Book 1

Definition of Terms

1. Consumated Felony- a felony is consummate when all the elements necessary for its execution
and accomplishment are present.
2. Frustrated Felony- it is frustrated when the offender performs all the acts of execution which
would produce the felony as a consequence but which, nevertheless do not produce it by reason
of cause independent o the will o the perpetrator.
3. Attempted Felony- there is an attempt when the offender commences the commission of a
felony directly by overt acts, and does not perform all the acts of execution which should
produce the felony by reason of some cause or accident other than his own spontaneous
desistance.
4. Internal Acts- such as mere ideas in the mind of a person are not punishable even if, had they
been carried out, they would constitute crime.
5. Grave Felonies- are those to which the law attaches the capital punishment or penalties which
in any of their periods are afflictive.
6. Less Grave Felonies- are those which the law punishes with penalties which in their maximum
period are correccional.
7. Light Felonies- are those in factions of law for the commission of which the penalty of arresto
menor or a fine not exceeding 200 pesos, or both, is provided.
8. Imputability- is the quality by which an act may be ascribed to a person as its author or owner.
It implies that the act committed has been freely and consciously done and may, therefore,, be
put down to the doer as his very own.
9. Responsibility- is the obligation of suffering the consequences of crime. It is the obligation of
taking the penal and civil consequences of the crime.
10. Justifying Circumstances- are those where the act of a person is said to be in accordance with
law, so that such person is deemed not to have trans greed the law and is free from both
criminal and civil liability.
11. Exempting Circumstances- are those grounds for exemption from punishment because there
wants in the agent of the crime any of the conditions which make the act voluntary or negligent.
12. Absolutory Causes- are those where the act committed is a crime but for reasons of public
policy and sentiment there is no penalty imposed.
13. Mitigating Circumstances- are those which, if present in the commission of the crime, do not
entirely free the action from criminal liability, but serve only to reduce the penalty.
14. Aggravating Circumstances- are those which, if attendant in the commission of the crime, serve
to increase the penalty without, however exceeding the maximum of the penalty provided by
law for the offense.
15. Generic- those that can generally apply to all crime.
16. Specific- those that apply only to particular crimes.
17. Qualifying- those that change the nature of the crime.
18. Inherent- those that must of necessity accompany the commission of the crime.
19. Public Authority- sometimes also called a person in authority, that is, a public officer who has
the power to govern and execute the laws.
20. Recidivist- is one who, at the time of his trial for crime, shall been previously convicted of final
judgment of another crime.
21. Quasi- Recidivism- any person who shall commit a felony after having been convicted by final
judgment , before beginning to serve such sentence, or while serving the same, shall be
punished by the maximum period o the penalty prescribed by law for the new felony.
22. Ignominy- is a circumstances pertaining to the moral order, which adds disgrace and obloquy to
the material injury caused by the crime.
23. Alternative Circumstances- are those which must be taken into consideration as aggravating or
mitigating according to the nature and effects of the crime and the other conditions attending
its commission.
24. Destierro- any person sentenced to destierro shall not be permitted to enter the place or places
neither designated in the sentences nor within the radius therein specified which shall not more
than 250 and be no less than 25 kilometers from the place designated.
25. Arresto Menor- shall be served in the municipal jail, or in the house of the defendant himself
under the surveillance of an offender of the law, when the court so provides in its decision,
taking into consideration of the offender and the other reasons which may seem satisfactory to
it.
26. Final Judgment- the term “final judgment” employed in the Revised Penal Code means
judgment beyond recall. As long as a judgment has not become executor, it cannot be truthfully
said that defendant is definitely guilty of the felony charged against him.
27. Prescription of the Crime- is the forfeiture or less of the right of the state to prosecute the
offender after the lapse of a certain time.
28. Prescription of the Penalty- is the loss or forfeiture of the right of the government to execute
the final sentence after the lapse of a certain time.
