CRIM 1 INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
  • 1. What is the definition of crime?
A) Any behavior that deviates from social norms
B) Any human behavior
C) Any rational human conduct that violates a criminal law and is subject to punishment
D) Any action that is considered immoral
  • 2. What does the term "norm" refer to?
A) A statistical average
B) A legal statute
C) Any standard or rule regarding what human beings should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances
D) A social gathering
  • 3. What is deviance?
A) Legal behavior
B) Conduct which the people of a group consider so dangerous or embarrassing or irritating that they bring special sanctions to bear against the persons who exhibit it
C) Normal behavior
D) Criminal behavior
  • 4. What does "actus reus" refer to?
A) Criminal intent
B) Opportunity to commit a crime
C) Criminal conduct specifically, intentional or criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
D) Motive for a crime
  • 5. What does "mens rea" refer to?
A) A criminal intent or a guilty state of mind
B) Criminal conduct
C) Instrument used in a crime
D) Opportunity to commit a crime
  • 6. Which of the following is one of the three ingredients of crime?
A) Understanding
B) Forgiveness
C) Justice
D) Motive or desire
  • 7. What does "opportunity" refer to as an ingredient of crime?
A) The time and place of the commission of the crime
B) The legal system
C) The victim's vulnerability
D) The criminal's background
  • 8. What are "instruments" in the context of crime?
A) Tools employed by criminals
B) Social norms
C) Ethical guidelines
D) Laws and regulations
  • 9. What does the Cultural Deviance Theory suggest?
A) Crime is caused by economic inequality
B) Crime is a result of personal choices
C) Crime happens when people grow up in neighborhoods with their own values that go against society’s usual rules
D) Crime is a result of genetic predispositions
  • 10. What does the Social Disorganization Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of strict social control
B) Crime decreases in organized communities
C) Crime is a result of strong community bonds
D) Crime increases in neighborhoods where social institutions like family, school, and community control have broken down
  • 11. What does Strain Theory explain?
A) Crime happens when people cannot achieve society’s goals through legal means, causing pressure or frustration that leads to deviant behavior
B) Crime is a result of personal choices
C) Crime happens when people achieve society’s goals through legal means
D) Crime is a result of genetic factors
  • 12. What does Social Reaction Theory (Labeling Theory) state?
A) People become deviant when society labels them negatively, causing the label to shape their identity and future behavior
B) People become deviant when they resist societal labels
C) Labeling has no impact on behavior
D) Labeling only affects adults
  • 13. What does Conflict Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of societal harmony
B) Crime results from cooperation between groups
C) Crime is a result of individual choices
D) Crime results from power struggles between groups, where dominant groups create laws that control and disadvantage weaker groups
  • 14. What does Behavioral Theory suggest?
A) Behavior is determined by genetics
B) Behavior is innate
C) All behavior, including criminal acts, is learned and shaped by rewards, punishments, and reactions from others
D) Behavior is random
  • 15. What does Social Learning Theory explain?
A) Criminal behavior is only learned in schools
B) People learn criminal behavior through genetics
C) People learn criminal behavior through observing, interacting with, and imitating others who already engage in crime
D) Criminal behavior is not learned
  • 16. What does Differential Association Theory state?
A) People become criminal when exposed to more pro-crime influences than anti-crime influences
B) People are born criminal
C) People become criminal when isolated from others
D) People are only influenced by their parents
  • 17. What does Differential Reinforcement Theory claim?
A) Criminal behavior is learned through genetics
B) Criminal behavior is learned through rewards and punishments, combining social learning with psychological conditioning processes
C) Criminal behavior is only learned through punishment
D) Criminal behavior is random
  • 18. What does Neutralization Theory suggest?
A) Offenders learn techniques to justify or excuse wrongdoing, allowing them to drift between lawful and unlawful behavior
B) Offenders always reject societal norms
C) Offenders always obey the law
D) Offenders are unaware of their actions
  • 19. What is a typology?
A) An organizing device for categorizing large amounts of information into mutually exclusive categories
B) A criminal motive
C) A type of punishment
D) A legal defense
  • 20. What is an offense?
A) An act or omission that is punishable by special laws
B) A serious crime
C) A moral wrong
D) A civil dispute
  • 21. What is a special law?
A) A statute enacted by congress, penal in character, which is not an amendment of the Revised Penal Code
B) A law that is not enforced
C) A law that is only applied in certain regions
D) A law that applies only to certain people
  • 22. What is a felony?
