Final Exam KAYA KO TO Flashcards
Daniel was sentenced to prision mayor and to pay a fine of P50,000.00, with subsidiary imprisonment in case of insolvency. Is the sentence correct?
A. Yes, because Luis has no property to pay for the fine, so he must suffer the equivalent imprisonment provided by law In lieu of fine.
B. No, because subsidiary imprisonment is applicable only when the penalty imposed is prision correccional or below.
C. Yes, because the sentence says so.
D. No, because the subsidiary imprisonment is applicable only when the penalty imposed is limited to a fine. (E) None of the above.
B. No, because subsidiary imprisonment is applicable only when the penalty imposed is prision correccional or below.
X, without intent to kill, aimed his gun at Z and fired it, hitting the latter who died as a consequence. Under the circumstances:
A. X cannot plead praetor intentionem since the intent to kill is presumed from the killing of the victim.
BX may plead praetor intentionem since he intended only to scare, not kill Z.
C. X may plead aberratio ictus as he had no intention to hit Z.
D. X nay plead mistake of identity as he had no intent to kill Z when he fired his gun.
A. X cannot plead praetor intentionem since the intent to kill is presumed from the killing of the victim.
A foreigner residing in Hong Kong counterfeits a twenty-peso bill issued by the Philippine Government. May the foreigner be prosecuted before a court in the Philippines?
A. No. The provisions of the Revised Penal Code are enforceable only within the Philippine Archipelago.
B. No. The Philippine Criminal Law is binding only on persons who reside orsojourn in the Philippines.
C. No. Foreigners residing outside the jurisdiction of the Philippines are exempted from the operation of the Philippine Criminal Law.
D. Yes. The of the Revised Penal Code are enforceable also outside the jurisdiction of the Philippines against those who should forge or counterfeit currency notes of the Philippines or obligations and securities issued by the Government of the Philippines
D. Yes. The of the Revised Penal Code are enforceable also outside the jurisdiction of the Philippines against those who should forge or counterfeit currency notes of the Philippines or obligations and securities issued by the Government of the Philippines
Felonies are classified according to manner or mode of execution into feloniescommitted by means of deceit (dolo) and by of fault (culpa). Which of thefollowing causes may not give rise to culpable felonies?
A. Imprudence
B. Malice
C. Negligence
D. Lack of foresight
B. Malice
Can there be a frustrated impossible crime?
A. When the crime is not produced by of the inherent impossibility of its accomplishment, it is a frustrated Impossible crime.
B. No. There can be no frustrated impossible crime because the means employed to accomplish the crime is inadequate or ineffectual.
C. Yes. There can be a frustrated impossible crime when the act performed would be an offense against persons.
D. No. There can be no frustrated impossible crime because the offender has already performed the acts for the execution of the crime
D. No. There can be no frustrated impossible crime because the offender has already performed the acts for the execution of the crime
In criminal law, error in personae or mistake in identity occurs when
A . the offender hits or injures another person and not the victim intended
B. the offender another due to personal reason
C. the offender knows personally the victim
D. the offender hits an unknown person
A . the offender hits or injures another person and not the victim intended
In criminal law, aberratio ictus or mistake in the blow occurs when
A. the offender hits another which he intended
B. the offender knows he hits another known to him
C. the offender delivers a blow at his intended victim but does not hit him, and instead, such blow lands on an unintended victim.
D. the offender mistakenly identified by the police
C. the offender delivers a blow at his intended victim but does not hit him, and instead, such blow lands on an unintended victim.
Praeter intentionem occurs where the consequence is greater than the one intended. This is a mitigating circumstance.
A. No, it is aggravating circumstance
B. Yes, it is a mitigating circumstance
C. A and B are both wrong
D. A and B are both correct
B. Yes, it is a mitigating circumstance
Crimes mala in se are punishable under the Revised Penal Code while crimes mala prohibita are punished under special laws. This statement is
A. Correct
B. Wrong
C. No legal basis
D. Unacceptable
A. Correct
The basis of criminal liability in mala in se is intent while the basis of crimes mala prohibita is
A. environmental
B. opportunity
C. voluntariness
D. stage of execution
C. voluntariness
The stages of execution affect the penalty imposable in crimes mala in se; there are no stages of execution in crimes mala prohibita. This statement is
A. Correct
B. Wrong
C. Has no legal basis
D. Depends on the rules of court
A. Correct
Under the law, what is known as an act which would be an offense against persons or property, were it not for the inherent impossibility of its accomplishment, or on account of the employment of inadequate or ineffectual means?