29. Habitual Delinquent- a person is a habitual delinquent if within a period o ten years from the
date of his release or last conviction of the crimes of (1) serious or less serious physical injuries
(2) robo (3) hurto (4) estafa (5) falsification, he is found guilty of any of said crimes s third time
or oftener.
30. Plurality of Crimes- consists in the successive execution by the same individual of different
criminal acts upon any of which no conviction has yet been declared.
31. Bond to Keep the Peace- the bond to keep the peace shall be required to cover such period of
time as the court may determine.
32. Arresto Mayor- the duration of the penalty of arresto mayor shall be from one month and one
day to six months.
33. Light Felonies- are punishable only when they have been consummated, with the exception of
those committed against persons or property.
34. Offenses- which are or in the future may be punishable under special laws are not subject to the
provisions of this code.
35. Accomplices- are those persons who, not being included in article 17, cooperate in the
execution of the offense by previous or simultaneous acts.
36. Accessories- are those who having knowledge of the commission of the crime, and without
having participated therein, either as principals or accomplices, take part subsequent to its
commission.
37. Reclusion Perpetua- any person sentenced to any of the perpetual penalties shall be pardoned
after undergoing the penalty for thirty years, unless such person by reason of his conduct or
some other serious cause shall be considered by the Chief Executive as unworthy of pardon.
38. Computation of Penalties- if the offender shall be in prision the term of the duration of the
temporary penalties shall be computed from the day on which the judgment of conviction shall
have become final.
39. Fine- shall be considered as the last of all the principal penalties listed in the preceding article.
40. Computation of Penalties- if the offender shall be in prision the term of the duration o the
temporary penalties shall be computed from the day on which the judgment of conviction shall
have become final.
41. Civil Interdiction- civil interdiction shall deprive the offender during the time of his sentence of
the rights of parental authority, or guardianship, either as to the person or property of any
word, of marital authority, of the right to manage his property by any act or any conveyance
inter vivos.
42. Pardon- shall not work the restoration of the right to hold public office, or the right of suffrage,
unless such rights are expressly restored by the terms of the pardon.
43. Criminal Law- a branch of law which defines crimes treats of their nature and provides for their
punishment.
44. General- the law is binding to all persons who reside in the Philippines.
45. Territorial- the law is binding to all crimes committed within the National territory of the
Philippine.
46. Prospective- the law does not have any retroactive effect.
47. Classical Theory- man is essentially a moral creature with an absolute free will to choose
between good and evil and therefore more stress is placed upon the result of the felonious act
than upon the criminal himself.
48. Nullum Crimen, Nulla Poena Sine Lege- there is no crime when there is now law punishing the
same. This is true to civil law countries, but not to common law countries. Because of this
maxim, there is no common law crime in the Philippines. No matter how wrongful, evil or bad
the act is, if there is no law defining the act, the same is not considered a crime.
49. Doctrine of Pro Reo- whenever a penal law is to be constructed or applied and the law admits of
two interpretations- one lenient to the offender and one strict to the offender- that
interpretation which is lenient or favorable to the offender will be adopted.
50. French Rule- such crimes are not triable in the courts of that country, unless their commission
affects the peace and security of the territory or the safety of the state is endangered.
51. English Rule- such crimes are triable in that country, unless they merely affect things within the
vessel or they refer to the internal management thereof. (This is applicable in the Philippines).
52. Omission- failure to perform a duty required by law.
53. Crime- acts and omissions punishable by any law.
54. General Criminal Intent- general criminal intent is presumed from the mere doing of a wrong
act. This does not require proof. The burden is upon the wrong doer to prove that he acted
without such criminal intent.
55. Specific Criminal Intent- specific criminal intent is not presumed because it is an ingredient or
element of a crime, like intent to kill in the crimes of attempted or frustrated homicide/
parricide/ murder. The prosecution has the burden of proving the same.
56. Dolo/ Deceit-there is deceit when the act is performed with deliberate intent.
57. Culpa/ Fault- there is fault when the wrongful act results from imprudence, negligence, lack of
foresight, or lack of skill.
