CRI 184: Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice System

Final Exam Teacher’s Guide

Name: ____________________________________________Class Number: ________________
Section: ________________Class Schedule: ________________ Date: ______________________

Lesson title: Final Examination References:

SAS Day 1-22
Learning Targets:
At the end of the module, students will be able to:

1. Have mastery in their lessons;

2. Evaluate their understanding about the topics

Score: /100

Multiple Choice. Read carefully the statement below. Select the best or nearest answer/s to the
following questions. Encircle the letter of your choice. Good Luck!

1. A child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed an offense under
Philippine laws.
a. Delinquent c. Child in conflict with the law
b. Juvenile delinquent d. Deviant

2. It refers to any act or omission whether punishable under special laws or the Revised Penal Code.
a. Felony c. Crime
b. Offense d. Infraction

3. The right not to be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment; the right not to be imposed a sentence of capital punishment or life imprisonment,
without the possibility of release; and the right to bail and recognizance are examples of:
a. Rights of the child in conflict with the law
b. Rights of the child
c. Constitutional rights of the child
d. Statutory rights of the child

4. A child ____ at the time of the commission of the offense shall be exempt from criminal liability.
a. 15 years of age or under c. 15 years of age or below
b. 15 years of age d. 15 years of age but below 18

5. A child above fifteen (15) years but below eighteen (18) years of age shall likewise be exempt
from criminal liability and be subjected to __, unless he/she has acted with discernment.
a. an intervention program c. community-based program
b. a diversion program d. counseling program

6. Any person contesting the age of the child in conflict with the law prior to the filing of the
information in any appropriate court may file a case in a summary proceeding for the
determination of age before the __.

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a. Court c. Family Court
b. Regional trial court d. Sandigan Bayan

7. Any contest when it comes to the age of the child must be resolved within how many hours?
a. 18 hours c. 24 hours
b. 12 hours d. 8 hours

8. A Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) is hereby created and attached to the__ and
placed under its administrative supervision.
a. DOJ c. DOH
b. DSWD d. DILG

9. Who among the following is not a member of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council?
a. Department of Education c. Commission on Human Rights
b. Bureau of Corrections d. Integrated Bar of the Philippines

10. JJWC shall be chaired by an undersecretary of the :

a. DOJ c. DSWD
b. DOH d. DILG

11. What unit in our society that is responsible for the primary nurturing and rearing of children which
is critical in delinquency prevention?
a. Parents c. Family
b. School d. Church

12. The __ shall play an active role in the promotion of child rights, and delinquency prevention by
relaying consistent messages through a balanced approach.
a. media practitioner c. mass media
b. church d. school

13. If it has been determined that the child taken into custody is fifteen (15) years old or below, the
authority which will have an initial contact with the child has the duty to immediately:
a. Release to the custody of the DSWD c. Release to the custody of guardians
b. Release to the custody of parents d. All of these

14. Immediately but not later than __ after apprehension, turn over the custody of the child to the
Social Welfare and Development Office or other accredited NGOs.
a. 6 hours c. 8 hours
b. 7 hours d. 24 hours

15. The Recognizance Law in the Philippines.

a. RA 6127 c. RA 6036
b. RA 9231 d. RA 7610

16. The Anti-Torture Law.

a. RA 6127 c. RA 6036
b. RA 9231 d. RA 9745

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17. All records and proceedings involving children in conflict with the law from initial contact until final
disposition of the case shall be considered:
a. Confidential c. Privileged
b. Privileged and confidential d. all of these

18. Once the child who is under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of the commission of the
offense is found guilty of the offense charged, the court shall determine and ascertain any civil
liability which may have resulted from the offense committed. However, instead of pronouncing
the judgment of conviction, the court shall place the child in conflict with the law under :
a. Automatic suspension c. Both a and b
b. Suspended sentence d. Probation

19. Under RA 9344, what is considered as an alternative to imprisonment?

a. Diversion c. Intervention
b. Automatic suspension d. Probation

20. Otherwise known as the probation Law of 1976.

a. PD 603 c. PD 968
b. RA 9344 d. Act No. 4221

21. Lea was born and raised in a slum area. Josie was born and raised in the suburbs. Lea’s set of
values differ from Josie. Accordingly, lower class people have different sets of values that tend to
conflict with the values of the middle class. Consequently, when lower class persons conform to
their own value system, they may be violating the conventional or middle-class norms. This theory
was claimed by:
a. Strain theory c. Differential association theory
b. Social disorganization theory d. Cultural deviance theory

22. What theory explains deviance in terms of the process by which a person acquires a negative
identity, such as “prosti” or “ex-con” and is forced to suffer the consequences of outcast status?
a. Social disorganization c. Labeling
b. Differential association d. Anomie

23. Under the social control theory, there are factors of attachment, commitment, involvement, and
belief. How are these called?
a. Social behavior c. Social bonds
b. Social learning d. Social contracts

24. This theory views crime and delinquency as a result of the frustration and anger people
experience over their inability to achieve legitimate social and financial success.
a. Strain theory c. Psychological theory
b. Labeling theory d. Control theory

25. One of the circumstances that people used as a defense in the course of insanity. The Juvenile
Justice and Welfare Act also exempts children (15) years old or younger from criminal liability.

