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  • 1. What is the definition of crime?
A) Any rational human conduct that violates a criminal law and is subject to punishment
B) Any behavior that deviates from social norms
C) Any action that is considered immoral
D) Any human behavior
  • 2. What does the term "norm" refer to?
A) Any standard or rule regarding what human beings should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances
B) A legal statute
C) A statistical average
D) A social gathering
  • 3. What is deviance?
A) Legal behavior
B) Criminal behavior
C) Normal behavior
D) Conduct which the people of a group consider so dangerous or embarrassing or irritating that they bring special sanctions to bear against the persons who exhibit it
  • 4. What does "actus reus" refer to?
A) Motive for a crime
B) Opportunity to commit a crime
C) Criminal intent
D) Criminal conduct specifically, intentional or criminally negligent action or inaction that causes harm
  • 5. What does "mens rea" refer to?
A) A criminal intent or a guilty state of mind
B) Criminal conduct
C) Opportunity to commit a crime
D) Instrument used in a crime
  • 6. Which of the following is one of the three ingredients of crime?
A) Motive or desire
B) Understanding
C) Justice
D) Forgiveness
  • 7. What does "opportunity" refer to as an ingredient of crime?
A) The victim's vulnerability
B) The legal system
C) The criminal's background
D) The time and place of the commission of the crime
  • 8. What are "instruments" in the context of crime?
A) Laws and regulations
B) Social norms
C) Tools employed by criminals
D) Ethical guidelines
  • 9. What does the Cultural Deviance Theory suggest?
A) Crime is a result of genetic predispositions
B) Crime is a result of personal choices
C) Crime is caused by economic inequality
D) Crime happens when people grow up in neighborhoods with their own values that go against society’s usual rules
  • 10. What does the Social Disorganization Theory state?
A) Crime is a result of strong community bonds
B) Crime is a result of strict social control
C) Crime decreases in organized communities
D) Crime increases in neighborhoods where social institutions like family, school, and community control have broken down
  • 11. What does Strain Theory explain?
A) Crime happens when people achieve society’s goals through legal means
B) Crime happens when people cannot achieve society’s goals through legal means, causing pressure or frustration that leads to deviant behavior
C) Crime is a result of genetic factors
D) Crime is a result of personal choices
  • 12. What does Social Reaction Theory (Labeling Theory) state?
A) People become deviant when society labels them negatively, causing the label to shape their identity and future behavior
B) Labeling has no impact on behavior
C) People become deviant when they resist societal labels
D) Labeling only affects adults
  • 13. What does Conflict Theory state?
A) Crime results from power struggles between groups, where dominant groups create laws that control and disadvantage weaker groups
B) Crime is a result of individual choices
C) Crime results from cooperation between groups
D) Crime is a result of societal harmony
  • 14. What does Behavioral Theory suggest?
A) Behavior is determined by genetics
B) Behavior is random
C) Behavior is innate
D) All behavior, including criminal acts, is learned and shaped by rewards, punishments, and reactions from others
  • 15. What does Social Learning Theory explain?
A) People learn criminal behavior through observing, interacting with, and imitating others who already engage in crime
B) Criminal behavior is not learned
C) Criminal behavior is only learned in schools
D) People learn criminal behavior through genetics
  • 16. What does Differential Association Theory state?
A) People become criminal when exposed to more pro-crime influences than anti-crime influences
B) People are born criminal
C) People are only influenced by their parents
D) People become criminal when isolated from others
  • 17. What does Differential Reinforcement Theory claim?
A) Criminal behavior is only learned through punishment
B) Criminal behavior is learned through genetics
C) Criminal behavior is learned through rewards and punishments, combining social learning with psychological conditioning processes
D) Criminal behavior is random
  • 18. What does Neutralization Theory suggest?
A) Offenders learn techniques to justify or excuse wrongdoing, allowing them to drift between lawful and unlawful behavior
B) Offenders are unaware of their actions
C) Offenders always reject societal norms
D) Offenders always obey the law
  • 19. What is a typology?
A) A criminal motive
B) An organizing device for categorizing large amounts of information into mutually exclusive categories
C) A legal defense
D) A type of punishment
  • 20. What is an offense?
A) An act or omission that is punishable by special laws
B) A moral wrong
C) A civil dispute
D) A serious crime
  • 21. What is a special law?
A) A statute enacted by congress, penal in character, which is not an amendment of the Revised Penal Code
B) A law that is not enforced
C) A law that is only applied in certain regions
D) A law that applies only to certain people
  • 22. What is a felony?