58. Imprudence- deficiency of action.
59. Negligence- deficiency of perception, failure to foresee impending danger, usually involves lack
of foresight.
60. Mistake of Fact-is a misapprehension of fact on the part of the person who caused injury to
another. He is not criminally liable.
61. Doctrine of Proximate Cause- such adequate and efficient cause as, in the natural order of
events, and under the particular circumstances surrounding the case, which would necessarily
produce the event.
62. Conspiracy- exists when two or more persons come to an agreement concerning the
commission of a felony and decide to commit it.
63. Proposal- when the person who decided to commit a felony proposes its execution to some
other person or persons.
64. Arrest- the taking of a person into legal custody that he may be bound to answer for the
commission of an offense.
65. Positivist Theory- man is subdued occasionally by a strange and morbid phenomenon which
conditions him to do wrong in spite of contrary to his volition.
66. Actus Non Facit Reum, Nisi Mens Sit Rea- the act cannot be criminal where the mind is not
criminal. This is trur to a felony characterized by dolo, but not a felony resulting from culpa. This
maxim is not an absolute one because it is not applied to culpable felonies, or hose that result
from negligence.
67. Malum In Se- which literally means, that the act is inherently evil or bad or per se wrongful.
68. Acts- an overt or external act.
69. Felonies- acts and omission punishable by the Revised Penal Code.
70. Intent- ids the determination to do a certain thing, an aim or purpose of the mind. It is the
design to resolve or determination by which a person acts.
71. Criminal Law- is that branch or division of law w/c defines crimes, treats of their nature, and
provides for their punishment.
72. Subjective Phase of the Offense- it is that portion of the acts constituting the crime, starting
from the point where the offender begins the commission of the crime to that point where he
has still control over his acts, including their (act’s) natural cause.
73. Guilt- is an element of responsibility, for a man cannot be made to answer for the consequence
of a crime unless he is guilty.
74. Unlawfull Aggression- is equivalent o assault or at least threatened assault of an immediate and
imminent kind.
75. Defense of Stranger- anyone who acts in defense of the person or rights of a stranger, requites
mentioned in the first circumstance of this article are present and that the person defending be
not induced by revenge, resentment, or other evil motive.
76. Irresistible Force- the offender uses violence or physical force to compel another person to
commit a crime.
77. Uncontrollable Fear- the offender employs intimidation or threat in compelling another to
commit a crime.
78. Absolutory Causes- are those where the act committed is a crime but for reasons of public
policy and sentiment there is no penalty imposed.
79. Diversion- refers to an alternative, child appropriate process of determining the responsibility
and treatment of a child in conflict with the law on the basis of his/her social, cultural,
economic, psychological or educational background with resorting to formal court proceedings.
80. Provocation- is understood any unjust or improper conduct or act of the offended irritating
anyone.
81. Prevention- the state must punish the criminal to prevent or suppress the danger to the state
arising from the criminal acts of the offender.
82. Self-Defense- the state has a right to punish the criminal as a measure of self-defense so as to
protect society from the threat and wrong inflicted by the criminal.
83. Reformation- the object of punishment in criminal cases is to correct and reform the offender.
84. Exemplarity- the criminal is punished to serve as an example to detect others from committing
crimes.
85. Justice- that crime must be punished by the state as an act of retributive justice, a vindication of
absolute right and moral law violated by the criminal.
86. Penalty- is the suffering that is inflicted by the state for the transgression of a law.
87. Retribution or Expiation- the penalty is commensurate with the gravity of the offense.
88. Correction or Reformation- as shown by the rules which regulate the execution of the penalties
consisting in deprivation of liberty.
89. Social Defense- shown by its inflexible seventy to recidivists and habitual delinquents.
90. Principal Penalties- those expressly imposed by the court in the judgment of conviction.
91. Accessory Penalties- those that are deemed included in the imposition of the principal
penalties.
