CLJ - 1 Intro to Philippine CJS

Qualifying Examination Review Questionnaire

1. Is a general pardon extended to a group or classes of person and is exercised by the chief
executive with the concurrence of congress. It is usually given to political offenders. Its purpose
is to bring about the return of dissidents and recalcitrant members of our population to their
homes and resumption of their lawful pursuit.
A. Arrest B. amnesty C. executive clemency
2. It refers to adversary proceeding in which the prosecution tries prove the defendant quilt,
and defendant counsel tries to prove innocence either before the judge.
A. Trial B. Sentencing C. appeal
3. It is the taking of a person into custody so that he may be bound to answer for the
commission of an offense.
A. Warrant of arrest B. arrest C. summon
4. It is the security given for the release of a person in custody of the law, furnished by him or
bondsman, conditioned upon his appearance before any court as required under the conditions
hereinafter specified.
A. Bail B. surety C. witness protection program
5. He heads the Lupon Tagapamayapa as prescribed in RA 7160.
A. Lupon tagamayapa C. judge
B. barangay Chairman
6. This was created to amicably settle cases within their respective barangay, punishable by
imprisonment not exceeding one year.
A. Lupon tagamayapa C. Lupontagapagkasundo
B. barangay court system
7. It is written direction or command of the court or any other competent authority consigning
an offender to jail or prison for confinement.
A.mittimus B. commitment order C. writ of execution
8. It is sworn written statement charging a person for an offense, subscribed by the offended
party, public officers or any peace officer in charge of the law violated.
A. complaint B. information C. police blotter
9. It is a change made by the president on the decision of the court by reducing the degree of
penalty imposed upon the convicted felon.
A. commutation B. parole C. probation
10. It is the theory of the police service where the policemen are considered servants and in
France where the form of government is centralized.
A. continental B. centennial C. decentralization

11. A factors or elements from the environment that influenced to the individual as cause of
crime that can be change or influence by man.
A. exogenous variables C. homogenous variables
B. Indigenous variables
12. It refers to anything, which is contrary or against the rules of a particular prison or jail facility
like cash, jewelry, dangerous drugs, and deadly weapons.
A. personal belongings C. prohibited materials
B. contraband
13. It is considered as the weakest link of the Philippine Criminal Justice System because of its
failure to rehabilitate the inmates after serving their services.
A. corrections B. community C. family
14. It is a governmental body officially assembled under the authority of law at the appropriate
time and place for the administration to justice through which state enforces its sovereign
rights and power. It is also empowered by the constitution to determine the guilt of the
accused.
A. court B. department of justice C. prosecution
15. This was established under Batas Pambansa Bilang 129 known as “The Judiciary Recognition
Act of 1980”. The court is composed of one (1) Presiding Justice and sixty eight (68)
Associate Justice.
A. RTC B. court of appeals C. family court
16. It is a criminal justice model that is based on the idea that the important functions of the
pillars of the Criminal Justice System are the protection of the public and repression of
criminal conduct.
A. crime control model B. positive model C. rehabilitation model
17. It comprises all the means used to enforce those standards of conduct, which are deemed
necessary to protect individuals and to maintain general community well – being.
A. criminal justice system C. crime control theory
B. criminal justice process
18. A synonymous with carelessness, acts of indiscretion and lack of crime prevention
consciousness on the part of the victim.
A. opportunity B. Poverty C. ignorance of the law
19. It is an authority conferred by law of act to act in certain conditions or situations in
accordance with an official’s or an official agency’s own considered judgment and conscience.
A. decision B. good judgment C. discretion
20. This refers to the ways and means resorted to by the police wherein they catch criminals by
having personal knowledge of the crimes wherein the mens rea came from the perpetrators.
A. entrapment B. buy bust C. stake out
21. It is when in his presence, the person to be arrested has committed, is actually committing,
or is attempting to commit an offense.
A. inflagrante delicto B. in flagrante dilicto C. all of this

22. It is an accusation in writing charging a person for an offense, subscribed by the fiscal and
filed before the court.
A. complaint B. information C. police report
23. He is the officer of the judiciary who issues warrant of arrest and determine the culpability of
the accused.
A. prosecutor B. court C. judge
24. It is the adjudication by the court that the accused is guilty or not the offense charged, aid in
the imposition of the proper penalty and civil liability provided for by the law on the accused.
A. sentence B. judgment C. conviction
25. It is the authority to hear and determine the cause.
A. jurisdiction B. venue C. area of responsibility
26. It is the initiator of action in the Philippine Criminal Justice System.
A. police B. law enforcement c. community
28. It is a special investigate agency tasked to investigate highly controversial cases.
A. ombudsman B. NBI C. Anti –organized task group
29. It is under the supervision and control of the DOJ and is tasked as the prosecutorial arm of
the government.
A. national prosecution service C. fiscal
B. prosecutor office
30. It is known as the Community Oriented Policing System. This is a concept which involves
teamwork with the citizen in combating crimes and prevention of delinquency in the
community.
A. participative law enforcement C. people participation
B. people empowerment

