police, Courts, Corrections    
9. One of the following is a status offense.
       A. Prostitution
       B. Truancy
       C. Theft
       D. Robbery             
10. Which of the following is not a status offense.
       A. Prostitution
       B. Truancy
       C. Curfew Violations
       D. Underage Drinking
11. The Scientific study of the causes, consequences, prevention, and control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.
       A. Penology
       B. Correction
       C. Criminology
       D. Sociology
12. The Systematic, organized effort by society to punish offenders, protect the public and change the offender behavior.
       A. Penology
       B. Correction
       C. Criminology
       D. Sociology
13. Prescribed consequences intended to reinforce people’s conformity to norms.
       A. Sanctions
       B. Social Norm
       C. Deviance
       D. Norm
14. A Rule that makes clear what behavior is appropriate and expected in a particular situation.
       A. Sanctions
       B. Social Norm
       C. Deviance
       D. norm
15. The Violation of a norm.
       A. Sanctions
       B. Social Norm
       C. Deviance
       D. Norm
16. A Rule that specifies how people are expected to behave.
       A. Sanctions
       B. Social Norm
       C. Deviance
       D. Norm
17. An Act that is criminal because it is prohibited by law.
       A. Statutory Crime
       B. Mala Prohibita
       C. Mala In Se
       D. Offense
18. A Statutory crime that reflects public opinion at a moment in time.
       A. Sanctions
       B. Mala Prohibita
       C. Mala In Se
       D. Offense
19. A Behavior categorized as morally wrong or evil in itself.
       A. sanctions
       B. Mala Prohibita
       C. Mala In Se
       D. Offense
20. Bases its decisions on precedence.
       A. Common Law
       B. Statutory Law
       C. Procedural Law
       D. Political Law
21. It means incapable of criminal intention or malice.
       A. Doli Incapax
       B. Corpus Delicti
       C. Corpus Juris
       D. Corpus Juris Civilis   
22. It means body of civil law.
       A. Doli Incapax
       B. Corpus Delicti
       C. Corpus Juris
       D. Corpus Juris Civilis     
23. It means body of law.
       A. Doli Incapax
       B. Corpus Delicti
       C. Corpus Juris
       D. Corpus Juris Civilis     
24. It means body of the crime.
       A. Doli Incapax
       B. Corpus Delicti
       C. Corpus Juris
       D. Corpus Juris Civilis      
25. A British Social Reformer, He is regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.
       A. Jeremy Bentham
       B. Cesare Beccaria
       C. Samuel Romilly
       D. John Howard
26. He is an Italian Criminologists and author of the book Crimes and Punishment.
       A. Jeremy Bentham
       B. Cesare Beccaria
       C. Samuel Romilly
       D. John Howard
27. He argued that the effectiveness of criminal justice depended more on the certainty of punishment
than on its severity.
       A. Jeremy Bentham
       B. Cesare Beccaria
       C. Samuel Romilly
       D. John Howard
28. He is the first English prison reformer.
       A. Jeremy Bentham
       B. Cesare Beccaria
       C. Samuel Romilly
       D. John Howard
29. He was a British legal reformer whose chief efforts were devoted to lessening the severity of English
criminal law.
       A. Jeremy Bentham
       B. Cesare Beccaria
       C. Samuel Romilly
       D. John Howard
30. He developed the anomie theory in 1938.
       A. Henry Fielding 
       B. Robert Merton
       C. Edwin Sutherland
       D. John Fielding
31. It regulates the conduct of individuals, defines crimes, and provides punishment for criminal acts.
       A. Procedural Law
       B. Political Law
       C. Civil Law
       D. Criminal Law
32. In England, The Right to bring a thief caught in one's land to the lord's court is known as
       A. Infangthief
       B. Outfangthief
       C. Thief-takers
       D. Bow street runners
33. In England, The Right to bring a thief caught beyond one's land to the lord's court is known as
       A. Infangthief
       B. Outfangthief
       C. Thief-takers
       D. Bow street runners
34. A Branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals and /or organizations, in which
compensation may be awarded to the victime.
       A. Procedural Law
       B. Political Law
       C. Civil Law
       D. Criminal Law
35. In England, They are  a specialist and present cases in court.
       A. Attorney
       B. Solicitor
       C. Barrister
       D. Bench
36. In England, They are the office lawyers. The legal advisor to the public.
       A. Attorney
       B. Solicitor
       C. Barrister
       D. Bench
37. It is the UK's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency.
       A. MI5
       B. MI6
       C. Mossad
       D. CIA
38. In England, Men who would solve petty crime for a fee are called.
       A. Infangthief
       B. Outfangthief
       C. Thieft-takers
       D. Constables
39. The Marine Police Force that was formed on 1798 in England to tackle theft and looting from ships
anchored in the pool of London and the lower reaches of the river.
       A. Thames River Police
       B. Eden River Police
       C. Trent River Police
       D. Avon River Police
40. The First Marine Police in England was founded by magistrate.
       A. John Fielding
       B. Henry Fielding
       C. Patrick Colquhoun
       D. Robert Merton
41. He was a Scottish magistrate and founder of the first regular preventive police force in England, the
Thames River police.
       A. Patrick Colquhoun
       B. John Fielding
       C. Henry Fielding
       D. Samuel Romilly
42. He established the basis for the first police criminal records department in England.
       A. Patrick Colquhoun
       B. John Fielding
       C. Henry Fielding
       D. Samuel Romilly
43. He founded London's  first police force.
       A. Patrick Colquhoun
       B. John Fielding
       C. Henry Fielding
       D. Samuel Romilly
44. London's first professional police force.
       A. Bow Street Runner
       B.  Thames River Police
       C. Scotland Yard
       D. Metropolitan Police Force
45. The Bow Street Runners was founded on what year ?
       A. 1749
       B. 1748
       C. 1747
       D. 1746
46. A Magistrate appointed to hear minor cases, perform marriages, grant licenses in a town, country, or
other local district.
       A. Constable
       B. Solicitor
       C. Barrister
       D. Justice of the Peace
47. A Member of a body of people employed to keep watch in a town at night.
       A. Constable
       B. Watchman
       C. Solicitor
       D. Justice of the Peace
48. A Peace officer with limited policing authority, typically in a small town.
       A. Constable
       B. Watchman
       C. Solicitor
       D. Justice of the Peace
49. The Metropolitan Police of London was created on
       A. 1829
       B. 1828
       C. 1827
       D. 1826
50. The Pursuit of a felon announced with loud shouts to alert others who were then legally obliged to give
chase.
       A. Infangthief
       B. Outfangthief
       C. Hue and Cry
       D. Arrest
Answers:

1.   B
2.   A
3.   C
4.   B
5.   A
6.   D
7.   C
8.   D
9.   B
10. A
11.    C
12.    B
13.    A
14.    D
15.    C
16.    B
17.    A
18.    B
19.    C
20.  A
21.   A
22.   D
23.   C
24.   B
25.   A
26.   B
27.   B
28.   D
29.   C
30. B
31.   D
32.   A
33.   B
34.   C
35.   C
36.   B
37.   A
38.   C
39.   A
40. C 
41.   A
42.   B
43.   C
44.   A
45.   A
46.   D
47.   B
48.   A
49.   A
50. C