Quiz 1

Test 1
Introduction to Criminology
Direction: Copy the questions and choices in a yellow paper then encircle the letter of the
correct answer.
1.The scientific study of crimes and criminals.
a. Criminality c. Criminology
b. Sociology d. Penology
2. A body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope, the making
of laws, breaking of laws and the reaction towards the breaking of laws.
a. Criminality c. Criminology
b. Sociology d. Penology
3. One classification of criminal according to Lombroso who commit crime due to abnormalities or
psychological disorders. e. g. idiots and imbeciles.
a. Insane criminals c. Psuedo-criminals
b. Criminaloids d. Atavism
4. Bertillion system of identification is known as________.
a. Anthropology c. Sociology
b. Anthropometry d. Biometry
5. According to him, criminology at present is a science but not an absolute science.
a. Cirillo Tradio c. Cesare Beccaria
b. George Wilker d. Edwin Sutherland
6. A collective terms of mental disorders that begins at, or shortly after puberty and usually leads to
general failure of the mental faculties, with the corresponding psychological impairment.
a. Delusions c. Dementia Praecox
b. Erotomania d. Hallucination
7. Another classification of criminals by Lombroso who commit crime due to less physical stamina/ self-
control.
8. Means the “Throwback of Apes”.
a. Insane Criminals c. Psuedo-criminals
9. Circumstances which present in the commission of the crime will either increase or reduce the
penalty imposed to the perpetrator.
a. Alternative circumstances c. Mitigating circumstances
b. Exempting circumstances d. Aggravating circumstances
10. “An essay of Crimes and Punishment” is a book centered on advocacy and application of the doctrine
of penology. It discusses the making of punishment less arbitrary and severe and thus all persons who
violated a specific law must be sentenced to an identical punishment regardless of age, sanity, wealth,
position or circumstances. Which of the following authored the book?
a. Cesare Beccaria c. W. A Bonger
b. George Wilker d. Rafaele Garofalo
11. Type of criminals according to Garofalo who are satisfied from vengeance or revenge.
a. Murderers c. Deficient Criminals
b. Violent Criminals d. Lascivious Criminals
12. Another type of criminals according to Garofalo who commit crimes against property.
a. Murderers c. Deficient Criminals
b. Violent Criminals d. Lascivious Criminals
13. Normlessness produced by rapidly shifting moral values, occurs when personal goals cannot be
achieved using available means.
a. Anomie c. hedonism
b. Freewill d. None of the above
14. Anomie Theory was advocated by_________.
a. Cesare Beccaria c. Emile Durkheim
b. Cesare Lombroso d. Jeremy Bentham
15. Who introduced psychoanalytical Theory.
a. Emile Durkheim c. Robert Ezra Par
b. Sigmund Freud d. William Sheldon
16. The original system of the personality that present at birth. It consists of blind, unreasoning,
instinctual desires and motives. It represents the individual’s basic biological and psychological drives.
These include the libido, a term Freud used to describe the full range of sexual energy found in animals.
It is fueled by “pleasures principle”.
a. Id c. Ego
b. Super Id d. Super Ego
17. One classification of criminals who kills another as a result of self-defense.
18. The problem solving dimension of the personality. It separate fantasy from reality.
a. Id c. Ego
19. The part of personality that develops from the ego and represents the morale code of the person
has acquired. It is responsible for feeling of guilt and shame and is what called the “consciousness”.
a. Id c. Ego
20. This theory maintains that crime is a functions of social change that comes along with the
environmental change. It also maintains that isolation, segregation, competition, conflict, social
contract. Interaction and social hierarchy of people are the major influence of criminal behavior and
crimes.
a. Somatotyping Theory c. Differential Association Theory
b. Human Ecology Theory d. Strain Theory
21. This theory was introduced by Edwin Sutherland .
b. Human Ecology Theory d. Strain Theory
22. One classification of criminals who commit crimes against chastity.
a. Murderers c. Deficient criminals
b. Violent criminals d. Lascivious criminals
23. The proponent of the Human Ecology Theory.
a. Emile Durkheim c. Robert Ezra Park
24. Who introduced Somatotyping Theory.
a. Emile Durkheim c. Robert Ezra Park
25. The study of interrelationship of the people and the environment.
a. Human Ecology c. Psychiatry
b. Psychology d. Sociology
26. An athletic type of physique in which muscles, bones and connective tissues are built up
predominantly. A person who has this kind of physique is usually aggressive most likely to commit
crimes.
a. Endomorph c. Ectomorph
b. Mesomorph d. Morphy
27. A type of physique that is described with flat chest, slender and poorly muscled. A person who has
this kind of physique is more likely withdrawn and susceptible to fatigue.
