Criminal Jurisprudence Review Questions 9.

The authority of the court to take cognizance of the case in the

first instance.
1. Berto, with evident premeditation and treachery killed his           A.    Appellate Jurisdiction
father.  What was the crime committed?           B.    General Jurisdiction
          A.    Murder           C.    Original Jurisdiction
          B.    Parricide           D.    Exclusive Jurisdiction                               Answer: C     
          C.    Homicide
          D.    Qualified Homicide                            Answer: B    10.A person designated by the court to assist destitute litigants.
          A.    Counsel de officio
2. PO3 Bagsik entered the dwelling of Totoy against the latter’s           B.    Attorney on record
will on suspicion that Bitoy keep unlicensed firearms in his home.           C.    Attorney at law
What was the crime committed by PO3 Bagsik?           D.    Special counsel                                       Answer: A    
          A.    Trespass to Dwelling
          B.    Violation of Domicile 11. Which of the following is not covered by the Rules on
          C.    Usurpation Of Authority Summary Procedure?
          D.    Forcible Trespassing                           Answer: B               A.    Violation of rental laws
          B.    Violation of traffic laws
3. Charlie and Lea had been married for more than six months.           C.    The penalty is more than six months of imprisonment 
They live together with the children of Lea from her first           D.    The penalty  does not exceed six months imprisonment  
husband.  Charlie had sexual relationship with Jane, the 14 year Answer: C    
old daughter of Lea.   Jane loves Charlie very much. What was the
crime committed by Charlie, if any?  12. It refers to a territorial unit where the power of the court is to
          A.    Simple Seduction be exercised.
          B.    Qualified Seduction           A.    jurisdiction        
          C.    Consented Abduction           B.    jurisprudence
          D. Rape                                                            Answer: B              C.    venue
            D.    bench                                                      Answer: C    
4. Prof. Jose gave a failing grade to one of his students, Lito. When
the two met the following day, Lito slapped Prof. Jose on the 13.The Anti-Bouncing Check Law.
face.  What was the crime committed by Lito?           A.    RA 6425
          A.    Corruption of Public Officials           B.    RA 8353
          B.    Direct Assault           C.    BP.22
          C.    Slight Physical Injuries           D.    RA 6975                                               Answer: C    
          D.    Grave Coercion                                     Answer: B     
14. The taking of another person’s personal property, with intent
5. A warrant of arrest was issued against Fred for the killing of his to gain, by means of force and intimidation.
parents.  When PO2 Tapang tried to arrest him, Fred gave him 1           A.    qualified theft
million pesos to set him free. PO2 Tapang refrained in arresting           B.    robbery
Fred.  What was the crime committed by PO2 Tapang?           C.    theft
          A.    Indirect Bribery               D.    malicious mischief                              Answer: B    
          B.    Direct Bribery
          C.    Corruption of Public Officials 15. Felony committed when a person compels another by means
          D.    Qualified Bribery                                   Answer: D      of force, violence or intimidation to do something 
      against his will, whether right or wrong.
6. Which of the following is the exemption to the hearsay rule           A.    grave threat 
made under the consciousness of an impending death?           B.    grave coercion
          A.    parol evidence               C.    direct assault
          B.    ante mortem statement           D.    slander by deed                                  Answer: B    
          C.    suicide note
          D.    dead man statute                                 Answer: D    16. These are persons having no apparent means of subsistence
but have the physical ability to work and neglect  to apply himself
7. Factum probans means __. or herself to lawful calling.
          A.    preponderance of evidence           A.    Pimps
          B.    ultimate fact           B.    prostitutes
          C.    evidentiary fact           C.    gang members
          D.    sufficiency of evidence                           Answer: C                D.    vagrants                                                 Answer: D    

