1.

The filing of legal papers by a child welfare agency when its investigation has turned up evidence of
child abuse. This is a civil,rather than criminal, charge designed to take preventive action, like
appointment of a guardian for at-risk children before abuse occurs?
A. Child prosecution
B. Child protection action
C. Parens Patriae
D. Preliminary investigation Answer: B
2.The act of being responsible for enforcing child support obligations is known as:
A. Child’s care
B. Parental Guidance
C. Child at risk
D. Child support Answer: D
3.A court order for placement in a secure facility, separate from adults, for the rehabilitation of a
juvenile delinquent?
A. Summon
B. Subpoena
C. Custodial confinement
D. Rehabilitation order Answer: C
4.___ is anyone under the care of someone else. A child ceases to be a dependent when they reach the
age of emancipation?
A. Delinquent
B. Dependent
C. Independent
D. Recognizance Answer: B
5.It a phase of delinquency proceeding similar to "sentencing" phase of adult trial. The judge must
consider alternative, innovative, and individualized sentences rather than imposing standard sentences.
A. Preliminary investigation
B. Judgment
C. Disposition
D. Probationary period Answer: C
6.The independence of a minor from his or her parents before reaching age of majority is known as:
A. Enlightenment
B. Recognizance
C. Emancipation
D. Freedom from parental obligation Answer: C
7.A clause requiring government to treat similarly situated people the same or have good reason for
treating them differently. Compelling reasons are considered to exist for treating children differently?
A. Bill of Rights
B. Equal Protection
C. Parens Patriae
D. Diversion Answer: B
8.What is the legal doctrine preventing unemancipated children from suing their parents?
A. Parens Patriae Doctrine
B. Equal Protection
C. Family Immunity Doctrine
D. Poisonous Tree Doctrine Answer: C

9.What is the legal doctrine holding parents liable for injuries caused by a child's negligent driving or
other actions?
A. Family Purpose Doctrine
B. Family Immunity Doctrine
C. Parens Patriae Doctrine
D. None of the above Answer: A
10.Guardian ad litem means:
A. “For the Proceeding"
B. “Protection of child by the law”
C. “Guardians of the little children”
D. “Legal authority” Answer: A
11.A court order giving an individual or organization legal authority over a child. A guardian of the
person is usually an individual and the child is called a ward. A guardian of the estate is usually an
organization, like a bank, which manages the property and assets of a child's inheritance. Guardians are
usually compensated for their services?
A. Guardianship
B. Order of Authority
C. In Loco Parentis
D. Parens Patriae Answer: A
12.Teachers, administrators, and babysitters who are viewed as having some temporary parental rights
& obligations are considered?
A. Guardianship
B. Order of Authority
C. In Loco Parentis
D. Parens Patriae Answer: C
13.What is the legal doctrine establishing "parental" role of state over welfare of its citizens, especially
its children?
A. Guardianship
B. Order of Authority
C. In Loco Parentis
D. Parens Patriae Answer: D
14.The emergency, temporary custody by a child welfare agency, police agency, or hospital for reasons
of immanent danger to the child is called?
A. Preventive detention
B. Diversion
C. Witness protection program
D. Protective custody Answer: D
15.What is the legal doctrine granting custody to the parent whom the child feels the greatest emotional
attachment to?
A. Psychological Parent
B. Maternity
C. Paternity
D. Parental Selection Answer: A

