Final Exam (CLJ4) Criminal Evidence
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Name:_________________________ Date:_______________
Admission Slip No.:_______________ Score:______________
Instruction: Encircle the letter of the best answer. Indicate your Admission Slip
Number on the space provided above. A No Grade for the Finals will be mark
for failure to present admission slip.
1. It is the means, sanctioned by the Rules of Court, of ascertaining in
a judicial proceeding the truth respecting a matter of fact.
A. Judicial Admission
B. Evidence
C. Factual Basis
D. Evidentiary Matter
2. Why is evidence required?
A. Evidence is required in ascertaining certain facts in issue
B. In order for the court to lay down the basis in its decision making
process
C. It is required because of the presumption that the court is not
aware of the veracity of the facts involved in a case. It is therefore
incumbent upon the parties to prove a fact in issue thru the
presentation of admissible evidence.
D. To convict a certain person
3. Falsus in Uno, Falsus in Omnibus literally means -
A. False in one thing false in everything
B. False in more things means false in everything
C. False in one does not make all false
D. False in one makes all false
4. In the case of People vs. Laranaga, for the defense of alibi to prosper,
the following must be establish except:
A. The presence of the accused in another place at the time of the
commission of the offense
B. The physical impossibility for him to be at the scene of the crime at
the time of its commission
C. The accused must not be physically present but at least his
presence is visible in the area
D. The accused does not exist at all
5. In criminal cases involving prohibited drugs, there can be no
conviction unless the prosecution shows that the accused knowingly
possessed the prohibited articles in his person, or that there is what
we call as –
A. Animus Manende
B. Animus Possidendi
C. Animus Revertende
D. None of the above
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6. It is the type of evidence which if believed, proves the existence of a
fact in issue without interference or presumption.
A. Direct evidence
B. Circumstantial evidence
C. Corroborative evidence
D. Mass evidence
7. In a criminal case, circumstantial evidence may be sufficient for
conviction provided the following requisites concur except:
A. There is more than one circumstance;
B. The facts from which the inferences are derived are proven;
C. The surrounding evidences are useless in the prosecution of the
case
D. The combination of all the circumstances is such as to produce a
conviction, beyond reasonable doubt;
8. Evidence is admissible when it has the two elements namely:
A. Relevant and Exclusive
B.Relevant and Not Excluded by the Rules
C.Relevant and Operative
D.Useful and Baseless
9. The maxim, "what is known need not be proved," hence, when the
rule is invoked, the court may dispense with the presentation of
evidence on judicially cognizable facts is also known as –
A. Judicial Knowledge
B. Judicial Ruling
C. Judicial Notice
D. Judicial Function
10. For Judicial Admission to be valid its must conform with:
A. Must be made by a party to the case and must be made in the
course of the proceedings of the same case
B.Must exhibit evidentiary matters
C. Must conform with ethical standards and norms
D.Must be given weight in decision making
11. Bembol was charged with rape. Bembol's father, Ramil,
approached Artemon, the victim's father, during the preliminary
investigation and offered P I million to Artemon to settle the case.
Artemon refused the offer. Is Bembol's offer a judicial admission of
his guilt?
A. Yes, Bembol is a party to the case. The offer was made in the
course of a judicial proceeding.
B. No, its is not considered judicial admission because it is not
part of the case.
C. Yes, it is judicial admission because he offered money.
D. No, it is not to be considered.
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12. It means the actual commission of the crime and someone
criminally responsible therefor.
A. Evidence
B. Judicial Evidence
C. Corpus delicti
D. Cospus Delicious
13. Res inter alios acta means:
A. Things done between strangers ought not to injure those who
are not parties to them
B. A crime committed by one is committed by all
C. A crime involving one which is guilty the others also are
considered guilty
D. The crime committed by one is committed by all except if
qualified by the other
14. These are evidences which are addressed to the senses of the
court. Simply these are evidences that can be touch, smell and can
be felt.
A. Documentary evidence
B. Object evidence
C. Direct evidence
D. Oral evidence
15. Under the rules for an object evidence to be admitted as evidence
its must be presented and identified by the witness as the same
object used in the commission of the crime, what do you call the
process of identifying the evidence?
A. Authentication
B. Duplication
C. Acquisition
D. Formal Offer
16. In drug cases there is what we call as compliance or observance
with chain of custody from the time of seizure/confiscation to receipt
in the forensic laboratory to safekeeping to presentation in court for
destruction. Part of the process are the following, except:
A. Taking of photographs
B. Marking of Evidence
C. Burning the evidence publicly
D. Placing the evidence in a container and sealing the same
17. Documents as evidence consists of writings or any material
containing letters, words, numbers, figures, symbols or other modes of
written expressions offered as proof of their contents is known as:
A. Object evidence
B. Oral evidence
C. Documentary evidence
D. Corroborative evidence
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18. It is rule requiring that the original copy of a document must be
presented in court is known as:
A. Best Evidence Rule
B. Best Evidentiary Matter
C. Corroborative Rule
D. Justifiable Rule
19. At the trial of Ace for the violation of the Dangerous Drugs Act, the
prosecution offers in evidence a photocopy of the marked bills used
in the "buy-bust" operation. Ace objects to the introduction of the
photocopy on the ground that the Best Evidence Rule prohibits the
introduction on secondary evidence in lieu of the original. Is the
photocopy admissible?
A. No, because under the best evidence rule the original must be
presented
B. Yes, as an exemption the photocopy may be admitted when the
person presenting the same can substantiate the non-
submission of original document
C. Yes as long as the original is lost
D. No, it is a strict prohibition not to present the original
20. Under the Parol Evidence Rule, A contract may either be in writing
or may be in oral communication as long as it complies with the so
called-
A. Meeting of minds
B. Meeting of records and procedures
C. Undertaking by oath
D. None of the above
Good Luck and God bless!
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