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The rationale behind these circumstances can be traced back during the 18th century. Which
school of thought conceptualized this?
a. Classical c. Neo-classical
b. Positivist d. Latent trait

26. Riz wanted to pursue her studies in college but due to poverty, her parents cannot afford to send
to school. Riz thinks of some strategy, she works as a GRO at night and student at daytime. This
best explains the theory of?
a. Anomie c. Control theory
b. Labeling d. Strain

27. One of the views of criminologists in studying delinquency is the conflict view; they state that law
is a tool of the ruling class and that the law is used to control the underclass. If we connect it to
theory, this simplifies the thought of?
a. Social conflict c. Somatotyping
b. Containment d. Social bond

28. Sean grew up from a well-disciplined family. However, due to friends’ influence in school he turned
out to be a delinquent individual. This is the notion of?
a. Imitation c. Social bond
b. Cultural deviance d. Differential association

29. What refers to the security given for the release of the person in custody of the law, furnished by
him/her or a bondsman, to guarantee his/her appearance before any court?
a. Bail c. Corporate surety
b. Recognizance d. Cash deposit

30. What refers to the program that the child in conflict with the law is required to undergo after he/she
is found responsible for an offense without resorting to formal court proceedings?
a. Diversion c. Intervention
b. Diversion program d. Intervention program

31. It refers to a series of activities which are designed to address issues that caused the child to
commit an offense. It may take the form of an individualized treatment program which may include
counseling, skills training, education, and other activities that will enhance his psychological,
emotional and psycho-social well-being.
a. Diversion c. Intervention
b. Diversion program d. Intervention program

32. It seeks to obtain reparation for the victim; reconciliation of the offender, the offended and the
community; and reassurance to the offender that he/she can be reintegrated into society.
a. Justice c. Restorative justice
b. Just desert d. Due process of law

33. It refers to offenses which discriminate only against a child, while an adult does not suffer any
penalty for committing similar acts.

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a. Crime c. Status offense
b. Offense d. Delinquency

34. It is a 24-hour child-caring institution managed by accredited local government units and licensed
and/or accredited non-government organizations providing short-term residential care for children
in conflict with the law who are waiting for court disposition of their cases or transfer to other
agencies or jurisdictions.
a. Youth rehabilitation center c. Rehabilitation center
b. Youth detention home d. Tahanan ng kabataan

35. It is a 24-hour residential care facility managed by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development LGUs, licensed and/or accredited NGOs monitored by the DSWD, which provides
care, treatment and rehabilitation services for children in conflict with the law.
a. Youth rehabilitation center c. Rehabilitation center
b. Youth detention home d. Tahanan ng kabataan

36. What refers to offenses where there is no private offended party?

a. Victimless crime c. Conventional crime
b. Violent crime d. Private crime

37. It is an undertaking in lieu of a bond assumed by a parent or custodian who shall be responsible
for the appearance in court of the child in conflict with the law, when required.
a. Recognizance c. Bail
b. Corporate surety d. Cash deposit

38. It is an alternative, child-appropriate process of determining the responsibility and treatment of a

child in conflict with the law on the basis of his social, cultural, economic, psychological or
educational background without resorting to formal court proceedings.
a. Diversion c. Diversion program
b. Intervention d. Intervention program

39. Police Corporal Cruz responded to the call of a concerned citizen stating that there is a minor who
allegedly stabbed another minor. There he immediately contained the situation and disarmed the
alleged suspect. The said officer is doing what?
a. Arrest c. Initial contact with the child
b. Custody d. Initial contact with- the child

40. It refers to any form of detention or imprisonment, or to the placement of a child in conflict with
the law in a public or private custodial setting, from which the child in conflict with the law is not
permitted to leave at will by order of any judicial or administrative authority.
a. Detention c. Deprivation of liberty
b. Deprivation of freedom d. Deprivation of rights

41. A system dealing with children at risk and children in conflict with the law, which provides child-
appropriate proceedings, including programs and services for prevention, diversion, rehabilitation,
re-integration and aftercare to ensure their normal growth and development.
a. Wergild system c. Juvenile system

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b. Dory system d. Juvenile justice and welfare system

