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  • 1. What is the definition of crime?
A) Any rational human conduct that violates a criminal law and is subject to punishment
B) Any human behavior
C) Any action that is considered immoral
D) Any behavior that deviates from social norms
  • 2. What does the term "norm" refer to?
A) A legal statute
B) A statistical average
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) 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
B) Criminal behavior
C) Legal behavior
D) Normal behavior
  • 4. What does "actus reus" refer to?
A) Criminal conduct specifically, intentional or criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
B) Criminal intent
C) Opportunity to commit a crime
D) Motive for a crime
  • 5. What does "mens rea" refer to?
A) A criminal intent or a guilty state of mind
B) Opportunity to commit a crime
C) Criminal conduct
D) Instrument used in a crime
  • 6. Which of the following is one of the three ingredients of crime?
A) Motive or desire
B) Forgiveness
C) Understanding
D) Justice
  • 7. What does "opportunity" refer to as an ingredient of crime?
A) The legal system
B) The criminal's background
C) The time and place of the commission of the crime
D) The victim's vulnerability
  • 8. What are "instruments" in the context of crime?
A) Laws and regulations
B) Ethical guidelines
C) Tools employed by criminals
D) Social norms
  • 9. What does the Cultural Deviance Theory suggest?
A) Crime is a result of genetic predispositions
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 caused by economic inequality
  • 10. What does the Social Disorganization Theory state?
A) Crime increases in neighborhoods where social institutions like family, school, and community control have broken down
B) Crime is a result of strict social control
C) Crime decreases in organized communities
D) Crime is a result of strong community bonds
  • 11. What does Strain Theory explain?
A) Crime is a result of genetic factors
B) Crime is a result of personal choices
C) Crime happens when people achieve society’s goals through legal means
D) Crime happens when people cannot achieve society’s goals through legal means, causing pressure or frustration that leads to deviant behavior
  • 12. What does Social Reaction Theory (Labeling Theory) state?
A) Labeling has no impact on behavior
B) Labeling only affects adults
C) People become deviant when they resist societal labels
D) People become deviant when society labels them negatively, causing the label to shape their identity and future behavior
  • 13. What does Conflict Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of societal harmony
B) Crime is a result of individual choices
C) Crime results from cooperation between groups
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) All behavior, including criminal acts, is learned and shaped by rewards, punishments, and reactions from others
C) Behavior is random
D) Behavior is innate
  • 15. What does Social Learning Theory explain?
A) People learn criminal behavior through genetics
B) Criminal behavior is not learned
C) People learn criminal behavior through observing, interacting with, and imitating others who already engage in crime
D) Criminal behavior is only learned in schools
  • 16. What does Differential Association Theory state?
A) People are born criminal
B) People are only influenced by their parents
C) People become criminal when isolated from others
D) People become criminal when exposed to more pro-crime influences than anti-crime influences
  • 17. What does Differential Reinforcement Theory claim?
A) Criminal behavior is learned through rewards and punishments, combining social learning with psychological conditioning processes
B) Criminal behavior is learned through genetics
C) Criminal behavior is random
D) Criminal behavior is only learned through punishment
  • 18. What does Neutralization Theory suggest?
A) Offenders are unaware of their actions
B) Offenders always obey the law
C) Offenders always reject societal norms
D) Offenders learn techniques to justify or excuse wrongdoing, allowing them to drift between lawful and unlawful behavior
  • 19. What is a typology?
A) A legal defense
B) A type of punishment
C) A criminal motive
D) An organizing device for categorizing large amounts of information into mutually exclusive categories
  • 20. What is an offense?
A) A serious crime
B) An act or omission that is punishable by special laws
C) A civil dispute
D) A moral wrong
  • 21. What is a special law?
A) A law that is not enforced
B) A law that is only applied in certain regions
C) A statute enacted by congress, penal in character, which is not an amendment of the Revised Penal Code
D) A law that applies only to certain people
  • 22. What is a felony?
A) A civil dispute
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 minor violation
D) A traffic violation
  • 23. What is a delinquency/misdemeanor/infraction?
A) A federal offense
B) 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
C) A moral wrong
D) A serious crime
  • 24. What do violent crimes include?
A) Traffic violations
B) Offenses where violence was applied. They are also called acts or crimes against persons
C) Financial fraud
D) Public disturbances
  • 25. What are economic crimes primarily committed for?
A) To seek revenge
B) To bring financial gain to the offender
C) To express anger
D) Political reasons
  • 26. What are public order crimes?
A) Unlawful acts that interfere with the normal operation of society and the ability of people to function efficiently
B) Crimes that have no victims
C) Crimes that benefit the public
D) Crimes committed in private
  • 27. What does "mala in se" mean?
A) Good in itself
B) Neutral act
C) Wrong because it is prohibited
D) Evil in itself
  • 28. What does "mala prohibita" mean?
