MOCK EXAMINATIONS

For the Licensure Examination for Criminologists

CRIMINAL SOCIOLOGY, ETHICS & HUMAN RELATIONS (CRIMSOC)

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only the
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer
sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. This is the study of crimes and criminals, and a particular field that attempt to build theories that
explain why crimes occur and test those theories by observing behavior.
A. Criminal Psychology
B. Criminal Sociology
C. Criminal Biology
D. Criminology
2. It is the earliest surviving legal codes and which was developed in about 2000 B.C., and its
content is known today as famous set of written laws.
A. Kalantiaw Code
B. Code of Hamurabi
C. Mosaic Code
D. Twelve Tables
3. Lex talionis means -
A. physical retaliation
B. an eye for an eye
C. all of these
D. you reap what you sow
4. It is a branch of psychiatry based on the theories of Sigmund Freud that employs a particular
personality theory and a particular method of treatment, usually individual case study.
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Psychiatry
C. All of these
D. Psychology
5. This refers to the breakdown of social orders as results of a loss of standards and values that
replaced social cohesion.
A. Anomie theory
B. Strain theory
C. Radical theory
D. Conflict theory
6. He is considered as the “father of modern criminology.”
A. Cesare Beccaria
B. Jeremy Benthan
C. Rafael Garogalo
D. Emile Durkheim
7. He postulates the theory of “born criminal,” which states that criminals are a lower of life, nearer
to the apelike ancestors than non-criminals in traits and disposition.
A. Jeremy Bentham
B. Cesare Lombroso
C. Rafael Garofalo
D. Emile Durkheim
8. To estimate the nature of crime, the criminologists in the local setting primarily rely on this,
which measures crimes through reports made by the police and other law enforcement
agencies.
A. National Uniform Crime Reporting System
B. Nationwide Criminological Researches
C. Quantitative Crime Statistics
D. Reports of the Police & Law Enforcement Agencies

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9. They want to know why and how things go wrong; they want to apply the scientific methods of
research to the study of social problem and their solution.
A. Criminologists
B. Sociologists
C. Biologists
D. psychologists
10. It is describes as a sequence of developmental stages that people pass through, and even
acquiring the capacity to make moral judgments.
A. personality theory
B. social learning theory
C. moral development theory
D. psychoanalytic theory
11. It is the part of the personality that contains the powerful urges and drives for gratification and
satisfaction.
A. Id
B. Ego
C. Superego
D. conscience
12. It is usually refers to as the general mental capability to reason, solve problems, think
abstractly, learn and understand new material, and profit from past experience.
A. personality
B. intelligence
C. morality
D. behavior
13. This theory separates the good from the bad, the conventional from the deviant.
A. None of these
B. Labeling theory
C. Marking theory
D. Tagging theory
14. Some crimes may be possible only if the opportunity results from the fact that some crime may
be possible only if the opportunity arises, and that is:
A. absence of guardian
B. facilitating criminality
C. unexpected opportunity
D. existence of victims
15. This holds that a crime is not complete unless the actor’s conduct necessarily caused the harm
without interference by somebody else, and that is the proximate cause of the act.
A. legal requirement
B. reason requirement
C. causation requirement
D. defense excuses
16. Every crime has been created to prevent something bad, and these detrimental consequences
that are trying to avoid is called __________.
A. harm requirement
B. dolo and culpa requirement
C. criminal act requirement
D. unlawful act requirement
17. It is the branch of psychology which investigates the crime with particular reference to the
personality factors of the criminal.
A. criminal psychiatry
B. criminal psychology
C. criminal psychoanalysis
D. criminal anthropology
18. This refers to a complex set of behaviors characterized by three central features, i.e., excessive
motor activity, impulsivity, and inattention.
A. attention deficit
B. hyperactivity disorder
C. all of these
D. none of these
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19. This refers to the variety of symptoms found among delinquent youth, and these are usually co-
occurring psychopathologies that exist between one or more of these symptoms and ADHD
symptoms.