A. Mala prohibita
B. Mala in se
C. Impossible crime
D. Incomplete crime
C. Impossible crime
In criminal law, instigation takes place when
A. a peace officer induces a person to commit a crime
B. a peace officer entraps a person
C. a peace officer subjected someone to surrender
D. a peace officer commits the crime of abduction
A. a peace officer induces a person to commit a crime
Reclusion Perpetua is a penalty prescribed under the Revised Penal Code, what about the penalty of life imprisonment?
A. reclusion perpetua is the same as life imprisonment
B. life imprisonment is prescribed under special laws
C. the difference is in accordance with rules of court
D. none of the above is correct
B. life imprisonment is prescribed under special laws
Is Reclusion Perpetua as a penalty has accessory penalties?
A. Yes, it has
B. No, accessory penalties apply to the penalty of Life imprisonment
C. It depends solely on the felony committed
D. No, there is no such any accessory penalties
A. Yes, it has
In Reclusion Perpetua, the accused is entitled to parole after serving 30 years imprisonment, Life mprisonment has no fixed duration. This statement is?
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
C. It depends
D. Unacceptable
A. Correct
As a rule, if the offender in a criminal case is acquitted, his civil liability is also extinguished.
A. Correct with exceptions to the rule
B. Incorrect, because the offender is guilty
C. It depends, without exceptions
D. Civil liability is never extinguished
A. Correct with exceptions to the rule
In ______ circumstance, the act of the accused is in accordance with law, hence, he incurs no criminal lability. Since there is no crime, there is no criminal.
A. Mitigating
B. Exempting
C. Justifying
D. Aggravating
B. Exempting
Failure to perform a duty required by law.
A. Exception
B. Exclusion
C. Avoidance
D. Omission
D. Omission
There is no crime when there is no law punishing it. In criminal law, this principle is known as
A. Nullum crimen, nulla poene sine lege
B. Ignorantia Legis Non Excusat
C. Actus Non Facit Reum, Nisi Mens Sit Rea
D. Actus Me Invito Factus Non Est Meus Actus
A. Nullum crimen, nulla poene sine lege
These Felonies are committed by means of deceit (dolo).
A. Felonies
B. Intentional Felonies
C. Unintentional Felonies
D. None of the Above
B. Intentional Felonies
These Felonies are committed by means of fault.
A. Culpable Felonies
B. Intentional Felonies
C. Unintentional Felonies
D. None of the Above
A. Culpable Felonies
This classification of felony has the following requisites, freedom, intelligence, and intent.
A. Culpable Felonies
B. Intentional Felonies
C. Unintentional Felonies
D. None of the Above
B. Intentional Felonies
Which of the following is not a characteristics of an offense mala in se?
A. Moral trait of offender is considered.
B. Good Faith is a defense
C. Mitigating and aggravating circumstances taken into account in imposing penalty
D. Degree of participation when there is more than one offender is generally not taken into account
D. Degree of participation when there is more than one offender is generally not taken into account
Which of the following is not a characteristic of an offense mala prohibita?
A Mitigating and aggravating circumstance is not generally taken into account
B. Degree of accomplishment of the crime is taken into account only when consummated
C. Good Faith is not a defense
D. Moral trait of offender is considered.
D. Moral trait of offender is considered.
Moving power which impels one to act.
A. Motive
B. Intent
C. Purpose
D. None of the Above
A. Motive
Purpose to use a particular means to effect a result.
A. Motive
B. Intent
C. Purpose
D. None of the Above
B. Intent
X is the boyfriend of Y. One night against Y’s will, X forcefully had sex with Y. X now is facing charges for rape.
Assuming that Y agrees to the proposal of marriage by X, what will happen to X’s criminal liability if marriage takes place?
A. criminal liability is partially extinguished
B. criminal liability is totally extinguished
C. It has no effect because rape now is a private crime where the state can prosecute the case alone
D. the marriage has no bearing because the two are sweethearts and therefore it is the perfect right of X to rape Y.
B. criminal liability is totally extinguished
Which among the following is a qualifying circumstance of murder?
A. treachery
B. habitual delinquency
C. relationship
D. intoxication
A. treachery
Consists in voluntarily, but without malice, doing or failing to do an act from which material damage results by reason of Inexcusable lack of precaution of the person performing or failing to perform such act, taking into consideration his employment or occupation, degree of intelligence, condition and circumstances regarding persons, time and place.
A. Reckless imprudence
B. Reckless driving.
C. Incriminating innocent person
D. Intriguing against honor
A. Reckless imprudence
Under the the maximum duration of the convict’s sentence shall not be more than three (3) times the length of time corresponding to the most severe penalties imposed upon him which however shall not exceed forty (40) years.
A. Supreme Court Ruling
B. Revised Penal Code
C. 1987 Constitution
D. Three fold rule in the service of sentence
D. Three fold rule in the service of sentence
Which law prohibited the imposition of the death penalty?