92. Invisible Penalties- are those which have no fixed duration.
93. Divisible Penalties- are those that have fixed duration and are divisible into three periods.
94. Plurarity of Crimes- consists in the successive execution by the same individual of different
criminal acts upon any of which no conviction has yet been declared.
95. Continued Crime- is a single crime, consisting of a series of acts but all arising from one criminal
resolution.
96. Indemnification- for consequential damages shall include not only those caused the injured
party, but also those suffered by his family or by a third person by reason of the crime.
97. Complex Crime- when a single act constitutes two or more crimes, or when an offense is a
necessary means for committing the other.
98. Reclusion perpetua- the penalties of reclusion perpetua and reclusion temporal shall carry with
them that of civil interdiction for life or during the period of the sentence as the case may be,
and hat of perpetual absolute disqualification which the offendersahll suffer even though
pardoned as to the principal penalty, unless the same shall have been expressly remitted in the
pardon.
99. Prision Mayor- the penalty of prision mayor shall carry with it that of temporary absolute
disqualification and that of perpetual special disqualification from the right of suffrage which the
offender shall suffer although pardoned as to the princiapal penalty, unless the same shall have
been expressly remitted in the pardon.
100. Pardon- the penalty of arresto shall carry with it that of suspension of the right to hold
office and the right of suffrage during the term of the sentence.
 Multiple Choices
1. Under this, crimes are not triable in that country unless they merely affect things within the
vessel or they refer to the internal management thereof.
a. French Rule c. Law of preferential application e. none of the above
b. English Rule d. Spanish Rule
2. It refers to inaction, by which a person may be considered criminally liable when the law
requires the performance of a certain act, e.g. failure to assist one’s own victim.
a. Act c. Fraud e. Both a and b.
b. Intent d. omission
3. It indicates s deficiency of action.
a. Negligence c. Lack of Skill e. none of the above
b. Imprudence d. Lack of foresight
4. It refers to deficiency of perception.
a. Negligence c. Lack of Skill e. none of the above
b. Imprudence d. Lack of foresight
5. For an act to be considered to be done with malice or dolo, which among the following must be
present?
a. Freedom c. Intent e. none of the above
b. Intelligence d. Lack of foresight
6. Refers to that cause which in natural is a continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient
superseding ground, produces the injury and without which the result would not have occurred.
a. Proximate cause c. Overt acts e. None of the above
b. Intervening cause d. Active force
7. It is the portion of the acts constituting the felony, starting from the point where the offender
begins the commission of the crime to the point where he has control over his acts.
a. Objective Phase c. Overt Acts e. Both a and b
b. Subjective Phase d. Attempted Felony
8. Generally are punishable only when they have been consummated with the exemption of those
crimes committed against persons or property.
a. Light Felonies c. Grave Felonies e. none of the above
b. Less Grave Felonies d. Felonies
9. Those who, not being principals cooperate in the execution of the offense by previous or
simultaneous acts.
a. accomplices c. principal actors e. none of the above
b. Suspects d. accessories
10. A inflicted slight physical injuries to B without intention to inflict other injuries, B then attacked
A is an example of?
a. Self defense c. Retaliation e. all of the above
b. Intervening cause d. proximate cause
11. The basis of this circumstances affecting criminal liability is the complete absence of freedom of
action, intelligence, intent or negligence on the part of the accused.
a. Justifying c. Aggravating e. all of the above
b. Exempting d. Mitigating
12. Under our laws, what is the age of full responsibility?
a. 9 years and below of infancy
b. Between 9 and 15 years
c. 18 to 70 years of age adolescence to maturity)
 d. Over 9 under 15 acting with discernment, 15 or over but less than 18; over 70 years of age
e. None of the above
13. Age of absolute irresponsibility.
a. 9 years and below of infancy
b. Between 9 to 15 years
c. 18 to 70 years of age (adolescence to maturity)
d. Over 9 under 15 acting with discernment,15 or over but less than 18; over 70 years of age