A. conduct problem
B. behavior problem
C. mannerism problem
D. attitude problem
20. It is almost always going to be in trouble with the law, and this adult disorder is likely to have
begun with a childhood pattern of disregard for the rights of others.
A. paranoid-schizoprenic personality
B. anti-social personality
C. inadequate personality
D. manic-depressive personality
21. It is refers to the agencies of the government charge with the enforcing, prosecuting, convicting
or acquitting, correcting and providing assistance in returning to the community.
A. criminal justice system
B. juvenile justice system
C. anti-crime machinery of the government
D. police, prosecution, court, correction & community
22. It is an order issued by Datu Kalantiyaw on 1433 A.D. for the guidance of his people.
A. Code of Hamurabi
B. Code of Kalantiyaw
C. Mosaic Code
D. Maragtas Code
23. Collectively, it is the largest and most visible of all criminal justice agencies, and probably the
most complex and certainly, the most controversial of all in the criminal process.
A. court pillar
B. correction pillar
C. prosecution pillar
D. police pillar
24. The police occupy one of the most important positions in the society, due this __________ is
entrusted to them.
A. maintenance of peace and order
B. enforcement of laws
C. apprehension of suspects
D. right to protect the citizenry
25. The term fiscal was derived from the Spanish word __________, which means treasury.
A. Procurador
B. Fisco
C. Fixcal
D. Fiscus
26. It operates under the supervision and control of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
A. prosecution pillar of the CJS
B. National Prosecution Service
C. City and Provincial Fiscal
D. Public Attorney’s Office
27. Unknown to some, if not all, the prosecution pillar has a dual role, that of prosecutor and at the
same time:
A. chief law enforcement officer
B. government a law agency
C. administrator of the system
D. prosecution pillar of the system
28. It is viewed as the machinery that sets in notion the institution of action to establish the guilt of
criminal offenders and law violators.
A. prosecution pillar
B. city fiscal
C. state prosecutors’
D. provincial fiscal
29. It is an act which provides a uniform system of preliminary investigation.
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 A. RA 5189
B. PD 77
C. Act 2942
D. PD 911
30. The prosecutors have __________ in determining which charges to bring or whether to present
the case to the courts.
A. common sense
B. legal authority
C. wide discretion
D. legal responsibility
31. He is considered as the most prominent jurists at the time of his appointment to the first
Supreme Court organized under the American model.
A. Gregorio Araullo
B. Cayetano Arellano
C. Wictorino Mapa
D. Florentino Torres
32. In the local setting, the regular courts engaged in the administration of justice are organized
into four level, and the highest is:
A. City/Municipal courts
B. Regional Trial Courts
C. Supreme Court
D. Court of Appeals
33. The basic law on the Philippine Prison System is found in Revised Administrative Code,
otherwise known as:
A. Royal Decree
B. Correction Law
C. Bilibid Prison Law
D. Prisons Law
34. The corrections in the local scenario have two-systems based approaches, one is the
institution-based and two is:
A. community-based corrections
B. jail confinement & treatment
C. probation and parole system
D. privatized corrections
35. This is the only penal institution for women in the country.
A. Correctional Institution for Women
B. National Bilibid Prisones
C. National Mental Hospitals
D. None of these
36. It is the temporary and conditional suspension of the prosecution of a case prior to its
adjudication.
A. diversion
B. probation
C. plea-bargaining
D. parole
37. It operates rehabilitation centers intended for youthful offenders.
A. Department of Social Welfare & Development
B. Bureau of Jail Management & Penology
C. Bureau of Corrections
D. provincial government
38. It is otherwise known as the Barangay Justice System, as amended.
A. PD 1508
B. RA 7610
C. PD 7160
D. RA 1508
39. It serves as the coordinating machinery of the criminal justice system.
A. Peace and Order Councils
B. Department of Interior and Local Government
C. Department of Justice
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 D. Local Government Units
40. It is the basic element and the fifth component of the entire criminal justice system since
without their support, the system itself cannot succeed.