42. A barangay tanod who has arrested a minor who committed violation of law is considered a/an:
a. Police c. Law enforcement officer
b. Law enforcement d. Agent of persons in authority

43. As enshrined in RA 9344, this refers to a family court or, in places where there are no family
courts, any regional trial court.
a. Regional trial court c. Court
b. Family court d. Women’s desk

44. These are programs provided in a community setting developed for purposes of intervention and
diversion, as well as rehabilitation of the child in conflict with the law, for reintegration into his
family and community.
a. Diversion program c. Intervention program
b. Community-based program d. Police community relations program

45. The totality of the circumstances and conditions which are most congenial to the survival,
protection and feelings of security of the child and most encouraging to the child's physical,
psychological and emotional development.
a. Interest of the child c. Child’s welfare
b. Best interest of the child d. Child’s protection

46. A child who is vulnerable to and at the risk of committing criminal offenses because of personal,
family and social circumstances.
a. Child at risk c. Youth at risk
b. Delinquent d. Deviant

47. Republic Act No. 9344 is otherwise known as:

a. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006
b. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2007
c. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2008
d. Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2009

48. A Family Court Law.

a. RA 8369 c. RA 7610
b. RA 9344 d. RA 9231

49. The New Child Labor Law.

a. RA 7610 c. RA 9231
b. RA 9745 d. RA 9262

50. Which among the following is not included as a description of the child at risk?
a. being out of school c. being a member of a syndicate
b. being a street child d. living in situations of armed conflict

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51. A family style wherein the father is the final authority of all family matters and exercises complete
control over his wife and children.
a. Materialistic family c. Egalitarian family
b. Paternalistic family d. Autocratic family

52. Status offenders are otherwise known as:

a. Delinquent c. Chronic offender
b. Wayward minor d. All of these

53. Which among the following is not included as offenses committed by minors:
a. Truancy c. Running away
b. Sexual misconduct d. Cheating

54. Who formulated the social disorganization theory?

a. Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay c. Robert K. Merton
b. Edwin Sutherland d. Karl Marx

55. Those who believe that people weigh the benefits and consequences of their future actions before
deciding on a course of behavior.
a. Utilitarians c. Free will believers
b. Rational beings d. Utilitarianism

56. It views that crime is a normal function of modern living; offenses can be expected if there is a
motivated offender, and a suitable target that is not protected by capable guardians.
a. Situational crime prevention c. Predatory crime
b. Routine activities theory d. Specific deterrence

57. A concept which states that punishment is severe enough to convince offenders not to repeat
their criminal activities by sending convicted offenders to incarceration facilities.
a. General deterrence c. Situational crime prevention
b. Specific deterrence d. Target hardening

58. Crime control policies that depend on the fear of criminal penalties, such as long prison sentences.
a. General deterrence c. Situational crime prevention
b. Specific deterrence d. Target hardening

59. Crime prevention technique that makes it more difficult for a would-be delinquent to carry out the
illegal act, for example, by installing a security device in a home.
a. General deterrence c. Situational crime prevention
b. Specific deterrence d. Target –hardening

60. The idea that criminals manifest physical anomalies that make them biologically and
physiologically similar to our primitive ancestors.
a. Atavism c. Criminal atavism
b. Born criminal d. Human evolution

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61. It views that all people are equal at birth and are thereafter influenced by their environment.
a. Contagion effect c. Equanimity
b. Equipotentiality d. Biosocial factor

62. Damage to the brain itself that causes anti-social behavior injurious to the individual’s lifestyle and
social adjustment.
a. Neurological factor c. Hyperactivity
b. Minimal brain dysfunction d. Impulsitivity

63. This theory claims that for a variety of genetic and environmental reasons, some people’s brains
function differently to environmental stimuli.
a. Imitation theory c. Learning theory
b. Arousal theory d. Strain theory

64. It explains that the existence of aggression and violent behavior as positive adaptive behavior in
human development.
a. Learning theory c. Social bond theory
b. Evolutionary theory d. Containment theory

65. People who have lost total control and who are dominated by id are known as:
a. Neurotics c. Psychotics
b. Schizophrenics d. None of these

66. It is viewed that behavior is modeled through observation.

a. Differential association c. Theory of imitation
b. Social learning theory d. Social bond theory

67. The branch of psychology that studies the perception of reality and the mental processes required
to understand the world we live in.
a. Cognitive theory c. Psychodynamic theory
b. Biosocial theory d. Interactional theory

68. A person who behaves impulsively and doesn’t have the ability to examine motives and behavior.
a. Extravert c. Introvert
b. Outgoing person d. Loner

