Review Questions in Criminal Sociology, Ethics & Human Relations Set One INSTRUCTION: Select The Correct Answer For Each of The Following
Review Questions in Criminal Sociology, Ethics & Human Relations Set One INSTRUCTION: Select The Correct Answer For Each of The Following
Review Questions in Criminal Sociology, Ethics & Human Relations Set One INSTRUCTION: Select The Correct Answer For Each of The Following
MULTIPLE CHOICE
2. The society’s prime instrument for making known what acts are crimes
and what sanctions may be applied to those who commit acts defined as
crimes.
A. Ethics
B. Law
C. Conduct
D. Justice
B
3. A social norm providing guidance for people in their dealings with one
another, as a standard against which actions are evaluated, and as a
prescription or requirement that people act justly.
A. Law
B. Justice
C. Ethics
D. conduct
B
33. The major function of the PROSECUTION component of the Criminal Justice
System.
A. To enforce the laws of the land
B. To rehabilitate prisoners
C. To represent the government in criminal cases
D. All of these
C
34. The supreme law of the Land.
A. Bible
B. Constitution
C. PNP Law
D. Common Law
B
35. It means not only observed acts of crime but the results of a crime,
which triggers the operation of the criminal justice process.
A. commission of a crime
B. solution of a crime
C. detection of a crime
D. adjudication of a crime
B
36. The machinery of the State designed to enforce the law by arresting,
prosecuting and adjudicating those accused of violating it and by
applying the proper sanctions to those found guilty.
A. Court
B. Government
C. Criminal Justice System
D. Due Process of Law
C
37. A law enforcement function in order to preserve social and public
order.
A. Protection
B. crowd control
C. order maintenance
D. crime prevention
C
38. This defense in a criminal case is based on the claim that the act was
the result, not of any intent on the part of the accused, but of
threats of loss of life, limb or a loved one.
A. defense of instigation
B. defense of consent
C. defense of alibi
D. defense of duress
D
38. The society’s primary instrument for making known what acts are crimes
and what sanctions may be applied to those who commit acts defined as
crimes.
A. Law
B. Ethics
C. Media
D. Conduct
A
39. A function of the Prosecution, by representing the State in criminal
cases and to present the case to the judge.
A. trial advocacy
B. pleading
C. rehabilitation
D. charging
A
40. A claim by the accused that he or she was in another place when the
crime occurred and therefore could not have committed it.
A. defense of instigation
B. defense of alibi
C. defense of consent
D. defense of duress
B
41. The informal component of the Criminal Justice System.
A. Community
B. law enforcement
C. prosecution
D. corrections
A
42. Maltreatment of a child is considered0
A. child misuse
B. child delinquency
C. child defect
D. child abuse
D
43. PD 603 is known as:
A. the Parole Law
B. the Probation Law
C. the Child and Youth Welfare Code
D. the Revised Penal Code for children
C
44. It refers to anti social act which deviates from normal pattern of
rules and regulations
A. Recidivism
B. Reiteracion
C. Delinquency
D. Crime
C
87. The stage of the criminal justice process which involves the convicted
person’s serving the sentence imposed.
A. Sentencing
B. Corrections
C. Adjudication
D. charging
B
88. The recital of the rights of a suspect during custodial investigation.
A. Bill of Rights
B. Miranda Warning
C. Code of Ethics
D. Policeman’s Code
B
89. This type of physique has relatively predominant muscles, bones and
motor organs of the body.
A. Viscerotonic
B. Mesomorphic
C. Endomorphic
D. Ectomorphic
B
90. The author of “ Origin of Species” and “ The Descent of Man”.
A. Lombroso
B. Darwin
C. Beccaria
D. Garofalo
B
91. He is the primary advocate of the “Theory of Differential Association”.
A. Lombroso
B. Sutherland
C. Beccaria
D. Garofalo
B
92. The author of “On Crimes and Punishment” and the primary advocate of
the Classical School of Criminology.
A. Lombroso
B. Sutherland
C. Beccaria
D. Garofalo
C
93. The one who determines personally the existence of probable cause in
the issuance of a search warrant.