31. It is a branch of criminology, which deals with the management and administration of
inmates.
A. victimology B. penology C. sociology of crime
32. It shall hear and decide citizen’s complaints or cases filed before it against erring officers and
members of the PNP where the offense is punishable by withholding of privileges, restriction
to specified limits, suspension or forfeiture of salary, or any combination thereof for a period
exceeding thirty days or by dismissal.
A. PLEB B. mayor C. chief PNP D. all of this
33. It refers to the citizen agency of the government responsible for the enforcement of laws,
prevention and control of crimes, maintenance of peace and order and ensuring public safety
and internal security with the active support of the community.
A. PNP B. barangay tanod C. barangay council
34. The types of corruption emanates from the broad discretion of police have in much of their
work and the tension between efficiency standards versus the activities that must ensure the
process.
A. opportunistic corruption C. corruption of authority
B. Abuse of authority
35. It is created to establish harmonious relationship between the police and the citizen.
A. spoke person B. PCR unit C. admin. branch
36. It is and inquiry or proceeding for the purpose of determining whether there is sufficient
ground to engender a well – founded belief that a crime cognizable by the Regional Trial
Court has been committed and that the responded is probably guilty thereof and to be held
for trail.
A. preliminary investigation B. rebuttal C. injunction
37. It is when the person to be arrested is one who has escaped from a penal establishment or
place where he is serving or has escaped while being transferred from one confinement to
another under Sec. 5, Rule 113 of the Revised Rules of Court.
A. fugitive B. prisoner arrest C. prisoner escape
38. It refers to facts and circumstances which would lead a reasonable, discreet and prudent
mind to believe that the crime was committed by the person sought to be arrested. It also
serves as a basis in charging or prosecuting a person with and for an offense, grounds for an
arrest or issuance of warrant of arrest and protection against false prosecution and arrest.
A. probable cause B. sufficient ground C. evidence
39. He acts as the Law Officer of the province or city in the absence of Legal Officer. He also
conducts preliminary investigation.
A. prosecutor B. fiscal C. all of this
40. It is the process of converting or inducing another to change his religious belief or sect.
A. recruitment B. proselytizing C. inducement
41. It is a Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act of the Philippines.
A. R A 6758 B. R A 6981 C. R A 6987
42. It is a program of activity directed to restore an inmate’s self-respect thereby making him a
law-abiding citizen after serving his sentence. It is also the act of restoring to a good
condition, establishing good repute to accept respectability, restoring to a formal standing
rank, right or privileges.
A. reformation B. retribution C. re-integration
43. It is the temporary stay in the execution of the sentence. The execution is set backward to
enable the president to review the case and determine proper punishment for the convict. It
is exercised only by the president only after conviction.
A. safekeeping B. reprieve C. parole
44. It is the temporary custody of a person or the detention of a person for his own protection to
secure from liability, harm, injury, or danger.
A. custodial B. safekeeping C. safeguarding
45. An act providing the uniform system of preliminary investigation
A. RA 5878 B. RA 5891 C. RA 5189
46. It is the order issues by the investigating prosecutor to compel the presence of the accused
in a particular time and date.
A. summon B. sub poena C. arrest warrant
47. He is known as the Superstar in the Criminal Justice System.
A. witness B. suspect C. victim
48. It refers to the grass root approach undertaken to bring the people and the police close
together in a more cooperative condition.
A. team policing B. cops on block C. coban system

50. It is the arrest made by a police or an ordinary citizen of the community under the condition
the conditions prescribed in the Rule 113 Section 5 of the Revised Rules of Court.
A. warrantless arrest B. inflagrante delicto C. arrest w/ warrant
51. The following are nomenclatures given to the person who is being processed under the
criminal justice system, except;
A. suspect B. proponent C. respondent D. accused
52. It is a social norm providing guidance for people in their dealings with one another; as
standard against which actions are evaluated; and as prescription for requirement that people act
justly.
A. Law B. Justice C. social justice
53. It pertains to the measures imposed upon the state through CJS so that criminals will
punished in accordance with the law to serve a lesson for others not to commit crime and for
criminals to refrain from further committing crime.
A. crime prevention B. crime control C. crime deterrence
54. It refers to restraining or isolating criminals behind prison to effectively controlling then from
further endangering the society thus protecting the public from harm and damage.
A. crime control B. crime prevention C. isolation
55. It pertains to all government and non-government activities or program designed to thwart,
deter, preempt, and stop the crime from happening.
A. crime control B. crime prevention C. crime reduction
56. It is an order in writing issued in the name of the people of the Philippines, signed by the
judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to search for personal property described
therein and bring it before the court.
A. warrant of arrest B. search warrant C. search seizure
57. The following are the requisite for issuing search warrant; except
A. based upon probable cause
B. must be determined personally by the judge
C. must be in connection with one specific offense
D. upon the recommendation of the fiscal
58. It investigates and arrest illegal and undocumented aliens, foreign fugitives and criminal
operating in the country.
A. bureau of immigration B. bureau of custom C. DFA D. DOJ