A. Society
B. Community
C. Public
D. populace
41. It is a criminal or antisocial behavior of the youth, and is usually considered to be in need of
treatment, rehabilitation, or discipline.
A. juvenile delinquency
B. abused children
C. street children
D. neglected children
42. They are children over the age of seven were considered old enough to know right from wrong
and to understand the consequences of their actions, and were considered responsible for their
law-violating behavior.
A. minor
B. juvenile
C. children
D. youth
43. It is an extreme or persistent cases of youthful non-conformity or obstinacy became a matter of
community discipline.
A. anti-social
B. wayward
C. delinquency
D. truants
44. Essentially three kinds of children come into contact with the juvenile court system, they are as
follows, EXCEPT:
A. dependent
B. neglected
C. delinquent juvenile
D. abused children
45. If delinquency is a rational choice and a routine activity, then delinquency prevention is a matter
of three general strategies, EXCEPT:
A. individual deterrence
B. specific deterrence
C. general deterrence
D. situational deterrence
46. The first line of defense against all forms of juvenile crime is still prevention in the following
levels, EXCEPT:
A. Primary prevention
B. Secondary prevention
C. Tertiary prevention
D. None of these
47. It was opened in New York in 1825 to cater the needs of juvenile delinquents.
A. House of Refuge
B. House of Common
C. Boystown Center
D. Crisis Center
48. It is one of the first efforts to classify the many different types of delinquency prevention
activities drew to preventing diseases and injuries.
A. governmental control
B. public health approach
C. individual views
D. developmental perspectives
49. There are two roots of the contemporary juvenile justice system, i.e. one is clearly punitive, and
the other is __________.
A. supportive and caring
B. rehabilitative
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 C. community-based
D. prevention
50. This doctrine implies that the state has every right to protect children from improper upbringing.
A. sed lex, jura lex
B. patria potestas
C. parens patriae
D. sonum bonum
51. The juvenile justice system’s jurisdiction extends into three classifications of children, EXCEPT:
A. those who are neglected, dependent or abused
B. those who are incorrigible, wayward or truant
C. those who violate laws, ordinances and codes
D. those breaking and vandalizing automobiles
52. These are among the special purposes of the juvenile justice system.
A. to settle civil controversies
B. to protect abused, neglected minor
C. all of the above
D. none of the above
53. This code shall be known as the "Child and Youth Welfare Code,’ of the Philippines.
A. PD 603
B. PD 968
C. PD 850
D. PD 608
54. This act shall be known as the "Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and
Discrimination Act of 1992.”
A. RA 7438
B. RA 7610
C. RA 9262
D. RA 9208
55. This act shall be known as the "Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006."
A. RA 9344
B. 9346
C. RA 8551
D. RA 7659
56. It is the voluntary of involuntary attitude of a person’s in order to fit the society’s idea of right or
wrong.
A. human behavior
B. inherited behavior
C. learned behavior
D. acquired behavior
57. It is the expert handling of crisis or emergency or the likes, so as to reduce or eliminate
dangers, or the likes, especially on the part of the government.
A. crisis management
B. police operation
C. crisis intervention
D. emergency response
58. It is a set of circumstances wherein a suspected law violator is holding a person captive, with
the use of force, or threat of violence.
A. hostage situation
B. kidnapping
C. barricaded person
D. illegal detention
59. It is the dimension that dictates conditionability, and is therefore the principal factor in anti-social
behavior.
A. neuroticism
B. psychoticism
C. extraversion
D. neurosist
60. It is characterized by cold cruelty, social insensibility, and disregard for danger, troublesome
behavior, dislike of other and an attraction toward the unusual.
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 A. neuroticism
B. psychoticism
C. extraversion
D. psychoticism
61. This theory acknowledges that individuals have physiological mechanisms that permit them to
behave aggressively.