A) Morally right
B) Socially acceptable
C) Wrong because it is prohibited
D) Evil in itself
  • 29. What are white-collar crimes?
A) Crimes committed against corporations
B) 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
C) Crimes committed in the workplace
D) Crimes committed by unskilled workers
  • 30. What are blue-collar crimes?
A) Crimes committed by police officers
B) Those committed by ordinary professional criminals to maintain their livelihood
C) Crimes committed in factories
D) Crimes committed by white-collar workers
  • 31. What are crimes by imitation?
A) Crimes committed by robots
B) Crimes committed by accident
C) Crimes committed by animals
D) Crimes committed by merely duplicating what was done by others; based on the
  • 32. What are crimes of passion?
A) Crimes committed for money
B) Those committed at the height of great emotions
C) Crimes committed without thinking
D) Crimes committed for political reasons
  • 33. What are service crimes?
A) Crimes committed through rendition of service to satisfy desire of another
B) Crimes committed by government employees
C) Crimes committed by doctors
D) Crimes committed in the military
  • 34. What is genocide?
A) A crime against property
B) A crime against the environment
C) A crime committed by a government through mass destruction or annihilation of human populations
D) A crime against animals
  • 35. What are transnational crimes?
A) Violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, e.g. drug trafficking, human trafficking
B) Crimes that are only committed by tourists
C) Crimes that are legal in some countries
D) Crimes that occur within a single country
  • 36. What are environmental crimes?
A) Crimes committed in national parks
B) Crimes committed against people
C) Crimes committed for environmental activism
D) Acts that breach environmental legislation and cause significant harm or risk to the environment and human health
  • 37. What are cybercrimes?
A) Crimes committed by corporations
B) Crimes committed by government officials
C) Crimes that involve computers and networks
D) Crimes committed in physical spaces
  • 38. What are political crimes?
A) Crimes committed in political rallies
B) Crimes committed during elections
C) Criminal activities for ideological purposes; also serious violations of laws that threaten the security or existence of the government
D) Crimes committed by politicians
  • 39. What are acute criminals?
A) They commit crimes due to impulses of the moment, fit of passion, anger, or spell of extreme jealousy
B) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
C) Criminals who are mentally ill
D) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
  • 40. What are chronic criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes due to drug addiction
B) They are those who acted in consonance with deliberate thinking
C) Criminals who commit crimes due to mental illness
D) Criminals who commit crimes impulsively
  • 41. What are normal criminals?
A) Criminals who are highly intelligent
B) Criminals who are mentally ill
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) Criminals who commit complex crimes
B) Criminals who are highly skilled
C) Criminals who are highly organized
D) 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
  • 43. What are organized criminals?
A) Criminals who are mentally unstable
B) Criminals who are easily caught
C) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
D) They have high degree of organization to enable them to commit crimes without being detected
  • 44. What are professional criminals?
A) Criminals who are easily caught
B) Criminals who are mentally ill
C) Criminals who are amateurs
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) They commit criminal acts as a result of unanticipated circumstances
B) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
C) Criminals who commit crimes intentionally
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 commit crimes for fun
C) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
D) Criminals who are always criminal
  • 47. What are habitual criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes only once
B) Criminals who commit crimes rarely
C) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
D) They continue to commit criminal acts for diverse reasons due to deficiency of intelligence and lack of self-control
  • 48. What are active-aggressive criminals?
A) Criminals who are passive
B) Criminals who commit crimes calmly
C) They commit crimes in impulsive manner usually due to their aggressive behavior, as shown in crimes of passion, resentment, or revenge
D) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
  • 49. What are passive-inadequate criminals?
A) Criminals who are aggressive
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 commit crimes independently
D) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
  • 50. What are socialized criminals?
A) Criminals who reject social norms
B) They are normal in their behavior but mere inadequate and defective in their socialization process
C) Criminals who are isolated from society
D) Criminals
  • 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) Retribution
B) Rehabilitation
C) Specific Deterrence
D) General 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) Jeremy Bentham
B) Raffaele Garofalo E.
C) Enrico Ferri
D) Cesare Lombroso
  • 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) Social Control Theory
C) Strain Theory
D) Labeling 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) Differential Association Theory
B) Routine Activities Theory
C) Anomie Theory
D) Rational Choice 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) Atavism
B) Symbiosis
C) Somatotyping
D) Anomie
  • 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 Motivated Offender
B) A Suitable Target
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) Secondary Victimization
B) Victim Compensation
C) Victim Blaming
D) Restorative Justice
  • 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) Victimless Crime
B) Blue-collar Crime
C) Violent Crime
D) White-collar 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) Completely Innocent Victim
C) Victim with Minor Guilt
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) Chronic Crime
B) Episodic/Acute Crime
C) Professional Crime
D) 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
  • 61. Which school of criminology argues that "the punishment should fit the crime" and that humans possess free will?