8. It refers to family history or descent transmitted from one 17. A medley of discordant voices, a mock serenade of discordant
generation to another. noises designed to annoy and insult.
          A.    inheritance           A.    Tumultuous
          B.    heritage           B.    charivari
          C.    pedigree           C.    sedition
          D.    culture                                                    Answer: C                 D.    scandal                                             Answer: B  
18. The unauthorized act of a public officer who compels another 27. The wilful and corrupt assertion of falsehood under oath of
person to change his residence. affirmation, administered by authority of law on a material
          A.    violation of domicile     matter. 
          B.    arbitrary detention           A.    libel    
          C.    expulsion           B.    falsification
          D.    direct assault                                  Answer: C              C.    perjury
          D.    slander                                                     Answer: C     
19. The deprivation of a private person of the liberty of another
person without legal grounds. 28. Deliberate planning of act before execution.
          A.    illegal detention               A.    Treachery
          B.    arbitrary detention           B.    evident premeditation
          C.    forcible abduction           C.    ignominy
          D.    forcible detention                          Answer: A              D.    cruelty                                                    Answer: B    

20. An offense committed by a married woman through carnal 29. Whenever more than 3 armed malefactors shall have acted
knowledge with a man not her husband who knows her to be together in the commission of a crime.
married, although the marriage can be later declared void.           A.    gang    
          A.    concubinage               B.    conspiracy
          B.    bigamy           C.    band
          C.    adultery           D.    piracy                                                        Answer: C    
          D.    immorality                                        Answer: C   
30. The failure to perform a positive duty which one is bound to.
21. Age of absolute irresponsibility in the commission of a crime.           A.    Negligence
          A.    15-18 years old           B.    imprudence
          B.    18-70  years old           C.    omission
          C.    9 years old and below           D.    act                                                            Answer: C   
          D.    between 9 and 15 years old            Answer: C    
31. Ways and means are employed for the purpose of trapping
22. Those who, not being principals cooperate in the execution of and capturing the law breaker in the execution of 
the offense by previous or simultaneous acts.       his criminal plan.
          A.    Accomplices           A.    Misfeasance
          B.    Suspects           B.    entrapment        
          C.    principal actors           C.    inducement
          D.    accessories                                      Answer: A                D.    instigation                                      Answer: B    

