QUIZ 2 (Criminal Law Book)
1. What do you call an act that happens accidentally, without intention or malice?
A. Intentional Felony
B. Culpable Felony
C. Accidental Felony
D. Incidental Felony
2. Which is NOT a condition for avoiding a greater evil?
A. The harm avoided is worse than the harm done
B. Legal way used to avoid it
C. The danger must really exist
D. No better way to prevent it
3. Which is NOT required in self-defense, defense of a relative, or a stranger?
A. None of these
B. There must be unlawful aggression
C. Use of reasonable force
D. The defender must not act out of revenge or anger
4. What is it called when someone plans a crime before doing it?
A. Treachery
B. Cruelty
C. Ignominy
D. Premeditation
5. Who helps after a crime by hiding it or benefiting from it, without joining the crime
itself?
A. Witnesses
B. Principals
C. Accessories
D. Accomplices
6. A head of state or ambassador can't be tried in another country. This is an exception
to which criminal law principle?
A. Perspectivity
B. Territoriality
C. Generality
D. Immunity
7. What are circumstances that can either worsen or lessen the penalty depending on
the situation?
A. Justifying
B. Mitigating
C. Aggravating
D. Alternative
8. What describes a killing that was carefully thought out?
A. Implied malice
B. Deliberation
C. Express malice
D. Premeditation
9. Which are considered as mitigating circumstances?
A. All of these
B. No intent to cause such serious harm
C. Offender is over 70 years old
D. Incomplete justifying or exempting circumstance
10. Which is an exempting circumstance?
A. Act done from fear of equal/greater harm
B. Act done by order of a superior
C. Act done from strong emotion
D. Act done in lawful duty
11. Which is NOT needed for a court to hear a case?
A. None of these
B. Jurisdiction over the subject
C. Jurisdiction over the accused
D. Jurisdiction over the crime’s location
12. Which principle says crimes are punished under the law in force at the time they
were done?
A. Prospective
B. General
C. Territorial
D. Preferential
13. Which principle means crimes in the Philippines are punished under Philippine law?
A. General
B. Preferential
C. Prospective
D. Territorial
14. What happens if the accused goes insane after committing the crime but before the
trial?
A. He’s exempt from criminal liability
B. He’s still liable, but trial is paused
C. His liability is erased
D. None of these
15. What if the victim of libel dies—what happens to the criminal case?
A. No effect
B. Partly extinguished
C. Fully extinguished
D. Still continues
16. Who is always exempt from criminal liability?
A. Child under 9
B. Imbecile
C. Insane person
D. Recidivist
17. Which is a mitigating circumstance?
A. Act due to strong emotion (passion/obfuscation)
B. Act by superior’s lawful order
C. Act done from fear of harm
D. Act done from irresistible force
18. Who is NOT covered by Philippine criminal law?
A. Protected by treaty
B. Covered by special laws
C. Protected by international law
D. Habitual delinquent
19. “Continuing crime” is mostly about what?
A. Place of crime
B. Where the case is filed
C. The criminal
D. Time it was done
20. What cause leads directly to the result, without interruption?
A. Proximate cause
B. Intervening cause
C. Overt acts
D. Active force
21. What is the part of the felony where the criminal still controls his actions?
A. Objective phase
B. Subjective phase
C. Grave felonies
D. All of the above
22. Which crimes are punished only if finished, except if they’re against people or
property?
A. Light felonies
B. Less grave felonies
C. Grave felonies
D. All of the above
23. Which applies only when crimes are completed, except for crimes against persons
or property?
A. Justifying
B. Exempting
C. Aggravating
D. Mitigating
24. A lightly injures B, then B attacks A. What is this?
A. Self-defense
B. Intervening cause
C. Retaliation
D. Proximate cause
25. Which circumstance is based on a total lack of freedom, intent, or intelligence?
A. Justifying
B. Exempting
C. Aggravating
D. Mitigating
26.hat felony is committed by any Filipino citizen or alien residing in the Philippines who
wages war against the Philippines or helps its enemies by giving them aid or comfort,
whether in the country or abroad?
a. Treason
b. Rebellion
c. Flight to enemy country
d. Sedition
27. What crime is committed by a person who, while at sea or in Philippine waters,
attacks or seizes a vessel, or takes its cargo, equipment, or personal belongings,
without being part of the crew or passenger list?
a. Robbery
b. Terrorism
c. Piracy on the high seas or Philippine waters
d. All of the above
28. What felony is committed by a public officer or employee who, without any legal
basis such as mental illness or criminal suspicion, detains another person?