A. RA 9262
B. RA 9346
C. RA 9211
D. RA 9344
B. RA 9346
A____ exists when two or more persons come to an agreement concerning the commission of a felony and decide to commit it.
A. conspiracy
C. proposal
B. piracy
D. criminal agreement
A. conspiracy
It is that characteristics of criminal law which states that criminal law is binding on all persons who live or sojourn in the Philippines regardless of sex, age and nationality.
A. General
B. Practical
C. Territorial
D. prospective
A. General
Article 366 is the second to the last article of the RPC. It says: felonies and misdemeanors, committed prior to the date of the of this Code, shall be in accordance with the Code or acts in force at the time of their commission” This illustrates one of the characteristics of the Revised Penal Code which is:
A. general
B. prospective
C. territorial
D. extraterritorial.
B. prospective
Material crimes are crimes that have three stages namely attempted, frustrated and consummated stages, whereas are crimes that are consummated in one instant, that is it may not have an attempted or a frustrated stage as acts of lasciviousness, slander, false testimony etc.
A. formal crimes
C. continuing crimes
B. material crimes
D. complex crimes
A. formal crimes
As a general rule light felonies are punishable only when they are against persons or property. with the exception of those committed
A. consummated
B. frustrated
C. attempted
D. none of the above
A. consummated
One of the theories in criminal law which states that man is subdued occasionally by a strange and morbid phenomenon which constrains him to do wrong in spite of or contrary to his own volition.
A. Positivist theory
C. Neo classical theory
Classical theory
D. All of the above.
A. Positivist theory
is an act of sovereign power granting a general pardon for past offense and is rarely exercised in favor of a single individual and is usually granted to certain classes of persons usually political offenders, who are subject to trial but not convicted.
A. pardon
C. parole
B. commutation
D. amnesty
D. amnesty
It is a rule regarding the jurisdiction of a coastal state whenever a crime is committed aboard a foreign merchant vessel whenever that merchant vessel is within the jurisdiction of that coastal state. According to this rule such crimes are triable in that country, unless their commission affects the peace and security of the coastal state.
A. French Rule
- Filipino Rule
C. English Rule
D. American Rule
C. English Rule
Acts and omissions punishable by law (RPC) are known as:
A. Felonies
B. Fault
C. Culpa
D. Crimes
A. Felonies
Who grants absolute pardon the effect of which will extinguish criminal liability?
A. Chief Executive or President
B. Pardon or Parole
C. Offended party
D. Supreme Court
A. Chief Executive or President
There is when the criminal act is performed with deliberate Intent.
A. freedom of action.
B. fault
C. fault
D. Odolo or deceit
D. Odolo or deceit
A felony is when the offender performs all the acts of execution which should produce the felony as a consequence but which, nevertheless, do not produce it by reason of causes independent of the will of the perpetrator.
A. consummated felony
B. frustrated felony
C. attempted felony
D. infraction of law
B. frustrated felony
What aggravating circumstance generally can be applied to all offenses/crimes like recidivism, dwelling, price, etc?
A. specific
C. Inherent
B. generic
D. qualifying
B. generic
What is the prescriptive period of crimes punishable by death reclusion perpetua or reclusion temporal?
A.5 years
B. 10 years
C. 15 years
D. 20 years
D. 20 years
What characteristics of criminal law says that “criminal laws undertake to punish crimes committed in Philippine territory?”
A. general
B. prospective
C.extraterritorial
D. territorial
D. territorial
It is an aggravating circumstance done by the offender by which means are resorted to in order to conceal his identity súch as covering his face with a bonnet/handkerchief at the time of the commission of the crime
A.craft
B. fraud
C. disguise
D. Ignominy
C. disguise
There is persons. when a person who has decided to commit a felony proposes its execution to some other person or persons
A. conspiracy
B. proposal
C. collusion
D. collaboration
B. proposal
are those where act committed is a crime, but for reasons of public policy no penalty is imposed.
A. absolutory causes
B. exempting circumstances
C. mistake of fact
D. instigation
A. absolutory causes
In the old days what was followed was the retreat to the wall doctrine. NOW, it has given way to the stand grond when in the right doctrine which means:
A. where the accused defender is where he has the right to be, the law does not require him to retreat when his assailant is advancing upon him with a deadly weapon
B. the accused/defender must as much as possible retreat when his opponent is attacking him and fight only when there is no other way of escaping such as when comered against the wall.
C. the accused/defender must not fight in any event
D. the accused/defender must stand and wait for the fatal blow until he dies.
A. where the accused defender is where he has the right to be, the law does not require him to retreat when his assailant is advancing upon him with a deadly weapon
X, Y and Z conspired to rob the Philippine National Bank in their secret safe house. While they are planning how to commit the crime, operatives of the NBI barged in and arrested the group. What crime was committed by X, Y and Z?
