CM4S-CLJ
  • 1. What is the primary purpose of the criminal justice system?
A) To maintain peace and order
B) To increase government
C) To control businesses
D) To regulate elections
  • 2. Which is the first pillar of the Philippine Criminal Justice System?
A) Courts
B) Prosecution
C) Law Enforcement
D) Corrections
  • 3. Which pillar is responsible for investigating crimes and apprehending offenders?
A) Courts
B) Corrections
C) Community
D) Law Enforcement
  • 4. Which agency is the primary law enforcement agency in the Philippines?
A) Bureau of Corrections
B) Department of Justice
C) Philippine National Police
D) Supreme Court
  • 5. What does PNP stand for?
A) Philippine National Protection
B) Philippine Narcotics Police
C) Philippine National Police
D) Philippine National Prosecutors
  • 6. Which pillar determines the guilt or innocence of an accused?
A) Courts
B) Law Enforcement
C) Community
D) Corrections
  • 7. Which pillar is responsible for the rehabilitation of offenders?
A) Courts
B) Corrections
C) Law Enforcement
D) Prosecution
  • 8. Which is considered the fifth pillar of the criminal justice system?
A) Community
B) Prosecution
C) Police
D) Judiciary
  • 9. What is the role of the prosecution in criminal justice?
A) To decide court cases
B) To represent the state in criminal cases
C) To decide court cases
D) To manage prisons
E) To arrest all suspects
  • 10. Which department supervises the prosecution service in the Philippines?
A) Department of Social Welfare
B) Department of the Interior
C) Department of National Defense
D) Department of Justice
  • 11. What is a crime?
A) Any unpopular behavior
B) Any violation of school rules
C) An act or omission punishable by law
D) Any disagreement between people
  • 12. Who is a person suspected of committing a crime?
A) Prosecutor
B) Witness
C) Suspect
D) Judge
  • 13. Who is a person formally accused of committing a crime?
A) Accused
B) Complainant
C) Victim
D) Investigator
  • 14. What is the function of a judge?
A) To arrest suspects
B) To operate prisons
C) To hear and decide cases
D) To investigate crimes
  • 15. What is the function of a prosecutor?
A) To sentence convicted persons
B) To manage police stations
C) To determine whether criminal charges should be pursued
D) To conduct patrol operations
  • 16. What is due process?
A) Fair treatment according to law
B) Secret prosecution
C) Immediate punishment
D) Arrest without reason
  • 17. What principle states that an accused is considered innocent until proven guilty?
A) Double jeopardy
B) Judicial notice
C) Probable cause
D) Presumption of innocence
  • 18. What is probable cause?
A) A final court decision
B) Reasonable basis to believe that a crime has been committed and a person may be responsible
C) A confession by the accused
D) Proof beyond reasonable doubt
  • 19. What is the highest standard of proof in a criminal case?
A) Substantial evidence
B) Clear suspicion
C) Proof beyond reasonable doubt
D) Probable cause
  • 20. What is an arrest?
A) Issuing a court decision
B) Filing a civil case
C) Taking a person into custody under lawful authority
D) Questioning a witness
  • 21. What is a warrant of arrest?
A) A police report
B) A search record
C) A legal order authorizing the arrest of a person
D) prosecutor's recommendation
  • 22. Who generally issues a warrant of arrest in the Philippines?
A) Police officer
B) Judge
C) Barangay official
D) Prosecutor
  • 23. What is a search warrant?
A) An arrest record
B) A court order authorizing a lawful search for specified items
C) A prosecutor's report
D) A police identification card
  • 24. Which constitutional right protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures?
A) Right to travel
B) Right against unreasonable searches and seizures
C) Right to vote
D) Right to education
  • 25. What is custodial investigation?
A) A court trial
B) A prison inspection
C) A community meeting
D) Investigation conducted when a person is in custody and being questioned regarding an offense
  • 26. What right allows an accused to refuse to answer incriminating questions?
A) Right to property
B) Right against self-incrimination
C) Right to assembly
D) Right to suffrage
  • 27. What is double jeopardy?