14. Which among the following may be considered as an alternative circumstance?
a. Relationship
b. Intoxication
c. Degree of instruction and education of the offender
d. Degree
e. None of the above
15. X and Y stabbed Z, injuring the Z in the process, X and Y are considered as;
a. Principal b direct participation
b. Principal by induction
c. Principal by indispensable cooperation
d. Co- principals
e. None of the above
16. Boy forcibly took Maria to a vacant lot and allowed his friends Lando and Tinoy to rape Maria,
Boy is liable as;
a. Principal by direct participation
b. Principal by induction
c. Principal by indispensable cooperation
d. Co- principals
e. None of the above
17. It refers to those penalties expressly imposed by the court in the judgment of conviction.
a. Principal penalties
b. Accessory penalties
c. Subsidiary penalties
d. Fine
e. All of the above
18. In the crime of theft, the culprit is duty- bound to return the stolen property.
a. Restitution
b. Reparation
c. Indemnification for consequential damages
d. Civil liability
e. All of the above
19. Crimes punishable by correccional penalties, except those punishable by arresto mayor shall
prescribe in how many years?
a. 20 years
b. 15 years
c. 10 years
d. 5 years
e. 3years
20. It includes rivers, creeks, bays, gulfs, lakes, straits, coves lying wholly within the three mile limit
of any nation.
a. Maritime zone
 b. Interior waters
c. Low water mark
d. High seas
e. All of the above
21. It makes criminal an act done the passage of the law which was innocent when done, and
punishes it.
a. Ex post facto law
b. Bill of attainder
c. Law on preferential application
d. Self repealing laws
e. All of the above
22. Refers to one of three equal portions, called minimum, medium and maximum of a divisible
penalty.
a. Degree
b. Period
c. Prescription
d. Duration
e. None of the above
23. Which among the foregoing is considered as the primary source of criminal law?
a. Act. No 3815
b. Special penal laws
c. Penal Presidential Decrees
d. Constitution
e. None of the above
24. Those punishable by arresto mayor penalties shall prescribe in how many years?
a. 20 years
b. 5 years
c. 10 years
d. 15 years
e. None of the above
25. It is the forfeiture of the right of the state to execute the final sentence after a certain lapse of
time.
a. Prescription of the crime
b. Prescription of the penalty
c. Degree of the penalty
d. Period of the penalty
e. None of the above
26. It is that branch or division of law which defines crimes treats of their nature, and provide for
their punishment.
a. Civil law
b. Criminal law
c. Procedural law
d. Substantive law
e. None of the above
27. Refers to a sentence of imprisonment for the maximum period defines by law subject to the
termination by the parole board at any time after service of the sentence.
a. Suspension
b. Indeterminate sentence
 c. Prescription
d. Period of penalty
e. None of the above
28. Refers to the purpose to use a particular means to affect such result
a. Intent
b. Motive
c. Deceit
d. Fault
e. All of the above
29. John commences with the execution of a felony but fails to perform all acts which should
produce it, the development or stage refers to:
a. Consummated
b. Attempted
c. Frustrated
d. Negligence
e. None of the above
30. Any bodily movement that tends to produce some effect in the external world.
a. Act
b. Omission
c. Dolo
d. Culpa
e. All of these
31. Libel and other similar offenses shall prescribe in how many years
a. 15 years
b. 10 years
c. 5 years
d. 1 year
e. None of the above
32. An entire penalty enumerated in the graduated scale of penalties.
a. Degree
b. Period
c. Prescription
d. Duration
e. None of the above
33. Refers generally to acts made criminal by special laws.
a. Felony
b. Mala ince
c. Mala inse
d. Mala prohibita
e. None of the above
34. Under RA 7659, the death penalty may be suspended when the accused is among the foregoing
except:
