CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EXAM

Atty. Elma Dagoyen-Belino

Regional Training Center PRO 3

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the correct answer

1. It is power or authority of the court to try and decide the case.?

a. Venue
b. Jurisdiction
c. The Court has no power

2. What is the effect of lack of jurisdiction?

a. Ground for postponement
b. Ground for dismissal
c. No effect

3. Can jurisdiction be agreed by the parties

a. yes
b. no

4. Who can Apply for bail?

a. A person who is arrested
b. A person who is at large
c. A person living abroad

5. Ligaya killed his boyfriend in Pampanga then she run away to Isabela and she was arrested in Baguio.
Where should the case be instituted?
a. Pampanga
b. Isabela
c. Baguio

6. Can you file a criminal action directly with the RTC?

a. no
b. yes

7. Who represents the People of the Philippines in criminal actions?

a. Lawyer
b. Himself
c. Prosecutor

8. What if the aggravating circumstances are not alleged in the information but were proven during the trial?
a. It will still be considered
b. it will increase the penalty
c. It will NOT be considered

9. What amendment will be considered after the Accused enters his plea?
a. Substantial amendment
b. Cannot be amended
c. Formal amendment

10. Preliminary Investigation is conducted where the penalty of the crime is:
a. 3 years
b. at least 4 years 2 months and 1 day

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11. What is the purpose of Preliminary Investigation?
a. for formality
b. To determine probable cause
c. To give the police officers an opportunity to make affidavits

12. What is the duty of the officer making the arrest?

a. to torture the person so that he will tell the truth
b. to deliver the person to the nearest police station without unnecessary delay.
c. to prepare him for trial

13. When may a person be validly arrested without a warrant?

a. when in his presence, the person to be arrested has committed an offense
b. when a bystander told him that the person killed someone
c. when an informant texted him

14. how long can the accused be kept in jail For an offense that requires a preliminary investigation?
a. 36 hours
b. 1 year
c. 2 months

15. What is the lifetime of a warrant of arrest?

a. A warrant will remain valid until it is served or lifted.
b. 30 days
c. 20 days

16. What is the lifetime of a search warrant?

a. infinity
b. 1 month
c. 10 days

17. May a search warrant be oral?

a. Yes
b. Possible
c. No

18. Who issues search warrant?

a. Police General
b. Lawyer
c. Judge

19. When is bail a matter of right?

a. After judgment of conviction by the RTC of an offense punishable by reclusion perpetua
b. After the finality of judgment of conviction
c. Before or after the judgment of conviction by the MTC.

20. Which of the following is NOT a right of the accused?

a. Right to participate in all the proceedings
b. Right to be presumed innocent
c. Right to have an airconditioned room

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