Q&A

in

INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY
 This presents an overview of the different
schools of thought in criminology; theories
that explain criminal behavior; techniques
for measuring the characteristics of
criminals, crime, and victims; the
interrelatedness of theory, policy and
practice in the criminal justice system; and
current issues and studies in criminology.
1. What is a branch of knowledge, which
attempts to scientifically analyze the causes
of crimes and delinquency together with the
corresponding prevention and control
measures that can be adopted?

A. Criminology C. Etiology of Crime

B. Penology D. Sociology
2. What branch of criminology deals with the
study of the origin, nature, principles,
processes and explanations to the existence
of crimes?

A. Criminalistics C. Etiology of Crime

B. Penology D. Sociology
3. This approach deals primarily on the
biological explanation on how and why
crimes are committed. It discusses the forms
of abnormalities that are present in the
individual perpetrator or malefactor before,
during and after the violation of the laws.

A. Elective C. Objective
B. Positive D. Subjective
4. According to Hooton, this approach deals
with the study of the physical features or
characteristics of an individual criminal with
non – criminal to determine differences
covering criminal behavior.

A. Anatomical C. Anthropological
B. Biological D. Psychoanalytical
5. What category of crime refers to any act or
omission punishable by the Revised Penal
Code?

A. Breach C. Felony
B. Infraction D. Offense
6. As mentioned in the Positive School of
Thought, this approach explains the mental
and physical conditions of the person prior
and after the commission of the crime.

A. Anthropological C. Medical
B. Physiological D. Psychological
7. Which of the following approaches explained
that the deprivation of the primary needs of a
person is a strong factor in the commission of
crime?

A. Physiological C. Psychological
B. Psychiatric D. Psychoanalytical
8. It focuses on the study of group of individual,
social processes and institutions as influences
to and determiners of behavior.

A. Elective C. Objective
B. Positive D. Subjective
9. What approach to criminality considers
topography, natural resources, location and
climate that push a person to commit crimes?

A. Ecological C. Economic
B. Geographic D. Socio – Cultural
10. This approach deals with the biotic grouping
of men resulting to migration, competition,
social discrimination, division of labor and
social conflict as influences to the
commission of crimes.

A. Ecological C. Economic
B. Geographic D. Socio – Cultural
11. It affirms that institution, education, politics
and religion are major factors in the
commission of crimes.

A. Anthropological C. Demography
B. Geographic D. Socio – Cultural
12. What theory asserted that a person
committed wrongful acts due to the fact that
he was possessed by or damned by other
worldly forces?

A. Demonological C. Diabolical
B. Luciferical D. Spiritual
13. What school of thought believes that the basis
of criminal liability is human free will and the
purpose of penalty is retribution? It also said that
a man is essentially a moral creature with an
absolutely free will to choose between good and
evil, thereby placing more stress upon the effect
or result of the felonies act than upon the man,
the criminal himself.
A. Classical C. Neo Classical
B. Positive D. Psychoanalytical
14. It believes that there are situations or
circumstances that made it impossible to
exercise freewill thus the reasons to exempt
individual from criminal liability.

A. Classical C. Neo Classical

B. Positive D. Psychoanalytical
 15. This school of thought emphasized on the
scientific treatment of criminals, not on the
penalties to be imposed because it is believed
that a 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. Classical C. Neo Classical

B. Positive D. Psychoanalytical
16. It is concerned on the sociological point of
positivist school, which explains that the non –
existence of norms in a society encourages
person to commit unlawful and other anti-social
acts. It also said that the human conduct lies not
in the individual but in the group and the social
organization.
A. Anomie C. Neo Classical
B. Physiological C. Psychoanalytical
17. This explains the relationship of people and
environment in relation to crimes. It believes
that isolation, segregation, competition,
conflict, social contract, interaction and social
hierarchy of people are the major influences
of criminal behavior and crimes.

A. Anomie C. Cultural
B. Human Ecology D. Socio – Cultural
18. It combines the biological and psychological
explanation to understand deviant behavior,
which classified body physique.

A. Atavism C. Hedonism
B. Palmistry D. Somatotyping
19. Which of the following theory of crimes
simply believes that criminal behavior is
learned and not inherited?

A. Differential Association C. Neo Classical

B. Modern Clinical D. Strain
20. This theory is a form of control, which
suggests that a series of both internal and
external factors contributes to criminal
behavior.

A. Containment C. Instrumental
B. Neutralization D. Strain
21. It claims that the ruling class in a capitalist
society is responsible for the creation of
criminal law and their ideological bases in the
interpretation and enforcement of the laws. It
focuses about crimes of economic gain.

A. Instrumental C. Neutralization
B. Sub Culture D. Social Conflict
22. This theory asserts that the failure of a man
to achieve a higher status of life causes him
to commit crimes thus that status or goal to
be attained.

A. Economic C. Instrumental
B. Neutralization D. Strain
23. It stated that the lower class cannot
socialize effectively as the middle class in
what is considered appropriate middle class
behavior.

A. Differential Association C. Sub Culture

B. Human Ecology D. Social Conflict
24. It maintains that an individual will obey or
disobey societal rules depending upon his or
her ability to rationalize whether he is
protected from hurt or destruction.

A. Differential Association
B. Differential Opportunity
C. Neutralization
D. Strain
25. It explains that there is different access to
success by both legitimate and illegitimate
means depending on the specific location of
the individual within the social structure.