a. A woman while pregnant
b. Persons over 70 years old
c. Woman within one year after delivery
d. Persons over 18 but under 21 years of age
35. Which among the foregoing is not a requisite for Dolo?
a. Intelligence
 b. Freedom
c. Intent
d. Deceit
e. None of the above
36. Refers to the loss of the right of the state to prosecute the offender after a certain lapse of time.
a. Prescription of the crime
b. Prescription of the penalty
c. Degree of the penalty
d. Period of the penalty
e. None of the above
37. Things which are wrongful in their nature.
a. Evil
b. Mala ince
c. Mala inse
d. Mala prohibita
e. None of the above
38. Felonies punishable by death, reclusion perpetua and reclusion temporal shall prescribe in:
a. 20 years
b. 15 years
c. 10 years
d. 5 years
e. None of the above
39. Acts and omissions punishable by law.
a. Dolo
b. Culpa
c. Felonies
d. Crime
e. All of the above
40. Ariel intending to kill jigs to avenged lost honor stabbed the latter three times in the chest,
however due to prompt medical attention jigs was able to survive the attack, Ariel is liable for:
a. Physical injuries
b. Attempted homicide
c. Frustrated homicide
d. Frustrated murder
e. Murder
41. When all elements necessary for the execution and accomplishment of a felony are present it s
said to be:
a. Consummated
b. Attempted
c. Frustrated
d. Negligence
e. Imprudence
42. It is a physical activity or deed, indicating the intention to commit a particular crime.
a. Act
b. Omission
c. Fault
d. Overt act
e. Covert act
43. Abbreratio ictus refers to:
a. Mistake of the facts
b. Mistake in the identity
c. Mistake in the blow
d. Ignorance of the law
e. None of the above
44. What must be considered in determining whether the crime committed is only attempted,
frustrated or consummated?
a. Nature of the offense
b. Elements constituting the felony
c. Manner of commission
d. Offenses
e. All of these
45. Refers to crimes consummated in one instant or by a single act.
a. Formal crimes
b. Informal crimes
c. Rational crimes
d. Irrational crime
e. Both c and d
46. Refers to the obligation or suffering the consequence of crime.
a. Imputability
b. Culpability
c. Liability
d. Responsibility
e. None of the above
47. A quality in which an act may be ascribed to a person as the author or owner.
a. Imputability
b. Culpability
c. Liability
d. Responsibility
e. None of the above
48. Refers to felonies which the law imposes penalties which are correccional in nature.
a. Grave
b. Less grave
c. Light
d. Serious
e. None of the above
49. When the law attaches capital punishment or afflictive penalties the felony is said to be?
a. Grave
b. Less grave
c. Light
d. Slight
e. None of the above
50. Infractions to the law punishable by arresto menor or affine not exceeding 200 pesos or both.
a. Grave
b. Less grave
c. Light
d. Slight
 e. None of the above
51. Light felonies are made punishable only when they are:
a. Consummated
b. Attempted
c. Frustrated
d. Intended
e. None of the above
52. Exemption to the general rule in cases of light felonies.
a. When committee against persons
b. When committed against chastity
c. When committed against honor
d. When committed against liberty
e. None of the above
53. It exists when two or more persons come to an agreement to commit a felony.
a. Plan
b. Conspiracy
c. Piracy
d. Proposal
e. Both a and b
54. What occurs when a person who has decided to commit a felony recommends its execution to
some other person?
a. Conspiracy
b. Piracy
c. Proposal
d. Plan
e. None of the above
55. Acts of a person which are said to be in accordance with the law, so that such person is deemed
not to have transgressed the law and is free from both criminal and civil liability except for state
of necessity.