23. The loss or forfeiture of the right of the government to 32. Those where the act committed is a crime but for reasons
execute the final sentence after the lapse of a certain time fixed of public policy and sentiment there is no penalty imposed.
by law.           A.    impossible crimes
          A.    prescription of crime           B.    aggravating circumstances
          B.    prescription of prosecution           C.    absolutory  causes
          C.    prescription of judgement               D.    complex crimes                              Answer: C    
          D.    prescription of penalty                    Answer: D    
33. One of the following is an alternative circumstance.
24. A kind of executive clemency whereby the execution of           A.    Insanity
penalty is suspended.           B.    intoxication        
          A.    Pardon           C.    passion or obfuscation
          B.    commutation           D.    evident premeditation                  Answer: B    
          C.    amnesty
          D.    reprieve                                           Answer: D      34. If the accused refuse to plead, or make conditional plea of
guilty, what shall be entered for him?
25. Infractions of mere rules of convenience designed to secure a           A.    a plea of not guilty
more orderly regulation of the affairs of the  society.           B.    a plea of guilty
          A.    mala prohibita           C.    a plea of mercy
          B.    mala in se           D.    a plea of surrender                        Answer: A    
          C.    private crimes
          D.    public crimes                                        Answer: A     35. At what time may the accused move to quash the complaint
or information?
26. Felony committed by a public officer who agrees to commit an           A.    at any time before his arrest
act in consideration of a gift and this act is connected with the           B.    only after entering his plea
discharge of his public duties.           C.    any time before entering his plea
          A.    qualified bribery           D.    Monday morning                            Answer: C   
          B.    direct bribery
          C.    estafa
          D.    indirect bribery                             Answer: B                         
36. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in 44. When the witness states that he did not see or know the
a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition on the occurrence of a fact.
case subject to court approval.           A.    positive evidence
          A.    Arraignment           B.    corroborative evidence
          B.    plea bargaining           C.    secondary evidence
          C.    preliminary investigation               D.    negative evidence                          Answer: D    
          D.    trial                                                 Answer: B    
45. Personal property that can be subjects for search and seizure.
37. The security given for the release of a person in custody,           A.    used or intended to be used  as means in committing an
furnished by him or a bondsman, conditioned upon his offense
appearance before any court as required under the conditions           B.    stolen or embezzled and other proceeds or fruits of the
specified by law. offense
          A.    Subpoena           C.    subject of the offense
          B.    recognizance           D.    all of the above                      Answer: D    
          C.    bail
          D.    warrant                                           Answer: C     46. All persons who can perceive and perceiving, can make known
their perception to others.
38. The examination before a competent tribunal, according to           A.    Suspects
the laws of the land, of the acts in issue in a case for the purpose           B.    witnesses
of determining such issue.           C.    victims
          A.    Trial           D.    informers                                         Answer: B    
          B.    Arraignment
          C.    pre-trial 47. The unlawful destruction or the bringing forth prematurely, of
          D.    judgment                       Answer: A                                 human fetus before the natural time of birth which results in
death.
39. The adjudication by the court that the accused is guilty or is           A.    abortion    
not guilty of the offense charged, and the imposition of the           B.    infanticide
proper penalty and             C.    murder
          A.    trial           D.    parricide                                             Answer: A    
          B.    Pre-trial
          C.    Arraignment       48. Felony committed when a person is killed or wounded during
          D.    Judgment                                          Answer: D     the confusion attendant to a quarrel among several persons not
organized into groups and the parties responsible cannot be
40. It is an inquiry or proceeding for the purpose of determining  ascertained. 
whether there is sufficient ground to engender a well founded           A.    alarm and scandal            
belief that an offense has been committed and the offender is           B.    mysterious homicide
probably guilty thereof and should be held for trial.           C.    death under exceptional circumstances        
          A.    pre-trial           D.    tumultuous affray                                Answer: D   
          B.    arraignment
          C.    preliminary investigation     49. A question which arises in a case the resolution of which is the
          D.    plea bargaining                               Answer: C     logical antecedent of the issue involved in said case and the
cognizance of which pertains to another tribunal. 
41. It is evidence of the same kind and to the same state of facts.           A.    legal question
          A.    secondary evidence           B.    juridical question
          B.    prima facie evidence           C.    prejudicial question 
          C.    corroborative evidence           D.    judicial question                                     Answer: C      
          D.    best evidence                                  Answer: C    
50. The RPC was based on the 
42. It is that which, standing alone, unexplained or uncontradicted           A.    Spanish penal code
is sufficient to maintain the proposition affirmed.           B. English penal code
          A.    secondary evidence           C.American penal code
          B.    prima facie evidence           D.Japanese penal code                             Answer: A  
          C.    corroborative evidence
          D.    best evidence                                 Answer: B      51. An act or omission which is a result of a misapprehension of
facts that is voluntary but not intentional.
43. A form of evidence supplied by written instruments or derived           A.    impossible crime
from conventional symbols, such as letters, by which ideas are           B.    mistake of facts
represented on material substances.           C.    accidental crime
          A.    documentary evidence           D.    complex crime                                   Answer: B    
          B.    testimonial evidence
          C.    material evidence 52. Infanticide is committed by killing a child not more than….
          D.    real evidence                                     Answer: A                A.    36 hours
          B.    24 hours
          C.    48 hours
          D.    72 hours                                              Answer: D    
53. Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance 62. Circumstances wherein there is an absence in the agent of the
therewith. crime any of all the conditions that would make an act voluntary
          A.    ignorantia legis non excusat     and hence, though there is no criminal liability there is civil
          B.    parens patriae liability.
          C.    res ipsa loquitur           A.    Exempting
          D.    dura lex sed lex                             Answer: A               B.    alternative
          C.    justifying
54. An act which would be an offense against persons or property           D.    aggravating                                        Answer: A    
if it was not for the inherent impossibility of its accomplishment.
          A.    compound crime 63. Circumstances wherein the acts of the person are in
          B.    impossible crime accordance with the law, and hence, he incurs no criminal and
          C.    complex crime civil liability.
          D.    accidental crime                          Answer: B              A.    exempting            
          B.    alternative
55. The law which reimposed the death penalty.           C.    justifying  
          A.    RA 5425           D.    aggravating                                           Answer: C    
          B.    RA 8553
          C.    RA 7659 64. When the offender enjoys and delights in making his victim
          D.    RA 8551                                      Answer: C     suffers slowly and gradually, causing him unnecessary physical
pain in the consummation of the criminal act.
56. One who is deprived completely of reason or discernment and           A.    Ignominy
freedom of the will at the time of the commission of the crime.           B.    cruelty
          A.    discernment               C.    treachery
