INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY PRELIM EXAM

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1. A body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon.
a) Criminal Psychology c) Criminal
b) Criminology* d) Criminal Law
2. Absence of a complaining victim in the typology of crime is classified as public order crime
of?
a) Crime against person c) Victimeless Crime*
b) Physical Crime d) Public Scandal
3. A crime that is committed in the shortest possible time such as libel or theft.
a) Acquisitive crime c) Extinctive Crime
b) Seasonal crime d) Instant Crime*
4. Are those who commit crime due to less physical stamina and less self-control.
a) Criminoloid* c) Pseudo Criminals
b) Criminal by Passion d) Born Criminals
5. A sub-discipline of criminology which focuses on victims of crime.
a) Penology c)Criminal Psychology
b) Criminal profiling d)Victimology*
6. A theory that is based on Utilitarian concept of freewill and the greatest food of the
greatest number.
a) Classical Theory c) Free Will theory
b) Deterrence Theory d) Hedonistic theory
7. A type of crime in which the end result is destructive.
a) Acquisitive crime c)Extinctive crime*
b) Seasonal Crime d) Static crime
8. It is a branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human population
a) Demography* c) Sociology
b) Anthropology d) Criminology
9. It is the study of human society, its origin, structure, functions, and directions.
a) Psychology c) Anthropology
b) Sociology* d) Criminology
10. It is the study of the formation of the skull in relation to the behavior of the criminal.
 a) Phrenology* c) Skullogy
b) Criminology d) Entomology

11. Study of criminality in relation to spatial distribution in a community.

a) Criminal epidemiology c) Criminal Demography*
b) Criminal psychology d) Criminal Determinism
12. Study of human mind in relation to criminality.
a) Criminal Psychology c) Psychology
b) Criminal Psychiatry* d) Psychiatry
13. The following are the characteristics of criminology, except;
a) Nationalistic c) Flexible*
b) Dynamic d) Applied Science
14. The basis of criminal liability is human freewill
a) Neo-Classical Theory c) Classical Theory*
b) Multiple factor theory d) Positivist Theory
15. The Primary advocate of the Positivist School of thought in Criminology.
a) Cesare Beccaria c) Cesare Lombroso*
b) Edwin Sutherland c) Leonard Keeler
16. The principle which states that man, by nature, always tries to maximize pleasure and avoid
pain.
a) Utopia c) Hedonism*
b) Socialism d) Atavism
17. Axe was born from a criminal family and he was always looking for a pleasure in life but do
not take any want risk and avoid pain, Mr. Axe is a great representation of _______?
a) Utilitarianism c) Hedonism*
b) Atavism d) Born Criminal
18. The purpose of penalty in the Positivist School of Criminology.
a) Retribution c) Reformation*
b) Rejection d) Restitution
19. This theory believes that punishment should fit the criminal and not the crime committed.
a) Positivist Theory* c) Neo-Classical Theory
b) Classical Theory d) Differential Association Theory
20. The theory postulates that the ordinary routines of life present opportunities for crime.
a) Classical Theory c) Routine Activities Theory*
b) Rational Choice Theory d) Differential Opportunity Theory
21. This theory puts the focus on the process of naming behaviors and the people that perform
them.
a) Labeling Theory* c) Anomie Theory
 b) Rational Choice Theory d) Neo-Classical Theory
22. A crime that is committed in the shortest possible time such as theft.
a) Static Crime c) Instant Crime*
b) Continuing Crime d) Episodial Crime

