Emmanuel Ivan S.

Aquino

BS CRIM 4A

Introduction To Criminology

1. What is that school of criminology which shifted the emphasis from the free will to
causes of crime?

A. Classical school

B. Positivist school

C. Chicago school

D. Philippine School of Criminology

2. A body of knowledge that deals with crime as a social phenomenon is _______.

A. Criminology

B. Criminal Science

C. Sociology

D. Penology

3. The basis of criminal liability is human free will and the purpose of penalty is
retribution. This theory which founded by Beccaria is:

A. Classical Theory

B. Positivist Theory

C. Social Contract Theory

D. Determination Theory

4. Freudian Theory traces behavior as a deviation to the repression of basic drives.

A person seeks release from conflict either by some mental substitute or by overt
compensatory behavior, which may be criminalistic in nature. In this scenario, crime is
seen as:
A. Heredity is one of the causes

B. A behavior influenced by environment

C. A deprivation in the human needs

D. An unconscious effort to solve an emotional problem

5. Sutherland explains that criminal behavior is not an invention by the criminal himself
but developed in the process of association with others. This theory presents:

A. That criminal behavior is learned

B. That criminal behavior is instinctive in the person

C. That criminal behavior is hereditary

D. None of the above

6. The personalities who are considered as the Holy three of Criminology are.

A. Lombroso, Garofalo and Ferri

B. Taylor Smith and Wesson

C. Gall Smith and Williams

D. Vollmer Sheldon and Nikki

7. The body conduced by sedated on the Kaukak Family free, indicated some proof
showing.

A. The role of heredity in the development of criminality

B. The role or mental defect in the development of criminality

C. The role of criminosynthesis in the explanation of crime

D. The effect of environment in the development of criminal behavior

8. A branch of criminology that is concerned with the control of crime by studying prison
management and prison reforms is known as ____. A. Penology C. Criminal Etiology B.
Criminal Demography D. Criminal Sociology9. Crimes committed by person who usually
occupy key positions, maintains prestige and high social are referred to as _______. A.
Blue collar crimes C. Organized crimes B. Economic crimes D. White collar crimes

10. The study in Criminology that deals with the relationship between criminality and the
population. A. Criminal demography C. Victimology B. Criminal Psychology D. Criminal
Epidemiology

11. The branch of criminology that studies the participation of the victim in the
commission of a crime. A. Victimology C. Criminal psychiatry B. Criminal Ecology D.
Dactyloscopy

12. Which of the following is considered the triad of crime – A. Desire, opportunity and
capability B. Desire, timing and opportunity C. Desire, chance and opportunity D.
Desire, intent, and chance

13. A classification of crime as the manner it is committed, wherein the act is done with
deliberate intent – A. Dolo C. Culpa B. Act D. Criminal

14. It is classification of crime when the offender acquires something as a consequence

of his criminal act. A. Possessive crime C. extinctive crime B. Acquisitive crime D.
rational crime
15. The factor identified by Dr. Charles Goring that is more influential as determinant
criminal behavior than environment factors is – A. Heredity C. temperature B. Facial
features D. mental defects 16. The question as to whether an act is a crime which is
dependent on the existing criminal law within the country it followed therefore that – A.
The causes of crime is hereditary B. Criminology changes as social condition changes
C. The causes of crime is psychological D. The cause of crime must be determined from
its social needs and standards.

17. A body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon is A. Criminology C.

Criminal Science B. Social science D. Penology

18. The following are the three principal division of criminology, except: A. Criminology
sociology C. Sociology of Law B. Criminal Etiology D. Penology

19. It is an attempt at scientific analysis of the cause of crime A. Criminal etiology C.

sociology of crime B. Penology D. criminal sociology

20. It is an attempt at scientific analysis of the conditions under which criminal laws
develop and which is seldom included in general books n criminology. A. Sociology of
law C. criminal sociology B. Penology D. Criminal etiology

21. Concerned with the control of crime by studying prison management and prison
reforms. A. Penology C. Criminal etiology B. Criminal demography D. Criminal sociology

22. The objectives of criminology are the following, except. A. Development of the body
of general and verified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this process
of law, crime and the treatment of offender. B. The knowing will contribute to the
development of other social science and through these social science, it will contribute
to efficiency in general social control C. It is concerned with the immediate application of
knowledge to program of social control of crime D. No exception

