Forensic Reviewer
Forensic Reviewer
13. Which among the following is NOT a way of committing 20. Is a legislative act which inflicts punishment without
trial. Its essence is the substitution of a legislative act for
alarms and scandals?
a judicial determination of guilt.
a. Any person who within any town or public place a. Ex post facto
b. Bill of attainder
shall discharge any firearm, rocket, firecracker or
c. Prospectivity
explosives calculated to cause alarm or danger. d. Pro reo
b. Any person who shall instigate or take an active
21. Daniel was riding a passenger bus driven by James
part in any charivari or disorderly meeting that collided with a car driven by Enrique, causing Daniel
injury, not knowing who was in fault, what will be your
offensive to another or prejudicial to public
best suggestion MC. Criminologist for Daniel to do?
tranquility. a. File a civil action against Enrique
b. Await judicial finding regarding who was at fault
c. Any person while wandering about at night or
c. Sue James for civil action
while engaged in nocturnal amusement shall d. Sue both James and Enrique as alternative
defendants
disturb the public peace.
e.
d. Any person who habitually associate himself with 22. Under the law, what agency that is empowered to
order the change of venue or place of trial in order to
prostitutes.
prevent the miscarriage of justice
14. What crime is committed by any public officer or a. Supreme Court
b. Executive Judge
employee who shall agree to perform an act constituting a
c. Department of Justice
crime, in connection with the performance of his official d. Regional state Prosecutor
e.
duties, in consideration of any other promise gift or
23. 15 years old Baste, a habitual offender, was caught in
present received by such officer, personally or through the possession of 100 grams of Marijuana. He was charged for
violation of Sec. 16 of RA 9165, the Comprehensive
mediation of another?
Dangerous Drugs Law. The court which has jurisdiction is?
a. Direct bribery a. The MTC
b. The RTC
b. Indirect bribery
c. Special Drugs Court
c. Prevarication or negligence or tolerance in d. Family Court
e.
prosecution
24. Is that part of the law which creates, defines and
d. Qualified bribery regulates rights concerning life, liberty, or property, or the
powers of agencies or instrumentalities for the
15. It is the totality of evidence presented for
administration of public affairs?
consideration
a. Substantive law
a. Quantum of evidence
b. Remedial law
b. Quantum of Proof
c. Constitutional law
c. Burden of evidence
d. Rights
d. Burden of proof
e.
25. It prescribes the method of enforcing rights or
16. The following are the sources of criminal law EXCEPT
obtaining redress for their invasion.
a. Special laws
a. Substantive law
b. Ordinances
b. Remedial law
c. Special Penal Laws
c. Constitutional law
d. Revised Penal Code
d. Rights
e.
17. The accused in criminal proceedings has in his favour
26. The rules on evidence are merely the means of
the rule that criminal laws should be construed liberally in
ascertaining the truth respecting a matter of?
his favor because
a. Prosecutor
a. Of the requirement of observance of due process
b. Fact
b. The prosecution has the burden of proof
c. note
c. The police is presumed to perform their duty with
d. defense
regularity
e.
d. The accused is presumed innocent until proven
27. When the evidence presented in court during trial by
guilty
the State and the accused are of equal weight, which will
prevail?
18. What is the nature of Court Martials of Military?
a. It depends
a. Criminal Law
b. Accused
b. Civil law
b. No, since no person can be compelled to be a 53. What is that fact by which the factum probandum
witness against another establishes?
a. Fact in issue
c. Yes, since the court needs help in presenting their b. Material evidence
cases. c. Factum Probans
d. Competent evidence
d. No, since Cardo has a valid reason for not
testifying 54. It is now a settled rule that the time of making arrest
can be made during the day and at any time of the day
45. The filing of complaint with the Punong Barangay only. This statement is
involving cases covered by the Katarungan Pambarangay a. True
Rules shall b. False
a. Not interrupt any prescriptive period c. It depends upon the judge
b. Interrupt the prescriptive period for 90 days d. It depends upon the arresting officer
c. Interrupt the prescriptive period for 60 days
prescriptive period not 55. The form of evidence that is subject to the senses of
d. Interrupt the prescriptive period not exceeding the court is ________ evidence.