A) A serious crime. This category includes murder, rape, aggravated assault, robbery, arson, and so on. A felony is an act or omission that is punishable by the Revised Penal Code
B) A civil dispute
C) A traffic violation
D) A minor violation
  • 23. What is a delinquency/misdemeanor/infraction?
A) An act that is in violation of a simple rule or regulation, a minor violation of the law. It usually refers to those committed by minor offenders such as violations of city or municipal ordinances
B) A federal offense
C) A serious crime
D) A moral wrong
  • 24. What do violent crimes include?
A) Traffic violations
B) Financial fraud
C) Offenses where violence was applied. They are also called acts or crimes against persons
D) Public disturbances
  • 25. What are economic crimes primarily committed for?
A) To bring financial gain to the offender
B) Political reasons
C) To express anger
D) To seek revenge
  • 26. What are public order crimes?
A) Crimes that benefit the public
B) Crimes committed in private
C) Unlawful acts that interfere with the normal operation of society and the ability of people to function efficiently
D) Crimes that have no victims
  • 27. What does "mala in se" mean?
A) Good in itself
B) Evil in itself
C) Wrong because it is prohibited
D) Neutral act
  • 28. What does "mala prohibita" mean?
A) Evil in itself
B) Wrong because it is prohibited
C) Morally right
D) Socially acceptable
  • 29. What are white-collar crimes?
A) Those committed by persons of respectability and of upper socio-economic class in the course of their occupational activities; also referred to as corporate or occupational crime
B) Crimes committed by unskilled workers
C) Crimes committed against corporations
D) Crimes committed in the workplace
  • 30. What are blue-collar crimes?
A) Crimes committed by police officers
B) Those committed by ordinary professional criminals to maintain their livelihood
C) Crimes committed in factories
D) Crimes committed by white-collar workers
  • 31. What are crimes by imitation?
A) Crimes committed by animals
B) Crimes committed by merely duplicating what was done by others; based on the
C) Crimes committed by accident
D) Crimes committed by robots
  • 32. What are crimes of passion?
A) Crimes committed for money
B) Crimes committed for political reasons
C) Those committed at the height of great emotions
D) Crimes committed without thinking
  • 33. What are service crimes?
A) Crimes committed through rendition of service to satisfy desire of another
B) Crimes committed by doctors
C) Crimes committed in the military
D) Crimes committed by government employees
  • 34. What is genocide?
A) A crime against property
B) A crime committed by a government through mass destruction or annihilation of human populations
C) A crime against the environment
D) A crime against animals
  • 35. What are transnational crimes?
A) Violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execution, e.g. drug trafficking, human trafficking
B) Crimes that are only committed by tourists
C) Crimes that occur within a single country
D) Crimes that are legal in some countries
  • 36. What are environmental crimes?
A) Acts that breach environmental legislation and cause significant harm or risk to the environment and human health
B) Crimes committed for environmental activism
C) Crimes committed against people
D) Crimes committed in national parks
  • 37. What are cybercrimes?
A) Crimes committed by government officials
B) Crimes committed by corporations
C) Crimes that involve computers and networks
D) Crimes committed in physical spaces
  • 38. What are political crimes?
A) Crimes committed in political rallies
B) Crimes committed during elections
C) Crimes committed by politicians
D) Criminal activities for ideological purposes; also serious violations of laws that threaten the security or existence of the government
  • 39. What are acute criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
B) They commit crimes due to impulses of the moment, fit of passion, anger, or spell of extreme jealousy
C) Criminals who are mentally ill
D) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
  • 40. What are chronic criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes due to drug addiction
B) Criminals who commit crimes due to mental illness
C) They are those who acted in consonance with deliberate thinking
D) Criminals who commit crimes impulsively
  • 41. What are normal criminals?
A) Their psychic conditions resemble that of a normal individual, except that they identify themselves with criminal prototypes
B) Criminals who are highly skilled
C) Criminals who are mentally ill
D) Criminals who are highly intelligent
  • 42. What are ordinary criminals?
A) Criminals who commit complex crimes
B) Criminals who are highly organized
C) Criminals who are highly skilled
D) Considered to be the lowest form in the criminal career, ordinary criminals engage only in conventional crimes that require limited skill. They lack organization to help them avoid arrest and conviction
  • 43. What are organized criminals?