A) A traffic violation
B) A serious crime. This category includes murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, arson, and so on. A felony is an act or omission that is punishable by the Revised Penal Code
C) A civil dispute
D) A minor violation
  • 23. What is a delinquency/misdemeanor/infraction?
A) A serious crime
B) A moral wrong
C) A federal offense
D) An act that is in violation of a simple rule or regulation, a minor violation of the law. It usually refers to those committed by minor offenders such as violations of city or municipal ordinances
  • 24. What do violent crimes include?
A) Public disturbances
B) Traffic violations
C) Offenses where violence was applied. They are also called acts or crimes against persons
D) Financial fraud
  • 25. What are economic crimes primarily committed for?
A) To express anger
B) To bring financial gain to the offender
C) To seek revenge
D) Political reasons
  • 26. What are public order crimes?
A) Crimes that benefit the public
B) Crimes committed in private
C) Crimes that have no victims
D) Unlawful acts that interfere with the normal operation of society and the ability of people to function efficiently
  • 27. What does "mala in se" mean?
A) Evil in itself
B) Neutral act
C) Wrong because it is prohibited
D) Good in itself
  • 28. What does "mala prohibita" mean?
A) Morally right
B) Wrong because it is prohibited
C) Socially acceptable
D) Evil in itself
  • 29. What are white-collar crimes?
A) Those committed by persons of respectability and of upper socio-economic class in the course of their occupational activities; also referred to as corporate or occupational crime
B) Crimes committed by unskilled workers
C) Crimes committed in the workplace
D) Crimes committed against corporations
  • 30. What are blue-collar crimes?
A) Crimes committed by white-collar workers
B) Crimes committed by police officers
C) Crimes committed in factories
D) Those committed by ordinary professional criminals to maintain their livelihood
  • 31. What are crimes by imitation?
A) Crimes committed by robots
B) Crimes committed by merely duplicating what was done by others; based on the
C) Crimes committed by accident
D) Crimes committed by animals
  • 32. What are crimes of passion?
A) Crimes committed for money
B) Those committed at the height of great emotions
C) Crimes committed for political reasons
D) Crimes committed without thinking
  • 33. What are service crimes?
A) Crimes committed through rendition of service to satisfy desire of another
B) Crimes committed by doctors
C) Crimes committed by government employees
D) Crimes committed in the military
  • 34. What is genocide?
A) A crime against the environment
B) A crime against property
C) A crime against animals
D) A crime committed by a government through mass destruction or annihilation of human populations
  • 35. What are transnational crimes?
A) Crimes that occur within a single country
B) Crimes that are legal in some countries
C) Crimes that are only committed by tourists
D) Violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, e.g. drug trafficking, human trafficking
  • 36. What are environmental crimes?
A) Acts that breach environmental legislation and cause significant harm or risk to the environment and human health
B) Crimes committed against people
C) Crimes committed for environmental activism
D) Crimes committed in national parks
  • 37. What are cybercrimes?
A) Crimes that involve computers and networks
B) Crimes committed in physical spaces
C) Crimes committed by government officials
D) Crimes committed by corporations
  • 38. What are political crimes?
A) Crimes committed in political rallies
B) Criminal activities for ideological purposes; also serious violations of laws that threaten the security or existence of the government
C) Crimes committed during elections
D) Crimes committed by politicians
  • 39. What are acute criminals?
A) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
B) They commit crimes due to impulses of the moment, fit of passion, anger, or spell of extreme jealousy
C) Criminals who are mentally ill
D) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
  • 40. What are chronic criminals?
A) They are those who acted in consonance with deliberate thinking
B) Criminals who commit crimes due to drug addiction
C) Criminals who commit crimes due to mental illness
D) Criminals who commit crimes impulsively
  • 41. What are normal criminals?
A) Criminals who are mentally ill
B) Criminals who are highly intelligent
C) Their psychic conditions resemble that of a normal individual, except that they identify themselves with criminal prototypes
D) Criminals who are highly skilled
  • 42. What are ordinary criminals?
A) Considered to be the lowest form in the criminal career, ordinary criminals engage only in conventional crimes that require limited skill. They lack organization to help them avoid arrest and conviction
B) Criminals who are highly skilled
C) Criminals who commit complex crimes
D) Criminals who are highly organized
  • 43. What are organized criminals?