16.A disposition requiring a defendant to pay damages to a victim. The law prohibits making it a
condition of receiving probation. Poor families cannot be deprived of probation simply because they are
too poor to afford it?
A. Bond
B. Surety
C. Restitution
D. Protection money Answer: C
17.An activity illegal when engaged in by a minor, but not when done by an adult. Examples include
truancy, curfew, running away, or habitually disobeying parents?
A. Adult Offenses
B. Minor Offenses
C. Status Offenses
D. Stubbornness Answer: C
18.A spouse of a biological parent who has no legal rights or duties to the child other than those which
have been voluntarily accepted?
A. Maternity
B. Paternity
C. Stepparent
D. Foster parent Answer: C
19.A parent who provided an egg, sperm, or uterus with an intent of
giving the child up for adoption to specific parties.
A. None of these
B. Stepparent
C. Foster Parent
D. Surrogate Parent Answer: D
20.What is the legal doctrine that unless the mother is "unfit", very
young children should be placed in custody with their mother
following a divorce?
A. Tender Years Doctrine
B. Psychological Parent Doctrine
C. Unwed Mother’s Doctrine
D. Illegitimacy Answer: A

21.What is declared of a temporary or permanent termination of parental rights in the best interest of
the child usually for reasons of abandonment, abuse, or neglect, but also including mental illness,
addiction, or criminal record?
A. Unfit Parent
B. Psychological Incapacitation
C. Mental Disturbance
D. Child at risk Answer: B
22.It 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. Surety
B. Money order
C. Conditions
D. None of these Answer: D
23.It refers to the totality of the circumstances and conditions 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. Best interest of the child
B. Rights
C. Obligations
D. Child’s role Answer: A
24.Children who are vulnerable to and at the risk of committing criminal offenses because of personal,
family and social circumstances are considered?
A. Abused Children
B. Neglected Children
C. Children in conflict with the law
D. Children at risk Answer: D
25.A child who is alleged as, accused of, or adjudged as, having committed an offense under Philippine
laws is considered?
A. Child at risk
B. Child in conflict with the law
C. Minor offense
D. Juvenile offender Answer: B
26.The apprehension or taking into custody of a child in conflict with the law by law enforcement
officers or private citizens is termed as:
A. Arrest
B. Initial contact
C. Child custody
D. All of the above Answer: B
27.The series of activities 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/her psychological, emotional and psycho-social
well-being is called?
A. reformation guide
B. intervention
C. diversion
D. welfare procedures Answer: B
28.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 is known as?
A. Status offense
B. None of these
C. Recognizance
D. Bail Answer: C
29.What is the type of offense committed where there is no private offended party involved?
A. Status offense
B. Victimless crime
C. Minor crime
D. None of these Answer: B