          B.    insanity           D.    masochism                                             Answer: B    
          C.    epilepsy
          D.    imbecility                                       Answer: D     65. One, who at the time of his trial for one crime shall have been
previously convicted by final judgment of another crime
57. The quality by which an act may be subscribed to a person as embraced in the same title of the Revised Penal Code. 
its owner or author           A.    Recidivism
          A.    responsibility               B.    habitual delinquency
          B.    duty           C.    reiteracion
          C.    guilt           D.    quasi-recidivism                                      Answer: A    
          D.    imputability                             Answer: D    
66. Alevosia means
58. Something that happen outside the sway of our will, and           A.    Craft
though it comes about through some acts of our will, lies beyond           B.    treachery
the bound s of humanly foreseeable consequences.           C.    evident premeditation
          A.    fortuitous event            D.    cruelty                                                     Answer: B    
          B.    fate
          C.    accident 67. The law hears before it condemns, proceeds upon inquiry and
          D.    destiny                                         Answer: C     render judgment after a fair trial.
          A.    ex post facto law
59. A sworn written statement charging a person with an           B.    equal protection of the law
offense,subscribed by the offended party, any peace officer or           C.    rule of law 
other public officer charged with the enforcement of the law           D.    due process of law                              Answer: D    
violated.
          A.    subpoena     68. A person if within a period of 10 years from the date of his
          B.    information release or last conviction of the crime of serious or less serious
          C.    complaint physical injuries, robbery, theft, estafa or falsification, he is found
          D.    writ                                               Answer: C     guilty of any of the said crimes a third time or oftener.
          A.    Recidivist
60. This right of the accused is founded on the principle of justice           B.    quasi-recidivist
and is intended not to protect the guilty but to prevent as far as           C.    habitual delinquent
human agencies can the conviction of an innocent person.           D.    hardened criminal                                      Answer: C    
          A.    right to due process of law
          B.    presumption of innocence 69. A kind of evidence which cannot be rebutted or overcome.
          C.    right to remain silent           A.    Primary
          D.    right against self-incrimination          Answer: B               B.    Best
          C.    Secondary
61. Known in other countries as the body of principles,           D.    Conclusive                                  Answer: D    
practices,usages and rules of action which are not recognized in
our country. 70. A kind of evidence which cannot be rebutted or overcome.
          A.    penal laws           A.    Primary
          B.    special laws           B.    Best
          C.    common laws           C.    Secondary
          D.    statutory laws                                       Answer: C           D.    Conclusive                                               Answer: D    
71. These questions suggest to the witness the answers to which 80. Which of the following is not a person in authority?
an examining party requires.           A.    Municipal mayor     
           A.    leading            B.    Private School Teacher        
           B.    misleading           C.    Police Officer
          C.    stupid           D.    Municipal Councilor                       Answer: C    
          D.    hearsay                                                 Answer: A   
81. In its general sense, it is the raising of commotions or
72. A method fixed by law for the apprehension and prosecution disturbances in the State.
of persons alleged to have committed a crime, and for their           A.    Sedition     
punishment in case of conviction           B.    Rebellion        
          A.    Criminal Law           C.   Treason     
          B.    Criminal Evidence           D.    Coup d’ etat                                    Answer: A    
          C.    Criminal Procedure
          D.    Criminal  Jurisprudence                          Answer: C   82. The length of validity of a search warrant from its date.
          A.    30 days
73. The period of prescription of crimes punishable by death.           B.    15 days    
          A.    20  years           C.    10 days     
          B.    15 years           D.    60 days                                            Answer: C    
          C.    10 years
          D.    40 years                                                 Answer: A    83. The detention of a person without legal grounds by a public
officer or employee.
74. Persons who take direct part in the execution of a crime.           A.    illegal detention    
          A.    Accomplices           B.    arbitrary detention     
          B.    Accessories           C.    compulsory detention
          C.    Instigators           D.    unauthorized detention                   Answer: B    
          D.    Principals                                               Answer: D   
84. A breach of allegiance to a government, committed by a
75. A crime against honor which is committed by performing any person who owes allegiance to it.
act which casts dishonor, discredit, or contempt upon another           A.    treason     
person.           B.    espionage      
          A.    libel                 C.    rebellion     
          B.    slander by deed               D.    coup d’ etat                                         Answer: A    
          C.    incriminating innocent person    
          D.    intriguing against honor                     Answer: B     85. A building or structure, exclusively used for rest and comfort.
          A.    sanctuary     
76. The improper performance of some act which might lawfully           B.    prison     
be done.               C.    jail     
          A.    misfeasance                    D.    dwelling                                                 Answer: D    
          B.    malfeasance          
          C.    nonfeasance      86. The mental capacity to understand the difference between
          D.    dereliction                                          Answer: B    right and wrong.
          A.    treachery     
77. A sworn statement in writing, made upon oath before an           B.    premeditation     
authorized magistrate or officer.            C.    recidivism     
          A.    subpoena               D.    discernment                                            Answer: D     
          B.    writ      
          C.    warrant      87. Conspiracy to commit this felony is punishable under the law.
          D.    affidavit                                              Answer: D               A.    Estafa     
          B.    Murder    
78. Any other name which a person publicly applies to himself           C.    Rebellion     
without authority of law.           D.    Rape                                                       Answer: C   
          A.    alias     
          B.    common name      88. It means that the resulting injury is greater than that  which is
          C.    fictitious name     intended. 
          D.    screen  name                                      Answer: C              A.    Aberratio ictus     
          B.    Error in personae     
79. A special aggravating circumstance where a person, after           C.    Dura Lex Sed lex  
having been convicted by final judgment, shall commit a new           D.    Praeter Intentionem                           Answer: D   
felony before beginning to serve such sentence, or while serving
the same. 89. It means mistake in the blow.
          A.    quasi-recidivism                A.    Aberratio Ictus     
          B.    recidivism                B.    Error in Personae            
          C.    reiteracion               C.    Dura lex sed lex      
          D.    charivari                                            Answer: A              D.    Praeter Intentionem                           Answer: A     
90. A stage of execution when all the elements necessary for its 100.Pedro, a 19 year old man had sexual intercourse with her 11
execution and accomplishment are present.  year old girlfriend without threat, force or intimidation. What was
          A.    Attempted      the crime committed?.
          B.    Frustrated                A.    Child rape
          C.    Consummated                B.    Qualified Rape    
          D.    Accomplished                                   Answer: C                C.    Statutory Rape     
          D.    None of these                                       Answer: C     
91. An act or omission which is the result of a misapprehension of
facts that is voluntary but not intentional.
          A.    Absolutory Cause  
          B.    Mistake of facts         
          C.    Conspiracy  
          D.    Felony                                               Answer: B    
 