60 days a. Physical
e. b. Object
46. In criminal actions, Venue is Jurisdictional. c. all of these
a. Correct d. real
b. Incorrect
c. Maybe 56. If the person arrested is not delivered to the
d. It Depends
authorities, the private individual making the arrest incurs
47. May the warrant of arrest be executed by a Barangay criminal liability for:
Tanod?
a. Yes a. Unlawful arrest
b. No b. Illegal detention
c. Maybe
d. It depends c. Arbitrary detention
d. All of the above
48 Police Insp. Cardo saw 2 suspicious looking persons at
dawn; hence, he stopped them. They were carrying bags. 57. What is the purpose why independent relevant
When they were stopped, they tan and when evidence is admitted by courts?
apprehended, an unlicensed revolver was found in the a. To show that a certain fact occurred, whether
bag. Is the search without warrant valid or void? Stop and true or not.
frisk b. To prove to the court the allegations.
a. Yes, Valid as this is situation; c. To prove that the fact is true.
b. Yes, Probable cause is present when they acted d. To prove that a fact is not true.
suspiciously
c. Yes, they attempted to run when order to stop, 58. Our criminal law may be applied extraterritorially which
that they are concealing something illegal simply means that
d. All of above a. Our criminal law may be enforced by another
sovereign country
49. . What is the fact plead to by one party and denied by b. Our criminal law may be applicable even outside
the other? of our territory
a. Competent evidence c. Foreigners here in our country may be charge for
b. Fact in issue violation of our criminal law
c. Proof d. Those accused of crime may be arrested even
d. Evidence outside of our territory
50. In habeas corpus proceedings, any person may apply 59. Amiril a Moro, with five wives who are all living with
for a writ on behalf of the aggrieved party. The important him, kills by means of poison his second wife married by
issue in such a case is deprivation of one's?
a. Honor him is 1iable for?
b. liberty a. Parricide
c. reputation
d. property b. Homicide
c. Murder
51. Any lawyer or members of the bar shall, at the request
of the person arrested or of another acting in his behalf, d. No criminal liability
have the right to visit and confer privately with such 60. The following are crimes against public order EXCEPT:
person, in jail or any other place of custody at
a. Any hour of the working day only a. Alarms and scandal
b. Any hour of the day or, in urgent cases, of the b. Illegal association
night
c. Any hour of Saturdays and Sundays c. Usurpation of authority
d. Any hour of the designated visiting day only d. Evasion of service of sentence
95. Whether or not the factual information tendered for d. voluntary surrender
evaluation of the trial court would be helpful in the
determination of the factual issue that is disputed. 102. An officer, in order to make an arrest either by virtue
a. Test of relevancy of a warrant, or without a warrant, may break into any
b. Test of competency building or enclosure where the person to be arrested is
c. Test of admissibility or is reasonably believed to be, if he is refused admittance
d. All of the above thereto, after announcing his authority and purpose. Is
this allowed?
96. During trial, Atty. Dimagiba offered evidence that
appeared irrelevant at that time but he said he was a. No, it is a violation of domicile
eventually going to relate to the issue in the case by some
future evidence. The defendant objected. Should the trial b. No, it is trespass to dwelling
court reject the evidence in question on ground of
irrelevance? c. Yes, it is in accordance with the rules
a. No, it should reserve its ruling until the relevance
is shown. d. Yes, according to the judge
b. Yes, since the plaintiff could anyway
103. If a person lawfully arrested escaped or rescued, a
subsequently present the evidence anew.
person may immediately pursue or retake him without a
c. Yes, since irrelevant evidence is not admissible.
warrant at any time and in any place within the Philippines.
d. No, it should admit it conditionally until its
This statement is
relevance is shown.
a. Correct, in accordance with the rules
97. It is a form of evidence supplied by written instruments
or derived from conventional symbols by which ideas are
b. Incorrect, it is baseless
represented on material substances.
a. Primary or best evidence c. Sometimes correct, when the person is
b. Secondary evidence unidentified
c. Documentary evidence
d. Negative evidence d. Sometimes incorrect, unless with a valid search
warrant
98 . For the purpose of their presentation inn evidence,
documents are either 104. A restraint on person, depriving one of his own will
of the law. What is being defined?
a. public or private
a. Custody
b. affidavit or sworn statement
b. Arrest
c. handwritten or type write
c. Search
166. A rule which forbids husband and wife, during their b. Homicide
marriage, from testifying for or against the other without
the consent of the affected spouses except in some c. Robbery and Homicide
circumstances.
a. Disqualification of witness d. The corpus delicti
b. Marital Disqualification
c. Dead Man' s Statute Rule 172. Cardo saw the signing of a document by Alden.
d. Privilege Communication rule Cardo's testimony on the genuineness of the signature is
committed by Viceganda? 186. The warrant must direct that it be served in the
daytime, except:
a. Theft a. The affidavit asserts that the property is on the
person or in the place ordered to be searched, in
b. Arson which case a direction may be inserted that it be
c. Robbery served at any time of the day or night.
