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CLJ 4 – Criminal Law Book 2
Contributed by: Monteclaro
  • 1. What is the title of Book Two of the Revised Penal Code?
A) Crimes and Penalties
B) Crimes and Penalties
C) Criminal Procedures
D) General Provisions
  • 2. Which of the following is a crime against persons?
A) Theft
B) Homicide
C) Malversation
D) Robbery
  • 3. Homicide is generally committed when a person:
A) Falsifies a document
B) Kills another person without qualifying circumstances of murder
C) Takes property without consent
D) Receives stolen property
  • 4. Murder differs from homicide because murder:
A) Has qualifying circumstances
B) Is always committed by several persons
C) Involves no death
D) Is a property crime
  • 5. Parricide is the killing of:
A) Certain close relatives specified by law
B) A stranger
C) A public officer
D) A person during robbery
  • 6. Which crime involves intentionally killing a child less than three days old?
A) Infanticide
B) Abortion
C) Homicide
D) Parricide
  • 7. What crime is committed when a person kills another through negligence or imprudence?
A) Parricide
B) Homicide through reckless imprudence
C) Murder
D) Treason
  • 8. Which is an element of homicide?
A) Killing another person
B) Falsifying a document
C) Entering a dwelling
D) Taking property
  • 9. Physical injuries may be classified as:
A) Public, private, or personal
B) Simple, complex, or compound only
C) Serious, less serious, or slight
D) Civil, criminal, or administrative
  • 10. What crime involves deliberately causing an injury to another person?
A) Estafa
B) Perjury
C) Theft
D) Physical injuries
  • 11. Which crime involves intentionally causing a miscarriage?
A) Infanticide
B) Libel
C) Abortion
D) Homicide
  • 12. Rape is classified under crimes against:
A) Public interest
B) Persons
C) Property
D) Public order
  • 13. Which of the following may constitute rape under Philippine law?
A) Simple disagreement
B) Sexual assault under circumstances defined by law
C) Taking property
D) Public disturbance
  • 14. Crimes against chastity traditionally include:
A) Theft
B) Acts involving sexual or moral violations defined by law
C) Malversation
D) Arson only
  • 15. Which crime involves taking another person's property with violence or intimidation?
A) Malversation
B) Estafa
C) Theft
D) Robbery
  • 16. What distinguishes robbery from theft?
A) Theft always involves violence
B) Robbery involves no taking
C) Robbery involves violence, intimidation, or force upon things as defined by law
D) Theft is committed only by public officers
  • 17. Theft is committed when a person:
A) Falsifies a document
B) Takes personal property of another without violence or intimidation and without consent, with intent to gain
C) Threatens a public officer
D) Kills another person
  • 18. What is the element of intent to gain commonly called?
A) Animus furandi
B) Res judicata
C) Mens rea only
D) Dolus directus
  • 19. Estafa is commonly associated with:
A) Deceit or abuse of confidence
B) Rebellion
C) Killing
D) Physical injury
  • 20. Which is a crime against property?
A) Murder
B) Direct assault
C) Rape
D) Theft
  • 21. Robbery with violence or intimidation involves:
A) Finding abandoned property
B) Borrowing property with permission
C) Taking property through violence or intimidation
D) Taking property accidentally
  • 22. What crime involves intentionally burning property or structures under circumstances punished by law?
A) Theft
B) Arson
C) Malversation
D) Estafa
  • 23. Which crime involves unlawful destruction of property by fire?
A) Libel
B) Homicide
C) Arson
D) Perjury
  • 24. Malversation is generally committed by:
A) Any private individual only
B) A public officer accountable for public funds or property
C) A witness
D) A child
  • 25. What is the subject of malversation?
A) Personal opinions
B) Family relationships
C) Public funds or property
D) Private letters only
  • 26. Which crime involves a public officer appropriating public funds?