A. Fiscal
B. Police officer
C. Judge
D. Victim
C
Answers:
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. C
16. D
17. A
18. B
19. A
20. B
21. C
22. B
23. A
24. A
25. C
26. B
27. B
28. D
29. A
30. B
31. A
32. C
33. D
34. B
35. C
36. C
37. D
38. A
39. A
40. B
41. A
42. D
43. C
44. C
45. A
46. A
47. B
48. B
49. A
50. B
51. B
52. B
53. A
54. B
55. A
56. A
57. B
58. C
59. A
60. C
61. D
62. C
63. B
64. C
65. C
66. B
67. C
68. C
69. D
70. A
71. B
72. C
73. C
74. C
75. B
76. D
77. D
78. B
79. A
80. C
81. B
82. C
83. C
84. B
85. D
86. B
87. B
88. B
89. B
90. B
91. B
92. C
93. A
94. B
95. C
96. A
97. A
98. A
99. E
100. C
REVIEW QUESTIONS IN
CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY, ETHICS & HUMAN RELATIONS SET TWO
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. An old woman approached PO3 Gomez asking the police officer to run
after an unidentified young man who allegedly snatched her mobile
phone. PO3 Gomez declined claiming that the man was already a block
away from them and besides the police officer alleged that he is
rushing home for an urgent matter. The officer’s refusal to help the
old woman is an example of
A. nonfeasance
B. malfeasance
C. misfeasance
D. misconduct
A
2. When the accused is found not guilty of the charges presented before
the court, he is
A. convicted
B. suspended
C. acquitted
D. absuelto
C
3. Guilty by act means
A. Actus Reus
B. Actus Numbus
C. Giltus reus
D. Rea mensa
A
4. If physiological or psychological dependence on some agent are
obviously detected from a person, he is in the state of
A. dependency or addiction
B. comatose
C. insanity
D. metamorphosis
A
41. What is the legal doctrine preventing unemancipated children from suing
their parents?
A. Parens Patriae Doctrine
B. Equal Protection
C. Family Immunity Doctrine
D. Poisonous Tree Doctrine
C
42. What is the legal doctrine holding parents liable for injuries caused
by a child's negligent driving or other actions?
A. Family Purpose Doctrine
B. Family Immunity Doctrine
C. Parens Patriae Doctrine
D. None of the above
A
43. Guardian ad litem means:
A. “For the Proceeding"
B. “Protection of child by the law”
C. “Guardians of the little children”
D. “Legal authority”
A
44. A court order giving an individual or organization legal authority over
a child. A guardian of the person is usually an individual and the
child is called a ward. A guardian of the estate is usually an
organization, like a bank, which manages the property and assets of a
child's inheritance. Guardians are usually compensated for their
services.
A. Guardianship
B. Order of Authority
C. In Loco Parentis
D. Parens Patriae
A
45. Teachers, administrators, and babysitters who are viewed as having some
temporary parental rights & obligations are considered
A. Guardianship
B. Order of Authority
C. In Loco Parentis
D. Parens Patriae
C
46. What is the legal doctrine establishing "parental" role of state over
welfare of its citizens, especially its children?
A. Guardianship
B. Order of Authority
C. In Loco Parentis
D. Parens Patriae
D
53. What is the legal doctrine that unless the mother is "unfit", very
young children should be placed in custody with their mother following
a divorce?
A. Tender Years Doctrine
B. Psychological Parent Doctrine
C. Unwed Mother’s Doctrine
D. Illegitimacy
A
54. What is declared of a temporary or permanent termination of parental
rights in the best interest of the child usually for reasons of
abandonment, abuse, or neglect, but also including mental illness,
addiction, or criminal record?
A. Unfit Parent
B. Psychological Incapacitation
C. Mental Disturbance
D. Child at risk
B
55. It refers to the security given for the release of the person in
custody of the law, furnished by him/her or a bondsman, to guarantee
his/her appearance before any court.
A. Surety
B. Money order
C. Conditions
D. None of these
D
56. It refers to the totality of the circumstances and conditions most
congenial to the survival, protection and feelings of security of the
child and most encouraging to the child’s physical, psychological and
emotional development.
A. Best interest of the child
B. Rights
C. Obligations
D. Child’s role
A
57. Children who are vulnerable to and at the risk of committing criminal
offenses because of personal, family and social circumstances are
considered
A. Abused Children
B. Neglected Children
C. Children in conflict with the law
D. Children at risk
D
58. A child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed
an offense under Philippine laws is considered
A. Child at risk
B. Child in conflict with the law
C. Minor offense
D. Juvenile offender
B
59. The apprehension or taking into custody of a child in conflict with the
law by law enforcement officers or private citizens is termed as:
A. Arrest
B. Initial contact
C. Child custody
D. All of the above
B
60. The series of activities designed to address issues that caused the
child to commit an offense. It may take the form of an individualized
treatment program, which may include counseling, skills training,
education, and other activities that will enhance his/her
psychological, emotional and psycho-social well-being is called
A. reformation guide
B. intervention
C. diversion
D. welfare procedures
B
61. An undertaking in lieu of a bond assumed by a parent or custodian who
shall be responsible for the appearance in court of the child in
conflict with the law, when required is known as
A. Status offense
B. None of these
C. Recognizance
D. Bail
C
62. What is the type of offense committed where there is no private
offended party involved?