A. learning theory
B. behavior theory
C. cognitive development
D. personality theory
62. These are the objectives of crisis management, EXCEPT:
A. accomplish tasks within community standards
B. safety of participants and arrest of perpetrators
C. resolve without further incidents
D. evaluate, contain and negotiate with the suspects
63. These are the major activities of managing hostage situation, i.e., planning, organizing, leading
and ____.
A. controlling
B. directing
C. staffing
D. coordinating
64. These are the difference between hostage-taking and kidnapping, EXCEPT:
A. the police can employ crisis management techniques
B. the police are not aware of the captive’s location
C. the police are not in close contact with perpetrators
D. the police cannot exert pressure on the part of the suspects
65. These are people who take hostages during a period of prolonged frustrations, despair, and
problems.
A. persons in crisis
B. psychotics
C. prisoners
D. political terrorist
66. It is the basis for behavior modification, and it is one of the approaches used in institutionalized
and non-institutionalized setting for changing behavior.
A. learning theory
B. behavior theory
C. cognitive development
D. personality theory
67. Emphasize human actions in relation to events taking place inside the body, especially the
brains and the nervous system.
A. Neurological
B. Behavioral
C. Cognitive
D. psychoanalytical
68. It is complicated crisis intervention process that is comprised of a system of inter-related
conditions, activities, and behaviors needed to resolve a highly volatile terrorist incident.
A. negotiation approaches
B. operational procedures
C. terrorist’s negotiations
D. barricaded matrix
69. It is a mental disease resembling paranoia, it is also characterized by autistic behavior,
hallucinations, and gradual deterioration of the personality.
A. inadequate personality
B. anti-social personality
C. manic-depressive
D. paranoid schizophrenic
70. Although the mental defect is not as severe as that of idiots, he cannot manage his own affairs.
The mental age may be compared to a normal child from three (3) to seven (7) years old. The
I.Q. is 21 to 40.
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 A. imbecile
B. feeble-minded
C. idiot
D. morally defective
71. It is the study of standards of custody and moral judgment. Oftentimes it is referred to as the
moral philosophy. It is a science that deals with the philosophical study of morality.
A. Values
B. Ethics
C. Traditions
D. customs
72. It is a personal behavior, in ethics, it is the voluntary control and direction of one's activities
towards moral and spiritual development.
A. Conduct
B. Behavior
C. Action
D. activities
73. It is a mental picture of something of a conception, idea, or an impression.
A. Replica
B. Image
C. Confidence
D. trust
74. This also means service, refers to the commitment, dignity, and attitude of an individual towards
work and his integrity and practice of the core moral value principles.
A. Dignity
B. Efficiency
C. Professionalism
D. competency
75. It is the state of affairs requiring tact to protect the integrity of a person.
A. Delicadeza
B. Dedications
C. Trustworthiness
D. word of honor
76. Uniformed PNP members commit themselves to democratic way of life and values and public
accountability, and this is what type of police professional conduct.
A. commitment to public
B. commitment to democracy
C. commitment to constitution
D. commitment of society
77. All PNP members shall provide services to everyone without discrimination regardless of party
affiliation in accordance of existing laws and regulations.
A. Partisanship
B. non-partisanship
C. non-involvement
D. a-political
78. All PNP members in the performance of duty shall respect and protect human dignity and
uphold the __________.
A. bill of rights
B. individual rights
C. human rights
D. rights of persons
79. These are bodies or beliefs, stories, customs, effect of an unwritten law, and are inherited
principles, standards and groups.
A. traditions
B. cultures
C. systems
D. practices
80. It is manifested by instinctive obedience to lawful orders and spontaneous actions towards
attainment of objectives by moral, ethical and legal forms.
A. courtesy
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 B. professionalism
C. discipline
D. trustworthiness
81. It is the sum total of dealings of the police with the people it serves and whose goodwill and
cooperation it craves for to ensure efficiency in public service.