92. Crimes that have three stages of execution.
          A.    Material     
          B.    Formal    
          C.    Seasonal     
          D.    Continuing                                        Answer: A    

93. Felonies where the acts or omissions of the offender are

malicious.
          A.    Culpable     
          B.    Intentional    
          C.    Deliberate    
          D.    Inculpable                                        Answer: B    
 
94. It indicates deficiency of perception.
          A.    Negligence    
          B.    Diligence         
          C.    Imprudence    
          D.    Inference                                          Answer: A    

95. Acts and omissions punishable by special penal laws.

          A.    Offenses     
          B.    Misdemeanors     
          C.    Felonies     
          D.    Ordinances                                       Answer: A    

96. A character of Criminal Law, making it binding upon all

persons who live or sojourn in the Philippines.
          A.    General     
          B.    Territorial   
          C.    Prospective     
          D.    Retroactive                                       Answer: A    

97. A legislative act which inflicts punishment without judicial

trial.
          A.    Bill of Attainder    
          B.    Bill of Rights    
          C.    Ex Post Facto Law
          D.    Penal Law                                          Answer: A    

98. The taking of a person into custody in order that he may be

bound to answer for the commission of an offense.
          A.    Search    
          B.    Seizure   
          C.    Arrest     
          D.    Detention                                              Answer: C   

99. Pedro stole the cow of Juan. What was the crime committed?
          A.    Robbery
          B.    Farm Theft      
          C.    Qualified Theft     
          D.    Simple Theft                                          Answer: C