28. A type of physique with relatively predominance of soft roundness throughout the regions of the
body. A person with this kind of physique has low specific gravity.
29. Circumstances which when present in the commission of the crime will either increase or reduced
the penalty imposed to the perpetrator.
a. Alternative circumstances c. Mitigating circumstances
b. Exempting circumstances d. Aggravating circumstances
30. An uncontrollable morbid propensity to steal, pathological stealing.
a. Pathology c. Pyromaniac
b. Melancholia d. Kleptomaniac
31. One who advocated the Utilitarian Hedonism Theory.
a. Cesare Beccaria c. Cesare Lombroso
b. Jeremy Bentham d. Rafaele Garofalo
32. The theory introduced by Robert Merton.
a. Lifestyle Theory c. Labeling Theory
b. Strain Theory d. Routine Activities Theory
33. An philosophy by Beccaria advocating an imposition of severe punishment for people to avoid
criminal acts. It warrants a certain punishment without any variation.
a. Freewill c. Hedonism
b. Neo-classical d. Positivist
34. The theory which explains that a person always acts in such a way as to seek pleasure to avoid pain.
a. Demonological Theory c. Utilitarian Hedonism Theory
b. Classical Theory d. Neo-classical Theory
35. It is the pioneer institution offering the criminology program in the Philippines.
a. Philippine College of Commerce c. University of Baguio
b. University of Manila d. Philippine College of Criminology
36. This Theory states that man is essentially moral creature with absolute freewill to choose between
good and evil. Therefore, stress is place upon the criminal himself, that every man is responsible for his
act.
37. The theory postulated by Frank Tannenbaum in 1930.
38. The father of modern Criminology. The world famous authority in the field of criminology who
advocated the Positivist Theory.
a. Charles Goring c. Cesare Lombroso
b. Enrico Ferri d. Rafaele Garofalo
39. The Theory advocated by Lawrence Cohen and Marcus Felson.
40. This theory asserts that criminal behavior is learned primarily within interpersonal group and people
become delinquent if definitions they have learned favorable to violating the law exceeds definitions
favorable to obeying the law within the group and that criminal behavior is learned and not inherited.
This theory was introduced by Edwin Sutherland.
b. Labeling Theory d. Strain Theory
41. This theory contends that certain classes are denied legitimate access to culturally determined goals
and opportunities and the resulting frustration result in legitimate activities or rejection the society’s
goal.
42. A victimization theory which posits that some people are victims of crime because they have certain
behavior patterns and lifestyle that increase the likelihood that they will become victims of crime.
43. A positions arguing that chaos in society exists of different groups and classes of people who have
different interests and power struggles.
a. Labeling Theory c. Self-control Theory
b. Conflict Theory d. Routine Activities Theory
44. This theory explains that the labels applied to individuals influenced their behavior, particularly the
applications of negative or stigmatizing Labels that promote deviant behavior thus becoming a self-
fulfilling prophecy.
45. Insanity is under_______________.
a. Justifying Circumstances c. Mitigating circumstances
b. Exempting Circumstances d. Aggravating Circumstances
46. Self-defense is under____________.
a. Justifying Circumstances c. Mitigating circumstances
47. According to this theory, punishment is imposed to some law breakers but not to others by
recognitions of exempting and justifying circumstances.
a. Demonological Theory c. Positivist/ Italian Theory
48. This theory argues that it is absence of self-control rather than the presence of some force or factor
such a poverty, anomie, opportunities for deviance delinquent peers, exposure to definitions favorable
to deviance, etc., that leads to deviance.
49. This theory rejects the notions that deviance is learned, that deviance may be economically
motivated, or that deviance can result from effort to achieve social status. In short, it suggests that
deviance simply result from the individual’s inability to affectively control his/ her impulse.
50. One who advocated the Classical Theory.
a. Cesare Beccaria c. Cesare Lombroso
b. Jeremy Bentham d. Rafaele Garofalo
51. These are crimes committed with intent; the offender is in full possession of his mental
faculties/capabilities.
a. Rational Crimes c. Irrational crimes
b. White collar crimes d. Blue collar crimes
52. Circumstance which when present in the commission of the crime will exempt the perpetrator from
criminal and civil liability.
a. Justifying Circumstances c. Mitigating Circumstances
53. This theory views that crime is a normal function of the routine activities of modern living offence
can be expected if there is a motivated offender and suitable target that is not protested by capable
guardian.