A) Theft
B) Robbery
C) Estafa only
D) Malversation
  • 27. Illegal use of public funds for a purpose other than that authorized by law may constitute:
A) Alarm and scandal
B) Libel
C) Technical malversation
D) Homicide
  • 28. What crime involves a public officer agreeing to receive a gift in consideration of an act related to official duties?
A) Perjury
B) Theft
C) Robbery
D) Direct bribery
  • 29. Indirect bribery generally involves:
A) A person stealing property
B) A person falsifying a document
C) A person killing another
D) A public officer accepting gifts because of the office
  • 30. Who may be liable for direct bribery?
A) Only a minor
B) Only a witness
C) Only a private citizen
D) A public officer
  • 31. What crime involves attacking or using force against a person in authority or their agent while performing official duties?
A) Theft
B) Direct assault
C) Estafa
D) Arson
  • 32. A person in authority is one who is:
A) A business owner
B) A relative of the accused
C) Legally vested with authority or jurisdiction
D) Any private citizen
  • 33. Which is a crime against public order?
A) Theft
B) Homicide
C) Estafa
D) Rebellion
  • 34. Rebellion generally involves:
A) Falsifying a document
B) Public and tumultuous uprising to attain certain objectives against the government, as defined by law
C) Taking private property
D) Causing slight physical injuries
  • 35. Sedition involves:
A) Public and tumultuous uprising for certain unlawful purposes defined by law
B) Taking property without consent
C) Killing a relative
D) Sexual assault
  • 36. Treason is committed by:
A) Any person who commits a traffic violation
B) Any person who steals
C) A Filipino citizen or certain persons under the circumstances specified by law, against the Philippines by levying war or adhering to enemies
D) Any person who commits libel
  • 37. Which crime involves betrayal of allegiance to the Philippines during wartime?
A) Treason
B) Estafa
C) Arson
D) Theft
  • 38. How many witnesses are generally required to prove an overt act of treason?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) One
  • 39. What crime involves making false statements under oath concerning a material matter?
A) Theft
B) Perjury
C) Libel
D) Robbery
  • 40. Perjury requires that the false statement be:
A) Made casually
B) Made only in private
C) Made under oath and material to the issue
D) Made without knowledge
  • 41. Which crime involves publicly and maliciously imputing a crime, vice, or defect to another?
A) Homicide
B) Libel
C) Theft
D) Malversation
  • 42. Libel is generally committed through:
A) Fire
B) Physical assault only
C) Writing or similar means of publication
D) Theft
  • 43. Oral defamation is also known as:
A) Slander
B) Perjury
C) Forgery
D) Libel
  • 44. Which crime involves publishing defamatory statements through writing?
A) Theft
B) Libel
C) Slander
D) Robbery
  • 45. What is grave coercion?
A) Preventing another person by violence, threats, or intimidation from doing something not prohibited by law, or compelling them to do something against their will
B) Falsifying a document
C) Taking property
D) Killing another
  • 46. Unjust vexation involves:
A) Burning property
B) Killing another
C) Stealing property
D) Annoying or irritating another person without lawful justification, when the act is covered by the law
  • 47. Alarms and scandals are classified under:
A) Crimes against public order
B) Crimes against property
C) Crimes against persons
D) Crimes against chastity
  • 48. Which crime involves disturbing public peace through prohibited acts?
A) Parricide
B) Alarms and scandals
C) Theft
D) . Estafa
  • 49. What crime is committed when a person enters a dwelling against the will of the occupant?
A) Malversation
B) Estafa
C) Theft
D) Trespass to dwelling
  • 50. Trespass to dwelling protects:
A) The privacy and security of a person's dwelling
B) Public funds
C) Public roads
D) Government documents
  • 51. Which crime involves entering a dwelling without the owner's consent?
A) Direct bribery
B) Libel
C) Qualified trespass to dwelling
D) Perjury
  • 52. Forgery generally involves:
A) Stealing food
B) Killing a person
C) Making a false document or altering one with intent to deceive
D) Public disturbance
  • 53. Falsification of public documents may be committed by:
A) Only lawyers
B) Only police officers
C) A public officer or other persons under circumstances provided by law
D) Only judges
  • 54. Which crime involves making false entries in an official document?
