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Quiz 2 criminal law 1
  • 1. Laws passed by the Philippine Parliament from 1979-1985 are cited as:
A) Act No.
B) Batas Blg.
C) R.A. No.
D) P.D. No.
  • 2. It indicates a deficiency of action.
A) Clumsiness
B) Felony
C) Negligence
D) Imprudence
  • 3. X planned to kill A and he waited for the latter to pass by an isolated highway. Upon seeing what he thought was A approaching, he fired several times at him killing the person who turned to be his own brother. If X should be charged, can he raise the defense of mistake in identity?
A) Such defense will exonerate X.
B) Such defense will not exonerate X.
C) None of these.
D) Such defense is illegal.
  • 4. 'Aggravate' means:
A) Make (a problem, injury, or offense) worse or more serious.
B) Cover up for a crime.
C) None of these.
D) Add cruelty to the commission of the crime.
  • 5. In mala in se, the intent governs; but in those mala prohibita, the only inquiry is, has the law been violated? Is this statement true and why?
A) Yes, because intent is required by the Revised Penal Code while the same not required in special laws
B) Yes, this statement is true because intent is an essential issue in mala in se crimes while mere commission or omission of the prohibited or required act is sufficient in mala prohibita.
C) Yes, because motive to commit the crime is an aspect of intent while mere commission suffices in mala prohibita cases.
D) All of these are correct.
  • 6. Court decisions are not sources of criminal law.
A) True, court decisions are merley interpretations of the law.
B) False, jurisprudence forms part of the law of the land
C) None of these is true.
D) It depends on the Supreme Court declaration
  • 7. The Revised Penal Code is also known as:
A) P.D. 3815
B) C.A. 3815
C) Act No. 3815
D) R.A. 3815
  • 8. In the Philippines, we observe the____
A) American rule
B) English rule
C) British rule
D) French rule
  • 9. hiding in a hut in the nearby farm. They proceeded in the are a saw a person from afar lying on a hammock. X and his companions then fired at the person they saw thinking he was Y. It turned out that it was A. X and his companions stand charged for the killing of A whom they thought was the target of their mission order. May X and his companions sucessfully interpose self-defense?
A) No, because X and his companions did not first ascertain the identity of their target.
B) All of these are correct.
C) No, because X and his companions were negligent.
D) No, because X and his companions fired at the person even without danger on their part as A was jsut lying on the hammock.
  • 10. Who among the following is not subject to our criminal law?
A) President
B) Envoys
C) Patrolman
D) Ambassadors
  • 11. It refers to the idea that a governmental body may not deny people equal protection of its governing laws.
A) Equal protection
B) Due process
  • 12. Criminal law is:
A) Territorial
B) Juristic
C) Jurisdctional
  • 13. Criminal law is binding on all persons who live or sojourn in Philippine territory. 'Sojourn' means:
A) Permanent stay
B) An occasional stay
C) temporary stay
  • 14. This rule as to jurisdiction over crimes committed aboard merchant vessels while in territorial waters of another country is also known as the Restrictive rule:
A) American rule
B) French rule
C) British rule
D) English rule
  • 15. Motive is an essential elements of a crime, and, hence, should be proved for purposes of conviction.
A) True for mala in se crimes only.
B) True in all evidence
C) True
D) False
  • 16. There crimes are violations of mere rules of convenience designed to secure a more orderly regulation of the affairs of society.
A) Special penal laws
B) Mala in se
C) Mala prohibita crimes
  • 17. These crimes are those are those so serious in their effects on society as to call for almost unanimous condemnation of its members
A) Crimes under special laws
B) Mala in se crimes
C) Mala probihita
  • 18. When the injurious result is greater than that intended, there is:
A) Excess of force
B) Crimes under special law
C) Praeter intentionem
  • 19. In aberration ictus, there is:
A) Mistake in the aim
B) Mistake of law
C) Mistake of fact
D) Mistake in the blow
  • 20. Murder is an example of what crime?
A) Mala in se
B) Mala probihita
C) Bill of attainder
D) Ex post facto law
  • 21. Criminal law is territorial, but there are exceptions. Which among the following is one of the exceptions to the territorial application of our criminal law?