b. The affidavit asserts that the property to be
d. Malicious mischief searched is worth an amount within the
179. Alden threatened Cardo that he would kill the latter if jurisdiction of the Regional Trial Court
c. The place to be searched is the subject of
Cardo would not give five thousand pesos. What crime was embezzlement
committed by Alden if any? d. All of the above
192. PO2 Bautista is a gifted man and is in fact considered 201. A negotiation between the defense counsel and the
by many in their office as having a third eye. There was a
prosecutor, aimed at reaching an agreement whereby the
time when he said that there will be two killings that will
take place that week and it happened. In another instance, prosecutor uses discretion to obtain from the judge a
he predicted that a big fire will happen and it did.
lighter sentence in exchange for the defendant’s entering
Meanwhile, in his new place of assignment, the cop
claimed that in the house of a certain Oscar, the said man a guilty plea.
has, in his custody and safe keeping, a gold bar, a part of
a. arraignment
the yamashita treasure.as the only criminologist in the
c. preliminary investigation
police office, what shall you do to verify the said
b. pre-trial
policeman?
d. plea bargaining
a. Conduct surveillance
b. Ransack Oscar's house
202. A person who is under custodial investigation is
c. Require PO2 to have an oath
basically protected by a number of rights mandated under
d. Apply for search warrant
the constitution and this was even expounded in the
legislative act known as _______?
193. . The evidence which cannot be rebutted or overcome
a. Miranda Doctrine
is called-
b. R.A. 7438
a. Prima facie evidence
c. Bill of Rights
b. Conclusive evidence
d. R.A. 6975
c. Direct evidence
d. Best evidence
203. During trial of a criminal case, it is the prosecutor who
194. Based on the express representation of statements or directs the prosecution of the offense and he/she did it on
upon positive acts or conducts. A party cannot, in the the behalf of the state. Once a case is elevated to the
course of litigation in pais, be permitted to repudiate his higher court such as Court of Appeals, who represents the
representation or occupy inconsistent position. State in the prosecution of the offense?
a. estoppel by deed a. Chief State Prosecutor
b. estoppel by pais b. Solicitor General
c. estoppel against tenant c. National or provincial prosecutor
d. estoppel by record of judgement d. Judge
227. is the result of political evolution that was not 234. In the case of People vs. Molina, without the
launched at a certain time, but rather changed by exclusionary rule on warrants, this right would be
accumulation as opposed to a systematic procedure. meaningless and unworthy of mention in a permanent
charter of priceless human liberties.
A. Written constitution
B. Unwritten constitution A. Right to Communication
C. Enacted constitution B. Right to Life
D. Evolved (Cumulative) Constitution C. Right to Liberty
D. Right to Privacy
228. One that can only be altered through a formal, often
difficult process 235. In People v. Hon. Estrada, the court ruled: The
facts and circumstances that demonstrate
A. Written constitution _________ must be the best evidence that
B. Rigid constitution could have been gathered under the
C. Enacted constitution circumstances in serving warrants.
D. Flexible constitution
A. Proof beyond reasonable doubt
229. One that can be amended by ordinary legislation. B. Information
C. Probable cause
A. Written constitution D. Preponderance of evidence
B. Rigid constitution
C. Enacted constitution 236. Right to speedy, impartial, and public trial
D. Flexible constitution A. The evidence is really material
B. A separate trial is consonant with the right of
230. The portion of the Constitution that outlines the the accused to a speedy trial.
fundamental civil and political rights of the citizens and C. Evidence will be available at the time
imposes certain constraints on the power of the desired.
government to ensure the exercise of these rights. These D. No similar evidence can be obtained.
rights include the right to vote and the freedom to
peacefully gather without interference. The Bill of Rights is 237. Right to compulsory processes
a portion of the Constitution that contains a series of
A. If trial is unreasonably delayed, accused is
prescriptions outlining the basic civil and political rights of
entitled to dismissal, equivalent to acquittal.
individuals and imposing certain constraints on the
B. The accused is not guilty of neglect in
authority of Article III.
previously obtaining the production of such
evidence.
A. Constitution of Liberty
C. The remedy of the accused in an
B. Constitution of Government
unreasonable delay – habeas corpus (if he
C. Constitution of Sovereignty
has been restrained of his liberty) or
D. Preamble
certiorari, prohibition or mandamus for the
final dismissal of the case.
231. The Constitution requires a reasonable manner the
D. Mere mathematical reckoning of the time
conducted of this act, that is, with or without a warrant
involved would not suffice as the realities of
based on probable cause.