Set-01-RPC-Book1-General
The Revised Penal Code of the Philippines is otherwise known as:
A.Republic Act No. 3815
B.Republic Act No. 8315
C.Republic Act No. 1385
D.Republic Act No. 3185
Which of the following is NOT a source of Philippine Penal Law?
A.Revised Penal Code
B.Special Penal Laws
C.Penal Presidential Decrees
D.English Common Law
The principle of "nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege" means:
A.There is no crime when there is no law punishing it.
B.Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
C.The law is harsh, but it is the law.
D.An act done against my will is not my act.
The three main characteristics of criminal law are:
A.General, Territorial, and Prospective
B.General, Retroactive, and Public
C.Specific, Territorial, and Prospective
D.General, Territorial, and Ex-post facto
An act or omission punishable by the Revised Penal Code is a:
A.Felony
B.Offense
C.Infraction
D.Misdemeanor
Felonies are committed not only by means of deceit (dolo) but also by means of:
A.Fault (culpa)
B.Negligence
C.Imprudence
D.All of the above
A felony is ___________ when the offender performs all the acts of execution which would 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
B.Frustrated
C.Attempted
D.Complex
When the offender commences the commission of a felony directly by overt acts, and does not perform all the acts of execution which should produce the felony by reason of some cause or accident other than his own spontaneous desistance, the stage of execution is:
A.Consummated
B.Frustrated
C.Attempted
D.Impossible Crime
What is a "Complex Crime"?
A.When a single act constitutes two or more grave or less grave felonies.
B.When an offense is a necessary means for committing the other.
C.Both a and b
D.When two or more crimes are committed but the offender is liable for only one.
These are circumstances which, while not constituting an element of the crime, modify the criminal liability of the offender.
A.Justifying circumstances
B.Exempting circumstances
C.Mitigating circumstances
D.Aggravating circumstances
The following are justifying circumstances, except:
A.Self-defense
B.Avoidance of a greater evil or injury
C.Insanity
D.Fulfillment of duty or lawful exercise of right or office
For self-defense to be successfully invoked, which of the following must be present?
A.Unlawful aggression
B.Reasonable necessity of the means employed to prevent or repel it
C.Lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself
D.All of the above
A person who is under nine years of age is an example of what circumstance?
A.Justifying
B.Exempting
C.Mitigating
D.Alternative
What circumstance exists when the offender is under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the crime?
A.Justifying
B.Exempting
C.Mitigating
D.Aggravating
Praeter intentionem or "unintended consequence" is what kind of mitigating circumstance?
A.Ordinary Mitigating
B.Privileged Mitigating
C.Specific Mitigating
D.Generic Mitigating
Which of the following is a qualifying aggravating circumstance?
A.Recidivism
B.Treachery (Alevosia)
C.Taking advantage of public position
D.Contempt or insult to public authorities
When a person has been previously convicted by final judgment of another crime embraced in the same title of the Revised Penal Code, he is a:
A.Recidivist
B.Habitual delinquent
C.Quasi-recidivist
D.Reiteracion
Who are the persons criminally liable for a grave or less grave felony?
A.Principals
B.Accomplices
C.Accessories
D.All of the above
A person who does not take direct part in the commission of the felony but cooperates in the execution of the offense by previous or simultaneous acts is a/an:
A.Principal by direct participation
B.Principal by induction
C.Accomplice
D.Accessory
Accessories are those who, having knowledge of the commission of the crime, and without having participated therein, either as principals or accomplices, take part subsequent to its commission in any of the following manners, EXCEPT:
A.By profiting themselves or assisting the offender to profit by the effects of the crime.
B.By concealing or destroying the body of the crime.
C.By harboring, concealing, or assisting in the escape of the principal of the crime.
D.By giving moral support to the commission of the crime.
Penalties are classified into:
A.Principal and Accessory
B.Capital, Afflictive, Correctional, and Light
C.Divisible and Indivisible
D.Both a and b
Which of the following is an afflictive penalty?
A.Reclusion perpetua
B.Prision mayor
C.Prision correccional
D.Arresto menor
The penalty of prision mayor has a duration of:
A.6 months and 1 day to 6 years
B.6 years and 1 day to 12 years
C.12 years and 1 day to 20 years
D.20 years and 1 day to 40 years
The complete extinguishment of criminal liability includes the following, EXCEPT:
A.By the death of the convict
B.By service of the sentence
C.By amnesty
D.By prescription of the crime
A conditional pardon shall not be granted to a person convicted of an offense punished by reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment, unless the person has served at least ___ years of the sentence.
A.15
B.20
C.30
D.40
What is the effect of the death of the offender pending appeal?
A.Extinguishes the criminal liability only.
B.Extinguishes both criminal and civil liability arising from the delict.
C.Does not extinguish the civil liability.
D.The case is remanded to the lower court.
The forfeiture or confiscation of the instruments and proceeds of the offense is what kind of penalty?
A.Principal
B.Accessory
C.Subsidiary
D.Alternative
What is the rule on the application of penalties which contain three periods?
A.The court shall consider the number of mitigating and aggravating circumstances.
B.The court has the discretion to impose the penalty within the range provided.
C.The court should always impose the medium period.
D.The court must apply the Indeterminate Sentence Law.
The Indeterminate Sentence Law (ISL) does not apply to the following, EXCEPT:
A.Persons convicted of offenses punished with death penalty or life-imprisonment.
B.Those who shall have escaped from confinement or evaded sentence.
C.Those whose maximum term of imprisonment does not exceed one year.
D.Persons convicted of rebellion or treason.
The period of prescription of crimes punishable by death, reclusion perpetua or reclusion temporal shall be:
A.20 years
B.15 years
C.10 years
D.5 years