a. Justifying circumstances
b. Mitigating circumstances
c. Exempting circumstances
d. Aggravating circumstances
e. None of the above
56. Equivalent to assault or at least threatened assault of an immediate nature.
a. Intent
b. Culpa
c. Dolo
d. Unlawful aggression
e. None of the above
57. The following are the requistes for self defense, except:
a. Unlawful aggression
b. Reasonable necessity of the means employed to prevent or repel it
c. Lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself
d. Lack of intent on the part of the person defending himself
e. None of the above
58. What crime exists when a single ac constitutes two or more grave or less grave felonies?
a. Complex
 b. Composite

59. Capital punishment or maximum penalty imposed by law.

a. Reclusion perpetua
b. Reclusion temporal
c. Arresto mayor
d. Death by lethal injection
e. None of the above
60. Refers to alevosia, or means and methods employed to insure its execution.
a. Craft
b. Deceit
c. Intent
d. Treachery
e. None of the above
61. It pertains to moral order, adding disgrace to the material injury caused by the crime.
a. Craft
b. Treachery
c. Ignominy
d. Evident premeditation
e. All of these
62. The following circumstances are always mitigated in terms of alternative circumstances, except:
a. Low degree of education
b. Intoxication wherein the drunk person has not intended it or not a habitual drunkard
c. Relationship in crimes against property
d. Relationship in crimes against persons
e. None of the above
63. Poly stabbing army is considered as a:
a. Principal
b. Accessory
c. Accomplice
d. Instigator
e. None of the above
64. Emil persuade Jude to steal from his boss is a principal by:
a. Direct participation
b. Induction
c. Indispensable cooperation
d. Instigation
e. None of the above
65. Which in the following enumeration is an example of an afflictive penalty
a. Fine
b. Arresto mayor
c. Distierro
d. Prison mayor
e. None of the above
66. What would be the nature of action for a person over nine years of age and under fifteen to
incur criminal liability?
a. Act with discernment
b. Show malice
 c. Show criminal intent
d. Act negligently
e. None of the above
67. It shall serve to deprive the offender rights of parental authority or guardianship.
a. Subsidiary penalty
b. Penalty
c. Suspension
d. Civil interdiction
e. None of the above
68. Personal liability to be suffered by the convict who has no property to meet the fine.
a. Subsidiary penalty
b. Distierro
c. Suspension
d. Civil interdiction
e. None of the above
69. A form of protection rather than a penalty in cases of Art. 247 of the RPC.
a. Subsidiary penalty
b. Distierro
c. Suspension
d. Civil interdiction
e. None of the above
70. The moving power which impels one to action for a definite result.
a. Intent
b. Motive
c. Deceit
d. Fault
e. All of these
71. It refers to an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it.
a. Dolo
b. Culpa
c. Felony
d. Crime
e. All of these
72. In cases where in the commission of an offense is necessary in the commission of another it is
said that the crime is:
a. Formal crime
b. Informal crime
c. Compound crime
d. Complex crime
e. All of these
73. When did Act. No. 3815 takes affect?
a. January 1, 1931
b. January 1, 1932
c. January 1, 1933
d. January 1, 1934
e. January 1, 1935
74. Ignoratia facti excusat means:
a. Ignorance of the law
 b. Mistake of facts
c. Mistake of the blow
d. Mistake in identity
e. None of the above
75. Under this rule, crimes are not triable in the courts of that country, unless their commission
affects the peace and security of the territory or the safety of the state is endangered.
a. French rule
b. American rule
c. Spanish rule
d. English rule
e. Philippines rule
76. Failure to perform a positive duty which one is bound to do.
a. Act
b. Omission
c. Dolo
d. Culpa
e. All of these
77. Light offenses prescribe in:
a. 12 months
b. 6 months
c. 4 months
d. 2 months
e. 1 month
78. The foregoing are persons exempt from the operation of criminal law by virtue of the principles
international law, except;
a. Heads states
b. Ambassadors
c. Consul
d. Charges d’ affaires
e. None of the above
79. It is a characteristic of criminal law stating that the law is binding on all persons who live and
sojourn in Philippine territory.