A) Criminals who are easily caught
B) Criminals who are mentally unstable
C) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
D) They have high degree of organization to enable them to commit crimes without being detected
  • 44. What are professional criminals?
A) Criminals who are amateurs
B) Criminals who are mentally ill
C) They are highly skilled and able to obtain considerable amount of money without being detected due to organization and contact with professional criminals. They are always able to escape conviction, and they specialize in crimes that require skills
D) Criminals who are easily caught
  • 45. What are accidental criminals?
A) They commit criminal acts as a result of unanticipated circumstances
B) Criminals who plan their crimes carefully
C) Criminals who commit crimes intentionally
D) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
  • 46. What are situational criminals?
A) They are not actually criminals but commit crimes due to a given situation; sometimes their criminal activities are intermixed with legitimate activities
B) Criminals who commit crimes for fun
C) Criminals who are always criminal
D) Criminals who commit crimes randomly
  • 47. What are habitual criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes only once
B) They continue to commit criminal acts for diverse reasons due to deficiency of intelligence and lack of self-control
C) Criminals who commit crimes rarely
D) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
  • 48. What are active-aggressive criminals?
A) Criminals who commit crimes calmly
B) Criminals who commit crimes for financial gain
C) They commit crimes in impulsive manner usually due to their aggressive behavior, as shown in crimes of passion, resentment, or revenge
D) Criminals who are passive
  • 49. What are passive-inadequate criminals?
A) Criminals who are aggressive
B) Criminals who commit crimes for political reasons
C) Criminals who commit crimes independently
D) They commit crimes because they are pushed to inducement, reward, or promise without considering do it, by the consequences. For this, they are called "ulukan."
  • 50. What are socialized criminals?
A) They are normal in their behavior but mere inadequate and defective in their socialization process
B) Criminals who reject social norms
C) Criminals
D) Criminals who are isolated from society
  • 51. judge sentences a repeat offender to a mandatory maximum prison term specifically to set an example and discourage others in the community from committing similar crimes. Which concept is being applied?
A) Rehabilitation
B) General Deterrence
C) Specific Deterrence
D) Retribution
  • 52. Marcus believes that criminals are "born" with certain physical abnormalities, such as a receding hairline and asymmetrical facial features. Marcus’s view aligns most closely with which criminologist?
A) Cesare Lombroso
B) Enrico Ferri
C) Jeremy Bentham
D) Raffaele Garofalo E.
  • 53. n a local neighborhood, residents notice that broken windows are left unrepaired and litter is piling up. Soon after, serious crimes begin to rise. This scenario best illustrates which theory?
A) Social Control Theory
B) Strain Theory
C) Broken Windows Theory
D) Labeling Theory
  • 54. A teenager starts hanging out with a group of friends who frequently shoplift. Over time, he learns the techniques of shoplifting and begins to view the act as "cool" rather than "wrong." This is an example of
A) Routine Activities Theory
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) Differential Association Theory
D) Anomie Theory
  • 55. During a period of rapid economic collapse, a city experiences a breakdown in social norms and a sense of "normlessness" among its citizens, leading to a spike in crime. What is the term for this state?
A) Symbiosis
B) Atavism
C) Somatotyping
D) Anomie
  • 56. Sarah leaves her expensive laptop on a café table while she goes to the restroom for ten minutes. When she returns, the laptop is gone. According to the Routine Activities Theory, Sarah represents the absence of
A) A Capable Guardian
B) Social Bond
C) A Motivated Offender
D) A Suitable Target
  • 57. A victim of a robbery is blamed by the community because she was walking alone in a "bad neighborhood" late at night. This psychological phenomenon is known as
A) Restorative Justice
B) Victim Compensation
C) Victim Blaming
D) Secondary Victimization
  • 58. An employee at a bank systematically transfers small fractions of cents from thousands of accounts into his personal offshore account. This is a classic example of
A) Victimless Crime
B) Blue-collar Crime
C) Violent Crime
D) White-collar Crime
  • 59. Which type of victim is characterized by someone who unknowingly provokes a confrontation, such as a person using offensive language that leads to a physical fight?
A) Completely Innocent Victim
B) Victim with Minor Guilt
C) Victim more Guilty than Offender
D) Victim as Guilty as Offender
  • 60. A person commits a crime not because they planned to, but because they were overwhelmed by a sudden, intense heat of passion or extreme provocation. This is categorized as
A) A person commits a crime not because they planned to, but because they were overwhelmed by a sudden, intense heat of passion or extreme provocation. This is categorized as
B) Episodic/Acute Crime
C) Chronic Crime
D) Professional Crime
  • 61. Which school of criminology argues that "the punishment should fit the crime" and that humans possess free will?
