Republic of the Philippines

Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria

(COSCA)
An Examination on the Subject: Introduction to Criminology (CRIM 1B)

Name:______________________________ Year Level:______________

Date:_______________________________ Score:__________________

I. Identification: Write your answers on the underlined space provided before the
number. Misspelled words will be considered as wrong. Each question below is
worth 2 points.

_________________________1. A body of knowledge regarding crime as a social

phenomenon. It includes within its scope the process of making laws, the breaking of laws
and the reactions towards the breaking of laws.
_________________________2. It is an act or omission that is in violation with the existing
laws. It is considered as any act that is repugnant to the norms and standards of the society.
_________________________3. An Italian law professor who coined the term Criminology.
_________________________4. This is one of the divisions of criminology which attempts
to analyze scientifically the causes of crimes. It is not primarily focused on the law violated
but on the factors that influence the behavior of the violator.
_________________________5. This division in the study of criminology is an attempt at
the scientific analysis of the conditions from which criminal laws are developed. It studies
the how laws are made and its origins.
_________________________6. The fourth division in the study of Criminology which
studies the relationship of the victim and the offender. It also explains the nature, causes
and prevention on how to avoid from being victims of a crime.
_________________________7. A theory that explains that the factors or elements that are
said to cause crime are varied and many. And for the study to become scientific, it must
conform to the universal validity of science which are stability and homogeneity of the
elements being studied.
_________________________8. It is construed as any rule of action or any expression of
uniformity. These consist of set of rules that controls or regulates the behavior of the
members of the society.
_________________________9. It is a law that originates from the body of customs,
precedents, and traditions that developed overtime without formal legislative action.
_________________________10. Is the system of rules which regulate the operation of the
universe to the will and command of God. It is the law that comes directly from God.

II. Multiple Choice: Below are questions accompanied with different options. One
of the options is the correct answer. Select and encircle the letter that best
corresponds the correct answer.

1. This division of criminology attempts to scientifically analyze the correctional

methods and processes as effective controls of crime. This explains the process of
rehabilitation of the offender and the stages that tend to divert his character from
being a law violator into being a law abiding citizen in the society.

a. Victimology
b. Penology/Corrections
c. Sociology of laws
d. Criminal Etiology

2. The Ten Commandments from God is an example of:

a. Statutory Laws
b. Divine Laws
c. Natural Laws
d. Common Laws

3. This generally referred to as a person who practices his profession in criminology.

He has the degree in Criminology, passed the examination for Criminologists and is
registered as such by the Board.
a. Criminalist
b. Criminologist
c. Victimologists
d. Criminology student

4. These are the two persons who refuted that criminology is not a science but it has
hope of becoming a science.

a. Raffaele Garofalo and Paul Topinard

b. Edwin Sutherland and Donald Cressey
c. Alphonse Bertillon and Cesare Beccaria
d. Cesare Lombroso and Paul Topinard

5. He is known as the father of Criminology.

a. Raffaele Garofalo
b. Cesare Lombroso
c. Paul Topinard
d. Edwin Sutherland

6. A cliché which states that “There is no crime if there is no law, and that crime can
only be abolished by abolishing the law”.
a. Logomacy
b. Criminology
c. Crime
d. None of the Above

7. This type of law is closely related to the Divine Law, it is the sum total of all rules of
life established by divine inspiration and observed equally by all nations. These are
body of rules of conduct that is inherent in human nature and is essential to or
binding upon human society. An example of this is The right to be happy.
a. Natural Law
b. Moral Law
c. Divine Law
d. Statutory Law

8. These are laws which include those acts or omissions defined as crime through the
legislative process.
a. Statutory Laws
b. Moral Laws
c. Divine Laws
d. Natural Laws

9. It is the branch or division of law which defines crimes, treats of their nature, and
provides for their punishment.
a. Statutory Laws
b. Moral Laws
c. Divine Laws
d. Criminal Laws

10. Is an act or omission that is punishable by the Revised Penal Code, the criminal law
in the Philippines.
a. Crime
b. Offense
c. Infraction
d. Felony