A) They have high degree of organization to enable them to commit crimes without being detected
B) Criminals who are mentally unstable
C) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
D) Criminals who are easily caught
  • 44. What are professional criminals?
A) Criminals who are amateurs
B) Criminals who are easily caught
C) Criminals who are mentally ill
D) They are highly skilled and able to obtain considerable amount of money without being detected due to organization and contact with professional criminals. They are always able to escape conviction, and they specialize in crimes that require skills
  • 45. What are accidental criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes intentionally
B) They commit criminal acts as a result of unanticipated circumstances
C) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
D) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
  • 46. What are situational criminals?
A) They are not actually criminals but commit crimes due to a given situation; sometimes their criminal activities are intermixed with legitimate activities
B) Criminals who are always criminal
C) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
D) Criminals who commit crimes for fun
  • 47. What are habitual criminals?
A) They continue to commit criminal acts for diverse reasons due to deficiency of intelligence and lack of self-control
B) Criminals who commit crimes only once
C) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
D) Criminals who commit crimes rarely
  • 48. What are active-aggressive criminals?
A) They commit crimes in impulsive manner usually due to their aggressive behavior, as shown in crimes of passion, resentment, or revenge
B) Criminals who commit crimes calmly
C) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
D) Criminals who are passive
  • 49. What are passive-inadequate criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes independently
B) They commit crimes because they are pushed to inducement, reward, or promise without considering do it, by the consequences. For this, they are called "ulukan."
C) Criminals who are aggressive
D) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
  • 50. What are socialized criminals?
A) Criminals who are isolated from society
B) They are normal in their behavior but mere inadequate and defective in their socialization process
C) Criminals
D) Criminals who reject social norms
  • 51. judge sentences a repeat offender to a mandatory maximum prison term specifically to set an example and discourage others in the community from committing similar crimes. Which concept is being applied?
A) General Deterrence
B) Retribution
C) Rehabilitation
D) Specific Deterrence
  • 52. Marcus believes that criminals are "born" with certain physical abnormalities, such as a receding hairline and asymmetrical facial features. Marcus’s view aligns most closely with which criminologist?
A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Raffaele Garofalo E.
C) Enrico Ferri
D) Jeremy Bentham
  • 53. n a local neighborhood, residents notice that broken windows are left unrepaired and litter is piling up. Soon after, serious crimes begin to rise. This scenario best illustrates which theory?
A) Broken Windows Theory
B) Labeling Theory
C) Social Control Theory
D) Strain Theory
  • 54. A teenager starts hanging out with a group of friends who frequently shoplift. Over time, he learns the techniques of shoplifting and begins to view the act as "cool" rather than "wrong." This is an example of
A) Rational Choice Theory
B) Differential Association Theory
C) Routine Activities Theory
D) Anomie Theory
  • 55. During a period of rapid economic collapse, a city experiences a breakdown in social norms and a sense of "normlessness" among its citizens, leading to a spike in crime. What is the term for this state?
A) Anomie
B) Symbiosis
C) Atavism
D) Somatotyping
  • 56. Sarah leaves her expensive laptop on a café table while she goes to the restroom for ten minutes. When she returns, the laptop is gone. According to the Routine Activities Theory, Sarah represents the absence of
A) A Suitable Target
B) A Motivated Offender
C) A Capable Guardian
D) Social Bond
  • 57. A victim of a robbery is blamed by the community because she was walking alone in a "bad neighborhood" late at night. This psychological phenomenon is known as
A) Victim Blaming
B) Restorative Justice
C) Victim Compensation
D) Secondary Victimization
  • 58. An employee at a bank systematically transfers small fractions of cents from thousands of accounts into his personal offshore account. This is a classic example of
A) White-collar Crime
B) Violent Crime
C) Blue-collar Crime
D) Victimless Crime
  • 59. Which type of victim is characterized by someone who unknowingly provokes a confrontation, such as a person using offensive language that leads to a physical fight?
A) Victim as Guilty as Offender
B) Victim with Minor Guilt
C) Completely Innocent Victim
D) Victim more Guilty than Offender
  • 60. A person commits a crime not because they planned to, but because they were overwhelmed by a sudden, intense heat of passion or extreme provocation. This is categorized as
A) Professional Crime
B) A person commits a crime not because they planned to, but because they were overwhelmed by a sudden, intense heat of passion or extreme provocation. This is categorized as
C) Episodic/Acute Crime
D) Chronic Crime
  • 61. Which school of criminology argues that "the punishment should fit the crime" and that humans possess free will?