A) Neo-Classical School
B) AClassical School
C) Positivist School
D) Chicago School
  • 62. A 10-year-old child steals a loaf of bread. The judge decides to mitigate the penalty because of the child’s age and lack of full mental capacity. Which school of thought allows for such "mitigating circumstances"?
A) Classical School
B) Neo-Classical School
C) Positivist School
D) Italian School
  • 63. Which of the following refers to the study of the transition of a person from being a law-abiding citizen to a criminal?
A) Victimogenesis
B) Criminal Evolution
C) Penology
D) Criminogenesis
  • 64. A scientist studies the relationship between a person's body build and their temperament. He concludes that "Mesomorphs" (muscular types) are most likely to be aggressive. Who is this researcher?
A) Robert Merton
B) Emile Durkheim
C) William Sheldon
D) Sigmund Freud
  • 65. When a person is arrested and labeled a "thief" by the public, they begin to accept this identity and commit more thefts. This process is known as
A) Primary Deviance
B) Social Stigma
C) Secondary Deviance
D) Tertiary Deviance
  • 66. Criminology is considered a "Social Science" because it
A) Studies crime as a social phenomenon
B) Uses chemistry to analyze blood
C) Only focuses on the laws written in books
D) Is applicable only in specific countries.
  • 67. Because the definition of crime changes as society evolves (e.g., what was legal 100 years ago may be illegal now), Criminology is said to be
A) Dynamic
B) Nationalistic
C) Absolute
D) Stable
  • 68. Which branch of Criminology focuses specifically on the scientific study of the causes of crime and the development of criminals?
A) Criminal Etiology
B) Sociology of Law
C) Penology
D) Victimology
  • 69. A study finds that crime rates are higher in urban "zone of transition" areas where there is high population turnover and poverty. This aligns with:
A) Strain Theory
B) Social Disorganization Theory
C) Choice Theory
D) Biological Theory
  • 70. This refers to the total number of crimes that go unreported to the police.
A) Crime Rate
B) Dark Figure of Crime
C) Recidivism
D) Index Crimes
  • 71. A criminal uses a specific "signature" or method in every burglary, such as leaving a playing card on the table. This is known as
A) Modus Operandi
B) Mens Rea
C) Actus Reus
D) Mala In Se
  • 72. An act that is considered wrong in itself, such as murder or rape, regardless of whether a law forbids it, is called:
A) Felony
B) Mala Prohibita
C) Mala In Se
D) Misdemeanor
  • 73. Which term refers to the "guilty mind" or the intent to commit a crime?
A) Mens Rea
B) Corpus Delicti
C) Actus Reus
D) Doli Incapax
  • 74. The study of the "physical" evidence of a crime (fingerprints, ballistics) to identify a suspect is technically known as
A) Criminalistics
B) Criminology
C) Sociology
D) Penology
  • 75. If a person commits a crime because they believe the rewards (money) outweigh the risks (getting caught), they are following the
A) All of the above
B) Rational Choice Theory
C) Pleasure-Pain Principle (Hedonism)
D) Free Will Doctrine
  • 76. A young man lives in a slum area where he has no access to quality education or jobs. He decides to join a drug syndicate to achieve the "American Dream" of wealth. According to Robert Merton, this adaptation is called
A) Innovation
B) Ritualism
C) Retreatism
D) Conformity
  • 77. n a high-poverty neighborhood, a subculture emerges where young men gain status through physical toughness and "street smarts" rather than academic success. This describes:
A) Focal Concerns of the Lower Class
B) Social Bond Theory
C) Differential Association
D) Labeling Theory
  • 78. A student who usually gets good grades is bullied at school and his parents are going through a divorce. Due to this extreme emotional pressure, he starts using illegal drugs. This fits which theory?
A) Classical Strain Theory
B) Neutralization Theory
C) Rational Choice Theory
D) General Strain Theory (Agnew)
  • 79. Which theory suggests that people are naturally inclined to commit crime but are held back by their ties to family, school, and peers?
A) Life Course Theory
B) Social Learning Theory
C) Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
D) Social Control/Bond Theory
  • 80. According to Travis Hirschi, which element of the social bond refers to the "time and energy" a person spends in conventional activities like sports or studying?