A) Robbery
B) Homicide
C) Arson
D) Falsification
  • 55. What is the purpose of many falsification offenses?
A) To deceive or cause damage through falsehood in a document
B) To regulate traffic
C) To protect public order
D) To punish theft only
  • 56. Counterfeiting money involves:
A) Stealing personal property
B) Causing physical injury
C) Making false currency resembling genuine currency
D) Defaming another person
  • 57. Which crime involves possession or use of counterfeit currency under circumstances punished by law?
A) Parricide
B) Direct assault
C) Trespass
D) Counterfeiting-related offense
  • 58. Which is considered a crime against public interest?
A) Robbery
B) Homicide
C) Falsification
D) Rape
  • 59. Which crime involves forging a signature?
A) Robbery
B) Homicide
C) Falsification or forgery, depending on the document and circumstances
D) Arson
  • 60. What is a public document?
A) A private diary only
B) A personal text message
C) A document created or executed by a public officer in accordance with official duties, or otherwise recognized by law
D) Any handwritten note
  • 61. Which crime involves unlawful possession of firearms under applicable law?
A) Illegal possession of firearms
B) Libel
C) Estafa
D) Perjury
  • 62. Which offense may be committed when a person disobeys a lawful order of a person in authority?
A) Murder
B) Arson
C) Theft
D) Resistance or disobedience
  • 63. Resistance and disobedience are generally classified under:
A) Crimes against public order
B) Crimes against property
C) Crimes against persons
D) Crimes against chastity
  • 64. What is direct assault?
A) Burning property
B) Making a false document
C) Taking property
D) Attacking or employing force against a person in authority or their agent under circumstances specified by law
  • 65. Which crime involves refusing to obey a lawful order of a person in authority?
A) Libel
B) Arson
C) Theft
D) Disobedience
  • 66. What is the primary object of crimes against public order?
A) Murder
B) Theft
C) To protect peace and order and the authority of the government
D) Robbery
  • 67. What is abandonment of office?
A) Defaming a person
B) Taking public funds
C) Stealing a vehicle
D) Leaving or abandoning public office under circumstances punished by law
  • 68. Which crime involves disclosure of secrets by a public officer?
A) Robbery
B) Revelation of secrets by an officer
C) Theft
D) Homicide
  • 69. A public officer who reveals a secret known because of official duties may be liable when:
A) The elements of the applicable offense are present
B) No law applies
C) The information is always public
D) The officer is off duty
  • 70. Which crime involves a public officer who knowingly tolerates the commission of a crime in certain circumstances?
A) Offense involving dereliction or tolerance, as provided by law
B) Arson
C) Theft
D) Rape
  • 71. Which is a crime against public interest?
A) Illegal use of fictitious name and concealment of true name
B) Robbery
C) Homicide
D) Physical injuries
  • 72. What does usurpation of authority generally involve?
A) Damaging property
B) Stealing money
C) Killing someone
D) Pretending to possess authority or powers that one does not legally have
  • 73. What does usurpation of official functions involve?
A) Making defamatory statements
B) Committing theft
C) Performing an act belonging to a public officer without legal authority
D) Committing physical injuries
  • 74. Which crime involves falsely representing oneself as a public officer?
A) Usurpation of authority or official functions
B) Homicide
C) Theft
D) Estafa
  • 75. What is illegal marriage under the Revised Penal Code generally concerned with?
A) Arson
B) Theft
C) Certain unlawful marriages or contracting a second/subsequent marriage while a prior valid marriage exists, subject to legal requirements
D) Physical injuries
  • 76. Bigamy involves:
A) Stealing property
B) Killing another
C) Falsifying money
D) Contracting a second or subsequent marriage before the first marriage has been legally dissolved or the spouse declared presumptively dead, subject to law
  • 77. Which crime is committed by marrying another person while a valid previous marriage exists?