a. Arbitrary detention
b. Kidnapping
c. Illegal arrest
d. Grave coercion
29. What felony is committed by a public officer who enters someone’s home against
their will and without a court order?
a. Trespass to dwelling
b. Violation of domicile
c. Abuse of authority
d. Police brutality
30. What crime involves a public uprising and taking up arms against the government to
remove any part of the country from its control or to deprive the President or Congress
of their powers?
a. Coup d’état
b. Sedition
c. Murder
d. Rebellion
31. What crime is committed by members of the military, police, or public officials who
launch a swift attack against government institutions to take over state power?
a. Rebellion
b. Coup d’état
c. Insurrection
d. People power
32. What crime is committed by a public officer who arrests or searches a member of
Congress during a regular or special session, without legal grounds?
a. Unlawful arrest
b. Illegal detention
c. Arbitrary detention
d. Violation of parliamentary immunity
33. What felony is committed by founders, directors, or presidents of organizations
created for criminal purposes or against public morals?
a. Illegal assemblies
b. Illegal associations
c. Terrorism
d. None of the above
34. What crime is committed by someone who uses force or threats against a person in
authority or their agent while they are performing their duties?
a. Direct assault
b. Indirect assault
c. Attempted murder
d. Disrespect of rank
35. A person directly granted authority by law, or as part of a court, board, or
commission, is considered a:
a. Agent of a person in authority
b. Public officer
c. Public employee
d. Person in authority
36. A person authorized by law or appointed to maintain peace and order (e.g., police or
someone helping them) is called:
a. Person in authority
b. Public officer
c. Agent of a person in authority
d. None of the above
37. What crime is committed by anyone who removes or helps a prisoner escape from a
penal facility using violence, threats, or bribery?
a. Infidelity in the custody of prisoners
b. Delivering prisoners from jail
c. Conniving to evasion
d. Evasion of service of sentence
38. What felony is committed by a convicted person who escapes from prison after final
judgment has been issued?
a. Infidelity in the custody of prisoners
b. Delivering prisoners from jail
c. Consenting to evasion
d. Evasion of service of sentence
39. If a prisoner escapes during a calamity and fails to return within 48 hours after the
President declares it over, what is the added penalty?
a. One year
b. 1/5
c. 1/5 of the remaining sentence
d. 3 days
40. What do you call it when someone commits a felony after being convicted by final
judgment but before serving their sentence, or during its service?
a. Recidivism
b. Quasi recidivism
c. Habitual delinquency
d. Reiteration
41. What crime involves faking or altering financial instruments like treasury or bank
notes?
a. Falsification
b. Alteration
c. Estafa
d. Forgery
42. What crime is committed by someone who falsely presents themselves as a
government official and performs duties they’re not authorized to do?
a. Estafa
b. Falsification
c. Usurpation of authority or official functions
d. Illegal use of uniform
43. What is committed by someone who publicly uses uniforms or insignias of an office
or class they don't belong to?
a. Illegal use of uniform or insignia
b. Usurpation of authority
c. Usurpation of official functions
d. Using fictitious name
44. What crime involves highly offensive public behavior that violates decency or morals
but is not listed under another specific article?
a. Indecency
b. Public display of affection
c. Grave scandal
d. Exhibitionism/Lady Godiva Syndrome
45. What do you call a person with no visible means of income who is physically able to
work but refuses to find a lawful job?
a. Vagrant
b. Prostitute
c. Pal
d. Tambay
e. Bystander
46. What term refers to a woman who habitually engages in sexual acts for money or
profit?
a. Hostess
b. G.R.O.
c. Japayuki
d. Pokpok
e. Prostitute
47. What do you call a person who performs government functions by law, election, or
appointment, regardless of rank?
a. Public officer
b. Public employee
c. Person in authority
d. Agent in authority
48 What crime is committed by public officers who maliciously fail to prosecute law
violators or tolerate their offenses?
a. Direct bribery
b. Indirect bribery
c. Prevaricacion (negligence or tolerance in prosecution)
d. Qualified bribery
49. What crime is committed by a public officer who agrees to commit a crime related
to their duties in exchange for a gift or favor?
a. Direct bribery
b. Indirect bribery
c. Prevaricacion or negligence
d. Qualified bribery
50. What crime is committed by a tax officer who collects more than what is allowed,
fails to issue receipts, or accepts payments not allowed by law?
a. Fraud against the public treasury
b. Direct bribery
c. Illegal exaction
d. Misappropriation of funds