23. The legal definition of crime is an intention set or omission on violation of criminal
law, committed, without deforms or justification and sanctioned by law as a felony or
misdemeanor. This definition assumes. A. Crime is viewed as an allied concept that
becomes behavior when it violates criminal law. B. The offender cannot be assumed a
criminal until he has been found guilty through court procedures. C. It is contended that
criminal law is particularly stable and responsible means of adjusting social control to
changing social conditions. D. All of the above

24. The social definition of crime is, it is an act which the group regards as sufficiently
menacing the fundamental interest in order to justify the formal reaction of restraining
the violation. This definition assumes. A. Criminal law is seen as part of a larger body of
norms of the criminal laws which are shaped by the characteristics and interest of these
groups of population which influences legislation. B. Criminal is defined more broadly
than the legal concept. It is viewed an anti-social behavior designed to support and
include a larger variety and quality of behavior than that which the criminal law is
intended to penalize. C. The intrinsic (inherent) qualities of behavior are considered to
be a major focus of study rather than violation of the criminal law. D. All of the above

25. From the legal and social senses, crime has the following attributes: A. Crime is an
act or omission by one who having the capability of distinguishing the right from wrong,
persist in doing what law forbids and avoids doing what the law dictates. B. Crime is a
public offers a committed or omitted in violation of law forbidding or commanding it. C.
Crime is a social menace which exacts a tremendous toll on the national economy,
debilitates its financial resources, subverts the national security, and threatens the entire
political system. D. All of the above
26. The first school of criminology built on the concept of free will – A. Classical school
C. American school of criminology B. Menaghten rule D. Positivist school

27. School of criminology which shifted the emphasis from the free will to causes of
crime. A. Positivist school C. Classical school B. Chicago school D. Philippine’s theory
of crimes

28. The first social criminologist – A. Adolphe Quitelet C. Charles Goring B.

Charlemagne D. Becarria

29. Father of modern policies science – A. August Vollmer C. Allan Pinkerton B. John
Howard D. Sigmund Freud

30. German scientist who was the founder of penal law – A. Paul J.A. Von Feurback C.
Adolf Hitler B. William Sheldon D. Jeremy Bentham

31. Determines the meaning of insanity A. McNaghten rule C. Lombroso B. Alfred Binet
D. Becarria

32. Held that commission of crime is a matter of free will, in his Essay, Crime and
Punishment – A. Becarries C. Jeremy Bentham B. William Sheldon D. John Howard

33. Established the first modern police system in London – A. Cesare Lombroso C. Sir
Robert Pale B. Rafaelle Garofalo D. William Sheldon
34. Founder of Psycholoanalysis – A. William Bonger C. Sigmund Freud B. Adam Smith
D. William Sheldon

35. Holy 3 of Criminology, are the following – A. Lombroso, Garofalo & Ferri C. Taylor,
Smith & Williams B. Gall, Perry & Horge D. Boon, Meravite & Dewey

36. Classical theory is based in free will, rationalism and bedonism, its founder is – A.
Becarria C. Lombroso B. Howard D. Volimer

37. Modified classical theory by introducing limited responsibility, extenuating

circumstances, premeditation and exempted children and the mentally defective or
insane from responsibility – A. Neoclassical school C. positivist school B. Criminological
approach D. penology

38. Held that the criminal was born as an atavistic individual and not civilized. This
school was the first in study crime and criminal from the objective and scientific
approach – A. Lombroso and his positivist school B. Freudian and his psychoanalytical
approach C. Becarria and his classical school D. Non of them

39. Recent theories of criminal behavior have centered on the offender as an – A.

Individual C. as a criminal B. Influence D. a and b are true

40. Attempted to prove the relationship between crime and mental deficiency – A.
Psychological test C. psychiatric test B. Insanity test D. Psychometric test
41. Freudian who dominated psychoanalytical approach by theories such as the
following except: A. August Alchorn C. Kate Fredlander B. David Abrahamaen D. no
exception

42. Environment and social elements are minor factors to crime causation – A.
Community approach C. Sociological approach B. Psychological approach D.
Psychoanalytical approach

43. Considered the father of modern American Criminology – A. August Vollmer C.

Leonard Savitz B. Paul Walton D. Edwin Hardin Sutherland

44. French Sociologist who founded “among theory.” He used the term to explain
normless or the breakdown of the social order in his treatise, “Suicide” – A. Emile
Durkheim C. John Dewey B. Redford White D. Robert Duran

45. Development the three classifications of criminals, the born, the insane, and the
criminal passion; sometimes referred to as father of criminology – A. Jeremy Bentham
C. John Howard B. Andrew Taylor D. Cesare Lombroso