A) Robbery
B) Bigamy
C) Perjury
D) Libel
  • 78. Which crime involves simulation of births?
A) Simulation of births
B) Homicide
C) Theft
D) Direct assault
  • 79. Which crime involves concealing or abandoning a legitimate child under circumstances punished by law?
A) Robbery
B) Malversation
C) Arson
D) Offenses involving civil status or family relations
  • 80. What is an offense against public morals?
A) Certain acts considered immoral and specifically punished by law
B) Malversation
C) Homicide
D) Theft
  • 81. Which crime involves concealing or abandoning a legitimate child under circumstances punished by law?
A) Offenses involving civil status or family relations
B) Malversation
C) Arson
D) Robbery
  • 82. Which crime involves gambling in violation of applicable laws?
A) Libel
B) Treason
C) Homicide
D) Illegal gambling
  • 83. Which is an example of a crime against public morals?
A) Homicide
B) Malversation
C) Theft
D) Vagrancy-related or prostitution-related offenses where applicable under current law
  • 84. Which is an example of a crime against public morals?
A) Murder
B) Vagrancy-related or prostitution-related offenses where applicable under current law
C) Homicide
D) Theft
  • 85. What is grave scandal?
A) Theft
B) Acts that offend decency or good customs under circumstances punished by law
C) Murder
D) Falsification
  • 86. Which crime involves possession of prohibited publications or materials under circumstances punished by law?
A) Crimes against persons
B) Offenses against public morals
C) Crimes against property
D) Crimes against national security
  • 87. Which crime is committed when a person fails to render assistance to someone in danger under circumstances required by law?
A) Theft
B) Abandonment or failure to render assistance, where applicable
C) Robbery
D) Libel
  • 88. What is abandonment of persons in danger and abandonment of one's own victim?
A) A property crime
B) A crime against national security
C) An offense involving failure to provide required assistance under circumstances specified by law
D) A crime of falsification
  • 89. Which crime involves exposing or abandoning a child below a certain age under circumstances punished by law?
A) Direct assault
B) Estafa
C) Abandoning a minor
D) Theft
  • 90. Crimes against national security include:
A) Libel and slander
B) Theft and robbery
C) Treason and espionage
D) Estafa and malversation
  • 91. Espionage generally involves:
A) Stealing personal property
B) Causing physical injury
C) Defaming another person
D) Obtaining or transmitting information relating to national defense under circumstances punished by law
  • 92. Which crime involves entering a prohibited military area to obtain information?
A) Espionage, when the statutory elements are present
B) Libel
C) Theft
D) Homicide
  • 93. Piracy is generally committed by:
A) Defaming someone
B) Stealing from a store
C) Falsifying documents
D) Attacking or seizing a vessel or committing specified acts on the high seas or Philippine waters under the law
  • 94. Which is a crime against national security?
A) Theft
B) Piracy
C) Physical injuries
D) Estafa
  • 95. In criminal law, conspiracy generally requires:
A) Friendship only
B) Mere presence at the scene
C) Agreement and decision to commit the offense
D) Mere knowledge of a crime
  • 96. What is conspiracy?
A) A civil contract
B) A court decision
C) An agreement between two or more persons to commit a felony, together with the required intent under law
D) A disagreement between people
  • 97. Which is NOT automatically sufficient to prove conspiracy?
A) Mere presence at the crime scene
B) Circumstances showing concerted action
C) Coordinated acts showing a common purpose
D) Express agreement
  • 98. Which crime involves taking property through violence or intimidation?
A) Libel
B) Theft
C) Perjury
D) Robbery
  • 99. Which crime involves taking personal property of another with intent to gain and without violence or intimidation?
A) Robbery
B) Theft
C) Homicide
D) Estafa
  • 100. The Revised Penal Code is primarily divided into:
A) Three books
B) Four books
C) Book One and Book Two
D) Five books
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