1.

It is the study of human society, its origin, structure, functions and

direction.
A. Psychology
B. Criminology
C. Sociology
D. Anthropology
ANSWER: C

2. What is means of “R” in the criminal formula?

A. Total Situation
C. Temperament
B. Criminal Tendency
D. None of these
ANSWER: D

3. 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
ANSWER: B

4. 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
ANSWER: A

5. During the 16th up to the 18th century, a criminal may be sent away from a place
carried out by prohibition to coming against a specified territory. This is an
ancient form of punishment called:
A. Exile
B. Banishment
C. Transportation
D. Public trial
ANSWER: A

6. The theory in penal science which maintains that punishment gives lesson to the
offender and the would be criminals is called:
A. Deterrence
B. Incapacitation
C. Reformations
D. Public safety
ANSWER: A

7. Which 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. Code of Draco
D. Code of Draco
ANSWER: A

8. 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
ANSWER: D

9. These crimes are also called moral offenses or vice. Many of these crimes
generally refer to Public Order Crimes – an offense that is consensual and lacks a
complaining participant.
A. Victimless crimes
B. Consensual crimes
C. Sexual crimes
D. A & B only
ANSWER: D

10. Penitentiary generally refers to

A. Prison
B. Place of Confinement
C. Penal Colony
D. All of these
ANSWER: D

11. 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
ANSWER: A

12. Any act committed or omitted in violation of a public law forbidding or

commanding it.
A. Legal act
B. Crime
C. Poena
D. Punishment
ANSWER: B

13. “A” stabbed “B”. “A” brought “B” to a hospital for medical treatment. Had it
not been the timely medical attendance. “B” would have died. This is a case of
A. A physical injury
B. An attempted felony
C. A consummated felony
D. A frustrated felony
ANSWER: D

14. “A” wanted to kill “C”. The former pointed his gun to the latter. As “A”
pressed the trigger, the gun jammed and “C” manage to escape. This is an example
of:
A. Frustrated felony
B. Attempted felony
C. Consummated and frustrated
D. Consummated felony
ANSWER: B

15. The failure to perform a positive duty which one is bound to.
A. Negligence
B. Imprudence
C. Omission
D. Act
ANSWER: C

16. Circumstances wherein there is an absence in the agent of the crime any of all
the conditions that would make an act voluntary and hence, though there is no
criminal liability there is civil liability.
A. Exempting
B. Alternative
C. Justifying
D. Aggravating
ANSWER: A

17. Refers generally to acts made criminal by special laws

A. Felony
B. Mala Inse
C. Mala Incest
D. Mala prohibita
ANSWER: D

18. What are the infractions of mere rules of convenience designed to secure a more
orderly regulation of the affairs of society?
A. Mala prohibita
B. Felonies
C. Violation of ordinance
D. Mala in se
ANSWER: C

19. The science, which deals with the study, comparison and identification of
weapons alleged to have been used in the commission of a crime referred to ___.
A. Ballista
B. Ballistica
C. Forensic
D. Forensic Ballistics
ANSWER: D

20. The study of physical evidences such as blood, bloodstains, fingerprints, tool
marks, etc. through a laboratory work refers to ___.
A. Forensic Science
B. Investigation
C. Interrogation
D. Police Science
ANSWER: A