46. The merging of the individual with his group or simply belongingness – A. Uniformity
C. political B. Alienation D. identification

47. Scientific analysis of the cause of crime – A. Criminal ecology C. Criminological

theory B. Predictive method D. Criminal etiology
48. Systematic analysis of the conditions under which criminal is developed – A.
Criminal ecology C. criminal etiology B. Criminology theory D. sociology of law

49. Refers to those activities that seek to eliminate the desire opportunity and the
capability of the people to commit a crime – A. Crime prevention C. crime control B.
Criminalistics D. crime elimination

50. The sum of all the means used by the society to discourage and prevent anti-social
conduct – A. Social control C. crime rate B. Crime prevention D. crime elimination

51. Control of crime by studying prison management and prison refers to – A. Penology
C. ecology B. Social control D. crime prevention

52. Personal disorganization resulting in discrimination and lawlessness, simply, the

disregard of law – A. Anomic C. alienation B. Ecology D. harmony

53. Behavior in violation of criminal law – A. Criminal behavior C. criminology B.

Criminal demography D. criminal prevention

54. The study of relationship between criminality and the population. A. Criminal
demography C. criminal etiology B. Criminal ecology D. criminal Epidemiology

55. The study of criminality between mind behavior and crime – A. Criminal physical
anthropology B. Criminological study C. Criminological research D. Crime and criminal
study
56. The study of relationship between environment and criminality – A. Criminal
Epidemiology C. Criminal anthropology B. Criminal Psychology D. Criminal Biology

57. The study of criminality in relation to spatial distribution in community – A. Criminal

ecology C. criminal environment B. Criminal demography D. none of them

58. The study of different formulas to determine the future character of a potential
criminal – A. Predictive method C. criminological research B. Criminal research D. none
of them

59. The triad of crime is – A. Desire, opportunity and capability B. Desire, chance and
opportunity C. Desire, timing and opportunity D. Desire, intent and chance

60. Crime increase in urban areas are attribute to – A. Lack of sound prevention
planning B. Interplay of accelerated social changes which are the aftermath of
development C. Apathy of the community towards involvement in the campaign against
criminally D. All of the above

61. The board ways of social response to the crime problem – A. Prevention per se C.
control B. Rehabilitation D. all of them

62. Approaches to the goal of reducing crime – A. Crime suppression of reaction

measures undertaken after the commission B. Crime prevention of reaction measures
undertaken before the commission C. Crime investigation after the commission of crime
D. a and b are correct
63. Anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of positive
action to remove or reduce that risk – A. Crime control C. crime reduction B. Crime
elimination D. crime prevention

64. Traditional approach in crime control which deals with the apprehension,
investigation, trial, correction and/or punishment of the criminal – A. Crime suppression
C. crime elimination B. Crime control D. crime reduction

65. Modern approach through the reduction of criminal opportunity of both the existence
of crime and the criminal using social and situational, prevention, measured by the
community at large and by all sectors of society. A. Crime prevention C. crime
suppression B. Crime control D. crime elimination

66. The levels of crime prevention – A. Primary level – identification of factors in the
environment which contribute to criminally deviant behavior. B. Secondary level –
identification of individual or group of persons with criminally deviant behavior C.
Tertiary level – formulation of rehabilitation measures to prevent recidivism D. All of
these

67. The agency of the government tasked to campaign to prevent is a crime of – A. Dolo
C. culpa B. Imprudence D. omission

68. When the act is done with deliberate intent – A. Dolo or deceit C. culpa or fault B.
Criminal per se D. omission
69. When the act defined as crime is committed through fault – A. Culpa C. dolo B.
Criminal per se D. act 70. When a person does something which the law prohibits him
to do – A. Crime C. prohibition B. Reprimand D. act

71. These committed with intention and offender is in full possession of his mental
faculties – A. Rational crime C. mala in se B. Felony D. mala prohibita

72. When the act is wrongful because of its nature, universally condemned and
seriously affects the society A. Mala in se C. mala prohibita B. Crime D. felony

73. When the act is considered crime merely because this law makes it prohibited – A.
Mala prohibita C. mala in se B. Malam calsum D. dura lex sed lex

74. When the offender acquires something as a consequences of his criminal act – A.
Acquisitive crime C. extinctive crime B. Possessive crime D. rational crime

75. Crime committed by persons of respectability and of the upper class of society in the
course of their occupational activities – A. White collar crime B. Black collar crime C.
Blue collar crime D. No-color crime

1. The field of criminology is a multi-disciplinary science. One of its

aspect is the study of crime focused on the group of people and

society which is known today as:

 A. Criminal Psychology

B. Criminal Sociology

C. Criminal Psychiatry

D. Criminal Etiology

2. Macho means

A. assertive

B. angry

C. heroic

D. stubborn

3. Bilious means

A. wealthy

B. puffed out

C. bad tempered

D. irritable

4. Hypothetical means

A. Temporary

B. Exaggerated

C. Provable

D. Assumed
5. The theory in which reformation is based upon, on the ground

that the criminal is a sick person.

