1.

These refers to the sum of money in which the law awards or imposes as a pecuniary
compensation, a recompense or satisfaction for an injury done or a wrong sustained as a
consequence either of a breach of a contractual obligation or a tortious act.
a. Damage
b. Damages
c. money
d. checks
2. Damages may be actual or compensatory, moral, nominal, and
a. Temperate
b. Liquidated
c. Exemplary
d. All of the above
3. This is awarded to a party who suffers such pecuniary loss suffered by him as he has duly proved.
a. Actual or compensatory
b. Moral
c. Nominal
d. Liquidated
4. In crimes, the damages to be adjudicated may be respectively increased or lessened according to
aggravating or mitigating circumstances
a. True
b. False
5. Damages may be recovered
a. For loss or impairment of earning capacity in cases of temporary or permanent personal
injury
b. For injury to the plaintiff’s business standing or commercial credit
c. Both and b
d. None of the above
6. If the obligation consists in the payment of a sum of money, and the debtor incurs in delay, the
indemnity for damages, there being no stipulation to the contrary, shall be the payment of the
interest agreed upon, and in the absence of stipulation, the amount of interest shall be
a. 6% per annum
b. 12% per annum
c. No interest
d. 9% per annum
7. From the time the damages are judicially demanded, does interest due earn legal interest?
a. Yes
b. No
8. In order that moral, nominal, temperate, liquidated or exemplary damages be adjudicated to the
injured party, proof of pecuniary loss is necessary.
a. True
b. False
9. Damages that can be recovered from physical suffering, mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety,
besmirched reputation, wounded feelings, moral shock, social humiliation, and similar injury as a
proximate result of the defendant’s wrongful act for omission.
 a. Actual
b. Moral
c. Nominal
d. Liquidated

10. These are damages awarded to someone, which are more than nominal but less than
compensatory damages, which may be recovered when the court finds that some pecuniary loss
has been suffered but its amount cannot, from the nature of the case, be provided with certainty.
a. Actual
b. Moral
c. Nominal
d. Liquidated
11. Damages that can be found in the contract in which the parties agreed upon in case of breach
thereof.
a. Actual
b. Moral
c. Nominal
d. Liquidated
12. Liquidated damages may be reduced.
a. Yes, if they are they are iniquitous or unconscionable.
b. No, because it is already agreed upon
13. These are imposed, by way of example or correction for the public good, in addition to the moral,
temperate, liquidated or compensatory damages.
a. Exemplary
b. Moral
c. Nominal
d. Liquidated
14. Moral damages may be recovered in the following,
a. Illegal search
b. Malicious prosecution
c. Libel, slander or any other form of defamation
d. All of the above
15. In criminal offenses, exemplary damages awarded is separate and distinct from fines paid to the
offended party.
a. True
b. False
16. Exemplary damages cannot be recovered as a matter of right; the court will decide whether or not
they should be adjudicated.
a. True
b. False
17. The court may award nominal damages in every obligation arising from any sources enumerated in
Article 1157.
a. True
b. False
18. A stipulation whereby exemplary damages are renounced in advance is legal and effective.\
a. True
b. False

19. Jay’s private car while being driven by the regular family driver, Ame, hits a pedestrian causing the
latter’s death. Jay is not in the car when the accident happened. Is Jay liable for damages to the
heirs of the deceased?
a. Yes, he is liable for damages if he fails to prove that he exercised the diligence of a
good father of a family.
b. No, since Jay wasn’t in the car and it was the driver who have caused the accident.
20. Mr. Dazai owns a pet iguana and kept it in a pond enclosed in a fence. A typhoon knocked down
the fence and the iguana crawled out of the gate. Chay, a neighbor who was passing by, started
throwing the iguana and moved toward her. N panicked and ran but tripped and suffered a broken
leg. Who is liable in this case?
a. Mr. Dazai since he is the owner and was very negligent in taking care of his pet.
b. No one, because the damage was caused by a force majeure and not from the fault of the
owner.
21. Roman 16 years old, drove his car together with 3 of his classmates towards the museum. Roman
has a student permit and was authorized by his teachers to use his car since the bus was too
crowded, on their way, Roman made a wrong maneuver, causing a collision with a jeepney. One of
them died while others were badly injured. Who is liable?
a. Roman since he was the driver.
b. Since Roman was still a minor, the person liable is the school, its administrators and
teachers since he was given a parental authority to drove the car. Furthermore, his
parents are also subsidiarily liable pursuant to Art 219.
22. In the adjudication of moral damages, the sentimental value of property, real or personal, may be
considered.
a. True
b. False
23. Which of the following is a civil obligation? (natural Obligation)

A. Jane obliges himself to pay Yana P10,000 on October 30, 2021.

B. A is a debtor of B for P20,000 due on September 30, 1995.

C. The obligation of a husband and wife to observe fidelity.

D. The obligation of a catholic to hear mass every Sunday

24. Gary, a registrar of deeds, obliges himself to effect registration of Han’s parcel of land on
February 28, 2021. They give a right of action to compel their performance ((natural obligation)

A. Civil obligation
B. Moral obligation
C. Natural obligation
 D. Social obligation

25. Indemnification for damages shall comprehend not only the value of the loss suffered, but also
that of the profits which the obligee failed to obtain.

a. true
b. false

26. In case of fraud, bad faith, malice or wanton attitude, the obligor is not responsible for all damages
which may be reasonably attributed to the non-performance of the obligation.
a. True
b. false
27. The party suffering loss or injury must exercise the diligence of a good father of a family to
minimize the damages resulting from the act or omission in question.
a. True
b. False
28. In actual or compensatory damages, the amount of damages for death caused by a crime or quasi-
delict shall be at least
a. Two-thousand pesos
b. Twenty-five thousand pesos
c. Thirteen thousand pesos
d. Three thousand pesos

29. In the absence of stipulation, attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation, cannot be recovered.
a. True
b. False
30. Interest cannot be recovered in claiming damages for breach of contract.
a. True
b. False