A) Positivist School
B) Chicago School
C) AClassical School
D) Neo-Classical School
  • 62. A 10-year-old child steals a loaf of bread. The judge decides to mitigate the penalty because of the child’s age and lack of full mental capacity. Which school of thought allows for such "mitigating circumstances"?
A) Classical School
B) Positivist School
C) Italian School
D) Neo-Classical School
  • 63. Which of the following refers to the study of the transition of a person from being a law-abiding citizen to a criminal?
A) Victimogenesis
B) Criminal Evolution
C) Criminogenesis
D) Penology
  • 64. A scientist studies the relationship between a person's body build and their temperament. He concludes that "Mesomorphs" (muscular types) are most likely to be aggressive. Who is this researcher?
A) Robert Merton
B) Sigmund Freud
C) William Sheldon
D) Emile Durkheim
  • 65. When a person is arrested and labeled a "thief" by the public, they begin to accept this identity and commit more thefts. This process is known as
A) Tertiary Deviance
B) Social Stigma
C) Primary Deviance
D) Secondary Deviance
  • 66. Criminology is considered a "Social Science" because it
A) Only focuses on the laws written in books
B) Is applicable only in specific countries.
C) Uses chemistry to analyze blood
D) Studies crime as a social phenomenon
  • 67. Because the definition of crime changes as society evolves (e.g., what was legal 100 years ago may be illegal now), Criminology is said to be
A) Nationalistic
B) Stable
C) Dynamic
D) Absolute
  • 68. Which branch of Criminology focuses specifically on the scientific study of the causes of crime and the development of criminals?
A) Criminal Etiology
B) Sociology of Law
C) Victimology
D) Penology
  • 69. A study finds that crime rates are higher in urban "zone of transition" areas where there is high population turnover and poverty. This aligns with:
A) Biological Theory
B) Choice Theory
C) Strain Theory
D) Social Disorganization Theory
  • 70. This refers to the total number of crimes that go unreported to the police.
A) Crime Rate
B) Recidivism
C) Dark Figure of Crime
D) Index Crimes
  • 71. A criminal uses a specific "signature" or method in every burglary, such as leaving a playing card on the table. This is known as
A) Mala In Se
B) Actus Reus
C) Modus Operandi
D) Mens Rea
  • 72. An act that is considered wrong in itself, such as murder or rape, regardless of whether a law forbids it, is called:
A) Felony
B) Mala In Se
C) Mala Prohibita
D) Misdemeanor
  • 73. Which term refers to the "guilty mind" or the intent to commit a crime?
A) Doli Incapax
B) Corpus Delicti
C) Actus Reus
D) Mens Rea
  • 74. The study of the "physical" evidence of a crime (fingerprints, ballistics) to identify a suspect is technically known as
A) Criminalistics
B) Criminology
C) Sociology
D) Penology
  • 75. If a person commits a crime because they believe the rewards (money) outweigh the risks (getting caught), they are following the
A) Free Will Doctrine
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) All of the above
D) Pleasure-Pain Principle (Hedonism)
  • 76. A young man lives in a slum area where he has no access to quality education or jobs. He decides to join a drug syndicate to achieve the "American Dream" of wealth. According to Robert Merton, this adaptation is called
A) Innovation
B) Conformity
C) Ritualism
D) Retreatism
  • 77. n a high-poverty neighborhood, a subculture emerges where young men gain status through physical toughness and "street smarts" rather than academic success. This describes:
A) Social Bond Theory
B) Differential Association
C) Labeling Theory
D) Focal Concerns of the Lower Class
  • 78. A student who usually gets good grades is bullied at school and his parents are going through a divorce. Due to this extreme emotional pressure, he starts using illegal drugs. This fits which theory?
A) General Strain Theory (Agnew)
B) Classical Strain Theory
C) Neutralization Theory
D) Rational Choice Theory
  • 79. Which theory suggests that people are naturally inclined to commit crime but are held back by their ties to family, school, and peers?
A) Social Control/Bond Theory
B) Social Learning Theory
C) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
D) Life Course Theory
  • 80. According to Travis Hirschi, which element of the social bond refers to the "time and energy" a person spends in conventional activities like sports or studying?