54. This theory posts that delinquency is learning through close relationships with others; it asserts that
children are born ‘’good” and learn to be “bad” from others,
a. Learning Theory c. Control Theory
b. Labeling Theory d. Routine activities Theory
55. A branch of the study of criminology which deals with the study of an individual who somehow, one
way or the other, has contributed to the commission of a crime and at the same times a crime victim of
his own volition.
a. Criminology c. Penology
b. Victimology d. Sociology
56. Article _____of the Revised Penal Code states that every person criminally liable for a felony is also
civilly liable.
a. 100 c. 113
b. 110 d. 120
57. A compensation awarded to a person’s physically suffering mental anguish, fright, serious anxiety
tarnished reputation, wounded felling, moral shock, social humiliation and similar injury.
a. Moral damage c. Normal Damage
b. Actual or Compensatory Damages d. Temperate or Moderate Damage
58. The amount awarded to a person in order that his right, which had been violated or invaded, may be
medicated to or recognized.
a. Moral Damages c. Normal Damage
b. Actual or Compensatory Damage d. Temperate or Moderate Damage
59. A compensation which is more than nominal but less than compensatory damages, awarded to a
person when the court finds that he has suffered some pecuniary loss, but its amount cannot, from the
nature of the case, provided with certainty.
a. Moral Damage c. Normal Damage
b. Actual or Compensatory Damages d. Temperate or Moderate Damage
60. A compensation awarded to a person for such financial loss suffered by him as he has duly proved.
a. Moral Damage c. Nominal Damage
b. Actual or Compensatory Damage d. Temperate or Moderate Damages
61. This are those imposed by way of example or correction for the public good, in addition to the moral,
temperate, liquidate or compensatory damages.
a. Moral Damage c. Normal Damage
b. Liquidated Damages d. Exemplary or Corrective damages
62. This is agreed upon by the parties to a contract to be paid in case of breach thereof.
a. Moral damages c. Normal Damage
b. Liquidated Damages d. Exemplary or Corrective damages
63. The scientific investigation on the causes of crime.
a. Sociology of Law c. Penology
b. Criminal Etiology d. Criminology
64. A clash between societies because of contrary beliefs or substantial variance in their respective
customs, Language, institution, habits, learning tradition, etc.
a. tribal war c. cultural conflict
b. tribal conflict d. belief conflict
65. The scientific analysis of the conditional under which penal/ criminal laws is develop as a process of a
formal social control.
a. Sociology of law c. Penology
66. A survey in 1901 indicated that _______and _______were among the first courses in the United
State College and universities.
a. Criminology and Penology c. Sociology and Penology
b. Criminology and Sociology d. Sociology and Psychology
67. Concerned with the control and prevention of crime and the treatment of youthful offenders.
a. Sociology of law c. Penology
68. Called the “cradle of human personality,” for in it the child forms fundamental attitudes and habits
that endure throughout his life.
a. Home c. Church
b. School d. Community
69. Circumstances which when present in the commission of the crime will increase the penalty habits
imposed to the perpetrator.
a. Alternative Circumstances c. Mitigating Circumstances
70. Cesar Lombroso, together with his two students _______and _____advocated the Positive/ Italian
School of Criminology.
a. Cesare Beccaria; Jeremey Bentham c. W.A Bonger; R.H. Goddard
b. Edwin Sutherland; Donald Cressey d. Enrico Ferri; Rafaele Garofalo
71. A mentally deficient person having mental age of about 3-7 years.
a. Idiot c. imbecile
b. Moron d. insane
72. A mentally deficient person having mental age of two years or less.
a. Idiot c. imbecile
b. Moron d. insane
73. Areas or places in which dwellings or housing conditions are dilapidated, unsanitary unhealthy,
which are therefore, detrimental to the morale, health and the safety of the populace.
a. Home c. Broken Home
b. Bad neighborhood d. Government
74 . Suggests legal separation between parents, or natural separation, that is either due to death of
the other or just physical absence due to the nature of the work of the other parents, including lack of
interest on the part of the presents present parent in the welfare of the children.