23. The Revised Penal Code is the primary source of our criminal law. It is also known as;
a) RA 3815 c) Act 3815*
b) RA 6506 d) RA 9344
24. What law created the board of Criminology in the Philippines?
a) RA 6606 c) RA 6506*
b) RA 6560 d) RA 5606
25. What theory considers crime as a natural social phenomenon?
a) Somatotyping Theory c) Differential Association Theory
b) Anomie Theory* d) Psycho Analytic Theory
26. Which is an attempt at scientific analysis of the study of causes or reasons for crime?
a) Penology c) Sociology of Law
b) Criminal Psychology d) Criminal Etiology*
27. This school of criminology was established based on philosophy of utilitarianism. It was
particularly founded by Cesare “Beccaria” Bonesana. This was known as the classical school.
What is that treatise on the legal reform that became the pillar of the school?
a) Classical School* c) Essay on Crimes
b) Positivist School d) Essay on Crimes and Punishment
28. In the Criminal Justice system, government must keep within the framework of laws that
protect individual rights. Who among these people is being process in the said system?
a) the offended party c) justice
b) law d) accused*
29. The earliest broad laws existing, these edicts are based on a retributire system of “an eye
for an eye”, “a tooth for a tooth”.
a) Lex taliones c) Code of Hammurabi*
b) Code of Kalantiao d) Revised penal Code
30. The science of classifying human physical characteristics.
a) Freewill c) Somatology *
b) Positivism d) Atavism
31. It may also refer to the study of crimes and criminals and the attempt of analysing
scientifically their causes and control and the treatment of criminals.
a) Crime c) Criminology *
b) Sociology d) Offense
32. A body of knowledge regarding delinquency and crime as a social phenomenon.
a) Crime c) Criminology*
b) Sociology d) Offense
33. The study of crime focused on the group of people and society as a whole.
a) Sociological Criminology* c)Psychological Criminology
b) Psychiatric Criminology d)Environmental Criminology
34. All of the following except one are the indicative of criminal tendency according to the
Criminal Anthropology of Cesare Lomroso
a) measurement of the hairline c) measurement of the cleft palate
b) measurement of the jaw * d) measurement of the cheek bones
35. Attempting to provide a scientific analysis of the causes of crime is a function of criminal
etiology as one of the principal divisions of Criminology. What division is treating youthful
offenders?
a) Criminal etiology c) Criminal sociology
b) Sociology of law d) Penology*
36. Which of the following is not included in the coverage of Criminology in terms of theoretical
field of study?
a) Sociology of crime* c) causes of crime
b) meaning of crime in law d) community reaction to crime
37. Which is not true about Criminology?
a) considered as an applied science c) study of crime as a social phenomenon
b) It is stable and it varies from one time and place to another* d) none of these
38. The earliest broad laws existing, these edicts are based on a retributive system of “an eye
for an eye”, “a tooth for a tooth”.
a) Lex taliones c) Code of Hammurabi*
b) Code of Kalantiao d) Revised penal Code
39. The science of classifying human physical characteristics.
a) Freewill c) Somatology*
b) Positivism d) Atavism
40. The study of crime focused on the group of people and society as a whole.
a) Sociological Criminology* c) Psychiatric Criminology
b) Psychological Criminology d) Environmental Criminology
41. The science of behaviour and mental processes of the criminal. It is focused in the individual
criminal behaviour-how it is acquired, evoked, maintained, modified.

a) Sociological Criminology c) Psychiatric Criminology

b) Psychological Criminology* d) Environmental Criminology
42. The scientific analysis of the causes of crime
a) Criminal Behavior or Criminal Etiology* c) Penology or Correction
b) Sociology of Law d. None of these
43. Criminology changes as social condition changes. That means the progress of criminology is
concordant with the advancement of other science that have been applied to it.

a) An Applied Science b) A Social Science c. Dynamic* d. Nationalistic

44. An anti-social act; an act that is injurious, detrimental or harmful to the norms of society;
they are the unacceptable acts in its social definition.
a) Crime* b) Felony c. Offense d. Misdemeanor
45. Is an act or omission that is punishable by special laws (a special law is a statute enacted by
Congress, penal in character, which is not an amendment to the Revise Penal Code) such as Republic
Acts, Presidential Decrees, Executive Orders, Memorandum Circulars, Ordinances and Rules and
Regulations.

a) Crime b) Felony c) Offense* d) Misdemeanor

46. Is an act or mission that is punishable by the Revised Penal Code, the criminal law in the Philippines.
a) Crime b) Felony* c) Offense d) Misdemeanor
47. Acts that are in violation of simple rules and regulations usually referring to acts committed
by minor offenders
a) Crime b) Felony c) Offense d) Misdemeanor*
48. The crime is _____________when the result of criminal act is destruction.
a) Acquisitive b) Extinctive* c) Seasonal d) Situational
49. Are those that are committed only at certain period of the year?
a) Acquisitive b) Extinctive c) Seasonal* d) Situational
50. CRIME is one which when omitted; the offender requires something as consequences of his criminal
act.

a. Acquisitive* b. Extinctive c. Seasonal d. Situational

51. Are those that are committed only when given a situation conducive to its commission?

a. Acquisitive b. Extinctive c. Seasonal d. Situational*

52. Are those committed with intent; offender is in full possession of his mental faculties / capabilities?
a. Rational* b. irrational c. Crimes by passion d. crimes by imitation
53. Are crimes committed by merely duplication of what was done by others?
a. Rational b. irrational c. Crimes by passion d. crimes by imitation*
54. Are those who continue to commit crime because of deficiency of intelligence and lack of self-
control?

a. Active Criminals b. Passive Inadequate Criminals

c. Socialized Delinquent d. Habitual Criminals*
55. Are those who commit crimes due to aggressiveness?
a. Active Criminals* b. Passive Inadequate Criminals
c. Socialized Delinquent d. Habitual Criminals
56. Is one who, at the 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. Recidivist* c. Criminoloid
b. Occasional Criminal d. Pseudo-criminals
57. A type of body physique with relatively predominance of soft, roundness throughout the regions of
the body. They have low specific gravity. Persons with typically relaxed and comfortable disposition.

a. Endomorphy* c. Mesomorphy
b. Ectomorphy d. None Of These

58. Thin physique, flat chest, delicacy through the body, slender, poorly muscled. They tend to look
more fatigue and withdrawn.

a. Endomorphy c. Mesomorphy
b. Ectomorphy* d. None Of These

59. Athletic type, predominance of muscle, bone and connective tissue, normally heavy, hard and firm,
sting and tough. They are the people who are routinely active and aggressive, and they are the most
likely to commit crimes.