30.What is the doctrine that requires a process of resolving conflicts with the maximum involvement of
the victim, the offender and the community?
A. Proactive justice
B. Restorative justice
C. Reactive justice
D. All of the above Answer: B
31.One of the following is an act constituting exploitation and sex abuse among children in exchange of
any form of incentive?
A. Child trafficking
B. Child abuse
C. Child prostitution
D. Child racketeering Answer: C
32.Centuries ago, criminal behavior was believed to be the result of evil spirits and demons. Guilt and
innocence were established by a variety of procedures that presumably called forth the supernatural
allies of the accused. The accused were innocent if they could survive an ordeal, they were guilty if they
died at the stake or if omens were associated with them. In the 18th century,this spiritual determination
began to give way to:
A. The belief that there is no such thing as bad spirits
B. The belief that humans are rational creatures with free
will,who seek happiness and pleasure and avoid pain
C. The belief that man is a demon and devil
D. The belief that man is evolved from the animal ape. Answer: B
33.In the study of juvenile delinquency, which of the following projects paved the way for a
reassessment of existing treatment and prevention programs for delinquents?
A. Chicago Area Project of 1930
B. Illinois Legislature
C. Boston Child Guidance Clinic
D. President’s Commission on Law Enforcement in the U.S. Answer: A
34.One family background predictors in juvenile delinquency is broken home. The term broken home is
ambiguous but can be characterized by:
A. Inadequate type of family structure
B. Anti-social type of family structure
C. Discordant or disturbed family structure
D. Disrupted or incomplete family structure Answer: D
35.Parental discipline appears relation to delinquency. Harsh discipline in the home may result in more
delinquencies than consistent and reasoning forms of discipline. Aside from this, screaming at the child,
calling the child insulting names, excessive criticizing or generally ignoring the child is also contributory
to delinquency. These actions simply refers to:
A. Physical Abuse
B. Emotional abuse
C. Unfair parent
D. Parental neglect Answer: B
36.When a person is seen to show indiscriminate giggling or crying, emotional flatness, the voice is
monotonous, the face immobile and expressionless and manifest highly bizarre and add behavior then
appropriately he is:
A. suffering from neurotic behavior
B. suffering from psychopathic behavior
C. suffering from schizophrenia or psychotic behavior
D. suffering from sexual dysfunctions Answer: C
37.It is a popular notion that the brutal, violent and apparently senseless crime is usually committed by
someone who is mentally ill or sick. Or if not sick, then the person is an animal. The kind of alternate
explanation is an influence of the:
A. Positivist theory of Criminology
B. Classical theory of Criminology
C. Neoclassical theory of Criminology
D. Differential Association theory of Criminology Answer: A
38.Which of the following is not a symptom of dyssocial behavior?
A. Failure to conform to social norms.
B. Consistent irresponsibility, as reflected in a poor work history
C. Lack of guilt for wrongdoings.
D. Episode of schizophrenia like illogical thinking Answer: D
39.There are many pathways to delinquency and a variety of family circumstances contribute to
negative behavior in children. Which of the following developmental pathways to delinquency begins
with stubborn behavior, then defiant behavior, and developing later into avoidance of authority figures
like truancy, running away, staying out late, etc.?
A. Authority conflict pathways
B. Covert pathway
C. Overt pathway
D. None of these Answer: A
40.Which of the following refers to juveniles who have doli incapax?
A. Children aging from 7 to 12 years
B. Children above 9 that below 15 years old
C. Children at puberty age
D. Children in conflict with the law Answer: B
41.Recent research and legal literature suggest that a useful away
of classifying juvenile crime is to distinguish between serious and
non-serious acts and between serious and non-serious offenders.
Among the following, which is not considered a serious juvenile
act?
A. Forcible sexual intercourse
B. Larceny
C. Homicide
D. Vagrancy Answer: D
42.Which of the following is the basic political unit of the Filipino nation that implements the policies of
the national and local government?
A. family
B. society
C. community
D. barangay Answer: A
43. When there is an apparent, intentional, and physically aggressive act irrespective of severity against
another person, there is:
A. Battering
B. Assault
C. Chaos
D. Crisis Answer: B
44.What kind of assault committed when it includes kicking, punching,deliberately throwing an object
and drawing a lethal weapon against someone?
A. Mental
B. Physical
C. Sexual
D. Verbal Answer: B\
45.The negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a parent or caretaker under circumstances
indicating harm or threatened harm to the child's health or welfare is known as?
A. Child Abuse
B. Child Neglect
C. Child Dilemma
D. Child in conflict with the law Answer: C
46.The exchange of sexual favors for money or other material goods without any emotional involvement
involving a person under the age of 18 years is called?
A. Child prostitution
B. Child trafficking
C. Both A and B are correct
D. Both A and B are wrong Answer: A
47.An abuse that is kept secret for a purpose, concealed, or underhanded is called?
A. Clandestine abuse
B. Clinical abuse
C. Overt abuse
D. Abuse of authority Answer: A
48.A false belief based on an incorrect inference about external reality and firmly sustained despite clear
evidence to the contrary, and which is not related to cultural or religious beliefs?
A. False alarm
B. Wrong perception
C. Incoherence
D. Delusion Answer: D
49.Which of the following is an act committed by a juvenile forwhich an adult could be prosecuted in a
criminal court?
A. Adult offense
B. Status offense
C. Delinquency offense
D. Children in conflict with the law Answer: C
50.The most common legal grounds for termination of parental rights,also a form of child abuse in most
states. Sporadic visits, a few phone calls, or birthday cards are not sufficient to maintain parental rights?
A. Exploitation
B. Abuse
C. Neglect
D. Abandonment Answer: D