A. no crime was committed
B. Under the facts no crime was committed as mere conspiracy to commit a crime is not
punishable C attempted robbery
D. Frustrated robbery
B. Under the facts no crime was committed as mere conspiracy to commit a crime is not
punishable C attempted robbery
X was charged before the court. During the pendency of his trial he died. What would be the effect of his death on the case involved and on his criminal liability?
A. the criminal case will be dismissed and his criminal liability is extinguished.
B. the criminal case will proceed and his criminal liability is not extinguished..
C. the criminal case will be archived to wait for his resurrection.
D. actually there will be no effect at all because his relatives will be the one to face trial and punished in case of his conviction.
A. the criminal case will be dismissed and his criminal liability is extinguished.
All of following are exempted the operation of our criminal laws EXCEPT:
A. Sovereign Heads and Chiefs of State
B. Ambassadors
C. Consuls
D. Ministers Plenipotentiaries and Charge’s D Afffaires
C. Consuls
Which article of the Revised Penal Code talks about the extraterritorial provision of the Revised Penal Code that is even certain crimes are still Philippine Courts will have jurisdiction to try those certain offenses.
A. article 1
B. article 2
C. article 100
D, article 367
B. Article 2
Which among the following is already punishable by law by mere decision to commit it?
A. conspiracy to commit a very beautiful woman
B. conspiracy to commit rebellion/insurrection
C. conspiracy to commit treason
D.conspiracy to kill the Senate President or the Speaker of the House
E. both band c
E. both band c
All of the following are exceptions to the territorial characteristics of our criminal laws EXCEPT:
A. Those who should commit an offense while on a Philippine Ship or airship.
B. Those who should forge or counterfeit any coin or currency note of the Philippine obligations and securities issued by the Philippine government.
C. Those who shall commit rebellion against the government o the Philippine Islands even though committed outside the Philippine territory.
D. Those who while being public officers or employees should commit an offense in the exercise of their functions.
C. Those who shall commit rebellion against the government o the Philippine Islands even though committed outside the Philippine territory.
Which of the following is always exempted in all cases from criminal liability?
A. person fifteen years of age or under
B. an imbecile
C. insane
D. both a and b
D. both a and b
Which of the following is NOT an element of crimes committed by means of dolo or deceit?
A Freedom of action of the offender
B. Intelligence of the Offender
C. Criminal intent of the offender
D. Imprudence or negligence of the offender
D. Imprudence or negligence of the offender
is a misapprehension of fact on the part of the person who caused injury to another. That person however is not criminally liable because he did not act with criminal intent. It is expressed in the Latin phrase “ignorantia legis non excusat”.
A. aberration ictus
B. mistake in the blow
C. mistake of fuck
D. mistake of fact
D. mistake of fact
What is meant by “Actus me invito factus non est meus actus”?
A. There is no crime if there is no law punishing it.
B. An act done by me against my will is not my act
C. The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intention were so.
D. Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith.
B. An act done by me against my will is not my act
What is meant by “Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea?”
A. There is no crime if there is no law punishing it
B. An act done by me against my will is not my act
C. The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intention were so.
D. Ignorance of fact excuses one from crime.
C. The act itself does not make a man guilty unless his intention were so.
Which of the following crimes over which the Philippine laws have jurisdiction even if the same is committed outside the Philippine territory?
A. Espionage
B. misprision of treason
C. Piracy and Mutiny in the high seas
D. treason
E. all of the above
E. all of the above
All of the following are requisites of “obedience to order issued by superior” EXCEPT:
A. an order has been issued by a superior
B. such an order was issued for some lawful purpose
C. the means used by the subordinate in carrying the order was lawful
D. none of these
D. none of these
X attempted to commit unjust vexation (a crime against personal liberty and security), a light felony punishable by arresto menor against Y. Assume that X was charged before the court of the crime of attempted unjust vexation. What do you think will most likely happen
A. X will be convicted as an attempt to commit a crime is punishable.
B. X will be convicted but be will placed under probation as the crime is probation able
C. X will be acquitted because an attempted light felony of a crime not against persons or property is not punishable under the
D. X will bribe the prosecutor so as to secure an acquittal.
C. X will be acquitted because an attempted light felony of a crime not against persons or property is not punishable under the
that branch or division of law which defines crimes, treats of their nature and provides for their punishment?
A. Act 3815
C.Criminal Law
B. Revised Penal Code
D. Criminal Procedure
C. Criminal law
The following are the exceptions to the police power of the state to in act criminal laws, EXCEPT:
A. Partakes the nature of Ex post facto law
B. Partakes the nature of Bill of attainder
C. Imposes cruel and unusual punishment or excessive fines.
D. None of these
D. None of these