Practice Exam: CLJ - RPC Penalties (Set 33)
30-question practice exam on penalties, their classification, duration, and application under the Revised Penal Code.
1. Under the Revised Penal Code, which of the following is considered a principal penalty?
A.Perpetual special disqualification
B.Prision mayor
C.Suspension from public office
D.Civil interdiction
2. Which of the following is classified as an afflictive penalty?
A.Arresto mayor
B.Destierro
C.Reclusion perpetua
D.Prision correccional
3. A penalty of imprisonment for a period of one month and one day to six months is known as:
A.Arresto mayor
B.Arresto menor
C.Prision correccional
D.Destierro
4. Suspension from public office, the right to vote and be voted for, and the profession or calling, when imposed as a secondary effect of a principal penalty, is an example of what kind of penalty?
A.Principal
B.Accessory
C.Correctional
D.Light
5. Which of these is a light penalty?
A.Prision correccional
B.Destierro
C.Public censure
D.Arresto menor
6. What is the duration of the penalty of Prision Mayor?
A.12 years and 1 day to 20 years
B.6 years and 1 day to 12 years
C.6 months and 1 day to 6 years
D.20 years and 1 day to 40 years
7. The penalty of Reclusion Temporal has a duration of:
A.6 years and 1 day to 12 years
B.20 years to 40 years
C.12 years and 1 day to 20 years
D.Over 20 years
8. What is the duration of Reclusion Perpetua?
A.30 years
B.20 years and 1 day to 40 years
C.A fixed term of 40 years
D.Indefinite, but not exceeding 40 years
9. Prision Correccional has a duration of:
A.1 month and 1 day to 6 months
B.6 months and 1 day to 6 years
C.6 years and 1 day to 12 years
D.1 day to 30 days
10. Arresto Menor has a duration of:
A.1 month and 1 day to 6 months
B.6 months and 1 day to 1 year
C.1 to 30 days
D.31 to 60 days
11. The Indeterminate Sentence Law (ISL) is NOT applicable in which of the following cases?
A.Offenses punished by special laws
B.Felonies committed by habitual delinquents
C.Persons convicted of offenses punished with the death penalty or life imprisonment
D.Persons who are first-time offenders
12. In applying the Indeterminate Sentence Law, the minimum term of the penalty is determined to be:
A.The penalty prescribed by the Code for the offense.
B.Within the range of the penalty next lower in degree to that prescribed by the Code.
C.The same as the maximum term.
D.One-half of the maximum term.
13. What is the primary purpose of the Indeterminate Sentence Law?
A.To punish the offender more severely.
B.To uplift and redeem valuable human material and prevent unnecessary and excessive deprivation of liberty.
C.To simplify the penalty system.
D.To ensure offenders serve a fixed sentence.
14. An accused is convicted of Homicide, which is punishable by Reclusion Temporal. Under the Indeterminate Sentence Law, what is the proper range for the MINIMUM term of the sentence?
A.Reclusion Temporal
B.Prision Correccional
C.Prision Mayor
D.Arresto Mayor
15. The maximum term of the indeterminate sentence is:
A.The penalty next lower in degree.
B.Discretionary upon the judge.
C.The penalty which, in view of the attending circumstances, could be properly imposed under the rules of the Revised Penal Code.
D.Always the medium period of the prescribed penalty.
16. The penalty for a consummated felony is Reclusion Temporal. What is the penalty for the frustrated stage?
A.Prision Mayor
B.Prision Correccional
C.Reclusion Perpetua
D.The same, but in its minimum period
17. The penalty for a frustrated felony is Prision Mayor. What is the penalty for the attempted stage?
A.Prision Mayor minimum
B.Prision Correccional
C.Arresto Mayor
D.Destierro
18. If the penalty prescribed for a felony is Prision Mayor, and there is one privileged mitigating circumstance, what is the imposable penalty?
A.Prision Mayor in its minimum period
B.Prision Correccional
C.Prision Mayor in its medium period
D.Arresto Mayor
19. If the penalty is composed of two indivisible penalties, like in Parricide (Reclusion Perpetua to Death), and there is one ordinary mitigating circumstance, what is the penalty to be imposed?
A.Death
B.Reclusion Perpetua
C.The lower half of Reclusion Perpetua
D.Prision Mayor
20. The penalty for an offense is Prision Correccional. How is this penalty graduated to a lower degree?
A.By imposing its minimum period.
B.By imposing its medium period.
C.By imposing the penalty of Arresto Mayor.
D.By imposing the penalty of Destierro.
21. What is the penalty imposed upon an accomplice to a consummated felony?
A.The same penalty as the principal.
B.Two degrees lower than the principal.
C.One degree lower than that prescribed for the consummated felony.
D.A fine and censure.
22. A is a principal in the crime of Robbery, which is punishable by Prision Mayor. B acted as an accomplice. What penalty shall be imposed on B?
A.Prision Mayor
B.Prision Correccional
C.Arresto Mayor
D.Reclusion Temporal
23. What is the penalty imposed upon an accessory to a grave felony?
A.One degree lower than the principal.
B.Two degrees lower than that prescribed for the consummated felony.
C.The same penalty as the accomplice.
D.A fine only.
24. A is a principal in Homicide (punishable by Reclusion Temporal). C, knowing of the crime, helps A hide the body to prevent its discovery. What penalty is imposed on C?
A.Reclusion Temporal
B.Prision Mayor
C.Prision Correccional
D.Arresto Mayor
25. Under Article 20 of the RPC, who among the following accessories is EXEMPT from criminal liability?
A.A close friend of the principal.
B.The spouse of the principal.
C.A neighbor who was paid to help.
D.A co-worker.
26. Which of the following results in the total extinction of criminal liability?
A.Pardon by the offended party.
B.Death of the convict.
C.Conditional pardon by the President.
D.Prescription of the penalty.
27. Crimes punishable by afflictive penalties shall prescribe in:
A.15 years
B.20 years
C.10 years
D.25 years
28. Crimes punishable by a correctional penalty shall prescribe in:
A.20 years
B.5 years
C.10 years
D.15 years
29. A crime punishable by Arresto Mayor prescribes in how many years?
A.10 years
B.1 year
C.5 years
D.6 months
30. The period of prescription of a crime commences to run from the day on which the crime is discovered. This period is interrupted by:
A.The arrest of the accused.
B.The filing of the complaint or information.
C.The date of the commission of the offense.
D.The flight of the accused.