a. Endomorphy c. Mesomorphy*
b. Ectomorphy d. None Of These

60. It asserts that a person commits wrongful acts due to the fact that he was possessed by demons.

a. Demonological Theory* c. Evil Theory

b. Irrational Theory d. both a and b

61. He wrote the essay of “On Crimes and Punishment” which presented key ideas on the abolition of
torture as legitimate means of extracting confession.

a. Cesare Becaria c. Cesare Beccaria*

b. Cesare Bacaria d. Cesare Beccarria

62. It is a theory that proposes that individuals calculate the consequences of his actions by weighing the
pleasure (gain) and the pain (suffering) he would derive from doing the action.
 a. Pleasure and Pain Theory c. Hedonism
b. Utilitarianism Theory* d. None of This

63. It explains that person always acts in such a way to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

a. Hedonism* c. positivist theory

b. Utilitarianism d. Neo-Classical Theory

64. He was recognized as the “Father of Sociology and Positivism”.

a. Cesare Lombroso c. Enricco Ferri

b. August Comte* d. Raffaelle Garofalo

65. He was recognized as the “Father of Modern and Empirical Criminology”.

a. Cesare Lombroso* c. August Comte

b. Cesare Beccaria d. Enrricco Ferri

66. He discovered that most of the ascendants of the Jukes were criminals.

a. Charles Goring c. Henry Goddard

b. Enricco Ferri d. Richard Louis Dugdale*

67. He is recognized as the FATHER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS.

a. Henry Goddard c. Charles Goring

b. Sigmund Freud* d. Sigmond Freud

68. It holds that crime is a function of the conflict between the goals people have and the means they
can use to legally obtain them. Consequently, they feel anger, frustration and resentment.

a. Cultural Deviant Theory c. Social Disorganized Theory

b. Strain Theory* d. Social Control Theory

69. Refers to acceptance of the norms of conventional society.

a. Involvement c. Belief*
b. Commitment d. attachment

70. He introduced the theory of imitation which proposes the process by which people become
criminals.

a. Gabriel Tarde* c. Sigmund Freud

b. Emile Durkheim d. Henry McKay

71. The scientific analysis of the causes of crimes and the criminal behavior.

a. Etiology of Crimes* c. Psychoanalytic Theory

b. Sociology d. Anthropological Theory
72. It is a stage of the commission of the crime, when the offender commences the commission of a
felony directly or over acts, and does not perform all the acts of execution which should produce the
felony by reason of some cause or accident other than this own spontaneous desistance.

a. Consummated b. Frustrated c. Attempted* d. None of This

73. The act or omission of the offender is not malicious and the injury caused by the offender is
unintentional, it being the simply the incident of another act performed without malice.

a. Culpa or Fault* b. Dolo or fault c. Dolo or Deceit d. Fault or Deceit

74. He is a person who committed crime as a result of reacting to a situation or during a moment of
anger or burst of feeling.

a. Chronic Criminal b. Acute Criminal* c. Instant Criminal d. Normal Criminal

75. The provisions of the RPC cannot be applied if the act is not yet punishable on the time the felony
was committed. However, it may have a retroactive effect if it is favorable to the accused who is not a
habitual delinquent.

a. General in Character b. Territoriality c. Prospectivity* d. All of the Above

76. Those persons who became criminals because of some brain defect which affected their ability to
understand and differentiate what is right from what is wrong.

a. Criminoloids b. Insane Criminals* c. Born Criminal d. Criminal

77. Refers to an act committed or omitted in violation of public law.

a. Felony b. Crime* c. Offense d. Misdemeanor

78. It is when the offender is capable of knowing what he is doing and understanding the consequences
of his actions.k

a. Insane Criminal b. Irrational Crimes c. Rational Crimes* d. Static Crimes

79. He is the founder of human Physiognomy.

a. Johann Kaspar Lavater c. Cesare Beccaria

b. Giambiatista dela porta* d. Cesare Lomroso

80. He was the man most responsible for popularizing and spreading phrenology to a wide audience.

a. Franz Joseph Gall c. Johann Kaspar Spurzheim*

b. Enricco Ferri c. Henry Goddard

81. Refers to the theories that attribute criminal behavior of individuals to psychological factors, such as
emotion and mental problems.s

a. Psychological Theory* c. Physiological Theory

b. Psycho Analytical Theory d. Sociological Theory

82. This theory states that criminal behavior is learned through socialization.
 a. Differential Opportunity Theory c. Differential Reinforcement Theory
b. Differential Association Theory* d. Neutralization Theory

82. This theory views crime as a result of individuals with weakened bonds to social institutions.

a. Social Bond Theory* c. Social Disorganization Theory

b. Social Reaction Theory d. None of the above

83. This is considered to be the sensible and responsible part of an individual’s personality and is
governed by the “reality principle”.

a. Id b. Ego* c. SuperEgo d. Ultra Ego

84. He is the founder of Cartographic school of criminology.

a. Cesare Lombroso c. Adolphe Quetelet*

b. August Comte d. Gabriel Tarde

85. He conducted a study of the Jukes family by researching their family tree as far back 200 years. He
discovered that most of the ascendants of the Jukes were criminals.

a. Richard Louis Dugdale* c. Charles Goring

b. Henry Goddard d. William H. Sheldon

86.