a. General
b. Territorial
c. Retrospective
d. Universal
e. None of these
80. The meaning of factum probans.
a. preponderance of evidence
b. ultimate fact
c. evidentiary fact
d. sufficient of fact
e. none of these
81. Age of absolute irresponsibility in the commission of a crime.
a. 15-18 years old
b. 18-70 years old
c. 9 years old and below
d. Between 9and 15 years old
 e. Both a and c
82. A kind of execution clemency whereby the execution of penalty is suspended.
a. Pardon
b. Commutation
c. Amnesty
d. Reprieve
e. None of these
83. The loss or forfeitures of the right cooperation 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 judgment
d. Prescription of penalty
e. Prescription of doctor
84. Deliberate planning of an act before execution.
a. Treachery
b. Evident
c. Ignominy
d. cruelty
e. intent
85. An alternative circumstance.
a. Insanity
b. Intoxication
c. Passion or obfuscation
d. Evident premeditation
e. All of these
86. One, who at 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
b. Habitual delinquency
c. Reiteraction
d. Quasi-recidivism
e. Cruelty
87. Person who take direct part in the execution of a crime
a. Accomplices
b. Accessories
c. Instigators
d. Principals
e. All of these
88. 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
b. Recidivism
c. Reiteraction
d. Charivari
e. Habitual delinquent
89. Acts and omission punishable by special penal laws.
 a. Offenses
b. Misdemeanours
c. Felonies
d. Ordinances
e. Crime
90. Infractions or mere rules of convenience designed to secure a more orderly regulation of the
affairs of the society
a. Mala prohibita
b. Mala inse
c. Private crimes
d. Public crime
e. All of these
91. Those to which the law attaches the capital punishment or penalties ewhich in any of their
periods are afflictive.
a. Grave felonies
b. Less grave felonies
c. Lights felonies
d. Felonies
e. None of these
92. Are those which the law punishes with penalties which in their maximum period are
correccional.
a. Grave felonies
b. Less grave felonies
c. Light felonies
d. Felonies
e. None
93. Are those infactions of law for the commission of which the penalty of arresto menor or a fine
not exceeding 200 pesos, or both, is provided.
a. Grave felonies
b. Less grave felonies
c. Light felonies
d. Felonies
e. None of these
94. Those that can generally apply to all crimes.
a. Generic
b. Specific
c. Qualifying
d. Inherent
e. None of these
95. Those that apply only to particular crimes
a. Generic
b. Specific
c. Qualifying
d. Inherent
e. None
96. Those that change the nature of the crime.
a. Generic
b. Specific
 c. Qualifying
d. Inherent
e. None
97. Those that must of necessity accompany the commission of the crime
a. Generic
b. Specific
c. Qualifying
d. Inherent
e. None
98. Sometimes also called a person in authority, is a pubic officer who is directly vested w/
jurisdiction that is, a public officer who has the power to govern and execute the laws.
a. Public authority
b. Prosecutor
c. Judge
d. President
e. None
99. Is a circumstance pertaining to the moral order, which adds disgrace and obloquy to the
material injury caused by the crime?
a. Ignominy
b. Quasi- recidivist
c. Recidivism
d. Habitual delinquent
e. None
100. It refers to a territorial unit where the power of the court is to be exercised
a. Jurisdiction
b. Jurisprudence
c. Venue
d. Bench
e. None of these
Answer 48. A 96. C
1. A 49. B 97. D
2. C 50. D 98. A
3. A 51. A 99. A
4. C 52. D 100. A
5. D 53. A
6. A 54. B
7. D 55. B
8. C 56. D
9. D 57. D
10. A 58. B
11. D 59. B
12. A 60. B
13. B 61. D
14. A 62. C
15. C 63. C
16. A 64. D
17. A 65. D
18. B 66. C
19. C 67. D
20. A 68. A
21. D 69. C
22. D 70. A
23. A 71. C
24. C 72. D
25. B 73. C
26. C 74. D
27. A 75. D
28. B 76. D
29. A 77. C
30. D 78. A
31. C 79. C
32. B 80. D
33. D 81. C
34. C 82. D
35. C 83. A
36. C 84. A
37. C 85. B
38. D 86. A
39. D 87. D
40. A 88. A
41. C 89. A
42. B 90. B
43. D 91. A
44. D 92. B
45. D 93. C
46. C 94. A
47. D 95. B