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