A) Belief
B) Commitment
C) Involvement
D) Attachment
  • 81. A man commits a violent assault and shows no remorse or empathy for the victim. He is charming but manipulative. A psychologist would likely screen him for:
A) Neuroticism
B) Psychopathy/Antisocial Personality Disorder
C) Paranoia
D) Schizophrenia
  • 82. According to Freud, which part of the personality represents the "conscience" and the moral rules of society?
A) Superego
B) Ego
C) Id
D) Alter-Ego
  • 83. A researcher suggests that a specific murderer committed the crime because of a chemical imbalance and an overabundance of dopamine in the brain. This falls under:
A) Social Ecology
B) Evolutionary Criminology
C) Psychological Positivism
D) Biochemical Theory
  • 84. A child observes his father hitting his mother to get what he wants. Later, the child hits his classmates to get their toys. This is an example of
A) Cognitive Dissonance
B) bservational Learning (Modeling)
C) Operant Conditioning
D) Genetic Predisposition
  • 85. Which term refers to the "primitive" part of the human personality that seeks immediate gratification of biological drives like hunger and sex?
A) Ego
B) Preconscious
C) Id
D) Superego
  • 86. A teenager steals a car but tells himself, "The owner is rich and has insurance, so they aren't really losing anything." This technique of neutralization is
A) Denial of Victim
B) Condemnation of Condemners
C) Denial of Responsibility
D) Denial of Injury
  • 87. The process by which the justice system creates "career criminals" by stigmatizing first-time offenders is known as
A) Diversion
B) The Dramatization of Evil
C) Radical Non-intervention
D) Decriminalization
  • 88. Which of the following describes "Primary Deviance"?
A) Initial acts of norm violation that have very little influence on the self-concept
B) Crime that is inherently evil.
C) . Deviance that occurs after a person accepts a criminal label.
D) Crime committed by high-ranking officials.
  • 89. A judge decides to send a juvenile to a community service program instead of jail to avoid giving him a permanent criminal record. This practice is called:
A) Deterrence
B) Incapacitation
C) Retribution
D) Diversion
  • 90. In the "Concentric Zone Model" of a city, which zone is characterized by the highest crime rates and social physical deterioration?
A) Zone IV: Residential Zone
B) Zone II: Zone in Transition
C) Zone I: Central Business District
D) Zone III: Workingmen’s Homes
  • 91. Which month is statistically associated with higher rates of violent crimes like assault and rape due to increased social interaction and temperature?
A) January
B) July
C) December
D) October
  • 92. The "Age-Crime Curve" generally shows that crime rates peak during which life stage?
A) Senior Years (65+)
B) B. Late Adolescence/Young Adulthood (15-24)
C) Childhood (5-10)
D) Middle Age (40-50)
  • 93. Which of the following is considered an "Index Crime" (or Focus Crime) in many police reporting systems?
A) Robbery
B) Vagrancy
C) Littering
D) Gambling
  • 94. A researcher uses "Self-Report Surveys" to gather data. What is the primary advantage of this method?
A) It is more official than police records.
B) It only counts crimes that lead to a conviction.
C) It is always 100% honest
D) It captures the "Dark Figure of Crime"
  • 95. A person is forced at gunpoint to drive a getaway car for a bank robbery. He may use the defense of:
A) Duress/Compulsion
B) Self-defense
C) Alibi
D) Insanity
  • 96. This refers to the state of being a "habitual delinquent" or a repeat offender who keeps returning to prison.
A) Atavism
B) Anomie
C) Anomie
D) Stigma
  • 97. What is the "Golden Thread" of criminal justice, meaning a person is innocent until proven guilty?
A) Due Process
B) Habeas Corpus
C) Equal Protection
D) Presumption of Innocence
  • 98. If a law is passed today making an act illegal that was legal yesterday, and the government tries to punish you for doing it last week, this is a prohibited:
A) Writ of Amparo
B) Ex Post Facto Law
C) Blue Law
D) Bill of Attainder
  • 99. When a gang member kills a rival member to protect his "brothers," he justifies it by saying his loyalty to the gang is more important than the law. This is:
A) Denial of Victim
B) Appeal to Higher Loyalties
C) Denial of Injury
D) Denial of Responsibility
  • 100. The "Classical School" of Criminology was a reaction against:
A) The cruel and arbitrary justice of the 18th century
B) The concept of democracy.
C) Scientific research
D) The use of prisons.
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