A) Being arrested twice
B) Having two lawyers
C) Having two witnesses
D) Being prosecuted or punished twice for the same offense under circumstances prohibited by law
  • 28. What is bail?
A) A police investigation
B) Security given for the temporary release of an accused while the case is pending
C) A criminal sentence
D) A prison facility
  • 29. What is a complaint?
A) A police uniform
B) A sworn written statement alleging that a person committed an offense
C) A court judgment
D) A prison order
  • 30. What is an information?
A) A prison record
B) A police identification card
C) A witness statement only
D) A formal accusation of an offense filed by the prosecutor in court
  • 31. What is arraignment?
A) The investigation of a crime scene
B) The release of evidence
C) The arrest of a suspect
D) The proceeding where the accused is informed of the charge and asked to enter a plea
  • 32. What is a plea of guilty?
A) A denial of the charge
B) An admission by the accused that they committed the offense charged
C) An appeal
D) A request for bail
  • 33. What is a plea of not guilty?
A) C. A request for bail
B) A denial of the charge
C) An appeal
D) An admission by the accused that they committed the offense charged
  • 34. What is a trial?
A) A police patrol
B) A community meeting
C) A judicial examination of evidence and arguments in a case
D) A prison inspection
  • 35. What is evidence?
A) A court building
B) Information or material presented to establish facts in a case
C) A prison
D) A police uniform
  • 36. What is physical evidence?
A) A person's opinion
B) A tangible object that may help establish facts
C) A court decision
D) A legal argument
  • 37. What is testimonial evidence?
A) A physical object
B) A fingerprint only
C) Evidence given through a witness's testimony
D) A written law
  • 38. What is documentary evidence?
A) Police uniforms
B) Evidence contained in documents or writings
C) Oral testimony only
D) Physical weapons only
  • 39. What is chain of custody?
A) The transfer of police officers
B) The movement of prisoners between courts
C) The documented process of handling evidence from collection to presentation
D) The appointment of judges
  • 40. Why is chain of custody important?
A) It helps preserve the identity and integrity of evidence
B) It replaces witnesses
C) It eliminates the need for investigation
D) It determines the sentence
  • 41. What is a witness?
A) A police vehicle
B) A person who provides relevant information about a case
C) A person who automatically decides a case
D) A prison officer only
  • 42. What is a victim?
A) The prosecutor
B) A person who suffers harm from a criminal act
C) The judge
D) The person who decides the case
  • 43. What is investigation?
A) The final court decision
B) The systematic process of gathering facts and evidence about an offense
C) The release of prisoners
D) The punishment of an offender
  • 44. What is crime prevention?
A) Punishing every suspect
B) Ignoring minor crimes
C) Eliminating court proceedings
D) Actions designed to reduce or prevent criminal activity
  • 45. What is community policing?
A) A prison management system
B) A court procedure
C) A system that excludes citizens
D) A policing approach that encourages police and community cooperation
  • 46. What is the main goal of community policing?
A) Increasing arrests only
B) Building partnerships to address crime and community concerns
C) Closing police stations
D) Eliminating police patrols
  • 47. What does BJMP stand for?
A) Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
B) Bureau of Jail Monitoring and Protectio
C) Bureau of Justice Management and Police
D) Bureau of Judicial Management and Prosecution
  • 48. What is the primary responsibility of the BJMP?
A) Conducting court trials
B) Prosecuting criminal cases
C) Management and supervision of district, city, and municipal jails
D) Investigation of all national crimes
  • 49. What does BuCor stand for?
A) Bureau of Corrections
B) Bureau of Community Relations
C) Bureau of Courts
D) Bureau of Criminal Operations
  • 50. What is rehabilitation?
A) Arresting suspects
B) The process of helping offenders change their behavior and reintegrate into society
C) Increasing prison sentences
D) Conducting court hearings
  • 51. What is reintegration?
A) Returning an offender to the community as a functioning member of society
B) Conducting a search
C) Arresting an offender again
D) Filing a new criminal case
  • 52. What is probation?