A) Chicago School
B) Neo-Classical School
C) Positivist School
D) AClassical 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) Neo-Classical School
C) Italian School
D) Positivist 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) Penology
B) Criminogenesis
C) Victimogenesis
D) Criminal Evolution
  • 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) William Sheldon
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Robert Merton
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) Secondary Deviance
B) Social Stigma
C) Tertiary Deviance
D) Primary Deviance
  • 66. Criminology is considered a "Social Science" because it
A) Studies crime as a social phenomenon
B) Uses chemistry to analyze blood
C) Is applicable only in specific countries.
D) Only focuses on the laws written in books
  • 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) Absolute
B) Stable
C) Dynamic
D) Nationalistic
  • 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) Victimology
C) Penology
D) Sociology of Law
  • 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) Strain Theory
B) Biological Theory
C) Choice Theory
D) Social Disorganization Theory
  • 70. This refers to the total number of crimes that go unreported to the police.
A) Index Crimes
B) Dark Figure of Crime
C) Recidivism
D) Crime Rate
  • 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) Modus Operandi
B) Actus Reus
C) Mens Rea
D) Mala In Se
  • 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) Misdemeanor
C) Mala In Se
D) Mala Prohibita
  • 73. Which term refers to the "guilty mind" or the intent to commit a crime?
A) Corpus Delicti
B) Doli Incapax
C) Mens Rea
D) Actus Reus
  • 74. The study of the "physical" evidence of a crime (fingerprints, ballistics) to identify a suspect is technically known as
A) Sociology
B) Criminalistics
C) Criminology
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) All of the above
B) Pleasure-Pain Principle (Hedonism)
C) Rational Choice Theory
D) Free Will Doctrine
  • 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) Retreatism
B) Innovation
C) Conformity
D) Ritualism
  • 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) Focal Concerns of the Lower Class
B) Differential Association
C) Labeling Theory
D) Social Bond Theory
  • 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) Neutralization Theory
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) General Strain Theory (Agnew)
D) Classical Strain 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) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
B) Social Control/Bond Theory
C) Life Course Theory
D) Social Learning 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) Attachment
C) Involvement
D) Commitment
  • 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) Schizophrenia
B) Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder
C) Neuroticism
D) Paranoia
  • 82. According to Freud, which part of the personality represents the "conscience" and the moral rules of society?
A) Alter-Ego
B) Id
C) Ego
D) Superego
  • 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) Social Ecology
B) Evolutionary Criminology
C) Biochemical Theory
D) Psychological Positivism
  • 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) Operant Conditioning
B) bservational Learning (Modeling)
C) Cognitive Dissonance
D) Genetic Predisposition
  • 85. Which term refers to the "primitive" part of the human personality that seeks immediate gratification of biological drives like hunger and sex?
A) Superego
B) Id
C) Preconscious
D) Ego
  • 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 Injury
B) Denial of Victim
C) Condemnation of Condemners
D) Denial of Responsibility
  • 87. The process by which the justice system creates "career criminals" by stigmatizing first-time offenders is known as
A) Diversion
B) Decriminalization
C) Radical Non-intervention
D) The Dramatization of Evil
  • 88. Which of the following describes "Primary Deviance"?
A) Crime that is inherently evil.
B) Crime committed by high-ranking officials.
C) . Deviance that occurs after a person accepts a criminal label.
D) Initial acts of norm violation that have very little influence on the self-concept
  • 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) Incapacitation
B) Diversion
C) Deterrence
D) Retribution
  • 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 IV: Residential Zone
C) Zone II: Zone in Transition
D) Zone III: Workingmen’s Homes
  • 91. Which month is statistically associated with higher rates of violent crimes like assault and rape due to increased social interaction and temperature?
A) July
B) January
C) October
D) December
  • 92. The "Age-Crime Curve" generally shows that crime rates peak during which life stage?
A) Senior Years (65+)
B) B. Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood (15-24)
C) Middle Age (40-50)
D) Childhood (5-10)
  • 93. Which of the following is considered an "Index Crime" (or Focus Crime) in many police reporting systems?
A) Littering
B) Gambling
C) Vagrancy
D) Robbery
  • 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 captures the "Dark Figure of Crime"
C) It is always 100% honest
D) It is more official than police records.
  • 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) Stigma
C) Atavism
D) Anomie
  • 97. What is the "Golden Thread" of criminal justice, meaning a person is innocent until proven guilty?
A) Habeas Corpus
B) Equal Protection
C) Due Process
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) Blue Law
B) Ex Post Facto Law
C) Bill of Attainder
D) Writ of Amparo
  • 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 Responsibility
B) Appeal to Higher Loyalties
C) Denial of Victim
D) Denial of Injury
  • 100. The "Classical School" of Criminology was a reaction against:
A) Scientific research
B) The use of prisons.
C) The cruel and arbitrary justice of the 18th century
D) The concept of democracy.
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