A. Positivist Theory

B. Classical Theory

C. Neo Classical School

D. Sociological Theory

6. It is defined as a crime where a person of respectability and

high social status in the course of his or her occupation commits

the criminal act.

A. Labor Crimes

B. Organized Crimes

C. High Collar crimes

D. White collar crime

7. The strict code of conduct that governs the behavior of the Mafia

members are called ___.

A. Omerta

B. Triad

C. Silencer

D. Mafioso
8. The groups of crimes categorized as violent crimes (Index crimes)

and property crimes (non-Index crimes) are called ___.

A. Conventional crimes

B. Non-conventional Crimes

C. Felony

D. Offense

9. What is the literal meaning of the term Cosa Nostra?

A. This thing of ours

B. Omerta

C. Two Things

D. 5th estate

10. The criminal activity by an enduring structure or organization

developed and devoted primarily to the pursuit of profits through

illegal means commonly known as ___.

A. Organized crime

B. Professional Organization

C. White collar crime

D. Blue collar crime

11. One of the following represents the earliest codification of the

Roman law, which was incorporated into the Justinian Code.

 A. 12 Tables

B. Burgundian Code

C. Hammurabic Code

D. Code of Draco

12. The generic term that includes all government agencies, facilities, programs,
procedures, personnel, and techniques concerned with the investigation, intake,
custody, confinement, supervision, or treatment of alleged offenders refers to:

A. Correction

B. Penology

C. Criminal Justice

D. the base pillar

13. The Italian leader of the positivist school of criminology, who was

criticized for his methodology and his attention to the biological

characteristics of offenders, was:

A. C Lombroso

B. C Beccaria

C. C Darwin

D. C Goring

14.The theory in criminology, which maintains that a person commits

crime or behaves criminally mainly because he or she is being

 possessed by evil spirits or something of natural force that

controls

his/her behavior is called:

A. Devine Will Theory

B. Demonological Theory

C. Classical Theory

D. All of these

15. Criminology changes as social condition changes. This means

the progress of criminology is concordant with the advancement

of other sciences that has been applied to it. This means that

criminology is _____.

A. Dynamic

B. Excellent

C. Progressive

D. None of these

16. In as much as crime is a societal creation and that it exist in a

society, its study must be considered a part of social science.

This means that criminology is __.

A. Applied science

B. Social Science

C. Natural Science
 D. All of these

17. The term white- collar crime was coined by

A. E. Sutherland

B. R. Quinney

C. E. Durkheim

D. C. Darwin

18. What is means of "R" in the criminal formula?

A. Total Situation

B. Criminal Tendency

C. Temperament

D. none of these

19. His key ideas are concentrated on the principle of "Survival

of the Fittest" as a behavioral science. He advocated the

"Somatotyping Theory".

A. W Sheldon

B. R Merton

C. E Sutherland

D. Ivan Nye

20. When someone is tagged as criminal, he or she may reject it or

 accept it and go on to commit crime.

A. Rational Choice Theory

B. Control Theories

C. Labelling Theory

D. Social Disorganization Theory

21. Recognized as being one of the earliest people to write about criminology.

A. Raffaelo Garofalo

B. Paul Topinard

C. Cesare Becarria

D. Cesare Lombros

22. A body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon.

A. criminal psychology

B. criminal

C. criminal law

D. criminology

23. Absence of a complaining victim in the typology ofcrime is classified as public order
crime or?

A. Crimes against person

B. Victimless crime

C. Physical crime

D. Public scandal

24. A crime that is committed in the shortest possible timesuch as libel.

A. Acquisitive crime
B. Extinctive crime

C. Seasonal crime

D. Instant Crime

25. Are those who commit crime due to less physical stamina and less self-control.

A. Criminoloid

B. Psuedo Criminals

C. Criminal by Passion

D. Born criminals