A. Status offense
B. Victimless crime
C. Minor crime
D. None of these
B
63. What is the doctrine that requires a process of resolving conflicts
with the maximum involvement of the victim, the offender and the
community?
A. Proactive justice
B. Restorative justice
C. Reactive justice
D. All of the above
B
64. One of the following is an act constituting exploitation and sex abuse
among children in exchange of any form of incentive.
A. Child trafficking
B. Child abuse
C. Child prostitution
D. Child racketeering
C
65. Centuries ago, criminal behavior was believed to be the result of evil
spirits and demons. Guilt and innocence were established by a variety
of procedures that presumably called forth the supernatural allies of
the accused. The accused were innocent if they could survive an
ordeal, they were guilty if they died at the stake or if omens were
associated with them. In the 18th century, this spiritual
determination began to give way to:
A. The belief that there is no such thing as bad spirits
B. The belief that humans are rational creatures with free will, who seek
happiness and pleasure and avoid pain
C. The belief that man is a demon and devil
D. The belief that man is evolved from the animal ape.
B
66. Among the following classical thoughts in Criminology is not correct:
A. The Classical school of Criminology is spearheaded by Bentham and
Beccaria.
B. The Classical School of Criminology is an advocate of punishment as a
deterrent to crime.
C. The Classical School of Criminology argues that criminals were
primitive creatures, incapable of living normally in society.
D. The Classical School of Criminology also argued that nature has placed
mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, “pain” and
“pleasure’.
C
67. What school of thought in Criminology challenges the proposition that
man has absolute free will to choose between good and evil and states
that it is not absolute as presumed to be because free will can be
diminished by pathology, mental disorders and other conditions that
may instigate personal responsibility?
A. Neo-classical School of Criminology
B. Positivism
C. Hedonistic Calculus
D. Radical Criminology
B
68. The Classical School of thoughts in Criminology is based on the
principle of free will. The positivist thoughts on the other hand is
focused on the principle of:
A. Darwinism
B. Determinism
C. Cognitive Functioning
D. Conceptual Thinking
B
69. The Differential Association Theory provides a good illustration of a
social learning approach perspective in Criminology Criminal behavior
according to this theory is:
A. A result of an emotional disturbance
B. An inmate quality of goodness or badness
C. Learned and not inherited
D. An excess of wisdom
C
70. What perspective in Criminology probes the situational or environmental
action and examines the underlying conditions with in the environment
that may encourage criminal behavior?
A. Psychiatric Criminology
B. Psychological Criminology
C. Sociological Criminology
D. Criminal Anthropology
C
71. In the past, psychologist assumed that they could best understand human
behavior by searching for a stable, consistent personality
dispositions or traits that exert orderly generalized effects on
behavior. Which among the following theory on Criminal Behavior is not
consistent with the previous statement?
A. Psychoanalytical Theory
B. Strain Theory
C. Behavioral descriptions
D. Psychological Determination
B
72. Based on the Lombroso’s works, he classified criminals as: the born
criminal, the habitual, the passionate and the criminoloid. Which of
the following statements describe a criminoloid?
A. the morally insane and hysteric criminal
B. the impulsive and cruel criminal
C. the “weak natures” susceptible to bad examples
D. the primitive and atavist
C
73. Some criminology theorists have linked physical characteristics with
personality. Among these theories is William Sheldon’s Somatotyping
theory. He classified body physique into three categories as the
endomorphic, the mesomorphic and the ectomorphic body. Of the
following statements, which appropriately describes the mesomorphic?
A. the twin and fragile with withdrawn behavior
B. the muscular and hard physique
C. the attractive and beautifully shaped
D. the fat and soft body type
B
74. According to Hans Eyesenck, in his study about the behavioral character
and incidence to crime, the typical extravert is one who is:
A. sociable, impulsive, optimistic and has high needs for excitement
B. reserved, quiet and cautious
C. undersized, short and untidy
D. oversized, heavy and firm
A
75. To explain human behavior, social learning theorists place great
emphasis on cognitive variables. Social learning reflects the theory’s
strong assumption that we learn primarily by observing and listening
to people around us-
A. the social environment
B. the stimulus that elicit response
C. the mental state and brain-mediation processes.
D. the reinforcements for behavior
A
76. In the study of juvenile delinquency, which of the following projects
paved the way for a reassessment of existing treatment and prevention
programs for delinquents?
A. Chicago Area Project of 1930
B. Illinois Legislature
C. Boston Child Guidance Clinic
D. President’s Commission on Law Enforcement in theU.S.
A
77. One family background predictors in juvenile delinquency is broken
home. The term broken home is ambiguous but can be characterized by:
A. Inadequate type of family structure
B. Anti-social type of family structure
C. Discordant or disturbed family structure
D. Disrupted or incomplete family structures
D
78. Parental discipline appears relation to delinquency. Harsh discipline
in the home may result in more delinquencies than consistent and
reasoning forms of discipline. Aside from this, screaming at the
child, calling the child insulting names, excessive criticizing or
generally ignoring the child is also contributory to delinquency.