A. community-oriented policing system
B. police-community relations
C. police-intelligence operations
D. police administrative management
82. Police-community relations spans with the following activities, EXCEPT:
A. the entire field designed to bridge any gap between the police and the public
B. intended to maintain harmony and mutual support between the police and community
C. mass communications for the purpose of conditioning the friendly and hostile public
D. to earn and maintain the greatest possible trust, confidence and support of the populace.
83. Every member of the PNP shall adhere to the following principles of police-community relations,
EXCEPT:
A. public support must be maintained
B. public resentment must be avoided
C. public goodwill must be developed
D. an institution concerned with social problems
84. These are the three-legged stool of police-community relations, EXCEPT:
A. public relations
B. community service
C. community participation
D. pro-active police involvement
85. This idea should be the guiding principle in all policies and programs of police-community
relations.
A. indirect co-partnership
B. community involvement
C. direct co-partnership
D. community participation
86. These are some main objectives of community relations from the viewpoint of law enforcement
and public safety, EXCEPT:
A. to maintain and develop the goodwill and confidence of the community for the police
B. to gain a broader understanding of and sympathy for the problems and needs of the police
C. to develop public understanding, support, and appreciation for the services of the police
D. it involves an inter-professional or teamwork approach to a wide variety of community
87. The following are the sub-objectives of police-community relations, EXCEPT:
A. develop consciousness and awareness among the citizenry
B. develop positive perceptions, attitudes and opinions towards the police
C. develop a motivated public willing enough to actively support law enforcement program
D. to develop peace, protecting life and property, and the prevention of the crime
88. Police-community relations initiate measures to win the support of the people, and focuses on
the concept of __________, a dictum that has been tried and tested.
A. doing good and telling the people about it
B. utilization of the mass media
C. employment of public relations officers
D. public information dissemination campaign
89. It is regularly conducted to strengthen bonds to its personnel and re-orient them about norms
and conduct of a good public servant.
A. code of conduct & ethical standards program
B. Religious & socio-civic programs
C. Professionalization program
D. Moral recovery programs & values formation
90. This is made up of a person’s dealings with the citizens of the community, city or town where a
person lives, his membership or contribution to civil undertakings and his membership or
contribution to the civic organization or community associations in the locality.
A. public relations
B. community relations
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 C. people relations
D. individual relations
91. It is the misuse of the police officer’s official position for actual or expected material rewards or
gain.
A. police corruption
B. accepting of gratuities
C. police extortion
D. police bribery
92. It occurs when a police officer violates a rule, regulations, and standard policy of the police
organization.
A. Dishonesty
B. police misconduct
C. minor offenses
D. violation of rules
93. It affects the esprit de corps, morale and welfare of members, and sense of pride to the
organization.
A. unity of command
B. police perceptions
C. police image
D. public relations
94. It is currently experienced by the police, and that is more and more people losses interest and
sympathy to the police due to unmeet expectations and despair.
A. negative feelings
B. negative image
C. uncooperative public
D. apathy & indifferences
95. It is the subjects of amendments in Congress from 1995 up to 1998 when RA 8551 was finally
approved.
A. flaws of police laws
B. police reform
C. police modernization
D. police reorganization
96. In the local setting, it is considered as the difficult bedfellows for many years.
A. political interference
B. politics & policing
C. political influence
D. partisan politics
97. To safeguard the lives and properties of the citizenry, there must be a -
A. round-the-clock police patrol or visibility
B. efficient conduct of investigation
C. effective police-community relations
D. responsive intelligence operations
98. It also means service, refers to the commitment, dignity, and attitude of an individual towards
work and his integrity and practice of the core moral value principles.
A. to protect & to serve
B. dedication
C. accountability
D. professionalism
99. It is concerned with the decision-making latitude of police organization and police officers.
A. police perceptions
B. police decisions
C. police discretion
D. police adjudication
100. It is any significant, perplexing, and challenging situation, real or artificial, the solution of
which requires reflective thinking of police executives.
A. contemporary police problems
B. problems on material resources
C. problems on personnel resources
D. problem on external factors
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