A. Differential Association
B. Differential Opportunity
C. Differential Strategy
D. Differential Technique
26. This theory claims that the upper classes
create laws that protect their interest and at
the same time the unwanted behavior of all
the members of society.

A. Economic C. Instrumental
B. Neutralization D. Strain
27. What is an Act Creating the Board of
Examination for Criminologists in the
Philippines for other purpose?

A. RA 5487 C. RA 6506
B. RA 7877 D. RA 9208
28. What do you call an act or omission in
violation of Special Laws or Presidential
Decrees?

A. Breach C. Felony
B. Infraction D. Offense
29. It is any breach of the municipal or city
ordinance.

A. Delinquency C. Felony
B. Infraction D. Misconduct
30. The following are considered essential and
primary elements of crime except . . .

A. Capability C. Desire
B. Opportunity D. Technique
31. It is what induces or pushes the potential
criminal to transgress the laws of the land.

A. Capability C. Desire
B. Opportunity D. Technique
32. This refers to the physical possibility that
the crime could have been committed.

A. Capability C. Desire
B. Opportunity D. Technique
33. It is the ability of the person to execute the
acts or omission punishable by laws.

A. Capability C. Desire
B. Opportunity D. Technique
34. In 1885, who was the Italian Law Professor
that coined the term “criminologia”?

A. Albert Osborn C. Enrico Ferri

B. John Howard D. Rafaele Garofalo
35. In 1889, who was the French Anthropologist
that used the French criminologie for the first
time?

A. Calvin Goddard C. Jeremy Bentham

B.Paul Topinard D. Robert Merton
36. Who is known as the Dean of Modern
Criminology that hoped criminology to
become a science in the future, since the
causes of crimes are almost the same?

A. Edwin Sutherland
B. John Augustus
C. Matthew Devenporthill
D. Teodulo Natividad
37. Who is the Founder of the Positivist School of
Thought that advocated the theory that crime
can be attributed to a hereditary
predisposition in certain individual?

A. Cesare Beccaria C. Cesare Lombroso

B.George Wilker D. Ordway Hilton
38. The following are considered the Holy Three
in Criminology except . . .

A. Cesare Beccaria C. Cesare Lombroso

B. Enrico Ferri D. Rafaele Garofalo
39. It refers to the types of physique, which is
characterized by relatively predominance of
muscle, bone and the motor organs of the
body, which tends to be more aggressive
among others.

A. Cerebromorph C. Ectomorph
B. Endomorph D. Mesomorph
 40. It refers to the study of the external
formation of the skull that indicates the
conformation of the brain and the
development of the various parts in relation
to the behavior of a person.

A. Atavism C. Calligraphy
B. Phrenology D. Physiognomy
41. Who originated a system of classifying
criminals according to body measurements?

A. Alphonse Bertillion C. David Maurer

B. Edward Henry D. William Bonger
42. It refers to the statement that “We would
have no crime if we had no criminal law”.

A. Aberration Ictus C. Lex Taliones

B. Logomacy D. Praeter Intentionem
43. What process explains human behavior
and the experiences of the person, which
helps determine the nature of a person’s
personality as a reacting mechanism?

A. Criminality C. Criminogenic
B. Psychodynamic D. Socio – Anthro
44. What is an attempt at scientific analysis of
the conditions under which penal law was
developed as a process of formal social
control?

A.Criminalistics C. Etiology of Crime

B. Penology D. Sociology of Law
45. Who explained that the mathematical
calculation of Criminal Behavior is equal to
Criminalistic Tendencies plus Crime Inducing
situation divided by the persons’ Mental or
Emotional Resistance to Temptation?

A. Abrahamsen C. Aichorn
B. Bromberg D. Healy
46. What is the art of discovering character by
observation and measurement of outward
appearance?

A. Atavism C. Caligraphy
B. Phrenology D. Physiognomy
47. Who originated the idea of Somatotyping
and distinguished three (3) physical types of
physique as Asthenic, Athletic and Pyknic?

A. Ernest Kretschmer C. Robert Ezra Park

B. Walter Reckless D. William Sheldon

 48. Who is considered as the Father of
Sociology?

A. Calvin Goddard C. Emile Durkheim

B. Hans Gross D. Sigmund Freud
49. He is a person who has committed a
wrongful act punishable by law of the land
and has been finally convicted of the case
charged against him in the competent court
of justice.

A. Accused C. Criminal
B. Respondent D. Suspect
 50. It is a sub field of Criminology, which deals
with the study of criminal things or those
articles left by the perpetrator in the crime
scene (physical evidence) that have
significance in the solution of case. This is
also known as Police or Forensic Science.

A. Criminalistics C. Etiology of Crime

B. Penology D. Sociology
“Though no one can go back and make a brand
new start, anyone can start from now and
make a brand new ending.”

~ Carl Bard
IN SUMMITATEM NISUS!

“STRIVE FOR THE TOP”

 1. A  26. C
 2. C  27. C
 3. D  28. D
 4. C  29. B
 5. C  30. D
 6. C  31. C
 7. A  32. B
 8. C  33. A
 9. B  34. D
 10. A  35. B
 11. D  36. A
 12. A  37. C
 13. A  38. A
 14. C  39. D
 15. B  40. B
 16. A  41. A
 17. B  42. B
 18. D  43. C
 19. A  44. D
 20. A  45. A
 21. D  46. D
 22. D  47. A
 23. C  48. C
 24. C  49. C
 25. B  50. A