A) A court-supervised alternative to imprisonment under applicable law
B) A police investigation
C) A search warrant
D) A court building
  • 53. What is parole?
A) Immediate dismissal of a case
B) Conditional release of a prisoner before the completion of the maximum sentence, subject to legal requirements
C) Police bail
D) A criminal complaint
  • 54. What is restorative justice?
A) Punishment without trial
B) An approach that emphasizes repairing harm caused by crime
C) Ignoring victims
D) Automatic imprisonment
  • 55. What is retribution?
A) Police investigation
B) Community service only
C) Punishment imposed because an offender committed an offense
D) Crime prevention through education
  • 56. What is deterrence?
A) Rehabilitation of witnesses
B) Prevention of crime by discouraging offending behavior
C) Filing of civil cases
D) Investigation of evidence
  • 57. What is incapacitation?
A) Conducting mediation
B) Restricting an offender's ability to commit further crimes
C) Releasing all prisoners
D) Giving an offender a promotion
  • 58. What is recidivism?
A) First-time offending
B) Repeated criminal behavior by an offender
C) Police recruitment
D) Court dismissal
  • 59. What is the judiciary?
A) The prosecution office only
B) The branch of government that interprets and applies the law through courts
C) The police organization
D) The prison service
  • 60. What is the Supreme Court?
A) The highest court in the Philippines
B) The highest police office
C) The prosecution agency
D) The national prison
  • 61. What is jurisdiction?
A) A police patrol area only
B) The power to arrest anyone
C) A prison classification
D) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case
  • 62. What is a judgment?
A) An arrest warrant Answer
B) A witness statement
C) A police investigation
D) The court's decision resolving a case
  • 63. What is an acquittal?
A) A judgment finding the accused not guilty
B) A police report
C) . A finding of guilt
D) An arrest order
  • 64. What is conviction?
A) A finding that no crime occurred
B) A judgment finding the accused guilty
C) A police investigation
D) A complaint
  • 65. What is an appeal?
A) A request for police assistance
B) A prison inspection
C) A request for a higher court to review a lower court's decision
D) An arrest procedure
  • 66. What is the rule of law?
A) Only criminals must obey the law
B) Judges may ignore laws
C) Police officers are above the law
D) Everyone is subject to the law
  • 67. What is equality before the law?
A) People are entitled to equal legal protection without unlawful discrimination
B) Police officers receive unlimited privileges
C) Only wealthy people receive legal protection
D) Judges may select who follows the law
  • 68. What is human rights?
A) Privileges given only to offenders
B) Benefits given only to witnesses
C) Basic rights and freedoms belonging to every person
D) Rights belonging only to government officials
  • 69. Why are human rights important in criminal justice?
A) They prevent all arrests
B) They protect individuals from abuse and unlawful government action
C) They eliminate criminal laws
D) They remove the courts
  • 70. What is police discretion?
A) The reasonable judgment exercised by police officers within the law
B) Unlimited police authority
C) The power of judges
D) A prisoner's right
  • 71. What is police ethics?
A) Prosecutorial procedures
B) Rules for court sentencing
C) Prison construction standards
D) Principles that guide proper and professional police conduct
  • 72. What is corruption in law enforcement?
A) Abuse of official position for improper personal or other benefit
B) Community service
C) Following police regulations
D) Proper evidence handling
  • 73. What is accountability?
A) Hiding evidence
B) Avoiding responsibility
C) Being responsible for one's actions and decisions
D) Ignoring complaints
  • 74. What is transparency?
A) Openness in government actions and processes
B) Destroying evidence
C) Concealing official records
D) Preventing public oversight
  • 75. What is police patrol?
A) Prosecutorial review
B) Regular movement and observation by police to maintain safety and prevent crime
C) Prison rehabilitation
D) Court sentencing
  • 76. What is a police blotter?
A) A search warrant
B) An official record of reported incidents and police activities
C) A prison sentence
D) A court judgment
  • 77. What is a crime scene
A) A prison cell
B) A courtroom
C) police headquarters only
D) The place where a crime occurred or where relevant evidence may be found
  • 78. What is crime scene preservation?