69. It holds that intelligence is genetically determined and inherited.

a. Nurture theory c. Nature theory
b. Biological theory d. Biosocial theory

70. It holds that intelligence is partly biological but mostly sociological.

a. Nurture theory c. Nature theory
b. Biological theory d. Biosocial theory

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71. It is also known as desistance or spontaneous remission.

a. Persistence c. Aging-out
b. Withdrawal d. Repression

72. The process by which juvenile offenders continue in their delinquent career.
a. Persistence c. Aging-out
b. withdrawal d. Repression

73. It is the participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit.
a. Delinquency c. Deviance
b. Juvenile delinquency d. Deviancy

74. It is the power of the state to act in behalf of the child and provide care and protection equivalent
to that of a parent.
a. Stare decisis c. Parens patriae
b. Police power d. Veto power

75. An act of staying out of school without permission.

a. Acting out c. Skipping
b. Cutting class d. Truancy

76. Incidents of crime and delinquency that go undetected by police.

a. Official delinquency c. Freak crime
b. Dark figure of crime d. uncovered figure

77. A delinquent with five or more juvenile arrests.

a. Offender c. Chronic offender
b. Recidivist d. Habitual delinquent

78. A statement that explains the relationship between abstract concepts.

a. Theory c. Meta-theory
b. Facts d. Hypothesis

79. It views that youths are in charge of their own destinies and are free to make personal behavior
choices unencumbered by environmental factors.
a. Choice c. Freewill
b. Utilitarianism d. Rationality

80. Ideas that youth move in and out of delinquency and that their lifestyles can embrace both
conventional and deviant behavior.
a. Drift c. Shifting
b. Exposure d. Neutralization

81. When the values of subculture clash with those of the dominant culture is explained in what
theory?
a. Subculture c. Culture conflict

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b. Cultural conflict d. Social conflict

82. It posits that society creates deviance through a system of social control agencies that designate
certain individuals as delinquent, thereby stigmatizing youths and encouraging them to accept
this negative personal identity.
a. Self-labeling c. Labeling theory
b. Stigmatized d. Self-fulfilling prophecy

83. Deviant behavior patterns that are responses to an earlier labeling experience; youths act out
these social roles even if they are falsely bestowed.
a. Self-labeling c. Labeling theory
b. Stigmatized d. Self-fulfilling prophecy

84. One of the sexual experimentations in early adolescence.

a. Precocious puberty c. Precocious sexuality
b. Premarital sex d. All of these

85. A type of family structure wherein the husband and wife share power at home.
a. Materialistic family c. Egalitarian family
b. Paternalistic family d. Participative type

86. A family unit composed of parents and their children.

a. Nuclear family c. Simple family
b. Blended family d. Intact home

87. Nuclear families that are products of divorce and remarriage.

a. Nuclear family c. Simple family
b. Blended family d. Intact home

88. The negative crime-promoting influence of deviant siblings on their brothers and sisters.
a. Contagions effect c. Contagious effect
b. Transmittance d. Influential effect

89. Which of the following does not belong to the group of social bonds?
a. Attachment c. Commitment
b. Involvement d. Believe

90. Under this circumstance, parents physically leave their children with the intention of completely
severing the parent-child relationship.
a. Neglect c. Child abuse
b. Abandonment d. Battered child

91. Males are predominantly aggressive and violent as compared to females. The statement is false.
Is this true?
a. Yes c. No
b. Maybe d. I think so

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92. Group of urban poor whose members have little chance of upward mobility or improvement.
a. Lower class c. Underclass
b. Upper class d. None of these

93. Cultural norms that are passed down from one generation to the next.
a. Heredity c. Cultural transmission
b. Transmission d. Regeneration

94. It links delinquency to the process of being locked out of the economic mainstream, which creates
the anger and frustration that lead to delinquent acts.
a. Strain theory c. Relative deprivation
b. Anomie theory d. General strain theory

95. Who formulated the Strain theory?

a. Robert Agnew c. Robert Merton
b. Emile Durkheim d. Steven Messner

96. The process of learning the values and norms of the society or the subculture to which the
individual belongs.
a. Socialization c. Acceptance
b. Reception d. Recognition

97. It posits that delinquency results from a weakened commitment to the major social institutions.
a. Control theory c. Social bond theory
b. Both A and C d. Learning theory

98. It asserts that society is in a state of constant internal conflict.

a. Social conflict theory c. Critical feminist theory
b. Anomie theory d. Interactional theory

99. The process by which a person who has been negatively labeled accepts the label as personal
role or identity.
a. Self-fulfilling prophecy c. Stigmatized
b. Self-labeling d. Stigmatization

100. Who created the theory of differential association?

a. Travis Hirschi c. Edwin Sutherland
b. Albert Bandura d. Robert Merton

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