59. It is empower to enforce measures to stop, control and monitor the spread of disease by
conducting quarantine on all air and seaports across the country.
A. bureau of custom B. bureau of quarantine C. DOH D. DOJ
60. The main purposes of PI are the following; except
A. to protect the innocent against hasty, oppressive and malicious prosecution.
B. to protect the state from useless and expensive trial
C. to provide assistance to the victim

61. The following are the remedies if the investigating fiscal refuses to file information despite of
the existence of strong evidence; except
A. file a motion for consideration
B. file administrative case against fiscal
C. file a motion to conduct another preliminary investigation
 D. file an action for mandamus to compel the prosecutor or fiscal to file the information.
62. It is an inquiry made by the duty prosecutor to determine the legality of the arrest made
especially those arrest without warrant.
A. preliminary investigation C. confrontation
B. inquest procedure
63. The prudent use of judgment being exercised by the investigating fiscal or prosecutor in
determining the existence of probable cause during preliminary investigation.
A. authority conferred by law C. absolute power
B. prosecutorial discretion

66. The court created under PD 1083, with an exclusive jurisdiction pertains to family rights and
duties as well as contractual relations of Filipino Muslims in Mindanao.
A. RTC B. sharia court C. family court D. domestic relation
67. The special court which was established under PD 1606, with an exclusive jurisdiction on all
cases relating to the performance of all government official either elected or appointed position.
A. ombudsman B. sandiganbayan C. tanodbayan
68. The highest court in the Philippines and the final arbiter of any and all judicial issues.
A. court of appeals B. supreme court C. sandiganbayan
69. In trial proceeding, who will be the first to introduce the evidence?
A. the prosecutor C. as determine by the judge
B. the accused through his/her lawyer

70. An appeal must be taken within____________ days from promulgation of the judgment or
from notice of the final order appealed from.
A. ten ( 10 ) B. fifteen ( 15 ) C. twenty ( 20 )
71. Is preliminary investigation a Constitutional rights?
A. yes B. no it is merely a statutory right C. both
74. The stage where the issues are joined in criminal action and without which cannot advance
further or, if held, will otherwise void.
A. preliminary investigation B. arraignment C. trial
75. The branch of public law, which defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their
punishment.
A. substantive law B. criminal law C. civil law
76. The following are the classification of prisoner; except
A. municipal prisoner C. insular prisoner
B. city prisoner D. home furlough
77. These institutions house the minimum custody offenders serving short sentence.
A. workhouses C. lock-up jail
B. jailfarms D. ordinary jail

78. This a security facility, usually operated by the police stations, for temporary detentions of
persons held for investigations or awaiting preliminary investigation before the prosecutor.
A. lock-up jail C. jail farms
B. workhouses D. ordinary jail
81. What this program, that the inmate returns home for a few days without supervision. This is
intended to build a solid based community and family support before the inmate walks out the
front gate of the prison.
A. work release B. home furlough C. conjugal family visitations
82. The major function of prosecution component of the criminal justice system.
A. to enforce the laws of the land
B. to rehabilitate offenders
C. to represent the government in criminal cases
87. A claim of 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 C. defense of consent
B. defense of alibi
88. A function of prosecution, by representing the state in criminal cases and to present the case
of the judge.
A. trial advocacy B. pleading C. charging
89. The so called “forgotten men “in the criminal justice process.
A. police B. victim C. criminal
90. Is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution with the laws,
which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a
crime he has committed?
A. parole B. pardon C. executive clemency

91. The judicial proceeding for the purpose of releasing a person who is illegally deprived of
liberty or restoring rightful custody to the person who has been deprived thereof.
A. preliminary injunction C. writ of amparo
B. Habeas corpus proceeding
92. A warrant issued by a court bearing its seal and the signature of the judge directing the jail
or prison authorities to receive the convicted offender for serving sentence.
A. commitment order B. mittimus C. commutation