These actions simply refers to:
A. Physical Abuse
B. Emotional abuse
C. Unfair parent
D. Parental neglect
B
79. When a person is seen to show indiscriminate giggling or crying,
emotional flatness, the voice is monotonous, the face immobile and
expressionless and manifest highly bizarre and add behavior then
appropriately he is:
A. suffering from neurotic behavior
B. suffering from psychopathic behavior
C. suffering from schizophrenia or psychotic behavior
D. suffering from sexual dysfunctions
C
80. It is a popular notion that the brutal, violent and apparently
senseless crime is usually committed by someone who is mentally ill or
sick. Or if not sick, then the person is an animal. The kind of
alternate explanation is an influence of the:
A. Positivist theory of Criminology
B. Classical theory of Criminology
C. Neoclassical theory of Criminology
D. Differential Association theory of Criminology
A
81. Which of the following is not a symptom of dyssocial behavior?
A. Failure to conform to social norms.
B. Consistent irresponsibility, as reflected in a poor work history
C. Lack of guilt for wrongdoings.
D. Episode of schizophrenia like illogical thinking
D
82. A Scottish woodcutter was accused of killing a man he believed to be
Prime Minister for thought that he was persecuted by the Tories and
their leader, Robert Peel, however turned out to be another person.
The court believed he was so mentally deranged that it would be
inhuman to convict him since it was clear he was not in control of his
faculties. This case became known as:
A. the M’naghten Rule
B. the Durham Rule
C. the Brawner Rule
D. the Irrational Mind Rule
A
83. One day we maybe cool and withdrawn and the next day, warm and
sociable. This condition may fall into the disorder known as:
A. Bipolar disorder
B. Schizophrenia
C. Psychopathic behavior
D. Amnesia
A
84. A bank robber who kills some individual with in the bank, flees with
hostages, and kills a number of people while in flight diving a chase
would be an example of:
A. Serial Murder
B. Spree Murder
C. Mass Murder
D. Multiple Murder
A
85. Pedro engaged in a multiple means of torture, using psychological
torment combined with physical methods to lighten his sexual arousal
is suffering from:
A. Sexual Pyromania
B. Sexual Sadism
C. Sexual Torture
D. Masochism
B
86. There are many pathways to delinquency and a variety of family
circumstances contribute to negative behavior in children. Which of
the following developmental pathways to delinquency begins with
stubborn behavior, then defiant behavior, and developing later into
avoidance of authority figures like truancy, running away, staying out
late, etc.?
A. Authority conflict pathways
B. Covert pathway
C. Overt pathway
D. None of these
A
87. Which of the following refers to juveniles who have doli incapax?
A. Children aging from 7 to 12 years
B. Children above 9 that below 15 years old
C. Children at puberty age
D. Children in conflict with the law
B
88. Recent research and legal literature suggest that a useful away of
classifying juvenile crime is to distinguish between serious and non-
serious acts and between serious and non-serious offenders. Among the
following, which is not considered a serious juvenile act?
A. Forcible sexual intercourse
B. Larceny
C. Homicide
D. Vagrancy
D
89. The best PCR a police officer can do to the community is
A. harass the people
B. perform his job well
C. dress well
D. always present in the office
B
90. Which of the following is the basic political unit of the Filipino
nation that implements the policies of the national and local
government?
A. family
B. society
C. community
D. barangay
A
91. In crisis management, the teams under the support unit are under the
control of the ground commander. Which is responsible for the
collection and processing of all information needed by the on – scene
commander?
A. Security element
B. Support unit
C. Negotiation unit
D. Intelligence team
D
92. What is known to be the oldest but commonly used terrorist tactic where
target are often police, military officials or political features?
A. Hijacking
B. Assassination
C. Ambush
D. Kidnap for Ransom
B
93. The one who makes complete estimate of the crisis situation and plans
his courses of actions upon arrival at the incident area while
negotiation is in progress is the
A. Chief Negotiator
B. Tactical Commander
C. Fire fighting team
D. Support Unit Commander
B
94. A comprehensive plan which delineates responsibilities and specific
action to be taken when a bomb incident or bomb threat occurs is
called
A. Floor plan
B. Bomb threat plan
C. Drill
D. Contingency plan
B
95. What do you call the phenomenon where a hostage begins to identify his
captor and give his sympathy to his own hostage taker?
A. Holmshock syndrome
B. Traumatic syndrome
C. Withdrawal syndrome
D. none of these
D