A) When offender commits a crime against national security or the law of nations even if outside the Philippines.
B) When the offender commits a crime against persons even if outside the Philippines.
C) When the offender commits a crime against public order even if outside the Philippines.
D) When the offender commits a crime against public interest even if outside the Philippines.
  • 22. Aberratio ictus' is loosely translated as:
A) Mistake victim
B) None of these
C) Mistake in the aim
D) Mistake in the blow
  • 23. It indicates a deficiency of perception.
A) Negligence
B) Clumsiness
C) Lack of foresight.
D) Imprudence
  • 24. It is the purpose to use a particular means to effect such result.
A) Intent
B) Mens rea
C) Criminal intent
D) Motive
  • 25. What affect us 'from womb to tomb'?
A) Laws
B) Exactions
C) Regulations
D) Taxes
  • 26. If a criminal act was committed by mistake of fact, the person who committed it is:
A) Criminally liable
B) Not criminally liable.
C) No moral liability.
D) Morally liable
  • 27. Criminal law is binding on all persons who live or sojourn in Philippine territory. 'Sojourn' means:
A) A temporary stay
B) None of these
C) An occasional stay
D) A fixed stay
  • 28. When the acts are inherently immoral, they are_______ even if punished under special law.
A) Mala in se
B) Mala prohibita
C) Special penal law
D) None of these.
  • 29. Laws enacted from 1935-1946 are cited as:
A) R.A. No.
B) P.D. No.
C) Act No.
D) Com. Act No.
  • 30. The power to define and punish crimes and lay down the rules on criminal procedure is based on its.
A) State power
B) Power of expropriation
C) Power of eminent domain
D) Police power
  • 31. Crimes

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    punishable under the Revised Penal Code are cognizable before the:
A) Regional Trial Court in which the charge was first filed
B) Municipal Trial Court in Cities in which the charge was first filed
C) Metropolitan Trial Court in which the charge was first filed
D) In the Municipal Trial Court in which the charge was first filed.
  • 32. The law which requires the filing of income tax returns is an example of felony by obeyed. if not
A) Imprudence
B) Omission
C) Culpa
D) Negligence
  • 33. It refers to the idea that a governmental body may not deny people equal protection of its governing laws.
A) Due process
B) Bill of attainder
C) Equal protection
D) General application of laws
  • 34. While on board M/V Milagrosa, a ship registered in the Philippines, and while near the African continent on its maiden cruise trip, X,Y, Z held hostages and demanded ransom for their release. X, Y, and Z were later charged in the Philippines and they interposed that the crime was committed outside the Philippines so our courts do not have jurisdiction over the offense as criminal law is territorial. Are they correct?
A) Yes, because criminal law is territorial.
B) Yes, because any crime committed outsid ethe Philippines is beyond our courts' jurisdiction
C) Yes, because the crime was committed outside the Philippines
D) No, because crimes committed in Philippine ship or airship is within the jurisdiction of our
  • 35. It is a is a misapprehension of fact on the part of the person who caused injury to another.
A) Mistake of fact.
B) Praeter intentionem
C) Error in personae
D) Aberratio ictus
  • 36. Enactments of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos from 1972- 1986 are cited as:
A) R.A. No.
B) P.D. No.
C) Com. Act No.
D) Act no.
  • 37. X aimed at shooting A but he hit his father instead. X will be liable for what felony?
A) Parricide because the victim was his own father.
B) Murder because the intended victim was A
C) None of these.
D) Homicide because the supposed shooting of A was without aggravating circumstances.
  • 38. What is meant by "El que es causa de la causa es causa del mal causado."?
A) He who caused an evil thing is the cause of it.
B) The cause of the evil is the cause of it.
C) The cause if the causse of the crime resulting from it.
D) e who is the cause of the cause is the cause of the evil caused.
  • 39. It refers to a misapprehension of facts on the part of the person who caused injury to another.
A) Lack of intelligence
B) Lack of criminal intent
C) Lack of freedom
D) Mistake of fact
  • 40. It is the moving power which impels one to action for a definite result.
A) Motive
B) Bias
C) Intent
D) Prejudice
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