A) Allowing everyone to enter
B) Protecting the scene from contamination, alteration, or loss of evidence
C) Removing all evidence immediately
D) Destroying physical evidence
  • 79. What is forensic science?
A) The study of political campaigns
B) The application of scientific methods to legal investigations
C) The study of court administration only
D) The management of prisons
  • 80. What is fingerprint evidence?
A) A court judgment
B) Evidence based only on handwriting
C) Evidence based on the unique patterns of friction ridges
D) Oral testimony
  • 81. What is criminal profiling?
A) Issuing a warrant
B) Automatically identifying a suspect
C) Developing characteristics of a likely offender based on crime-related information
D) Sentencing an offender
  • 82. What is intelligence-led policing?
A) A policing approach that uses analyzed information to guide decisions and operations
B) Policing without information
C) Prison classification
D) Court-based sentencing
  • 83. What is crime mapping?
A) Conducting court trials
B) Using geographic information to identify crime patterns and locations
C) Managing prisons
D) Writing criminal laws
  • 84. What is a crime hotspot?
A) A courtroom
B) A police station
C) A prison facility
D) An area where crimes occur at relatively high frequency
  • 85. What is victimology?
A) The study of police uniforms
B) The study of prisons
C) The study of judges
D) The study of victims and their relationship to crime
  • 86. What is criminology?
A) The study of prison construction
B) The study of court buildings
C) The scientific study of crime, criminals, victims, and crime control
D) The study of police vehicles
  • 87. What is social control?
A) Police arrest only
B) Mechanisms used by society to encourage conformity to rules and norms
C) Prison construction
D) Court sentencing only
  • 88. What is formal social control?
A) Family advice only
B) Control through friendship only
C) Personal beliefs only
D) Control exercised through laws and official institutions
  • 89. What is informal social control?
A) Prison confinement
B) Police arrest
C) Control exercised through family, peers, community, and social norms
D) Court sentencing
  • 90. What is a juvenile offender?
A) A prosecutor
B) A person below the legally applicable age who is alleged or found to have committed an offense
C) Any adult offender
D) A police officer
  • 91. What is diversion?
A) A police patrol method
B) Automatic imprisonment
C) A type of search warrant
D) An alternative process that may keep qualified youth offenders from formal court proceedings
  • 92. What is mediation?
A) Police arrest
B) Automatic conviction
C) Prison confinement
D) A process in which a neutral person helps parties reach an agreement
  • 93. What is plea bargaining?
A) A prison classification
B) A search procedure
C) A process in which the accused and prosecution negotiate a plea subject to legal and court requirements
D) A police interrogation
  • 94. What is legal representation?
A) Police protection only
B) Prison management
C) Community supervision
D) Assistance provided by a lawyer in protecting a person's legal interests
  • 95. Prison management
A) It helps protect the accused's legal rights during proceedings
B) It guarantees acquittal
C) It removes the judge's authority
D) It prevents all investigations
  • 96. What is access to justice?
A) The right to ignore court orders
B) The power to arrest others
C) The ability of people to obtain fair and effective legal remedies
D) The right to avoid all laws
  • 97. What is the main purpose of criminal punishment?
A) To punish innocent people
B) To achieve lawful objectives such as accountability, deterrence, and rehabilitation
C) To eliminate constitutional rights
D) To create fear without legal process
  • 98. Why is cooperation among the five pillars important?
A) It prevents community participation
B) It eliminates the need for courts
C) It helps ensure a coordinated and effective criminal justice process
D) It gives police unlimited power
  • 99. What is the ultimate goal of the Criminal Justice System?
A) To punish every person suspected of a crime
B) To give unlimited authority to law enforcement
C) To promote justice, public safety, and the rule of law
D) To increase the number of prisoners
  • 100. What is a plea of guilty?
A) A denial of the charge
B) A request for bail
C) An admission by the accused that they committed the offense charged
D) An appeal
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