A) Belief
B) Involvement
C) Commitment
D) Attachment
  • 81. A man commits a violent assault and shows no remorse or empathy for the victim. He is charming but manipulative. A psychologist would likely screen him for:
A) Neuroticism
B) Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder
C) Schizophrenia
D) Paranoia
  • 82. According to Freud, which part of the personality represents the "conscience" and the moral rules of society?
A) Id
B) Superego
C) Alter-Ego
D) Ego
  • 83. A researcher suggests that a specific murderer committed the crime because of a chemical imbalance and an overabundance of dopamine in the brain. This falls under:
A) Psychological Positivism
B) Biochemical Theory
C) Social Ecology
D) Evolutionary Criminology
  • 84. A child observes his father hitting his mother to get what he wants. Later, the child hits his classmates to get their toys. This is an example of
A) Cognitive Dissonance
B) bservational Learning (Modeling)
C) Genetic Predisposition
D) Operant Conditioning
  • 85. Which term refers to the "primitive" part of the human personality that seeks immediate gratification of biological drives like hunger and sex?
A) Preconscious
B) Id
C) Ego
D) Superego
  • 86. A teenager steals a car but tells himself, "The owner is rich and has insurance, so they aren't really losing anything." This technique of neutralization is
A) Denial of Victim
B) Condemnation of Condemners
C) Denial of Responsibility
D) Denial of Injury
  • 87. The process by which the justice system creates "career criminals" by stigmatizing first-time offenders is known as
A) Decriminalization
B) Diversion
C) Radical Non-intervention
D) The Dramatization of Evil
  • 88. Which of the following describes "Primary Deviance"?
A) . Deviance that occurs after a person accepts a criminal label.
B) Crime that is inherently evil.
C) Initial acts of norm violation that have very little influence on the self-concept
D) Crime committed by high-ranking officials.
  • 89. A judge decides to send a juvenile to a community service program instead of jail to avoid giving him a permanent criminal record. This practice is called:
A) Retribution
B) Deterrence
C) Incapacitation
D) Diversion
  • 90. In the "Concentric Zone Model" of a city, which zone is characterized by the highest crime rates and social physical deterioration?
A) Zone I: Central Business District
B) Zone III: Workingmen’s Homes
C) Zone II: Zone in Transition
D) Zone IV: Residential Zone
  • 91. Which month is statistically associated with higher rates of violent crimes like assault and rape due to increased social interaction and temperature?
A) January
B) October
C) July
D) December
  • 92. The "Age-Crime Curve" generally shows that crime rates peak during which life stage?
A) Childhood (5-10)
B) Middle Age (40-50)
C) Senior Years (65+)
D) B. Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood (15-24)
  • 93. Which of the following is considered an "Index Crime" (or Focus Crime) in many police reporting systems?
A) Robbery
B) Vagrancy
C) Gambling
D) Littering
  • 94. A researcher uses "Self-Report Surveys" to gather data. What is the primary advantage of this method?
A) It only counts crimes that lead to a conviction.
B) It is always 100% honest
C) It is more official than police records.
D) It captures the "Dark Figure of Crime"
  • 95. A person is forced at gunpoint to drive a getaway car for a bank robbery. He may use the defense of:
A) Self-defense
B) Alibi
C) Insanity
D) Duress/Compulsion
  • 96. This refers to the state of being a "habitual delinquent" or a repeat offender who keeps returning to prison.
A) Anomie
B) Atavism
C) Stigma
D) Anomie
  • 97. What is the "Golden Thread" of criminal justice, meaning a person is innocent until proven guilty?
A) Due Process
B) Habeas Corpus
C) Equal Protection
D) Presumption of Innocence
  • 98. If a law is passed today making an act illegal that was legal yesterday, and the government tries to punish you for doing it last week, this is a prohibited:
A) Ex Post Facto Law
B) Blue Law
C) Writ of Amparo
D) Bill of Attainder
  • 99. When a gang member kills a rival member to protect his "brothers," he justifies it by saying his loyalty to the gang is more important than the law. This is:
A) Denial of Injury
B) Denial of Victim
C) Appeal to Higher Loyalties
D) Denial of Responsibility
  • 100. The "Classical School" of Criminology was a reaction against:
A) The use of prisons.
B) Scientific research
C) The cruel and arbitrary justice of the 18th century
D) The concept of democracy.
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