a. Home c. Broken Home
b. Bad neighborhood d. Government
75. One classification of delinquents which is characterized by being occasional law breaker.
a. Emotionally Maladjusted Delinquents c. Environmental Delinquents
b. Psychiatrist Delinquents d. Juvenile Delinquents
76. Another classification of delinquents who are considered as habitual law breakers, and cannot avoid
or stop from doing it.
a. Emotionally Maladjusted Delinquents c. Environmental Delinquents
77. His greatest contribution was his attack on the classical doctrine of free Will, he published in 1878 his
book “The Theory of Imputable and the Denial of the Free Will.”
a. Cesare Beccaria c. Enrico Ferri
b. Jeremy Bentham d. Aggravating Circumstances
78. Circumstances which when present in the commission of the crime will reduce the penalty imposed
to the perpetrator.
79. Refers to a child who becomes delinquent due to mental illness coupled with serious emotional
disturbance in the family.
a. Emotionally Maladjusted Delinquents c. Environment Delinquents
80. That branch of the administration of criminal justice changed with the responsibility for the custody,
supervision, and rehabilitation of the convicted offender.
a. Penology c. Jail
b. Corrections d. Prison
81. The redress that the state takes against an offending member of the society that usually involves
pain and suffering.
a. Punishments c. Retribution
b. Penalty d. Classical Theory
82. This theory maintains that criminal behavior was believed to be the results of evil spirits and
demons; some natural forces control his/ her behavior.
a. Demonological Theory c. Evil Theory
b. Freewill Theory d. Classical Theory
83. The suffering inflict by the state against an offending member for the transgression of law.
a. Punishment c. Retribution
b. Penalty d. Deterrence
84. Refers to a place of confinement for inmates under investigation, awaiting or undergoing trial, or
serving sentence; house those sentenced to imprisonment of 3 years and below.
a. Penology c. Jail
85. It is the science devoted to the study of mankind and its development in relating to its physical,
mental and cultural history.
a. Autobiography c. Sociology
b. Biometry d. Anthropology
86. An Italian who founded the Positive School of Criminology.
a. Cesare Lombroso c. Cesare Beccaria
b. Enrico Ferri d. Rafaele Garofalo
87. It is a procedure by which prisoner are selected for release on the basis of individual response and
progress within the correctional institution. Thus, they are provided with necessary control and guidance
as they service free community to complement the remainder of their sentence.
a. Absolute Pardon c. Parole
b. Conditional Pardon d. Pardon
88. An Italian authority in criminology, who developed a concept of the nature crime and defined it is a
violation of the prevalent sentiments of piety and probity.
a. R.H. Goddard c. David Maurer
b. W.A. Broger d. Rafaele Garofalo
89. An institution for the imprisonment of person convicted of mayor/ serious crimes; houses those
sentenced to imprisonment of more than 3 years.
a. Penology c. Jail
90. A mercy extended to a prisoner by the President, usually a for, of a reduction in sentence or
unconditional release.
a. Absolute c. Amnesty
b. Conditional d. Executive
91. A general pardon granted to group of law violators, usually those who committed Political crimes,
with the concurrence of the law making body.
a. Reprieve c. Amnesty
b. Commutation d. Parole
92. Is an act of executive clemency by head of the state for purpose of exempting an individual from the
punishments imposed upon him by a court of law?
93. Circumstances by which when presents in the commission of the crime will exempt the perpetrator
from criminal liability.
94. The law that abolished death Penalty.
a. R.A. 9346 c. R.A. 9364
b. R.A.7569 d. R.A. 7965
95. A pardon granted by the chief Executive without conditions of any kind. This serves to wipe away the
guilt a person and makes him innocent as if he has no committed any crime.
96. This theory argues that classical theory must be modified in certain details. Since children and
lunatics cannot calculate pleasure and pain, they must not be regarded as criminals nor be punished.
97. Known as the front liner of the Criminal Justice System.
a. Police c. Court
b. Prosecution d. Correction
98. A pardon granted by the Chief Executive subjects to the conditions imposed on the recipient and
accepted by him. Usually, the person granted with this kind of pardon has served a portion of his
sentence in prisons.
99. Known as the weakest pillar of the Criminal Justice System.
a. Police c. Court
b. Prosecutor d. Jail Officer
100. He conducts preliminary investigation on the complaint field to him by the victim, victim’s relative,
police or any public officer charged with the law violated.
a. Police c. Judge
b. Prosecutor d. Jail Officer

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